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Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4]

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Bill· HRH.R. 5853 (97th)open

Federal Employees Voluntary Reduced Worktime Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982

Federal Employees Voluntary Reduced Worktime Act - Requires each executive agency to establish a voluntary reduced worktime program. Directs each agency, not more than 90 or less than 30 days before a proposed reduction in force takes effect, to notify each employee competing for job retention of: (1) the specific action to be taken with respect to that employee; (2) the purpose of the reduction in force; (3) the area of the agency affected and other information used to determine the employee's standing in the competition for retention; (4) the availability of the regulations and records pertaining to the employee; (5) the reasons for any exceptions to the general release order; (6) the employee's right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board; (7) the availability and terms and conditions of the voluntary reduced worktime program; and (8) the extent of the reduction in force without such program. Directs each agency, upon providing such notice, to survey competing employees to determine: (1) the interest in participating in a voluntary reduced worktime program; and (2) the amount of time by which employees are willing to have their worktime reduced. Requires that competing employees be promptly informed of the survey results and afforded an opportunity to apply for participation in such a program. Provides for a reduction in the pay of a participating employee. Requires the length of service of a participating employee to be determined as if no reduction in worktime had occurred. Prohibits an agency from involuntarily separating an employee in a reduction in force unless the savings in personnel costs or other purposes of the reduction in force cannot be achieved through such a program. Prohibits an agency from appointing an individual to a position in an area where any employee is employed on a reduced worktime basis unless: (1) each such employee has been given an opportunity to return to such employee's former work schedule in the same or a higher position; (2) no such employee will accept appointment to such position; or (3) the position cannot be modified to permit the appointment of such an employee. Requires that employees on reduced work schedules be counted as fractions in administering personnel ceilings. Exempts specified employees from coverage under an agency's voluntary reduced worktime program. Requires the head of each executive agency to notify the Comptroller General of: (1) the extent and basis of any proposed reduction in force; and (2) the effectiveness of the agency's voluntary reduced worktime program. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress: (1) upon determining that any reduction in force is unnecessary or premature; and (2) at least annually on the effectivenss of such programs. Prohibits a Federal employee who has authority over personnel actions from coercing any employee into participating in such a program. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to promulgate regulations to implement this Act within 30 days after enactment.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 289 (97th)open

A concurrent resolution regarding membership in the United Nations General Assembly.

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.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 380 (97th)referred

A resolution on the imposition of martial law in Poland and the release of Lech Walesa.

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Lech Walesa and others detained by Poland's government for political reasons should be released. Declares that Walesa and other Solidarity members should be permitted to: (1) participate in negotiations concerning the future of Solidarity; (2) comment on the situation in Poland; and (3) travel freely.

Bill· HRH.R. 5728 (97th)referred

A bill to prohibit the Secretaries of the military departments from contracting out firefighting and base security functions at military installations and to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from contracting out such functions at installations of the Department of Energy at which functions relating to the military applications of nuclear energy are carried out.

United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982

Prohibits the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Energy from contracting out firefighting or security functions at military installations or installations where functions relating to military applications of nuclear energy are performed.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 278 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens for fiscal year 1983 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such programs.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 for FY 1983 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 5649 (97th)open

Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982

Immigration Court and Procedure Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a United States Immigration Court. States that such Court shall consist of a 50 judge trial division and a seven judge appellate division. Sets forth jurisdictional provisions. Permits Supreme Court review of immigration appellate division decisions based on a writ of certiorari or on appeal from a holding declaring an Act of Congress unconstitutional. Sets forth appellate review procedures. Makes the asylum eligibility provisions consistent with parallel refugee provisions. Modifies asylum procedures to: (1) establish an "asylum officer" to conduct hearings in a nonadversarial setting; (2) permit aliens to have an attorney present in an advisory capacity; (3) make an asylum determination final; (4) put the burden of proof on the alien; (5) require asylum applications to be made within 14 days; (6) prohibit proceedings from being reopened unless there is a clear showing of changed circumstances in the applicant's country; and (7) permit the Attorney General to terminate an alien's asylum status if he or she is no longer a refugee as a result of changed circumstances in the home country. Gives exclusive judicial review responsibility in an asylum claim to the appellate division of the Immigration Court. Denies review under the Administrative Procedure Act. Makes conforming amendments to: (1) exclusion and deportation hearing and appeals provisions; and (2) certificate of identity provisions.

Bill· HRH.R. 5655 (97th)referred

A bill for the relief of Chang Ai Bae.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982

Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5595 (97th)passed

A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982

Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia for FY 1983 and the following fiscal years.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 275 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to Americans who are missing in action in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the problem of Americans missing because of the Vietnam war should be resolved as soon as possible. Urges the President to: (1) take actions to ensure the release of all Americans who remain captive; and (2) obtain from Vietnam, Laos, and Kampuchea a complete accounting of all the Americans who are missing, including a returning of the remains of the dead.

