United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Prohibits the Senate or the House of Representatives from considering any concurrent resolution on the budget if its adoption would cause either: (1) an increase in total budget outlays over those of the preceding fiscal year; or (2) a reduction in Federal revenues from the preceding fiscal year. Exempts from such prohibition any resolution that contains corresponding revenue increases or budget reductions. Allows waiver of the prohibition by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from placing into effect any rule which would not maintain or enhance the nutritional integrity of supplemental foods made available under the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Directs the Secretary to make a finding that any rule changes governing the program subsequent to enactment of this resolution shall be beneficial to the nutritional status of program participants. Requires the Secretary to submit such finding to the appropriate congressional committees prior to its publication in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to implement a specified rule concerning the program no later than December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations recently proposed by the Secretary of Education under the Education of the Handicapped Act should not be permitted to take effect.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982
Fair Tax Act of 1982 - Title I: Reduction of Income Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the income tax tables. Provides for an income tax rate of 14 percent for all individuals, estates, and trusts. Imposes a surtax (ranging from six to 14 percent) on the adjusted gross income of single taxpayers earning over $25,000 and married taxpayers earning over $40,000. Reduces the personal holding company tax from 50 to 28 percent. Repeals the 1985 indexation of tax rates. Redefines "adjusted gross income" to repeal the deductions for: (1) long-term capital gains; (2) amortization of reforestation expenses; and (3) two-earner married couples. Provides that certain special deductions for estate and trusts shall be subtracted from adjusted gross income. Increases the amount of the personal exemption to $1,500 for single taxpayers and $1,750 for heads of households. Allows an additional $1,000 exemption for the dependent spouse of a taxpayer filing a joint return. Increases the zero bracket amount from $3,400 to $4,600 for taxpayers filing joint returns and surviving spouses. Repeals the direct charitable contribution deduction. Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, to revise tax return filing requirements to reflect the increased personal exemption, in the case of 65-year-old taxpayers and taxpayers filing joint returns. Revises requirements for withholding allowances to correspond with the increased personal exemption. Repeals the minimum tax on individual taxpayers. Repeals provisions which allow income averaging. Title II: Broadening of the Income Tax Base - Repeals the tax credits for: (1) the elderly; (2) political contributions; and (2) residential energy conservation. Limits the availability of the following tax credits to certain corporations: (1) the investment tax credit; (2) the new employee credit; (3) the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source; (4) the alcohol fuel credit; and (5) the credit for increasing research activities. Repeals the exclusion from gross income of employer-provided premiums on group-term life insurance and the exclusion of unemployment compensation benefits. Requires the inclusion in gross income of interest income on life insurance, annuity, or endowment contracts. Repeals the following tax exclusions: (1) dividends received by individuals; (2) employer-provided group legal services; (3) employer-provided transportation expenses; (4) employer-provided educational assistance; and (5) interest received after 1984. Repeals the tax exclusion of: (1) employer-provided child care assistance; (2) earned income of U.S. citizens living abroad; (3) certain disability payments; (4) dividend reinvestment in public utility stock; and (5) interest on industrial development bonds and veterans' mortgage bonds received by individual taxpayers. Requires the inclusion in gross income of one-third of employer contributions to medical care plans (other than workmen's compensation). Modifies the exclusion of scholarship and fellowship grants to require that an eligible recipient be a degree candidate at a tax-exempt educational institution. Disallows the exclusion of payments for teaching, research, or other services unless all degree candidates are required to perform such services. Repeals the tax deductions for: (1) two-earner married couples; (2) adoption expenses; and (3) long-term capital gains. Provides that no distinction shall be made between short-term and long-term capital gains in the case of individual taxpayers. Disallows the tax deductions to individual taxpayers for: (1) amortization of pollution control facilities; (2) amortization of reforestation expenditures; (3) intangible drilling and development costs for oil, gas, and geothermal wells; (4) percentage depletion; (5) mineral development and mine exploration expenses; and (6) certain State and local taxes. Repeals the tax deduction for the casualty and theft losses of individuals. Limits the deduction for interest on investment indebtedness for individual taxpayers to the amount of investment income. Provides that such limitation shall not apply to trade or business indebtedness and indebtedness incurred in acquiring or rehabilitating a qualified dwelling or principal residence of the taxpayer. Modifies the accelerated cost recovery schedules to provide that increased percentages for property placed in service after 1984 and after 1985 shall only