United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that it supports the reduction of child mortality and morbidity throughout the world. Urges the President to promote and undertake activities to further the objectives of the child health revolution. Directs appropriate Government agencies to support UNICEF and other specified international agencies and public and private organizations in fostering the child health revolution.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1983
Urges the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries possessing the technology to produce separated plutonium to begin negotiations leading to a verifiable halt in the production of separated plutonium and in the export of technology for such production. Calls for the United States and other nuclear supplier and consumer nations to begin negotiations leading to an agreement to: (1) reject the commercial use of separated plutonium as a nuclear power reactor fuel; (2) base civilian nuclear power technology only on nonweapons usable fuel; and (3) make available reliable supplies of natural and low-enriched uranium.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1983
Modern Farm Animal Practices Act - Establishes the Commission on Modern Farm Animal Practices to investigate and report on all aspects of U.S. intensive farm animal husbandry, including human health effects, and related ethical, scientific, and economic considerations. Sets forth membership and operating provisions. Requires such report to be submitted within two years of the Commission's first meeting to each House of Congress, the Department of Agriculture, and to the Food and Drug Administration. Terminates the Commission 60 days after submitting such report.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983
Requires the Comptroller General to review each employee performance appraisal system of each Federal agency, with certain exceptions, at least once every five years and to report his or her findings and recommendations to specified congressional committees. Requires that such a review specifically consider: (1) the adequacy of training provided to persons evaluating performance; (2) the objectivity of evaluation criteria; (3) the effectiveness of the appraisal system in contributing to adequate, or better, performance; (4) the accuracy and fairness of the system as perceived by employees; (5) the compliance of the system with applicable laws and regulations, particularly with regard to employee notice and participation; (6) the relation between the design and operation of the system; and (7) indications of employee morale. Requires any agency or the Office of Personnel Management to submit any proposed change in a performance appraisal system to the Comptroller General. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) review such proposal to determine its impact on the employees and areas of public service involved; and (2) report his or her findings to specified congressional committees within a specified period. Prohibits such a proposal from taking effect until 60 days after such report is submitted. Prohibits the Comptroller General from reviewing any proposal that is the subject of ongoing labor-management negotiations. Requires an agency's performance appraisal system to ensure that each officer or employee responsible for appraising performance is adequately trained in such duty. Directs the Comptroller General to review Senior Executive Service performance appraisal systems in the same manner as provided for other systems under this Act. Requires each agency to establish a program under which any organization representing a substantial number of supervisory or managerial personnel shall be entitled to present its views on proposed changes in a performance appraisal system affecting its members. Establishes the negotiability of the establishment of performance standards, at the election of the labor organization involved.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of grants to: (1) identify women who received diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant and their children; (2) establish a voluntary registry of such women and children; (3) provide them with periodic cancer screening; and (4) provide health personnel with information respecting the health hazards of such drug.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should insist on Soviet compliance with the Helsinki accords and the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights as they relate to the emigration of Soviet Jews.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983
Renewable Energy Incentive Act of 1983 - Title I: Certain Renewable Energy Source Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for five years from 1985 to 1990 the investment tax credit for: (1) solar, wind, or geothermal property; (2) ocean thermal property; (3) hydroelectric generating property; and (4) biomass property. Allows an investment tax credit for cogeneration energy property until 1990. Increases the energy percentage for solar, wind, or geothermal energy and ocean thermal property from 15 percent to 25 percent. Increases the energy percentage for hydroelectric generating property from 11 percent to 15 percent. Allows an energy percentage of ten percent for cogeneration property. Extends the residential energy income tax credit from 1985 to 1990. Allows the regular investment tax credit for energy property which is considered to be a structural component of a building and is used as air or water heating equipment for such building. Allows an investment tax credit until 1995 for affirmative commitments made for projects concerning: (1) solar, wind, or geothermal property; (2) ocean thermal property; (3) biomass property; and (4) cogeneration property. Extends for seven years from 1988 to 1995 the investment tax credit for affirmative commitments made for certain hydroelectric generating property. Increases from two to five the number of possible sites for ocean thermal property. Allows an investment tax credit for ocean thermal property which produces energy used in a possession of the United States. (Present law requires that such energy be used in the continental United States.) Title II: Biomass Incentive - Treates as biomass property methane-containing gas produced by anaerobic digestion from nonfossil waste materials. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983
Expresses the support of the House of Representatives for Lebanon's and Israel's agreement on arrangements for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. Calls upon other nations to work toward the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon. Emphasizes the need of all nations to recognize the sovereignty of Lebanon. Urges Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization to agree to the arrangements for the withdrawal of their forces from Lebanon.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983
Nuclear Explosives Control Act of 1983 - Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to prohibit the export of any major critical component of any facility for, and any sensitive nuclear technology or other assistance important to, isotopic separation of special nuclear material, nuclear fuel reprocessing, or heavy water production. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to grant approval under an international agreement for the reprocessing, use, or retransfer of separated plutonium which is produced from U.S. exports, only if: (1) the separated plutonium is intended for research and development in operational facilities located in a nuclear-weapon state or a state which meets other specified criteria; (2) there are already existing stocks of separated plutonium reasonably available for the end use requested; (3) in the case of requests for reprocessing, the reprocessing will take place in a nuclear-weapon state or in a state which meets specified criteria and only in a facility in operation or under construction as of the date of enactment of this Act; and (4) adequate security measures will be maintained. Requires these conditions to remain in effect unless and until Congress finds that: (1) effective international safeguards will be applied with respect to the reprocessing of special nuclear material and to separated plutonium; and (2) effective international sanctions against violations of non- proliferation commitments have been established to deter nonnuclear weapon states from diverting special nuclear material or separated plutonium to build nuclear explosive devices. Authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue export licenses for highly enriched uranium for nuclear reactors, only if: (1) there is no alternative nuclear reactor fuel available; (2) the proposed recipient of the uranium has indicated that it will use an alternative nuclear reactor fuel when one becomes available; and (3) the executive branch is developing an alternative nuclear reactor fuel. Requires the NRC to determine a kilogram limit on the amount of highly enriched uranium of U.S. origin that will be allowed at any one time in each foreign country and at each reactor site in each such country. Directs the President to submit to Congress, within three months of enactment of this Act, a plan for the development and use of alternative nuclear reactor fuels. Declares that the objective of the plan shall be to convert to alternative nuclear reactor fuels all reactors which are operated with highly enriched uranium exported from the United States. Lists information that shall be included in the plan. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into arrangements for the retransfer of any exported nuclear material to a third country for reprocessing, for the reprocessing of any such material, or for the subsequent retransfer of plutonium in quantities greater than 500 grams resulting from reprocessing such material, unless the nation requesting such arrangements agrees to specified conditions. Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to require the Secretary of State to enter into agreements with other nations under which, if such nations agree not to obtain or use any facility for nuclear fuel reprocessing or uranium enrichment and not to seek or use separated plutonium or plutonium-based fuels, the United States will: (1) provide, at a discounted price, the fuel for all power reactors in such nations; (2) provide an additional discount for the enrichment of uranium which such nations agree to use in improved power reactor fuel; (3) authorize the export of a lifetime supply of low-enriched fuel under a single export license subject to specified conditions; and (4) enter into a technical assistance program aimed at increasing uranium fuel efficiency, resolving spent fuel storage problems, and developing nonnuclear energy resources. Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit, within three months of enactment of this Act, a plan for implementing the fuel assurance and energy assistance program. Lists information to be included in the plan. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for technical assistance to nonnuclear weapons states for spent fuel storage and disposal under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for energy assistance to developing countries. Requires the NRC and the executive branch to support efforts to improve security arrangements for nuclear exports. Authorizes appropriations to carry out U.S. initiatives to strengthen the international safeguards system. Requires the President to include in the annual report to Congress on efforts to prevent proliferation a description of the progress made in negotiating fuel assurance and technical assistance agreements. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the production of special nuclear material outside the United States unless, in addition to other requirements, there is in effect an agreement for cooperation made pursuant to such Act with the country in which the production will take place and the production is authorized by the Secretary of Energy. Requires such authorizations by the Secretary of Energy to be published in the Federal Register. Lists information to be included in the President's annual report to Congress on efforts to prevent proliferation. Sets forth the method for making the authorization of the Secretary of Energy effective with respect to nonnuclear weapon States. Requires that the Secretary of Defense find that a proposed international cooperation agreement or a subsequent arrangement will not be inimical to the common defense and security of the United States before the proposed agreement or arrangement is submitted to the President. Authorizes the Secretary of State to notify the NRC of the judgment of the executive branch on a proposed export license for nuclear material only if the Secretary has received from the Secretary of Defense a written statement that the Secretary of Defense agrees with that judgment. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into an arrangement for reprocessing or retransferring exported nuclear material only if the Secretary has received from the Secretary of Defense a statement to the effect that the proposed reprocessing or retransfer will not result in a significant increase of the risk of proliferation. Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from issuing a validated export license for the export to a nonnuclear-weapon state of goods or technology which are to be used in a production or utilization facility or which are likely to be used in connection with such a facility unless the Secretary of Energy determines that the United States has an agreement for cooperation with such state and the state adheres to specified criteria. Prohibits the export of components of certain nuclear production or utilization facilities unless the NRC issues a general or specific export license based on a reasonable judgment that the nation to which the components will be exported has an agreement for cooperation with the United States and adheres to specified criteria and the NRC has determined that the issuance of the license will not be inimical to the common defense and security. Authorizes the transfer or retransfer outside the United States of any nuclear material, production or utilization facility, sensitive nuclear technology, or component only if authorized under an agreement for cooperation and licensed by the NRC. Requires such transfers or retransfers to be considered to be exports for the purposes of specified sections of the Atomic Energy Act. Prohibits the issuance of validated export licenses for exports of goods or technology to be used in nuclear production or utilization facilities in countries whose conduct prevents the export of nuclear materials and equipment or sensitive nuclear technology. Requires that Congress adopt a concurrent resolution favoring the determination to halt such exports or the issuance of such validated licenses before such decision becomes effective.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should approve the sale of additional F-16 jet fighters to Israel and should submit notification of the sale to Congress; (2) the United States should avoid diplomatic confrontations with Israel; (3) a leasting peace in the Middle East should be a priority in U.S. foreign policy; and (4) the U.S. should demonstrate a clear commitment to Israel's long-term security, while continuing to seek constructive ties with Arab nations and urging them to join the peace process.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1983
Health Care for the Unemployed Act - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title, Title XXI - Health Care for the Unemployed: Part A - Grants to States - Authorizes to be appropriated for FY 1984 - 1986 a sum sufficient to enable each State to furnish medical assistance to unemployed individuals and their immediate family. Requires a State, in order to receive funding, to have an approved State plan for medical assistance for the unemployed. Requires a State plan to: (1) meet specified administrative requirements of the State's Medicaid plan; (2) make medical assistance available to eligible individuals voluntarily enrolled during the individual's coverage period; (3) require the State unemployment compensation agency to inform unemployment compensation recipients of the plan and of group health plans, and to notify the State Medicaid agency of eligible unemployment compensation recipients; (4) provide the following services: (a) inpatient hospital services for up to nine days annually; (b) outpatient hospital, emergency, rural health clinic, and physician services for up to ten visits annually; (c) laboratory and x-ray services, subject to such limits as the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish; and (d) family planning and nurse mid-wife services; (5) provide for the imposition of premiums, enrollment fees, and similar charges; (6) provide that the plan will be secondary in payment to any other insurance or benefit plan providing medical assistance; and (7) provide that a State make reasonable efforts to determine the Medicaid eligibility of individuals enrolled in the plan who are not receiving unemployment compensation. Requires the Secretary to approve any plan meeting the above requirements, but precludes approval of any plan which: (1) excludes any U.S. citizen or any individual residing in the State; or (2) if approved, would result in a reduction of Medicaid services. Requires the Secretary to disapprove a plan if it reduces or eliminates Medicaid eligibility under its AFDC plan (Aid to Families with Dependent Children, part A of title IV of the Act) with respect to the unemployed parent program or the coverage of certain children. Provides that an individual is eligible for such medical assistance for a week if the individual: (1) is receiving unemployment compensation and three weeks have elapsed since the first week the individual received unemployment compensation; or (2) is not receiving unemployment compensation for the week, was receiving unemployment compensation for a week during the 104 week period ending with the week before the first week in which the plan is in effect and has not received unemployment compensation for any week in which the plan is in effect, and meets certain requirements relating to work availability. Makes an individual's family eligible if the individual is eligible. Requires a State plan to establish standards concerning whether or not an individual is employed. Requires an individual to be considered employed for a week if the individual's earnings equal or exceed an amount equal to 30 times the minimum hourly wage. Makes an individual ineligible for a week if: (1) the individual is covered under a group health plan for which a contribution is being made by someone other than the individual; (2) the individual is covered under his or her spouse's group health plan; (3) the individual is eligible for Medicaid; (4) the individual is employed for four consecutive weeks; or (5) the individual was disqualified because of fraud for unemployment compensation or convicted of a Medicaid offense in the previous year. Requires a State to impose: (1) a premium of between two and five percent of an individual's unemployment compensation; and (2) the same deduction, cost-sharing, and similar charges as imposed under Medicaid. Authorizes a State plan to provide an enrollee the option of receiving medical assistance with another health benefit plan. Authorizes a State to provide an eligible individual with the option of having the State make a cash payment for the premium of another plan. Sets forth the methods for determining payments to States. Makes provisions of title XIX relating to the operation of State plans applicable to title XXI. Sets forth definitions used in this part. Directs the Secretary, provided certain conditions are met, to grant a waiver to a State plan with respect to some or all of the Medicaid administrative requirements in the case of a State plan that enters into an arrangement with one or more private health benefits plans which provide health insurance or health benefits to all eligible individuals and which provide required benefits at a cost no greater than the premiums and other charges of the State plan. Makes specified provisions of title XIX and part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act relating to rural health clinics, fraud and abuse, Indian health service facilities, cost sharing, judicial and administrative review, capital expenditures, and administration applicable to this part. Part B: Open Enrollment, Continuation, and Conversion Rights of Individuals - Requires the group health plans of employers required to pay minimum wage and States and political subdivisions with 25 or more employees to meet the requirements of this part. Requires a group health plan to have an open enrollment period for each married employee eligible to enroll whose spouse loses coverage under a group health plan due to involuntary termination of the spouse's health plan. Requires a group health plan to provide continuation of coverage under the plan for at least 90 days following an individual's involuntary separation or layoff. Requires a State to provide an employee covered under an insured group health plan subject to State insurance law the option of securing health benefits coverage without evidence of insurability where the individual's loss of coverage under the group health plan results from the individual's involuntary layoff or separation from employment. Authorizes an individual or State adversely affected by the failure of an employer to comply with the requirements of this part to seek injunctive relief in a Federal district court. Part C: Assistance to Hospitals Serving the Unemployed - Directs the Secretary to make grants to hospitals to assist the hospitals in providing services to individuals unable to pay. Requires a hospital, in order to receive a grant, to: (1) be located in an area of high unemployment or serve primarily medically underserved populations; (2) serve a significantly disproportionate number of patients having low income; (3) provide services to individuals without regard to their inability to pay; and (4) offer assurances that it will use the grants in addition to, rather than in lieu of, existing Federal, State, and local funds. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress concerning the grants. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1983-1986. Establishes the effective date for part A of title XXI as July 1, 1983, with repeal as of October 1, 1986. Provides for the participation of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa in the plan established by this title.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for services necessary to determine the refractive state and visual function of an individual with a severe visual disability.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Medicare Vision Act of 1983 - Provides coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for: (1) eye examinations for the purpose of prescribing, fitting, or changing eyeglasses; (2) procedures performed to determine the refractive state of the eyes; and (3) services performed by a doctor of optometry. Permits payment for services under part B for services performed by an optometrist, or services performed by another doctor which could be performed by an optometrist, only if payment is made on the basis of an assignment.