United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Prohibits the repeal or modification, within the three-year period after enactment of this Act, of specified regulations of the Federal Highway Administration relating to the maintenance of logs by drivers employed by motor carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to sell or lease to State and local governments surplus property that the Attorney General recommends to be suitable and necessary for correctional facility use. Directs the Administrator, when fixing the value of such property, to consider any benefit that may accrue to the United States from the use of such property by a State or local government. Entitles any such government that purchased surplus property for correctional facility use between January 1, 1982, and the enactment of this Act to a refund of any amount the government paid exceeding the value of such property as determined under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Unemployed Workers Job Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers an income tax credit for hiring certain unemployed workers. Provides a credit equal to: (1) 50 percent of the first-year wages; (2) 25 percent of the second-year wages; and (3) ten percent of the third-year wages. Requires such workers to have been laid off after December 31, 1980, because of adverse economic conditions and to have been full-time employees for 20 or more months in the 24 months preceding employment termination. Allows such unemployed workers a refundable income tax credit for 25 percent of their retraining expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Expresses congressional approval of the 1979 strategic arms limitation agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States (SALT II). Directs the President to transmit to the Soviet Union the necessary instruments of ratification.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Amends rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House, during the Ninety-seventh Congress, to consider legislation that would reduce benefits or cost of living adjustments now or in the future under: (1) title II of the Social Security Act (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance); (2) the Railroad Retirement Act; (3) any retirement system for civilian employees of the Federal Government; and (4) any provision of law providing retired or retainer pay for members of the uniformed services.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Excludes amounts received under a veteran's educational assistance program for purposes of determining such veteran's eligibility for any other federally funded educational assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to prohibit the Small Business Administration (SBA) from refusing to guarantee payment for financing of pollution control facilities or property when such property is acquired with proceeds from tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds. Makes the SBA's authority to make such guarantees subject only to the existence of qualified guarantee applications of eligible small businesses. (Currently, the SBA is authorized to guarantee payment for small businesses in such cases.)
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States which adopt and implement programs to reduce traffic safety problems resulting from persons driving while under the influence of alcohol. Limits the receipt of such grants to three fiscal years and sets forth the Federal share payable for each successive year. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria for the grants based on areas of consideration provided under this Act. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to implement such traffic safety programs after a period for public comment. Sets the effective date of such regulations, unless they are disapproved by either House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither the President nor Congress should impose import fees on crude oil or refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Title I: National Development Investment - National Development Investment Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to cite such Act as the National Development Investment Act and to revise the emphasis of such Act from primary Federal initiative to coordination of investments between the public and the private sectors. Sets forth the findings of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, upon the application of an eligible State, economic development district, distressed local government (with a population under 50,000 and located outside an economic development district) Indian tribe, or nonprofit economic development organization. to make a grant for a portion of the cost of projects submitted in a development investment strategy. Sets forth eligible activities for such development investment assistance, including repairs, rehabilitation, and small business establishment. Sets forth specific eligibility criteria for applicants for such assistance. Requires an application for a grant under this Act to include: (1) a certification that the area concerned meets certain distress requirements; (2) a certification of any responsibilities which the Secretary has agreed to perform; and (3) a development investment strategy prepared in accordance with this Act. Requires the Secretary to consider specified purposes of this Act in approving applications. Lists as criteria any one of which an area must meet in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act: (1) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; (2) an employment growth rate below the national average; (3) a population loss over the most recent five-year period; (4) an unemployment rate above the national average for the most recent 24 month period; and (5) a sudden economic dislocation resulting in job loss. Sets forth the information to be contained in a grant applicant's development investment strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to establish a revolving loan fund for making or guaranteeing loans to small businesses for initial or working capital, or the purchase of facilities or equipment. Limits to $1,000,000 the amount of any such grant. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a maximum 50 percent of the cost of completing the project as determined at the time of the grant application. Permits the Secretary to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of an Indian tribe. Limits expenditures in any one State to a maximum 15 percent of the appropriations made pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local governments with a population over 50,000 (if located outside an econmic development district). Earmarks such grants for coordination of investment for community facilities, economic development, manpower training, and transportation services. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate Federal, State, and local development investment efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct any demonstration program to test the feasibility of new ways to increase productivity, foster innovative technology, match labor force with labor markets, or encourage economic diversity and regional balance. Limits the amount of any such grant to not more than 75 percent of the cost of economic development planning or of investment strategy preparation. Declares that the Secretary of Commerce shall administer this Act with the assistance of a specified Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other persons and agencies. Prohibits the approval of any grant unless the Secretary is satisfied that the project concerned will be properly and efficiently administered, operated, and maintained. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary under this Act. Permits the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to a project by accepting a certification of the grant applicant's performance of such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to make comprehensive annual reports to Congress detailing operations under this Act. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this Act to be paid the prevailing rate of wage. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to declare that investments under such Act shall also be made in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1987. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the subsequent Federal share of an Appalachian development highway segment when a participating State proceeds to construct a segment of such a highway without the aid of Federal funds. Applies such increase to projects approved after March 31, 1979. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States and public and nonprofit entities for projects which will: (1) assist in the creation or retention of permanent private sector jobs, the upgrading of the region's manpower, or the attraction of private investment; (2) provide special assistance to severely distressed and underdeveloped counties which lack financial resources for improving basic services; (3) assist in achieving the goal of making primary health care accessible in the region; or (4) otherwise serve the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the authorization of any financial assistance to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work previously performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors. Prohibits grants with funds authorized after October 1, 1982, from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of any approved project. Permits such grants to increase the Federal contribution to any project to such percentage as the Commission determines within specified limitations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for the purchase of a model year 1981 or later highway vehicle which is manufactured in the United States and is purchased by the taxpayer after May 31, 1982, and before June 1, 1983. Limits the amount of such credit to $500 or $750 in the case of a certified high fuel efficiency vehicle.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Amends the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 with respect to the employee protection program by eliminating provisions which make payments under such program subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts. Requires that monthly assistance payments be equal to the average of such amounts provided in the previous year. Grants protected employees who were furloughed or terminated by air carriers certified under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 prior to enactment of this Act the first right of hire on a regional basis by any other such air carrier. Provides that flight deck operating crew members shall not retain rights of seniority or recall with the air carrier from which they were furloughed or terminated. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to periodically publish the comprehensive list of available jobs with certified air carriers on a regional basis. Terminates the Airline Employees Protective Account. Authorizes annual appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the employee protection program. Requires the Secretary of Labor to certify that employee protection agreements meet certain standards. Grants the United States district courts jurisdiction of actions to enforce duties under such agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to provide that extended benefits will be payable in any State in which the rate of regular unemployment equals or exceeds seven percent.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Act of 1982 - Title I: Authorizations By the Secretary of Energy for Certain Activities Outside the United States - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the publication in the Federal Register of authorizations for the production of special nuclear materials outside the United States. Provides that such an authorization will not become effective until at least 15 days after its publication. Makes authorizations for the production of special nuclear material outside the United States effective with respect to a non-nuclear-weapon state only if the Secretary of Energy determines that such state adheres to the criteria governing U.S. nuclear exports for peaceful uses. Requires the Secretary to publicly issue and submit to the President any recommendation for such an authorization with respect to a non-nuclear-weapon state which does not adhere to such criteria. Authorizes the President to allow such an authorization by executive order if withholding it would prejudice the achievement of U.S. nonproliferation objectives or jeopardize the common defense and security, unless Congress, after reviewing such an order, adopts a concurrent resolution opposing such order. Provides that conduct which results in the termination of U.S. nuclear exports to another nation shall result also in the suspension of authorizations for the production of special nuclear material in such nation. Requires specific authorizations by the Secretary to engage in the following activities outside the United States: (1) designing, constructing, or operating facilities for the chemical processing of irradiated special nuclear material, for the production of heavy water, for the separation of isotopes from any source of special nuclear material, or for the fabrication of nuclear fuel containing plutonium; (2) designing, constructing, or furnishing equipment for use in any such facility; (3) training foreign personnel in such design, construction, or operation; (4) furnishing