be available to certain corporations. Reduces the depreciation deduction for 15-year real property in the case of individual taxpayers. Limits the tax deduction for medical and dental expenses to amounts in excess of ten percent of adjusted gross income (previously three percent). Repeals the separate deduction for up to $150 of health insurance. Repeals the tax credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment and replaces such credit with a tax deduction for employment-related expenses. Limits such deduction to $2,400 for taxpayers with one dependent and $4,800 for taxpayers with two or more dependents. Allows a deduction for $125,000 of gain from the sale of a principal residence by an individual over age 55. Repeals the exclusion of such gain. Revises the definition of "Section 11 corporation". Title III: Taxation of Individual Retirement Accounts and Qualified Pension, Profit-Sharing, and Stock Bonus Plans - Imposes a 14 percent tax on the investment income of retirement trusts, including pensions, individual retirement accounts, and other retirement plans. Repeals the tax- exempt status of certain pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus plans, and individual retirement accounts. Repeals the tax on lump-sum distributions from qualified pension plans. Title IV: Conforming Amendments; Effective Dates - Makes technical and conforming amendments. Sets forth effective dates for the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982
Humane Care and Development of Substitutes for Animals in Research Act - Title I: Development of Improved Research and Testing Methods - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make awards to sponsor research and development of scientific testing methods which eliminate the use of live animals, reduce the number of live animals required, or limit animal pain and distress. Requires that applications and proposals for such awards be assessed through peer review procedures. Requires the Secretary to designate an Advisory Panel to: (1) give advice on his or her responsibilities under this Act; (2) make recommendations on specific opportunities or problems regarding research support of nonanimal testing; and (3) set up a system for insuring that applications or proposals meeting the requirements of this title receive full consideration for funding by the Department or for funding under this title. Makes funds for making awards under this title available through the allocation of research resources within the Department. Provides that the Secretary, consulting with the Environmental Protection Agency and other regulatory and scientific research agencies, shall direct the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Toxicology Program to: (1) promote new nonanimal testing methods; (2) evaluate existing nonanimal methods; (3) enhance and integrate data systems for more efficient use of test data involving animals; and (4) develop new methodologies for the toxicology data systems. Requires the Secretary to report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on progress under this Act within two years after enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter. Title II: Federal Award Requirements - Requires that a research entity be accredited by a recognized accrediting agency in order to be eligible to receive a Federal award for testing involving a large number of animals. Requires the Secretary to designate accrediting agencies which: (1) are able to ascertain the qualifications of research entities to conduct testing involving animals; (2) have an accreditation system; (3) have a system for routine inspection of laboratory animal facilities at accredited research entities; (4) have established a set of standards for acceptable animal care, treatment, and use in experimental procedures; and (5) have established a mechanism for liaison with the institutional animal studies committees in accredited research entities and for the involvement of such committees in monitoring compliance with the accreditation standards. Requires research entities to comply with accreditation standards ten years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes provisional accreditation in the interim period. Provides for the establishment of a Federal accreditation mechanism if there are no private agencies to carry out such functions. Provides that in order to be eligible for a Federal award for testing involving large numbers of animals, a research entity must provide to the responsible Federal agency a statement of assurances that: (1) the research entity has established an institutional animal studies committee; (2) the committee will meet regularly, make periodic inspections of all animal study areas and facilities of the research entity, review research methods and practices, and file with the responsible Federal agency certification that such inspections and reviews have occurred and reports on deficient animal care or treatment conditions; (3) the committee will maintain complete records of its activities; (4) committee members will be encouraged to notify the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, the responsible Federal agency, and the applicable accrediting agency of any unacceptable animal care conditions with respect to the research entity; and (5) the committee will establish courses, for personnel involved with animal care and use, on humane animal maintenance and experimentation and on research or testing methods that minimize animal use and animal distress. Requires that Federal support be withheld where animal care conditions are unacceptable despite notification to the research entity. Requires research entities to inform their employees of the provisions under this title and to instruct employees to report violations to the animal studies committee. Authorizes the Secretary to waive