United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Omnibus Victim-Witness Protection and Assistance Act of 1982 - Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require that presentence reports contain: (1) a statement of the harm done or loss suffered by the victim; (2) information on any available nonprison programs and resources; and (3) a statement of the financial needs of the defendant and his dependents, the restitution needs of the victims, and the amount of any gain derived from or loss caused by the criminal conduct of the defendant. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as offenses "tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant" and "retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant." Prescribes an additional penalty for an individual convicted of one of the above offenses while on bail. Grants general authority to the Attorney General to relocate or protect government witnesses. Authorizes the attorney for the government to initiate civil proceedings to restrain tampering with a witness or victim. Allows for a defendant found guilty of an offense to be sentenced to make restitution. Directs the Attorney General to recommend to Congress laws necessary to compensate victims of crimes where restitution is not possible. Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Federal courts over civil claims against the United States for damages caused by dangerous offenders who are released or escape from the lawful custody of a U.S. employee as a result of such employee's gross negligence. Directs the Attorney General to develop Federal guidelines for the fair treatment of crime victims and witnesses. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the allowable amount of the income tax deduction for eliminating architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and aged from $25,000 to $100,000. Makes such tax deduction permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no further reductions should be made in the funding currently available for FY 1983 for programs administered under the Older Americans Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982
Increases the authorization of 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 · 11 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of the Army should grant a permit to the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) to hold a public memorial ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery on May 15, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Soviet Union should comply with certain international agreements relating to human rights by pursuing a more humane emigration policy and by ceasing harassment of Jews and others seeking to emigrate; (2) Soviet compliance with internationally recognized emigration rights would significantly promote improved relations with the United States; (3) the President should convey these concerns of Congress to the Soviet Union at every appropriate opportunity; and (4) the President should also convey these concerns to U.S. allies.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with other countries.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Net Worth Guarantee Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the National Housing Act, and the Federal Credit Union Act to permit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the National Credit Union Administration Board to guarantee the net worth of qualified insured institutions. Requires that, to qualify for a guarantee, an institution's net worth be less than two percent of its assets, that it have losses in at least two consecutive quarters, and that at least 20 percent of its loans and investments be in mortgages secured by or securities backed by residential real estate. Requires that an institution use at least 60 percent of its annual net new deposits to issue mortgages which meet specified criteria. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of any such guarantee. Permits additional guarantees of net worth after a two year period if the certified continued earnings losses are caused by general market conditions and not by the actions of the institution. Requires a qualified institution, when its net worth reaches three percent of its assets, to begin to reduce the amount of guarantees received. Declares that the total annual reduction of guarantees of net worth received by such institution shall not be less than 50 percent of the net income, after taxes, of such bank for the year involved. Declares that outstanding guarantees of net worth provided by the Corporation shall be backed by the Net Worth Guarantee Account established by this Act. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a Net Worth Guarantee Account which shall be used for the required payment of any guarantee of net worth issued pursuant to this Act. Limits the total amount of guarantees of net worth issued under this Act at any time to $8,500,000,000. Declares that no guarantee of net worth may be issued after Deptember 30, 1984. Requires the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration Board to make quarterly reports to each House of Congress specifying the types and amounts of guarantees of net worth provided to each depository institution and the conditions imposed on each such institution. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct semiannual audits of each guarantee of net worth and of the Net Worth Guarantee Account and transmit such report to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Expresses congressional approval of the 1979 strategic arms limitation agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States (SALT II). Directs the President to transmit to the Soviet Union the necessary instruments of ratification.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to increase the authorized appropriations for the Interstate Highway System for FY 1984. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to use the apportionment factors revised by the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation for expenditures in FY 1984 on the National System of Interstate and Defense 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 urban system; (3) forest highways; and (4) public lands highways. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for: (1) Indian reservation roads and bridges; (2) the territorial highway program in the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to increase authorized appropriations for FY 1984 for interstate resurfacing. Title II: Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program and the hazard elimination program. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1973 to extend the authorization of appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings to September 30, 1983. Title III: Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 to carry out certain provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Permits the President to appoint successors to cadets at the U.S. Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies who have been discharged, graduated, or whose class has graduated without them.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that increased coal exports are important and that Congress should consider legislation to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. ports through which coal exports pass. Declares that such legislation should: (1) not provide for the imposition of user charges to recover Federal expenditures at such ports; (2) seek to expedite authorizations for port improvements; and (3) request the President to further define a national coal export policy and initiate bilateral conferences with coal trading parties.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States which adopt and implement programs to reduce traffic safety problems resulting from persons driving while under the influence of alcohol. Limits the receipt of such grants to three fiscal years and sets forth the Federal share payable for each successive year. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria for the grants based on areas of consideration provided under this Act. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to implement such traffic safety programs after a period for public comment. Sets the effective date of such regulations, unless they are disapproved by either House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Transit Assistance Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit a discretionary capital grant or loan from being made by the Secretary of Transportation unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan. Decreases the Federal share of such grants and loans. Authorizes appropriations, beginning in fiscal year 1983, for administrative costs necessary to carry out the functions of such Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1986 for the: (1) discretionary capital grant program; (2) innovative methods and techniques program; (3) planning program; (4) urbanized area capital formula program; (5) program to meet special needs of the elderly and handicapped; (6) formula grant program for other than urbanized areas; and (7) capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 for: (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; and (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems; and (4) grants for the establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Authorizes appropriations for formula grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 for: (1) urban mass transit; (2) construction or operating assistance; and (3) commuter rail and fixed guideway systems. Provides that any such unobligated or deobligated funds shall be added to amounts available for certain other capital grant programs. Declares that apportionments for fiscal year 1975 shall lapse on September 30, 1977, and apportionments for fiscal year 1976 shall lapse on September 30, 1978. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project for the payment of operating expenses of urban mass transit services after September 30, 1984. Repeals provisions that require that rates charged elderly and handicapped persons for transportation during non-peak hours be no more than one-half of peak hour full fares. Establishes a capital formula program for urbanized areas to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities, equipment, and spare parts for transit vehicles in mass transportation service. Prohibits the use of such grants for the construction or extension of fixed-guideway systems other than exclusive facilities for buses. Exempts from such prohibition projects already agreed upon for the District of Columbia metropolitan area. Provides a procedure for receiving and distributing assistance under such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish a benchmark price representing the maximum Federal participation for the acquisition of buses. Transfers the enforcement of labor standards for construction projects funded by the Department of Transportation from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Transportation. Includes the capital formula programs for urbanized area and for non-urbanized areas within the reporting system and uniform system of accounts. Makes technical amendments to formula grants for nonurbanized areas to parallel the operation of formula grants for urbanized areas. Repeals provisions concerning terminal development programs and intercity bus service. Establishes a capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas consistent with provisions of formula grant programs for nonurbanized areas. Authorizes Governors to transfer funds between the two programs under certain circumstances. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to prohibit the authorization of appropriations for a specified waterborne transportation demonstration project after September 30, 1982. Amends the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 to repeal provisions dealing with the investigation of safety hazards in urban mass transportation systems.