United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to pay 100 percent of the costs of constructing a portion of the Saw Mill Run relief sewer in such city.
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 · 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 · 24 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Department of State should refuse to approve the opening of honorary South African consulates within the United States; (2) the Secretary of State should reassess the purpose and need for existing honorary consulates; and (3) the Secretary should rescind the approval granted for the establishment of the honorary South African consulate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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 · 13 May 1982
Title I: Federal Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Program - Federal Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Act of 1982 - Permits States to enter into and participate in agreements with the Secretary of Labor under this Act and to terminate such agreements upon providing 30 days' written notice to the Secretary. Requires that such agreements provide that the State agency will make Federal supplemental compensation payments: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular and extended compensation under State law, have no rights to unemployment compensation with respect to a week under State or Federal law, and are not receiving Canadian unemployment compensation with respect to such week; and (2) for any week of unemployment which begins in an extended benefit period and the individual's period of eligibility. Prohibits a Federal supplemental compensation payment to an individual for any week of unemployment which begins more than two years after the end of the benefit year for which rights to regular compensation were exhausted. Makes the amount of Federal supplemental compensation payable to an individual for any week of total unemployment equal to the amount of the regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable during the benefit year under the State law. Requires that the amount established in an individual's Federal supplemental compensation account equal the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable with respect to the benefit year on the basis of which regular compensation was most recently received; or (2) 13 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Prohibits payment of Federal supplemental compensation to an individual under an agreement entered into under this Act for any week beginning: (1) before the first week beginning after enactment of this Act or the week following the week in which such agreement is entered into, whichever is later; or (2) after September 30, 1983. Provides for Federal payments to States having agreements for the payment of Federal supplemental compensation. Directs the Secretary to certify from time to time to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make such payments by transfers from funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to the account of the State in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, as necessary to carry out this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to fraud and overpayments. Title II: Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase the "earned income disregards" in the AFDC program. Requires States to disregard the following amounts in determining a family's monthly AFDC benefit: (1) the first $50 of earnings; (2) 20 percent of gross earnings up to $175; (3) child care costs up to $160 per child; and (4) one-third of remaining earnings. (Retains the earned income disregard for earnings of full-or-part-time students who are not full-time employees.) Repeals the requirement that limits AFDC eligibility to families with income below 150 percent of the State standard of need. Requires that States consider as earned income for AFDC purposes the amount of earned income tax credit received by the person. Requires that States continue to exclude, for purposes of such AFDC earned income determinations, certain State-financed payments to meet certain needs of AFDC children.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to pursue vigorously and conclude promptly the countervailing duty and antidumping investigations being conducted under the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trade Act of 1974 concerning foreign trade practices involving carbon steel mill products and specialty steel mill products; and (2) the Congress should consider legislation to strengthen U.S. trade laws if necessary.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1982 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development and Conservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend for one year the eligibility of certain metropolitan cities and urban counties for community development grants. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to prescribe a standard form for State performance reports and assessments of community development programs for metropolitan cities and urban counties. Permits a local government to retain leftover income from community development grants if used for eligible community development activities. Requires community development grants to be considered as Federal financial assistance, requiring the approval of the head of a Federal agency, for purposes of the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Includes the development of shared housing for the elderly as an activity eligible for community development grants. Requires the Secretary, so long as there are qualified applicants, to enter into commitments during FY 1983 to guarantee a specified amount of loans to local governments for the acquisition or rehabilitation of real property for community development activities. Directs the Secretary to guarantee loans financing neighborhood revitalization activities of nonprofit organizations in neighborhoods where activities are funded by urban development action grants. Directs the Secretary to give a priority to assisting neighborhood development activities designed to mitigate the displacement of low-and moderate-income families resulting from commercial activities. Limits the amount of such loans which may be guaranteed during FY 1983 to ten percent of the amount approved in appropriations Acts for urban development action grants in such year. Requires an application for such a grant to certify that an analysis of the impact of grant activities on neighborhood residents has been made available to any neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for rehabilitation loans and to limit the amount of commitments to make such loans for FY 1983. Requires that at least 60 percent of the funds available for rehabilitation loans after FY 1982 be used for loans for one to four-family dwellings. Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize appropriations for the Corporation for FY 1983. Directs the Corporation to use a specified amount of such appropriations to conduct a mutual housing demonstration program emphasizing housing rehabilitation. Title II: Assisted Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) increase, on October 1, 1982, the maximum amount of annual contributions which the Secretary may make to public housing agencies for low-income housing projects; (2) limit the amount which may be obligated over the duration of contribution contracts with respect to additional authority provided on October 1, 1982; (3) earmark a specified amount of such additional authority for public housing modernization assistance; and (4) provide a new formula for allocating such additional authority for low-income housing assistance. Authorizes appropriations for public housing operating assistance for FY 1983. Declares that income limits for occupancy and rent in public housing shall be fixed by the public housing agency and approved by the Secretary. Reduces a tenant's rent contribution for federally-assisted housing from 30 to 25 percent of the tenant's monthly adjusted income. Excludes from a tenant's income: (1) the value of food stamps received;(2) $400 for each family member who is under 18 years of age, over 18 and disabled or handicapped, or elderly; (3) medical expenses exceeding ten percent of family income; and (4) child care expenses necessary for the employment of a family member. Permits a public housing agency to use budget authority provided for the acquisition and development of a lower income project in fiscal years prior to FY 1983 for operating and improvement assistance. Directs the Secretary to consider the effects of interest rates (up to 14 percent) on development costs when determining the fair market rental of newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated units of public housing projects for which contract authority was reserved in FY 1982 or before. Establishes as the fair market rental for existing public housing projects the median rent paid for comparable units by tenants who moved into the area within the most recent two year period for which data is available. Requires the maximum monthly rent to be reasonable compared with unassisted units. Prohibits the rent for an assisted unit from exceeding the rent charged for comparable unassisted units