The world's political record
Person
![Official portrait of Rep. Bartlett, Steve [R-TX-3]](https://www.congress.gov/img/member/b000204_200.jpg)
United States · Official source
889 records where Rep. Bartlett, Steve [R-TX-3] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of March 4 through March 10, 1984, as National Beta Club Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1983
Designates the week beginning September 18, 1983, as Emergency Medicine Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1983
Designates the week beginning October 16, 1983, as National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Proclaims September 3, 1983, as a day of national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1983
States the intent of Congress that the Secretary of Labor shall not require as a condition for approval of State plans under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 that States maintain higher staffing levels to enforce such Act than the Federal Government maintains to enforce such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1983
Directs the President to designate a specified week in June 1984, as Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983
Secondary Mortgage Market Equity Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act and the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to set forth a formula for increasing the maximum mortgage limitation for a one- to four- family residence in certain areas where high prevailing housing sales prices have limited housing opportunities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1983
Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to permit funds from basic grants to States to be used for communications and telecommunications equipment and utilization. Permits such funds to be used for: (1) up to 25 percent of the purchase price of communications and telecommunications equipment for vocational education programs; and (2) up to 25 percent of the operating costs of utilizing communications and telecommunications equipment to expand the reach and application of vocational education.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1983
Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to permit funds from basic grants to States to be used for high-technology equipment and training. Permits such funds to be used for up to 50 percent of the purchase price of high-technology equipment for training programs in the operation and servicing of such equipment. Requires such programs to emphasize multiskill training and to be cooperative and innovative efforts between public and private sectors. Defines "high- technology equipment" as recent innovations in tools and equipment, including computers and word processors, which represent the state-of-the-art in a trade or vocation.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983
Historic Shipwreck Preservation Act - Provides that the United States relinquishes to the respective States all right, title, and interest of the United States with respect to historical shipwrecks and structures on the seabed or in the subsoil of lands beneath the navigable waters within the boundaries of such States. Provides that the U.S. maritime law of salvage shall not apply to such shipwrecks or structures.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983
National Excellence in Education Act of 1983 - Amends Chapter 2 (Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to require certain minimum standards of academic achievement and school administration as conditions for eligibility to receive Federal funds. Requires, beginning January 1, 1985, that no State or local educational agency (LEA) shall be eligible to receive funds under chapter 2 (except for subchapter A basic skills development) unless there is established within each public elementary and secondary school within its jurisdiction: (1) an average school day of not less than seven hours, at least five hours of which are devoted to academic studies; (2) an average school year of not less than 200 days; (3) a system for student promotion to higher grades based on academic achievement and classroom attendance; (4) a school system for evaluating teacher competence prior to hiring; and (5) a school system for determining teacher salaries based on merit and academic achievement. Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to set similar restrictions on the eligibility of States for Federal funds under such Act. Revises ECIA provisions for discretionary funds of the Secretary of Education to establish the National Excellence in Education Fund under the authority of the Secretary to make awards to States and LEAs which demonstrate exceptional improvement in academic achievement. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Commission on Excellence in Education to assist and advise in the selection of recipients for the National Excellence in Education Awards. Sets forth provisions relating to Commission membership and to allotment of awards. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on allotments from the Fund. Authorizes appropriations for such allotments for FY 1984 through FY 1986. Includes among those programs which the Secretary must first fund from ECIA discretionary funds a research project to develop national minimum standards of achievement for students in each elementary and secondary school grade in the subjects of mathematics, science, history, English, and foreign languages.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1983
Designates October 1, 1983, the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983
Designates the week of October 2 through October 8, 1983, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983
