United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 - Title I: Benefit Adjustments - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to make certain disabled railroad employees eligible for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. Sets forth formulas for determining annuities for certain individuals who retire before the age of 62. Sets forth the annuity formulas for spouses of such individuals and spouses of disabled employees. Makes such annuities comparable to benefits payable under the Social Security Act. Revises the computation of railroad annuities with respect to cost-of-living adjustments made under the Social Security Act. Changes annuity beginning dates to conform to such dates under such Act. Eliminates post-secondary school students from eligibility for survivors' annuities. Repeals certain provisions to preserve the financial solvency of the Railroad Retirement Act. Title II: Revenue Increases - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tier II tax on railroad employees, employers, and employee representatives and to extend such tax from July 1, 1984, until June 30, 1986. Provides for adjustments of such tax rates after July 1, 1986, depending upon the tier II benefit deficit and the average Railroad Retirement Account balance requirements imposed by this Act. (Defines "tier II benefit" as benefits paid from the Railroad Retirement Account other than social security equivalent benefits). Requires that social security equivalent benefits of railroad employees be taxed like social security benefits, and that tier II benefits be taxed as benefits received under employer plans. Provides for the transfer of revenue increases to the Railroad Retirement Account. Title III: Borrowing Authority Adjustments - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the Railroad Retirement Account from the general fund such amounts as are determined necessary by the Railroad Retirement Board after the end of each month beginning in October 1983. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to authorize advances to the railroad unemployment insurance account from the Federal unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Requires an advance to the railroad unemployment insurance account in an amount sufficient to repay amounts due the Railroad Retirement Account. Title IV: Other Amendments - Changes the maximum percentage of amounts that may be transferred from the Railroad Retirement Account to the Dual Benefits Payments Account to such amount as determined necessary by the Board to pay dual benefits for a particular month. Provides for the transfer of amounts owed to the Railroad Retirement Account for unfunded dual benefits previously paid. Makes technical and conforming amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Amends the Federal criminal code to eliminate the insanity defense for the offenses of presidential assassination, kidnapping, and assault (including such offenses against a President-elect or a Vice President).
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Amends the Federal criminal code to redefine "juvenile delinquency" for purposes of Federal court proceedings and subsequent treatment as: (1) the commission of a felony by an individual under the age of 15; or (2) the commission of any other crime by an individual under the age of 18 (currently, commission of any crime by an individual under age 18). Directs the State to treat as adult offenders all persons who have attained 15 years of age and have committed a violation of State law for which imprisonment over one year may be imposed.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Requires the appropriate Federal, State, or local authorities to take and keep on record fingerprints of any individual convicted or adjudicated under laws permitting noncriminal treatment due to the age of the offender for the commission of an act which would be a criminal offense if committed by an older individual. Prohibits the withholding of information relating to an individual's juvenile record from a subsequent criminal trial, if such record relates to an offense which would have been a crime if committed by an adult.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Mass Transportation Crime Prevention Act - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to establish criminal penalties for the destruction of property committed in, upon, or in proximity to any mass transportation system.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criteria for the imposition of the death penalty for Federal crimes. Requires a separate sentencing hearing before a jury, or the court upon motion by the defendant, when the defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty to an offense for which death is a possible penalty. Provides that no presentence report shall be prepared in such cases. Allows the defendant and the Government to present any information relevant to sentencing, without regard to the rules of evidence. Specifies: (1) mitigating factors which the defendant must establish by preponderance of the information; and (2) aggravating factors which the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt, including particular factors to be considered in certain national security crimes. Requires the jury to determine: (1) by majority vote the existence of mitigating or aggravating factors; and (2) by unanimous vote whenever the aggravating factors sufficiently outweigh the mitigating factors to justify the death sentence. Directs the court to impose the death penalty upon a finding that such sentence is justified. Limits the circumstances under which the offense of delivering defense information to aid foreign governments is punishable by death. Allows the death penalty to be imposed for the murder of foreign officials and for an offense of kidnapping resulting in the death of any person. Eliminates the death penalty for the crime of rape. Establishes procedures for appeal from a death sentence. Requires the Court of Appeals, upon considering the record and the information and procedures of the sentencing hearing, to affirm the decision if: (1) the sentence was not imposed under influence of passion, prejudice, or arbitrariness; (2) the information supports the finding of aggravating factors or the absence of mitigating factors; and (3) the sentence is not excessive. Requires the court to provide a written explanation of its determination.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony. Increases the additional penalty imposed for such offense to two to 25 years for a first offense (currently, one to ten years). Extends to first offenders the requirement, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence, grant probation, or impose concurrent sentences.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an income tax deduction from gross income for adoption fees, court costs, attorney's fees, and other expenses incurred in the adoption of a child.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1983
