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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 · 28 September 1982
Comprehensive Victim and Witness Protection and Assistance Act of 1982 - Amends rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require that presentence reports contain: (1) information concerning any harm or loss suffered by the victim; (2) information that may aid the court in sentencing; (3) a statement of the circumstances of the commission of the offense; and (4) any prior criminal record of the defendant. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as offenses "tampering with a witness or an informant" and "retaliating against a witness or an informant." Authorizes the Attorney General to initiate civil proceedings to restrain any harassment of a victim or witness. Authorizes a sentencing court to order the defendant to make restitution. Requires the court to state for the record the reasons for not ordering restitution. Prescribes a procedure for the issuance of restitution orders. Directs the Attorney General to develop Federal guidelines for the fair treatment of crime victims and witnesses. Requires the Attorney General to consider certain objectives in preparing the guidelines, including: (1) ensuring that victims receive prompt social and medical services; (2) giving victims and witnesses notice of important criminal justice proceedings and scheduling changes; (3) arranging for the prosecution to obtain the nonbinding views of victims of serious crimes during such stages as plea bargaining and pretrial release; (4) encouraging employers to continue to pay victims and witnesses for work absences to assist investigations and prosecutions; (5) training law enforcement personnel in victim assistance; and (6) informing victims or witnesses on legal steps for protection from intimidation. Directs the Attorney General to recommend to Congress any laws that are necessary to ensure that no Federal felon derives any profit from the sale of his or her story until any victim of the offense receives restitution. Amends the Bail Reform Act of 1966 to require as a condition of pretrial release that the defendant not commit certain offenses.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that any individual who is entitled to a monthly benefit for the month preceding the month in which such individual dies shall be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month of his or her death.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the exclusion from gross income of dividend and interest income received by an individual taxpayer. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $200 ($400 for joint returns) for a taxable year. Repeals provisions of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 which provided an increased exclusion of interest income in 1985 and disallowed an exclusion for dividends received from real estate investment trusts.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1982
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with State concurrence, to issue a permit which would modify specified effluent limitation requirements (dealing with biochemical oxygen demand and pH) for an industrial discharger, in such State, who makes discharges into deep waters of the territorial seas. Requires the applicant for a modified permit to make specified demonstrations including a showing that on or before March 17, 1977: (1) the State had authority to administer its own permit program; and (2) the applicant has received approval for the modifications from the appropriate State agency. Sets forth requirements for modified effluent limitations. Limits a modified permit to a five-year period, with additional five-year renewals upon a showing by the applicant that the requirements of this Act are met. Authorizes the Administrator to terminate a modified permit upon finding that there has been a decline in the ambient water quality of receiving waters during the period of the permit, even if a direct cause and effect relationship cannot be shown.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt proceeds received from the redemption of qualified depository institution tax-exempt certificates (all-savers certificates) and contributed to individual retirement accounts from the limitation on excess contributions to such accounts. Disallows any deduction for any such proceeds deposited to such an account.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982
Designates October 16, 1982, as National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the establishment of a means test for Medicare benefits would be a breach of faith with the American public; and (2) the Medicare program should not have a means test.
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 · 13 September 1982
Designates January 17, 1983, as Public Employees' Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982
Requests the President to designate the week beginning on March 13, 1983, as National Surveyors Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982
Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which impose the hospital insurance tax on Federal employees.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Designates October 1982 as Head Start Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 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 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
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the termination of an individual's disability benefits on the grounds that the individual's disability has ceased or did not exist, unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds that: (1) there has been a medical improvement in the individual's impairment such that the individual is no longer disabled under the disability standards in effect at the time of the original disability determination; or (2) the original disability determination was clearly erroneous under the disability standards in effect at the time it was made. Makes such requirement inapplicable in the case of an individual who has demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. Provides that subsequent reviews of a disability determination following an initial review for purposes of determining the continuing eligibility of beneficiaries who become entitled in October 1982 and thereafter shall be at the discretion of the State agency or the Secretary, as appropriate. Requires that such individuals be notified when subsequent reviews of disability determinations are scheduled. Limits the number of reviews of disability determinations for purposes of continuing eligibility which the Secretary may conduct for individuals who become entitled to disability benefits before October 1982, but authorizes the Secretary to review, at his or her discretion, selected cases to the extent that such review will be cost-effective and that adequate personnel and time are available for such review. Permits a disability insurance beneficiary who has been found to be no longer entitled to disability benefits to elect to have such benefits continued until the disability determination has been affirmed or overturned on appeal or until the time for such an appeal has expired. Provides that benefits paid pursuant to such an election shall be considered overpayments if the decision after a hearing affirms the determination that the individual involved is no longer entitled to benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Prohibits the Senate or the House of Representatives from considering any concurrent resolution on the budget if its adoption would cause either: (1) an increase in total budget outlays over those of the preceding fiscal year; or (2) a reduction in Federal revenues from the preceding fiscal year. Exempts from such prohibition any resolution that contains corresponding revenue increases or budget reductions. Allows waiver of the prohibition by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to decrease the authorization of appropriations for FY 1984 for the Interstate Highway System. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion, for FY 1984, the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using specified factors. Sets forth limitations on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1983. Excludes from such limitations obligations for emergency relief and certain accelerated bridge projects. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to conform to provisions of this title. Prohibits the Secretary from distributing amounts for administrative expenses and forest highways. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas; (3) the Federal-aid urban system; (4) forest highways; (5) public lands highways; (6) economic growth center development highways; and (7) the Great River Road. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for: (1) Indian reservation roads and bridges; (2) the territorial highway program; (3) the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and (4) access highways. Specifies appropriated amounts which shall be available at the discretion of the Secretary and amounts which shall be available for certain highway construction in Pennsylvania. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 to specify amounts available for FY 1983 for railway-highway crossings. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to increase the authorized funding for FY 1984 for interstate resurfacing. Allows the Secretary to extend the approval deadline (September 30, 1983) for substitute projects and withdrawals for any route which on May 12, 1982, is under a judicial injunction prohibiting its construction. Revises the interstate resurfacing formula. Authorizes State highway departments to give priority to projects for the reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, or rehabilitation of energy-impacted roads. Requires a value engineering or other cost reduction analysis on Federal-aid system projects with construction costs in excess of a specified amount. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of safety cost-effectiveness of geometric design criteria of standards currently in effect for highway construction to determine minimum resurfacing standards. Permits States to place State-operated vending machines in rest and recreation areas and in safety rest areas located on rights-of-way of the Interstate System. Changes the circumstances for suspension of the general requirements of competitive bidding for contracts from a finding by the Secretary that some other method is in the public interest to a demonstration by the State highway department that some other method is more cost-effective. Changes from January 1, 1978, to January 1, 1983, the date governing the payment of bond interest as an eligible cost of construction for Interstate projects which are under construction in advance of apportionments. Authorizes the Secretary to pay interest on bonds issued after enactment of this Act to the extent that proceeds from the sale of bonds are expended for construction costs. Extends the availability of advance construction funding to bridge projects under the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Revises the method of distributing interstate discretionary funds and allows the Secretary to prioritize unobligated sums. Sets forth a procedure for the transfer of apportioned funds from the Federal-aid primary system to programs for interstate resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing. Establishes the Federal share payable for interstate resurfacing projects financed with primary funds. Permits a Federal share of 100 percent for certain pavement markings projects. Limits the Federal share of specified other projects to 95 percent. Sets forth congressional findings and procedures to deregulate provisions concerning the control of outdoor advertising. Encourages States to make provisions for the control of such advertising and sets forth requirements to assure that control efforts are effective. Allows the use of Federal funds for an approach to any toll road, bridge, or tunnel to a point where such approach enters the main lanes of the toll facility. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for toll collection equipment. Requires provisions of equal employment opportunities for highway projects without regard to sex. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct and finance training and assistance programs for minority business enterprises. Permits the cost of providing shuttle service to and from fringe and corridor parking facilitites constructed with Federal funds to be included in the eligible fees that may be charged for the use of parking facilities. Revises the apportionment formula for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Requires the placement of deficient bridges into specified categories. Sets aside certain amounts from authorized funds for FY 1983 for the use of the Secretary as discretionary funds. Permits the allocation of discretionary bridges funds for the replacement of the LaSalle Peru bridge in Illinois, the bridge over the Russian River, California, and the Preston Overhead on Route 101, Cloverdale, California. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects on the Interstate System for the construction of parking facilities for carpools and vanpools. Establishes a coordinated Federal Lands Highways Program for the construction and improvement of forest highways, public lands highways, park roads, parkways, and Indian reservation roads and bridges. Sets forth an allocation formula for such program. Allows Federal-aid highway projects to include construction programs for bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways. Allows States to include the cost of certain parking ramp construction as part of the interstate cost estimate. Declares that a specified amount set aside for priority primary routes for FY 1982 shall remain available until expended and shall be available for obligation by the Secretary for certain designated priority primary routes. Sets forth a procedure for the Secretary to fully utilize apportioned funds through FY 1982. Requires the Secretary to establish alternative methods to accelerate the time required to complete highway projects. Authorizes payment of construction costs for certain two-lane bridges as four-lane bridges upon completion of certain substructures. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct an investigation and study of competitive bidding practices with respect to highway and mass transit construction and report to Congress on the results including recommendations for legislation and administrative practices. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project in Los Angeles County, California, to demonstrate methods of improving the motor vehicle transportation of freight to and from areas for the transshipment of waterborne commerce. Directs the Secretary to carry out a highway project to demonstrate state of the art technology involving toll charges and advances in highway traffic control and safety hardware. Requires the addition of such project to the Federal-aid primary system upon its completion. Sets forth a timetable for the Secretary to report to Congress on such project. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for both projects for fiscal years after 1982. Directs the Secretary to conduct a project to demonstrate state of the art methods of repairing damaged highways resulting from shoreline erosion on Buhne Point, Humboldt Bay, California. Makes funds available for such project out of the Highway Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of such project not later than 180 days after its completion. Establishes criteria under which the Martin Luther King Bridge which crosses the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois will be eligible for assistance under the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Directs the Secretary to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of future transportation professional manpower needs. Requests the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Secretary and the Congress not later than two years after enactment of this act, on the result of such study together with recommendations. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to conduct a comprehensive investigation and study of the feasibility of a highspeed ferryboat operation over the waters of the Caribbean Sea between Saint Croix and Saint Thomas. Requires the Office to complete and transmit a report on such study to Congress not later than January 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress not later than one year after enactment of this Act on the need for including weather-related factors, particularly the effects of freezing and thawing, in the apportionment formulas for Federal-aid highways. Requires the Secretary, within one year of enactment of this Act, to submit a detailed report to Congress on the potential benefits and costs associated with the establishment of a national intercity truck route network for the operation of a special class of longer combination commercial motor vehicles. Sets forth conditions for project eligibility of Federal-aid primary routes not on the Interstate System. Title II: Highway Safety Act of 1982 - Part A - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 out of the Highway Trust Fund for: (1) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and (2) projects for elimination of hazards. Limits the amount of expenditures for highway safety programs carried out by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Highway Administration for FY 1983. Prohibits the Secretary from approving certain projects in any State whose laws do not constitute a substantial deterrent to violations of the maximum speed limit. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1973 to extend until September 30, 1983, the authorization to carry out projects for the elimination of hazards at rail-highway crossings. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to make certain of its provisions relating to highway safety and information applicable to certain authorization provisions of Federal-aid primary highway funds. Requires the Secretary to report annually, beginning on April, 1983, to Congress on the highway safety performance of each State in the preceding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States which adopt and implement effective programs to reduce traffic safety problems resulting from persons driving while under the influence of alcohol. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish criteria for the awarding of such grants. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1985 for such grants. Eliminates provisions of the highway safety program which require a different apportionment for the territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Part B - National Driver Register Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing officials of participating States in exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Requires the Secretary to promulgate a final rule which provides for orderly transition from the system regarding motor vehicle driving records in the Department of Commerce to the Register established under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from maintaining information in such Register after: (1) more than a seven-year period from the date of its entry; (2) the State of record removes it from the State's file; or (3) the date of establishment of a fully electronic Register system. Allows any State to participate in such Register system. Directs the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to transmit to the Secretary specified information on certain drivers. Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and other specified purposes. Restricts employer access to such information to three years from its date of entry. Directs the Secretary to implement a pilot test program to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of a system for electronic referral and relay of information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Describes State participation in such program. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the program. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information from the National Driver Register. Establishes a National Driver Register Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary directly on the efficiency of the maintenance and operation of the National Driver Register. Directs the Secretary, within nine years of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the level of State participation in and the effectiveness of the Register system. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act after FY 1982. Title III: Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 for: (1) the discretionary capital grant program; (2) the innovative methods and techniques grant program; (3) the planning program; (4) the block grant program; (5) the program to meet the special needs of the elderly and handicapped; and (6) the formula grant program for other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for: (1) the research and development program; (2) the training grant program; (3) the university research grant program; (4) administrative expenses; and (5) the human resource grant program. Requires research and development funding to remain available until expended. Creates a block grant program for mass transportation projects in urbanized areas. Sets forth a formula for distribution of funds for such areas with populations of less than 200,000 and another formula for areas of more than 200,000. Provides certification procedures for persons in receipt of such grants. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees prior to the issuance of a letter of intent to obligate future Appropriation Act funds for a project. Extends the authorization for grants for research and training in urban transportation problems from FY 1982 until FY 1983. Permits matching funds for university operating grants to consist of any non-Federal funds (in lieu of State funds). Permits contracts for the pruchase of rolling stock to be based on a competitive procurement process. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on any legislative or administrative revisions required to ensure that procurement procedures are fair and competitive. Revises the definition of "fixed guideway" to include a public transportation facility which uses a fixed catenary system and utilizes a right-of-way usable by other forms of transportation. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1965 to repeal provisions relating to bus seat specifications. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress in January 1983 and biennially thereafter on the current performance and condition of public mass transportation systems and an assessment of the future needs of such facilities. Sets forth conditions applicable for Federal assistance to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Exempts the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from repaying a certain percentage of a transit loan to acquire rail properties. Grants the Secetary discretionary authority relative to the remaining percentage. Title IV - Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to extend its Buy American provisions to Federal-aid highway programs, the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and funds authorized under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982