ERISA Simplification Act of 1983 - Title I: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Subtitle A: Amendments to Definitions - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to authorize the Secretary of labor to exempt by regulation any severance pay or supplemental income arrangement from provisions applicable to welfare plans and to provide alternative methods of compliance with any such provision. Conforms the definitions of "party in interest" and "governmental plan" with the Internal Revenue Code. Revises the definitions of "normal retirement age" and "relative." Subtitle B: Amendments to Reporting and Disclosure Provisions - Eliminates requirements regarding the filing of a plan description with the Secretary of Labor. Requires qualified public accountants and actuaries to rely on the correctness of actuarial or accounting matters certified by an enrolled actuary or with respect to which a qualified public accountant has expressed an opinion for purposes of the preparation of annual reports. Eliminates certain automatic filing requirements. Revises requirements regarding simplified annual reports for pension plans with less than 100 active participants and not more than 200 participants. Exempts from reporting and disclosure requirements welfare plans providing exclusively apprenticeship and other training benefits. Eliminates the requirement of a summary annual report. Limits to $10 the fee for obtaining a plan's lastest annual report. Revises requirements regarding the disclosure to a participant or beneficiary of benefit rights and account information. Directs administrators to issue reports to certain plan participants who have separated from service stating the nature, amount, and form of the deferred vested benefit to which they are entitled. Requires employers to maintain records regarding each employee sufficient to determine the benefits due to the employee. Requires, rather than allows, the Secretary to prescribe an alternative method of compliance with reporting requirements under certain circumstances. Specifies circumstances in which the administrator of a multiemployer plan may use an alternative method of information distribution. Revises requirements of notice to interested parties before issuance of determination letters. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, to conduct a study of the means by which the reporting of information pursuant to ERISA may be approved. Specifies matters to be analyzed by such study. Subtitle C: Amendments to Participation and Vesting Provisions - Permits the determination of pension plan eligibility on a plan year basis. Specifies that the notification and election requirement triggered by a change in vesting schedules shall be applicable only to employees who would be adversely affected by the change. Makes 125 days of service in any maritime industry equivalent to 1,000 hours of service for purposes of satisfying benefit accrual requirements. Requires a plan offering an optional benefit form, in order not to be treated as having altered a participant's accrued benefit by reason of a change in actuarial assumptions, to set forth such assumptions in a separate document. Requires plans in which a majority of employees are seasonal employees to use 500 hours, rather than 1000 hours, for purposes of defining a year of service. Revises joint and survivor annuity requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe methods of measuring services based upon the elasped time of an employee's service. Subtitle D: Amendments for Funding Provisions - Makes certain revisions with respect to funding, including a requirement that changes in funding method or plan year need be approved only when made more than once in a three-year period, and a requirement that a funding method take into account future benefit changes. Subtitle E: Amendments to Fiduciary Responsibility Provisions - Permits the return to an employer of an overpayment of withdrawal liability: (1) in the case of a multiemployer plan; and (2) in the case of a multiemployer plan maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements where it is determined that a contribution was made by a mistake of fact or law. Requires the definition of "qualifying employer real property" for purposes of the limitation on the acquisition and holding of real property by a plan. Provides for allocation of prohibited transaction enforcement responsibilities. Conforms certain provisions regarding transactions by parties in interest with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Extends the prohibited transaction exemption procedure to owner-employees. Subtitle F: Amendments to Administration and Enforcement Provisions - Creates a civil cause of action for collection by a fiduciary of a multiemployer plan of delinquent employer contributions, subject to a six-year statute of limitations (three years after the date of actual knowledge of the cause of action). Makes available to the Department of Labor for purposes of administering ERISA any amounts which become available through the public request of information. Revises the composition of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to require that one of the employer members be a representative of employers maintaining small plans. Directs the Secretary of Labor to publish at least annually reports showing the number of plans and participants; amounts of assets, income, and expenses; and certain other information categorized by plan size and type. Deems as preempted by ERISA certain provisions of State law: (1) regarding benefits provided by an insurance policy issued to an employee benefit plan; and (2) which treat a participant's interest in a plan as a security or similar right. Deems as not preempted by ERISA certain provisions of State law: (1) which require an insurance policy issued to a plan to permit a participant to convert or continue protection after the termination of the insurance coverage under the plan; and (2) which prohibit such an insurance policy from classifying health care services as ineligible for coverage solely because the provider is licensed as a provider of services other than those rendered by a medical doctor. Allows the assignment of pension plan benefits pursuant to a specific State or foreign decree of divorce, annulment, legal separation, or family support or a court order relating marital property rights. Prescribes notification and administrative requirements with respect to any such assignment. Subtitle G: Clarifying and Technical Amendments - Makes certain technical changes and corrections. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Subtitle A: Amendments Related to Title Amendments - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make conforming changes in accordance with the provisions of title I of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983
