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

An amendment to the English substitute amendment to the Daschle amendment. The Findley amendment changes the restriction on the importation of meat that has "been produced" with chemicals banned in the U.S. to those meats which "contain" the banned substances.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment to provide that between September 29, 1982 and September 30, 1985, if government purchase of dairy products for any fiscal year equals or exceeds four billion pounds, the support price for the year is not to exceed the price in effect at the end of the previous fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment dealing with scientific exchanges with the USSR. The amendment requires that prior to any renewal of agreements or increasing exchanges relating to science and technology with the USSR the Secretary of State report to Congress on the risk of transfer to the USSR of militarily significant technology through research exchanges, and other activities. The report is also to provide a description of the exchanges and other activities of the fiscal years 1979 through 1981. The report is to be prepared in consultation with the Department of Defense. The amendment also prohibits the use of funds of the State Department or ICA for long term scientific or technological study in the U.S. by citizens of the USSR in the US-USSR Graduate Student Young Faculty Exchange or Senior Scholar Exchange.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment to limit the milk price support level to the level at the end of the previous fiscal year if the U.S. acquires 4.5 billion or more pounds of milk in any fiscal year between 9/29/81 and 9/30/85.

United States · United States Congress

An amendment to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce rules and regulations to make the tobacco price support program function without cost to the American taxpayer. They are to take effect March 1, 1982 unless disapproved prior to that date by concurrent resolution of the Congress.

United States · United States Congress

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.

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.

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.

A joint resolution designating December 1982 as "National Closed-Captioned Television Month".

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

Designates December 1982 as National Closed-Captioned Television Month.

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.

A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate certain export controls imposed on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1982

Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to terminate the export controls that were imposed for foreign policy purposes on December 30, 1981, and June 22, 1982, on equipment and technology that could be used to complete the Soviet natural gas pipeline.

A joint resolution designating October 16, 1982, as "National Newspaper Carrier Appreciation Day".

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982

Designates October 16, 1982, as National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day.

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.

A joint resolution to authorize a study of surveys to prevent flooding along the Fork Branch Creek.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture to make investigations and surveys with respect to the prevention of flooding along the South Fork and Flat Branch sub-basins of the Sangamon River Basin.

A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week of December 12, 1982, through December 18, 1982, as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Designates December 12 through December 18, 1982, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.

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.

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.

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.

A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the month of October, 1982, as "Head Start Awareness Month".

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Designates October 1982 as Head Start Awareness Month.

A joint resolution to proclaim March 21, 1983, as "National Agriculture Day".

United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982

Designates March 21, 1983, as National Agriculture Day.

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.

A bill to provide for a national pseudorabies eradication program.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a national pseudorabies eradication program; and (2) an advisory committee on pseudorabies eradication.

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.

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.