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Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]

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Bill· HRH.R. 3747 (98th)referred

Fair Housing Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983

Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1983 - Enacts into law the short titles "Civil Rights Act of 1968" and "Fair Housing Act." Adds new definitions for "handicap conciliation" and "conciliation agreement." Excludes from the meaning of "handicap" any impairment consisting of alcohol, drug abuse, or any other impairment which would be a direct threat to the property or safety of others. Makes it unlawful to: (1) refuse to sell or rent to a handicapped person unless such handicap would prevent a prospective occupant from conforming to specified non-discrimination rules and practices; or (2) discriminate against a handicapped person in the conditions of sale or rental or in the provision of related services or facilities. Includes within such discrimination a refusal to: (1) permit reasonable modifications to permit access to the premises (but only if a renter agrees to restore the premises to their original condition); and (2) make reasonable accommodations in policies, services, or facilities to afford handicapped persons ready access to and use of premises. Establishes a new administrative enforcement procedure within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Repeals the 30-day limitation imposed on the Secretary of HUD to respond to complaints. Requires the Secretary to give notice of his or her decision whether to resolve the complaint as promptly as possible. Provides that a conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration of the dispute. Permits the Secretary to join additional respondents as parties to a complaint. Grants authority to certified State or local agencies to investigate and conciliate complaints. Authorizes the Secretary to refer cases to the Attorney General while in the investigative stage for the purpose of seeking preliminary judicial relief pending the administrative disposition of the complaint. Allows the Secretary to refer other cases to the Attorney General in his or her sole discretion. Provides enforcement measures for conciliation agreements and civil penalties for noncompliance. Revises the enforcement procedure for private persons. Extends the statute of limitation for two years. Allows an aggrieved individual to enforce the terms of the conciliation agreement. Grants jurisdiction to the Attorney General to commence an action or intervene in a private civil action for violation of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3728 (98th)referred

Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1983

Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1983 - Title I: Steel Tripartite Advisory Council - Directs the President to establish within the Executive Office of the President a Steel Tripartite Advisory Council which shall: (1) advise the President and Congress on problems within the basic steel industry; (2) provide advice and make recommendations on certain international and domestic issues; and (3) perform other duties required by title II of this Act. Requires other Federal agencies to cooperate with the Council. Directs the Council to report to the President and Congress on its activities. Title II: Quantitative Restrictions on Imports of Certain Steel Products - Limits annual imports of steel mill product categories to 11 percent of the expected apparent consumption for that year. Defines steel mill product categories to mean specified categories of carbon and alloy steel articles and stainless steel articles identified in the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to announce on October 1, and April 1, of each year the quantitative limitation on imports for the six months beginning on the following January 1, and July 1. Prohibits imposing limits on any steel product category unless the Secretary finds that the sector of the domestic steel industry which produces like or competitive articles has, and is engaging in, a verifiable investment plan to modernize that sector. Imposes additional quantitative limits on imports of steel mill product categories. Declares that it is the intent of this title to ensure, to the extent practicable, that the entry of articles in all steel mill product categories that are products of a foreign nation be equalized on a monthly basis. Provides for imposing additional limitations on imports from a foreign nation if imports from such nation, in any two consecutive months, exceed five percent of an amount equal to one-sixth of the total permissible imports for such nation for the year concerned. Terminates this title on December 31, 1988, unless extended by the President. Title III: Quantitative Restrictions on Iron Ore Imports - Imposes limits on the imports of iron ore for the last six months of 1983, and for calendar years 1984 and 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to permit imports of iron ore in excess of such limits in order to insure continued operation of domestic steelmaking facilities. Permits such waiver only on a plant-by-plant basis and only if the Secretary makes specified determinations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3713 (98th)referred

Hunters Protection Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1983

Hunters' Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to obstruct or impede the participation of any person in a lawful hunt or hunting season. Provides for a fine of not more than $500 and/or imprisonment for not longer than 60 days or if violence or the destruction of property occurs a fine of not more than $5,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than five years.

Bill· HRH.R. 3681 (98th)referred

A bill to authorize the establishment of transitional industries trade boards to increase the international competitiveness of United States industries, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983

Authorizes the establishment of Transitional Industries Trade Boards. Requires each Board to: (1) investigate the competitiveness in both foreign and domestic markets of the transitional industry with respect to which it is established; (2) evaluate the trade barriers that affect the transitional industry adversely; and (3) recommend measures to the President and the Congress to increase the competitiveness of the transitional industry. Sets forth the membership and powers of the Boards. Directs the President to decide whether to follow the recommendations of the Board. Requires the recommendations of the Board to take effect if Congress passes a joint resolution disapproving a determination by the President not to provide the recommended relief. Provides for expedited consideration of such a resolution. Establishes a Transitional Industry Board with respect to the domestic automobile industry. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, through the International Trade Administration, to receive petitions for future boards from interested parties and to submit petitions to the Congress. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on trade barriers. Authorizes appropriations.

