United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any State, or political subdivision thereof, which imposes an income tax on a corporation from taking into account income of any foreign corporation which is also a member of an affiliated group to which the domestic corporation belongs, unless such amount is subject to Federal income tax. Prohibits any State, or political subdivision thereof, from taxing or otherwise taking into account: (1) the amount of the deduction for dividends paid by a corporation which has elected the Puerto Rico and possession tax credit for the taxable year; or (2) a certain percentage (determined according to specified formulae) of any dividend received from a domestic corporation which is not treated as income from sources within the United States (or a dividend received by a corporation from a foreign corporation). Provides that nothing in this Act shall subject any dividend, other income item, or portion thereof to taxation if such taxation is otherwise prohibited by any law, or rule of law, of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
United States Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act - Charters and incorporates, as a nonprofit and charitable corporation, the United States Fish and Wildlife Foundation (the Foundation) which shall encourage, accept, administer or transfer private gifts of real or personal property, and acquire real or personal property for the benefit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Directs the Foundation to undertake and conduct activities which further the conservation and management of fish and wildlife resources. States that the Foundation will not be an agency or establishment of the U.S. Government. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the Board of Directors of the Foundation; (2) the rights and obligations of the Foundation; (3) exemptions from taxation; (4) administrative services and support; (5) volunteers; and (6) accounting and reporting requirements, and petition of the Attorney General for equitable relief. Exempts the United States from all debts, defaults, acts, or omissions of the Foundation. States that the right to repeal, alter, or amend this Act at any time is expressly reserved to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
Urges the United States and the Soviet Union to begin talks aimed at creating a jointly administered United States-Soviet student exchange program. Sets forth certain aspects of such exchange program.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1983
Declares that the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 dealing with the President's authority to extend the waiver of requirements that nonmarket economy countries permit freedom of emigration in order to obtain most-favored nation-treatment shall not apply to Hungary and the People's Republic of China during the period between July 3, 1983 and July 2, 1988. Grants to Hungary and the People's Republic of China for that period: (1) most-favored-nation treatment; and (2) eligibility to participate in any U.S. program that extends credits or credit or investment guarantees. Declares that specified bilateral commercial agreements between the United States and Hungary and between the United States and the People's Republic of China shall be treated as having been renewed for that five year period.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1983
Extends most favored nation treatment to Hungary beginning July 3, 1983, and ending July 2, 1988. Makes Hungary eligible to participate in any U.S. credit programs and renews for the effective term period the bilateral commercial agreement entered into between the United States and Hungary on March 17, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Sexual Exploitation of Children Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code dealing with the sexual exploitation of children. Increases the penalties for the sexual exploitation of children from $10,000 to $75,000 and, on a subsequent conviction, from $15,000 to $150,000. Establishes as an affirmative defense to prosecution that the medium (upon which such prosecution is based), when taken as a whole, possesses serious literary, artistic, scientific, social or educational value.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to revise and increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony. Redefines such offense as using a firearm to commit a felony over which the district courts have exclusive jurisdiction or carrying a firearm during such a felony involving violence. Deletes the requirement that the firearm be carried "unlawfully". Increases the additional penalty imposed for such offense to not less than five years' imprisonment for a first offense (currently, one to ten years) and ten years for a second or subsequent offense (currently, two to 25 years). Extends to first offenders the stipulations, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence, grant probation, or impose concurrent sentences. Makes a first offender ineligible for parole for five years and a second or subsequent offender ineligible for ten years. Expresses the sense of Congress that the executive prosecute vigorously such offenses.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Revises the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1983 and sets forth the first concurrent resolution on the budget for 1984 and the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1985 and 1986. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $606,200,000,000 for FY 1983, $689,100,000,000 for FY 1984, $765,900,000,000 for FY 1985, and $831,500,000,000 for FY 1986. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed at - $100,000,000 for FY 1983, $35,200,000,000 for FY 1984, $48,100,000,000 for FY 1985, and $58,000,000,000 for FY 1986. Sets the appropriate levels of total new budget authority at $886,200,000,000 for FY 1983, $936,550,000,000 for FY 1984, $998,650,000,000 for FY 1985, and $1,058,400,000,000 for FY 1986. States that the appropriate levels of total budget outlays are $814,700,000,000 for FY 1983, $863,550,000,000 for FY 1984, $912,600,000,000 for FY 1985, and $967,550,000,000 for FY 1986. Sets the amount of deficits in the budget which are appropriate in light of economic conditions and all other relevant factors at $208,500,000,000 for FY 1983, $174,450,000,000 for FY 1984, $146,700,000,000 for FY 1985, and $136,050,000,000 for FY 1986. States that the appropriate levels of public debt are $1,389,200,000,000 for FY 1983, $1,607,450,000,000 for FY 1984, $1,804,000,000,000 for FY 1985, and $1,993,750,000,000 for FY 1986. Sets the amounts by which the temporary statutory limits on such debt should be accordingly increased at $99,000,000,000 for FY 1983, $218,250,000,000 for FY 1984, $196,550,000,000 for FY 1985, and $189,750,000,000 for FY 1986. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity as follows: (1) $52,550,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $94,550,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $68,250,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1983; (2) $49,400,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $96,850,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and $68,250,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1984; (3) $47,450,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, $103,950,000,000 for new primary guarantee commitments, $68,250,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitment for FY 1985; and (4) 48,000,000,000 for new direct loan obligations, 107,650,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments, and 68,250,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and budget outlays and the primary and secondary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category for FY 1983 through 1986. Requires specified House committees to report changes in laws within their respective jurisdictions sufficient to decrease budget authority and outlays in FY 1984 through 1986 in amounts consistent with reductions in entitlement programs assumed in this resolution and to increase revenues in FY 1985 and 1986 in amounts consistent with the assumptions in this resolution. Sets forth the dates by which such committees must submit their recommendations to the House Committee on the Budget. Requires the Budget Committee to then report to the House a reconciliation bill incorporating all such recommendations without substantive revision. Prohibits any bill or resolution providing new discretionary budget authority or spending authority for FY 1984 which exceeds the appropriate allocation for such new discretionary budget authority or new spending authority from being enrolled until after Congress has completed action on the second concurrent resolution on the budget, or until October 1, 1983, whichever occurs first. Declares that if Congress has not completed action by October 1, 1983, on the second concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1984, then this concurrent resolution shall be deemed to be the concurrent resolution required under the Budget Act. Permits the Committee on the Budget, if action has not been completed by such date, to report to the House a House or concurrent resolution which only revises the levels of total budget outlays, budget authority, and revenues for technical and economic assumptions. Declares that such provisions shall not apply to bills, resolutions, amendments, or conference reports within the jurisdiction of a committee if the enactment of such a measure would not cause the appropriate allocation of new discretionary budget or new spending authority for FY 1984 to be exceeded. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that monetary policy and the economic assumptions in the budget resolution shall be consistent with each other. Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to report to Congress on the objectives of the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee with respect to the growth or diminution of gross national product in current and constant dollars, inflation, and unemployment for the current and three following calendar years. Requires the Board, in the same report, to explain the differences, if any, between these objectives and the economic assumptions of the most recent President's budget submission, the most recent projections of the Congressional Budget Office, and the economic assumptions of the most recent congressional budget resolution. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the House Committee on Armed Services should initiate a thorough review of military retirement programs which constitute a major sector of the defense budget and should recommend changes which would result in reduced spending under these programs.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the national security policy should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. Sets forth the principles and goals of such a policy.