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United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1982
Extends from September 30, 1982, to December 15, 1982, the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Designates March 21, 1983, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1982
Designates October 5, 1982, as Dr. Robert H. Goddard Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations changing: (1) the conditions for employment of 14 and 15 year-old children; and (2) existing regulations governing full-time student employment at subminimum wages.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) national efforts to reduce malnutrition should continue; (2) Federal involvement in nutrition programs should be maintained; and (3) responsibility for Federal child nutrition programs should not be turned back to the States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982
Atmospheric, Climatic, and Ocean Pollution Act of 1982 - Title I: Declaration of Findings and Purposes - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes. Title II: General Program Authorizations and Reporting Requirements - Authorizes appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the Department of Commerce for atmospheric, climatic, and ocean pollution programs for FY 1983 and 1984. Permits the transfer of funds between categories. Requires the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to notify Congress of the nature of, and reasons for, any transfers in excess of ten percent, or the appropriate committees of Congress must notify the Administrator that they have no objection to such transfer. Requires the Administrator to report to the appropriate committees of Congress on all aspects of the atmospheric, climatic, and ocean pollution activities of such Administration. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress and the President on the same date as the FY 1984 budget request a report on the importance of meteorological satellites to weather forecasting, including analyses of the impact of such satellites on forecasting, their expected lifetimes and replacement times, and the appropriateness of transferring civilian meteorological satellites to the private sector. Prohibits the use of funds to effectuate such transfer unless the appropriate committees of Congress give the Secretary of Commerce written notice of no objection within 30 days after receipt of a comprehensive plan for such transfer. Directs the Administrator to report to Congress and the President on the future organization and technological capabilities of the National Weather Service, including cost estimates and a ten year reorganization plan. Title III: National Climate Program - National Climate Program Amendments of 1982 - Amends the National Climate Program Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish and maintain an interagency Climate Program Policy Board (Board) to coordinate planning, review all executive branch budget requests relating to climate, establish other groups as necessary and establish and maintain a committee of users and producers of climate data and services to provide advice on the conduct of the program. Establishes the position of Director to head the National Climate Program Office, represent the Board, and be the spokesperson for the program. Requires the Office to analyze agency budget requests, coordinate interagency participation in international climate-related activities, and work with the National Academy of Sciences and other groups in preparing and implementing the five-year climate plan. Permits the Office to provide financial assistance for activities needed to meet the goals of the program set forth in such plan. Expands the mechanisms for intergovernmental climate-related studies and services under the program. Requires that the plan be revised and extended not more than biennially but not less than quadrennially. Title IV: Great Lakes Protection - Great Lakes Protection Act of 1982 - Amends the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 to redesignate specified provisions and to revise definitions under such Act. Establishes a Great Lakes protection policy under such Act. Establishes within NOAA a Great Lakes Research Office to be directed by an Executive Director appointed by the Administrator after consultation with the Governors of specified affected States. Requires the Executive Director to compile, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, an inventory of all major actions of the Federal, State, and local governments since 1977 which have significantly affected (or may so affect) the environmental quality of the Great Lakes. Requires that such inventory be submitted to the Congress and the President and be updated at least once every three months. Sets forth responsibilities of the Executive Director. Requires that, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Executive Director report to the President and the Congress on: (1) the current state of Federal research efforts to improve the Great Lakes' environmental quality; (2) recommendations for the improvement, increased coordination and use of such research efforts; and (3) the degree of coordination among the States to preserve and protect such quality. Requires that responsible Federal officials include Great Lakes environmental impact analyses in their recommendations or reports for major Federal actions significantly affecting the Great Lakes. Sets forth provisions relating to such analyses, including a requirement that copies be available to the President and to the public. Revises provisions relating to interagency cooperation, dissemination of information, and effect on other laws. Extends through FY 1984 the authorization of appropriations to carry out the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978. Reserves a specified amount of such appropriations to be obligated and expended on the Great Lakes Research Office in each fiscal year ending after September 30, 1982. Title V: Ocean Pollution Research - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to combine ocean dumping and monitoring reporting requirements into a single annual congressional report due in March of each year. Specifies that the following are to be included in the NOAA research program: (1) development of techniques for quantifying and defining marine environment degradation; (2) assessment of the ocean waters' ability to assimilate waste materials; and (3) monitoring programs to assess the health of coastal ecosystems. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess the feasibility of regional management plans for waste disposal which integrate social and economic factors into Federal decisions regarding ocean dumping. Requires such guidelines to be reported to Congress by October 1, 1984. Directs the Administrator of EPA, in cooperation with the Administrator of NOAA, to report to the President and Congress by the end of 1983 on sewage sludge disposal in the New York City region. Authorizes appropriations for each of FY 1983 and 1984 for such report. Title VI: Other Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for reporting of weather modification activities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982
International Competitive Finance Act of 1982 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1978 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to begin an inquiry immediately after receiving information that foreign sales to the United States are being seriously offered involving foreign official export credits that breach international agreements. Requires the inquiry to determine the accuracy of the information. Directs the Secretary to authorize the Export-Import Bank to provide competitive U.S. sellers with matching financing if: (1) the Secretary finds the information is accurate and requests the withdrawal of the foreign financing; and (2) the foreign financing is not withdrawn within ten days of the request.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Requests the President to designate the first week in October of 1982, 1983, and 1984 as National Port Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Fair Trade Finance Act of 1982 - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1978 to specify the time limits on an inquiry by the Secretary of the Treasury concerning foreign official export credits. Directs the Secretary to begin an inquiry within five days after receipt of information that foreign sales to the United States are being seriously offered involving foreign official export credits that violate international agreements. Requires the inquiry to be completed within 30 days. Directs the Secretary to authorize the Export-Import Bank to provide competitive U.S. sellers with matching financing if: (1) the Secretary finds the information is accurate and requests the withdrawal of the foreign financing; (2) the foreign financing is not withdrawn within ten days of the request; and (3) the Secretary determines that the availability of such foreign official financing is likely to be one of the relevant factors in the sale or sales. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to offer such financing if the financing is likely to be a determining factor in the sale.)