Law· HRH.R. 3635 (98th)enacted

Child Protection Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983

Child Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code dealing with the sexual exploitation of children. Increases the penalties for the sexual exploitation of children from $10,000 to $100,000 and, on a subsequent conviction from $15,000 to $200,000. Prohibits the distribution involving the sexual exploitation of minors even if the material is not found to be "obscene." Eliminates the requirement that persons distributing such material in interstate commerce do so for purposes of sale. Raises the age of a minor to include any person under the age of eighteen. Redefines "sexually explicit conduct" to exclude simulated conduct when there is little or no possibility of harm to the minor and when there is redeeming social, literary, educational, scientific or artistic value. Permits authorization for the interception of wire or oral communications in the investigation of such offenses.

Bill· HRH.R. 3573 (98th)open

A bill to extend the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 for an additional 6 months, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983

Amends the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 to extend the payment of benefits under the Federal supplemental unemployment compensation program for an additional six months, through March 31, 1984. Provides that the rate of insured unemployment for any period, for purposes of such Act, shall be determined in the same manner as under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, except that individuals filing claims for any type of compensation (whether regular, extended, additional, or Federal supplemental compensation) shall be taken into account.

Bill· HRH.R. 3442 (98th)referred

A bill for the relief of Chilewich, Incorporated, and Bluebird Incorporated.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1983

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to two named corporations in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States arising from losses sustained when they were barred from making certain sales to the Soviet Union due to the imposition of export controls.

Bill· HRH.R. 3434 (98th)referred

Work Opportunities and Renewed Competition Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1983

Work Opportunities and Renewed Competition Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to treat an excess investment tax credit as a reinvestment tax credit. Requires a taxpayer to forfeit any investment tax credit carryover if the taxpayer elects to take a reinvestment tax credit. Sets the amount of such reinvestment tax credit at 85 percent of the taxpayer's qualified investment in reinvestment credit property. Terminates such credit after 1984. Makes such reinvestment tax credit refundable. Requires the recapture of the reinvestment tax credit under specified circumstances. Sets forth rules relating to such recapture.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 137 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution urging the President to implement certain relief measures to remedy the import injury to the United States specialty steel industry.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that use of the five year quantitative restrictions recommended by the domestic specialty steel industry on imported specialty steel will: (1) eliminate unfair competition; and (2) provide time for plant modernization and for research and development projects. Urges the President to implement such import relief for the domestic industry in lieu of the restrictions recommended by the United States International Trade Commission.

Bill· HRH.R. 3371 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a temporary refundable income tax credit to Federal employees covered under the social security system for the amount of their contributions under a Federal retirement system.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit for the amount of contributions made to the Federal retirement system by Federal employees newly covered under the social security system after December 31, 1983. Disallows such credit for contributions made to a Federal retirement system: (1) established after the enactment of this Act; or (2) modified after the enactment of this Act for purposes of coordinating such system with the social security system. Terminates such credit after December 31, 1985.

Bill· HRH.R. 3352 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a refundable tax credit for qualifying security devices.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a refundable income tax credit equal to 15 percent of the purchase price of a security device placed in a building or residence. Allows a maximum credit of $400. Includes as security devices eligible for such credit locks, fire, smoke, temperature, gas, anti-theft, anti-intrusion, and personal health emergency alarms. Excludes bars, screens and other physical barriers.

Bill· HRH.R. 3269 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the carryover of unobligated appropriated amounts from any fiscal year to the succeeding fiscal year and a corresponding reduction in appropriations for such succeeding fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1983

Provides for a carryover of appropriations to the succeeding fiscal year in the case of any amount appropriated for any appropriation item for FY 1984 or thereafter that remains unexpended and unobligated.

Bill· HRH.R. 3194 (98th)referred

Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983

Historic Shipwreck Preservation Act - Provides that the United States relinquishes to the respective States all right, title, and interest of the United States with respect to historical shipwrecks and structures on the seabed or in the subsoil of lands beneath the navigable waters within the boundaries of such States. Provides that the U.S. maritime law of salvage shall not apply to such shipwrecks or structures.