information not available to the public with respect to such design, construction, or operation; and (5) any other activities designated by the Secretary. Exempts from such requirement any such activity if: (1) it does not involve the communication of Restricted Data or classified defense information; (2) it is not in violation of other laws; or (3) it is limited either to participation in educational conferences, international conferences, or exchange programs or to furnishing of information which is available to the public. Authorizes the Secretary to require specific authorizations for activities carried out in designated countries or areas. Prohibits the Secretary from providing specific authorizations required under this Act unless Congress reviews the Secretary's reports on such authorizations and does not adopt a concurrent resolution opposing them. Title II: Exports of Highly Enriched Uranium - Authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue export licenses for highly enriched uranium for nuclear reactors only if: (1) there is no alternative nuclear reactor fuel available; (2) the proposed recipient of the uranium has indicated that it will use an alternative nuclear reactor fuel when one becomes available; and (3) the executive branch is developing an alternative nuclear reactor fuel. Requires the NRC to determine a kilogram limit on the amount of highly enriched uranium of U.S. origin that will be allowed at any one time in each foreign country and at each reactor site in each such country. Requires the NRC and the executive branch to support efforts to improve physical security arrangements for exports of highly enriched uranium. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan for the development of alternative nuclear reactor fuels for use in foreign reactors. Title III: Congressional Review of Subsequent Arrangements - Revises the time periods governing congressional review of subsequent arrangements for: (1) the retransfer of special nuclear material exported from the United States to a third country for reprocessing; (2) the reprocessing of any such material; or (3) the subsequent retransfer of plutonium in quantities greater than 500 grams resulting from the reprocessing of any such materials. Provides for congressional veto of such arrangements by concurrent resolution. Title IV: Special Functions of the Secretary of Defense in Nuclear Nonproliferation Matters - Requires the approval of the Secretary of Defense for international cooperation agreements, export licenses, and subsequent arrangements with respect to nuclear material.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) an effective Federal environmental program is necessary to protect U.S. citizens' health and well-being; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency should be appropriated increased funds to protect our environment and meet expanded responsibilities mandated by law; and (3) the President should submit a new budget for the Environmental Protection Agency for FY 1983 reflecting these principles.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Enterprise Zone Tax Act of 1982 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by this Act. Specifies that State and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation. Limits the designation of enterprise zones to 25 nominated areas per year. Limits the period during which such designation shall remain in effect. Specifies that the Secretary may designate such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area (with a population of at least 50,000) or 2,500 otherwise, or is within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on December 31, 1985. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. States that designation of an enterprise zone shall not give displaced persons from such an area any rights or benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Subtitle A - Credits for Employers and Employees - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a nonrefundable income tax credit for ten percent of the increase in payroll for all employees, taking into account a maximum of $15,000 in wages per employee. Allows such credit only for wages paid to employees who perform 90 percent of their services in work directly related to the conduct of the taxpayers' business located in the enterprise zone and who perform 50 percent of their services within such zone. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit for employers equal to 50 percent of the wages paid to certain disadvantaged workers for the first three years of the enterprise zone designation. Phases out such credit by ten percent a year beginning in the fourth year after such designation. Requires a recapture of such credit for the early termination of such employees. Disallows a deduction for the portion of wages or salaries subject to such credit. Requires employers to furnish to each employee a written statement showing the amount of wages paid to such employee. Provides an income tax credit for enterprise zone employees equal to five percent of the first $9,000 of wages received each year. Phases out such credit in the last four years of the enterprise zone designation. Subtitle B: Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for certain tangible property located in enterprise zones. Limits such credit to five percent for zone personal property and ten percent for new zone construction property, including rental property. Requires that the property subject to such credit be predominantly used in the zone, be purchased after zone designation, and not be acquired from relatives or related corporations. Requires the recapture of such credit upon early disposition of the property. Subtitle C: Reduction in Capital Gain Tax Rates - Eliminates the capital gains tax on property of corporations acquired after the enterprise zone designation and used in a zone business. Qualifies certain low-income rental housing located in an enterprise zone for such treatment. Permits property to remain qualified for purposes of the revised capital gains treatment after a designation of an enterprise zone has terminated. Exempts gain from the sale or exchange of property used in a business in an enterprise zone from the computation of the minimum tax. Expresses the sense of Congress that if the minimum tax is modified, enterprise zone capital gain will be excluded in computing minimum taxable income. Subtitle D: Extension of Carryover Periods - Extends the net operating loss and investment tax credit carryover period to the longer of 15 years or the duration of the enterprise zone designation for businesses operating in such zones. Subtitle E: Rules Relating to Industrial Development Bonds - Provides that rules relating to small issue tax-exempt industrial development bonds now in effect shall apply to bonds used to finance land or other depreciable property located in an enterprise zone, even if such rules are subsequently changed. Subtitle F: Sense of the Congress With Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions, to include qualified businesses (as defined in Title II of this Act), designating governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by designating governments, to waive or modify rules and regulations which pertain to the carrying out of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve such request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in continuation of the rule unchanged. Disallows the waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement (including the Davis-Bacon Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act) or which would present a danger to the public health and safety. Provides that such waivers or modifications of a rule shall remain in effect as long as the zone designations. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Title IV: Establishment of Foreign Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Zone Board to consider on a priority basis and expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to and expedite applications for the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. States that to the maximum extent practicable foreign-trade zones should be established within enterprise zones.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a comprehensive study on their problems and to develop policies to coordinate governmental and private programs to address such problems. Provides that the committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall terminate at the close of the Ninety-ninth Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (2) Congress should provide Pell grant assistance for academic year 1982 through 1983 that fully funds the need analysis criteria of January 6, 1982, in order to provide assistance to 2,600,000 needy students; and (3) Congress should not further reduce the amount of funds available for campus-based student assistance programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 below the levels established by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that no cuts should be made in the cost of living adjustments under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the FY 1983 budget should not be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
States that the Federal Government should restore balance to the Department of Energy's FY 1983 budget by maintaining funding for energy conservation, renewable energy, and weatherization programs and by distributing information on conservation and renewable energy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Requires prenotification of the appropriate State and local emergency service agencies whenever the Federal Government intends to transport hazardous material within a State or across State boundaries.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States: (1) should not sell advanced weapons to Jordan; and (2) should ensure that Israel retains its qualitative military edge in the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Automobile Research Competition Act - Establishes an automobile research competition to be administered by the Secretary of Transportation. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such competition. Makes a research award of a specified sum to qualified participants. Lists requirements for the new motor vehicle produced pursuant to this Act, including high fuel economy and specified acceleration and braking standards. Directs the Secretary to promulgate testing standards to be used to measure such requirements. Allows the Secretary to request assistance from the appropriate Federal agencies in order to evaluate the motor vehicles submitted pursuant to the competition. Declares that all determinations made by the Secretary in regard to the competition are final.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Auto Workers Job Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers an income tax credit for hiring unemployed auto workers. Provides a credit equal to: (1) 50 percent of first-year wages; (2) 25 percent of the second-year wages; and (3) 10 percent of the third-year wages. Defines "unemployed auto workers" to include auto workers laid off after December 31, 1980, who worked for 20 of the 24 months preceding employment termination. Allows a refundable income tax credit equal to 25 percent of the retraining expenses for unemployed auto workers. Defines "retraining expenses" as tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at an eligible educational institution.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Family Housing Production Act of 1982 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, through the Government National Mortgage Association, to enter into five-year contracts to provide periodic assistance payments on behalf of homeowners to mortgagees and other lenders. Directs the Secretary to give priority to assisting persons who have not owned a home within the last three years. Permits payments to be made only to a mortgagor who satisfies requirements for creditworthiness and has a family income not exceeding 140 percent of the area median income and who: (1) is the original owner of a manufactured home the loan for which is incurred under the National Housing Act; or (2) has a fixed-rate 30-year mortgage which is secured by a home built after enactment of this Act, has no prepayment penalty, and requires increased payments beginning with the second year which shall be applied to the principal obligation until it is paid off. Limits the amount of assistance payments to the difference between the amount of the monthly payment for principal, interest, and loan insurance under the first year of the loan and the amount the monthly payment for principal and interest would be if the interest rate on the loan were: (1) ten percent (12 percent for a manufactured home); or (2) four percentage points less than the rate specified in the loan, whichever rate is higher. Requires that the mortgagor pay at least 25 percent of his or her income toward the monthly loan payment. Declares that manufactured homes shall comprise not more than 20 percent of the units assisted under this Act. Directs the Secretary to allocate the amount available to carry out this Act on the basis of the population, decline in housing starts, and unemployment rate in each State relative to all States. Directs the Secretary to recapture the lesser of the amount of assistance provided under this Act or an amount equal to 50 percent of the net appreciation of the property whenever the mortgagor sells the property or rents it for a period exceeding