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United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Designates July 9, 1982, and April 9, 1983, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that reducing unemployment should be given a higher priority in determining U.S. fiscal and monetary policy.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Soviet Union should comply with certain international agreements relating to human rights by pursuing a more humane emigration policy and by ceasing harassment of Jews and others seeking to emigrate; (2) Soviet compliance with internationally recognized emigration rights would significantly promote improved relations with the United States; (3) the President should convey these concerns of Congress to the Soviet Union at every appropriate opportunity; and (4) the President should also convey these concerns to U.S. allies.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Prohibits the repeal or modification, within the three-year period after enactment of this Act, of specified regulations of the Federal Highway Administration relating to the maintenance of logs by drivers employed by motor carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Designates October 1982 as National Car Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government should immediately cease purchasing Iranian crude oil.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with other countries.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Expresses congressional approval of the 1979 strategic arms limitation agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States (SALT II). Directs the President to transmit to the Soviet Union the necessary instruments of ratification.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Amends Federal law to replace language referring to racially separate colleges financed under the Agricultural College Act of 1890 with language requiring funds to be equitably distributed among all institutions so financed. States that this Act shall not be construed as affecting Department of Agriculture research and extension programs at Tuskegee Institute or other institutions established under the Act of July 2, 1862, or the Act of August 30, 1890.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction from gross income for contributions of cash, stocks, bonds, or other securities to a savings account for the purpose of paying the educational expenses of the taxpayer's children or grandchildren who have not attained the age of 21 before the close of the calendar year for which the contribution is made. Limits such deduction to $1,000 per calendar year adjusted for inflation. Prohibits the establishment of an account for the benefit of more than one individual. Prohibits an individual from being a beneficiary of more than one account. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the taxpayer so long as such distributions are used to pay the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books, supplies, and reasonable living expenses at an institution of higher education or a vocational school. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Provides that distributions used for the educational expenses of the beneficiary shall not be included in the gross income of the beneficiary.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that if Israel is illegally denied its right to participate in the United Nations General Assembly or in any specialized agency of the United Nations the United States should: (1) suspend its participation in the General Assembly or specialized agency; and (2) withhold its assessed contribution to the United Nations or specialized agency until the illegal action is reversed.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Excludes amounts received under a veteran's educational assistance program for purposes of determining such veteran's eligibility for any other federally funded educational assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Amends the Federal Employees Compensation Act to entitle a claimant for death or disability compensation under such Act to interest on any unpaid amount of the claim if the claim is filed properly and payment thereon has not begun within six months after the later of: (1) the date on which the claim is filed; or (2) the date on which continuation of pay is terminated in the case of an employee who has filed a claim for loss of wages due to traumatic injury. Prohibits the payment of such interest to any claimant who has failed or refused to: (1) supply additional information requested by the Secretary of Labor within 45 days after receipt of a request; or (2) submit to medical examination within 45 days after being required to do so. Provides for one-half of the costs of any interest payments required under this Act to be paid out of the Employees' Compensation Fund.
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 · 27 April 1982
Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Public Health Service a National Institute of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to; (1) develop and expand diabetes research and training centers; and (2) evaluate such centers annually. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary, with the Director of the Institute, to establish: (1) the Diabetes Data Group; (2) the Diabetes Information Clearinghouse; and (3) a diabetes data system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary to establish a diabetes and endocrine and metabolic disease coordinating committee to coordinate Federal activities with respect to such diseases. Requires the Committee to report annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Diabetes Advisory Board, whose duration shall expire on September 30, 1985. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the "Crime Victims Compensation Trust Fund." Appropriates to such fund amounts equivalent to the excise taxes imposed on pistols and revolvers. Provides that amounts in such fund shall be available, as provided by appropriation Acts, for purposes of providing compensation to victims of crime.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Designates the week beginning March 6, 1983, as Women's History Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Federal Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Act of 1982 - Permits States to enter into and participate in agreements with the Secretary of Labor under this Act and to terminate such agreements upon providing 30 days' written notice to the Secretary. Requires that such agreements provide that the State agency will make Federal supplemental compensation payments: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular and extended compensation under State law, have no rights to unemployment compensation with respect to a week under State or Federal law, and are not receiving Canadian unemployment compensation with respect to such week; and (2) for any week of unemployment which begins in an extended benefit period and the individual's period of eligibility. Prohibits any Federal supplemental compensation payment to any individual for any week of unemployment which begins more than two years after the end of the benefit year for which rights to regular compensation were exhausted. Makes the amount of Federal supplemental compensation payable to any individual for any week of total unemployment equal to the amount of the regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable during the benefit year under the State law. Requires that the amount established in an individual's Federal supplemental compensation account equal the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable with respect to the benefit year on the basis of which regular compensation was most recently received; or (2) 13 times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Prohibits payment of Federal supplemental compensation to any individual under an agreement entered into under this Act for any week beginning: (1) before the first week beginning after enactment of this Act or the week following the week in which such agreement is entered into, whichever is later; or (2) after September 30, 1983. Provides for Federal payments to States having agreements for the payment of Federal supplemental compensation. Directs the Secretary to certify from time to time to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State the sums payable under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make such payments by transfers from funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to the account of the State in the Unemployment Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, as necessary to carry out this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to fraud and overpayments.