Bill· HRH.R. 5543 (97th)referred

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982

Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act - Establishes within the Treasury an Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Fund. Limits the total amount payable into the Fund during any fiscal year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to use specified portions of such funds to: (1) carry out the National Sea Grant College Program; and (2) provide national ocean and coastal resources management and development block grants to each coastal State. Requires such States to report specified information to the Secretary before receiving such grants. Sets forth the formula by which the Secretary shall determine the amount of such grants. Restricts the use of such grants to specified activities. Requires States receiving such grants to submit to the Secretary an assessment of the expenditure of such funds.

Bill· HRH.R. 5531 (97th)referred

Community Home Health Services Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982

Community Home Health Services Act of 1982 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and loans to proprietary entities to establish and operate home health programs, including professional and paraprofessional training. Limits such grants and loans to areas without adequate services, including inadequate transportation services. Sets forth assistance priority factors. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1984. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees by January 1, 1984. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand home health care coverage, including coverage for homemaker-home health services, nonprofit hospitals, and transportation. Revises related payment provisions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) analyze and make recommendations regarding alternative reimbursement methods for home health services; (2) implement the most cost effective method within 180 days; (3) carry out reimbursement demonstration projects and report to the Congress by January 1, 1984, and (4) investigate Medicare and Medicaid fraud and report to the Congress within 18 months. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for households with qualifying dependents receiving home health care services. Limits such tax credit to 1983-1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress by September 30, 1984, regarding the number of such credits taken and their effect on tax revenues.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 362 (97th)referred

A resolution limiting the amount provided in expense resolutions for committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Ninety-seventh Congress to the amount actually spent under such resolutions for the first session of the Ninety-seventh Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982

Limits amounts provided in House Committee expense resolutions for the second session of the Ninety-seventh Congress to the total amounts expended under such resolutions for the first session.

Bill· HRH.R. 5503 (97th)referred

A bill to amend title 23 of the District of Columbia Code to make liability in civil actions arising from fresh pursuit into the District of Columbia by members of a peace unit of a State determined by the laws of such State.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982

Amends the District of Columbia Code to provide that civil actions against a State or a local government of such State arising from the fresh pursuit into the District of Columbia of a member of a duly organized peace unit of such State or local government may only be brought under the laws of such State.

Law· HRH.R. 5432 (97th)enacted

A bill to authorize the presentation on behalf of the Congress of a specially struck gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982

Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover in recognition of his distinguished service and for his contributions to the development of safe nuclear energy and to the defense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such provision. Authorizes the Secretary to make available bronze duplicates of such medal for sale under regulations he prescribes and in accordance with provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5437 (97th)open

Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982

Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1982 - Establishes criminal penalties applicable to licensees under the Gun Control Act of 1968 who import, manufacture, or sell a "restricted handgun bullet," except as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. Establishes additional criminal penalties, including a mandatory minimum sentence of one year imprisonment, for: (1) using a restricted handgun bullet to commit a Federal felony; or (2) carrying a restricted handgun bullet unlawfully during commission of a Federal felony.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 401 (97th)referred

A joint resolution amending the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, to permit grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to be used to pay certain taxes or fees.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982

Repeals provisions of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, which prohibit the use of grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to pay certain taxes or fees.

Bill· HRH.R. 5404 (97th)referred

A bill to abolish the Synthetic Fuels Corporation.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Repeals provisions of the Energy Security Act which establish the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation. Requires that projects and funds transferred to the Corporation pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 be transferred back to the Department of Energy. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to terminate the affairs of the Corporation.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 334 (97th)referred

A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a recorded vote upon the passage of any legislation that economically affects Members as a separate class, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Amends rule VIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a recorded vote on the final passage of legislation that economically affects Members of Congress as a separate and distinct class. Makes it out of order in the House to consider any bill or resolution subject to such amended rule unless it is comprised solely of items relating economically to congressmen.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 260 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the successful rescue of Brigadier General James L. Dozier.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Extends congratulations from the Congress to the Italian Government and its antiterrorist police forces for the successful rescue of Brigadier General James L. Dozier. Extends to General Dozier and his family best wishes for a quick recovery and return to normal life.

Bill· HRH.R. 5370 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, education savings accounts.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the higher or vocational educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits eligibility for such deduction to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's dependent child unless such child has attained age 21 or has attended an institution of higher education as a full-time student for more than four weeks in the year of his twenty-first birthday. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions.