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United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Designates September 19 through September 25, 1982, as National Cystic Fibrosis Week.
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 · 29 March 1982
Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels of forces; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit entitlement to title II benefits in the case of an individual who is not a U. S. citizen or national if such individual: (1) is not a permanent resident of the United States; or (2) is outside the United States. Prohibits the payment of title II benefits to any dependent or survivor of such an individual on the basis of such individual's wages and self-employment income. Makes such prohibition inapplicable if the benefit involved is payable to such an individual as the dependent or survivor of: (1) a U. S. citizen or national; (2) a permanent resident of the United States; or (3) a U. S. citizen or national residing outside the United States if the relationship required for such individual's entitlement already existed at the time such national or citizen reached age 50. Authorizes the payment of title II benefits to an individual who is not entitled to benefits pursuant to this Act until the total amount of such benefits equals the total amount of any taxes paid on the wages and self-employment income on which the benefits are based.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to taxpayers who engage in barter exchanges the right to notice and a court hearing before third-party records must be surrendered to the Internal Revenue Service in a tax investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to specified congressional committees on the advisability of replacing the Federal individual income tax or such income tax and the Federal corporate income tax with a simplified income tax on gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Merger Control Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow an income tax deduction for interest paid or incurred on any loan which is used to acquire stock in order to gain control of a corporation, if the Board of Directors disapproves of the proposed acquisition by a majority vote.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Requests the President to designate May 20, 1982, as Amelia Earhart Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Declares that the House of Representatives considers Arland D. Williams, Junior, to be a national hero for his heroic sacrifice after the airplane crash in the Potomac River on January 13, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Redesignates the legal public holiday for Washington's Birthday as February 22 and for Memorial Day as May 30. Excludes Columbus Day as a legal public holiday.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Flat Rate Tax Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the income tax tables. Provides for an income tax rate of ten percent for all individuals, estates, and trusts. Repeals all special tax deductions, credits, and exclusions from income for individuals. Amends the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 to increase to $2,000 the deduction for personal exemptions.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 21, 1982, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982
Prohibits any supplemental appropriation for FY 1982 for grants to States for unemployment insurance and unemployment services from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund or for advances to the Fund, unless an equivalent amount of previously appropriated but not obligated or expended funds for such fiscal year for multilateral or bilateral foreign assistance of any kind is rescinded.
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
Designates the Rochambeau Bridge located in Virginia and the District of Columbia as the Heroes Bridge.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Designates June 14 as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Directs the Secretary of Defense to exercise complete control over the Panama Canal. Requires specified House and Senate committees to report to Congress on whether Panama acted in bad faith or contrary to the national security interests of the United States during the negotiations of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and before the enactment of the Panama Canal Act of 1979. Directs the Secretary to transfer control over the Canal to the Panama Canal Commission if the committees determine that the Panamanian Government did not act in bad faith or contrary to the national security interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Prohibits expenditures by the United States for each major functional category for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, from exceeding an amount which is five percent less than the total of expenditures for such category for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) guarantee obligations issued by local governments to finance activities to alleviate problems caused by a water shortage; and (2) accept as security a repayment commitment based on a water surcharge or other financial resources of the local government.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Antitrust Law Labor Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Clayton Act and the Norris-LaGuardia Act to eliminate limitations on the application of the Sherman Act to labor organizations and their activities. Amends the Sherman Act to declare illegal any agreement between a labor organization and an employer under which the employer calls for a boycott of any product. Sets forth penalties to be imposed against any person who enters or attempts to enter such an agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Establishes "National Tax Liberation Day" as a legal public holiday. Sets forth a formula for determining the date of the holiday. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the date for the filing of income tax returns from the 15th day of April to National Tax Liberation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the one year holding period requirement for capital gains tax treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board, in determining an appropriate collective bargaining unit, from deciding that any craft unit is inappropriate in any case where a different unit has been established by a Board determination or collective bargaining history, unless the Board considers the same factors as would be considered in the initial establishment of such a craft unit.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Expands the membership of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to include three elected school board officials from different States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Amends the Depository Institutions Deregulation Act of 1980 to suspend, during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending six months after such date, the authority of the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1981
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Bryan Lewis Allen, the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a self-powered plane. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 November 1981
Requires a two-thirds vote in each House of Congress to pass a joint resolution to continue appropriations for Federal departments, agencies, and other entities pending the passage of appropriation Acts for such entities. Exempts the Congress from such requirement when the President declares a state of emergency in the operation of the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1981
Small Business Investment Incentives Act of 1981 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to repeal the $35,000,000 limitation on the amount of debentures issued by a small business investment company eligible for purchase or guarantee by the Small Business Administration. Permits small business investment companies to make loans to their employees for the purchase of company stock. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a non-refundable investment tax credit of 30 percent of the proceeds of a small business participating loan issued by a socially and economically disadvantaged small business and 20 percent of the proceeds of such a loan issued by a non-disadvantaged small business. Limits such credit to $30,000 ($60,000 in the case of a joint return) for such loans issued by a disadvantaged small business and $20,000 ($40,000 in the case of a joint return) for loans issued by a non-disadvantaged small business. Disallows such credit for loans issued by a related party and loans disposed of prematurely. Allows the carryover of any unused portion of such credit to each of the 7 taxable years following the unused credit year. Treats as long-term capital gain amounts actually paid to a taxpayer, with respect to a small business participating loan, which constitute the distribution of a share of the earnings of the issuer. Denies such capital-gain treatment in cases where the taxpayer would not qualify for the tax credit. Treats losses on a small business participating loan as ordinary losses. Allows an interest expense deduction for interest and share-of-earnings payments made on a small business participating loan. Treats as ordinary income the original issue discount interest of a small business participating loan. Defines "small business participating loan" as a written debt instrument issued by a qualified small business which: (1) is a general obligation of such business; (2) bears a stated interest rate of not less than 6 percent; (3) has a fixed maturity; (4) grants no voting or conversion rights in the business to the purchaser; and (5) provides for the payment of a share of the issuer's total earnings. Defines a "qualified small business" as one: (1) whose equity capital does not exceed $10,000,000; (2) the face value of all of whose outstanding small business participating loans does not exceed $1,000,000; and (3) which has no outstanding securities subject to regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the individual income tax rate reductions enacted by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 shall be reflected in withholding adjustments six months sooner than scheduled.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Self-Employed Tax Status Clarification Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify three alternative standards for determining whether certain individuals qualify as self-employed for purposes of social security taxation. Treats an individual as self-employed if such individual: (1) controls the total number of his work hours; (2) does not maintain a principal place of business, or, if he does, such place of business is not provided, or is not provided rent-free, by the person for whom such individual performs services; (3) has substantial investment in his business and earns income based upon sale or output rather than upon number of hours worked; (4) performs services pursuant to a written contract and is provided written notice of his responsibility with respect to income and self-employment taxes; and (5) the recipient of such individual's services files returns disclosing payments made to such individual. Treats an individual as being self-employed if such individual; (1) has substantial investment in the assets used to perform such