Bill· HRH.R. 3197 (98th)open

A bill to repeal the changes made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 in the State trigger provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983

Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise State trigger provisions by reducing the State insured unemployment rate required to trigger the extended unemployment compensation program from five percent to four percent.

Bill· HRH.R. 3196 (98th)open

A bill to repeal the change made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 in the method of computing the rate of insured unemployment for purposes of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983

Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to provide that individuals filing claims for compensation (including regular, extended additional, or supplemental compensation) shall be counted in the State insured unemployment rate, for purposes of determining whether there are State "on" or "off" indicators ("State triggers") for the extended unemployment compensation program.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 216 (98th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the changes in the Federal estate tax laws made by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 should not be modified.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the changes in the Federal estate tax laws which were made by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 are vital to the continuation of the family farm and small business, and should not be repealed or amended.

Bill· HRH.R. 3181 (98th)open

Credit Card Counterfeiting and Fraud Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1983

Credit Card Counterfeiting and Fraud Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it an offense to knowingly and unlawfully produce, buy, sell, or transfer a credit card or account which is counterfeit, forged, lost, or stolen. Makes it a federal offense to possess with the intent to defraud five or more credit cards or fraudulent payment devices. Makes it unlawful to produce, buy, sell, transfer, or possess equipment used in the production of such fraudulent payment devices. Includes within the prohibition of the Act any individual who attempts or conspires to commit any of these offenses.

Bill· HRH.R. 3106 (98th)referred

Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1983 - Establishes in the Department of Defense a Civilian Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires such Director to perform all duties relating to operational testing and evaluation in the Department. Requires such Director to advice and report directly to the Secretary of Defense. Grants such Director access to all necessary Department records. Permits the Director to require observers to be present during testing. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to report all testing results to the Director. Requires the Director to respond to congressional requests for information. Prohibits the obligation of funds for operational testing without the advance approval of the Secretary. Directs the President to request separately budget authority for the Director's activities. Grants the Comptroller General access to all records of the Department of Defense.

Bill· HRH.R. 3112 (98th)open

A bill to amend the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to provide that extended benefits will be payable in any State in which the rate of regular unemployment equals or exceeds 9 percent.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Amends the Federal- State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise State trigger provisions to provide that extended unemployment compensation benefits will be payable in any State in which the rate of regular unemployment equals or exceeds nine percent.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 130 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the condition of the international financial system.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) restoration of a stable monetary system is necessary to assure economic growth and to maintain a liberal international economic system; (2) the Secretary of the Treasury should review his call for an international conference on the monetary system; (3) the International Monetary Fund should make use of its current assets and revise the conditions placed on its loans; (4) additional financial resources should be made available through bilateral arrangements; and (5) U.S. banks should be required to adjust the value of loans on which interest payments are not received and be allowed to increase deductible loss reserves in order to make such write-downs without endangering the banking system.

Bill· HRH.R. 3050 (98th)open

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (REA) to eliminate the requirement for a State certificate of convenience and necessity before the Administrator may make loans to provide rural telephone service. Revises the liabilities and uses of the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund established under the REA to provide that notes of the Administrator to the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain funds for loans shall be equity capital of the Fund. States that assets of the Fund shall be available only for: (1) payment of interest and principal on loans to the Administrator from the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) for certificates of beneficial ownership issued to such Secretary or in the private market. Requires the Administrator to maintain two separate accounts within the fund: (1) the Electrification Account; and (2) the Telephone Account. Lists the items that shall be accounted for in each Account respectively, and restricts the purposes for which the assets of each Account shall be available. Authorizes the Administrator to repurchase specified certificates of beneficial ownership under certain conditions affecting their interest rates. Establishes guidelines for interest-bearing insured loans made by the Administrator to electric and telephone borrowers. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to request in each annual supplemental budget estimate the amount needed to replenish the Fund for anticipated and actual costs resulting from loans made at less than a specified rate during the preceding fiscal year. Directs the Administrator to guarantee loans to specified borrowers or to accommodate or subordinate liens or mortgages held in the Fund, according to prescribed rules and regulations. Directs the Administration to promulgate such rules and regulations within 90 days after the effective date of this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which certain lenders are authorized to adjust interest rates on loans guaranteed by the Administrator. Requires rural electrification borrowers to obtain concurrent supplemental financing according to prescribed guidelines in any fiscal year in which the minimum loan level for insured rural electrification loans is less than $1,000,000,000. Repeals the loan-making authority of the Governor of the Rural Telephone Bank which require approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of facilities or lines to be acquired with such loans. Eliminates loan restrictions placed upon potential borrowers whose net worth exceed their assets by twenty percent.