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1983 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for foreign military sales credits and guarantees with specified amounts earmarked for: (1) military sales credits to Israel; (2) loan guarantees for Turkey; (3) loan guarantees for Greece; (4) military sales credits to Egypt which Egypt need not repay; and (5) loan guarantees for Egypt. Includes South Korea among the list of countries which have a ten-year grace period before beginning repayment on guaranteed loans. Limits the amount of loan guarantees for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) Morocco; (2) Tunisia; and (3) Zaire. Increases the amount of foreign military sales credits and guarantees which Israel is released from repaying. Reaffirms U.S. policy on the settlement of the Cyprus dispute. Permits military assistance for Turkey or for Greece in FY 1984 and 1985 to exceed the amount provided in FY 1983 only if the President certifies to Congress with respect to each country for that fiscal year that: (1) additional military assistance is necessary to enable that country to fulfill its NATO obligations and will not upset the current balance of military strength among the eastern Mediterranean countries; (2) each country is taking steps to settle the Cyprus dispute and is committed to withdrawing all foreign troops as part of a settlement; (3) regarding Turkey, a program for a return to democratic rule is being implemented and human rights are being observed; and (4) regarding Greece, the United States and Greece have agreed upon arrangements for access to and use of military facilities in Greece by U.S. armed forces. Prohibits the amount of military assistance for Greece or Turkey for FY 1984 through 1986 from exceeding the amount of military assistance requested for each country for FY 1984 so long as the military forces of each country which are on Cyprus exceed the number permitted by the 1959 Treaty of Alliance. Prohibits any assistance under the Arms Export Control Act or any military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act to Turkey or Greece after 1986, other than assistance to enable Turkey or Greece to carry out their obligations as members of NATO, if the military forces of each country which are on Cyprus exceed the number permitted by the 1959 Treaty or any subsequent superseding treaty. Prohibits Turkey or Greece from using on Cyprus defense articles sold under the Arms Export Control Act so long as the Turkish or Greek forces on Cyprus exceed those permitted by such treaty or agreement. Authorizes using foreign military sales guarantees to finance procurement of advanced weapons systems by Jordan only if the President has certified to Congress that Jordan is publicly committed to the recognition of Israel and to prompt entry into direct peace negotiations with Israel. Declares that foreign military sales loan guarantees should be issued only to countries which can reasonably be expected to meet the obligations covered by the guarantees without default or rescheduling. Declares that concessional assistance could be provided exclusively or in connection with guarantees to countries that do not meet this standard. Directs the President to review a country's economic and financial condition, particularly its debt servicing capability, when determining whether a country should be considered eligible for loan guarantees. Sets forth factors to be considered in such determination. Requires the President's findings to be included in the President's annual report to Congress on security assistance programs. Limits the amount made available to carry out the Arms Control Act for FY 1985 to seven percent of the principal amount of contractual liability authorized for the foreign military sales credit and guarantee program for FY 1985. Requires such a percentage limit to be placed on such funds each fiscal year. Requires such funds to constitute part of the single reserve for payment of claims under such guarantees. Excludes a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs from the administrative surcharge attached to letters of offer for the sale of defense articles or services. Includes certain official reception and representation expenses within the administrative expenses that will be recovered by the administrative surcharge. Limits such expenses for each fiscal year. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Authorizes the President, in carrying out quality assurance, inspection, and contract audit defense services, to provide free cataloging data and services to NATO and to NATO members if NATO or the NATO members provide reciprocal data and services to the United States. Requires that the section of the President's annual report on arms sales which deals with estimates of international volume of arms traffic shall be transmitted to Congress by April 1 of each year. Requires the President, upon request, to submit copies of the defense requirement surveys to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for military assistance. Limits the amount of such assistance for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) Tunisia; (2) Morocco; and (3) Zaire. Authorizes a waiver of the requirement that a foreign country which sells an item provided under the military assistance program must pay to the United States the net proceeds from the sale. Sets forth the FY 1984 and 1985 limits on the additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries. Authorizes the presence of more than six U.S. military personnel in FY 1984 and 1985 in specified countries including Pakistan, Yemen, Tunisia, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for international military education and training. Permits such education and training for FY 1985 for Uruguay and for FY 1984 and 1985 for Paraguay only if the President submits specified certifications to the Congress. Authorizes the President to provide free training for foreign military personnel at professional military schools in the United States if it is pursuant to an agreement providing reciprocal training for U.S. students in foreign military schools. Authorizes providing military education and training at the Coast Guard Academy. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the funds available for such education and training to provide maritime training through the Coast Guard. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the President, in the event of an unforeseen emergency that requires the immediate provision of peacekeeping operations, to direct the drawdown of a specified amount of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any U.S. agency. Provides for the reimbursement of such agencies. Requires the President to notify the Speaker of the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before exercising such authority. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support a negotiated political solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara. Prohibits members of the U.S. armed forces from performing defense services under the Foreign Assistance Act or the Arms Export Control Act or conducting military education and training activities under the Foreign Assistance Act in the Western Sahara so long as the military conflict continues. Limits the amount of military assistance for El Salvador for FY 1984 and 1985. Provides an additional amount that may be used only for: (1) medical supplies; and (2) training outside of El Salvador for members of El Salvador's armed forces. Limits the total number of U.S. military advisers in El Salvador to 55. Declares that the United States shall: (1) encourage a peaceful and political resolution of the conflict in El Salvador; (2) help begin regional efforts to accomplish a conference of interested governments to reduce regional tensions and instability; and (3) help provide substantial emergency assistance to displaced persons. Directs the President to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act concerning the plans of the Government of El Salvador for meeting specified objectives in ending the conflict, including the President's assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of such plans. Directs the President to suspend military assistance for El Salvador if the Government of El Salvador, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, is not engaged in a good faith, unconditional dialog with all major parties to the conflict unless the Government has been unable to enter such dialog because of the refusal of the major opposition groups to participate. Requires the President to submit to Congress a detailed progress report on May 30, 1984, and August 31, 1984, on the steps taken by the Government of El Salvador to carry out the plans for ending the conflict. Suspends military assistance to El Salvador if the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution declaring that: (1) the plans reported by the President do not adequately address the specified objectives for ending the conflict; or (2) the Government of El Salvador is not making adequate progress toward meeting those objectives. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolutions. Authorizes the submission of a revised report if the Congress adopts such a resolution. Subjects such revised report to disapproval by Congress. Sets forth the timing for the obligating of FY 1984 and 1985 military assistance funds for El Salvador. Suspends all military assistance to El Salvador if the President does not submit the reports required by this Act at the time specified. Prohibits the use of the President's emergency drawdown authority under the Foreign Assistance Act with respect to El Salvador during FY 1984 and 1985. Directs the Comptroller General to report periodically to Congress on the progress of the Government of El Salvador in carrying out the plans for ending the conflict. Sets forth the procedure to be followed if the President uses special authority under the Foreign Assistance Act to waive the suspension of military assistance to El Salvador. Prohibits providing Guatemala during FY 1984 and 1985 with: (1) funds for military assistance or international military education and training; (2) foreign military sales credits or guarantees; (3) arms export licenses; and (4) members of U.S. armed forces. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) sales of construction equipment and mobile medical facilities to assist in development programs that will directly assist the poor in Guatemala; (2) sales of training, to be provided outside Guatemala, which is related to sales of such equipment or facilities; (3) a specified amount of loan guarantees for FY 1984 and 1985 for sales of such equipment, facilities, and training. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 to permit specified types of military and economic assistance, including foreign military sales credits and guarantees and arms export licenses to Argentina and Chile only if the President certifies to Congress that: (1) their governments have made significant progress in complying with internationally recognized principles of human rights; (2) the provision of such assistance is in the U.S. national interest; and (3) an elected civilian government is in power. Prohibits such assistance to Chile or Argentina for FY 1984 if the President submits a certification with respect to that country before this Act is enacted. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the limits on the funds which the President may authorize under the President's special waiver authority of such Act. Title II: Antiterrorism Assistance Program - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to eligible countries to aid in the deterrence of international terrorism. Sets forth provisions for reimbursement for the value of services and commodities furnished under this Act. Provides for consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the development and implementation of this Act. Sets forth procedures and requirements for training services under this Act. Requires the President to transmit specified written notification to Congress not less than 30 days before providing antiterrorism assistance under this Act. Sets forth certain reporting requirements. Authorizes: (1) appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985; and (2) transfers of funds previously made available for FY 1983 to carry out this program. Title III: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985. Allocates a specified amount for FY 1984 and 1985 for emergency assistance. Deletes the provisions prohibiting the use of Economic Support Fund funds for nuclear facilities and dealing with Economic Support Fund programs for: (1) the Middle East; (2) the Eastern Mediterranean; (3) the special requirements fund; (4) Costa Rica; (5) Nicaragua; and (6) Poland. Allocates funds out of the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 for Israel and Egypt. Limits the percentage of the FY 1984 and 1985 funds obligated for assistance for Latin American and the Caribbean that may be obligated for assistance for any one country. Allocates funds for Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Panama. Requires that, to the maximum extent possible, funds appropriated to the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 which are allocated for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean shall be used to generate local currencies to support specified objectives. Requires the President to seek a reasonable balance between support for the public sector and support for the private sector and between balance-of-payments support and support for development projects. Authorizes the use of Economic Support Fund allocations to El Salvador to implement the country's land reform program. Requires such funds to be used to generate local currencies to capitalize a segregated account which: (1) would be used to pay for land acquired under the land reform program and to provide credit at concessional interest rates to beneficiaries of all phases of the land reform program; (2) would be replenished as necessary by payments required from beneficiaries of the program; and (3) shall be subject to standard U.S. Government auditing requirements. Authorizes the obligation at any time after October 1, 1983, of 50 percent of the appropriated FY 1984 allocation for El Salvador. Directs the President to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act on the plans of the Government of El Salvador for carrying out the land reform objectives. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress not earlier than March 30, 1984, on the progress made in carrying out such plans. Lists information to be included in such report. Requires similar reports to be filed not earlier than August 30, 1984, and not earlier than March 30, 1985. Prohibits the obligation of any additional part of the allocation until 15 days after the report is filed. Authorizes the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to express any objections they may have to the obligation of additional funds for El Salvador in light of the progress being made in implementing the land reform program. Sets forth the timetable for obligating FY 1985 allocations for El Salvador. Authorizes Congress to prevent the obligation of such funds by adopting a concurrent resolution stating that Congress does not find that sufficient progress has been made in implementing the land reform program. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Prohibits providing assistance from the Economic Support Fund to Zaire for FY 1984 or 1985. Requires that agreements with countries in Africa, including Northern Africa, which provide for the use of funds out of the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 to finance imports from those countries shall require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries in accordance with specified criteria. Requires annual evaluations of the extent to which such agreements meet those criteria. Earmarks a specified amount for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) regional programs in Southern Africa; and (2) Southern Africa. Prohibits Economic Support Fund monies for education or training programs in South Africa from being used for programs conducted by or through organizations in South Africa which are financed or controlled by the Government of South Africa. Title IV: Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance; (2) population planning and health programs, with a specified amount earmarked for the International Conference on Population; (3) education and human resources development; and (4) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities. Allocates 60 percent of the population planning assistance funds or $165,000,000, whichever is less, for: (1) population and family planning activities of multilateral and nongovernmental organizations and institutions; and (2) centrally-funded purchases of family planning supplies and services. Allocates 16 percent of such funds or $38,000,000, whichever is less for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. Directs the President, in carrying out the aid to health programs, to promote activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for development assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean. Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) educational scholarships for persons from Latin America and the Caribbean; (2) the Inter-American Foundation; (3) aid to persons displaced by civil strife in Central America; (4) the American Institute for Free Labor Development; and (5) support for indigenous regional development and financial institutions that carry out projects to support basic human needs. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for development assistance for: (1) Sub-Saharan Africa; and (2) Morocco. Authorizes the President to establish in the Treasury a revolving fund which shall be used to furnish assistance to further the development of the private sector in developing countries. Sets forth the criteria for the private sector activities that may be supported by such fund. Limits the amount that may be made available to support any one project. Sets forth provisions for administering the fund. Directs the President to report to Congress annually on the projects supported by the fund. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to countries to protect and maintain wildlife habitats and to develop sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs. Provides for the development of a U.S. strategy to protect and conserve biological diversity in developing countries, including continued U.S. participation in and support for international groups which carry out research on the preservation of animal and plant species. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for the Sahel development program. Directs the President to use specified poverty measurement standards in determining target populations for development assistance and to strengthen U.S. efforts to assure that a substantial percentage of such assistance directly improves the lives of the poor majority. Requires that attempts to increase the capabilities of institutions shall, to the maximum extent possible, be designed and monitored to insure that the ultimate beneficiaries of these activities are the poor majority. Requires the annual report on development assistance to include an evaluation of the extent to which development assistance programs directly benefit the poor majority. Increases the limit on the total amount of outstanding housing guarantees. Extends the authority to issue worldwide housing guarantees until September 30, 1986. Requires that the interest rates on loan investments guaranteed under such Act shall be reasonable in comparison to the rates on comparable securities in the U.S. market. Deletes the requirement that Latin American countries must be the setting for pilot programs for encouraging private sector participation in agricultural credit and self-help community development programs. Extends the authority for such programs until September 30, 1985. Requires that assistance provided to promote the role of private enterprise in development shall be used primarily for activities in agricultural development in rural areas, population planning and health programs, education and human resources development, and development of indigenous energy resources. Requires such assistance to be directed toward small business. Sets forth factors the President shall consider in providing assistance to promote the role of private enterprise in development. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for the African Development Foundation. Title V: Other Authorizations - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for human rights activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; (5) trade and development programs; and (6) operating expenses for development assistance. Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) the United Nations Development Program; (2) the United Nations Children's Fund; (3) the International Atomic Energy Agency; (4) the Organization of American States development assistance programs; (5) the United Nations Environment Program; (6) the World Meteorological Organization; (7) the United Nations Capital Development Fund; (8) the United Nations Education and Training Program for Southern Africa; (9) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the Decade for Women; (10) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; (11) the World Food Program; (12) the United Nations Institute for Namibia; (13) the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa; (14) the United Nations Institute for Training and Research; (15) the United Nations Fellows Program; and (16) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Prohibits making funds available for programs or projects for the Palestinian Liberation Organization or for the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). Permits funding for SWAPO if the President certifies that such funds would not be used to support military or paramilitary activities. Requires the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress on the amounts spent by international organizations receiving U.S. funds. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the need for signatory countries to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, to work together to prevent drug cultivation. Authorizes the President to conclude agreements with other countries and to furnish them with assistance in order to facilitate control of production and distribution of controlled substances. Directs the President to suspend U.S. assistance to or for any country if the President determines that such country has failed to take adequate steps to prevent controlled substances produced in such country from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to U.S. Government personnel or their dependents or from being smuggled into the United States. Sets forth the method of determining whether adequate steps are being taken. Requires that if aid is suspended the suspension shall continue until the President reports to Congress that the foreign country's government has taken adequate steps to prevent the distribution of drugs to U.S. personnel and to prevent smuggling into the United States. Requires the President to report to Congress annually on the status of the U.S. policy to establish and encourage an international strategy to prevent the illicit cultivation and manufacture of and traffic in controlled substances. Sets forth information that must be included in each such report. Directs the Department of State to encourage the International Narcotics Control Board and the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to take the necessary and appropriate action to secure from signatory countries to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, the information necessary for the President's annual reports to Congress. Earmarks a specified amount for FY 1985 to provide resettlement services and facilities for refugees and displaced persons in Africa. Title VI: Food for Peace - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to furnish certain agricultural commodities to carry out the provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Provides for payment for such commodities. Declares that the level of food assistance financing made available for Egypt under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall be reduced each fiscal year both in dollar amount and as a percentage of the total financing made available worldwide. Limits such financing for FY 1984. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize furnishing commodities for famine relief through any appropriate method of distribution. Requires that consideration shall be given, in the case of commodities distributed by nonprofit voluntary agencies, to the nutritional and development objectives as established by those agencies in light of their assessment of the needs of the people assisted. Requires the President to submit: (1) annual reports to Congress on planned programing of food assistance for famine relief for the coming fiscal year; and (2) semiannual reports to Congress on the current status of planned programing of food assistance for famine relief for the current fiscal year. Limits the amount of funds that may be used in FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out the farmer-to-farmer assistance program under such Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, in conjunction with the Secretary, to report to Congress on the manner in which the Agency intends to implement such program. Title VII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Declares that it is U.S. policy to provide opportunities for service in the Peace Corps to at least 10,000 individuals by the end of FY 1986 and thereafter. Directs the President to include in the annual report to Congress on the Peace Corps a description of the plans to carry out such policy. Title VIII: Fiscal Year 1983 Supplemental Authorizations - Authorizes supplemental authorizations for FY 1983 for: (1) foreign military sales loan guarantees under the Arms Export Control Act; (2) military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act, with a specified amount earmarked for El Salvador; (3) the Economic Support Fund; (4) international organizations and programs; and (5) development assistance programs, with a specified amount earmarked for development assistance projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Limits for FY 1983 the principal amount of foreign military sales loan guarantees and military assistance to: (1) Morocco; (2) Tunisia; and (3) Zaire. Earmarks a specified amount of funds from the Economic Support Fund for aid to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which have democratically elected governments and for which the executive branch has not otherwise allocated funds for FY 1983. Requires that such funds shall be used to the maximum extent feasible to generate local currencies which shall be used to support activities consistent with specified development objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act. Prohibits providing any assistance for FY 1983 for Zaire from the Economic Support Fund. Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Increases the amount which the U.S. Government can grant without restriction for development assistance, for American schools and hospitals abroad, or for the Economic Support Fund. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries which may not receive U.S. assistance if the President reports to Congress that such action is important to U.S. security. Directs the President, in determining the level of U.S. assistance to a country, to consider the extent to which the government of such country permits a government-owned entity or nationals of that country to engage in the unauthorized broadcast of copyrighted material belonging to U.S. copyright owners. Requires that a country whose government-owned entity engages in such broadcasts shall receive only one-half of the proposed U.S. assistance for such country. Authorizes the President to waive such limit if the President determines such action is in the national interest. Deletes the requirement that the annual report on foreign assistance contain a report on the foreign assistance provided by each member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Excludes proposed program changes under the Arms Export Control Act from the requirement that Congress be given 15 days notice of such changes. Excludes from the Congressional notification requirement: (1) proposed reprograming under the Arms Export Control Act; and (2) reprograming of less than $25,000 for use under international narcotics control programs and international military education and training programs. Provides that aid under the Arms Export Control Act need not be reported to Congress within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating such funds. Deletes the requirement that the President report to Congress before granting assistance which exceeds by ten percent or more the assistance which the President reported to Congress. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to delete the requirement that the President report to Congress on the amounts of and recipients of foreign military credit sales and guarantees. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to delete the limit on the amount of foreign assistance funds that may be used to construct facilities for U.S. Government personnel carrying out such Act. Increases the amount of funds that may be used to educate the dependents of such personnel. Repeals specified provisions of such Act including obsolete reporting requirements and provisions dealing with aid to: (1) Cyprus; (2) Romania; (3) Turkey; (4) Caribbean countries; and (5) Portugal and former Portuguese colonies in Africa. Directs the President to report to Congress on economic conditions in Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Lebanon which may affect their respective ability to meet their international debt obligations and to stabilize their economies. Directs the President to obtain statutory authorization with respect to the introduction of U.S. armed forces into Lebanon in conjunction with agreements providing for foreign troop withdrawals from Lebanon and for the creation of a new, more permanent multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Dominican Republic should be commended for its efforts to achieve a stable democracy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that for each of FY 1984 and 1985 up to $24,000,000 of the development assistance funds and up to $10,000,000 of the Economic Support Fund moneys should be made available for development assistance for Haiti. Declares that such aid, to the maximum extent possible, should be provided through private and voluntary organizations. Permits development, economic, and military aid for Haiti for FY 1984 and 1985 only if the President determines that the Government of Haiti: (1) is continuing to cooperate with the United States in halting illegal emigration to the United States from Haiti; (2) is cooperating in implementing U.S. development, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti; (3) is continuing to comply with the fiscal performance targets set by the International Monetary Fund; and (4) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the human rights situation in Haiti. Requires the President to report to Congress biennially until the end of FY 1985 on the actions of the Government of Haiti which are consistent with such conditions. Permits funds made available to Haiti under the Foreign Assistance Act for FY 1984 and 1985 to be used to halt significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. Congratulates the Government of Honduras for its successful presidential election. Supports the further enhancement of democracy in Honduras. Directs the President to develop plans for a reconstruction and redevelopment effort for El Salvador and other Central American countries. Directs the President to initiate discussions with such countries concerning the feasibility of enlisting multilateral support for such effort.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
National Nursing Home Standards Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 13 member National Commission on the Regulation of Nursing Homes. States that such Commission's purpose shall be to examine existing Federal and State quality, health, and safety regulations for nursing homes and intermediate care facilities and to make recommendations, including alternative approaches to regulating such facilities, to Congress and to the Secretary by September 30, 1984. Imposes a moratorium on nursing home rules changes until six months after the filing of such recommendations. Requires such Commission to be made up of members of the Institute of Medicine, nursing home residents and operators, and State officials.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