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Title I: Consumer Credit - Consumer Debtor Bankruptcy Amendments Act of 1983 - Amends the Bankruptcy Code to permit a bankruptcy court to dismiss a case or suspend all proceedings if it determines that a debtor whose debts are primarily consumer debts does not need the provisions of the chapter under which relief has been sought and the granting of relief under such chapter would be a substantial abuse of its provisions. Requires the Clerk of each Federal judicial district to compile statistics regarding debtors where debts are primarily consumer debts. Requires the bankruptcy judge to convene, and permits such judge to preside at, any meeting of creditors and to perform such additional judicial duties as may be required. Declares that the value of the creditor's interest in the estate's interest in consumer goods property shall be determined in light of the purpose of the valuation and of the proposed disposition or use of such property, and in conjunction with any hearing on such disposition or use or on a plan effecting such creditor's interest. Declares that the value of consumer goods which the debtor seeks to redeem in liquidation shall be presumed to be the established resale market price, if such market exists. Permits the court to utilize other methods of valuation if no such market exists or if the court determines that resale value is inappropriate in light of the property's proposed use or disposition. Requires the debtor in bankruptcy cases to file a statement of estimated income and expenses for the year following filing of his petition. Requires the debtor, if the schedule of assets and liabilities include consumer debts secured by property of the estate, to file and serve upon each creditor holding such security and upon the trustee, a statement expressing the debtor's intention with respect to retention or surrender of the collateral. Requires the debtor, at or before the meeting of creditors provided for by such title, to perform his intention with regard to such secured creditors. Requires that the notice of meeting of the creditors be accompanied by a copy of the statement of estimated income and expenses and that the debtor supply the clerk of the court, upon the filing of the petition, with enough copies of such statement to accommodate the listed creditors. Requires individuals filing for bankruptcy in joint or consolidated cases to elect either the Federal or State exemptions. Places an aggregate limit of $3,000 on the value of the exemption with regard to household goods and personal effects. Prohibits the debtor from utilizing the unused dollar value of the homestead exemption to exempt additional property not explicitly provided for by such Act. Repeals the provisions of such Act which currently authorize the debtor to avoid nonpurchase money security interest in property. Presumes nondischargeable any debt incurred on or within 40 days before the date of the filing of a petition under such title. Allows for rebuttal of such presumption. Allows creditors to enforce liens which have not been avoided in bankruptcy. Permits reaffirmation of consumer debts subject to the debtor's right to rescind any such agreement within 60 days or until a discharge is received, whichever occurs later. Declares that at the meeting of creditors the court shall inform the debtor of the nature and effect of a discharge and of any reaffirmation of debt. Prohibits the custodian from being an assignee under a general assignment for the benefit of the debtor's creditors that was appointed or took possession more than 120 days before the date of the filing of the petition. Permits the trustee or the court, however, to require such an assignee to file an accounting. Limits the trustee's power to avoid liens or recover payments made within 90 days of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy (within one year in the case of an insider) unless the creditor had reasonable cause to believe the debtor was insolvent. Permits the court, upon notice and hearing, to require a creditor to accept payments in redemption of the value of a claim secured by a nonpossessory, nonpurchase money security interest in tangible personal property, over a reasonable period not to exceed five years, if such tangible personal property consists of specified household goods and tools of the debtor's trade. Permits the court, upon notice and hearing, to avoid any lien in whole or in part, if the court finds;: (1) that the debtor has no reasonable ability to pay the redemption value of such property out of anticipated future income; and (2) the enforcement of such lien would impose undue hardship on the debtor. Allows a creditor, upon 10 days notice to the debtor and codebtor, to collect any portion of a debt from the codebtor which is not being paid by the debtor through the adjustment of debts of such debtor with a regular income. Requires payments under an adjustment of debts payment plan to commence within thirty days after the filing of the plan. Provides for the return of such funds after deducting the costs of administration if no plan is confirmed. Provides for the separate classification of codebtor claims and non-dischargeable claims and authorizes payment of them under an adjustment of debts payment plan. Allows a debtor to choose such a repayment plan of up to five years. Bases such repayment upon the debtor's ability to repay out of future income after taking into account the basic living necessities for the debtor and dependents. Provides for an early discharge of debts where a reasonable portion of unsecured claims are paid. Permits a hardship discharge of otherwise non-dischargeable debts to the extent the debtor attempted to pay such debts under an adjustment of debts