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Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4]

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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 249 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution condemning religious persecution and bigotry as an official policy or practice of national governments.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1982

Expresses the Congress's opposition to religious persecution and bigotry wherever practiced, encouraged, or tolerated by national governments. Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. officials should emphasize U.S. opposition to such persecution. States that the appropriate congressional committees should hold hearings to determine U.S. policy toward governments that violate the international law guaranteeing freedom from religious persecution and bigotry.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 243 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the educational and cultural programs of the United States Communications Agency should not be disproportionately reduced, but should, in fact, be strengthened.

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981

Expresses the sense of Congress that expenditures for cultural and educational programs of the United States International Communications Agency should not be reduced disproportionately and that the disparity between such U.S. expenditures and similar expenditures by Soviet Eastern-bloc nations should be reduced.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 240 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution reaffirming the support of the Congress of the United States for the people of Poland.

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981

Expresses the support of the Congress for the Solidarity movement in Poland. Deplores the imposition of martial law. Places the ultimate responsibility for martial law on the Soviet Union. Reaffirms the support of the Congress for the Polish people. Reaffirms its concern over Soviet interference in Polish affairs.

Bill· HRH.R. 5180 (97th)open

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of hospice care under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual to elect hospice care, in lieu of certain other benefits, during two periods of 180 days each during the individual's lifetime. Provides for full reimbursement of reasonable costs to a hospice program, subject to a ceiling. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the hospice reimbursement method. Defines hospice care as including items and services furnished to the terminally ill in their homes, on an outpatient basis, and on a short term inpatient basis.

Bill· HRH.R. 5130 (97th)open

Aerospace Force Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981

Aerospace Force Act - Renames the United States Air Force the United States Aerospace Force. Renames and redesignates the Department and Secretary of the Air Force accordingly. Requires the Force to be trained and equipped for prompt and sustained offensive and defensive operations in air and space, including coordination with ground and naval forces and the preservation of free access to space for U.S. spacecraft. Directs the Secretary of the Aerospace Force to report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing a separate space command.

Bill· HRH.R. 5059 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow an individual a credit against income tax for any taxable year during a limited period of years after the individual attains age 65 if the individual is eligible to retire on social security, but does not retire, during such year.

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit for delaying social security retirement past age 65. Limits the amount of such credit to $1,000 for retirement at age 66, $1,500 for retirement at age 67, and $2,000 for retirement at age 68 or older.

Bill· HRH.R. 5038 (97th)open

Air Traffic Control Revitalization Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981

Air Traffic Control Revitalization Act of 1981 - Entitles Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees in specified positions directly involved in the operation or maintenance of the air traffic control system or unusually taxing and critical to safety to an operational responsibility pay differential. Exempts such employees from provisions limiting premium pay for Federal employees. Entitles an air traffic controller for the FAA who is not required to be certified in the control of air traffic to receive an occupational currency pay differential upon attaining, and while holding, such certification. Declares that an air traffic controller shall be eligible to receive premium pay for: (1) time spent providing on-the-job training in the control of live air traffic; and (2) one-half hour of each eight-hour day the controller is required to work without a 30-minute meal break. Entitles retired members of a uniformed service and civil service annuitants who are temporarily employed in an air traffic control function during a period requiring special recruitment efforts to continue to receive full retirement pay or annuities, respectively, in addition to the salary of the air traffic control position. Authorizes the FAA to pay an employee undergoing training as an air traffic controller at the employee's basic pay rate for training hours in excess of 40 hours per week. Declares that an individual who is separated from service as an air traffic controller and who receives a refund of civil service retirement deductions withheld during such service shall not be eligible for an annuity based on such service unless he or she redeposits the amount refunded.