in a project. Directs the Secretary to offer to renew any assistance contract with a public housing authority for five year periods, in order to extend the total period of assistance to 15 years, if the authority has carried out the terms of the contract. Requires the Secretary to reduce the operating subsidies to lower income housing projects on a pro rata basis in any fiscal year in which the funds appropriated are less than the amount needed to make assistance payments according to the Secretary's standards. Authorizes the Secretary to develop an alternative distribution method through rulemaking procedures. Requires the Secretary to pay a public housing agency 100 percent of the amount by which its actual annual utility expenses exceed its estimated expenses because of increased utility rates, and 50 percent of its excess utilty expenses resulting from increased utility consumption. Repeals provisions of the Omnibus Budget reconciliation Act of 1981 that restrict the percentage of public housing units available to lower income families other than very low-income families. Requires at least 30 percent of the families assisted under the program providing rent subsidies to owners of lower income housing projects to be very low-income families. Directs the Secretary to take specified steps to encourage improved management procedures for public housing. Establishes conditions governing the demolition, sale, or disposal of public housing projects. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize appropriations for operating assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects for FY 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to extend for one year the period during which the Secretary may utilize amounts in the Rural Housing Assistance Fund for such operating assistance. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to limit the maximum interest rate on HUD loans for housing projects for the elderly and handicapped to 9.25 percent annually. Increases the Treasury borrowing authority of the Secretary to finance such loans for FY 1983. Limits the Secretary's lending authority for FY 1983. Permits 25 percent of the units of a project financed with such a loan to be efficiencies. Authorizes the Secretary to require the sponsor of such a project to deposit up to $10,000 in an escrow account to assure the sponsor's commitment and management capabilities. Directs the Secretary to consider design features for the elderly and handicapped when establishing project unit cost limitations. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to increase on October 1, 1982, the total amount of home mortgages the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) may purchase and to limit the aggregate principal amount of mortgages that the GNMA may enter into commitments to purchase during FY 1983. Amends the Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for contracts for congregate housing services programs for FY 1983. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary to allow lower-income housing assistance provided under the existing housing and moderate rehabilitation programs to be used for shared housing for the elderly. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to permit a public housing agency to retain: (1) the greater of its legal expenses in obtaining a judgment or 50 percent of the amount of a judgment obtained in recovering amounts wrongfully paid as a result of fraud or abuse in any housing program (currently one specific program) under the United States Housing Act of 1937; and (2) 50 percent of wrongfully paid amounts recovered by means other than court actions. Provides for the use of recaptured Rent Supplement Funds for development assistance for public housing. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to prohibit the Secretary from imposing a percentage or other arbitrary ceiling on rent or cost increases on certain federally-assisted lower income housing projects. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to use assistance recaptured from the program providing interest reduction payments to owners of rental housing projects to convert to a contract for such interest reduction payments any contract for rent supplement payments for lower income housing projects financed by State or local loans, loan insurance, or tax abatements. Title III: Housing Production Programs - Part A: Single-Family Housing Production Program - Single-Family Housing Production Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts to make periodic assistance payments to mortgagees and other lenders on behalf of homeowners (including owners of manufactured homes and condominium units) with incomes of up to 130 percent of the median area income. Terminates such authority of the Secretary on September 30, 1983. Directs the Secretary to give priority to assisting persons who have not owned a home within the last three years. Sets ceilings for: (1) the total amount of payments made under such contracts each year; and (2) the total amount obligated during the life of such contracts. Permits payments to be made only to a homeowner who satisfies requirements for creditworthiness and who is: (1) under a mortgage which is eligible for assistance under this Act; or (2) the original owner of a new, federally-insured, manufactured home. Provides for payments on behalf of such a homeowner only for as long as the homeowner occupies the property, unless the mortgage has been assigned to the Secretary. Provides for payments on behalf of such a homeowner only as long as the homeowner occupies the property, unless the mortgage has been assigned to the Secretary. Limits the amount of such assistance payments to the amount required to lower the mortgagor's monthly mortgage payments to the payments that would be required if the mortgage were to bear interest at the greater rate of: (1) nine and one-half percent (ten percent if the mortgagor's income exceeds 105 percent of median area income); or (2) a rate six percentage points less than specified in the mortgage (four percentage points if the mortgagor's income exceeds 115 percent of median area income). Requires that a mortgagor pay at least 25 percent of his or her income toward the monthly mortgage payments. Limits the duration of assistance payments to seven years (five years if the mortgagor's income exceeds 115 percent of median area income). Establishes a fund into which recaptured or unused assistance shall be deposited and from which the Secretary may provide continued assistance to a mortgagor who is unable to assume full mortgage payments after regular assistance payments end. Limits the number of manufactured homes assisted under this part to 20 percent of the total number of assisted units. Includes among conditions a mortgage must meet for the mortgagor to qualify for assistance under this part the requirements that a mortgage: (1) be secured by a newly constructed single-family dwelling that meets energy conservation standards prescribed by the Secretary; (2) permit prepayment without penalty; (3) have a fixed rate of interest, and (4) be executed by a mortgagor who paid at least three percent of the Secretary's estimate of the cost of acquisition. Directs the Secretary to develop a system for allocating assistance under this part among the various regions of the country on the basis of such factors as population, relative decline in building permits, and the need for increased housing production. Directs the Secretary to recapture the lesser of the amount of assistance provided under this part or an amount equal to 50 percent of the net appreciation of the property whenever the mortgagor sells the property or rents it for a period exceeding one year. Requires the Secretary to adopt procedures for annual recertification of a homeowner's income for the purpose of adjusting assistance payments. Amends the National Housing Act to provide the Secretary, on October 1, 1982, authority to enter into contracts to provide payments to assist low-income families in acquiring home ownership or membership in a cooperative housing project. Part B: Multifamily Housing Production Program - Rental Housing Production and Rehabilitation Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to State and local governments to be used to stimulate the construction and rehabilitation of multifamily rental housing projects and cooperative housing projects, in areas experiencing a severe shortage of rental housing, for persons without other reasonable and affordable housing alternatives in the private market. Directs State and local governments which receive such assistance to provide such projects with capital grants, loans, interest reduction payments, grants for the purchase of land, and other types of assistance designed to reduce project development and operating costs. Prohibits a State from providing such assistance to any project unless the local government of the project area approves the application for assistance for such project. Allows a local government to apply directly to the Secretary for assistance. Prohibits a project from being assisted both directly and by the Federal Government through a State agency under this Act. Sets forth area eligibility criteria, project selection criteria, and guidelines for allocating assistance. Requires