one year. Authorizes the Secretary to insure mortgages assisted under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve public utility rate increases for electric energy based on costs of proposed or ongoing construction in regard to: (1) pollution control facilities; or (2) conversion of oil or gas-fired facilities to use of other fuels. Directs the Commission to order rate increases to cover construction costs for facilities other than those above only after an evidentiary proceeding. Sets forth requirements concerning such proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Occupational Health Hazards Compensation Act of 1982 - Establishes a workers' compensation system for occupational diseases related to exposure to asbestos or uranium ore. Provides for compulsory coverage of all employers and employees under this Act. Provides for compensation for death or for permanent total or permanent partial disability. Sets monetary benefits payable for death or total disability at two-thirds of the employee's average weekly wage over a specified period. Limits the amount of such weekly payments to: (1) no more than twice the national average weekly wage; and (2) no less than half the national average or the employee's actual average weekly wage, whichever is less. Sets forth provisions for survivors' benefits. Sets monetary benefits for payable partial disability at two-thirds the difference between pre- and post- disability earnings. Provides for redeterminations of benefits based on changes in degree of disability. Provides for medical benefits covering all reasonable and necessary expenses for treatment of such diseases. Provides for annual adjustments of maximum benefit limits to reflect increases in the national average weekly wage, but limits such adjustments to no more than a six percent increase in any one year. Provides that employee or survivors' monetary benefits under this Act shall be considered income for purposes of disability and retirement benefits computation under the Social Security Act. Provides that, in cases of medicare beneficiaries, medical benefits under this Act shall be the primary means of payment of medical expenses resulting from the occupational disability. Provides that there shall be no maximum limitation on the total amount of monetary or medical benefits payable under this Act. Makes ineffective any compromise or release of monetary or medical benefits unless approved by the Secretary of Labor ("the Secretary") as in the best interest of the claimant and sufficient for future medical care. Makes ineffective any waiver or release relating to future coverage or compensation under State workers' compensation laws or under this Act which is executed prior to death or onset of disability resulting from exposure to asbestos or uranium ore. Provides that a claimant is eligible for compensation if: (1) the employee was exposed to asbestos or uranium ore in the course of employment; (2) the employee is or was permanently disabled, or died, because of a disease associated with such exposure and arising out of and in the course of employment; and (3) an award of compensation for such disability or death has not been made under a State law or the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("Longshore Act"). Provides that, for claims based on exposure to asbestos in the course of employment: (1) mesothelioma of the pleura or peritoneum, asbestiosis, and lung cancer evidencing asbestiotic changes shall be irrebutably presumed to have resulted from such exposure; (2) lung cancer without radiological or histological evidence of asbestotic changes shall be presumed to have resulted from such exposure; and (3) any other causes of disability or death must be determined to have been significantly and substantially contributed to by such exposure. Provides that, for claims based on exposure to urainum ore in the course of employment: (1) lung cancer shall be rebuttably presumed to have resulted from such exposure, if the employee was engaged in mining or processing uranium ore for at least two years; and (2) any other causes of disability or death must be determined to have been significantly and substantially contributed to by such exposure. Sets forth procedures for making claims. Requires that a notice be given to the employer and the Office of Workmens' Compensation Programs in the Department of Labor within one year after the date of onset of disability or the death, with specified exceptions. Requires that claims be filed with the Office within two years after such date, with specified exceptions. Declares that there is no limitation on filing of claims based on length of time since the employee was last employed or last exposed to asbestos or uranium ore. Sets forth procedures for adjudication of claims. Directs the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to ascertain whether the employer named in the claim notice is a responsible employer. Directs the Office, upon determination that no employer is a responsible employer, to: (1) notify the State insurance commissioner of the State where the employer named in the claim notice resides or has a principal place of business; and (2) upon determination of the claimant's eligibility, assign responsibility to the appropriate compensation excess liability fund in such State. Requires that the State insurance commissioner be given opportunity for a hearing to present evidence on any determination that there is no responsible employer. Directs the Office to order hearings by an administrative law judge on any claim investigation upon application of the claimant, the responsible employer, or the responsible employer's insurance carrier, before issuing an order awarding or denying compensation. Provides for appeals of Office awards or denials of compensation to the Benefits Review Board established under the Longshore Act (which provides for review of Board orders by U.S. courts of appeals). Makes compensation under this Act the exclusive remedy for asbestos or uranium ore claimants against the employer, the employer's insurance carrier, and any collective-bargaining agent of the employer's employees (and any employee, officer, director, or agent of such parties). Provides that, for asbestos liability actions brought against any third party, other than the above parties, prior to the effective date of this Act, any recovery in such actions after the effective date of this Act shall be reduced by the amount of the compensation awarded and the present value of all future compensation payable under this Act. Prohibits: (1) employer or employer insurance carrier liens upon judgments in such actions; and (2) monetary damage suits brought by liable third parties against immune parties. Provides that, after the effective date of this Act, compensation under this Act will be the exclusive remedy of asbestos claimants not only against the parties previously described but also against any manufacturer or importer of asbestos or products containing asbestos (if such manufacturers or importers participate in the Asbestos Compensation Excess Fund). Makes every employer responsible for payment of compensation which may be payable under this Act. Requires each employer to secure such payment by: (1) insuring such payment with an insurer who is authorized by State and Federal law and by the Secretary of Labor; or (2) furnishing proof of its ability to pay such compensation directly and being authorized to do so by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) set specified conditions for employer self-insurers; and (2) suspend or revoke qualified carrier authorizations for good cause shown after a hearing. Requires employers to post notices relating to such secured compensation. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring employers' carriers to discharge employer duties and obligations. Sets forth requirements for insurance contracts or policies issued under authority of this Act. Sets civil penalties for employers who have not secured compensation payment. Sets forth provisions for assignment of liability for payment. Assigns asbestos compensation payment liability to: (1) the employer who last employed the employee, unless such employer can prove that it did not expose the employee for two years or more or that the exposure was only casual and sporadic; or (2) (if the last employer sustains such burden of proof) the Asbestos Compensation Excess Liability Fund. Assigns uranium ore compensation payment liability to: (1) the last employer, unless it can prove that it did not employ the employee in uranium ore mining or processing, that it did not expose the employee for two years or more, or that the exposure was casual and sporadic; or (2) (if the last employer sustains such burden of proof) the Uranium Ore Compensation Excess Liability Fund. Establishes the Asbestos Compensation Excess Liability Fund ("Asbestos Fund") and the Uranium Ore Compensation Excess Liability Fund ("Uranium Ore Fund") to pay all compensation benefits awarded where no employer responsible for such benefits has been identified or determined under this Act. Directs the Secretary to determine yearly amounts of contributions to be made to both Funds and to make State allocations in consultation with the State insurance commissioners. Directs the Secretary to provide for the collection of contributions to the Asbestos Fund as follows: (1) 50 percent from manufacturers and importers of asbestos and of products of which asbestos is a significant constituent element; (2) 30 percent from manufacturers and importers of products containing asbestos but not as a significant constituent element; and (3) 20 percent from employers who expose employees to asbestos in the course of employment. Provides that no manufacturer or importer of asbestos or products containing asbestos shall enjoy the limitations of third party liability under this Act: (1) for any period during which it has not paid a due contribution to the Fund; or (2) if it does not participate in the Fund. Bases manufacturers' and importers' contributions on their sales of asbestos and asbestos-containing products during the previous 15 years or, if the Secretary determines that this does not reflect overall market share, during any 15-year period since January 1, 1940. Directs the Secretary to hold the sums collected for the Asbestos Fund and disburse to the State insurance commissioners, for deposit in the Asbestos Fund established in each State, such sums as may be necessary to meet the anticipated obligations of each State Asbestos fund. Requires that such deposits be in accordance with the yearly allocation formula, but authorizes the Secretary to change the ratio of deposits among the states to meet the actual needs of each State Asbestos Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to bring civil actions and to assess civil penalties against manufacturers or importers who fail or refuse to pay assessed contributions to the Asbestos Fund. Makes successor operators of entities acquired on or after January 1, 1940, liable for Asbestos Fund contributions which would have been payable by prior operators. Treats successor or parent corporations as responsible for Asbestos Fund contributions when manufacturers or importers cease to exist for specified reasons. Directs the State insurance commissioners to collect employers' contributions to the Asbestos Fund as: (1) a surcharge on such employers' workers' compensation insurance, in amounts appropriate for the size and category of the employer's enterprise; and (2) an equivalent fraction of the applicable payroll of self-insured employers. Requires, if Asbestos Fund or Uranium Ore Fund assessments or collections in any year are in excess of liabilities, that contributions for the following year be adjusted to reflect the claims experience during the previous year and that assessment reductions be allocated among contributors. Directs State insurance commissioners to collect contributions to the Uranium Ore Fund from employers who expose employees to uranium ore in the course of employment as: (1) a surcharge on the employers' workers' compensation insurance, in amounts appropriate to the size and category of the employer's enterprise; and (2) as an equivalent fraction of the applicable payroll of self-insured employers. Requires that such contributions be separately aggregated in each State to meet Uranium Ore Fund obligations in each State. Requires that surcharges be added to each contribution to the Asbestos Fund and the Uranium Ore Fund in amounts equal to: (1) ten percent of each contribution, for Federal administrative costs under this Act (with reduction of this surcharge if collections exceed such costs); and (2) one percent of each contribution, for surveillance and medical treatment research of occupationally related diseases. Requires that compensation under this Act be paid: (1) in accordance with State workers' compensation benefit schedules; (2) promptly and directly to the entitled person, without an award, except where liability is controverted by the employer; and (3) in cases of employer controversion, upon issuance of a final compensation order. Requires the employer or employer's insurance carrier to: (1) give specified types of notice upon first payment or upon suspension of payment; and (2) file annual reports detailing monetary and medical benefits paid. Sets civil penalties for failure to file such notices. Directs the Office to: (1) investigate any suspension of payments; and (2) in cases of improper suspension, order the employer to recommence payment and pay all