service; (2) owns the assets or holds them under a lease agreement; (3) is responsible for the maintenance of the assets; (4) bears the principal burden of the operating costs of the assets; (5) is responsible for supplying personal services necessary in the performance of the business; and (6) performs such services pursuant to a contract. Provides that failure of the taxpayer to file information returns with respect to remuneration received while self-employed shall not disqualify him as self-employed unless such failure was willful or intentional. Treats an individual as being self-employed if such individual performs similar services for five or more clients during the preceding year or is expected to perform services for five or more such clients during the taxable year. States that no inference shall be made about the employment status of a taxpayer for failure to comply with any of the criteria specified by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the tax writing committees of the Congress on taxpayer compliance with the self-employment criteria specified by this Act. Amends the Revenue Act of 1978 to terminate on January 1, 1982 temporary provisions providing for the treatment of certain individuals as self-employed for employment tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the limitations placed on income tax deductions for expenses in connection with the rental use of a home by a family member.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to make privately owned public use airports eligible for certain Federal assistance under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Prohibits any Federal agency or employee from inspecting or acquiring medical records of patients whose medical care was not provided directly by the Federal Government or under a program receiving Federal assistance, unless the patient has authorized the disclosure. Establishes criminal penalties for violators and authorizes aggrieved persons to seek injunctive relief.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Urban Growth Act of 1981 - Title I: Reduction of Corporate Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce corporate income tax rates. Amends the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 to reduce the tax on certain mutual insurance companies. Title II: Investment Tax Credit May Offset 100 Percent of Tax Liability - Modifies the limitation on the amount of the investment tax credit to allow the credit to offset the entire amount of tax liability for the taxable year. Title III: Incentives During Periods of High Unemployment - Includes, in the calculation of the investment tax credit, an additional ten percent, to be known as the "depressed area percentage," for investment in high unemployment areas. Sets forth the procedure for the tax treatment of investment tax credit property that ceases to be depressed area property. Allows amortization deductions for depreciable buildings located in high unemployment areas which meet specified requirements and for equipment used exclusively in a qualifying facility. Stipulates that such deductions for any month shall be in lieu of depreciation deductions for such facilities and equipment. Prohibits such deduction for any relocated facility involving significant employment whose relocation results in decreased employment at the former location. Provides an additional tax credit for an employer who retains specified levels of employees during high periods of unemployment. Title IV: Allowance of Deduction for Dividends Paid By Domestic Corporations - Allows a deduction for dividends paid by a domestic corporation during a taxable year in lieu of the current deduction allowed for dividends received by a corporation from another corporation. Makes ineligible for such deduction any subchapter S corporation, regulated investment company, real estate investment trust, or personal holding company. Disallows tax deductions for dividends paid by specified savings institutions and specified dividends paid by Domestic International Sales Corporations or former Domestic International Sales Corporations. Repeals the partial tax exclusion for dividends received from domestic corporations by individuals. Limits the aggregate amount of deductions allowed for dividends received from specified foreign corporations to 85 percent of taxable income, except in taxable years for which there is a net operating loss. Repeals specified rules regarding deductions for dividends received or paid on certain preferred stock of public utilities and dividends received from tax-exempt corporations and farmers' cooperative organizations. Title V: Certain Federally Required Expenditures Treated as Expenses - Allows a business expense deduction for certain federally required nonproductive expenditures required for compliance of any trade or business with Federal or State law. Title VI: Inflation Adjustments - Provides for annual cost of living adjustments, based on the Consumer Price Index, to: (1) the deduction for depreciation of property used in trade or business or investment property; (2) determinations of basis of property, for purposes of computing gain or loss; and (3) corporate income tax rates. Amends the Second Liberty Bond Act to provide annual cost of living adjustment, based on the the Consumer Price Index, to: (1) interest rates on U.S. savings bonds, U.S. Treasury savings certificates, and interest-bearing obligations of the United States having a maturity of one year or more; and (2) the redemption value of such bonds, certificates, and obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from implementing a proposed revenue procedure entitled, "Proposed Revenue Procedure on Private Tax-Exempt Schools," or any other guidelines for determining whether private schools have forfeited their tax-exempt status through the adoption of racially discriminatory policies, during the period beginning with the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that charitable contributions to a tax-exempt organization shall not be denied tax deductibility solely because of any educational benefit derived by the taxpayer, unless such contribution was earmarked for the direct benefit of the taxpayer or his family.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1981