the amount of assistance provided to a project to be the least amount necessary to provide decent and affordable rental or cooperative housing of modest design. Requires the owner of an assisted project to agree that for the first 20 years of the project: (1) 20 percent of the project units will be available for families whose income does not exceed 80 percent of the median area income; (2) savings resulting from reduced debt service payments for assistance will be passed on to the tenants; (3) prospective tenants will not be discriminated against on the basis of their receipt of or eligibility for Federal, State, or local housing assistance; and (4) units will not be converted to condominium ownership or a form of cooperative ownership not eligible for assistance. Directs the Secretary to require an owner who violates any such agreement to repay all assistance plus interest. Requires rent charges for project units for low-income tenants to be approved by the Secretary. Limits such charges to 30 percent of the tenants adjusted income. Requires 30 days written notice to tenants of rent increases. Declares obligations issued by a State or local housing agency to finance a project assisted under this part to be tax-exempt. Authorizes FHA insurance for an assisted project meeting FHA standards. Requires that contracts for such assistance contain a provision requiring the payment of prevailing wages to workers employed in the development and operation of the project involved. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for FY 1983. Part C: Demonstration Program for Emergency Housing - Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration program under which grants will be provided to assist communities or nonprofit organizations to provide shelter for people subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive basis according to the need for emergency housing. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such program. Earmarks a specified amount of the appropriations provided for the Multi-family Housing Production Program under part B for such demonstration program. Title IV: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 to the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) to insure and guarantee loans for rural housing, with certain restrictions; (2) to make loans and grants for improvements of rural housing; (3) to provide financial assistance for the provision of low-rent housing for domestic farm labor; (4) to make grants or contracts for the development of programs to assist low-income persons in benefiting from housing programs in rural areas; (5) for programs of mutual and self-help in rural areas; and (6) for the Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) insure loans to provide rental housing for persons of moderate income; (2) insure loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms; and (3) make assistance payments to owners of low-income rental housing projects, with a specified amount of FY 1983 assistance earmarked for domestic farm labor and elderly or handicapped persons who are tenants of newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated housing. Eliminates use of the Rural Housing Fund for specified rural housing programs. Revises the maximum rental charge for certain assisted rural housing to the highest of: (1) 25 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income; (2) ten percent of the family's monthly income; or (3) the portion of the family's welfare payment designated for housing costs. Provides that interest credits for low-or moderate-income persons who receive rural housing mortgage loans may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the person's mortgage payments after applying 20 percent of his or her adjusted income; or (2) the person's mortgage payments exceeding what those payments would be if the mortgage were to bear one percent interest. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, when determining whether to provide housing assistance to domestic farm laborers in an area, to consider the housing needs for only those persons. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to give priority to providing rural housing assistance to applicants with the greatest housing assistance needs because of their low income and inadequate dwellings. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide rental housing assistance for elderly persons living under a shared housing arrangement in a single-family dwelling. Title V: Program Amendments and Extensions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the authority of the Secretary to insure loans for mortgages and home improvement, and to establish the maximum interest rates for certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974 to extend the authority of the Secretary to direct the Government National Mortgage Association (GMNA) to purchase mortgages and securities. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for research for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in fiscal year 1982. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the authority of the GNMA to guarantee mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), subject to the absence of qualified requests. Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to earmark for the weatherization program for FY 1983 a specified amount of the funds authorized to be appropriated for energy conservation under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program until September 30, 1984, and to authorize appropriations for various insurance studies during FY 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the Secretary's authority: (1) to carry out the Federal riot insurance program and the Federal crime insurance program until September 30, 1984; and (2) to continue riot and crime insurance policies written prior to such date until September 30, 1987. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 for counseling and technical assistance programs for low-and moderate-income families with respect to housing. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to require the limitation on the maximum principal obligation of a conventional mortgage, in which the FNMA or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation may purchase a participating interest, to be calculated with respect to the total principal obligation of the mortgage. Authorizes such corporations, until October 1, 1984, to purchase mortgages secured by a second-lien against a one-to four-family dwelling. Specifies limitations on the maximum principal obligation of the mortgages. Amends the National Housing Act to: (1) qualify a unit in a cooperative housing project for FHA mortgage insurance if construction of the project was completed more than a year prior to the application for such insurance; and (2) eliminate the requirement that a cooperative housing project be nonprofit. Authorizes the Secretary to insure: (1) the loan on an existing manufactured home if such home was constructed according to the standards issued under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and it meets minimum property standards for FHA insurance for existing homes; (2) the loan on a newly constructed manufactured home which meets FHA standards for newly constructed homes at the full amount permitted for newly constructed homes in the area; and (3) the loan on a newly constructed manufactured home which does not meet such FHA standards at 80 percent of the full amount permitted for newly constructed homes (100 percent in areas of high-cost developed land) if such manufactured home meets certain construction, energy conservation, set-up, and attachment standards. Requires the Secretary to provide homeownership counseling to persons receiving temporary mortgage assistance payments to avoid foreclosure. (Currently, the Secretary is directed to provide such counseling to the extent practicable.) Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report which describes: (1) HUD standards for determining whether program requirements and changes are implemented through regulations, memoranda, or other forms of notice; and (2) the system used to assure that program changes affecting the eligibility, rights, or benefits of applicants for or recipients of program assistance are subject to notice and publication requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to exempt a controlled business arrangement, under which a person who has an ownership interest in a provider of settlement services refers real estate business involving a federally related mortgage to that provider, from the prohibition against kickbacks for referrals of such business if: (1) such ownership interest is disclosed; (2) no unreasonable restrictions are imposed on the buyer's or seller's selection of the service provider; and (3) the only thing of value received under such arrangement is the return on such ownership interest. Limits the yearly number of transactions involving a controlled business relationship that a title company, private mortgage insurance company, or escrow services company may participate in to 20 percent of all transactions of such company. Exempts from such limitation: (1) a bar-related title insurance company; (2) a transaction involving real estate in a county with a population of 25,000 or less; or (3) a controlled business arrangement where the ownership interest involved accounts for one percent or less of a corporation's outstanding stock, the majority of which is publicly owned. Eliminates the criminal penalty for violations of the prohibitions on referral of real estate business involving a federally related mortgage. Establishes the right of a competitor injured by a violation of such prohibitions to sue for treble damages. Permits the Secretary, the attorney general of any State, or any competitor to bring an action to enjoin such prohibited conduct. Sets a three year statute of limitations for a suit brought by the Secretary or an attorney general. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct investigations and issue subpoenas necessary to enforce such Act. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the maximum amount of a mortgage on a newly constructed condominium which is eligible for FHA insurance. Makes public hospitals eligible for FHA insurance. Title VI: Emergency Mortgage Relief - Homeowners' Emergency Relief Act of 1982 - Amends the Emergency Housing Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to make emergency mortgage relief payments to mortgagees on behalf of certain delinquent mortgagors when, for three consecutive months, the amount of delinquent mortgage loans exceeds a specified percentage of the amount of all loans accounted for in the mortgage delinquency series maintained by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Provides for the discontinuation and reinstitution of such assistance program depending on such delinquency rate condition. Lists the conditions for assistance eligibility, which include requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not federally insured under the National Housing Act; (2) the mortgagor has suffered a substantial reduction in income as a result of circumstances beyond the mortgagor's control which render the mortgagor unable to make full mortgage payments; and (3) the Secretary has determined that assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure and that it is likely that the mortgagor will be able to resume full mortgage payments within 36 months, commence repaying such assistance at a designated time, and pay the mortgage in full by its maturity date. Limits: (1) the amount of mortgage assistance payments to an amount necessary to supplement the amount of the mortgagor's contributions; and (2) the length of such payments to 18 months plus any period of default, with an 18-month extension authorized. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the periodic review of the mortgagor's financial circumstances to determine whether such payments should be terminated or adjusted. Declares that all assistance payments shall be secured by a lien on the property and repayable on terms prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture such assistance. States that a previously assisted mortgagor shall be eligible for renewed assistance only if such mortgagor has made full mortgage payments for at least 12 months after the previous assistance was terminated. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide homeownership counseling to persons assisted under this title; and (2) approve or disapprove an application for assistance within 45 days. Limits the aggregate amount of assistance the Secretary is authorized to provide over the duration of assistance contracts. Prohibits the Secretary from entering such contracts after September 30, 1983. Requires the Secretary and specified agencies to waive or relax limitations pertaining to the operations of certain mortgagees and financial institutions with respect to mortgage delinquencies in order to encourage forebearance in residential mortgage loan foreclosure. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 60 days prior to October 1, 1983, on: (1) the rate of delinqencies and foreclosures in various housing markets; (2) the prospects of voluntary forebearance by mortgagees in such areas; (3) Government actions to encourage such forebearance and to provide assistance under this title; and (4) the default status of mortgagees on multifamily properties with recommendations on curing and avoiding such defaults. Directs the Secretary to study and report on the use of alternative mortgage delinquency series under this title.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Single-Family Housing Production Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into contracts to make periodic assistance payments to mortgagees and other lenders on behalf of homeowners (including owners of manufactured homes and condominium units) with incomes of up to 130 percent of the median area income. Terminates such authority of the Secretary on September 30, 1982. Directs the Secretary to give priority to assisting persons who have not owned a home within the last three years. Sets ceilings for: (1) the total amount of payments made under such contracts each year; and (2) the total amount obligated during the life of such contracts. Permits payments to be made only to a homeowner who satisfies requirements for creditworthiness and who is: (1) a mortgagor under a mortgage which is eligible for assistance under this Act; or (2) the original owner of a new, federally-insured, manufactured home. Provides for payments on behalf of such a homeowner only for as long as the homeowner occupies the property, unless the mortgage has been assigned to the Secretary. Limits the amount of such assistance payments to the amount required to lower the mortgagor's monthly mortgage payments to the payments that would be required if the mortgage were to bear interest at the greater rate of: (1) nine and one-half percent (ten percent if the mortgagor's income exceeds 115 percent of median area income); or (2) a rate six percentage points less than specified in the mortgage (four percentage points if the mortgagor's income exceeds 115 percent of median area income). Requires that a mortgagor pay at least 25 percent of his or her income toward the monthly mortgage payments. Limits the duration of assistance payments to seven years (five years if the mortgagor's income exceeds 115 percent of median area income). Establishes a fund into which recaptured or unused assistance shall be deposited and from which the Secretary may provide continued assistance to a mortgagor who is unable to assume full mortgage payments after regular assistance payments end. Limits the number of manufactured homes assisted under this Act to 20 percent of the total number of assisted units. Includes among conditions a mortgage must meet for the mortgagor to qualify for assistance under this Act the requirements that a mortgage: (1) be secured by a newly constructed single-family dwelling that meets energy conservation standards prescribed by the Secretary; (2) permit prepayment without penalty; (3) have a fixed rate of interest; and (4) be executed by a mortgagor who paid at least three percent of the Secretary's estimate of the cost of acquisition. Directs the Secretary to develop a system for allocating assistance under this Act among the various regions of the country on the basis of such factors as population, relative decline in building permits, and the need for increased housing production. Directs the Secretary to recapture the lesser of the amount of assistance provided under this Act or an amount equal to 50 percent of the net appreciation of the property whenever the mortgagor sells the property or rents it for a period exceeding one year. Requires the Secretary to adopt procedures for annual recertification of a homeowner's income for the purpose of adjusting assistance payments.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of the Interior should use moneys from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to carry out a vigorous program to extinguish the mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with other countries.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that if Israel is illegally denied its right to participate in the United Nations General Assembly or in any specialized agency of the United Nations the United States should: (1) suspend its participation in the General Assembly or specialized agency; and (2) withhold its assessed contribution to the United Nations or specialized agency until the illegal action is reversed.