World War I Veterans' Pension Act of 1983 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150: (1) to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements; (2) to the surviving spouse of each such veteran; or (3) when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1983
Authorizes the printing as a House document of the committee print entitled "Older American Act: A Staff Summary," including additional copies for the use of the Select Committee on Aging.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Soviet Union should comply with certain international agreements relating to human rights by pursuing a more humane emigration policy and by ceasing harassment of Jews and others seeking to emigrate; (2) Soviet compliance with internationally recognized emigration rights would significantly promote improved relations with the United States; (3) the President should convey these concerns of Congress to the Soviet Union at every appropriate opportunity; and (4) the President should also convey these concerns to U.S. allies.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to redefine the term "common carrier by water in foreign commerce" to include persons engaged as common carriers in specified ocean transportation of property who: (1) advertise, solicit, or arrange, within the United States, for such transportation; and (2) transport such property between a point within the United States and a port in a nation contiguous to the United States. Directs such common carriers to file their tariffs with the Federal Maritime Commission within 90 days of enactment of this Act. Sets forth the effective dates of such tariffs. Declares that this Act does not: (1) require such common carriers to reveal, in tariffs filed with the Commission, the portion of such tariffs attributable to inland transportation; (2) require such common carriers to reveal any information with regard to such inland transportation; or (3) extend to the Commission any jurisdiction over or authority to regulate rail carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Port Development and Navigation Improvement Act of 1983 - Sets forth the findings of Congress concerning deep-draft commercial ports in the United States. Title I: Priority Approval Program for Maintenance and Navigation Improvement Projects - Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to submit to Congress within two years after enactment of this Act a comprehensive, five-year port development and maintenance program. Requires such program to include alternate disposal sites for dredged or fill material. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to submit to Congress a programmatic environmental impact statement, including additional specified information. Provides for congressional disapproval (veto) of such maintenance programs and navigational improvement projects by concurrent resolution of Congress within 60 days. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress modifications of approved maintenance and navigational improvement projects. Declares that if Congress fails to adopt a concurrent congressional resolution of disapproval (veto) within 60 days following receipt of specified documents concerning dredging or changes in maintenance projects, such changes or projects shall be deemed approved. Provides that compliance with all procedural requirements under certain environmental statutes relating to maintenance dredging, issuance of permits, and approval to dispose of dredged or fill material for approved projects shall be conclusively presumed. Describes conditions of eligibility for priority construction by the Secretary of navigation improvement projects subject to congressional approval. Sets forth documentation requirements for such projects. Sets forth procedures for certain environmental permit action. Defines final environmental impact statement requirements for navigation improvement projects. Provides for the congressional approval of a navigation improvement project by adopting an approval resolution under certain procedures within 60 days of the submission of the project document. Authorizes the Secretary and the State port authority concerned to enter into a cost-sharing agreement in which the State port authority agrees to reimburse the United States for 50 percent of the construction funds appropriated and 75 percent of the additional annual operating and maintenance costs of such project. Permits a State port authority that constructs a navigation improvement project on its own to finance such construction through a uniform system of user fees in the form of tonnage duties. Provides for mandatory contribution by adjacent ports for the construction and maintenance of navigation improvement projects involving common entrance channels from which such an adjacent port derives benefits. Makes eligible for construction financing assistance certain navigation improvement projects, for which permits were approved under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, where such projects will increase the depth of deep-draft commercial port channels (other than access channels) to more than 45 feet. Directs the Secretary, on a continuing basis, to determine: (1) the dredging or other operation and maintenance necessary for a project and for associated access channels and berthing areas; and (2) the sites at which dredged or fill material should be disposed. Requires the Secretary to submit project maintenance to Congress for approval and to implement such maintenance unless disapproved. Prohibits a State port authority from implementing such project maintenance, unless approved and supervised by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to enter into memoranda of agreement with: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, regarding the disposal of dredged and fill material into ocean or navigable waters; and (2) the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, concerning the environmental aspects of the maintenance and improvement of federally authorized channels in deep-draft commercial ports. Sets forth procedures for congressional approval of new navigational improvement projects. Title II: Financing of Navigation Improvement Projects - Grants the consent of Congress to the levying by States of tonnage duties. Lists the purposes of such duties, including reimbursement of the United States in regard to navigation improvement projects. Authorizes State port authorities to use such tonnage duties for specified purposes, including: (1) port safety and security; (2) emergency response services; and (3) relocation of submerged cables and pipelines. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines by which State port authorities shall compute the rates of such tonnage duties. Directs the Comptroller General to audit periodically the operations of State port authorities dealing with such tonnage duties. Sets forth procedures for the enforcement of the collection of such tonnage duties, including injunctive relief, withholding of clearances, and the imposition of maritime liens. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct certain studies and to make findings and policy determinations before recommending to Congress the adoption of deep-draft user charges for financing navigation improvement projects in deep-draft commercial ports. Sets forth certain matters to be considered in the deep-draft user charges study. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations. Allows the Secretary, upon congressional approval, to transfer funds from existing Department of the Army civil appropriations pending appropriation of such authorized sums.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey the right, title, and interest of the United States in the vessel John W. Brown to the John W. Brown Preservation Project for use as a nonprofit merchant marine memorial museum.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1983
Emergency Commodity Distribution Act of 1983 - Amends the National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make unobligated Commodity Credit Corporation stocks available within 60 days. Sets forth eligible recipient agencies, including those serving children and schools, the elderly, the unemployed, low-income people, and disaster victims. Directs the Secretary to make commodities available without charge in forms suitable for home or institutional use. Provides cash assistance to States (five cents per pound) for commodity-related administrative costs. Directs the States to use such funds to defray agency costs in obtaining and distributing donated non-Federal commodities or food items. Requires the States to ensure that the amount of administrative funds provided does not exceed actual commodity and food distribution costs. Prohibits States from charging recipient agencies for related costs. Authorizes the Secretary to distribute commodities directly to recipient agencies, and requires such distribution where State agencies are prohibited from so doing. Directs the Secretary and the States to enter into inventory agreements with private companies to process commodities into food products. Requires the Secretary to periodically publish in the Federal Register a list of available commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require information concerning an AFDC applicant or recipient which is in the possession of the State agency administering the AFDC program to be made available to any Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency if such information is needed for a felony investigation or prosecution.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
Prohibits federally assisted rental housing projects for the elderly and handicapped from forbidding tenants to have pets or discriminating against persons having pets. Permits a project authority to require the removal of a pet that constitutes a threat to the health or safety of project occupants or other persons in the community.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1983
Title I: Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Assistance - Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act - Amends the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to add a new program (as title VI of such Act) for emergency mathematics and science education at elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Education to provide elementary and secondary education assistance (Part A) under such title VI program for the first two fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. Conditions such authorization upon increased appropriations under specified provisions of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Sets forth provisions for allocation of Part A program funds among the States. Permits States to reserve five percent of such allocation for State administration and planning activities. Requires States to distribute the remainder among local educational agencies, with 75 percent allocated on the basis of school-age population and 25 percent on the basis of number of children from low income families. Sets forth permitted uses of Part A program funds by local educational agencies. Sets forth requirements for State educational agency (SEA) use of Part A program funds. Requires that sums available for postsecondary assistance (Part B) be used to award congressional scholarships to 300 individuals in the first fiscal year beginning after enactment of this Act and to 600 individuals in the second such year. Sets forth requirements for eligibility, nomination and selection of congressional scholars. Obligates such congressional scholars to teach elementary or secondary school mathematics, science, or other appropriate subjects for at least five years or to repay the total amount of the scholarship, plus interest, at a rate prescribed by the Secretary of Education. Directs the Secretary to make available, from Part B funds appropriated for FY 1984 or 1985 for grants for mathematics and science improvement and employment-based education programs in new and emerging technologies the following amounts: (1) ten percent to institutions of higher education; and (2) 25 percent to community and junior colleges. Directs the Secretary of Education, from funds available for such purpose for FY 1984 or 1985, to make grants to institutions of higher education for summer institutes and workshops for teachers and supervisors of mathematics and science programs. Permits such institutes to be conducted in other areas of national need, as determined by the Secretary. Directs the Director of the National Institute of Education, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, to investigate effective methods of mathematics and science instruction. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1984 and 1985. Directs the Secretary to make challenge grants available to provide up to one-third of the cost of: (1) purchase of modern scientific equipment for use in teaching and research; (2) training of faculty in the use of new laboratory and research equipment; and (3) sharing scientific and engineering equipment among academic and business laboratories and research centers. Limits the amount which may be made available for such challenge grants for FY 1985. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, to assess, before September 30, 1984, the current need for improvements in and purchases of laboratory equipment and facilities. Limits the total amount which may be appropriated pursuant to this Act for FY 1984. Limits the amount of such appropriation which may be available for Part A elementary and secondary assistance and for Part B postsecondary assistance. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to extend through FY 1985 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Pre-College Science Teacher Training program; and (2) the Minority Institutions Science Improvement program. Title II: National Engineering and Science Personnel - National Engineering and Science Personnel Act of 1983 - Declares that it shall be the continuing policy of the United States to maintain an adequate supply of technical, engineering, and scientific personnel to insure U.S. technological strength and security. Directs the President to take all necessary actions to coordinate Federal departments and agencies in carrying out this policy. Declares that primary responsibility for developing policies of Federal support of research and development and of science, engineering, and technical personnel lies with the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President. Establishes within the National Science Foundation (NSF) a special Engineering and Science Personnel Fund to promote and develop the quality of U.S. technical, engineering, and scientific personnel resources. Directs NSF to administer the Fund and, in directing policy for the Fund, to consider current and predicted supply and demand for trained personnel. Requires that grants from the Fund be matched by other private or public sector funds. Establishes the Fund for only five years after enactment of this title. Requires specific congressional authorization for Fund continuance beyond such period. Directs NSF to report to the Congress at least biennially concerning expenditures under the Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Engineering and Science Personnel Fund for FY 1984 through 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1983
Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise State trigger provisions to provide that extended benefits will be payable in any State in which the seasonally adjusted rate of regular unemployment averaged seven percent or more for the most recent three calendar months for which data are available. Permits States to pay extended benefits on the basis of area triggers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Anatoly Shcharansky should be released from prison and permitted to emigrate. Urges continued expression of U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Anatoly Shcharansky.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws should develop a model State act (and interstate recognition and enforcement procedures) providing grandparents with adequate rights to petition in State courts for privileges to visit their grandchildren after a dissolution of the parents' marriage; (2) States should adopt such model State act; and (3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, should provide technical assistance to States in developing guidelines which help determine the "best interests of the child" in such cases and which take into account the ability of grandparents to help satisfy such child's need for continuity of care.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Equal Access to Voting Rights Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals. Sets forth minimum requirements for these guidelines. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General and aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Competitive Shipping and Shipbuilding Act of 1983 - Requires that, by 1984, five percent of all bulk cargoes imported into or exported from the United States by water be carried on U.S.-flag ships. Requires yearly one percent increases until the percentage of bulk cargoes carried on U.S.-flag ships reaches 20 percent. Provides for credit to importers and exporters for the use of U.S.-flag ships for the transportation of bulk cargoes between foreign ports. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide relief from the requirements of this Act upon a finding that U.S.-flag ships are not available within guideline rates. Sets forth factors which the Secretary shall consider in determining the extent of relief granted. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish guideline rates for the carriage of bulk cargoes subject to this Act. Requires the Secretary to assure that such rates take into account certain objectives. Requires the Secretary, in order to establish guideline rates, to estimate the current cost of operating U.S.-flag ships in the foreign bulk trades of the United States and of constructing such ships. Requires such cost estimates to be published within six months after enactment of this Act. Requires such estimates to be revised annually. Requires that such rates: (1) be reviewed and adjusted at least annually; (2) not reflect costs greater than the estimated current costs; and (3) be the maximum rates which may be charged for the charter of U.S.-flag ships for the transportation of bulk cargoes governed by this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish interim guideline rates in the first calendar year following the enactment of this Act. Sets forth factors to be taken into account in determining such rates. Requires the Secretary to appoint and consult with an advisory committee to establish and review U.S.-flag ship operating costs, shipyard construction costs, guideline rates, and regulations. Requires anyone engaged in importing or exporting bulk commodities in U.S. foreign commerce whose business volume exceeds $1,000,000 annually to report to the Secretary on the percentages of such person's exports and imports carried on U.S. flag ships. Requires anyone who fails to transport the required percentage of U.S. bulk cargoes to use exclusively U.S. flag ships until the deficiency has been recouped, unless Secretarial relief has been granted. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Sets forth procedures for the investigation, prosecution, and judicial review of violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for taking or attempting to take property by force, violence, or intimidation from either a pharmacy or a person registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Increases the penalties if any person's life is endangered by use of a dangerous weapon or if any person is assaulted or killed during the commission of such offense. Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on the enforcement of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to make permanent the temporary definition of "independent ocean freight forwarder." (Currently such term, after December 31, 1983, would exclude any person who has a beneficial interest in, or directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by, a shipper, consignee, seller, or purchaser of shipments to foreign countries).
