Rep. Bailey, Wendell [R-MO-8]

A substitute amendment. The amendment retains the Paddy Creek Wilderness area designation in the original bill, but releases other Missouri areas, not already designated Wilderness areas, from further study requirements for designation as wilderness areas.

United States · United States Congress

A bill to establish the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1982

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain real property in Missouri in order to establish the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. Authorizes the Secretary to make certain parts of such site available for the use of Margaret Truman Daniel. Authorizes appropriations.

A bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1982

Establishes the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Requires the Commission to: (1) plan and develop appropriate activities to commemorate the bicentennial of the Constitution; (2) encourage private organizations, and State and local governments to organize and participate in bicentennial activities; (3) coordinate activities throughout all the States; and (4) serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of bicentennial information. Directs the Commission to seek assistance from private and governmental agencies and organizations. Requires the Commission to submit a report of its recommendations to the President, Congress and the Judicial Conference within two years of enactment of this Act and annually until its termination. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and such sums as necessary through FY 1989.

A joint resolution designating December 1982 as "National Closed-Captioned Television Month".

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

Designates December 1982 as National Closed-Captioned Television Month.

National Debt Retirement Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1982

National Debt Retirement Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the cash proceeds from the transfer, lease, or disposal of surplus government property, with specified exceptions, to be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury and used solely to retire the national debt.

A joint resolution designating October 16, 1982, as "National Newspaper Carrier Appreciation Day".

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982

Designates October 16, 1982, as National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day.

A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week of December 12, 1982, through December 18, 1982, as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Designates December 12 through December 18, 1982, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.

A bill to require a separate family contribution schedule for Pell Grants for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985, to establish restrictions upon the contents of such schedule, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the maximum Pell Grant a student may receive for academic year 1983-1984 to $1,800 or 50 percent of the cost of attendance (as defined for academic year 1982-1983). Directs the Secretary of Education to approve separate (from the Pell Grant family contribution schedule) systems of need analysis for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 for the campus-based programs of supplemental education opportunity grants, work-study, and direct loans. Carries over for academic years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 the Pell Grant cost of attendance criteria in effect for academic year 1982-1983. Carries over the academic year 1982-1983 Pell Grant family contribution schedule into academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications to be published within 15 days of enactment of this Act. Provides that the academic year 1984-1985 Pell Grant family contribution schedule shall be the same as for academic year 1983-1984, with specified modifications, unless the Secretary of Education publishes in the Federal Register and submits to the Congress a proposed schedule by April 1, 1983, and a final schedule by May 15, 1983. Provides that such final schedule shall take effect unless either House of the Congress adopts a resolution of disapproval by a specified date. Provides for a new proposed schedule to take effect unless another resolution of disapproval is adopted. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register: (1) changes in amounts allowed as an offset for family size as a consequence of specified modifications of the Pell Grant family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, immediately after publication of the Consumer Price Index for September, 1983; and (2) the modified family contribution schedule for academic year 1984-1985, by July 15,1983, under specified conditions. Replaces the ratable reduction formula effective for academic year 1983-1984 and succeeding academic years, under which when there are insufficient appropriations, awards for those with lesser need would be cut by a larger percentage than awards for those with greater need.

A joint resolution designating the week of October 10 through October 16, 1982, as "Freedom Week USA".

United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982

Designates October 10 through October 16, 1982, as Freedom Week, USA.

Firearms Ownership Rights Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982

Firearms Ownership Rights Act of 1982 - Title I: Findings and Purposes of this Act - Sets forth findings regarding the legislative history of the Gun Control Act of 1968 and Federal preemption of State and local firearms laws. Title II: Amendments to the Gun Control Act of 1968 - Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to declare that no provision shall be construed to preempt a State law on the same subject matter, unless there is a direct and positive conflict between the laws which cannot be reconciled. Declares that Congress does intend to preempt any local government law which prohibits or regulates the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition, unless the local law is created by Federal or State law. Makes any local government which enacts a law conflicting with this Act ineligible to receive Federal funds for law enforcement.

A joint resolution to express the support of Congress for the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in substantial, verifiable, equitable, and militarily-significant reductions of their nuclear weapons resulting in equal and sharply reduced force levels which would contribute to peace and stability.

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.

A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the week of August 1, 1982 through August 7, 1982 as "National Purple Heart Week".

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.

A resolution commemorating July 1, 1982, which is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the beginning of the International Geophysical Year and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to international cooperation in the sciences.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982

Commemorates July 1, 1982, the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the International Geophysical Year. Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to a new era of international cooperation in all the sciences.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that legislation should be passed in order to make the Government Printing Office more cost-effective and efficient.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982

Expresses the sense of Congress that legislation should be proposed and enacted to: (1) establish parity between the compensation of Government Printing Office (GPO) employees and the compensation of other Federal employees performing similar work; (2) fix the wages of GPO employees in accordance with the prevailing wage rate system applicable to executive branch employees; and (3) strengthen the Public Printer's ability to manage without infringing on the oversight responsibilities of the Joint Committee on Printing.

A bill to limit the outside earned income of Senators.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982

Limits the outside earned income of Senators to $18,000 per calendar year.

A bill to designate the Federal Building in Lima, Ohio, as the "Tennyson Guyer Federal Building".

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1982

Designates the Federal building in Lima, Ohio, as the Tennyson Guyer Federal Building.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to ongoing investigations of foreign trade practices involving steel mill products.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to pursue vigorously and conclude promptly the countervailing duty and antidumping investigations being conducted under the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trade Act of 1974 concerning foreign trade practices involving carbon steel mill products and specialty steel mill products; and (2) the Congress should consider legislation to strengthen U.S. trade laws if necessary.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the health of the Agricultural community, in light of the Wayne Cryts affair.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that, as demonstrated by the Wayne Cryts situation, the integrity of the Nation's grain storage system is in jeopardy.

A joint resolution to provide for the designation of July 9, 1982 and April 9, 1983 as "National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day".

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982

Designates July 9, 1982, and April 9, 1983, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.

A bill to recognize the organization known as the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Incorporated.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982

Grants a Federal charter to the National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Incorporated.

A concurrent resolution on placing the Small Business Administrator on the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs.

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982

Declares that the President should invite the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to participate in the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs.

A bill to authorize appropriations for the construction and for rehabilitation of certain bridges by amending title 23 of the United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982

Revises the apportionment formula for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program by dividing deficient bridges into specified categories. Provides that certain new bridges to be constructed under such program need not carry a specified roadway width.

A bill to prohibit export restrictions that interfere with existing contracts for the exportation of such commodities.

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982

Prohibits the Government from imposing export restrictions on agricultural commodities which interfere with valid export contracts if: (1) the contracts were entered into before the imposition of such restrictions; and (2) the contracts provide for the delivery of such commodities for export within 180 days of the date the restrictions were imposed.

A resolution expressing the House of Representatives' opposition to an imposition of an import fee on crude oil and refined products.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither the President nor Congress should impose import fees on crude oil or refined petroleum products.