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither the President nor Congress should impose import fees on crude oil or refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Federal Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Act of 1982 - Permits States to enter into and participate in agreements with the Secretary of Labor under this Act and to terminate such agreements upon providing 30 days' written notice to the Secretary. Requires that such agreements provide that the State agency will make Federal supplemental compensation payments: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular and extended compensation under State law, have no rights to unemployment compensation with respect to a week under State or Federal law, and are not receiving Canadian unemployment compensation with respect to such week; and (2) for any week of unemployment which begins in an extended benefit period and the individual's period of eligibility. Prohibits any Federal supplemental compensation payment to any individual for any week of unemployment which begins more than two years after the end of the benefit year for which rights to regular compensation were exhausted. Makes the amount of Federal supplemental compensation payable to any individual for any week of total unemployment equal to the amount of the regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable during the benefit year under the State law. Requires that the amount established in an individual's Federal supplemental compensation account equal the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable with respect to the benefit year on the basis of which regular compensation was most recently received; or (2) 13 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Prohibits payment of Federal supplemental compensation to any individual under an agreement entered into under this Act for any week beginning: (1) before the first week beginning after enactment of this Act or the week following the week in which such agreement is entered into, whichever is later; or (2) after September 30, 1983. Provides for Federal payments to States having agreements for the payment of Federal supplemental compensation. Directs the Secretary to certify from time to time to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make such payments by transfers from funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to the account of the State in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, as necessary to carry out this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to fraud and overpayments.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Title I: National Development Investment - National Development Investment Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to cite such Act as the National Development Investment Act and to revise the emphasis of such Act from primary Federal initiative to coordination of investments between the public and the private sectors. Sets forth the findings of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, upon the application of an eligible State, economic development district, distressed local government (with a population under 50,000 and located outside an economic development district) Indian tribe, or nonprofit economic development organization. to make a grant for a portion of the cost of projects submitted in a development investment strategy. Sets forth eligible activities for such development investment assistance, including repairs, rehabilitation, and small business establishment. Sets forth specific eligibility criteria for applicants for such assistance. Requires an application for a grant under this Act to include: (1) a certification that the area concerned meets certain distress requirements; (2) a certification of any responsibilities which the Secretary has agreed to perform; and (3) a development investment strategy prepared in accordance with this Act. Requires the Secretary to consider specified purposes of this Act in approving applications. Lists as criteria any one of which an area must meet in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act: (1) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; (2) an employment growth rate below the national average; (3) a population loss over the most recent five-year period; (4) an unemployment rate above the national average for the most recent 24 month period; and (5) a sudden economic dislocation resulting in job loss. Sets forth the information to be contained in a grant applicant's development investment strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to establish a revolving loan fund for making or guaranteeing loans to small businesses for initial or working capital, or the purchase of facilities or equipment. Limits to $1,000,000 the amount of any such grant. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a maximum 50 percent of the cost of completing the project as determined at the time of the grant application. Permits the Secretary to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of an Indian tribe. Limits expenditures in any one State to a maximum 15 percent of the appropriations made pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local governments with a population over 50,000 (if located outside an econmic development district). Earmarks such grants for coordination of investment for community facilities, economic development, manpower training, and transportation services. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate Federal, State, and local development investment efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct any demonstration program to test the feasibility of new ways to increase productivity, foster innovative technology, match labor force with labor markets, or encourage economic diversity and regional balance. Limits the amount of any such grant to not more than 75 percent of the cost of economic development planning or of investment strategy preparation. Declares that the Secretary of Commerce shall administer this Act with the assistance of a specified Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other persons and agencies. Prohibits the approval of any grant unless the Secretary is satisfied that the project concerned will be properly and efficiently administered, operated, and maintained. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary under this Act. Permits the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to a project by accepting a certification of the grant applicant's performance of such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to make comprehensive annual reports to Congress detailing operations under this Act. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this Act to be paid the prevailing rate of wage. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to declare that investments under such Act shall also be made in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1987. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the subsequent Federal share of an Appalachian development highway segment when a participating State proceeds to construct a segment of such a highway without the aid of Federal funds. Applies such increase to projects approved after March 31, 1979. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States and public and nonprofit entities for projects which will: (1) assist in the creation or retention of permanent private sector jobs, the upgrading of the region's manpower, or the attraction of private investment; (2) provide special assistance to severely distressed and underdeveloped counties which lack financial resources for improving basic services; (3) assist in achieving the goal of making primary health care accessible in the region; or (4) otherwise serve the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the authorization of any financial assistance to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work previously performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors. Prohibits grants with funds authorized after October 1, 1982, from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of any approved project. Permits such grants to increase the Federal contribution to any project to such percentage as the Commission determines within specified limitations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Amends the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 with respect to the employee protection program by eliminating provisions which make payments under such program subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts. Requires that monthly assistance payments be equal to the average of such amounts provided in the previous year. Grants protected employees who were furloughed or terminated by air carriers certified under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 prior to enactment of this Act the first right of hire on a regional basis by any other such air carrier. Provides that flight deck operating crew members shall not retain rights of seniority or recall with the air carrier from which they were furloughed or terminated. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to periodically publish the comprehensive list of available jobs with certified air carriers on a regional basis. Terminates the Airline Employees Protective Account. Authorizes annual appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the employee protection program. Requires the Secretary of Labor to certify that employee protection agreements meet certain standards. Grants the United States district courts jurisdiction of actions to enforce duties under such agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Amends the National Housing Act to extend until September 30, 1982, the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into contracts to provide periodic mortgage assistance payments to assist lower income families in acquiring home ownership or membership in a cooperative housing association.