Bill· HRH.R. 5005 (97th)referred

Department of Defense Renewable Energy Utilization Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1981

Department of Defense Renewable Energy Utilization Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of a military department concerned to procure energy systems powered by solar or other renewable forms of energy which are cost effective when energy systems are needed for new facilities, mobile power systems, and other uses. Expresses the sense of Congress that up to 20 percent of the amount spent upon such systems should go to small business concerns. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report biennially to the appropriate committees of Congress on studies conducted to identify applications of renewable energy forms to Department needs.

Bill· HRH.R. 4999 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the individual income tax rate reductions enacted by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 for 1982 and subsequent years shall take effect 6 months sooner than scheduled under such Act.

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.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 362 (97th)referred

A joint resolution to clarify and reaffirm that it is the basic policy of the Government of the United States to rely on the competitive private enterprise system to provide needed goods and services.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1981

Declares that it is the general policy of the Federal Government to rely on competitive private industry to supply the products and services it needs. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, to administer such policy.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 218 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the imprisonment and treatment by the Government of the Soviet Union of Mart Niklus, and for other purposes.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4919 (97th)referred

Program Review Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981

Program Review Act of 1981 - Requires certain agencies to submit a program review report to the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate every eight years according to a specified schedule. Directs each agency to conduct hearings to obtain public comments on its programs and to submit such report by April 1 of the assigned year. Requires a program review report to contain specified information on each program administered by the agency, including: (1) budget information; (2) a description of the purposes, results, objectives, benefits, and paperwork requirements of each program; (3) an assessment of the cost effectiveness of the program compared to alternatives; and (4) recommended changes in law to modify or terminate such program or agency. Directs each Committee, by May 1, to refer each program review report to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over programs identified in the report and to specify which committee shall review which programs. Requires each legislative committee, by September 15, to evaluate the program review report and to report a resolution that modifies, terminates, or continues each program under its jurisdiction. Sets forth procedures for the consideration of such a resolution by the House and the Senate. Deletes any section of a resolution that continues a program. Directs the House and Senate to consider any legislation modifying or terminating such program as a substitute measure for the deleted section if such legislation is sponsored by not less than a majority of the Members of the respective House by September 20. Requires each Committee, by October 1, to report a simple resolution specifying the sequence in which reported program review resolutions will be considered in each House. Requires that each House complete action on all program review resolutions by November 15. Bars congressional action on legislation relationg to the programs or agencies included in program review reports or resolution if the specified deadlines are not met. Prohibits either House from adjourning sine die until all program review resolutions and substitute measures are finally approved or disapproved.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 265 (97th)open

A resolution relating to the management of United States assets.

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981

Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States must manage its assets in a manner more prudent and beneficial to the interests of the American people; (2) all executive branch agencies should inventory their assets, estimate the approximate value of each asset, and identify the uses to which each asset is put; (3) the President should then identify which assets are surplus to Federal needs and should be candidates for liquidation; (4) the President should submit recommendations to Congress on any legislative and administrative revisions that may be needed to carry out such a program of liquidation in an orderly manner; (5) the receipts of this program should be used only to restrain and ultimately reduce the national debt; and (6) the Comptroller General should investigate and recommend to Congress and each agency improved processes for managing Federal assets, estimating their value, and liquidating those which are unneeded.