Social Security Nonprofit Organization Act of 1983 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from "employment" for purposes of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program service performed by individuals who have been continuously employed by nonprofit organizations since December 31, 1983. (Under current law, mandatory coverage under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program is extended to all employees of nonprofit organizations for service performed after December 31, 1983.) Revises the method of payment of the old age, survivors and disability insurance taxes and hospital insurance taxes on employees and employers for retroactive coverage of nonprofit organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1983
Designates the week of September 18 through 24, 1983, as National Cystic Fibrosis Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 for: (1) centers and services to meet special needs of the handicapped; (2) training personnel for the education of the handicapped; and (3) research in the education of the handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to reimburse eligible veterans for reasonable charges for chiropractic services. Directs the Administrator to establish a schedule of reasonable charges. Requires the Administrator to make annual reports to the Veterans Affairs Committees for four years concerning the use and reimbursement of chiropractic services.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Proclaims September 3, 1983, a day of national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Church Audit Procedures Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the Secretary of the Treasury from investigating or auditing churches unless the Secretary possesses evidence causing him to believe that a church: (1) is carrying on an unrelated trade or business; or (2) should not be granted tax-exempt status. Restricts the Secretary from beginning any investigation unless he has first provided the church with written notice that an investigation is being commenced. Sets forth the requirements of such notice. Requires that the Secretary must first approve an application by the regional counsel of the internal revenue region for examination of church records and religious activities before beginning any such examination. Requires the Secretary, prior to the approval of any such application, to offer in writing an opportunity for a conference to discuss facts, evidence, and issues relevant to the investigation. Requires the Secretary to notify the church in writing of the approval of the application for examination at least 15 days prior to the commencement of such examination. Limits the examination of religious activities to that necessary to determine whether an organization is a church or convention or association of churches. Limits the examination of church records to that necessary to determine the amount of tax imposed. Allows an organization which claims that the Secretary has violated the provisions of this Act to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the Secretary. Reduces the statute of limitations for collection after assessment of tax to three years in the case of any organization which is a church or convention or association of churches.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Designates the week beginning September 4, 1983, as Youth of America Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1983
Designates the week of October 16 through October 22, 1983, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
Designates May 6 through May 13, 1984, as National Tuberous Sclerosis Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1983
Equal Access Act - Prohibits public schools that allow students to participate in extracurricular activities from receiving Federal funds if they deny equal access or opportunity for students and faculty to engage in voluntary prayer or religious discussion on school premises during noninstructional periods.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to extend medical benefits to a former spouse who was married at least 20 years to a member with at least 20 years of service when a minimum of ten years rather than 20 years of such marriage and service coincide. Repeals the requirements that the former spouse be unmarried and have no medical coverage under an employee-sponsored health plan. Grants medical benefits to a former spouse who has a disease or disability attributable to the nature or location of a member's or former member's military service. Limits the health care available to such former spouses to that necessary for the treatment of such a disease or disability. Applies this Act to all eligible former spouses, regardless of the date of divorce.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1983