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Bank Export Services Act - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to permit bank holding companies to invest in shares of any export trading company whose acquisition or formation by a bank holding company has been approved by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Limits the investments in such shares to not more than five percent of the bank holding company's consolidated capital and surplus. Prohibits the name of the export trading company involved from being similar in any respect to the name of the bank holding company which owns any of its voting stock or other evidences of ownership. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to permit corporations organized for international or foreign banking, with the approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to purchase and hold stock or other certificates of ownership in such an export trading company. Prohibits such an investment from exceeding 25 percent of the corporation's own capital and surplus. Permits an export trading company to engage in or hold shares of a company engaged in the business of underwriting, selling, or distributing securities in the United States only to the extent that the corporation may do so under applicable Federal and State banking law and regulations. Prohibits such an export trading company from engaging in manufacturing or agricultural production activities. Raises the ceiling on the aggregate amount of not-fully-secured acceptances which a depository institution and any Federal or State branch or agency of a foreign bank can create with respect to the importation, exportation, or domestic shipment of goods. Increases such limitation from one-half to 150 percent of the capital stock or, with the Federal Reserve Board's permission, twice the amount of the capital stock. Limits the aggregate acceptances growing out of domestic transactions to not more than 50 percent of the aggregate of all acceptances. States that such limitations do not apply to any acceptance which is issued by an institution and which is covered by a participation agreement from other banks or regulated corporations. Repeals the requirement that shipping documents be attached to acceptances arising from the domestic shipment of goods.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a comprehensive study on their problems and to develop policies to coordinate governmental and private programs to address such problems. Provides that the committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall terminate at the close of the Ninety-ninth Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1982
Authorizes the President to designate April 4, 1982, as the National Day of Reflection. Notes that such date coincides with the 80th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, head of the Lubavitch movement.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the FY 1983 budget should not be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Reaffirms that deposits, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, in federally insured depository institutions are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Designates the week beginning on May 9, 1982, as Senior Center Week. Requests the President to include the designation of such week as part of the proclamation issued for Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Reaffirms that deposits, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, in federally insured depository institutions are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Declares that if Israel or any other democratic state is denied its rights and privileges in the United Nations General Assembly the United States will suspend its participation in the General Assembly and will withhold its contribution to the United Nations until the action is reversed.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 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 · 10 March 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 · 8 March 1982
Prohibits the President from: (1) providing any military assistance for El Salvador under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) issuing any letters of offer or guarantees or extending any credits for El Salvador under the Arms Export Control Act; and (3) leasing defense articles and issuing export licenses for defense articles or services for El Salvador under the Arms Export Control Act. Directs the President to order the prompt withdrawal from El Salvador of all U.S. military personnel performing specified functions under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Prohibits a waiver of the requirements of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development and Conservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to limit the amount of commitments to guarantee notes and other obligations which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may enter into with respect to community development loan guarantees in FY 1983. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for rehabilitation loans and to limit the amount of commitments to make such loans for FY 1983. Requires that at least 60 percent of the funds available for rehabilitation loans after FY 1982 be used for loans for one- to four-family dwellings. Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cooperation Act to authorize appropriations for the Corporation for FY 1983. Title II: Assisted Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) increase, on October 1, 1982, the maximum amount of annual contributions which the Secretary may make to public housing agencies for low-income housing projects; (2) limit the amount which may be obligated over the duration of contribution contracts with respect to additional authority provided after October 1, 1982; and (3) provide a new formula for allocating such additional authority for low-income housing assistance. Permits a public housing agency to use authority allocated for assistance to owners of low-income multifamily projects and improvement assistance for existing public housing projects to pay for the operation of such projects. Authorizes appropriations for such operating assistance for FY 1983. Directs the Secretary to consider the effects of interest rates (up to 14 percent) on development costs when determining the initial maximum monthly rent for units of a low-income multifamily housing project. Declares that any upward revision of amounts appropriated for operating assistance for public housing projects shall be considered to be a rulemaking activity. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize FY 1983 appropriations for operating assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects. Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit payment of such assistance after FY 1983. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to increase on October 1, 1982, the aggregate amount of obligations the Secretary may issue to the Secretary of the Treasury to finance loans for housing facilities for elderly or handicapped families. Limits: (1) the interest rate payable on such obligations; and (2) the lending authority of the Secretary for FY 1983. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to increase on October 1, 1982, the total amount of home mortgages the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) may purchase and to limit the aggregate principal amount of mortgages that the GNMA may enter into commitments to purchase during FY 1983. Title III: Housing Production Programs - Part A: One- to Four-Family Housing Production Program - Amends the National Housing Act to provide the Secretary, on October 1, 1982, authority to enter into contracts to provide payments to assist low-income families in acquiring home ownership or membership in a cooperative housing project. (Currently, the Secretary is prohibited from entering into new contracts after March 31, 1982.) Allows the Secretary to insure the mortgages of up to 50 percent of the homes in a subdivision if the owners of such homes receive assistance under the emergency housing market stimulation program. Activates such program which authorizes the Secretary to insure mortgages and enter into contracts to provide assistance payments on behalf of mortgagors having a family income of up to 130 percent of the area median income in order to reduce their mortgage payments to 25 percent of their income or to reduce their mortgage interest rates to nine and one-half percent. Limits: (1) the aggregate amount of assistance payable under such contracts; and (2) the duration of assistance to any mortgagor to ten years. Provides that any recaptured assistance shall be deposited into a fund which shall be used to make continued assistance payments to mortgagors who are unable to make full mortgage payments after receiving assistance for ten years. Part B: Multifamily Housing Production Program - Rental Housing Production and Rehabilitation Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to State and local governments to be used to stimulate the construction and rehabilitation of multifamily rental housing projects and cooperative housing projects in areas experiencing a severe shortage of rental housing for persons without other reasonable and affordable housing alternatives in the private market. Directs State and local governments which receive such assistance to provide such projects capital grants, loans, interest reduction payments, grants