National Industrial Strategy Act - Title I: Economic Cooperation Council - Establishes the Economic Cooperation Council to collect and analyze economic data and, upon request to make recommendations to Congress, Federal departments and agencies, and the National Industrial Development Bank (established by this Act) regarding national industrial policy and sectoral strategies. Requires the Council, within one year after enactment, to report to Congress and the President its recommendations for changes in any Federal policy necessary to implement an effective national industrial strategy. Exempts the Council from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Establishes within the Council a Bureau of Economic Information and a Bureau of Economic Analysis. Requires the Council to send annual reports to the President, Congress, and the National Industrial Development Bank about the major industrial development priorities of the United States and the policies needed to meet them. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Industrial Development Bank - Establishes the National Industrial Development Bank to make loans and loan guaranties and to issue debt instruments in such a way as to improve the overall economic goals of the Nation and broad public interest. Sets forth general provisions regarding the issuance of financial assistance. Directs the Bank to provide financial assistance to those mature and linkage industries which can be restructured to become competitively successful in the long term. Requires such a company to submit a plan to the Bank which demonstrates that it will be viable in the long run without additional Federal financial assistance. Authorizes financial assistance to develop and market new technologies and to aid in the growth of emerging industries. Authorizes financial assistance to regional development banks. Requires annual reports to Congress. Terminates the Bank on September 30, 1989. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Calls upon the nations of the world, particularly the Soviet Union, to conclude in the multilateral Committee on Disarmament or other bilateral negotiations a comprehensive and verifiable treaty banning chemical weapons. States that the United States will continue its moratorium on chemical weapons production if progress is evident on a comprehensive and verifiable treaty banning chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1983 - Title I: Standards of Disability - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual who is receiving disability benefits or child's, widow's, or widower's insurance benefits based on disability may be determined not to be entitled to such benefits on the grounds that the disability involved has ceased, does not exist, or is not disabling only if: (1) there has been significant improvement in the individual's condition so that such individual can perform substantial gainful activity; (2) the individual can perform substantial gainful activity as a result of medical or vocational therapy or technology; (3) the prior disability determination was clearly erroneous or fraudulently obtained; or (4) the individual is currently performing substantial gainful activity. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the combined effect of all of an individual's impairments in determining whether such individual is unable to engage in substantial gainful activity. Requires that subjective evidence of pain or other symptoms be considered in determining whether an individual is under a disability. Provides that subjective evidence may lead to a determination of disability even without corroboration by medical findings. Requires that a determination as to an individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful activity be based on an evaluation of the individual's remaining capacity to meet the demands of competitive work on a sustained basis. Provides that an individual who is working in a noncompetitve work environment shall not be regarded as demonstrating an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity solely on the basis of such work. Permits such work to be considered as a factor in a determination that an individual is able to engage in substantial gainful activity. Title II: Disability Determination Process - Requires the Secretary to revise: (1) the criteria under the category "Mental Disorders" in the "Listing of Impairments" in effect under part 404 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations which are used to make individualized determinations of disability for purposes of determining eligibility for disability benefits under title II of the Social Security Act; and (2) the methods and procedures for assessing the residual functional capacity of individuals having mental impairments. Requires the Secretary to appoint a panel of outside experts to make recommendations with respect to such revisions. Prohibits the Social Security Administration from carrying out continuing eligibility reviews with respect to individuals previously determined to be under a disability due to mental impairment until such revisions have been established by final regulation. Makes such prohibition inapplicable in any case involving fraud or where an individual is engaged in substantial gainful activity. Sets forth requirements for the redetermination of disability determinations made after the enactment of this Act and before the date on which the Secretary's revisions are established by final regulation. Removes certain time restrictions on the continued payment of disability benefits during the appeal process. Provides that an initial disability determination by the Secretary or by a State agency which is unfavorable to a disability benefit applicant shall remain pending until after notice and opportunity for review. Requires that such a determination contain a statement of the case which indicates the basis of the disability determination, the right to a review, and the right to submit additional medical evidence before such review. Entitles the applicant or the applicant's spouse, divorced spouse, surviving divorced spouse, surviving spouse, surviving divorced mother, child, or parent to a review of a pending disability determination upon request and upon a showing that his or her rights may be prejudiced by such determination. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to such a review. Requires the Secretary or the State agency to affirm, modify, or reverse a pending disability determination on the basis of such a review. Provides that an initial decision by the Secretary as to an individual's eligibility for disability benefits which is based upon an initial disability determination and which is unfavorable to such individual shall contain a statement of the case which indicates the basis of such decision, the individual's right to a hearing, and the individual's right to submit additional medical evidence before or at such hearing. Requires a State agency or the Secretary, in making a disability determination, to consider all medical and vocational evidence relating to the physical or mental impairments of the individual involved. Requires that a complete medical history of at least the preceding year be made for each disability determination or continuing disability determination. Requires that medical information be obtained from the individual's treating physician. Requires that assistance be given where necessary to those individuals who have been previously determined to be under a disability based on mental impairment and with respect to whom reviews of continuing eligibility are being carried out. Requires that hearings with respect to disability determinations be reasonably accessible to the persons requesting them. Directs the Secretary to insure the reimbursement of costs connected to disability determinations for individuals who have presented evidence of financial need. Provides that a disability determination shall be made only after a qualified physician (or a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist where appropriate) has made the proper medical evaluation. Requires the Secretary to prescribe standards with respect to consultative examinations which must be obtained for disabilty determinations. Requires that rates for medical examinations in connection with disability determinations be consistent with the rates for such services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for the application of Federal rulemaking and administrative procedure requirements to disability determinations under title II of the Social Security Act. Amends title VII (Administration) of such Act to specify court orders by a U.S. court of appeals with which the Secretary and the Department of Health and Human Services must comply, unless there is a review by the U.S. Supreme Court. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to eliminate as a condition for the continued payment of benefits to persons in vocational rehabilitation programs that the Commissioner of Social Security determine that the continuation or completion of such program will increase the likelihood that a beneficiary may be permanently removed from benefit eligibility following participation in such a program. Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to require the Secretary to notify all recipients of title II benefits who may be eligible for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act of the availability of the SSI program and to encourage such individuals to contact the social security district office. (Under current law, the Secretary is required to give such notification to all elderly title II beneficiaries.) Requires that the Secretary include in such notices that, upon request, assistance will be provided in the completion of claims and to establish benefit eligibility. Amends title II of the Social Security Act to revise the time periods for trial work which is used as a basis in determining whether an individual's disability has ended. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Advisory Council on the Medical Aspects of Disability, which shall evaluate and advise the Secretary on the disability determination process under title II of the Social Security Act. Requires the Council to report to Congress at least biennially on its activities. Requires the Secretary to establish enough attorney adviser positions in the Department of Health and Human Services to insure adequate opportunity for career advancement for attorneys in the Social Security Administration. Requires that such attorneys be given qualifying experience for appointment to administrative law judge positions. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees with respect to complying with these requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Director of the National Institutes of Health should increase funding allocations for Lupus Erythematosus research.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Establishes the Special Joint Committee on Arrangements to provide for the congressional commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Harry S. Truman. Declares it the duty of such committee to: (1) arrange a joint meeting of the Congress in commemoration of such anniversary; (2) plan proceedings for such joint meeting; and (3) coordinate activities with the Truman Centennial Committee. Enumerates the powers of such joint committee. Provides that the expenses of such joint committee may not exceed a specified amount and shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations relating to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (concerning sex discrimination in education) should not be amended or altered in any manner which will lessen the comprehensive coverage of such statute in eliminating gender discrimination throughout the American educational system.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1983
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 and Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the mayor and city council, and other interested organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1983
Encourages the President's efforts to achieve deep cuts in the amounts of nuclear weapons held by each nation and to establish an enduring peace. Declares that Congress would welcome an international agreement based on specified principles providing for: (1) the staged, proportional disarmament of all nations until nonthreatening force levels are reached under effective international inspection and control; and (2) concurrent agreements (in accordance with specified principles) providing methods for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, for effective compliance during the staged disarmament process, and for effective enforcement as nonthreatening force levels are approached. Urges the President to initiate: (1) renewed consideration of the "Joint Statement of agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations" ("Joint Statement") by appropriate U.S. agencies; and (2) joint United States and Soviet reconsideration of such "Joint Statement." Requests the President to: (1) transmit copies of this resolution to the heads of government of all nations and to invite them to participate in negotiations on such an international agreement; and (2) report to Congress on the steps taken respecting this resolution and the responses received and on the U.S. reassessment of the "Joint Statement."
