Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985
1986-10-07: Placed on Union Calendar No: 583.
A bill to amend the Peace Corps Act with respect to the number of Peace Corps volunteers.
1985-03-05: Executive Comment Requested from State, Peace Corps.
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act of 1985
1985-02-19: For Further Action See H.R.1096.
Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act of 1985
1985-02-12: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that the motor vehicle bumper standard established by the Secretary of Transportation shall be restored to that in effect January 1, 1982.
1985-02-26: Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
Summer Youth Educational Enhancement Act
1985-05-22: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Farm Emergency Credit Act of 1985
1985-02-28: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to change the name and adjust the pay of the police force of the Library of Congress.
1985-09-19: Hearings Held by Task Force on Libraries and Memorials.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the conduct of pilot and demonstration projects to test whether the development of programs for the provision of education or vocational training and adequate support services for caretaker parents with pre-school children under the AFDC program will assist them in leaving the AFDC rolls quickly and in securing gainful long-term employment at earnings levels sufficient to maintain their families without subsidies.
1985-02-07: Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide incentive grants in order to encourage States to adopt and enforce laws requiring the use of safety belts by schoolchildren in new schoolbuses, and for other purposes.
1985-02-27: Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
A bill to permit States to raise the maximum speed limit to 65 miles per hour on rural interstate routes where the Secretary of Transportation determines that highway safety will not be significantly adversely affected.
1985-10-10: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.
Federal Employees' Political Activities Act of 1985
1985-04-02: Executive Comment Received From GAO.
A bill to provide Federal grants to States for programs to identify and aid individuals who have been exposed to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES).
1985-02-26: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act of 1985
1986-08-06: Failed of Passage in House Over Veto by Yea-Nay Vote: 276 - 149 (Record Vote No: 290).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a 50 percent nondeductible excise tax on certain profits realized in connection with corporate takeover attempts, and for other purposes.
1985-02-19: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care.
1985-08-01: Clean Bill H.R.3174 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
Fair Trade in Agriculture Act
1986-05-22: For Further Action See H.R.4800.
Civilian Nuclear Power Regulation Improvement and Safety Incentives Act of 1985
1986-05-21: For Further Action See H.R.3653.
Voluntary National Youth Service Act
1985-09-25: Executive Comment Received From Education, Labor, HHS, ACTION.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
1985-05-22: Executive Comment Received From VA.