suspended payments plus 20 percent annual interest. Provides for appeals of orders with respect to suspended payments. Provides for 20 percent additional compensation in cases of late payments. Sets forth provisions for representation and witness fees in compensation payment disputes, to be paid by the employer or the employer's insurance carrier to the claimant's representative. Sets criminal penalties for: (1) receiving any unapproved consideration or gratuity for representative services; or (2) soliciting employment as a representative in such disputes. Sets forth prohibitions and civil penalties against discrimination by any employer, insurance carrier, or other person against any employee because such employee: (1) filed a disability notice or compensation claim under this Act; (2) caused any proceeding under or related to this Act to be instituted or brought a damage suit for occcupational exposure to asbestos or uranium ore; (3) is disabled by such exposure; or (4) was previously employed in the asbestos industry or the uranium mining or milling industry or in any course of employment where there was or may have been exposure to asbestos or uranium ore. Directs the Secretary to investigate allegations by employees of employer discrimination. Provides, at the request of any party, for public hearings before an administrative law judge to present information relating to alleged violations. Directs the Secretary to make findings of fact and to issue appropriate orders. Requires that any employee so discriminated against be restored to employment and be compensated for lost wages and fringe benefits. Makes the employer alone and not the carrier responsible for such penalties and payments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Secretary, to conduct research into improved means of: (1) surveillance of workers exposed to occupational health hazards; and (2) medical treatment of workers exposed to occupational hazards. Requires that such research and surveillance programs be conducted with funds available under the surcharge established in this Act. Establishes the Occupational Disease Surveillance and Medical Treatment Research Advisory Committees. Requires the Committee to report annually to the Congress, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) review current medical and scientific studies and reports concerning the incidences of disease associated with employment; (2) report annually to the Secretary on such current research; and (3) upon finding disease incidence 30 percent more than that of the population at large among workers exposed to given toxic substances or physical agents or among a group of workers, recommend that the Secretary prepare legislation for submission to Congress to appropriately amend this Act to cover such diseases and groups of workers. Directs the Secretary, upon receipt of such report, to prepare: (1) an annual report to the Congress describing medical and scientific data on incidences of diseases associated with employment in the United States and the compensation of workers disabled by such diseases; and (2) legislative recommendations to the Congress in accordance and consistent with the recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including eligibility criteria recommendations. Requires the appropriate committees of the Congress, to which such report is referred, to explain to their respective Houses if they have not reported legislation amending this Act within 90 days after such referral or report. Sets forth separability and effective date provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to grant the President specified powers if the President determines that a major industrial country: (1) does not provide equivalent competitive opportunities for U.S. commerce in that country; or (2) consistently violates U.S. trade laws. Directs the President, upon making such a determination, to recommend to Congress: (1) terminating certain U.S. concessions affecting tariffs or import restrictions; and (2) ending the applicability to such country of legislation necessary to carry out trade agreements. Authorizes the President, upon making such determination, to proclaim increased tariffs or other import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should maintain a strong commitment to the proper handling and storage of hazardous wastes; and (2) the Administrator of the EPA should maintain and enforce existing regulations regarding the management of containerized liquid hazardous wastes until new or revised regulations become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 for FY 1983 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Prohibits the production of lethal binary chemical munitions after the enactment of this Act. Defines lethal binary chemical munitions to mean: (1) toxic chemicals intended to injure or kill humans; and (2) devices intended to disseminate such chemicals. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should begin negotiations with the Soviet Union for a mutual, verifiable limitation on chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representative that: (1) there should be no further reductions in the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act); and (2) Congress must develop a reimbursement system that promotes cost efficient quality health care.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take no action to accelerate the decontrol of wellhead natural gas prices.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Defense Industrial Base Revitalization Act - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to direct the President to take immediate action to assist in the modernization of industries related to defense. Limits such assistance to small and medium-sized businesses unless national security requires otherwise. Directs the Secretary of Defense to determine immediately and semiannually which industries should be given priority and the type of assistance which would be most helpful. Directs the President to assist persons expanding the domestic capability to produce or process critical and strategic materials. Sets forth the terms of such assistance, including qualification through public solicitation and the President's right to refuse delivery of items exceeding market price. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987. Permits the President to utilize the borrowing authority of the Treasury as specified and to use unobligated funds in Department of Defense appropriations. Directs the President to implement a national program to train workers in skills necessary in key defense industries. Makes such assistance available through State vocational education programs in States with previously approved plans for a five-year program of skills training. Requires the States to make contributions to such program in specified percentages to qualify for extensions of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1987 for such purpose. Directs the President to implement a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in obtaining and installing modern equipment to train scientific and technical personnel needed in the key industries. Sets forth the terms of such assistance, including application procedures, limits on grants, and the requirement that such equipment be purchased through competitive bidding. Requires such equipment to be of U.S. origin. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1983-1987. Directs the Comptroller General to monitor this program and submit an annual report to Congress. Requires each executive department and agency to follow the principle of geographical dispersal to the degree possible in constructing any Government-owned industrial facility. Directs such departments and agencies to continuously assess the capability of the defense industrial base to satisfy near-term and increased mobilization production requirements. Increases the maximum obligation of any guaranteeing agency for loans necessary to prevent personal insolvency or bankruptcy that would impede the production and delivery of materials or the performance of services for the national defense. Decreases from 60 to 30 days the period during which the appropriate committees of Congress must be notified of certain proposed loans before automatic approval. Permits such loans to be made immediately if both Houses adopt a concurrent resolution of approval. Extends to September 30, 1987, the termination date of certain provisions of the Defense Production Act of 1950, including certain priorities, allocations, and expansion of productive capacity and supply provisions. Repeals the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
States that U.S. policy should encourage parties to the El Salvadoran conflict to: (1) begin cease-fire negotiations under international supervision; and (2) pursue a political settlement that would include open and free elections under international supervision.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to extend by five months (until September 30, 1982) the period within which an individual must have become a full-time student at a postsecondary educational institution in order to receive, after July 1982, child's insurance benefits on the basis of student status under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include foreign restrictions on direct investments by U.S. citizens or nationals among the foreign trade restrictions on U.S. commerce that would trigger a U.S. response. Authorizes the President to take action to establish or further the principles of national treatment or reciprocal market access with respect to U.S. goods, U.S. services, and foreign direct investment by U.S. nationals or citizens. Authorizes the President, with respect to furthering such principles, to: (1) enter into bilateral or multilateral negotiations; (2) adjust Government procurement policies to provide for procurement from nations that provide reciprocal market access to comparable U.S. producers; (3) instruct the U.S. directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund to vote against aid to countries that do not adhere generally to principles of national treatment and market access; (4) request Federal regulatory agencies to consider a country's adherence to such principles in making decisions or taking actions with respect to applications or requests from such country; or (5) propose legislation which would impose equivalent restrictions within the United States on goods and services from countries that do not adhere to such principles. Authorizes the President to take any other appropriate action to enforce U.S. trade rights, respond to discriminatory trade practices, or further principles of national treatment or reciprocal market access. Changes the definition of commerce for purposes of U.S. trade agreement enforcement rights. Includes within that definition foreign direct investment by U.S. citizens or nationals. Defines national treatment for such purposes as the treatment by a government of foreign investment or foreign establishments operating within its borders in the same way as a domestic investment or comparable domestic establishments. Authorizes the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee to file a resolution with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) requesting the President to take action to enforce U.S. trade rights, respond to discriminatory trade practices, or further principles of national treatment or reciprocal market access. Provides that consultations need not take place between the USTR and a foreign country after beginning an investigation into complaints concerning such country's national treatment or market reciprocity policies. (Current law requires such consultations when the United States is investigating complaints about U.S. trade agreement rights or foreign discriminatory trade practices.) Requires the USTR to recommend to the President a course of action within one month of the start of an investigation of complaints concerning national treatment or reciprocity. Directs the President to make recommendations to Congress within 120 days of starting an investigation into complaints concerning national treatment and market reciprocity. Authorizes the President to negotiate international agreements on restrictions on foreign direct investment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1982 - Establishes criminal penalties applicable to licensees under the Gun Control Act of 1968 who import, manufacture, or sell a "restricted handgun bullet," except as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. Establishes additional criminal penalties, including a mandatory minimum sentence of one year imprisonment, for: (1) using a restricted handgun bullet to commit a Federal felony; or (2) carrying a restricted handgun bullet unlawfully during commission of a Federal felony.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Declares that the presidential certification submitted to the Congress with respect to sending military aid to El Salvador is void. Directs the President to immediately suspend such assistance. Requires the suspension to remain in effect during FY 1982 and 1983. Prohibits the President from making another such certification until Congress enacts a joint resolution declaring that El Salvador has met specified conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the imposition of any direct or indirect fee or charge on a service station franchisee who honors a credit card issued by the gasoline company franchisor.
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