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Title I: National Development Investment - National Development Investment Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to cite such Act as the National Development Investment Act and to revise the emphasis of such Act from primary Federal initiative to coordination of investments between the public and the private sectors. Sets forth the findings of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, upon the application of an eligible State, economic development district, distressed local government (with a population under 50,000 and located outside an economic development district) Indian tribe, or nonprofit economic development organization. to make a grant for a portion of the cost of projects submitted in a development investment strategy. Sets forth eligible activities for such development investment assistance, including repairs, rehabilitation, and small business establishment. Sets forth specific eligibility criteria for applicants for such assistance. Requires an application for a grant under this Act to include: (1) a certification that the area concerned meets certain distress requirements; (2) a certification of any responsibilities which the Secretary has agreed to perform; and (3) a development investment strategy prepared in accordance with this Act. Requires the Secretary to consider specified purposes of this Act in approving applications. Lists as criteria any one of which an area must meet in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act: (1) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; (2) an employment growth rate below the national average; (3) a population loss over the most recent five-year period; (4) an unemployment rate above the national average for the most recent 24 month period; and (5) a sudden economic dislocation resulting in job loss. Sets forth the information to be contained in a grant applicant's development investment strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to establish a revolving loan fund for making or guaranteeing loans to small businesses for initial or working capital, or the purchase of facilities or equipment. Limits to $1,000,000 the amount of any such grant. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a maximum 50 percent of the cost of completing the project as determined at the time of the grant application. Permits the Secretary to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of an Indian tribe. Limits expenditures in any one State to a maximum 15 percent of the appropriations made pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local governments with a population over 50,000 (if located outside an econmic development district). Earmarks such grants for coordination of investment for community facilities, economic development, manpower training, and transportation services. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate Federal, State, and local development investment efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct any demonstration program to test the feasibility of new ways to increase productivity, foster innovative technology, match labor force with labor markets, or encourage economic diversity and regional balance. Limits the amount of any such grant to not more than 75 percent of the cost of economic development planning or of investment strategy preparation. Declares that the Secretary of Commerce shall administer this Act with the assistance of a specified Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other persons and agencies. Prohibits the approval of any grant unless the Secretary is satisfied that the project concerned will be properly and efficiently administered, operated, and maintained. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary under this Act. Permits the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to a project by accepting a certification of the grant applicant's performance of such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to make comprehensive annual reports to Congress detailing operations under this Act. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this Act to be paid the prevailing rate of wage. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to declare that investments under such Act shall also be made in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1987. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the subsequent Federal share of an Appalachian development highway segment when a participating State proceeds to construct a segment of such a highway without the aid of Federal funds. Applies such increase to projects approved after March 31, 1979. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States and public and nonprofit entities for projects which will: (1) assist in the creation or retention of permanent private sector jobs, the upgrading of the region's manpower, or the attraction of private investment; (2) provide special assistance to severely distressed and underdeveloped counties which lack financial resources for improving basic services; (3) assist in achieving the goal of making primary health care accessible in the region; or (4) otherwise serve the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the authorization of any financial assistance to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work previously performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors. Prohibits grants with funds authorized after October 1, 1982, from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of any approved project. Permits such grants to increase the Federal contribution to any project to such percentage as the Commission determines within specified limitations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Designates the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, D.C., as a national historic site. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Council of Negro Women which may provide technical and financial assistance to restore and maintain the historic site and property related to such site. Requires the Council to submit to the Secretary and Congress an annual report on the activities and expenditures for which such assistance was used as a condition of the receipt of such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Amends the Water Research and Development Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations, on a cost-sharing basis, through FY 1984 for water resources research institutes and for grants to and contracts with such institutes and other qualified institutions. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1984 for saline water conversion research and development programs. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1984 to carry out water research and development programs pursuant to such Act other than those for which specific authorizations are made.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Congratulates Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, on the celebration of its 70th anniversary.
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 · 1 April 1982
Designates September 19 through September 25, 1982, as National Cystic Fibrosis Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Secretary of the Interior should refrain from issuing mineral leases in wilderness areas and lands under formal consideration for wilderness designation; (2) any Federal official who proposes to issue a mineral lease in such an area should provide prior notice to Congress in order to allow congressional prohibition of such lease; (3) additions to the Wilderness System should proceed expeditiously but without arbitrary deadlines; (4) lands under formal consideration for wilderness designation should be managed to preserve their wilderness character; and (5) Federal land management agencies should consider wilderness values in making land management decisions and recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Hunger to conduct a comprehensive study of the problems of hunger and malnutrition, including those issues addressed in reports of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger and the Independent Commission on International Development Issues.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) an effective Federal environmental program is necessary to protect U.S. citizens' health and well-being; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency should be appropriated increased funds to protect our environment and meet expanded responsibilities mandated by law; and (3) the President should submit a new budget for the Environmental Protection Agency for FY 1983 reflecting these principles.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Establishes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Sets forth the general powers of the Corporation and the make-up of its board of directors. States that the Corporation shall have a capital stock of $5,000,000,000 to be appropriated from the Treasury of the United States. Grants the Corporation the power to issue obligations, within the authorized indebtedness prescribed by this Act. Grants the Corporation the power to issue obligations to renew, refund, or pay other obligations whether or not the obligations to be renewed, refunded, or paid have matured. Limits the outstanding aggregate principal amount of such obligations to no more than five times the paid-in capital of the Corporation. Prohibits any Federal agency or department or federally owned entity from purchasing any of the loans made, guaranteed, or committed to be guaranteed under this Act. Exempts obligations of the Corporation from all taxation (except estate, inheritance, and gift taxes) imposed by any State, local governmental unit, or other local taxing authority. Permits the Corporation to request the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee its obligations with the full faith and credit of the United States. Exempts the Corporation, its franchise, capital, reserves, surplus, income, and tangible and intangible property from all taxation, with specified exceptions. Permits the Corporation to provide financial assistance to an eligible business enterprise for: (1) financial distress; or (2) modernization or expansion that would have a significant beneficial impact on employment opportunities and productivity; (3) domestic industries competing with certain foreign industries; or (4) domestic firms which have substantial problems meeting government imposed costs. Sets forth the standards and conditions for eligibility for financial assistance. Authorizes the Corporation to lend to, and to guarantee any private loans to, a business enterprise. Authorizes the Board to inspect and copy all documents of the applicant relating to its financial affairs and to have access to all facilities and properties of the applicant. Terminates the Corporation 30 years after the effective date of this Act. Prohibits the Corporation from making any commitment to provide new or increased financial assistance to any applicant more than six years after the effective date of this Act unless such date is extended by Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a comprehensive study on their problems and to develop policies to coordinate governmental and private programs to address such problems. Provides that the committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall terminate at the close of the Ninety-ninth Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (2) Congress should provide Pell grant assistance for academic year 1982 through 1983 that fully funds the need analysis criteria of January 6, 1982, in order to provide assistance to 2,600,000 needy students; and (3) Congress should not further reduce the amount of funds available for campus-based student assistance programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 below the levels established by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Declares that the House of Representatives supports Solidarity Sunday.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Requests the President to designate April 25 through May 2, 1982, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Directs the President to designate the week beginning May 30, 1982, as National Fencing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1982
National Park System Resources Evaluation and Management Act of 1982 - Requires the Director of the National Park Service to prepare on a fiscal year basis a biennial State of the Parks report. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transmit such report every two years to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. Provides that such report shall include: (1) a description for each national park system unit of the condition of its natural and cultural resources, factors which alter or damage such resources, and ongoing and planned mitigation actions and their results; (2) a description of the systemwide efforts to address the resource protection requirements listed above; (3) a discussion of resource protection and management policies for natural and cultural park resources; (4) a description of the funds and staff to be allocated to such resource protection and management; (5) a discussion of the adequacy of administration budget requests and congressional appropriations in addressing specific mitigation measures; and (6) a description of funding needs with respect to implementing such policies and measures. Requires the National Park Service to solicit public involvement in the preparation of such report. Directs the Director to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for conduct of a study and a continuing advisory function on the protection of natural and cultural park resources. Requires a report based on such study to be submitted to the Director, the Secretary, and the relevant congressional committees. States that funding for such study and the Academy's advisory functions shall derive from funds specifically appropriated for such purpose to the National Park Service. Requires that resource