Rehabilitation Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("the Act") to revise and add specified definitions. Revises audit provisions to require that States obtain financial and compliance audits of funds received under the Act. Repeals specified provisions relating to advance funding, joint funding, consolidated rehabilitation plans, application of other laws, administration, reports to the President and Congress, program and project evaluation, and use of funds. Revises a nonduplication prohibition to delete a provision for disregarding specified amounts in determining the amount of any State's Federal share of expenditures for planning, administration, and services incurred by it under an approved State plan. Revises information clearinghouse provisions to delete provisions for: (1) the Office of Information and Resources for the Handicapped; and (2) an authorization of appropriations for an information and resources clearinghouse for the handicapped. Amends title I (Vocational Rehabilitation Services) of the Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 to carry out such title. Revises provisions for State plans relating to joint programs and to waivers of political subdivision participation requirements. Deletes requirements that the State plan: (1) contain plans, policies, and methods for execution, administration, and supervision (including descriptions of methods to expand and improve services to individuals with the most severe handicaps and to utilize existing rehabilitation facilities to the maximum extent feasible); (2) be consistent with specified priorities for order of selection; (3) contain outcome and service goals for serving handicapped individuals, as established in specified regulations; and (4) provide satisfactory assurances that the State has studied and considered a broad variety of means for providing services to individuals with the most severe handicaps. Deletes requirements that State plans contain provisions relating to establishment and maintenance of: (1) personnel standards consistent with State licensure laws and regulations: and (2) minimum standards governing facilities and personnel used in providing vocational rehabilitation services. Revises requirements for consideration of eligibility for similar benefits under any other program. Revises State plan requirements relating to utilization of resources. Deletes provisions relating to: (1) agreements for services provided by rehabilitation facilities; (2) Federal share of construction costs; and (3) nonreduction of other rehabilitation services. Revises provisions relating to: (1) policy planning and trainee participation; and (2) services to handicapped American Indians. Repeals requirements for State plans relating to: (1) State rehabilitation bureaus; (2) State financial participation; (3) political subdivision participation; (4) intergovernmental cooperation; (5) disabled Federal employees and disabled public safety officers; (6) continuing studies and annual evaluation; (7) contracts with profitmaking organizations for on-the-job training; and (8) information and referral programs. Requires that each State plan provide assurances that the State agency will: (1) safeguard the confidentiality of all personal information; and (2) provide specified client assistance services. Requires State plan provision for review, at least every other year, of all programs and activities supported with Federal funds under title I of the Act. Revises provisions relating to: (1) withholding or reduction of funds in cases of State noncompliance; and (2) review of such withholding or reduction of funds. Makes the State agency responsible for insuring that specified conditions are met with regard to individualized written rehabilitation programs and determinations of ineligibility. Revises provisions relating to the scope of vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Act. Revises provisions for State allotments and payments to States. Repeals provisions relating to: (1) non-Federal share for construction; (2) client assistance; and (3) evaluation of vocational rehabilitation services for Indians. Repeals provisions for the innovation and expansion grants program under title I of the Act. Amends title II (Research and Training) of the Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 to carry out such title. Provides that the Director of the National Institute of Handicapped Research shall be appointed by the Secretary of Education (rather than by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate). Provides that the Director shall serve as Executive Vice-Chairman of the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Research. Permits specified Federal grants and contracts to pay all of the cost of certain research projects and related activities under title II of the Act. Amends title III of the Act to repeal specified provisions for construction and training programs and for pecial projects and supplementary services, including provisions for: (1) grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities, staffing, and planning assistance; (2) vocational training services for handicapped individuals; (3) loan guarantees for rehabilitation facilities; (4) specified requirements relating to personnel training grants and contracts, including balanced program, evaluation, and long-term planning requirements; (5) grants for training interpreters for deaf individuals; (6) comprehensive rehabilitation centers; (7) specified grant and contract requirements; (8) interpreter services for deaf persons; and (9) reader services for blind persons. Renames such title "Supplementary Services and Resources." Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 to carry out such title. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate any of the programs and activities carried out under titles I through IV of the Act. Authorizes specified forms of technical assistance under the Act. Revises provisions for Federal grants and contracts for personnel projects relating to training, traineeships, and related activities. Permits private, for-profit agencies or organizations to receive such grants or contracts. Redesignates title I provisions for American Indian vocational rehabilitation services under title III of the Act. Revises such provisions to provide that Federal grants may cover part or all of the costs of such services. Deletes provisions requiring: (1) States to provide services under State plans for American Indians included by such States in their populations for State allotment purposes; and (2) subtraction from the State population for such allotment purposes of the number of American Indians residing on a reservation to be served by such grants. Requires that applications for assistance under such title for projects involving construction contain an assurance that such construction will comply with the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968. Redesignates title VI provisions for projects with industry under title III of the Act. Revises such provisions to permit Federal payment of all of the costs of such projects. Redesignates title VII provisions for centers for independent living under title III of the Act. Revises such provisions to permit independent living center grants to State agencies or to public or private agencies and organizations. Permits private, for-profit agencies and organizations to receive grants for special projects and demonstrations. Revises provisions for grants to State or local agencies for projects for handicapped individuals among migrant or seasonal agricultural workers and their families to: (1) permit such grants to cover part or all of the costs of such projects; and (2) include specified private, for-profit entities among those entities with which appropriate cooperation is required as a condition for such grants. Revises provisions for the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) permit agreements for Federal payments to private, for-profit entities for all or part of the costs of establishing or operating such Center; (2) delete expired provisions for a special authorization of appropriations for the center; and (3) provide that information to be contained in proposals for such agreements be determined (rather than prescribed in regulations) by the Secretary. Revises provisions for recreational programs for the handicapped to: (1) make Federal grants for such programs discretionary rather than mandatory; and (2) permit private, for-profit entities to receive such grants. Repeals provisions for: (1) an expired authorization of appropriations for special projects and supplementary services under part B of title III of the Act; (2) reader services for blind persons; and (3) interpreter services for deaf persons. Amends title IV (National Council on the Handicapped) to revise the duties of the National Council on the Handicapped. Directs the Council to advise the Director of the National Institute of Handicapped Research with respect to the policies and conduct of the Institute. (Current law directs the Council to establish general policies for, and review of the operation of, the Institute). Replaces the review of the activities of the Institute and other entities, which is currently required to be included in the Council's report, with a summary of the Council's own activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for Council activities. Amends title V (Miscellaneous Provisions) of the Act to include the Director of the Office of Personnel Management on the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Repeals provisions for technical and financial assistance in removing architectural, transportation, or communication barriers. Repeals title VI (Employment Opportunities for Handicapped Individuals) of the Act (except for provisions for projects with industry redesignated under title III), thus deleting provisions for: (1) the community service employment pilot program for handicapped individuals; and (2) the program of business opportunities for handicapped individuals. Repeals title VII (Comprehensive Services for Independent Living) of the Act (except provisions for centers of independent living redesignated under title III), thus deleting provisions for: (1) payments to States for comprehensive services; (2) independent living services for older blind individuals; and (3) grants to States for protection and advocacy of the rights of severely handicapped individuals. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt holdings in an independent local newspaper business from the tax on excess business holdings of private foundations. Defines an "independent local newspaper business" as: (1) a proprietorship which publishes an independent local newspaper; (2) a partnership which publishes such a newspaper and which has none of its outstanding partnership interests traded in an established securities market; and (3) a corporation which publishes such a newspaper and which has none of its outstanding capital stock traded in an established securities market.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1983