accreditation requirements under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary to facilitate agency compliance with this title through the establishment of an information clearinghouse on animal research methods and models. Title III: Special Procedures - Prohibits Federal agency approval of a research proposal involving animal use, unless such proposal justifies any anticipated animal distress in terms of research benefits and provides for the consulting services of a veterinarian, the proper use of tranquilizers, analgesics, anesthetics, and paralytics, appropriate pre- and postsurgical care, and the limited use of animals in major operations. Makes regulations promulgated under this Act ineffective if disapproved by either House of Congress within 60 days after proposal. Title IV: Exemption - Exempts from the requirements of this Act: (1) activities intended to improve animal health, breeding, or management or wild animal conservation; and (2) specific experiments or research programs for which such requirements would present national security risks or risks to the safety of manned space flight. Title V - Terminates all authority conferred by this Act ten years after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the President to transmit to Congress during the first 15 days of each regular session a budget for the ensuing fiscal year which sets forth a recommended level of estimated expenditures that does not exceed estimated receipts during such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the President to transmit to Congress during the first 15 days of each regular session a budget for the ensuing fiscal year which sets forth a recommended level of estimated expenditures that does not exceed estimated receipts during such fiscal year. Exempts from such requirement budgets for fiscal years when the increase in real economic growth for the period on which the economic assumptions for such fiscal year are based is less than three percent and unemployment is projected to be higher than six and one-half percent. Allows a suspension of such requirement in time of war or national emergency. Requires social insurance and national defense to receive first funding priority in reaching such outlay goals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the targeted jobs tax credit from 1982 to 1983. Includes economically disadvantaged individuals who have attained the age of 55 as members of a targeted group for purposes of such credit.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations changing: (1) the conditions for employment of 14 and 15 year-old children; and (2) existing regulations governing full-time student employment at subminimum wages.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 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 July 1982
Uniform Revenue Estimate and Balanced Budget Act of 1982 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit either House of Congress from considering any concurrent resolution on the budget, any amendment to it, or conference report on it, if the adoption of such a measure would cause total budget outlays to exceed the most recent revenue estimate for the fiscal year submitted by the Board of Revenue Estimators (established by this Act), increased by additional revenues to be obtained through the implementation of reconciliation instructions. Provides for a waiver of such prohibition by a three-fifths vote of the Congress, during a national emergency, declaration of war, or economic distress. Establishes a Board of Revenue Estimators to make quarterly reports to the President and to the Committees on the Budget of each House containing an estimate of Federal revenues for the ensuing fiscal year and each of the two fiscal years immediately following. Limits any budget sent by the President to Congress for an ensuing fiscal year to a recommended level of estimated expenditures not exceeding the sum of the Government receipts estimated by the Board of Revenue Estimators, plus any increases in revenues the President recommends.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) national efforts to reduce malnutrition should continue; (2) Federal involvement in nutrition programs should be maintained; and (3) responsibility for Federal child nutrition programs should not be turned back to the States.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the five-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan approved by the Department of the Interior on July 21, 1982. Prohibits the implementation of such program until the Secretary of the Interior has modified the plan to conform to applicable Federal law and national energy policy.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Expresses the concern of the House of Representatives in the preservation and restoration of Rhodes Tavern in Washington, D.C. Encourages preservation and restoration efforts by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Capitol Planning Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the mayor and city council, and other interested organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1982
