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Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20]

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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 634 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the disposition of oil company overcharges and other amounts collected by the Department of Energy in connection with violations of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that funds which have been collected for violations of the regulations under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 and which cannot be refunded because the injured parties cannot be readily identified should be distributed to the States to be used by the States for energy related programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 7309 (97th)referred

A bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1982

Establishes the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Requires the Commission to: (1) plan and develop appropriate activities to commemorate the bicentennial of the Constitution; (2) encourage private organizations, and State and local governments to organize and participate in bicentennial activities; (3) coordinate activities throughout all the States; and (4) serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of bicentennial information. Directs the Commission to seek assistance from private and governmental agencies and organizations. Requires the Commission to submit a report of its recommendations to the President, Congress and the Judicial Conference within two years of enactment of this Act and annually until its termination. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and such sums as necessary through FY 1989.

Bill· HRH.R. 7229 (97th)referred

A bill to prevent the use of automatic adjustment clauses by Federally regulated gas and electric utilities.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

Amends the Natural Gas Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from allowing any rate increase to go into effect pursuant to a purchased gas adjustment clause. Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit an electric utility from increasing rates pursuant to an automatic adjustment clause unless such increase reflects an increase in the cost of electric power purchased from a centrally dispatched power pool.

Bill· HRH.R. 7212 (97th)referred

National Debt Retirement Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1982

National Debt Retirement Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the cash proceeds from the transfer, lease, or disposal of surplus government property, with specified exceptions, to be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury and used solely to retire the national debt.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 409 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution regarding the massacre of Palestinians in Lebanon.

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982

Condemns the recent massacre of Palestinians in Lebanon. Extends the sympathy of the Congress to the families of those murdered and to the Palestinian community. Expresses the regret of the Congress over recent events, including the assassination of President-elect Gemayel. Calls for international cooperation to prevent further bloodshed in Lebanon. Calls for the removal of all foreign forces from Lebanon. Urges the President to pursue every possible effort to bring peace to the Middle East.

Bill· HRH.R. 7122 (97th)referred

Natural Gas Marketing Improvements Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Natural Gas Marketing Improvements Act of 1982 - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that any contract for the sale of natural gas to any pipeline shall be deemed to include a purchase requirement adjustment clause, unless otherwise expressly provided in the contract. Provides that under a purchase requirement adjustment clause a purchaser may refuse to accept any portion of the gas purchased if the purchaser determines there is not a market for the gas. Prohibits a purchaser from reducing the volume accepted below 50 percent of the amount the purchaser contracted to take. Requires a purchaser to reduce the volume of the highest price gas first. Voids any contract provision that requires payment for gas not accepted pursuant to this Act. Prohibits a purchaser who has not accepted the full amount of gas under a contract from accepting gas for an equal or higher price under a new contract. Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider a pipeline's use of a purchase requirement adjustment clause in any purchase gas adjustment or general rate proceeding involving that pipeline. Provides that any contract for the sale of natural gas to any pipeline shall be deemed to include a transportation obligation clause. Provides that under a transportation obligation clause any purchaser who has exercised the right to reduce the volume of gas for which the purchaser contracted must provide, on behalf of the seller, transportation of any such gas which: (1) is involved in the reduction; (2) is resold by the seller to another purchaser; and (3) the purchaser would be required to pay for in the absence of the exercise of such contract provision. Provides that the consideration for any such transportation shall be $.05 per million Btu's plus the cost of transportation.

Bill· HRH.R. 7079 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1970, to prohibit restrictions on the export of certain agricultural commodities.

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to prohibit the President from restricting the export of an agricultural commodity sought to be exported under an export sales contract: (1) requiring delivery of a commodity aboard an export vehicle within 270 days; (2) entered into before the President announces an export restriction on the commodity; and (3) reported pursuant to a specified section of the Agricultural Act of 1970. Permits the President to restrict exports of such a commodity during a declared war or national emergency.

Bill· HRH.R. 7080 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982

Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require that in commodity selection for famine relief and other assistance programs, consideration must be given to the nutritional impact on recipients and the benefits to the United States of providing processed and protein fortified products. Requires the President to assure that 60 percent of the actual tonnage of commodities allocated for such relief be processed food products with 45 percent consisting of plant and milk fortified processed foods.

Bill· HRH.R. 6942 (97th)open

A bill to provide for the review of the behavior of individual justices and judges by three-judge panels.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982

Authorizes the Chief Justice, on the Chief Justice's own initiative or at the request of other judges or justices, to establish and select a three-member panel to review the behavior of any justice (other than the Chief Justice) or judge whose behavior is questioned under such initiative or request. Requires the dismissal of any judge or justice if a majority of the panel determines that the judge's or justice's behavior is not good. Provides for the establishment of a panel to review the behavior of the Chief Justice. Permits any judge or justice whose behavior is reviewed to appeal a determination to the Supreme Court within 30 days of the determination.