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act Amendments of 1982 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act to expand the definition of the term "State agency" for purposes of such Act to include any entity having eminent domain authority under State law, except public utilities, unless specifically exempted from such Act. Revises the definition of "Federal assistance" to provide that a person shall be considered displaced as a result of a project undertaken with Federal assistance only where the Federal Government has direct control over the project site or approval decisions. Revises the definition of "displaced person" to provide that persons displaced as a direct result of Federal or federally assisted rehabilitation or demolition projects shall be entitled to moving expenses and relocation advisory services under such Act. Title II: Uniform Relocation Assistance - Requires the payment to displaced persons of actual expenses not exceeding $10,000 necessary to reestablish a displaced business at its new site. Removes the limitation on the moving expense allowance and the fixed amount of the dislocation allowance that a person displaced from a dwelling may elect to receive in lieu of itemized expenses. Declares that such allowances shall be determined according to a schedule established by a lead agency designated by the President. Increases the maximum and decreases the minimum limitations on the payment a person displaced from a business or farm operation may elect to receive in lieu of itemized deductions. Declares that such amount shall be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency. (Currently, such amount is based on the annual earnings of the farm or business.) Excludes from entitlement to such payment a displaced person whose sole business was the rental of the real property. Revises the method of computing the payment to a displaced homeowner for increased mortgage costs with respect to a suitable (currently comparable) replacement dwelling. Requires payment of an amount that would reduce the principal and interest on the replacement dwelling to the same level as the payments on the displaced dwelling. Authorizes a displacing agency to extend the one-year period following payment for an acquired home during which the displaced person must purchase and occupy a replacement dwelling in order to qualify for housing replacement payments, but limits such payments to the costs of relocating such person within that one-year period. Decreases the ceiling (currently $4,000) on the amount of rental housing replacement assistance provided to displaced tenants to the lesser of: (1) $3,000; or (2) 24 times the difference between the monthly cost of suitable replacement housing and 30 percent of the tenant's monthly income. Permits eligible displaced tenants to elect to: (1) receive Federal, State, or local low- income housing assistance in lieu of such rental housing replacement assistance; or (2) apply such rental assistance toward the downpayment on a suitable replacement dwelling. Declares that displaced homeowners who meet the residency requirement for rental housing replacement assistance but not for homeowner's housing replacement assistance shall qualify for rental assistance. Permits a displacing agency, with the consent of the displaced person, to waive the requirement that suitable replacement housing be decent, safe, and sanitary, under unique circumstances. Prohibits the payment of rental housing replacement assistance to any person who: (1) occupied the displacement dwelling principally to obtain such assistance; or (2) has received such assistance during the two preceding years. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to assign priority to displaced persons for assistance under public housing programs. Directs the Small Business Administration and other Federal agencies to provide technical assistance to such persons in applying for other assistance programs. Requires that all relocation assistance advisory programs: (1) provide information on suitable locations for displaced farming operations; and (2) assure that no person is required to move before being given a reasonable choice of suitable replacement dwellings. Provides for the designation of a single, cognizant Federal agency to establish procedures to be used by a non-Federal displacing agency to implement related activities funded by two or more Federal agencies. Permits States to enact equitable standards to implement provisions authorizing a displacing agency to use project funds to provide dwellings for displaced persons if such project would be delayed because suitable replacement housing is not available otherwise. Directs the head of the lead agency to certify such standards or, in the absence of such standards, to provide that assistance for replacement housing may exceed payment ceilings only on a case by case basis. Authorizes a displacing agency to provide replacement housing for persons eligible for low-income housing assistance through a Federal low-income housing assistance program. Provides that any payment a displaced person receives under State law shall replace a housing replacement or real property acquisition payment for substantially the same purpose under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. Directs a displacing agency to: (1) use government or private entities to carry out any relocation assistance services under such Act; and (2) incorporate competition among private alternative service providers. Requires the President to designate a lead agency which shall: (1) promulgate rules to carry out such Act; (2) coordinate relocation assistance activities with Federal and federally-financed low-income housing programs; (3) monitor the implementation of such Act; and (4) report any major problems under such Act to Congress. Requires a State agency to pay the United States all net amounts (currently all amounts) received from the sale of surplus Federal property transferred to the agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing. Repeals the authority of any displacing agency to make loans to various organizations for planning and obtaining federally insured mortgage financing for housing for displaced persons. Title III: Uniform Real Property Acquisition Policy - Authorizes a displacing agency acquiring real property to forego an appraisal of donated property or property voluntarily for sale for $700 or less if the seller agrees. Requires that the owner, at his or her election, be provided with a written justification of the amount determined to be just compensation. Permits a displaced person to donate the real property being acquired or any of the compensation paid for such property to the displacing agency. Prohibits the preemption of any State law when a Federal agency directly acquires land within a State, except as required for national security or as provided by Congress. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of specified provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Title I: Tax Credit for Employment of Unemployed Individuals - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a refundable income tax credit for the employment of an individual who: (1) begins work for the taxpayer between December 31, 1982 and July 1, 1986; (2) was unemployed for 90 days before being hired by the taxpayer; (3) did not receive unemployment compensation for the week before he was hired by the taxpayer; and (4) performed substantially on a full-time basis during the first six months of his employment. Title II: Treatment of Oil and Gas Income - Subtitle A - Domestic Oil and Gas Income - Repeals: (1) the percentage depletion allowance in the case of oil and gas wells; and (2) the option to deduct currently intangible drilling and development costs. Subtitle B - Treatment of Foreign Oil and Gas Income - Foreign Oil and Gas Tax Act of 1982 - Excludes from gross income any foreign oil and gas extraction income of a taxpayer. Disallows any tax credits or deductions attributable to such income or for the amount expended for oil and gas exploration outside of the United States. Disallows the foreign tax credit for excess foreign oil related payments by domestic corporations. Provides that the oil-and gas-related income of a foreign corporation controlled by a U.S. company shall be presently taxed (instead of deferred as under present law).
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Omnibus Congressional Compensation Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate the annual adjustment in compensation for Members of Congress. Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to make the President's recommendation for congressional salaries of an advisory nature only, unless otherwise provided by law. Provides that the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress shall be the rate payable on the date of enactment of this Act. Repeals the provision of law which authorizes permanent appropriations for compensation for Members. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require Members to substantiate their living expense deductions. Directs that any increase in compensation, tax benefits, or increase in outside earned income limitations (including honoraria) shall take effect at the beginning of the Congress following the Congress during which such benefits are authorized. Amends rule VIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and rule XII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require a recorded vote on such types of legislation. Makes it out of order in the House or Senate to consider such legislation if it contains items other than those relative to congressional benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither the President nor Congress should impose import fees on crude oil or refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Title I: National Development Investment - National Development Investment Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to cite such Act as the National Development Investment Act and to revise the emphasis of such Act from primary Federal initiative to coordination of investments between the public and the private sectors. Sets forth the findings of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, upon the application of an eligible State, economic development district, distressed local government (with a population under 50,000 and located outside an economic development district) Indian tribe, or nonprofit economic development organization. to make a grant for a portion of the cost of projects submitted in a development investment strategy. Sets forth eligible activities for such development investment assistance, including repairs, rehabilitation, and small business establishment. Sets forth specific eligibility criteria for applicants for such assistance. Requires an application for a grant under this Act to include: (1) a certification that the area concerned meets certain distress requirements; (2) a certification of any responsibilities which the Secretary has agreed to perform; and (3) a development investment strategy prepared in accordance with this Act. Requires the Secretary to consider specified purposes of this Act in approving applications. Lists as criteria any one of which an area must meet in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act: (1) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; (2) an employment growth rate below the national average; (3) a population loss over the most recent five-year period; (4) an unemployment rate above the national average for the most recent 24 month period; and (5) a sudden economic dislocation resulting in job loss. Sets forth the information to be contained in a grant applicant's development investment strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to establish a revolving loan fund for making or guaranteeing loans to small businesses for initial or working capital, or the purchase of facilities or equipment. Limits to $1,000,000 the amount of any such grant. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a maximum 50 percent of the cost of completing the project as determined at the time of the grant application. Permits the Secretary to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of an Indian tribe. Limits expenditures in any one State to a maximum 15 percent of the appropriations made pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local governments with a population over 50,000 (if located outside an econmic development district). Earmarks such grants for coordination of investment for community facilities, economic development, manpower training, and transportation services. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate Federal, State, and local development investment efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct any demonstration program to test the feasibility of new ways to increase productivity, foster innovative technology, match labor force with labor markets, or encourage economic diversity and regional balance. Limits the amount of any such grant to not more than 75 percent of the cost of economic development planning or of investment strategy preparation. Declares that the Secretary of Commerce shall administer this Act with the assistance of a specified Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other persons and agencies. Prohibits the approval of any grant unless the Secretary is satisfied that the project concerned will be properly and efficiently administered, operated, and maintained. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary under this Act. Permits the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to a project by accepting a certification of the grant applicant's performance of such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to make comprehensive annual reports to Congress detailing operations under this Act. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this Act to be paid the prevailing rate of wage. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to declare that investments under such Act shall also be made in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1987. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the subsequent Federal share of an Appalachian development highway segment when a participating State proceeds to construct a segment of such a highway without the aid of Federal funds. Applies such increase to projects approved after March 31, 1979. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States and public and nonprofit entities for projects which will: (1) assist in the creation or retention of permanent private sector jobs, the upgrading of the region's manpower, or the attraction of private investment; (2) provide special assistance to severely distressed and underdeveloped counties which lack financial resources for improving basic services; (3) assist in achieving the goal of making primary health care accessible in the region; or (4) otherwise serve the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the authorization of any financial assistance to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work previously performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors. Prohibits grants with funds authorized after October 1, 1982, from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of any approved project. Permits such grants to increase the Federal contribution to any project to such percentage as the Commission determines within specified limitations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to increase from seven to 12 the number of members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Requires the President in selecting the members of the Board to: (1) appoint at least one member each to represent the respective interests of small business, organized labor, agriculture, and small financial institutions; and (2) have due regard for a fair representation of the financial, industrial, and commercial interests of the country in appointing the other members of the Board. Directs the President, upon the expiration of the term of any appointive Board member, to fix the successor's term at not to exceed 12 years. Prescribes the manner of staggering term expirations. Directs the President, during 1982, to appoint five additional members to the Board for specified terms. Requires such members to be representatives of small business, organized labor, agricultural interests, and small financial institutions. Declares that the person appointed to replace the number of the Board whose term expires in 1982 shall be appointed for a term of 11 years.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the services of a mental health specialist. Defines mental health specialist to mean a: (1) clinical psychologist; (2) clinical social worker; (3) psychiatric nurse specialist; or (4) psychiatrist.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Amends the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 with respect to the employee protection program by eliminating provisions which make payments under such program subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts. Requires that monthly assistance payments be equal to the average of such amounts provided in the previous year. Grants protected employees who were furloughed or terminated by air carriers certified under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 prior to enactment of this Act the first right of hire on a regional basis by any other such air carrier. Provides that flight deck operating crew members shall not retain rights of seniority or recall with the air carrier from which they were furloughed or terminated. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to periodically publish the comprehensive list of available jobs with certified air carriers on a regional basis. Terminates the Airline Employees Protective Account. Authorizes annual appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the employee protection program. Requires the Secretary of Labor to certify that employee protection agreements meet certain standards. Grants the United States district courts jurisdiction of actions to enforce duties under such agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1982
Inland Waterway Improvement and Cost Recovery Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to levy ton-mile fees on commercial waterway transportation on the inland waterway system. Sets forth criteria by which fees shall be established. Directs the Secretary of the Army to adjust such fees at least every five years on the basis of: (1) anticipated Tennessee Valley Authority and Army Corps of Engineers expenditures for the inland waterway system; (2) corrections for actual expenditures and amounts recovered; (3) the expected volume of commercial traffic; and (4) any other factors that the Secretary finds reasonable and equitable. Authorizes the Secretary to levy congestion fees, designed to reduce delays, on all users of specified facilities. Requires collected fees to be credited to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and made available for making capital improvements and operation and maintenance expenditures on the inland waterway system. Permits the Secretary, for the purposes of developing fee schedules and determining violations of this Act, to require specified information from any person engaged in commercial waterway transportation. Increases to $200,000 the maximum fine for vessel owners who refuse to furnish required statements of business on navigable waters to the Secretary. Sets forth civil penalties for failure to pay user fees. Sets forth the percentages of expenditures for inland waterway project operation and maintenance and construction and rehabilitation which shall be assigned to commercial waterway transportation. Amends the Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 to eliminate provisions which made amounts in the Inland Waterways Trust Fund available for expenditures for navigation construction and rehabilitation projects on inland waterways. Permits the Secretary to determine the interest rate used on any unrecovered balance of fees. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study, plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain new improvements, rehabilitations, and modifications of existing improvements on the inland waterway system. Requires submission to Congress of a final environmental impact statement prior to initiation of any such construction. Exempts such environmental impact statements from judicial review under any law. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Voting Rights for the Handicapped and the Elderly Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals. Sets forth minimum requirements for these guidelines. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General and aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Secretary of the Interior should refrain from issuing mineral leases in wilderness areas and lands under formal consideration for wilderness designation; (2) any Federal official who proposes to issue a mineral lease in such an area should provide prior notice to Congress in order to allow congressional prohibition of such lease; (3) additions to the Wilderness System should proceed expeditiously but without arbitrary deadlines; (4) lands under formal consideration for wilderness designation should be managed to preserve their wilderness character; and (5) Federal land management agencies should consider wilderness values in making land management decisions and recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Hunger to conduct a comprehensive study of the problems of hunger and malnutrition, including those issues addressed in reports of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger and the Independent Commission on International Development Issues.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) an effective Federal environmental program is necessary to protect U.S. citizens' health and well-being; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency should be appropriated increased funds to protect our environment and meet expanded responsibilities mandated by law; and (3) the President should submit a new budget for the Environmental Protection Agency for FY 1983 reflecting these principles.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a comprehensive study on their problems and to develop policies to coordinate governmental and private programs to address such problems. Provides that the committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall terminate at the close of the Ninety-ninth Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under the Higher Education Act of 1965; (2) Congress should provide Pell grant assistance for academic year 1982 through 1983 that fully funds the need analysis criteria of January 6, 1982, in order to provide assistance to 2,600,000 needy students; and (3) Congress should not further reduce the amount of funds available for campus-based student assistance programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 below the levels established by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1982
Authorizes the President to designate April 4, 1982, as the National Day of Reflection. Notes that such date coincides with the 80th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, head of the Lubavitch movement.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the FY 1983 budget should not be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax exclusion of interest on mortgage subsidy bonds. Revises the arbitrage requirements for tax-exempt bonds to increase the amount by which interest rates on such bonds may exceed the interest rates on mortgages financed with such bonds. Increases the amount by which the acquisition cost of bond-financed residences may exceed the average area purchase price of other homes in the same statistical area. Revises the new homeowner requirements to allow eligibility for bond-financed mortgages for persons who are residing in substandard housing or who have lost their homes because of natural disasters or governmental action.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow first-time home buyers an income tax credit equal to nine percent of the purchase price of a principal residence acquired after February 28, 1982, and before January 1, 1984. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $5,400. Provides a three year carryback of excess credit amounts. Specifies that such credit shall be available with respect to only one residence of the taxpayer. Requires the recapture of credit amounts for the purchase of a principal residence if such residence is sold within 36 months after the date of acquisition, except in the case of the owner's death, a casualty loss, or a divorce settlement.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
States that the Federal Government should restore balance to the Department of Energy's FY 1983 budget by maintaining funding for energy conservation, renewable energy, and weatherization programs and by distributing information on conservation and renewable energy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to extend to September 30, 1987, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to provide certain aviation insurance and reinsurance.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Designates the week beginning on May 9, 1982, as Senior Center Week. Requests the President to include the designation of such week as part of the proclamation issued for Older Americans Month.
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