Extends the congratulations of Congress to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the individuals who contributed to the successful completion of the test flight phase of the Space Shuttle program and the entry of the United States into a new era of space flight.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Residential Mortgage Investment Act of 1982 - Permits employee benefit plans, as defined under this Act, to engage in any qualified mortgage transaction involving any qualified residential mortgage loan, provided transactions between all parties are at arm's length. Permits such plans to participate in any mortgage pool, provided such pool conforms to specified requirements with regard to permitted investments. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Provides that this Act shall supersede any and all contrary provisions of State law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code. Prohibits the imposition of Federal excise tax on a plan or pool that engages in a transaction described under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the community service employment program under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 should not be terminated or weakened.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax exclusion of interest on mortgage subsidy bonds. Revises the arbitrage requirements for tax-exempt bonds to increase the amount by which interest rates on such bonds may exceed the interest rates on mortgages financed with such bonds. Increases the amount by which the acquisition cost of bond-financed residences may exceed the average area purchase price of other homes in the same statistical area. Specifies that issuers are not required to dispose of any investment and realize a loss in order to satisfy arbitrage restrictions. Revises the new homeowner requirements to allow eligibility for bond-financed mortgages for persons who are residing in substandard housing or who have lost their homes because of natural disasters or governmental action. Repeals the registration requirements for bond issues. Revises requirements for residential rental property bond issues relating to the median income level of occupants and the term of the low-income occupancy. Allows the exclusion of interest on industrial development bonds used to finance cooperative housing corporations if the cooperative is affordable by lower income families and other conditions are met.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to give adequate public notice of any intention to close or consolidate a weather service office. Sets forth factors the Secretary must consider in deciding to close or consolidate, including the effect on the community served and the economic savings to the National Weather Service. Permits the appeal of a closing by any person served by the office to the Federal Committee for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
National Hostel System Plan Act of 1982 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop and transmit to specified congressional committees a national hostel system plan, which shall: (1) guide the development and implementation of a national hostel system; (2) encourage the development of hostels by Federal, State, and local agencies, private, nonprofit organizations, and private business; and (3) encourage the operation of hostels by private, nonprofit organizations and businesses. Requires full public participation, including public review and comment, in the development of such plan. Directs the Secretary to submit periodic status reports on the plan until it is completed. Requires the Secretary to ensure that State comprehensive outdoor recreation plans, developed pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, address the issue of the location and development of hostels in a manner consistent with the national hostel system plan. Authorizes appropriations. Makes the authority under this Act to enter into contracts, incur obligations, or make payments effective only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Fair Reduction-in-Force Practices Act of 1982 - Prohibits any executive agency, the Government Printing Office, or the Library of Congress from conducting a reduction-in-force unless, and only to the extent that, the agency has not been able to respond to the reason for the proposed reduction-in-force by: (1) instituting general cost-reduction measures or voluntary personnel cost-reduction measures; (2) establishing programs for eliminating inefficient or wasteful agency practices; (3) transferring available funds between programs and activities; (4) limiting hiring or promotions; (5) transferring personnel to positions that become available through attrition; (6) eliminating unessential overtime, holiday, and premium pay; (7) limiting the hours of intermittent employees and reducing the use of temporary employees; (8) reassigning employees to positions funded by trust or revolving accounts; (9) detailing employees; (10) assigning employees to State or local governments; or (11) any combination of such methods. Requires an agency head to notify the exclusive representative representing any employee who would be affected by a proposed reduction-in-force of any determination of a need for a reduction-in-force. Sets forth procedures governing collective bargaining over a reduction-in-force. Directs each agency to: (1) establish a program of consultation with organizations of managerial personnel who are not subject to collective bargaining; (2) inform any such organization of any proposed reduction-in-force that would affect any of its personnel; (3) provide such organization with a reasonable opportunity to present its views and recommendations; (4) consider such views and recommendations; and (5) provide such organization with a written statement explaining any persisting need for a reduction in force after considering and implementing appropriate recommendations. Permits an agency to conduct a reduction-in-force after satisfying the previous requirements of this Act if: (1) it submits reports concerning the proposed reduction-in-force to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Accounting Office; and (2) such offices certify on the basis of such reports that the requirements of this Act have been met. Requires the report to the OPM to: (1) describe the actions to be taken, the reasons the reduction-in-force is necessary, all alternatives and proposals considered and implemented, and the anticipated impact of the proposed reduction-in-force on the operations and