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to repeal rule XLVII relating to limitations on outside earned income of Members of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Mart Niklus; (2) urge the Soviet Union to permit Niklus to emigrate; and (3) 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 such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism are morally reprehensible. Urges the President to tell the Soviet Union that the United States opposes these policies and wants emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews removed.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1981
Taxpayer Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in the collection of taxes, to provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regarding communication and harassment in connection with debt collection. Prohibits the publication of any deficiency which has not been adjudged to be payable by a competent court. Permits individual taxpayers to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court for damages resulting from collection practices prohibited by this Act. Requires a Federal court order before property of a taxpayer may be levied upon for the collection of tax. Specifies that a showing of fraud or malfeasance or a misrepresentation, for purposes of modifying or reconsidering a closing agreement between an individual taxpayer and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be taken into account only if such a showing or misrepresentation is determined by a competent court. Prohibits the Secretary from consenting to extend for more than one year the period for assessment of the income tax liability of any individual taxpayer. Requires the Secretary to prepare, for distribution to taxpayers, brief but comprehensive statements which set forth in nontechnical terms: (1) the rights and obligations of taxpayers during an audit; (2) the procedures which the IRS may use in enforcing revenue laws; and (3) the procedures by which a taxpayer may appeal adverse decisions, prosecute refund claims, and file taxpayer complaints. Requires a copy of such statement to accompany any tax forms sent to taxpayers. Prescribes criminal penalties for: (1) any investigation by employees of the United States in connection with Federal tax laws which inquires into the beliefs, associations, or activities of any individual or organization; or (2) the maintenance of any records containing information derived from such an investigation. Creates a civil cause of action for any taxpayer aggrieved by a prohibited investigation or by the deprivation of any civil rights. Permits the award of a judgment of costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, to a prevailing taxpayer in any proceeding before the Tax Court. Makes binding on the Secretary : (1) a tax return prepared for the taxpayer by an officer or employee of the IRS acting in his official capacity to provide such assistance; and (2) written information or advice given to the taxpayer by such an officer or employee acting in his official capacity. Places the burden of proof, in administrative and judicial proceedings involving the IRS and a taxpayer, upon the IRS. Directs that all property of taxpayers, for purposes of the estate and gift tax, be valued at historical cost (original cost to the taxpayer or the basis of the property if it was not purchased). Prohibits the use in IRS personnel evaluations of amounts collected pursuant to audits or investigations. Precludes the Secretary from exercising any enforcement authority over churches or certain other organizations. Prohibits the audit of any group of taxpayers unless the Secretary has first met certain notice requirements or permitted members of the group to file an amended return. Sets forth conditions which must be met by the IRS before any action is taken to interfere with the property rights of a taxpayer. Requires the IRS, before securing the records of, or personal data concerning, any taxpayer, to: (1) notify the taxpayer in writing of the demand, the material sought, and the need for the material; (2) have commenced an action in a competent court against the taxpayer; and (3) have justified its need before the court consistent with the discovery rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. States that the IRS shall have no authority, in enforcing the tax obligations of any person, which is in conflict with the rights and privileges granted under the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Prohibits the Congress from requiring that the States engage in additional activities without compensation equal to the additional costs. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Bankruptcy Improvements Act of 1981 - Amends title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy) to establish an eligibility test for liquidation bankruptcy relief based on the individual petitioner's ability to pay a reasonable portion of his debts out of future income. Permits the court to dismiss a bankruptcy case under chapter 7 (liquidation) upon the motion of any party in interest filed not later than 30 days after the meeting of creditors, and after notice and a hearing, if the debtor is ineligible for relief under such title. Requires the bankruptcy judge to preside at any meeting of creditors and to perform such additional judicial duties any may be required. Declares that the value of the creditor's interest in the estate's interest in such property shall be determined in light of the purpose of the valuation and of the proposed disposition or use of such property, and in conjunction with any hearing on such disposition or use or on a plan affecting such creditor's interest. Declares that the value of consumer goods which the debtor seeks to redeem in liquidation shall be presumed to be the established resale market price, if such market exists. Requires the debtor in bankruptcy cases to file a statement of income and expenses. Requires the debtor, if the debtor's schedule of assets and liabilities includes consumer debts which are secured by property of the estate, to file and serve upon each creditor holding such security and the trustee, a statement expressing the debtor's intention with respect to retention or surrender of the collateral. Requires the debtor, at or before the meeting of creditors provided for by such title, to perform his intention with regard to such secured creditors. Repeals the provisions concerning exempt property and makes the States responsible for establishing exemptions to bankruptcy proceedings. Makes any debt which was incurred on or within 90 days before the date of the filing of a petition under such title nondischargeable. Allows creditors to enforce liens which have not been voided in bankruptcy. Permits reaffirmation of consumer debts subject to the debtor's right to rescind any such agreement within 60 days or until a discharge is received, whichever occurs later, by giving a written notice of rescission to the creditor. Declares that at the meeting of creditors the court shall inform the debtor of the nature and effect of a discharge. Eliminates the trustee's power to avoid liens or recover payments made within 90 days of filing petition in bankruptcy (within one year in the case of an insider) unless the creditor had reasonable cause to believe the debtor was insolvent. Permits the court, upon notice and hearing, to require a creditor to accept payments in redemption of the value of a claim secured by a nonpossessory, nonpurchase money security interest in tangible personal property, over a reasonable period not to exceed five years, if such tangible personal property consists of specified objects. Allows a creditor, upon 10 days notice to the debtor and codebtor, to collect any portion of a debt from the codebtor which is not being paid by the debtor through the adjustment of debts of such debtor with a regular income. Requires payments under an adjustment of debts payment plan to commence at the time of the filing of the plan. Provides for the return of such funds after deducting the costs of administration if no plan is confirmed. Provides for the separate classification of co-debtor claims and non-dischargeable claims and authorizes payment of them under an adjustment of debts payment plan. Allows a debtor to choose such a repayment plan of up to five years. Bases such repayment upon the debtor's ability to repay out of future income after taking into account the basic living necessities for the debtor and dependents. Provides for an early discharge of debts where at least 70 percent of all allowed unsecured claims are paid. Permits a hardship discharge of otherwise non-dischargeable debts to the extent the debtor attempted to pay such debts under an adjustment of debts payment plan.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981
Grants a Federal charter to the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Prompt Payment Act of 1981 - Requires Federal agencies to pay interest on overdue payments to businesses for property or services. Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to prescribe required payment dates. Specifies the procedures for computing such interest. Requires an agency to pay any interest charges out of funds made available for administration of its programs. Authorizes Federal grant recipients to provide for the payment of interest on overdue payments on their procurement contracts. Directs each agency to report to OMB annually on interest payments made during the fiscal year. Requires OMB to report to specified congressional committees on agency compliance with this Act. Requires the Director of OMB to delegate responsibility for OMB functions under this Act to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1981
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to revise the tariff treatment of various articles. Excludes from the tariff on canned tuna any tuna produced by insular possessions. Reduces and sets a schedule for further reducing the duty on ceramic insulators used in spark plugs for internal combustion engines. Repeals the temporary reduction of the duty on ceramic insulators having a specified alumina oxide content and used in spark plugs. Schedules reductions in the duty on chipper knife steel between 1982 and 1986. Repeals the temporary tariff reduction on such steel. Makes permanent the duty-free treatment of Yankee dryer cylinders. Exempts from duty aircraft components and materials contained in an aircraft which was: (1) previously exported from the United States; (2) composed, at the time of its exportation, of components and materials made and installed in the United States; (3) returned to the United States without having been improved; and (4) entered for use in the United States before 1970. Extends duty-free treatment to pipe organ parts and ceramic toy tea sets. Increases the value limitations for duty-free importations of articles: (1) accompanying a U.S. resident returning from a country other than a U.S. possession; and (2) whether or not accompanying a person coming directly or indirectly from a U.S. possession. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the value limitations for duty-free importations of gifts from U.S. possessions and from other countries. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to exempt importers of prayer shawls and religious headwear from the prohibition against commercial enterprises importing religious articles. Extends duty-free treatment to prayer shawls, bags for the shawls, and religious headwear. Increases the value limitations of informal entries of imported merchandise. Suspends the duty on: (1) carob flour until December 31, 1984; (2) 4-chloro-3-methylphenol until June 30, 1984; and (3) tartaric acid and certain tartaric chemicals until June 30, 1984; and (4) certain freight containers until December 31, 1986. Makes the suspension of duty on the tartaric acid and chemicals retroactive to June 30, 1980, if such treatment is requested within a specified time. Extends the suspension of duty on: (1) wood excelsior until June 30, 1983; and (2) doxorubicin hydrochloride until June 29, 1988. Extends duty free treatment to copper waste and scrap and copper articles if the market price of copper is 51 cents per pound or more. Extends duty-free treatment to certain other metal waste and scrap. Sets forth the method of determining the market price of copper.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provision which treats investments by individual retirement accounts and other retirement plans in collectibles as distributions equal to the cost of the collectible. Defines "collectibles" as items such as artworks, antiques, gems and coins.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1981
Expresses the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the District of Columbia Council's approval of the District of Columbia Sexual Assault Reform Act of 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1981
Mobile Source Clean Air Act Amendments of 1981 - Title I: Amendments to Title II - Amends title II of the Clean Air Act (Emission Standards for Moving Sources, also known as the "National Emission Standards Act") to provide that where any national ambient air quality standard is established pursuant to such Act for any pollutant, the standard applicable to the emissions of such pollutant shall relate to the achievement of the national ambient air quality standard. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in prescribing any such standard, to consider specified factors, including compliance costs, potential inflationary or recessionary effects, and effects on small business competition, consumer costs, and energy use. Requires that more stringent standards shall not become effective for at least: (1) 48 months after final prescription, in the case of heavy-duty vehicles or engines; and (2) 36 months after final prescription, in the case of all other new motor vehicles or engines. Repeals requirements that standards reflecting the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through application of available technology be contained in regulations applicable to: (1) emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides from heavy-duty vehicles or engines manufactured during model years 1979 through 1982; and (2) emissions of particulate matter from vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1981 (or during any earlier model year, if practicable). Repeals requirements that regulations applicable to vehicles or engines manufactured during and after model year: (1) 1983 require a reduction of at least 90 percent of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions; and (2) 1985 require reduction of at least 75 percent of nitrogen oxides emissions. Provides for notice and opportunity for comment before the Administrator determines that any emission control device, system, or element of design will cause or contribute to an unreasonable risk to public health, welfare, or safety (and therefore may not be used to comply with emission standards). Directs the Administrator to include specified information obtained from manufacturers in making such determination. Excludes methane from any hydrocarbon standard for motor vehicle emissions under such Act. Directs the Administrator to establish an appropriate allowance applicable to the exhaust hydrocarbon standard for those vehicles and engines that emit low levels of evaporative hydrocarbon emissions, except that measurement of such emissions shall not be required in specified new vehicle or motor compliance tests. Revises provisions for regulations applicable to emissions from light-duty vehicles and engines. Eliminates the requirement that regulations applicable to such vehicles manufactured during or after model year 1981 require: (1) reduction of at least 90 percent of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons emissions from those allowable under standards applicable to 1970 models; and (2) limitation of nitrogen oxides emissions to one gram per vehicle mile. Provides also that regulations applicable to such vehicles manufactured during or after model year 1982 shall not contain standards more stringent than 0.39 grams per vehicle mile of non-methane exhaust hydrocarbons (exclusive of allowances for evaporative hydrocarbons), seven grams per vehicle mile of carbon monoxide, and two grams per vehicle mile of nitrogen oxides. Revises provisions relating to waivers of such standards. Replaces, as a precondition for such waivers, a determination of a potential for both long-term air quality benefit and meeting average fuel economy standards with a determination of a potential to conserve