management plans for each national park system unit be prepared and updated continually. Provides that general management plans for each park unit shall be based upon the park's resource management plan. Requires Federal agencies to notify the Secretary before the undertaking on areas adjacent to a park unit of any Federal project which threatens the park's natural or cultural resources. Directs the Secretary to recommend necessary changes for the proposed project within 60 days after receiving such notice. Requires the proposing Federal agency to adopt such recommendations so as to mitigate the adverse effects of the proposed project. Provides for the Secretary to cooperate with, and provide technical assistance to, governmental and other entities to protect national park system resources. Requires the superintendent of each park unit to work with governmental and other entities which influence or control lands, resources, and activities exterior to the park unit to develop a regional plan for the general area under which the activities of all entities can be undertaken in a mutually compatible way. Requires that at least one park unit for each administrative region of the national park system initiate such a regional plan as a pilot program within one year after enactment of this Act. Provides that all park units shall have such programs within two years after enactment of this Act. Requires that each park unit have on its staff a person to coordinate activities with respect to its regional plan. Requires the Director to initiate a training program for park personnel in cooperative land and resource planning. Provides that park units designated as biosphere reserves or world heritage sites shall receive priority attention and consideration for resource data gathering and monitoring, and resource protection efforts. Requires the Director to review the current land classification system for the preservation and use of lands within park units and adopt revisions necessary to assure the maximum protection of park resources, balanced with the use and appreciation of those resources by visitors. Requires the establishment of a public information program on the problems of protecting park resources and the solutions being implemented. Requires that the National Park Service be adequately staffed by personnel with knowledge and expertise in park resource protection and management. Makes scientific research subordinate to the resource protection and management needs of the park units. Requires the development of programs and guidelines for employee training programs, performance standards, qualification criteria, and career ladders in resource protection and management programs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1982 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the landfill disposal of any hazardous waste in liquid form or having any liquid content, whether or not such waste is mixed with solid or partially solid hazardous waste, and whether or not such waste is placed in containers before disposal in the landfill. Prohibits the landfill disposal of the following, except where there is no feasible alternative means of treatment, recovery, or disposal which will protect human health and the environment: (1) hazardous wastes that are known to possess the chemical or physical-chemical ability to penetrate the clay and synthetic membrane liners used at the landfill; and (2) acute hazardous wastes. Sets forth the effective dates of the prohibitions contained in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
States that the Federal Government should restore balance to the Department of Energy's FY 1983 budget by maintaining funding for energy conservation, renewable energy, and weatherization programs and by distributing information on conservation and renewable energy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
War Powers Resolution Amendments of 1982 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to prohibit the use of U.S. armed forces in El Salvador for combat unless: (1) Congress has declared war or enacted specific authorization for such use of U.S. armed forces; (2) the armed forces are necessary to meet a clear and present danger of attack upon the United States; or (3) they are necessary to meet a clear and present danger to U.S. citizens and to evacuate the U.S. citizens. Requires the President to describe in a report to Congress the grounds for sending the troops into El Salvador if they were not sent pursuant to a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the rights of residents in nursing and intermediate care facilities.
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 · 17 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin the strategic arms reduction talks (START) with the following objectives: (1) preserving present controls on current nuclear weapons and nuclear delivery systems while pursuing substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions; (2) seeking methods of avoiding the testing and deployment of destabilizing nuclear weapons; and (3) incorporating the ongoing negotiations on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the FY 1983 budget should not be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Designates the week beginning on May 9, 1982, as Senior Center Week. Requests the President to include the designation of such week as part of the proclamation issued for Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Declares that if Israel or any other democratic state is denied its rights and privileges in the United Nations General Assembly the United States will suspend its participation in the General Assembly and will withhold its contribution to the United Nations until the action is reversed.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Prohibits extending foreign military sales, credits, and guarantees to any country in the Middle East which has not declared its willingness to adhere to the Camp David Accords.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Directs the President to designate April 12, 1982, as American Salute to Cabanataun Prisoner of War Memorial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Designates the week of April 18, 1982, as National Architecture Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
Public Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Social Services Block Grant Program - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to increase the annual amounts available for allotments to States. Title II: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program - Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the annual authorization of appropriations. Title III: Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make revisions in the treatment of earnings with respect to determining AFDC eligibility based on income, including repealing the gross income limitation. (Currently the limitation excludes from AFDC any family with a total income above 150 percent of a State's standard of need.)