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United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to exempt from the termination provisions of such Act provisions relating to the export of domestically produced crude oil.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Mrs. Paul W. Bryant, a gold medal in recognition of the late Paul W. "Bear" Bryant.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Department of Education should withdraw all remaining proposed regulations relating to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and should increase its efforts to provide technical assistance to States and local schools for improved services to handicapped children; and (2) any final regulations promulgated by the Department under such Act should be rejected if they would dilute the strength of the protection of the educational rights of handicapped children.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Space Commerce Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue licenses for launching private sector space objects. Sets forth the conditions for issuing a license, including the ability to meet liability insurance requirements. Establishes criminal penalties for launching private space objects without such a license. Directs the Secretary to establish requirements for liability insurance to be carried by any licensee. Permits the Administrator to suspend or revoke a license for failure to comply with applicable regulations. Excludes from this Act space objects launched by or on behalf of the United States Government. Establishes the Commercial Space Commission to study the direction of future Government involvement and regulation of private sector commercial activity in outer space. Directs the Commission to report to Congress within a specified time. Terminates the Commission 60 days after its final report.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Record Rental Amendment of 1983 - Prohibits the owner of a particular phonorecord of a sound recording from renting, leasing, or lending such recording for commercial advantage unless authorized to do so by the copyright owner.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Designates September 21, 1983, as National Historically Black Colleges Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should implement, within the United States, the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Disabled Persons (1983-1992).
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Confers U.S. citizenship on Corporal Wladyslaw Staniszewski, posthumously.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning March 11, 1984, as National Surveyors Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Designates the week beginning March 20, 1983, as National Mental Health Counselors Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Authorizes the President to present on behalf of Congress a gold medal to Danny Thomas in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding work as an American. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by said Secretary. Provides, effective October 1, 1983, funds not to exceed $22,000 to carry out the purposes of the Act. Provides that the Secretary may cause bronze duplicates of the medal to be coined and sold under regulations prescribed by the Secretary at a price sufficient to cover the costs of producing the gold medal. Directs that the appropriation used to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds from such coin sales. Provides that the medals are to be national medals.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 17 through April 24, 1983, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Designates February 12, 1983, as Georgia Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Computer Contribution Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase for one year the maximum allowable charitable contribution income tax deduction for corporations which donate computers during 1984 to primary and secondary schools. Requires that contributions be nondiscriminatory as to geographic areas or economic status of the donees, and be used directly in the education of students.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 20, 1983, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Designates the month of March 1983 as National Eye Donor Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983
Directs the President to designate February 16, 1983, as Lithuanian Independence Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
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 unit of 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 unemployment rate above the national average for the most recent 24 month period; and (3) 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, except for expenditures to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local government with population of over 50,000 if located outside an economic 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. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1986. 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 in the locality. Requires the Secretary to maintain a permanent record of all applications approved for financial assistance. Requires each recipient of assistance to keep records, to review the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of the project, and to file an annual audit and biannual reports. Grants the Secretary and the Comptroller General access to any books, documents, papers, and records of any recipient, subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor that are pertinent to assistance received under this Act. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Declares that any contract entered into pursuant to this Act shall be effective only to such extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance in an appropriation Act. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1983 - 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 1988 for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1988. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1991 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, 1983, 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 1988. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Benjamin Elijah Mays.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1982
Space Commerce Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue licenses for launching private sector space objects. Sets forth the conditions for issuing a license, including the ability to meet liability insurance requirements. Establishes criminal penalties for launching private space objects without such a license. Directs the Secretary to establish requirements for liability insurance to be carried by any licensee. Permits the Administrator to suspend or revoke a license for failure to comply with applicable regulations. Excludes from this Act space objects launched by or on behalf of the United States Government. Establishes the Commercial Space Study Commission to study the direction of future Government involvement and regulation of private sector commercial activity in outer space. Directs the Commission to report to Congress within a specified time. Terminates the Commission 60 days after its final report.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1982
Designates the week beginning October 17, 1982, as National Federal Retirees Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1982
Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act - Directs the head of a designated agency to make monthly payments to the surviving spouse of a veteran in the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the head of a designated agency to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to certain children between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning. Limits eligibility for such payments to children of veterans who died on active duty before August 13, 1981, or from a service-connected disability. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the designated agency head with information necessary to carry out this Act. Sets forth provisions determining time and percentage of increases in benefits, including a requirement that all payments be rounded down to the next lower multiple of $1. Directs the Secretary of Defense during FY 1983 to transfer funds from the Retired Pay, Defense account to whomever is chosen to administer this program. Requires such head to establish an account in his or her agency to receive such payments. Permits such head and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to combine specified payments into a single monthly payment.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982
Designates December 12 through December 18, 1982, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982
Establishes the Commission on Capital Markets to evaluate the regulation of financial intermediaries by the Federal and State governments and the functioning of such intermediaries in the accumulation and allocation of capital within the U.S. economy. Requires the Commission, not later than one year after its initial meeting, to submit to Congress a report on the results of its evaluation. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of its final report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982
Designates October 10 through October 16, 1982, as Freedom Week, USA.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1982
Missing Children Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to collect and exchange information which would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased individuals and the location of missing persons, including missing children.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1982
Balanced Monetary Policy Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System to establish yearly targets for long-term interest rates, and for money and credit aggregates. Requires the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee to take necessary actions to assure that such targets are achieved, on average, on an annual basis. Requires a written report to specified Congressional committees if such targets cannot or should not be achieved because of unfavorable economic conditions. Requires the Board of Governors to transmit specified information to Congress biannually. Requires the Board to announce publicly changes in objectives and plans at the time those changes are determined. Requires the President to state for the System's record the administration's position on each vote on monetary policy taken by the Board and by the Federal Open Market Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982
National High-Technology Technician Training Act - Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a pilot high-technology technician training program under which community colleges, using Federal and community industrial support, will provide training in technical competencies in strategic high-technology fields. Requires such programs to emphasize on-the-job training intermixed with technical occupational training and to place recruiting emphasis on the underemployed and unemployed. Requires the participating colleges to establish an associate degree training program in designated fields according to the Director's guidelines. Requires the Director to: (1) determine the necessary fields; (2) identify economic areas with high-technology industries; (3) select accredited community colleges; and (4) appoint a National Advisory Council on High-Technology Technician Training to advise him on the program. Requires the Director to report to Congress annually on the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of October 3 through October 9, 1982 as National Productivity Improvement Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of August 1 through August 7, 1982, as National Purple Heart Week.
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 · 17 June 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government should maintain its commitment to the research and development of magnetic fusion energy.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to remove obstructions which are hazardous to navigation in the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and to maintain the channel depth authorized for the project for navigation and other purposes on such rivers.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1982
Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act -- Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to certain children between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning. Limits eligibility for such payments to children of veterans who died on active duty or from a service-connected disability. Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments to the surviving spouse of such a veteran in the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary concerned to notify each member of the armed forces that their dependents will be ineligible for such benefits should the member die after the applicable date, in no case later than August 13, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the Secretary concerned with information necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1982 - Declares that it is congressional policy to allow access to the U.S. market for foreign-produced steel on an equitable basis in order to safeguard the national security, insure orderly trade, and alleviate U.S. balance-of-payments problems. Title I: Steel Tripartite Advisory Council - Directs the President to establish within the Executive Office of the President a Steel Tripartite Advisory Council. Requires the Council to advise the President and Congress on problems within the basic steel industry and to provide advice and recommendations on related domestic and international issues. Requires other Federal agencies to provide the Council with economic information upon request. Directs the Council to report to the President on the condition of the steel industry. Title II: Quantitative Restrictions on Imports of Certain Steel Products - Limits to 5,000,000 tons the amount of articles in all steel product categories that may be imported between July 1, 1982, and January 1, 1983. Imposes a further limitation on such imports if unemployment in the domestic steel industry reaches between ten percent and 15 percent for three consecutive months. Prohibits any steel imports if unemployment in the domestic industry for three consecutive months is over 15 percent. Limits the amount of steel imports in each calendar year after 1982 to 10,000,000 tons. Imposes further limitations on imports depending upon the level of unemployment in the domestic industry. Imposes additional limitations on imports during any year after 1982 of articles in any one steel product category. Imposes a per country limitation on imports during such years of articles: (1) in all steel product categories; and (2) within any one steel product category. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to apportion shares of the U.S. market to foreign countries on the basis of information provided by the Secretary of the Treasury. Declares that it is the goal of this title to ensure that the imports of articles in all steel product categories be equalized on a monthly basis throughout each calendar year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to impose additional limitations on the imports from a country whose exports to the United States exceed a specified limit. Authorizes the President to reduce such restrictions imposed under this title if the President makes a specified determination and the Congress, after notification by the President, does not adopt a concurrent resolution disapproving such reduction. Title III: Quantitative Restrictions on Iron Ore Imports - Limits the amount of iron ore that may be imported: (1) between July 1, 1982, and December 31, 1982, to 7,000,000 tons; (2) during 1983 to 14,000,000 tons; and (3) during 1984 to 14,000,000 tons, unless the Secretary finds that there has been an increase in employment in the domestic iron ore industry. Provides for a ten percent increase in imports in 1984 for each ten percent increase in employment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the restrictions on imports of iron ore in order to insure continued operation of domestic steelmaking plants. Requires that such waiver be made on a plant-by-plant basis and only if the Secretary makes a specified determination.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 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 180 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.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Cheaha Wilderness Act of 1982 - Designates certain lands in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama as the Cheaha Wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Requests the President to designate October 3 through October 9, 1982, as National Schoolbus Safety Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Requests the President to designate 1983 as Year of the Bible.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Grants a Federal charter to the National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Incorporated.
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 · 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 · 1 April 1982
Designates the week of November 7 through November 13, 1982, as National Respiratory Therapy Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Designates the week beginning July 18, 1982, as National Junior Bowling Championship Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Sipsey Wilderness Additions Act of 1982 - Designates certain lands in the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama as part of the Sipsey Wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Requests the President to designate August 14, 1982, as National Navajo Code Talkers Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Home Recording Act of 1982 - Amends the copyright law to exempt from liability for infringement of copyright any individual who makes a single video recording of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or a single audio recording of a musical work or sound recording, in his private home solely for the private use of his household. Requires the compulsory licensing of manufacturers and importers of video and audio recording devices and media. Directs the Chairman of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal to establish royalty fees to be paid by such manufacturers and importers. Sets forth a procedure for distributing such fees to the owners of copyright of audiovisual works included in television or radio transmissions or sold to the public on phonorecords. Sets forth penalties for violations of these requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Requests the President to designate the week beginning on November 21, 1982, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Requests the President to designate the month of April 1982 as Parliamentary Emphasis Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that no new withholding of tax requirement for interest and dividend income should be enacted.