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1983
Title I: Department of State - Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, with a specified amount earmarked for protective services; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) migration and refugee assistance, with a specified amount earmarked to fight piracy in the Gulf of Thailand; and (5) U.S. Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements. Requires that the U.S. share of expenses of the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property for any year after 1981 shall be paid out of the State Department funds for international organizations and conferences. Requires that the U.S. expenses for the thirty-first annual meeting of the North Atlantic Assembly shall be paid with State Department funds for FY 1984 for international organizations and conferences. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to allocate or transfer State Department funds to any U.S. agency for direct expenditure by such agency for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted in such Act or under authority governing the activities of such agency. Limits the amount of any U.S. payment to the United Nations budget or to the budget of any specialized U.N. agency to an amount assessed as the U.S. contribution less 25 percent of the amount budgeted for projects whose primary purpose is to provide political benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on any such project. Provides that the Counselor of the Department of State shall be compensated at the rate of Level III rather than Level IV of the Executive Schedule. Deletes the provision limiting the amount that the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation may accept in gifts in a single year. Makes a specified amount of the funds authorized for the administration of foreign affairs for each of FY 1984 and 1985 available for the expenses of the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize training and instruction at the Foreign Service Institute for a maximum of 60 citizens of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require that the President, rather than the Secretary, appoint the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions. Grants the Director the rank of ambassador. Sets forth the qualifications of the Director. Prohibits specified types of reprograming of State Department funds unless the House Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committees are notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide for a benefit fund for foreign national employees of the State Department. Deletes the provision dealing with the payment of illness and burial expenses for Federal employees who are citizens of foreign countries. Sets forth the method of determining retirement benefits of certain foreign service officers. Directs the Secretary to assign responsibility for international communications and information policy matters within the Department to an appropriate Under Secretary of State. Lists the responsibilities for such matters. Directs the Secretary to establish within the State Department an Office of the Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy. Requires the Coordinator to be responsible to the Under Secretary. Sets forth the duties of the Coordinator. Declares that the presence of nonessential personnel or dependents shall not preclude payment of danger pay to Federal employees serving under dangerous conditions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should recommend that extended voluntary departure status be granted to El Salvadorans and that such status should be granted until the situation in El Salvador has changed sufficiently to permit their safely residing in that country. Title II: United States Information Agency - United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) for FY 1984 and 1985. Earmarks specified amounts for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) acquisition and construction of radio facilities; and (2) a grant to the National Endowment for Democracy. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the USIA for FY 1983. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to prohibit specified types of reprograming of USIA funds unless the House Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committees are notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Authorizes the USIA to award program grants for FY 1984 and 1985 only if those committees are notified 15 days in advance of the proposed grant. Authorizes disseminating USIA prepared information to foreign diplomats in the United States. Prohibits those diplomats from further disseminating such information within the United States except to other foreign diplomats. Directs the Administrator of General Services to provide for the distribution within the United States of the USIA film "Thanksgiving in Peshawar." Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize supplemental appropriations for FY 1983 and to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985. Limits the salary of the President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, to the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Title IV: Inter-American Foundation - Inter-American Foundation Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation for FY 1984 and 1985. Title V: The Asia Foundation - The Asia Foundation Act - Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of State to make grants to The Asia Foundation in each of FY 1983 through 1985. Title VI: National Endowment for Democracy - National Endowment for Democracy Act - Authorizes the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Endowment for Democracy. Sets forth the purposes of the Endowment. Authorizes the Endowment to provide funding only for programs of private sector groups which are consistent with the purposes of the Endowment. Provides for the incorporation of the Endowment. Requires the Endowment to report annually to the President on its activities. Authorizes the Director of the USIA to make grants to the Endowment. Allocates funds from the Endowment for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; (2) the National Republican Institute for International Affairs; (3) the Free Trade Union Institute; and (4) the private enterprise development programs of the National Chamber Foundation. Title VII: South Africa - United States Policy Toward South Africa Act of 1983 - Subtitle I: Labor Standards - Requires any United States person who has or controls an enterprise in South Africa which employs more than 30 people to insure that in operating such enterprise the following employment principles are implemented: (1) desegregation in any employment facility; (2) equal employment for all employees; (3) equal pay for equal work; (4) establishment of a minimum wage and salary structure; (5) increase in the representation of nonwhites in managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs; (6) improvement of the quality of employees' lives outside the work environment; and (7) recognition of labor unions and fair labor practices. Declares that the Secretary may issue guidelines and give advisory opinions on compliance with such principles. Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council in South Africa to advise the Secretary with respect to the implementation of such employment principles and to review the annual reports which each U.S. person covered by this Act must submit to the Secretary on the progress made in implementing such principles. Directs the Secretary to establish in the United States an American Advisory Council to make policy recommendations regarding labor practices of U.S. persons in South Africa and to review such persons' progress in implementing such employment practices. Directs the Secretary: (1) to take specified actions to insure compliance with the implementation of such employment principles; and (2) to review the compliance of such persons at least biennially. Sets forth penalties for noncompliance. Authorizes the President to waive compliance with the implementation of such principles if such compliance would harm U.S. national security. Subtitle II: Prohibition on Loans and Importation of Gold Coins - Prohibits any U.S. financial or lending institution from making any loan directly or through a foreign subsidiary to South Africa unless such loan is for educational, housing, or health facilities available to all persons on a nondiscriminatory basis. Prohibits the importation of any gold coin minted in South Africa or sold by South Africa. Directs the Secretary to take specified actions to enforce the prohibitions on loans and the importation of gold coins. Sets forth penalties for violations of such prohibitions. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions for one year if South Africa meets specified conditions. Subtitle III: General Provisions - Directs Federal agencies to cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Republic of South Africa should comply with international human rights agreements by ending its "black-spot" policy and by allowing forcibly relocated South Africans to return to ancestral lands; (2) U.S. nonrecognition of South African "homeland" sovereignty should continue; (3) travel to the United States should be denied to "homeland" officials who seek to enter this country under "homelands" visas; and (4) the President should send a copy of this resolution to the Republic of South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Congress: (1) rejects the proposals of the President to eliminate funding for library programs; and (2) should provide funds to continue our Nation's commitment to our libraries.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, at the request of the Governor of a State affected by the interstate management plan developed under the Chesapeake Bay program, to make a grant to implement management mechanisms in the plan if the State has, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, approved and committed to implement all or substantially all aspects of the plan. Limits such grants to 55 percent of the plan implementation costs in any year and requires State expenditure of non-Federal funds to cover at least 45 percent of such costs during such fiscal year. Directs the Administrator to continue the Chesapeake Bay program for: (1) assessing the relationship between point and nonpoint source pollution and the impact of such pollution on water quality; and (2) research on the impact of pollutant loadings, particularly nutrients, on bay fisheries resources (with special attention to be given to the striped bass). Directs the Administrator to immediately begin to: (1) assess the principal factors having an adverse effect on the environmental quality of Narragansett Bay, as perceived by both scientists and users; and (2) direct and coordinate, subsequent to a review of presently ongoing research, research and abatement programs that will most efficiently address those factors. Directs the Administrator to: (1) analyze all environmental sampling data presently being collected on Narragansett Bay and undertake methods of improving such data collection; (2) establish a continuing capacity for collecting, storing, analyzing, and disseminating such data; (3) institute a sampling program where present programs are deficient; and (4) determine what units of government have management responsibility for the environmental quality of the bay and how such responsibility can be structured to improve coordination among units of government, research and educational institutions, and concerned groups and individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987 to carry out Chesapeake and Narragansett Bays programs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