Bill· HRH.R. 4898 (97th)open

Violent Crime Control Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1981

Violent Crime Control Act of 1981 - Title I: Mandatory Sentences For Use of Firearms in Felonies - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to revise and increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony. Makes the additional penalties inapplicable to offenses consisting solely of possessing, transporting, or selling a firearm. Increases the additional penalty to two years' imprisonment for a first offense (currently, one to ten years) and to five years for a second or subsequent offense (currently, two to 25 years). Extends to first offenders the stipulations, currently applicable only to second or subsequent offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence, grant probation, or impose concurrent sentences. Prohibits the granting of parole to any offender. Prohibits the Government attorney from plea bargaining with respect to this offense. Title II: Assassination-Related Killings - Amends the Federal criminal code to extend the current offense of killing designated Federal employees to include any Federal public servant engaged in the performance of, or on account of, his or her duties. Replaces the current crimes of Presidential and Congressional assassination with new offenses covering the assassination, assault, kidnapping, or conspiracy to kill or kidnap "United States officials." Includes Cabinet heads and Federal judges within such definition, in addition to the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress. Makes it a Federal crime to kill any civilian in the course of an assassination of a U.S. official. Authorizes the Attorney General to offer a reward of up to $100,000 for information and services concerning these offenses. Makes it the duty of any Federal agency to assist the Attorney General in the investigation and prosecution of violations. Title III: Bail Reform - Bail Reform Act of 1981 - Repeals the Bail Reform Act of 1966 and sets forth new bail procedures. Authorizes a judicial officer to consider the safety of any person of the community when making a pretrial release determination. Establishes as a mandatory release condition that the person not commit a Federal, State, or local crime during release. Authorizes pretrial release upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond. Expands the number of discretionary release conditions. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the detention for up to ten days of a person who is presently on pretrial release for a felony under Federal, State, or local law or on probation or parole or release pending sentencing or appeal for any offense if no conditions will assure his appearance and the safety of the community and any other person. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the pretrial detention of a person upon finding that: (1) no condition will reasonably assure such person's appearance and the safety of any other person and the community; and (2) there is a substantial probability that the person committed the offense. Requires that a detention hearing be held in any case involving: (1) a crime of violence; (2) any offense punishable by life imprisonment or death; or (3) a narcotics offense punishable by at least ten years' imprisonment. Permits the Government or the court to move for a detention hearing in any other case involving a serious risk of flight or obstruction of justice or any offense committed after the person has been convicted of two or more offenses for which a hearing is mandated. Enumerates additional factors to be considered by the judicial officer in making a release determination, including the defendant's past conduct, history of drug or alcohol abuse, criminal history, and the nature and seriousness of the danger to the community or any person. Requires the detention of a person who has appealed his conviction unless the judicial officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) such person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to another person or property; and (2) the appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact. Requires the detention of a person awaiting sentencing unless the officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to any other person or the community. Authorizes a U.S. attorney to appeal a release order. Establishes mandatory additional penalties for commission of an offense while on pretrial release. Subjects a person who has been conditionally released and violates a condition of release to revocation of release and prosecution for contempt of court. Grants new authority to law enforcement officers to arrest a person who violates certain pretrial release conditions. Title IV: Insanity Defense Modifications - Amends Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize a new plea of "guilty but insane" for any criminal defendant whose actions constitute all necessary elements of the offense charged but who lacks the requisite state of mind as a result of mental disease or defect. Permits the jury or the court in a non-jury trial to find a defendant guilty but insane. Requires the court in any such case to hold a hearing to determine the present mental condition of the convicted person. Directs the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect as a result of which release would create a substantial danger to himself or to the person or property of another. Directs the Attorney General to release such person to a State which will assume responsibility for his custody and treatment or otherwise to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Requires the court to hold a hearing upon the certification by the director of the facility that such person's release will no longer create a substantial danger to himself or the person or property of another. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered. Provides for the hospitalization of persons found guilty, imprisoned persons, and persons due for release who are found to suffer from mental disease or defect. Title V: Modification of the Exclusionary Rule - Declares that evidence obtained in violation of the fourth amendment shall not be excluded in a criminal proceeding if the Government attorney shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the law enforcement officer acted with a reasonable, good faith belief that the search or seizure conformed with fourth amendment requirements. States that evidence obtained in accordance with a warrant is prima facie evidence of good faith belief. Makes the United States liable for damages resulting from a search or seizure conducted by a law enforcement officer acting within the scope of employment in violation of the fourth amendment, unless the Government attorney shows the officer's reasonable good faith belief of constitutional compliance. Permits recovery of actual and punitive damages not exceeding $50,000. Authorizes the court to award reasonable attorney fees. Limits recovery of a person convicted of an offense for which evidence was illegally seized to actual physical personal injury and property damage. Authorizes a Federal agency to discipline an officer who conducts an illegal search or seizure upon a determination, after notice and hearing, that the officer lacked a good faith belief that the action was constitutional. Title VI: Sentencing Reform - Establishes as an independent body in the judicial branch the United States Sentencing Commission to set forth sentencing policies and practices for the Federal criminal justice system. Directs the Commission to promulgate: (1) sentencing guidelines, including appropriate fines and terms of probation and imprisonment; and (2) general policy statements regarding application of the guidelines. Requires the court to consider the Commission's guidelines and policy statements in imposing sentences in a criminal case. Requires the court to state in open court at the time of sentencing the reason for imposing a sentence at a point within the prescribed range or the specific reason for imposing a sentence outside of such range. Provides that in the case of a felony or misdemeanor carrying a maximum imprisonment term of one year, a defendant may appeal a sentence greater than the maximum allowed under the Commission's guidelines which are found by the sentencing court to be applicable, unless contrary to a plea agreement. Permits the Government, with the personal approval of the Attorney General or the Solicitor General, to appeal a sentence less than the applicable minimum. Title VII: Habeas Corpus Changes - Prohibits Federal magistrates from conducting evidentiary hearings in habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners, except upon consent of the parties. Prohibits the consideration in a habeas corpus proceeding of a Federal question which was not properly presented under State law at trial and on appeal unless the petitioner establishes that the alleged violation of the Federal right was prejudicial and that: (1) the Federal right did not exist at time of trial and has been determined to be retroactive; (2) the State procedures precluded assertion of the right; (3) evidence was suppressed which prevented raising of the claim; or (4) material and controlling facts upon which the claim is based were unknown and could not have been ascertained by reasonable diligence. Establishes a three-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought by State prisoners. Prohibits a Federal evidentiary hearing from being conducted where State court records demonstrate that the factual issue was litigated and determined, unless the petitioner establishes the existence of at least one of six circumstances (currently, the State findings are presumed to be correct unless the petitioner establishes the existence of a circumstance). Requires the Federal court to view the State court record in the light most favorable to the prosecution. Title VIII: Corrections Construction and Development - Corrections Construction and Program Development Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States for up to 75 percent of the cost of projects to: (1) construct, expand, and repair correctional facilities; and (2) improve correctional programs and practices. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration to donate surplus property to States for correctional purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 4862 (97th)open