Bill· HRH.R. 6948 (97th)referred

A bill to restrict the authority of the Chief of Engineers to terminate certain cottage site leases on the Upper Mississippi River.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982

Requires the Secretary of the Army to continue in effect any cottage site lease of property located along the Mississippi River between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the mouth of the Mississippi River. Prohibits the Secretary from terminating such a lease unless: (1) the property covered by the lease is needed for immediate use for public park purposes or other higher public use or for a navigation or flood control project; or (2) the lessee violates a provision of such lease.

Bill· HRH.R. 6926 (97th)referred

Export Adjustment Assistance Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982

Export Adjustment Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Export Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Authorizes groups of workers or their union to petition the Secretary of Labor for a certification of eligibility to apply for export adjustment assistance. Requires the Secretary to provide for a public hearing if the petitioner requests such a hearing within ten days of the publication of notice of the petition. Requires the Secretary to certify a group of workers as eligible to apply for export adjustment assistance if the Secretary determines: (1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in those workers' firm or subdivision have been totally or partially separated; (2) that sales or production, or both, of that firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and (3) that the imposition of export controls for foreign policy purposes was a substantial cause of the separations and of the decline in sales or production. Requires the Secretary to determine, within 60 days of the date on which the petition was filed, whether to issue a certification of eligibility. Prohibits a certification from applying to any worker whose last separation occurred: (1) more than a year before the date of the petition; or (2) more than six months before the effective date of this Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) publish determinations on such petitions in the Federal Register; and (2) terminate certifications when the Secretary determines that separations from the firms are no longer attributable to export controls. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide workers with information about trade adjustment assistance; (2) insure that State agencies comply with agreements entered into under this Act. Sets forth the qualifying requirements for workers covered by a certification under this title. Authorizes the Secretary to require adversely affected workers for whom training is approved to accept such training or to search for work outside their labor market area if, in such area, there exist: (1) a high level of unemployment; (2) no suitable employment opportunities; and (3) facilities for job training. Prohibits requiring a worker to: (1) accept training or undertake a job search until after the expiration of the first eight weeks of eligibility; or (2) accept or participate in such training for a period longer than the remaining period to which the worker is entitled to such assistance. Sets forth the method of determining the amount of the trade readjustment allowance. Limits the total amount payable with respect to the period covered by a certification to 52 times the weekly allowance less the total amount of unemployment insurance to which the worker was entitled. Permits up to 26 additional weeks of trade readjustment allowances to help a worker complete approved job training. Applies State availability and disqualification provisions to workers who file claims for readjustment allowances. Directs the Secretary to make every reasonable effort to provide adversely affected workers covered by a certification with employment services. Authorizes the Secretary to approve training for a worker if: (1) no suitable employment is available; (2) the worker would benefit from appropriate training; (3) there is a reasonable expectation of employment following completion of such training; (4) approved training is available; and (5) the worker is qualified to undertake and complete such training. Prohibits finding a worker in a training program ineligibile or disqualified for unemployment insurance or benefits because the individual: (1) left work which is not suitable employment in order to enter such training program; or (2) the individual would be ineligible under provisions of State or Federal unemployment law concerning an individual's availability or search for work or refusal to accept work. Directs the Secretary to submit a quarterly report to Congress on the amount spent on such training. Authorizes, with specified limitations, supplemental assistance when training is not provided within commuting distance of the worker's residence. Provides that a worker who, without good cause, refuses to accept or continue or fails to make satisfactory progress in suitable training shall not be entitled to trade readjustment allowances until the worker enters or resumes the training. Authorizes job search allowances of up to $600 for adversely affected workers covered by a certification. Authorizes such allowance only: (1) to help a worker who has been totally separated to obtain a job in the United States; (2) where such worker cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment within the worker's commuting area; and (3) where the worker has filed an application before a specified date. Authorizes relocation allowances for workers covered by a certification who file an application before a specified date. Authorizes such allowance to assist an adversely affected worker in relocating within the United States if such worker cannot reasonably be expected to secure suitable employment in the worker's commuting area and if such worker: (1) has obtained suitable employment affording a reasonable expectation of long-term duration; or (2) has obtained a bona fide offer of such employment; and (3) is totally separated at the time relocation begins. Prohibits granting a relocation allowance unless the relocation occurs within a specified time period. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with States or State agencies under which the State or State agency: (1) as agent of the United States, will receive applications for and provide payments according to this title; (2) will provide workers with employment services; and (3) will cooperate with State and Federal agencies in providing payments and services under this title. Requires such agreements to provide that a worker's unemployment insurance shall not be reduced because of payments under this title. Requires the Secretary to arrange regulations for the administration of this title if there is no State agreement. Provides for payments to the States to cover payments provided by this title. Sets forth the liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers for payments made under their authority. Requires that persons who receive payments under this title to which they are not entitled must repay the amount received unless the State agency or the Secretary waives repayment. Authorizes the Secretary to require the State agency to recover any such overpayment by deducting it from the unemployment insurance payable to such persons. Limits such deductions to 50 percent of the amount otherwise payable. Provides that persons who obtain payments by fraud shall be ineligibile for further payments under this title. Authorizes appropriations. Grants the Secretary subpoena power to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence necessary for the Secretary to make determinations under this title. Title II: Adjustment Assistance for Firms - Authorizes a firm or its representative to petition the Secretary of Commerce for a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance. Requires a public hearing on the petition if any entity with a substantial interest in the proceedings requests a hearing within ten days of the publication of the petition. Requires the Secretary to certify a firm as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance if: (1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in that firm have become totally or partially separated or are threatened with total or partial separation (2) sales or production or both have decreased absolutely; and (3) the imposition of export controls for foreign policy purposes or articles produced by that firm contributed importantly to the separations and to the decline in sales or production. Requires the Secretary to make a determination with respect to such petition within 60 days of its filing date. Authorizes the Export-Import Bank to award adjustment assistance in the form of a loan or guarantee to any firm certified by the Secretary. Limits such assistance to the amount necessary to compensate the firm for its losses. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: General Provisions - Provides for judicial review of final determinations by: (1) the Secretary of Labor on petitions for export adjustment assistance; or (2) the Secretary of Commerce on petitions for adjustment assistance.