management of the agency; and (2) provide any views and recommendations submitted by employee or management representatives. Requires that the report to the GAO: (1) indicate the estimated total cost to the Government of the proposed reduction-in-force; and (2) compare the estimated savings, over three years, anticipated through the proposed reduction-in-force with the estimated savings anticipated through the alternatives and proposals considered and implemented. Requires such reports to be submitted to specified congressional committees and made available to certain subcommittees. Permits an agency to issue notice of a proposed reduction-in-force to employees no earlier than ten days after the date both the OPM and the GAO have certified that the requirements of this Act have been met. Entitles an affected employee to at least 30 days advance notice. Requires such notice to specify: (1) the personnel action to be taken and its effective date; (2) the information used in determining the employee's standing in the competition for retention; (3) the place where and time when the employee may inspect records pertaining to his or her case; (4) any exceptions to the general order of release; and (5) the employee's right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board. Directs the OPM to establish a Government-wide retention register for each occupational category. Requires the name of each employee specifically notified of a reduction-in-force to be placed on the register for each occupation for which the employee is qualified. Directs the OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by a new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion unless the OPM determines that there is no qualified individual on the appropriate retention register. Directs the OPM to match each individual on the register with the available position for which the individual is best suited and, if the individual is qualified for more than one position, with the position which would be the least disruptive for the individual (considering the duties, pay, work schedule, and location of the position). Requires the OPM to certify to the appointing authority of an agency the name of each individual matched to a position of such agency. Requires an agency to offer an appointment to such a certified individual unless it objects and shows that: (1) appointment of another person is necessary to prevent substantial disruption to an essential agency function or to increase the percentage of women and minorities in the work force to the percentage as of April 1, 1981; or (2) the agency intends to withdraw the vacancy or to leave the position vacant for reasons acceptable to the OPM. Entitles an individual to remain on appropriate retention registers and to be considered for employment for two years. Requires the individual's name to be removed from such registers if: (1) the individual requests that he or she no longer be considered for employment; (2) the personnel action under the proposed reduction-in-force does not take effect; (3) the individual accepts an offer of an appointment under this Act; or (4) the individual is offered a position within the same commuting area and with the same pay, grade, and work schedule as the position from which the individual was released. Entitles individuals who have been affected by or notified of a reduction-in-force since April 1, 1981, to be placed on retention registers upon application. Requires the OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion, even if there is no qualified individual on the retention registers, if there is available a person who, notwithstanding any minimum qualification requirements for the position: (1) receives specific notice of a proposed reduction-in-force and applies for consideration for vacant positions; (2) meets the educational requirements for the position; and (3) the agency determines can reasonably be expected to satisfactorily perform the duties of such position within 180 days of appointment (with training, if necessary). Prohibits an agency from evaluating the performance of such an employee before 180 days after the employee is appointed; but, afterwards, allows the agency to remove such employee for unacceptable performance. Disqualifies from such assignment program any individual who fails to achieve an acceptable performance rating in two consecutive positions. Permits individuals who have been notified of or affected by a reduction-in-force since April 1, 1981, to be assigned under such program upon application. Directs the OPM to require agencies to transmit, at least monthly, a list of the employees notified of a reduction-in-force and a list of positions the agency plans to fill during the next six months. Requires the OPM to make a list of all such positions available to such employees for inspection. Requires the OPM to submit a biannual report to the President and to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the provisions of this Act. Specifies contents of such report. Extends (from one to two years) the period in which a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES), removed because of a reduction-in-force, must apply in order to be reinstated to a vacant SES position. Declares that such a member shall be qualified for such a vacant position if the agency head determines that such member can reasonably be expected to receive a performance rating at any of the fully successful levels for an appraisal period of between 180 and 365 days. Permits early retirement eligibility for employees who are separated from service voluntarily only if such separations are necessary to prevent involuntary separations, grade reductions, furloughs, or reassignments that would otherwise result because of a reorganization, reduction-in-force, or transfer of functions. Entitles an individual who has completed five years of civilian service and who, because of a reduction-in-force, is separated from service or transferred to a position which is not under the civil service retirement system to: (1) restoration of full civil service annuity rights upon depositing the full amount of any lump sum credit the individual received after being separated or transferred; or (2) partial restoration of annuity rights for partial or no deposit of such lump sum credit. Permits the survivor of such an individual to make such deposit for purposes of obtaining a survivor annuity.