National Defense Port System Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981

National Defense Port System Act of 1981 - Title I: Establishment of National System of User Fees for Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors - Directs the President to appoint a task force which shall make specific recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the imposition of user fees on ports having deep-draft channels or harbors. Sets forth factors to be considered by the task force. Directs the Secretary to establish a nationally uniform system of user fees. Allows the Secretary to increase or decrease such user fees under certain circumstances. Requires such fees to be collected by the Customs Service. Establishes the Port System Trust Fund within the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on Trust Fund operations. Makes amounts in the Trust Fund available for: (1) navigation improvement projects; and (2) operation and maintenance of specified channels and harbors, including those in the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes, or their connecting waters. Revises financing procedures of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Terminates Corporation obligations outstanding on the effective date of this Act. Title II: Construction and Financing of Navigation Improvement Projects to Increase the Depth of Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors to More Than Forty-Five Feet - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to expedite construction of approved navigation improvement projects if the appropriate State port authority enters into a specified agreement with the Secretary. Requires such port authority to reimburse the United States for 100 percent of construction, operation, and maintenance costs. Allows State port authorities to construct approved navigation improvement projects at their own expense and to finance such construction through the adoption of duties of tonnage. Grants the consent of Congress, subject to certain conditions, to the levying by the States of such duties of tonnage. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the operations of such State port authorities and to report to Congress thereon. Sets forth enforcement procedures concerning such duties of tonnage. Title III: Expedited Procedure for Approval of Navigation Improvement Projects and Related Landside Facilities Projects - Directs the Secretary to establish a project schedule for all agency decisions relating to navigation improvements and landside facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the project schedule at any time. Describes procedures concerning judicial review of final agency decisions covered by a project schedule.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 350 (97th)failed