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to restrict the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers to regulate activities in any body of water located entirely within one State which is, or could be, considered a navigable body of water of the United States solely on the basis of historical use in interstate commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Designates the week beginning September 5, 1982, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin the strategic arms reduction talks (START), which should have the following objectives: (1) pursuing a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) deciding when and how to achieve and pursue a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) giving special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) preserving present limitations and controls on current nuclear weapons and delivery systems; and (5) incorporating ongoing negotiations in Geneva on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations. Declares that the United States shall try to reach a common position with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies on any agreement that would be inconsistent with existing U.S. commitments to those allies. Declares that the United States shall promptly approve the SALT II agreement if adequate verification capabilities are maintained.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of April 17 through April 23, 1983, as National Coin Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reopen the American consulate in Kiev, Ukraine, in order to indicate the U.S. concern for the human rights of the people of the Ukraine.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting retirees or individuals over age 65 from interest penalties with respect to any underpayment of estimated tax. Requires that such underpayment be due to reasonable cause (defined to include mistake or ignorance of the law) and not to willful neglect.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") to require that a State agree to pay 50 percent of the costs of remedial actions provided for by the President with respect to hazardous substances disposed of by a facility owned and operated (currently, owned) by a State or political subdivision thereof in order to qualify for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that certain proposed health care facility certification regulations should be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States: (1) should not sell advanced weapons to Jordan; (2) should ensure that Israel retains its qualitative military edge in the Middle East; and (3) should focus its efforts on bringing Jordan into direct peace negotiations with Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1982 - Declares that it is congressional policy to allow access to the U.S. market for foreign-produced steel on an equitable basis in order to safeguard the national security, insure orderly trade, and alleviate U.S. balance-of-payments problems. Title I: Steel Tripartite Advisory Council - Directs the President to establish within the Executive Office of the President a Steel Tripartite Advisory Council. Requires the Council to advise the President and Congress on problems within the basic steel industry and to provide advice and recommendations on related domestic and international issues. Requires other Federal agencies to provide the Council with economic information upon request. Directs the Council to report to the President on the condition of the steel industry. Title II: Quantitative Restrictions on Imports of Certain Steel Products - Limits to 5,000,000 tons the amount of articles in all steel product categories that may be imported between July 1, 1982, and January 1, 1983. Imposes a further limitation on such imports if unemployment in the domestic steel industry reaches between ten percent and 15 percent for three consecutive months. Prohibits any steel imports if unemployment in the domestic industry for three consecutive months is over 15 percent. Limits the amount of steel imports in each calendar year after 1982 to 10,000,000 tons. Imposes further limitations on imports depending upon the level of unemployment in the domestic industry. Imposes additional limitations on imports during any year after 1982 of articles in any one steel product category. Imposes a per country limitation on imports during such years of articles: (1) in all steel product categories; and (2) within any one steel product category. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to apportion shares of the U.S. market to foreign countries on the basis of information provided by the Secretary of the Treasury. Declares that it is the goal of this title to ensure that the imports of articles in all steel product categories be equalized on a monthly basis throughout each calendar year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to impose additional limitations on the imports from a country whose exports to the United States exceed a specified limit. Authorizes the President to reduce such restrictions imposed under this title if the President makes a specified determination and the Congress, after notification by the President, does not adopt a concurrent resolution disapproving such reduction. Title III: Quantitative Restrictions on Iron Ore Imports - Limits the amount of iron ore that may be imported: (1) between July 1, 1982, and December 31, 1982, to 7,000,000 tons; (2) during 1983 to 14,000,000 tons; and (3) during 1984 to 14,000,000 tons, unless the Secretary finds that there has been an increase in employment in the domestic iron ore industry. Provides for a ten percent increase in imports in 1984 for each ten percent increase in employment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the restrictions on imports of iron ore in order to insure continued operation of domestic steelmaking plants. Requires that such waiver be made on a plant-by-plant basis and only if the Secretary makes a specified determination.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1982
Professional Sports Stabilization Act of 1982 - Declares that it shall not be unlawful under any antitrust law for a professional sports league and its member clubs to enforce rules: (1) requiring approval by the league membership for the relocation of a member club; or (2) providing for the division of league or member club revenues that promote comparable economic opportunities for member clubs. Prohibits State and local governments from imposing limitations on the collective conduct of sports leagues or member teams authorized by this Act. Specifies the applicability of this Act to actions commenced under the antitrust laws before its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Designates July 9, 1982, and April 9, 1983, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1982
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.
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