for the purchase of land, and other types of assistance designed to reduce project debt service cost. Sets forth area eligibility criteria, project selection criteria, and guidelines for allocating assistance. Requires the amount of assistance provided to a project to be the least amount necessary to provide decent and affordable rental or cooperative housing of modest design. Requires the owner of an assisted project to agree that for the first 15 years of the project: (1) 20 percent of the project units will be available for families whose income does not exceed 80 percent of the median area income; (2) savings resulting from reduced debt service payments for assistance will be passed on to the tenants; (3) prospective tenants will not be discriminated against on the basis of their eligibility for Federal housing assistance; and (4) units will not be converted to condominium ownership. Directs the Secretary to require an owner who violates any such agreement to repay all assistance plus interest. Declares that mortgages for such projects are insurable under the National Housing Act. Requires rent charges for project units to be approved by the Secretary. Limits such charges to 30 percent of a tenant's adjusted income. Requires that contracts for such assistance contain a provision requiring the payment of prevailing wages to workers employed in the development and operation of the project involved. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for FY 1983. Title IV: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 to the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) to insure and guarantee loans for rural housing, with certain restrictions; (2) to make loans and grants for improvements of rural housing; (3) to provide financal assistance for the provision of low-rent housing for domestic farm labor; (4) to make grants or contracts for the development of programs to assist low-income persons in benefiting from housing programs in rural areas; (5) for programs of mutual and self-help in rural areas; and (6) for the Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) insure loans to provide rental housing for persons of moderate income; (2) insure loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms; and (3) make assistance payments to owners of low-income rental housing projects, with a specified amount of FY 1983 assistance earmarked for domestic farm labor and elderly or handicapped persons who are tenants of newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated housing. Eliminates use of the Rural Housing Fund for specified rural housing programs. Revises the maximum rental charge for certain assisted rural housing to the highest of: (1) 30 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income; (2) ten percent of the family's monthly income; or (3) the portion of the family's welfare payment designated for housing costs. Provides that interest credits for low- or moderate-income persons who receive rural housing mortgage loans may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the person's mortgage payments after applying 20 percent of his or her adjusted income; or (2) the person's mortgage payments exceeding what those payments would be if the mortgage were to bear one percent interest. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, when determining whether to provide housing assistance to domestic farm laborers in an area, to consider the housing needs for only those persons. Title V: Program Amendments and Extensions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the authority of the Secretary to insure loans for mortgages and home improvement, to make assistance payments for emergency stimulation of the housing market, and to establish the maximum interest rates for certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974 to extend the authority of the Secretary to direct the Government National Mortgage Association to purchase mortgages and securities. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for research for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in fiscal year 1982. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the authority of the GNMA to guarantee mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to earmark for the weatherization program for FY 1983 a specified amount of the funds authorized to be appropriated for energy conservation under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program until September 30, 1983, and to authorize appropriations for various insurance studies during FY 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the Secretary's authority: (1) to carry out the Federal riot insurance program and the Federal crime insurance program until September 30, 1983; and (2) to continue riot and crime insurance policies written prior to such date until September 30, 1986. Limits the appropriations authorized for such programs for FY 1982. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to limit the appropriations authorized for FY 1983 for counseling and technical assistance programs for low- and moderate-income families with respect to housing. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to require the limitation on the maximum principal obligation of a conventional mortgage in which the FNMA or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation may purchase a participating interest to be calculated without regard to the interest purchased by either such corporation. Authorizes such corporations to purchase conventional mortgages secured by a second lien against an owner-occupied residence. Specifies limitations on the maximum principal obligation of such mortgages. Title VI: Emergency Mortgage Relief - Amends the Emergency Housing Act of 1975 to rewrite such act as the Homeowners' Emergency Relief Act. Directs the Secretary to make emergency mortgage relief payments to mortgagees on behalf of certain delinquent mortgagors when, for three consecutive months, the amount of delinquent mortgage loans exceeds a specified percentage of the amount of all loans accounted for in the mortgage delinquency series maintained by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Provides for the discontinuation and reinstitution of such assistance program depending on such deliquency rate condition. Lists the conditions for assistance eligibility, which include requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not federally insured under the National Housing Act; (2) the mortgagor has suffered a substantial reduction in income as a result of circumstances beyond the mortgagor's control which render the mortgagor unable to make full mortgage payments; and (3) the Secretary has determined that assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure and that it is likely that the mortgagor will be able to resume full mortgage payments within 24 months, commence repaying such assistance at a designated time, and pay the mortgage in full by its maturity date. Limits: (1) the amount of mortgage assistance payments to an amount necessary to supplement the amount the mortgagor is capable of contributing; and (2) the length of such payments to 12 months plus any period of default, with a 12-month extension authorized. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the periodic review of the mortgagor's financial circumstances to determine whether such payments should be terminated or adjusted. Declares that all assistance payments shall be secured by a lien on the property and repayable on terms prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture such assistance. States that a previously assisted morgagor shall be eligible for renewed assistance only if such mortgagor has made full mortgage payments for at least 12 months after the previous assistance was terminated. Limits the aggregate amount of assistance the Secretary is authorized to provide over the duration of assistance contracts. Prohibits the Secretary from entering such contracts after September 30, 1983. Requires the Secretary and specified agencies to waive or relax limitation pertaining to the operations of certain mortgagees and financial institutions with respect to mortgage delinquencies in order to encourage forebearance in residential mortgage loan foreclosure. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 60 days prior to October 1, 1983, on: (1) the rate of delinqencies and foreclosures in various housing markets; (2) the prospects of voluntary forebearance by mortgagees in such areas; (3) Government actions to encourage such forebearance and to provide assistance under this title; and (4) the default status of mortgages on multifamily properties with recommendations on caring and avoiding such defaults. Directs the Secretary to study and report on the use of alternative mortgage delinquency series under this title.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Amends the National Housing Act to repeal a provision prohibiting the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, after March 31, 1982, from entering into new contracts to provide periodic mortgage assistance payments to assist lower income families in acquiring home ownership or membership in a cooperative housing association.