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Ethiopians who have lived in the United States for a substantial period of time should not be forced to return to Ethiopia; and (2) the Secretary of State should recommend to the Attorney General that extended voluntary departure status be continued for Ethiopians who have continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Israel should be commended for complying with the Camp David accords by returning the Sinai to Egypt; and (2) the United States should assure that Israel maintains a qualitative military edge in the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin the strategic arms reduction talks (START), which should have the following objectives: (1) pursuing a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) deciding when and how to achieve and pursue a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) giving special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) preserving present limitations and controls on current nuclear weapons and delivery systems; and (5) incorporating ongoing negotiations in Geneva on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations. Declares that the United States shall try to reach a common position with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies on any agreement that would be inconsistent with existing U.S. commitments to those allies. Declares that the United States shall promptly approve the SALT II agreement if adequate verification capabilities are maintained.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean war. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commisson of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Commemorates July 1, 1982, the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the International Geophysical Year. Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to a new era of international cooperation in all the sciences.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting retirees or individuals over age 65 from interest penalties with respect to any underpayment of estimated tax. Requires that such underpayment be due to reasonable cause (defined to include mistake or ignorance of the law) and not to willful neglect.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake a program for mitigation of damages to fish and wildlife caused by the first phase of the flood control project on the Sacramento River, California. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Federal share of such project. Deems such project to include authorization to construct bank erosion control works along a specified portion of the Sacramento River.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reopen the American consulate in Kiev, Ukraine, in order to indicate the U.S. concern for the human rights of the people of the Ukraine.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Prohibits economic assistance to Warsaw Pact countries until the Soviet Union has signed a nuclear arms limitation agreement. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) private commercial interests in the United States should refrain from making loans to Warsaw Pact countries until the Soviet Union has signed a nuclear arms limitation agreement; (2) the United States should not help if such loans are made and result in defaults; and (3) the President should seek agreements with our allies to halt the flow of economic assistance to Warsaw Pact countries until the Soviet Union has signed a nuclear arms limitation agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's achievements in the 1912 Olympics. Declares that the Committee should be asked to present Thorpe's medals and awards during the 1984 Olympics.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income certain public retirement benefits to the extent that such benefits do not exceed the maximum social security benefits minus the amount of social security actually received.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Employer Withholding Protection Tax Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit lawsuits against employers who comply with Internal Revenue Service notices which limit or deny withholding exemptions or allowances for employees. Awards attorney's fees to an employer against whom such a lawsuit is filed. Increases the civil penalty for individuals who file more than one false withholding statement. Increases the criminal penalty for filing false withholding statements and for the failure to supply required information. Makes the civil penalty for filing false withholding statements applicable to the first withholding statement filed by a taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Includes an individual's military service as Federal service for purposes of provisions concerning unemployment compensation eligibility if the individual: (1) was released from such military service under conditions other than dishonorable; and (2) was not given a bad conduct discharge or, if an officer, did not resign for the good of the service. Eliminates provisions excluding military service as Federal service for such purposes if the individual: (1) left the service voluntarily; or (2) was released or discharged for cause.
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