Urges the United States and the Soviet Union to begin talks aimed at creating a jointly administered United States-Soviet student exchange program. Sets forth certain aspects of such exchange program.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1983
Export Administration Amendments Act of 1983 - Title I: Amendments to Export Administration Act of 1979 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to set forth penalties for: (1) conspiring or attempting to export goods in violation of such Act; and (2) possessing goods or technology with the intent to export them in violation of a national security or foreign policy export control or with the knowledge or reason to believe they would be so exported. Permits a waiver of the revocation of the authority to export goods or technology only if specified congressional committees are first consulted. Requires persons convicted of violating a national security or foreign policy export control to forfeit: (1) the goods or technology that were the subject of the violation or that were used in the violation; and (2) the proceeds from the transaction from which the violation arose. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate Department of Commerce employees to take specified actions to enforce the Export Administration Act of 1979. Limits the authority of customs officers with respect to such Act to: (1) inspection and seizure of goods or technology at those places in which such officers are lawfully authorized to conduct such searches and seizures; and (2) investigations conducted before such inspection, search, or seizure. Limits the U.S. Customs Service inspections of goods and technology in the enforcement of this Act to those goods and technology about which the Customs Service has received information of possible violations. Prohibits the Customs Service from conducting random inspections. Limits the amount of money which the Customs Service may spend in enforcing export controls. Authorizes the Secretary to issue licenses authorizing multiple exports instead of a validated license for each export including: (1) a qualified general license, authorizing exports for approved end uses; (2) distribution licenses; (3) project licenses; (4) service supply licenses; and (5) comprehensive operations licenses. Prohibits requiring permission for the exportation of goods or technology covered by national security controls if they are being exported to countries which maintain export controls cooperatively with the United States. Requires the exporter to notify the Department of Commerce of such exports. Prohibits any Federal department or agency from recommending denial of an application to export to China goods or technology covered by national security export controls solely on the basis of their technical level if that level does not exceed a specified level. Permits denial of such applications solely on the basis of their technical level if the goods or technology: (1) are intended for a nuclear related end use or end-user; (2) could, if used for purposes other than those for which export is intended, be of significance for nuclear explosives; or (3) are otherwise subject to certain procedures established by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. Requires the removal of a national security export control on a good if all applications for an export license of such good during the previous year have been granted. Exempts from such requirement all export controls which the United States maintains cooperatively with another country. Prohibits imposing a national security export control on a good solely because the good contains a nonreprogrammable imbedded microprocessor. Permits imposing an export control on such a good only if the functions of the good are such that, if exported, it would make a significant contribution to the military potential of a country that would be detrimental to U.S. national security. Prohibits the President from imposing export controls for national security purposes on goods or technology which are available without restrictions from sources outside the United States. (Current law prohibits the President from imposing export controls on such goods or technology for foreign policy or national security purposes unless the absence of such controls would be detrimental to U.S. foreign policy or national security.) Limits the duration of national security export controls on goods or technology that are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated license for the export of such goods or technology if the availability has not been eliminated within six months of the President's determination that the absence of such export controls would be detrimental to national security. Requires the Secretary to accept the representations of export license applicants with respect to the foreign availability of goods or technology unless the representations are contradicted by reliable evidence. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 90 days on a finding by a technical advisory committee that goods or technology subject to national security export controls are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated export license for such goods or technology if after six months, the foreign availability has not been eliminated. Requires the President, before imposing foreign policy export controls, to consult with certain countries, including the countries with which the United States maintains export controls cooperatively. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress within ten days of imposing, expanding, or extending foreign policy export controls. Requires such report to include the extent and results of consultations with industry and other countries before the foreign policy export controls were imposed. Prohibits any export controls imposed for foreign policy reasons from affecting: (1) export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed; or (2) validated export licenses issued before such time. Prohibits export controls imposed on goods or technology in short supply from affecting export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed. Prohibits foreign policy export controls from authorizing export controls on donations intended to meet basic human needs. Expresses the intent of Congress that foreign policy export controls not be imposed on goods or technology if the principal effect of their export would be to help meet basic human needs. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the exportation from the United States of any goods, technology, or other information produced in the United States to the extent necessary to further significantly U.S. foreign policy or to fulfill U.S. international obligations. Authorizes the President to impose foreign policy export controls with respect to an expanded number of goods or technology if: (1) the President reports to Congress on the proposed controls; and (2) a joint resolution is enacted authorizing such controls. Sets forth an expedited procedure for considering such joint resolution. Requires the President to notify Congress whenever the President determines that short supply export controls should be imposed on refined petroleum products. Limits exports of such products during such times. Requires the Secretary to allow an export license applicant 30 days to respond to a decision to deny the license application. Prohibits the Secretary from returning a license application without action if the license requirements are changed after the application has been submitted. Authorizes the Secretary to request additional information in such a case. Requires the Secretary to provide a proper classification of a good or technology on the commodity control list within 60 days of receiving a request for such classification. Requires the Secretary to include in the annual report to Congress on the administration of the Export Administration Act of 1979 detailed information on the removal of export controls pursuant to a specified section. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Extends the authority granted by such Act until September 30, 1985. Requires the Secretary to modify the office hours of the Office of Export Administration on at least four days of each workweek to accommodate exporters throughout the United States. Title II: Export Promotion Programs - Requires prior authorization of appropriations to the Department of Commerce before such money may be obligated or expended for any export promotion program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out Department of Commerce export promotion programs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the standard mileage rate used in computing the charitable deduction for expenses incurred in the operation of a motor vehicle shall be the same as the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for the business-related deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983
Agricultural Productivity Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make an inventory of existing research and extension materials and recommend further areas of research regarding crop rotation, intercropping, biological pest control, and other related farming and soil conservation systems; and (2) make such information available to the public. Directs the Secretary to conduct research on 12 pilot farms (having specified mixes of livestock and crops) to examine the effects of the transition from practices relying on chemical fertilizers and pesticides and traditional soil tillage to systems relying on organic and biological pest control, crop rotation, and conservation tillage. Requires such farms to be chosen within 120 days. Directs the Secretary to make a parallel study of 12 farms which have been using such farm systems for at least five years. Sets the term of such projects at five years each. Sets forth on-farm study data, including soil profile changes, crop yields, energy and water use, and farm income. Directs the Secretary to make payments to the owner of a pilot farm if the Secretary determines such payments are justified. Stipulates that these payments may be made only during a project's last four years. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such pilot farms project with specified Federal and State agricultural services, colleges, and farmers. Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) within 15 months regarding the information inventory; and (2) by April 1 of each year from 1985 through 1988 regarding the pilot farms, with a final project summary and recommendations by April 1, 1989. Provides for a five-year program of intercropping assistance under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988.
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