Mortgage Retirement Account Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers an election to treat home mortgage prepayments as a tax-deductible contribution to an individual retirement account. Allows amounts to be withdrawn from an individual retirement account for the purchase of a principal residence.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean war. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial. Authorizes appropriations for site acquisition and preparation in the event nonpublic land is selected for the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a taxpayer whose spouse earns less than $250 of compensation shall not be disqualified from having a spousal individual retirement account.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Title I: Amendments to Title 18, United States Code (18 U.S.C. 921-928) - Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to redefine: (1) "manufacturer" to mean any person engaged in the "business of manufacturing" (instead of "manufacture" of) firearms or ammunition; and (2) "dealer" to exclude dealers in ammunition. Adds a new definition, "engaged in the business," with respect to manufacturers, dealers, and importers. Defines as a manufacturer, dealer, or importer of firearms a person who manufactures or deals in a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit. Excludes as dealers persons making occasional sales or repairs of firearms. Eliminates certain activities involving ammunition from the coverage of the current prohibitions. Makes it unlawful for any person to transfer any firearm to a person who does not reside in the same State if the transferor has reasonable cause to believe that acquisition of the firearm by such person would violate any State or local law or ordinance. Requires such transfer to be face to face. Presumes a licensee to have actual knowledge of the published laws of the State. Revises the current prohibition against certain classes of persons transporting a firearm or ammunition in interstate commerce to extend such prohibition to possession or receipt in commerce or affecting commerce of any firearm or ammunition. Includes as additional categories illegal aliens, dishonorably discharged members of the Armed Forces, and U.S. citizens who renounce their citizenship. Excludes ammunition dealers from the current licensing requirements. Declares that a licensed dealer's personal collection of firearms shall not be subject to recordkeeping requirements, under specific circumstances. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke a license only where the holder "willfully" violates a provision of the Act. Bars the Secretary from denying or revoking a license on the basis of violations which are alleged in criminal proceedings instituted against a licensee where such individual is not convicted of such charges. Allows the government to voluntarily dismiss criminal charges prior to trial and still proceed with revocation. Imposes as a condition for the inspection or examination of records, documents, firearms, or ammunition that the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and that evidence may be found on the premises. Requires a warrant to be issued for such search. Restricts the firearms information obtained from licensees which the Secretary may make available to State or local governments. Establishes a limited recordkeeping requirement for firearms collectors. Establishes a "willful" scienter (knowledge) requirement with respect to general violations of the Act. Revises the current offense of using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony to: (1) include use of a destructive device; (2) delete the act of "carrying" a firearm to commit a felony; and (3) limit such offense to felonies over which the Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Retains the current penalty (one to ten years) for first offenses. Increases the penalty for second or subsequent offenses to five to 25 years imprisonment (currently, two to 25 years). Extends to first offenders the requirement, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence or grant probation. Prohibits the granting of parole to first and subsequent offenders. Declares that no person shall be subject to the additional, mandatory penalties if use of the firearm or destructive device was to protect persons or property. Amends the forfeiture provision to subject to seizure any firearm or ammunition "involved in or used" in any violation of the Gun Control Act (instead of "involved in or used or intended to be used"). Directs the court to award attorney fees to the prevailing party (other than the United States) in a proceeding for the return of seized firearms or ammunition. Requires the court to award such fees in any other action upon a finding that the action was without foundation or was initiated in bad faith. Limits seizure to firearms individually identified as involved in the violation. Revises the current procedure allowing persons who have been convicted of a crime to apply to the Secretary for relief from the firearms prohibitions to make the following changes. Permits any person prohibited from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition to apply for relief. Requires (instead of permits) the Secretary to grant release unless the applicant will be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety. Permits any person who is denied relief to seek de novo judicial review in Federal court. Imposes on the applicant the burden of proof. Makes the authority of the Secretary to permit importation of certain types of firearms and ammunition nondiscretionary. Extends the types of sporting firearms which may be imported. Amends the rulemaking authority of the Secretary to provide that no regulation may require the transfer of records required under this Act to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions. Requires a 90-day public comment period for proposed regulations (no period is currently specified). Prohibits the Secretary from prescribing regulations which require purchasers of black powder to complete affidavits or forms attesting to their exemption from certain provisions of the Federal criminal code. Declares any law or regulation promulgated by any State prohibiting the transfer of an unloaded and not readily accessible firearm or ammunition null and void. Title II: Amendments to Title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Repeals title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (relating to the receipt, possession, or transportation of firearms by felons, veterans dishonorably discharged, mental incompetents, illegal aliens, and persons renouncing their United States citizenship).
