Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 422 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should denounce violations by the Warsaw Pact countries of the religious freedom provisions of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe signed at Helsinki in 1975 (Helsinki Final Act). Urges the President to: (1) raise the issue of such violations at any appropriate international forum; and (2) express the stern displeasure of the United States with the restrictive practices of such governments against religious bodies and individual believers. Expresses the sense of the Congress that each government should honor its commitments under the Helsinki Final Act, the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights of 1966, and its own national constitution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 602 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982
Designates October 16, 1982, as National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 598 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all parties involved in the National Football League dispute should take the actions necessary to settle the strike promptly.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 591 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982
Requests the President to designate the week beginning on March 13, 1983, as National Surveyors Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 588 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Designates October 1982 as Head Start Awareness Month.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 565 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of October 3 through October 9, 1982 as National Productivity Improvement Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 564 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982
Designates the week beginning September 20, 1982, as National Firefighters' Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 563 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982
Designates November 14, 1982, as National Retired Teachers Day.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 558 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Designates September 22, 1982, as American Businesswomen's Day.
Bill· HRH.R. 6901 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Electric Utility Nuclear Accident Cost Allocation Act - Requires electric utilities to pay to the Secretary of the Treasury an annual fee for calendar years 1982 through 1987 for their proprietary share of the electric power level authorized for each of their nuclear electric generating facilities under construction or licensed to operate on or after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the annual fee imposed upon any single nuclear utility from exceeding $1,600,000. Requires that such utilities certify to the Secretary of Energy their nuclear generating capability for purposes of the collection of such fees. Establishes in the Treasury the TMI-2 Cleanup Trust Fund which shall consist of the fees collected from electric utilities under this Act. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the cleanup programs for Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Unit No. 2 (TMI-2) in Pennsylvania. Provides for disbursements from the trust fund to defray the costs of the TMI-2 cleanup if the Secretary of Energy determines that such programs are safe, expeditious, cost effective, and consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the trust fund during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the terms and conditions of the indenture creating the Pennsylvania Trust (a trust which provides for the receipt and disbursement, solely for TMI-2 cleanup purposes, of funds collected by Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and other entities electing to provide such funds) in order to determine whether the Pennsylvania Trust may serve as an alternative means for receiving and disbursing funds for the cleanup of TMI-2. Permits electric utilities to elect to pay the annual fee required by this Act to the Pennsylvania Trust if the Secretary of Energy makes a positive determination. Provides for electric utilities making such election, upon proof of their payments to the Pennsylvania Trust, to receive a credit against their obligation under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the Pennsylvania Trust during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Provides that the U.S. District Courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce this Act without regard to jurisdictional amount.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 532 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Expresses the concern of the House of Representatives in the preservation and restoration of Rhodes Tavern in Washington, D.C. Encourages preservation and restoration efforts by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Capitol Planning Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the mayor and city council, and other interested organizations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 538 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Expresses the support of the Congress for beginning strategic arms reductions talks. Urges the Soviet Union to join with the United States in concluding an equitable and verifiable agreement which freezes strategic nuclear forces at equal and substantially reduced levels. Reaffirms congressional support for the position that the United States should not enter into an arms agreement which provides for force levels inferior to those of the Soviet Union. Declares that the United States should propose practical measures to: (1) reduce the danger of accidental nuclear war; (2) prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties, including terrorists; and (3) halt the worldwide proliferation of nuclear weapons. Insists that any arms control agreement must be fully verifiable.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 537 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Requests the President to designate the first week in October of 1982, 1983, and 1984 as National Port Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 539 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Requests the President to designate January 1983 as National Snowmobiling Month.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 518 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Designates the week commencing the fourth Monday in June 1982 as National NCO/Petty Officer Week.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 522 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Designates the period from June 27 through July 5, 1982, as We Love America Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 526 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of August 1 through August 7, 1982, as National Purple Heart Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 6561 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Authorizes the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, Incorporated, to manufacture and distribute in interstate commerce the drug PROven for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
Bill· HRH.R. 6583 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 504 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Grants concurrent power to Congress and the States to restrict and prohibit abortions. Directs that a State law which is more restrictive than a law of Congress shall govern. Declares that the Constitution does not secure a right to abortion.
Bill· HRH.R. 6546 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Limits the outside earned income of Senators to $18,000 per calendar year.
Law· HRH.R. 6538 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1982
Designates the Federal building in Lima, Ohio, as the Tennyson Guyer Federal Building.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 498 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1982
Designates the week of October 17 through October 23, 1982, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 6505 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1982 - Declares that it is congressional policy to allow access to the U.S. market for foreign-produced steel on an equitable basis in order to safeguard the national security, insure orderly trade, and alleviate U.S. balance-of-payments problems. Title I: Steel Tripartite Advisory Council - Directs the President to establish within the Executive Office of the President a Steel Tripartite Advisory Council. Requires the Council to advise the President and Congress on problems within the basic steel industry and to provide advice and recommendations on related domestic and international issues. Requires other Federal agencies to provide the Council with economic information upon request. Directs the Council to report to the President on the condition of the steel industry. Title II: Quantitative Restrictions on Imports of Certain Steel Products - Limits to 5,000,000 tons the amount of articles in all steel product categories that may be imported between July 1, 1982, and January 1, 1983. Imposes a further limitation on such imports if unemployment in the domestic steel industry reaches between ten percent and 15 percent for three consecutive months. Prohibits any steel imports if unemployment in the domestic industry for three consecutive months is over 15 percent. Limits the amount of steel imports in each calendar year after 1982 to 10,000,000 tons. Imposes further limitations on imports depending upon the level of unemployment in the domestic industry. Imposes additional limitations on imports during any year after 1982 of articles in any one steel product category. Imposes a per country limitation on imports during such years of articles: (1) in all steel product categories; and (2) within any one steel product category. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to apportion shares of the U.S. market to foreign countries on the basis of information provided by the Secretary of the Treasury. Declares that it is the goal of this title to ensure that the imports of articles in all steel product categories be equalized on a monthly basis throughout each calendar year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to impose additional limitations on the imports from a country whose exports to the United States exceed a specified limit. Authorizes the President to reduce such restrictions imposed under this title if the President makes a specified determination and the Congress, after notification by the President, does not adopt a concurrent resolution disapproving such reduction. Title III: Quantitative Restrictions on Iron Ore Imports - Limits the amount of iron ore that may be imported: (1) between July 1, 1982, and December 31, 1982, to 7,000,000 tons; (2) during 1983 to 14,000,000 tons; and (3) during 1984 to 14,000,000 tons, unless the Secretary finds that there has been an increase in employment in the domestic iron ore industry. Provides for a ten percent increase in imports in 1984 for each ten percent increase in employment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the restrictions on imports of iron ore in order to insure continued operation of domestic steelmaking plants. Requires that such waiver be made on a plant-by-plant basis and only if the Secretary makes a specified determination.
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