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 for FY 1983 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provision allowing an income tax deduction without substantiation for living expenses of Members of Congress. Requests the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to hold hearings on the provision repealed by this Act and to report legislation regarding expenses incurred in the performance of a Member's official duties. Sets forth procedural guidelines for the enactment of legislation dealing with tax benefits for Members of Congress. Declares that it is congressional policy to act upon legislation affecting the remuneration of Members as separate and independent pieces of legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Homeowners' Emergency Relief Act of 1982 - Amends the Emergency Housing Act of 1975 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make emergency mortgage relief payments for certain mortgagors when, for three consecutive months, the amount of delinquent mortgage loans exceeds a specified percentage of the amount of all mortgage loans accounted for in the mortgage delinquency series maintained by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Directs the Board to submit delinquency information to the Secretary and Congress monthly. Provides for the discontinuation and resumption of such assistance program depending on such delinquency rate condition. Lists conditions for assistance eligibility which include requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not federally insured under title II of the National Housing Act; (2) the mortgagor has suffered a substantial reduction in income as a result of circumstances beyond the mortgagor's control which render the mortgagor unable to make full mortgage payments; and (3) the Secretary has determined that assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure and that it is likely that the mortgagor will be able to resume full mortgage payments within 24 months, commence repaying such assistance at a designated time, and pay the mortgage in full by its maturity date. Limits: (1) the amount of mortgage assistance payments to an amount necessary to supplement the amount the mortgagor is capable of contributing; and (2) the length of such payments to 12 months plus any period of default, with a 12-month extension authorized. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the periodic review of the mortgagor's financial circumstances to determine whether such payments should be terminated or adjusted. Declares that all assistance payments shall be secured by a lien on the property and repayable on terms prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture such assistance. States that a previously assisted mortgagor shall be eligible for renewed assistance only if such mortgagor has made full mortgage payments for at least 12 months after the previous assistance was terminated. Limits the aggregate amount of assistance the Secretary is authorized to provide over the duration of assistance contracts. Prohibits the Secretary from entering such contracts after September 30, 1983. Requires the Secretary and specified agencies to waive or relax limitations pertaining to the operations of certain mortgagees and financial institutions with respect to mortgage delinquencies in order to encourage forebearance in residential mortgage loan foreclosure. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 60 days prior to October 1, 1983, on: (1) the rate of delinquencies and foreclosures in various housing markets; (2) the prospects of voluntary forebearance by mortgagees in such areas; (3) Government actions to encourage such forebearance and to provide assistance under this title; and (4) the default status of mortgages on multifamily properties with recommendations on remedying and avoiding such defaults. Directs the Secretary to study, and report to Congress on, the use of alternative mortgage delinquency series under this title.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take no action to accelerate the decontrol of wellhead natural gas prices.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the problem of Americans missing because of the Vietnam war should be resolved as soon as possible. Urges the President to: (1) take actions to ensure the release of all Americans who remain captive; and (2) obtain from Vietnam, Laos, and Kampuchea a complete accounting of all the Americans who are missing, including a returning of the remains of the dead.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Defense Industrial Base Revitalization Act - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to direct the President to take immediate action to assist in the modernization of industries related to defense. Limits such assistance to small and medium-sized businesses unless national security requires otherwise. Directs the Secretary of Defense to determine immediately and semiannually which industries should be given priority and the type of assistance which would be most helpful. Directs the President to assist persons expanding the domestic capability to produce or process critical and strategic materials. Sets forth the terms of such assistance, including qualification through public solicitation and the President's right to refuse delivery of items exceeding market price. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987. Permits the President to utilize the borrowing authority of the Treasury as specified and to use unobligated funds in Department of Defense appropriations. Directs the President to implement a national program to train workers in skills necessary in key defense industries. Makes such assistance available through State vocational education programs in States with previously approved plans for a five-year program of skills training. Requires the States to make contributions to such program in specified percentages to qualify for extensions of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987 for such purpose. Directs the President to implement a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in obtaining and installing modern equipment to train scientific and technical personnel needed in the key industries. Sets forth the terms of such assistance, including application procedures, limits on grants, and the requirement that such equipment be purchased through competitive bidding. Requires such equipment to be of U.S. origin. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1983-1987. Directs the Comptroller General to monitor this program and submit an annual report to Congress. Requires each executive department and agency to follow the principle of geographical dispersal to the degree possible in constructing any Government-owned industrial facility. Directs such departments and agencies to continuously assess the capability of the defense industrial base to satisfy near-term and increased mobilization production requirements. Increases the maximum obligation of any guaranteeing agency for loans necessary to prevent personal insolvency or bankruptcy that would impede the production and delivery of materials or the performance of services for the national defense. Decreases from 60 to 30 days the period during which the appropriate committees of Congress must be notified of certain proposed loans before automatic approval. Permits such loans to be made immediately if both Houses adopt a concurrent resolution of approval. Extends to September 30, 1987, the termination date of certain provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950, including certain priorities, allocations, and expansion of productive capacity and supply provisions. Repeals the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
States that U.S. policy should encourage parties to the El Salvadoran conflict to: (1) begin cease-fire negotiations under international supervision; and (2) pursue a political settlement that would include open and free elections under international supervision.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President must take action to prevent nuclear war. States that the United States, in negotiations with nuclear weapon states, should propose halting further testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Declares that any action by the United Nations to prevent a democratic state from exercising its rights to participate in the United Nations will seriously and harmfully affect congressional support for the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover in recognition of his distinguished service and for his contributions to the development of safe nuclear energy and to the defense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such provision. Authorizes the Secretary to make available bronze duplicates of such medal for sale under regulations he prescribes and in accordance with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Declares that the presidential certification submitted to the Congress with respect to sending military aid to El Salvador is void. Directs the President to immediately suspend such assistance. Requires the suspension to remain in effect during FY 1982 and 1983. Prohibits the President from making another such certification until Congress enacts a joint resolution declaring that El Salvador has met specified conditions.
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