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Repeals provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify additional information which must be included in statements furnished to taxpayers who receive interest or dividend payments. Increases additions to tax and penalties for failure to report interest and dividend income and to pay the tax on such income. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to modify income tax forms to provide for the separate listing of tax-exempt interest or dividend income. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring taxpayers to attach statements of interest and dividend income to their tax returns. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to correct tax returns which show a different amount of interest or dividend income than that reported by the payor of such income and to assess any resulting tax deficiency.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Broadcast Licensing, Renewal, and Deregulation Act of 1983 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish new procedures for reviewing petitions to deny broadcast license applications. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant a license renewal application by a radio or television broadcast station licensee unless the actions of the licensee evidences such serious disregard for the Communications Act and for the rules and policies of the FCC that denial of the application is justified. Prohibits the FCC from considering the applications of other persons for a broadcast station's facilities when the FCC is acting upon a license renewal application by a radio or television broadcast station. Permits persons holding construction permits or station licenses to transfer the permit or license without first obtaining an FCC finding that the transfer serves the public interest. Requires the FCC to be notified of such transfer. Provides for public notice of the transfer. Provides for disposition by the FCC of objections to such transfer. Prohibits the FCC from considering whether the public interest would be served by the transfer of the permit or license involved to a different person. Repeals certain provisions relating to the application of the antitrust laws. Prohibits the FCC from imposing requirements on radio or television licensees relating to: (1) programs; (2) programming formats; (3) ascertainment; (4) commercialization; and (5) maintenance of program logs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Declares that the House of Representatives supports Solidarity Sunday.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential medal of Freedom to Dr. Barney Clark.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1983
Fair Trade in Steel Pipe and Tube Products Act of 1983 - Provides the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury with the authority necessary to enforce the terms of the Steel Pipe and Tube Arrangement between the United States and the European Community. Requires the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary), not later than October 1 of each year, to compute the annual import ceilings for steel pipe and tube articles. Provides for intra-annual adjustments for such ceilings. Requires the Secretary to consult with the European Community if it appears that the annual import ceilings for any year might be exceeded. Requires the Secretary to seek an agreement with the European Community which will result in compliance with the import ceilings for the rest of the year. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to enforce the import ceilings if an agreement cannot be reached with the European Community. Permits adjustment of the import ceiling if domestic manufacturers cannot meet the demand for steel pipe and tube products.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the holding period for capital gains tax treatment from one year to six months.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Amends the veterans' educational assistance program to extend the delimiting period for use of educational benefits by Vietnam veterans from ten to 20 years, through December 31, 1995, at the latest.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks. Increases the excise tax on diesel fuel from nine cents per gallon to 12 cents per gallon in 1983 and from 12 cents per gallon to 14 cents per gallon in 1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting from such increases diesel fuel used in automobiles and light trucks.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week April 10 through April 16, 1983, as National Education for Business Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that provisions of the Internal Revenue Code requiring cost-of-living adjustments for income tax rates should not be repealed and that the effective date of such provisions should not be postponed.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1983
Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to repeal provisions authorizing the Volunteers in Service to America program and the University Year for ACTION Program. Eliminates provisions that authorize the Director of ACTION to provide allowances, services, and support to operate special volunteer programs. Excludes stipends received by participants in the National Older Americans Volunteer Programs as income or compensation for purposes of workers' compensation laws. Grants the Director subpoena authority in conducting audits of the records of Federal grant, loan, or contract recipients under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) service learning programs and special volunteer programs; (2) the Retired Senior Volunteer Program; (3) the Foster Grandparent Program and Older American Community Services Programs; and (4) administration of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983
United States Olympic Checkoff Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns a contribution of one dollar of their income tax refunds or any cash amount voluntarily forwarded with their returns to support the U.S. Olympic Trust Fund. Establishes in the Treasury a U.S. Olympic Trust Fund (trust fund). Appropriates to such trust fund an amount equal to the amount designated on tax returns. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay amounts so transferred to the U.S. Olympic Committee. Allows specified administrative expenses to be paid from such trust fund.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the national security policy should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. Sets forth the principles and goals of such a policy.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1983