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the continued issuance of tax-exempt (interest excluded from gross income) mortgage revenue bonds after December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act - Sets forth for all motor vehicle manufacturers which produce over 100,000 motor vehicles for ultimate retail sale in the United States "minimum domestic content ratios" (the domestic value, including labor and parts, of the manufacturer's production costs of all automotive products sold in the United States). Requires all vehicle manufacturers producing more than 100,000 motor vehicles for sale in the United States to provide information to the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of administering this requirement. Establishes penalties for a vehicle manufacturer who fails to meet the minimum domestic content ratio. Directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and prepare a written report regarding policies and practices of vehicle manufacturers used to persuade U.S. motor vehicle dealers to favor foreign made parts rather than domestically produced parts.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Amends title VII (Equal Employment Opportunity) of the Civil Rights Act to 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against any individual who is physically or mentally handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Amends the National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cash assistance for agricultural commodity distribution (currently such assistance is discretionary only) under such Act and under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of commodities available for distribution under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to exempt from the termination provisions of such Act provisions relating to the export of domestically produced crude oil.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Directs the President to resume negotiations with the Soviet Union on a treaty prohibiting: (1) the testing, deployment, production, or use of any weapons system designed to damage or interfere with a spacecraft; and (2) the stationing in outer space of any weapon designed to inflict injury or damage on the Earth, in the atmosphere, or on objects placed in space. Requires such a treaty to provide for verifying compliance with its terms. Directs the President to request the United Nations to bring about multilateral negotiations banning all weapons based in space.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Department of Education should withdraw all remaining proposed regulations relating to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and should increase its efforts to provide technical assistance to States and local schools for improved services to handicapped children; and (2) any final regulations promulgated by the Department under such Act should be rejected if they would dilute the strength of the protection of the educational rights of handicapped children.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as long-term capital gain, amounts actually paid to a taxpayer with respect to a small business participating debenture which constitute the distribution of a share of the earnings of the issuer. Defines "small business participating debenture" (SBPD) as a written debt instrument issued by a qualified small business which: (1) is a general obligation of such business; (2) bears interest at a specified rate; (3) has a fixed maturity; (4) grants no voting or conversion rights in the business to the purchaser; and (5) provides for the payment of a share of the issuer's total earnings. Defines "qualified small business" as one: (1) whose equity capital does not exceed $10,000,000; (2) the face value of all of whose outstanding SBPD's does not exceed $1,000,000; and (3) which has no outstanding securities subject to regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Treats losses on small business participating debentures as ordinary losses. Allows an interest expense deduction for interest and share-of-earnings payments made on such debentures.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983
Older Americans Vocational Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a model grant program for centers for older persons' vocational needs and employment opportunities. Sets forth application requirements for grant eligibility and for such centers. Requires such centers to: (1) provide certain services; and (2) in providing services, to give priority treatment to certain older persons. Limits any such grant to $400,000 for any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to operate a national clearinghouse for information on such centers. Permits any business or labor organization, public agency, or nonprofit or profitmaking organization, as well as a State, State or local educational agency, educational institution, postsecondary educational institution, or private vocational training institution, to be an eligible recipient of such a grant. Defines "older person" as an individual 55 years of age or older. Authorizes appropriations for such model grant program for FY 1984 through 1986. Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1965 to add to the purposes of such Act: (1) the overcoming of age discrimination and age stereotyping in vocational education programs; (2) the furnishing of equal educational opportunity in such programs to persons of all ages; and (3) the provision of part-time employment to older persons who need the earnings to continue full-time vocational training. Requires State vocational education programs to assign personnel to review such programs for: (1) assurance that grant distribution addresses older persons' needs; (2) age bias in such programs; (3) age discrimination in program hiring, firing, or promotion; (4) recommendations for overcoming age stereotyping and bias in such programs; and (5) assisting interested parties in improving vocational educational opportunities for older persons. Requires that State advisory councils on vocational education include older persons with employment and training program experience, including older persons who are minority group members. Requires that the State five-year plans for vocational education set forth: (1) the uses which the State intends to make of Federal vocational education assistance to meet the special needs of older persons; and (2) policies and procedures to assure equal access to vocational education programs by older persons.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that more money should be made available for jobs and programs in socially productive industries by reducing the amount of tax dollars spent on nuclear weapons, foreign military intervention, and wasteful military programs. Endorses the Jobs with Peace Week of April 10 through April 16, 1983.
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