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal budget procedures.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4858 (97th)open

Waterways Transportation Development and Improvement Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1981

Waterways Transportation Development and Improvement Act of 1981 - Title I: Findings, Declaration of Purposes, and Definitions - Declares that Congress finds it in the national interest to maintain and develop a viable marine transportation system within the United States, including a network of commercial deep-draft seaports, inland shallow-draft ports, and a multipurpose domestic waterway system to accommodate the needs of the foreign and domestic commerce, promote economic stability, and provide for national security. Title II: Cost Recovery - Imposes specified tonnage charges on all international commerce commodities at the time of entry into or exit from the United States in order to recover all costs associated with operation and maintenance expenditures of the Army Corps of Engineers directly allocated and attributable to commercial navigation. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate a rate system sufficient to cover such costs. Requires that such charges shall be deposited in the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (hereafter known as the National Waterways Trust Fund). Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to utilize such funds for operation, maintenance, and construction of deep-draft (including those administered by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation) and inland shallow-draft waterways. Prohibits the Federal Government from collecting fees for improvements to U.S. navigable waters constructed before the enactment of this Act. Terminates existing authorizations providing for recovery of any costs for such improvements. Directs the Secretary to recommend biennially to Congress that specified new construction projects be authorized. Authorizes certain projects only after agreement that a non-Federal public body will reimburse the Federal Government for 50 percent of such projects' costs. Requires completion of such reimbursements within the life of the project concerned but in no event more than 50 years after the date the project is available for use. Title III: Local Cost Sharing - Authorizes such non-Federal public bodies to recover all or a portion of their shares of the project costs through: (1) existing funding sources; and (2) user fees. Grants the consent of Congress to any port authority to collect, in the form of a duty of tonnage or ad valorem duty, a nondiscriminatory seaport user fee from vessels or cargo engaged in foreign trade. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretaries of State, Commerce, Transportation, Treasury, Energy, and Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to promulgate regulations and guidelines concerning such fee collections. Title IV: Project Authorizations - Authorizes non-Federal public bodies to develop new navigation construction projects without congressional authorization if they agree to pay 100 percent of the costs of such projects. Title V: Reports to Congress - Directs the Secretary of the Army to prepare specified reports for submission to Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 4848 (97th)referred

A bill entitled: "The Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway".

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981

Designates that section of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway within the State of Maryland as the Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the State of Maryland, to erect an appropriate marker commemorating the contributions of Gladys Noon Spellman. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 349 (97th)passed

Multinational Force and Observers Participation Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981

Multinational Force and Observers Participation Resolution - Authorizes the President to assign U.S. military personnel to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) to implement the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Directs the President to give Congress specified information about the other countries providing military personnel for the MFO before the President assigns U.S. military personnel to the MFO. Requires every possible effort to be made to ensure that at least four foreign countries are represented on the MFO. Authorizes U.S. military personnel assigned to the MFO to perform only the functions specified in the peace treaty and its protocol. Limits the number of such military personnel. Authorizes the President to assign U.S. civilian personnel as observers in the MFO. Limits the U.S. share of the costs of the MFO. Authorizes appropriations to pay the U.S. contribution to the MFO budget. Authorizes Federal agencies to provide support to the MFO, without reimbursement if such support would not significantly increase U.S. costs. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on the MFO, on U.S. participation in the MFO, and on specified discussions with Egypt and Israel. Requires such reports to be as detailed as possible. States that nothing in this resolution is intended to signify congressional approval of any agreement made by the executive branch other than the agreement to participate in the MFO.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 348 (97th)enacted