energy. Makes 500,000 units the maximum number of vehicles or engines of each model to which such waivers may apply (the current maximum is five percent of the manufacturer's production or 50,000 of such units, whichever is larger). Revises provisions relating to any future prescribed regulations affecting the manufacture, distribution, or sale of motor vehicles or engines for high altitude areas of the United States to require inclusion of exemptions prescribed for model year 1982 and to permit specified performance adjustments. Prohibits more stringent numerical standards in regulation of high altitude vehicles of any model year than those applicable to vehicles certified under non-high altitude conditions. Prohibits any regulation requiring the installation, on motor vehicles or engines intended for principal use in non- high altitude locations, of any emission controls needed to meet the applicable standards under high altitude conditions. Includes among prohibited acts the failure or refusal of any manufacturer to comply with requests by the Administrator for specified information on new light-duty motor vehicles and their use at high altitudes. Revises provisions for compliance testing and conformity certification to direct the Administrator to evaluate or to require evaluation of (but not necessarily to test or require testing of): (1) any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine submitted by a manufacturer; and (2) any emission control system incorporated in a vehicle or engine submitted by any person. Prohibits the revision of any test applicable to 1981 model heavy-duty vehicles or engines until after the 1986 model year. Repeals a one-year maximum limit on the period which a certificate of conformity may cover. Directs the Administrator to establish: (1) methods and procedures for making tests for determining average emissions from vehicles; and (2) an acceptable quality level for all new motor vehicles equivalent to the level applicable to 1981 model year light-duty vehicles. Repeals a requirement that all light-duty vehicles manufactured during and after model year 1984 comply with specified emission standards regardless of the altitude at which they are sold. Revises provisions for compliance by vehicles and engines in actual use. Bases determinations of nonconformity with regulations by any class or category of vehicles and engines manufactured after a specified date upon the average performance in testing a statistically valid and representative sample. Permits manufacturers to elect to take other actions, in lieu of remedying such nonconformity, with respect to those or other vehicles or engines, consistent with the purposes of such title. Directs the Administrator to consider the effects on competition, in approving a manufacturer's plan to remedy or take other actions with respect to such nonconformity. Repeals a requirement that dealers furnish purchasers of new light-duty motor vehicles certificates of conformity with applicable emission standards, including notice of purchaser warranty rights. Repeals a requirement that the manufacturer remedy, at its own cost, any nonconformity, during a specified period, of a motor vehicle with emission standards. Revises provisions relating to: (1) State standards; and (2) high altitude performance adjustments. Provides that the foregoing amendments made by this title shall take effect with respect to vehicles and engines manufactured in model years beginning more than 60 days after the enactment of this Act. Requires that the economic impact assessment with respect to any motor vehicle emission or fuel standard or regulation under such title also contain an analysis of the noise, safety, and other factors deemed appropriate by the Administrator associated with application of any technology necessary to comply with the standard or regulation. Directs the Administrator to initiate a study and related proceedings, including appropriate informal public hearings, to: (1) develop alternative and practicable approaches to emission control of any air pollutant, subject to such regulation, from new motor vehicles or engines; and (2) evaluate the existing control program. Sets forth the factors to be considered by the Administrator concerning such new approach. Requires that a report of such study, including public comments, be submitted to the appropriate committees of the Congress within one year. Sets forth criteria for proposed regulations under any such new approach. Title II: Study and Conforming Provisions - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator, upon the request of any national association of motor vehicle dealers with a membership which includes a majority of U. S. retail franchisers selling imported and domestic new light-duty motor vehicles, to compile data relating to the availability and distribution to dealers located at high altitudes of all models of such vehicles manufactured by any specified manufacturer in a specified model year. Authorizes the Administrator to utilize specified information and to require manufacturers to submit relevant information (except information identifying shipments to individual dealers). Directs the Administrator, within six months after such a request is made, to submit to the Congress and publish in the Federal Register a report setting forth the data so compiled, including specified information.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act to prohibit a corporation or labor union from using the involuntary dues or funds of its members or employees for specified political activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1981
Requests the President to designate December 7, 1981, as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day."