Humane Care and Development of Substitutes for Animals in Research Act - Title I: Development of Improved Research and Testing Methods - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make awards to sponsor research and development of scientific testing methods which eliminate the use of live animals, reduce the number of live animals required, or limit animal pain and distress. Requires that applications and proposals for such awards be assessed through peer review procedures. Requires the Secretary to designate an Advisory Panel to: (1) give advice on his or her responsibilities under this Act; (2) make recommendations on specific opportunities or problems regarding research support of nonanimal testing; and (3) set up a system for insuring that applications or proposals meeting the requirements of this title receive full consideration for funding by the Department or for funding under this title. Makes funds for making awards under this title available through the allocation of research resources within the Department. Provides that the Secretary, consulting with the Environmental Protection Agency and other regulatory and scientific research agencies, shall direct the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Toxicology Program to: (1) promote new nonanimal testing methods; (2) evaluate existing nonanimal methods; (3) enhance and integrate data systems for more efficient use of test data involving animals; and (4) develop new methodologies for the toxicology data systems. Requires the Secretary to report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on progress under this Act within two years after enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter. Title II: Federal Award Requirements - Requires that a research entity be accredited by a recognized accrediting agency in order to be eligible to receive a Federal award for testing involving a large number of animals. Requires the Secretary to designate accrediting agencies which: (1) are able to ascertain the qualifications of research entities to conduct testing involving animals; (2) have an accreditation system; (3) have a system for routine inspection of laboratory animal facilities at accredited research entities; (4) have established a set of standards for acceptable animal care, treatment, and use in experimental procedures; and (5) have established a mechanism for liaison with the institutional animal studies committees in accredited research entities and for the involvement of such committees in monitoring compliance with the accreditation standards. Requires research entities to comply with accreditation standards ten years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes provisional accreditation in the interim period. Provides for the establishment of a Federal accreditation mechanism if there are no private agencies to carry out such functions. Provides that in order to be eligible for a Federal award for testing involving large numbers of animals, a research entity must provide to the responsible Federal agency a statement of assurances that: (1) the research entity has established an institutional animal studies committee; (2) the committee will meet regularly, make periodic inspections of all animal study areas and facilities of the research entity, review research methods and practices, and file with the responsible Federal agency certification that such inspections and reviews have occurred and reports on deficient animal care or treatment conditions; (3) the committee will maintain complete records of its activities; (4) committee members will be encouraged to notify the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, the responsible Federal agency, and the applicable accrediting agency of any unacceptable animal care conditions with respect to the research entity; and (5) the committee will establish courses, for personnel involved with animal care and use, on humane animal maintenance and experimentation and on research or testing methods that minimize animal use and animal distress. Requires that Federal support be withheld where animal care conditions are unacceptable despite notification to the research entity. Requires research entities to inform their employees of the provisions under this title and to instruct employees to report violations to the animal studies committee. Authorizes the Secretary to waive accreditation requirements under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary to facilitate agency compliance with this title through the establishment of an information clearinghouse on animal research methods and models. Title III: Special Procedures - Prohibits Federal agency approval of a research proposal involving animal use, unless such proposal justifies any anticipated animal distress in terms of research benefits and provides for the consulting services of a veterinarian, the proper use of tranquilizers, analgesics, anesthetics, and paralytics, appropriate pre- and postsurgical care, and the limited use of animals in major operations. Makes regulations promulgated under this Act ineffective if disapproved by either House of Congress within 60 days after proposal. Title IV: Exemption - Exempts from the requirements of this Act: (1) activities intended to improve animal health, breeding, or management or wild animal conservation; and (2) specific experiments or research programs for which such requirements would present national security risks or risks to the safety of manned space flight. Title V - Terminates all authority conferred by this Act ten years after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982
Designates the week beginning September 20, 1982, as National Firefighters' Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Electric Utility Nuclear Accident Cost Allocation Act - Requires electric utilities to pay to the Secretary of the Treasury an annual fee for calendar years 1982 through 1987 for their proprietary share of the electric power level authorized for each of their nuclear electric generating facilities under construction or licensed to operate on or after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the annual fee imposed upon any single nuclear utility from exceeding $1,600,000. Requires that such utilities certify to the Secretary of Energy their nuclear generating capability for purposes of the collection of such fees. Establishes in the Treasury the TMI-2 Cleanup Trust Fund which shall consist of the fees collected from electric utilities under this Act. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the cleanup programs for Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Unit No. 2 (TMI-2) in Pennsylvania. Provides for disbursements from the trust fund to defray the costs of the TMI-2 cleanup if the Secretary of Energy determines that such programs are safe, expeditious, cost effective, and consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the trust fund during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the terms and conditions of the indenture creating the Pennsylvania Trust (a trust which provides for the receipt and disbursement, solely for TMI-2 cleanup purposes, of funds collected by Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and other entities electing to provide such funds) in order to determine whether the Pennsylvania Trust may serve as an alternative means for receiving and disbursing funds for the cleanup of TMI-2. Permits electric utilities to elect to pay the annual fee required by this Act to the Pennsylvania Trust if the Secretary of Energy makes a positive determination. Provides for electric utilities making such election, upon proof of their payments to the Pennsylvania Trust, to receive a credit against their obligation under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the Pennsylvania Trust during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Provides that the U.S. District Courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce this Act without regard to jurisdictional amount.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Electric Utility Nuclear Accident Cost Allocation Act - Requires electric utilities to pay to the Secretary of the Treasury an annual fee for calendar years 1982 through 1987 for their proprietary share of the electric power level authorized for each of their nuclear electric generating facilities under construction or licensed to operate on or after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the annual fee imposed upon any single nuclear utility from exceeding $1,600,000. Requires that such utilities certify to the Secretary of Energy their nuclear generating capability for purposes of the collection of such fees. Establishes in the Treasury the TMI-2 Cleanup Trust Fund which shall consist of the fees collected from electric utilities under this Act. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the cleanup programs for Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Unit No. 2 (TMI-2) in Pennsylvania. Provides for disbursements from the trust fund to defray the costs of the TMI-2 cleanup if the Secretary of Energy determines that such programs are safe, expeditious, cost effective, and consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the trust fund during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the terms and conditions of the indenture creating the Pennsylvania Trust (a trust which provides for the receipt and disbursement, solely for TMI-2 cleanup purposes, of funds collected by Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and other entities electing to provide such funds) in order to determine whether the Pennsylvania Trust may serve as an alternative means for receiving and disbursing funds for the cleanup of TMI-2. Permits electric utilities to elect to pay the annual fee required by this Act to the Pennsylvania Trust if the Secretary of Energy makes a positive determination. Provides for electric utilities making such election, upon proof of their payments to the Pennsylvania Trust, to receive a credit against their obligation under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the Pennsylvania Trust during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Provides that the U.S. District Courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce this Act without regard to jurisdictional amount.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the President to transmit to Congress during the first 15 days of each regular session a budget for the ensuing fiscal year which sets forth a recommended level of estimated expenditures that does not exceed estimated receipts during such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the President to transmit to Congress during the first 15 days of each regular session a budget for the ensuing fiscal year which sets forth a recommended level of estimated expenditures that does not exceed estimated receipts during such fiscal year. Exempts from such requirement budgets for fiscal years when the increase in real economic growth for the period on which the economic assumptions for such fiscal year are based is less than three percent and unemployment is projected to be higher than six and one-half percent. Allows a suspension of such requirement in time of war or national emergency. Requires social insurance and national defense to receive first funding priority in reaching such outlay goals.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Designates September 22, 1982, as American Businesswomen's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that no new withholding tax should be imposed on interest and dividends.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations changing: (1) the conditions for employment of 14 and 15 year-old children; and (2) existing regulations governing full-time student employment at subminimum wages.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Balanced Budget Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit either House of Congress from considering any concurrent resolution on the budget, any amendment to it, or any conference report on it, if the adoption of such a measure would cause total budget outlays to exceed the recommended level of Federal revenues. Provides for a waiver of such prohibition by a three-fifths vote of the Congress (or by a majority vote) during a national emergency or declaration of war. Requires inclusion in the budget of budget authority for and revenues from all activities of the Federal Government, except revenues derived from borrowing and outlays for repayment of debt principal.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the five-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan approved by the Department of the Interior on July 21, 1982. Prohibits the implementation of such program until the Secretary of the Interior has modified the plan to conform to applicable Federal law and national energy policy.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982
Authorizes appropriations for the acquisition of certain real property in the District of Columbia for addition to the U.S. Capitol Grounds.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Residential Mortgage Investment Act of 1982 - Permits employee benefit plans, as defined under this Act, to engage in any qualified mortgage transaction involving any qualified residential mortgage loan, provided transactions between all parties are at arm's length. Permits such plans to participate in any mortgage pool, provided such pool conforms to specified requirements with regard to permitted investments. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Provides that this Act shall supersede any and all contrary provisions of State law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code. Prohibits the imposition of Federal excise tax on a plan or pool that engages in a transaction described under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Requests the President to designate the first week in October of 1982, 1983, and 1984 as National Port Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Commission on Neurofibromatosis within 60 days. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Authorizes the Commission to transmit interim reports. Requires: (1) a final report to the President and to each House of Congress within one year; and (2) the Secretary to file a final report and a budget analysis for neurofibromatosis research with the appropriate congressional committees within 15 days after the President submits his budget to Congress. Terminates the Commission three months after submission of the final report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense, for the remainder of FY 1983, should not award contracts or conduct cost studies pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the performance by contractors of commercial and industrial-type functions of the Department.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Fair Reduction-in-Force Practices Act of 1982 - Prohibits any executive agency, the Government Printing Office, or the Library of Congress from conducting a reduction-in-force unless, and only to the extent that, the agency has not been able to respond to the reason for the proposed reduction-in-force by: (1) instituting general cost-reduction measures or voluntary personnel cost-reduction measures; (2) establishing programs for eliminating inefficient or wasteful agency practices; (3) transferring available funds between programs and activities; (4) limiting hiring or promotions; (5) transferring personnel to positions that become available through attrition; (6) eliminating unessential overtime, holiday, and premium pay; (7) limiting the hours of intermittent employees and reducing the use of temporary employees; (8) reassigning employees to positions funded by trust or revolving accounts; (9) detailing employees; (10) assigning employees to State or local governments; or (11) any combination of such methods. Requires an agency head to notify the exclusive representative representing any employee who would be affected by a proposed reduction-in-force of any determination of a need for a reduction-in-force. Sets forth procedures governing collective bargaining over a reduction-in-force. Directs each agency to: (1) establish a program of consultation with organizations of managerial personnel who are not subject to collective bargaining; (2) inform any such organization of any proposed reduction-in-force that would affect any of its personnel; (3) provide such organization with a reasonable opportunity to present its views and recommendations; (4) consider such views and recommendations; and (5) provide such organization with a written statement explaining any persisting need for a reduction in force after considering and implementing appropriate recommendations. Permits an agency to conduct a reduction-in-force after satisfying the previous requirements of this Act if: (1) it submits reports concerning the proposed reduction-in-force to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Accounting Office; and (2) such offices certify on the basis of such reports that the requirements of this Act have been met. Requires the report to the OPM to: (1) describe the actions to be taken, the reasons the reduction-in-force is necessary, all alternatives and proposals considered and implemented, and the anticipated impact of the proposed reduction-in-force on the operations and management of the agency; and (2) provide any views and recommendations submitted by employee or management representatives. Requires that the report to the GAO: (1) indicate the estimated total cost to the Government of the proposed reduction-in-force; and (2) compare the estimated savings, over three years, anticipated through the proposed reduction-in-force with the estimated savings anticipated through the alternatives and proposals considered and implemented. Requires such reports to be submitted to specified congressional committees and made available to certain subcommittees. Permits an agency to issue notice of a proposed reduction-in-force to employees no earlier than ten days after the date both the OPM and the GAO have certified that the requirements of this Act have been met. Entitles an affected employee to at least 30 days advance notice. Requires such notice to specify: (1) the personnel action to be taken and its effective date; (2) the information used in determining the employee's standing in the competition for retention; (3) the place where and time when the employee may inspect records pertaining to his or her case; (4) any exceptions to the general order of release; and (5) the employee's right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board. Directs the OPM to establish a Government-wide retention register for each occupational category. Requires the name of each employee specifically notified of a reduction-in-force to be placed on the register for each occupation for which the employee is qualified. Directs the OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by a new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion unless the OPM determines that there is no qualified individual on the appropriate retention register. Directs the OPM to match each individual on the register with the available position for which the individual is best suited and, if the individual is qualified for more than one position, with the position which would be the least disruptive for the individual (considering the duties, pay, work schedule, and location of the position). Requires the OPM to certify to the appointing authority of an agency the name of each individual matched to a position of such agency. Requires an agency to offer an appointment to such a certified individual unless it objects and shows that: (1) appointment of another person is necessary to prevent substantial disruption to an essential agency function or to increase the percentage of women and minorities in the work force to the percentage as of April 1, 1981; or (2) the agency intends to withdraw the vacancy or to leave the position vacant for reasons acceptable to the OPM. Entitles an individual to remain on appropriate retention registers and to be considered for employment for two years. Requires the individual's name to be removed from such registers if: (1) the individual requests that he or she no longer be considered for employment; (2) the personnel action under the proposed reduction-in-force does not take effect; (3) the individual accepts an offer of an appointment under this Act; or (4) the individual is offered a position within the same commuting area and with the same pay, grade, and work schedule as the position from which the individual was released. Entitles individuals who have been affected by or notified of a reduction-in-force since April 1, 1981, to be placed on retention registers upon application. Requires the OPM to prescribe regulations prohibiting an agency from filling a vacant position by new appointment, transfer, reemployment, reassignment, or promotion, even if there is no qualified individual on the retention registers, if there is available a person who, notwithstanding any minimum qualification requirements for the position: (1) receives specific notice of a proposed reduction-in-force and applies for consideration for vacant positions; (2) meets the educational requirements for the position; and (3) the agency determines can reasonably be expected to satisfactorily perform the duties of such position within 180 days of appointment (with training, if necessary). Prohibits an agency from evaluating the performance of such an employee before 180 days after the employee is appointed; but, afterwards, allows the agency to remove such employee for unacceptable performance. Disqualifies from such assignment program any individual who fails to achieve an acceptable performance rating in two consecutive positions. Permits individuals who have been notified of or affected by a reduction-in-force since April 1, 1981, to be assigned under such program upon application. Directs the OPM to require agencies to transmit, at least monthly, a list of the employees notified of a reduction-in-force and a list of positions the agency plans to fill during the next six months. Requires the OPM to make a list of all such positions available to such employees for inspection. Requires the OPM to submit a biannual report to the President and to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the provisions of this Act. Specifies contents of such report. Extends (from one to two years) the period in which a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES), removed because of a reduction-in-force, must apply in order to be reinstated to a vacant SES position. Declares that such a member shall be qualified for such a vacant position if the agency head determines that such member can reasonably be expected to receive a performance rating at any of the fully successful levels for an appraisal period of between 180 and 365 days. Permits early retirement eligibility for employees who are separated from service voluntarily only if such separations are necessary to prevent involuntary separations, grade reductions, furloughs, or reassignments that would otherwise result because of a reorganization, reduction-in-force, or transfer of functions. Entitles an individual who has completed five years of civilian service and who, because of a reduction-in-force, is separated from service or transferred to a position which is not under the civil service retirement system to: (1) restoration of full civil service annuity rights upon depositing the full amount of any lump sum credit the individual received after being separated or transferred; or (2) partial restoration of annuity rights for partial or no deposit of such lump sum credit. Permits the survivor of such an individual to make such deposit for purposes of obtaining a survivor annuity.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Parkinson's Disease Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ("the Act," also known as the Clean Water Act) to extend through FY 1987: (1) authorizations of appropriations for programs of investigations and information and for State program grants; and (2) the general authorization of appropriations to carry out programs under the Act. Specifies amounts of such authorizations for FY 1983, but provides for such sums as may be necessary for FY 1984 through 1987. Extends until July 1, 1988, the deadline for industry compliance with best available technology (BAT) and best conventional technology (BCT) standards and effluent limitations for pollutants. Extends until July 1, 1991, the deadline for facilities with permits to use innovative production processes, control techniques, or systems to achieve compliance with BAT. Extends the deadline for requests by owners or operators of municipally-owned treatment works for permits to extend the time for achievement of effluent limitations based on secondary treatment or on more stringent water quality standards. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prescribe and collect processing fees for applications for modifications and exemptions under specified provisions of the Act. Requires that amounts collected be credited to the appropriation that incurs the costs and be available only in such amounts as are included in appropriations Acts. Redefines "new source" to mean any source the construction of which is commenced after the publication of final regulations prescribing applicable new source performance standards (NSPS). Extends until July 1, 1984, the deadlines for the Administrator to: (1) publish regulations providing guidelines for effluent limitations; (2) propose and publish regulations establishing Federal NSPS within listed categories of sources; and (3) establish effluent limitations for specified toxic pollutants. Revises provisions for the pretreatment of sources which introduce pollutants into publicly owned treatment works and which are incompatible with such works. Directs the Administrator to continue in force and revise as appropriate pretreatment regulations generally applicable to all categories of such sources. Requires that such generally applicable pretreatment regulations which are promulgated or significantly revised after the enactment of the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1982 shall specify a compliance date not to exceed two years from the promulgation date. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate pretreatment standards for specific categories and classes of such sources, specifying a compliance date not to exceed three years from the promulgation date. Provides that pretreatment standards for specific categories and classes of sources which were in effect immediately prior to enactment of the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1982 shall continue in full force and effect unless modified, rescinded, or determined by the Administrator to be no longer necessary or reasonable. Permits owners or operators of publicly owned treatment works to revise such pretreatment requirements for specified categories or classes or for equivalent new sources, if: (1) the treatment by such works removes all or part of the pollutant; (2) the discharge from such works does not violate the effluent limitation or standard which would be applicable if it were discharged other than through a publicly owned treatment works; and (3) the discharge does not impair sludge use or disposal by such works. Authorizes the Administrator to revise pretreatment standards as control technology, processes, operating methods, or other alternatives change. Authorizes the Administrator, with State concurrence and after opportunity for a public hearing, (or, if appropriate, the State itself) to issue permits exempting publicly owned treatment works from discharge requirements involving: (1) identification of the character and volume of pollutants introduced by any significant source; and (2) assurance of compliance with pretreatment standards by such source. Sets forth certification requirements for such exemptions. Provides for exemptions for: (1) all sources, subject to specified category; or (2) new sources, upon specified certifications by the owner or operator of the publicly owned treatment works into which the pollutants are introduced. Sets forth procedures relating to such exemptions, including limiting the term of such exemptions to ten years. Directs the Administrator to promulgate pretreatment standards for equivalent categories and classes of new sources, simultaneously with the promulgation of such standards for existing categories and classes of sources. Authorizes the Administrator, after consultation with the State in which the violation occurs, to assess a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per day of violation and not exceeding $75,000 in total, for violations of specified provisions of the Act. Sets forth procedures for assessment of such penalties. Revises provisions for criminal penalties under the Act. Prescribes penalties for negligently introducing, and for knowingly introducing, pollutants or hazardous substances into sewer systems or publicly owned treatment works under specified conditions. Raises penalties for knowing violations of the Act to a minimum of $5,000 and a maximum of $50,000 per day of violation and/or up to two years imprisonment. Revises provisions on Presidential exemptions for Federal effluent sources from requirements of the Act. Repeals the prohibition against presidential exemptions of Federal facilities from toxic and pretreatment effluent standards and from national NSPS. Requires with respect to such presidential exemptions, that: (1) all existing wastewater treatment facilities and techniques be utilized to their full design capacity; and (2) all reasonable efforts be taken to comply at the earliest possible date with the requirements of the Act. Extends the initial exemption period from one year to three years. Directs the President to include in the report to Congress on such exemptions the progress toward achieving compliance with exempted requirements. Authorizes the President, in addition to such effluent source exemptions, to issue regulations exempting from requirements any property owned or operated by the United States or by the National Guard which is essential to the national defense. (Currently, such regulations may exempt property owned or operated by the U.S. armed forces or the National Guard which is uniquely military in nature.) Requires that, with respect to United States or National Guard facilities so exempted: (1) all existing wastewater treatment facilities be utilized to full design capacity; and (2) all reasonable efforts be made to comply at the earliest possible date with the requirements of the Act. Authorizes the President to modify or suspend the provisions of the Act during the period of any war declared by Congress or any national emergency declared by Congress or the President. Revises provisions relating to thermal discharges. Authorizes the Administrator (or, if appropriate, the State) to issue a permit for modified effluent limitations for control of the thermal component of any discharge from a point source, upon a satisfactory showing by the applicant that such modified requirement will assure: (1) the attainment and maintenance of thermal water quality criteria adopted under provisions for water quality standards and implementation plans and in compliance with provisions for ocean discharge criteria; or (2) the protection and propagation of a balanced population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife in and on that body of water as determined by the State (or, if appropriate, the Administrator). Provides that the applicant must also show that a monitoring program to ensure continued compliance will be established before such modified limitation may be imposed. Provides that any standard established under effluent limitation provisions and applicable to a point source shall require that: (1) the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impacts; or (2) other equally effective measures will be applied, alone or in combination with best available technology, to minimize adverse environmental impacts. Extends from five years to ten years the maximum term of a permit issued by the Administrator or a qualified State under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Revises provisions for approval of State programs under the NPDES. Authorizes the Administrator to approve a State plan to administer part of a permit program, with a State commitment to administer the full program within five years. Provides that return of permit program administration to the Administrator, or withdrawal of approval by the Administrator, may only be made of the entire program currently being administered by a State. Provides that the term "point source" does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or controlled or uncontrolled flows of water through, over, or around dams with water quality effects resulting solely from such impoundment or the method of release of impounded waters. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring an NPDES permit for discharges composed entirely of any flow from a dam excluded under the definition of "point source." Allows the State continuing planning process for navigable waters to include a process to: (1) identify adverse changes in quality movement, flow, or circulation of navigable waters caused by hydrologic modifications, including changes caused by the existence or operation of dams; and (2) set forth procedures and methods to control such adverse changes. Excludes from the definition of "pollutant" munitions expended in the course of conventional weapons training exercises by the U.S. armed forces, or by its allies in joint training exercises.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin the strategic arms reduction talks (START), which should have the following objectives: (1) pursuing a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) deciding when and how to achieve and pursue a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) giving special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) preserving present limitations and controls on current nuclear weapons and delivery systems; and (5) incorporating ongoing negotiations in Geneva on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations. Declares that the United States shall try to reach a common position with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies on any agreement that would be inconsistent with existing U.S. commitments to those allies. Declares that the United States shall promptly approve the SALT II agreement if adequate verification capabilities are maintained.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Designates the week commencing the fourth Monday in June 1982 as National NCO/Petty Officer Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of April 17 through April 23, 1983, as National Coin Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's achievements in the 1912 Olympics. Declares that the Committee should be asked to present Thorpe's medals and awards during the 1984 Olympics.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to provide a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for the use or possession of either a cutting or stabbing weapon or firearm during the commission of any felony. Imposes such punishment in addition to the sentence imposed for the commission of the felony. Prohibits probation or suspension of such sentence. Restricts eligibility for parole.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Prohibition of Mandatory Retirement and Employment Rights Act of 1982 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate the upper age limitation of the class of persons to whom such Act applies.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Designates July 27, 1982, as National Recognition Day for the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1982
Designates the Federal building in Lima, Ohio, as the Tennyson Guyer Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1982
Jobs and Business Opportunities for the Handicapped Act of 1982 - Transfers all functions of the Committee on Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped to the Secretary of Commerce. Establishes in the Department of Commerce the Handicapped Employment and Business Opportunities Administration. Directs the Secretary to delegate his or her functions under this Act to the head of such Administration. Directs the Secretary to establish and publish a list of the commodities produced and services provided by any qualified industry employing the blind or other severely handicapped (currently restricted to qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or severely handicapped). Permits any qualified industry determined by the Secretary to be eligible to receive Government contracts to apply to have a commodity or service placed on such list. Directs the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the capacity of such applicant to produce the commodity or service in accordance with Government specifications and time requirements; and (2) publish his or her determination concerning the application. Authorizes the Secretary to reject the placement of any item on the list and to limit the quantity of any item approved for the list. Directs the Secretary to determine and revise as appropriate the fair market price of items which are on the list and which are offered for sale to the Government. Specifies procedures for determining an item's fair market price. Directs the Secretary to establish and administer criteria for determining the eligibility of qualified industries that apply to receive Government contracts for items on the list. Authorizes any qualified industry which meets such criteria to receive Government contracts if it is determined before the contract is awarded that the qualified industry is not in violation of any: (1) applicable standard of the Occupational Safety and Health Act; (2) order of the National Labor Relations Board; or (3) applicable provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Directs the Secretary to reevaluate each qualified industry periodically. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for allocating Government contracts among qualified industries. Authorizes the Secretary to regulate: (1) specifications for commodities and services on the procurement list; (2) time of their delivery; and (3) such other matters necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, including standards designed to promote upward mobility and to expand opportunities for blind and other severely handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary to insure that priority be given to purchasing items from qualified industries employing the blind. Authorizes the Secretary to hire either a nonprofit or a for profit organization for the purpose of: (1) furnishing technical assistance for qualified industries providing commodities or services to the Government; and (2) projects designed to help blind or other severely handicapped persons to achieve upward mobility within qualified industries or to move from employment in qualified industries to the private sector. Limits the amount of money the Secretary may spend for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to make a continuing study and evaluation of the Secretary's activities under this Act. Establishes a Coordination and Advisory Council to: (1) advise the Secretary on all functions and activities of the Handicapped Employment and Business Opportunities Administration; (2) monitor the implementation of this Act and recommend methods of expanding opportunities for the blind and other severely handicapped; and (3) help the Secretary coordinate the contracting activities of the Federal Government under this Act. Requires Federal agencies to procure any commodity or service on the procurement list from a qualified industry at the price established by the Secretary. Exempts from such requirement certain products made by prison inmates. Grants the Comptroller General of the United States access, for auditing purposes, to any records of the Administration and to certain records of Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through 1985. Abolishes the Committee for the Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1982
Designates the week of October 17 through October 23, 1982, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.