A joint resolution to provide for the awarding of a special gold medal to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix in recognition of the 1982 Bicentennial anniversary of diplomatic and trade relations between the Netherlands and the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1981

Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, a specially struck gold medal to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in recognition of the bicentennial anniversary of diplomatic and trade relations between the Netherlands and the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4818 (97th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 34 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for better management of transportation for certain mail of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1981

Requires that certain mail meeting specified conditions sent from or addressed to an armed forces post office outside the contiguous 48 States be transported between such post offices and certain points in the United States by a scheduled U.S. air carrier.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 205 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to violations of human rights by the Soviet Union in the Ukraine.

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) proclaim the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords as a day honoring that Group; and (2) ask the Soviet Union to release the jailed members of the Group and to cease persecuting and jailing Ukrainian citizens seeking their rights.

Bill· HRH.R. 4776 (97th)referred

A bill to require the Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct an annual audit matching the names of Medicare patients who have died with the Social Security Administration's list of OASDI beneficiaries, in order to assure that any social security benefits payable to such beneficiaries were properly terminated upon their death.

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1981

Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to identify Medicare patients and other individuals entitled to benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act who have died in order to eliminate improper OASDI benefit payments to deceased individuals. Directs the Inspector General to report to Congress annually on the progress being made pursuant to this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4751 (97th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to suspend the payment of benefits thereunder to inmates of penal institutions.

United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of title II benefits to an incarcerated felon during any month of confinement. Treats the benefits withheld as having been paid to the felon for purposes of the payment of benefits to other persons so entitled on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of the felon.

Bill· HRH.R. 4709 (97th)passed

Prompt Payment Act

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4705 (97th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 207 of title 18 of the United States Code, to provide explicitly for consideration of the sources of bail money and the risk to the safety of the public and other persons in proceedings for the consideration of release of criminal defendants in drug related cases before trial under that chapter.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1981

Amends the Bail Reform Act of 1966 to authorize a judicial officer when making a pretrial release determination to consider whether a person charged with possession or transfer of a controlled substance will pose a danger to any other person or the community. Requires the judicial officer to hold a hearing for such persons to determine whether surety resources have been obtained by noncriminal means.

Bill· HRH.R. 4673 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to facilitate enforcement of provisions requiring suspension of benefits to inmates of prisons and other public institutions by ensuring the availability of necessary information from Federal instrumentalities.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1981

Amends titiles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to require Federal agencies to give to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon request, the names and social security account numbers of disability or SSI benefit recipients who are inmates of penal institutions.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 194 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed sales to Saudi Arabia of E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks for F-15 aircraft, AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles, and Boeing 707 aerial refueling aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981

Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.

Bill· HRH.R. 4635 (97th)referred

A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1981

Title I: Department of State - Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the Department of State to be used for: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; and (4) migration and refugee assistance. Limits the amount of any U.S. payment to the United Nations budget to the amount assessed as the U.S. contribution less: (1) 25 percent of the budget for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; and (2) 25 percent of the budget for the Special Unit on Palestinian rights. Prohibits using appropriated funds to pay the U.S. contribution to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) if UNESCO implements a policy to: (1) license journalists or their publications; (2) restrict the free flow of information; or (3) impose mandatory journalistic codes. Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress on whether UNESCO has taken any such action. Makes a specified amount available for an ex gratia payment in Yugoslavia as an expression of U.S. concern for the injuries suffered by a Yugoslavian national who was attacked in New York City. Requires a specified portion of the authorized appropriations for migration and refugee assistance to be available for resettling Soviet and Eastern European refugees in Israel. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for payment of the U.S. share of expenses of the science and technology agreements between the United States and Yugoslavia and the United States and Poland. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize appropriations to maintain the level of State Department program activities despite foreign currency fluctuations or overseas wage and price changes. Establishes an appropriation account for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer funds between such account and other appropriations accounts to maintain the buying power of State Department programs by offsetting such fluctuations or changes. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations to offset foreign currency fluctuations or overseas wage and price changes in order to maintain the authorized level of expenditures for the International Communication Agency (ICA) and the Board for International Broadcasting. Amends the passport provisions to authorize the Secretary of State to set the fees for issuing passports and for executing passport applications. Extends the duration of a passport's validity from five to ten years. Authorizes the Secretary to limit a passport's validity to a shorter period. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to make certain passports and reports issued to document citizens born abroad as effective in proving U.S. citizenship as certificates of naturalization. Deletes the limitations under current Federal laws on the authorized appropriations for payment of the U.S. share of the expenses of the: (1) Pan American Institute of Geography and History; (2) Hague Conference on Private International Law and of the International (Rome) Institute for the Unification of Private Law; and (3) Pan American Railway Congress. Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to direct the President to appoint a U.S. representative to the Vienna office of the United Nations. Provides for living quarters for certain U.S. representatives to the United Nations rather than only for the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Credits any payments made by U.S. personnel for such living quarters to the fund used by the Secretary to rent the premises. Exempts certain private sector representatives on U.S. delegations to international telecommunications conferences from specified criminal sanctions applicable to Federal employees. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to allow for the State Department and Foreign Service procurement contracts of up to five years, if: (1) appropriations are available and adequate for the first fiscal year and for potential cancellation costs; and (2) the Secretary makes specified determinations. Requires contracts to be cancelled if funds are not available for its continuation. Makes the provisions of the Defense Base Act relating to the compensation for disability or death for persons employed at military bases outside the United States inapplicable with respect to contracts with persons employed by the State Department or the Foreign Service on an intermittent basis. Directs the Secretary to establish an independent Office of Foreign Missions within the Department of State. Authorizes the Director of such Office to: (1) assist Federal, State, and municipal agencies to ascertain the benefits due a foreign mission; (2) provide benefits for or on behalf of a foreign mission; and (3) perform such other functions as the Secretary determines necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to require a foreign mission to obtain benefits from the Director on terms approved by the Secretary or to comply with certain terms, including paying the Director a fee and waiving any recourse against any governmental authority or employee, as a condition to the performance of certain contracts, the acquisition of real property, or the application for or acceptance of any benefit. Authorizes such requirement if the Secretary determines they are necessary to: (1) facilitate relations between the U.S. and a sending state (a state represented by such mission); (2) protect U.S. interests; (3) adjust for costs and procedures of obtaining benefits for U.S. missions abroad; or (4) assist in resolving a dispute affecting U.S. interests. Authorizes the Secretary to designate an agent of a foreign mission to make a required waiver of recourse for the foreign mission. Prohibits the State Department from certifying more than two persons from each foreign mission for diplomatic license plates. Authorizes the Secretary to require a foreign mission to: (1) notify the Director before acquiring or disposing of real property; and (2) divest itself of or forgo the use of real property if such property was acquired without notice to the Director or exceeds the limits placed on real property available to U.S. missions in the sending state. Authorizes the Secretary to protect and dispose of any property of a foreign mission which has ceased conducting governmental activities and has not designated a protecting power. Makes the location, replacement, or expansion of a foreign mission's real property in the District of Columbia subject to the approval of the District of Columbia Foreign Missions Commission. Creates the Foreign Missions Commission to establish: (1) areas within which chanceries may be located as a matter of right; and (2) additional areas within which chanceries may be located. Sets forth the criteria for the Commission's determinations about such real property. Provides for the administration and management of the Office of Foreign Missions. Makes the provisions of such Act applicable to public international organizations and their official missions. Prohibits compliance with such provisions by a foreign mission from being deemed a waiver of immunity. Prohibits conferring or denying benefits to foreign missions contrary to such Act. Makes funds in the State Department working capital fund available to pay expenses to carry out provisions relating to foreign missions. Amends the Diplomatic Relations Act to extend the privileges and immunities of the Vienna Convention to missions of nonparties to the Convention. Authorizes the President to extend to such missions treatment that is more favorable or less favorable than that provided under the Vienna Convention. Prohibits using State Department funds to open new U.S. consulates until specified consulates are reopened. Expresses the opposition of Congress to efforts: (1) by UNESCO to regulate news content and the operation of the world press; and (2) by some countries to control access to and dissemination of news. Directs the President to report to Congress on U.S. participation in UNESCO. Title II: International Communication Agency - International Communication Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983 - Authorizes appropriations for the ICA for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to carry out certain international communication, educational, cultural, and exchange programs. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to permit any Federal employee who has special scientific, technical, or professional qualifications to be assigned to a foreign government (presently only U.S. citizens can be so assigned). Authorizes the making of ICA procurement contracts of up to five years, if: (1) appropriations are available and adequate for the first fiscal year and for potential cancellation costs; and (2) the Director of the ICA makes specified determinations. Requires contracts to be cancelled if funds are not available for its continuation. Authorizes the Director of the ICA to purchase security vehicles without regard to any maximum price limitation. Provides for the principal assistant of an ICA Associate Director to perform the duties of the Associate Director who dies, resigns, is sick, or is absent. Excludes employees of certain exhibits of U.S. economic or cultural accomplishments from the provisions of the Defense Base Act for compensation for disability or death. Makes the limitation on obligations or expenditures of appropriations to carry out the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 inapplicable with respect to any appropriations for liquidating notes which were assumed in the operation of the informational media guaranty program and were outstanding on a specified date. Requires the ICA films "Reflections: Samuel Eliott Morison" and "And New Miguel" to be made available within the United States. Changes the name of the ICA to the United States Information Agency. Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for the Board for International Broadcasting for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Changes the method of reimbursing the Foundation's Board members for travel expenses. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) the activities conducted pursuant to certain scientific exchange agreements with the Soviet Union; and (2) the risk of transferring to the Soviet Union militarily significant technology through such activities. Prohibits obligating or expending any State Department or ICA appropriations after a specified date to finance long-term scientific or technological exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union. Directs the President to report on the cost of assistance for refugees and Cuban and Haitian entrants within the United States or abroad for each of fiscal years 1981 and 1982. Expresses the dismay of Congress over the U.S. vote against the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. Urges the administration to notify the World Health Organization that the United States will cooperate in implementing the Code. Urges the U.S. infant formula industry to abide by the Code's guidelines. Reaffirms U.S. support for efforts to improve world health.

Bill· HRH.R. 4620 (97th)referred

Criminal Justice Construction Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981

Criminal Justice Construction Reform Act - Title I: Findings and Definitions - Sets forth definitions and findings. Defines "criminal justice facilities" to include court, law enforcement, juvenile, correctional, and other facilities used for any criminal justice purpose. Title II: Grants for the Construction and Modernization of Criminal Justice Facilities - Authorizes the Administrator of the Criminal Justice Facilities Administration (established under title III) to make grants to States for the construction and modernization of criminal justice facilities during fiscal years 1983 through 1988. Apportions appropriations among States on the basis of population and the volume and expenditure of criminal justice activities. Sets aside another portion of such sums appropriated for demonstration grants to test the applicability of advanced practices on the design, construction, and modernization of facilities. Requires any State desiring to receive such funding to submit a seven-year State plan. Directs the Administrator to operate a criminal justice facilities information clearinghouse. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay State and local governments an interest subsidy for criminal facility construction bonds which reduce the cost of such bonds to not more than five percent interest. Title III: Administration Provisions - Establishes the Criminal Justice Facilities Administration within the Department of Justice, headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Charges the Administrator with carrying out this Act and submitting to the President for transmittal to Congress a report at least once per year. Sets at 75 percent the Federal share of the cost of a State plan approved under this Act. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration to donate surplus property to any State for construction and modernization of criminal justice facilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1988.