Bill· HRH.R. 6917 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 with respect to the conditions under which extended compensation is payable in any State.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Provides that, for any week beginning after enactment of this Act and before January 1, 1983, the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act shall be applied as if the State trigger were based solely on a State insured unemployment rate of five percent for that week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks (waiving the 120 percent factor). Waives the required 13-week period between extended benefit periods if the prior extended benefit period closed before the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to delay from September 25, 1982, to March 31, 1983, the effective date of amendments increasing the State insured unemployment rate required to trigger extended unemployment compensation payments. Permits States to pay extended benefits on the basis of area triggers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the income level, in the case of an individual or a joint return, above which unemployment compensation becomes includible in gross income.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 384 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should maintain Federal involvement in, and support for, the child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 6839 (97th)open

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1982 - Authorizes States with approved unemployment compensation laws with extended compensation provisions to enter into and participate in (and to terminate upon 30 days' written notice) agreements with the Secretary of Labor that State agencies will make emergency compensation payments. Declares eligible for such payments individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular State compensation, who have no rights to State or Federal compensation (including both regular and extended compensation), and who are not receiving Canadian compensation for any week of unemployment which begins in an emergency benefit period and the individual's eligibility period. Prohibits such payments for any week of unemployment which begins more than two years after the end of the benefit year for which the individual exhausted regular compensation rights. Declares that an emergency benefit period shall: (1) begin with the third week after a week for which there is an area "emergency on" indicator (when the rate of insured unemployment in such State for such week and the immediately preceding three weeks equaled or exceeded five percent); and (2) end with the third week after the first week for which there is a State "emergency off" indicator (when the rate of insured unemployment in such State for such week and the immediately preceding three weeks is less than five percent). Requires that, in the case of any area of a State, no emergency benefit period shall last longer than 13 consecutive weeks. Requires that the amount of emergency compensation payable to any individual for any week of total unemployment be equal to the regular compensation payable to such individual during his or her benefit year under State law. Requires that, under such agreements, States establish an emergency compensation account for each eligible applicant, in an amount equal to the lesser of 100 percent of the total amount of regular compensation payable to such applicant during his or her most recent benefit year or 13 times the average weekly benefit amount for such year. Requires that each State which has entered into such agreement be paid an amount equal to 100 percent of the emergency compensation paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make such payments to each State in sums certified by the Secretary of Labor, by transfers from funds appropriated under this Act to the account of such State in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Provides penalties for individuals involved in misrepresentation with regard to such emergency payments. Authorizes States to require individuals to repay amounts of emergency compensation to which they were not entitled, and to waive such repayments in cases where the individual was without fault and where repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Authorizes States to deduct such amounts to be repaid from various types of unemployment compensation payable to such individual and administered by State agencies. Limits any single deduction to no more than 50 percent of the weekly benefit amount from which such deduction is made. Requires notice and opportunity for a fair hearing for an individual, and an appropriate review, before such repayment determinations become final and before such repayments are required or such deductions are made.

Bill· HRH.R. 6784 (97th)referred

A bill to allow a credit against Federal income taxes or a payment from the United States Treasury for State and local real property taxes or an equivalent portion of rent paid on their residences by individuals who have attained age 65.

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals age 65 or over an income tax credit for the State and local real property taxes, or the amount of rent constituting such taxes, paid on their principal residences. Provides for a payment from the Treasury in the case of individuals whose tax liability is less than such real property taxes. Limits such credit or payment to $300 ($150 for married individuals filing separately). Reduces the allowable credit by the amount that the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $8,000 ($4,000 for married individuals filing separately). Extends such credit to married individuals filing jointly where either spouse has attained age 65. Provides that such credit shall not affect the taxpayer's allowable income tax deductions for real property taxes.

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