Enterprise Zone Act of 1983 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by this Act. Specifies that State and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation. Limits the designation of enterprise zones to 75 nominated areas per year over three years (one third of which such designations shall remain in effect. Specifies that the Secretary may designate such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area (with a population of at least 50,000) or 1,000 otherwise, or is within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on June 30, 1986, or three years after the publication of regulations pertaining to such zones, whichever is later. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Exempts enterprise zones from certain requirements relating to Federal environmental policy. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress every four years a report on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. States that designation of an enterprise zone shall not give displaced persons from such an area any rights or benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Credits for Employers and Employees - Allows employers located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit for increased employment expenditures and employment of the disadvantaged. Allows a three year carryback and 15 year carryover of such credit. Sets the amount of such credit at ten percent of the increase in payroll (taking into account a maximum of $15,000 in wages per year per employee) plus 50 percent of the wages paid to certain disadvantaged workers for the first three years of the enterprise zone designation. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Disallows a deduction for the portion of wages taken into account for such credit. Allows employees located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to five percent of qualified wages earned per year (taking into account a maximum of $9,000 in wages per year). Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Subtitle B: Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for investment in certain tangible property located in enterprise zones. Limits such credit to five percent for zone personal property and ten percent for new zone construction property, including rental property. Requires that the property subject to such credit be predominantly used in the zone, be purchased after zone designation, and not be acquired from relatives or related corporations. Requires the recapture of such credit upon early disposition of the property. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Subtitle C: Reduction in Capital Gain Tax Rates - Eliminates the capital gains tax on property of corporations acquired after the enterprise zone designation and used in a zone business. Qualifies certain low-income rental housing located in an enterprise zone for such treatment. Permits property to remain qualified for purposes of the revised capital gains treatment after a designation of an enterprise zone has terminated. Exempts gain from the sale or exchange of property used in a business in an enterprise zone from the computation of the minimum tax. Allows noncorporate taxpayers to deduct from gross income 100 percent of any net capital gain from qualified enterprise zone property. Subtitle D: Rules Relating to Industrial Development Bonds - Provides that limitations on the cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt industrial development bonds shall not apply to enterprise zone property. Provides that the termination of the small issue exemption shall not apply to industrial development bonds the proceeds of which are used to finance facilities in such enterprise zones. Subtitle E: Sense of the Congress with Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified businesses (as defined in Title II of this Act), governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon the request of a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations which pertain to the carrying out of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve such request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in continuing the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement (including the Davis-Bacon Act and Fair Labor Standards Act) or which would present a danger to the public health and safety. Provides that such waivers or modifications of a rule shall remain in effect as long as the zone designations remain in effect. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Title IV: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Board to consider on a priority basis, and expedite the processing of, applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. States that to the maximum extent practicable foreign-trade zones should be established within enterprise zones.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of April 10 through April 16, 1983, as National Mental Health Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act Amendments of 1983 - Title I: Amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, to include, in a study and investigation of the national incidence of child abuse and neglect, a determination of those incidents of child abuse and neglect which involve the denial of nutrition, medically indicated treatment, general care, or appropriate social services to infants at risk with life- threatening congential impairments. Requires that the study's findings be submitted, with recommendations for administrative and legislative changes, to the Congress within two years after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, to provide technical assistance and training to States for development and implementation of procedures to be followed by appropriate agencies or individuals to insure that nutrition, medically indicated agencies or individuals to insure that nutrition, medically indicated treatment, general care, and appropriate social services are provided to infants at risk with life-threatening congenital impairments. Requires that such procedures be in place throughout the State within one year after enactment of this Act, in order for a State to qualify for grants for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs. Requires the establishment of procedures for any interested person to report to the appropriate authorities denial of such care or services to such an infant. Requires that such requirements also apply to child abuse and neglect programs and projects assisted under specified provisions of the Social Security Act. Extends through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations for child abuse and neglect and sexual abuse of children prevention and treatment programs or projects. Revises the definition of "sexual abuse of children," for purposes of such prevention and treatment program provisions. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Title II: Amendments to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review all model adoption legislation and procedures developed or promulgated under such Act for the purpose of making appropriate changes to facilitate adoption opportunities for infants at risk with life-threatening congenital impairments. Extends through FY 1987 the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Designates the week beginning May 8, 1983, as Municipal Clerk's Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Designates November 1983 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Designates May 21, 1983, as National Sakharov Day. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) call upon all nations to designate May 21, 1983, as National Sakharov Day; (2) urge the Soviet Union to permit the Sakharovs to freely choose their place of residence; and (3) direct the American delegation to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the General Assembly calling upon that body to designate May 21, 1983, as International Sakharov Day.