payment plan, but was prevented from so doing by unforeseen circumstances. Title II: Agricultural Produce - Agricultural Produce Bailment Bankruptcy Amendments Act of 1983 - Requires bankruptcy courts to give priority to allowed unsecured claims of farmers arising from the sale or conversion of farm produce to or by a debtor who operates a farm produce storage facility. Specifies that such sale or conversion must have occurred within 180 days before the filing of the petition or before the cessation of the debtor's business, whichever occurs first. Limits the payment of any such claim to $2,000 per individual. Permits a bankruptcy court to expedite the procedures for determining interests in and the disposition of grain and proceeds held by debtors who own or operate grain storage facilities. Requires the court to expedite such procedures if requested by a trustee or a claimant. Sets forth factors for the court to consider before deciding whether to shorten the time periods for procedures. Lists the procedures which may be expedited. Specifies administration details. Title III: Miscellaneous - Declares that if any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid the provisions of every other part and their application shall not be affected thereby. Makes the provisions of this Act effective 90 days after enactment. Declares that the amendments made by this Act shall not apply to cases pending before the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1983
Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1983 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to set forth provisions dealing with foreign trade barriers. Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees on foreign trade barriers of U.S. exports. Directs that such report contain a comprehensive inventory and an assessment of acts, policies, or practices which restrict market access for competitive U.S. exports of goods or services, or foreign direct investment by U.S. persons with implications for trade in goods or services. Requires such report to be developed and coordinated by the USTR through the interagency trade organization established pursuant to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Requires the head of each executive branch department or agency to furnish necessary information to the USTR. Authorizes such department or agency heads to detail personnel and to furnish services as the USTR may request. Requires the USTR to submit a report to Congress on factors not addressed in this Act which significantly affect the competitiveness of U.S. high technology industries. Sets forth conditions and limitations upon the President's authority to enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements and to respond to certain foreign trade practices. Authorizes the President to restrict or deny access to a foreign supplier of services to the U.S. service market concerned. Directs that such access restrictions only apply to specified trade authorizations pending on or after a certain petition is filed or the USTR makes a determination to initiate market access restrictions. Requires the USTR to consult with the head of any Federal agency which regulates the services of any foreign country before the President imposes fees or other restrictions on such services. Sets forth provisions for the review of petitions by the USTR. Requires the USTR to publish any determination to initiate an investigation in the Federal Register. Requires the USTR to consult with certain committees before making any such determinations. Requires the USTR to recommend to the President what action to take on the basis of investigations and consultations. Requires the USTR to make such recommendations within specified time periods. Sets forth provisions concerning the availability of certain business information and the use of such information by the USTR. Requires the USTR to publish notice in the Federal Register of any extensions of investigations or recommendations agreed to by the petitioner. Makes conforming amendments. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should seek: (1) negotiations with foreign governments to reduce or eliminate restrictions on fair access to foreign markets for U.S. exports; and (2) the agreement of the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on certain international trade matters including trade restrictions and barriers. Sets forth the principal U.S. negotiating objectives with respect to trade in services, foreign direct investment, and high technology products. Directs the USTR to develop and coordinate the implementation of U.S. policies concerning trade in services. Requires Federal agencies responsible for regulating any service sector industry to advise and work with the USTR concerning: (1) the treatment afforded U.S. services sector interest in foreign markets; (2) allegations of unfair practices by foreign governments or companies in a service sector; (3) negotiations on service-related issues; and (4) domestic implementation of service-related agreements. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to establish a service industries development program. Sets forth the goals of the program. Expresses the policy of the Congress that the President shall: (1) consult with State governments on trade policy issues affecting the regulatory authority of non-Federal governments or their procurement of goods and services; (2) establish one or more intergovernmental policy advisory committee on trade; and (3) provide advice, assistance and information on U.S. policies on international trade in services to State and local governments. Authorizes the President to establish policy advisory committees representing non-Federal governmental interests to provide policy advice on trade negotiating objectives, bargaining positions, and the implementation of trade agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for quarterly rather than semimonthly payment of the manufacturers excise tax on fishing rods, reels, and other sports fishing equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Anatoly Shcharansky should be released from prison and permitted to emigrate. Urges continued expression of U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Anatoly Shcharansky.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Directs the President to resume negotiations with the Soviet Union on a treaty prohibiting: (1) the testing, deployment, production, or use of any weapons system designed to damage or interfere with a spacecraft; and (2) the stationing in outer space of any weapon designed to inflict injury or damage on the Earth, in the atmosphere, or on objects placed in space. Requires such a treaty to provide for verifying compliance with its terms. Directs the President to request the United Nations to bring about multilateral negotiations banning all weapons based in space.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a Commission to fix the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress on July 1 of each even-numbered year to take effect on the 3rd of January of the next calendar year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Coal Pipeline Act of 1983 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant or renew rights-of-way over, under, upon, or through any Federal lands for the construction, operation, maintenance, or extension of coal pipelines, if the person seeking the right-of-way has been issued a certification that it is in the national interest to construct, operate, and maintain the pipeline (or extend the pipeline). Prohibits granting a right-of-way over, under, upon, or through an historic site unless there is no feasible alternative and planning is made to minimize damage to the site. Requires a right-of-way granted or renewed under this Act to be granted or renewed in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. Prohibits the provisions of this act from affecting an existing or pending right-of-way except that if a certification has been made any renewal or extension may only be made pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations necessary to carry out this Act. Prohibits the United States or its agents from reserving, using, or claiming water in any State for a pipeline for which a certification has been issued unless such action takes place pursuant to State law. Authorizes acquisition of private lands by eminent domain if a certification has been issued, except with respect to historic sites or wildlife refuges. Requires the Secretary, if he or she determines that it is in the national interest, to approve an application for certification. Authorizes the Secretary to modify such application before its approval. Requires the Secretary in making such application determination to consider the extent to which a pipeline would: (1) help meet national needs; (2) enhance competition and provide new market outlets and opportunities; (3) contribute to national security; and (4) affect the environment. Directs the Secretary to notify the Attorney General of any pending application prior to making certification so as to permit the Attorney General to conduct an antitrust review. Requires every coal pipeline carrier issued a certification to provide service on reasonable request. Permits the use of eminent domain to acquire any portion of a right-of-way acquired under this Act if the use of such right-of-way is consistent with the operation and maintenance of the pipeline. Requires pipelines to be underground to the maximum extent possible. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing uniform Federal standards for the safe design, installation, inspection, and maintenance of coal pipeline facilities. Exempts facilities under construction. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of such regulations. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute a civil action for a restraining order or injunction to enforce any provision of this Act. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 requiring the withholding of tax on interest and dividends should not be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the income tax exclusion for the cost of meals furnished by an employer to meals furnished off the business premises of the employer. Requires that such meals be furnished in kind and be furnished within a time frame consistent with the employer's established meal schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid an aggregate salary greater than 25 percent of their annual teaching salary. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1983
Authorizes the President to present on behalf of Congress a gold medal to Danny Thomas in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding work as an American. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by said Secretary. Provides, effective October 1, 1983, funds not to exceed $22,000 to carry out the purposes of the Act. Provides that the Secretary may cause bronze duplicates of the medal to be coined and sold under regulations prescribed by the Secretary at a price sufficient to cover the costs of producing the gold medal. Directs that the appropriation used to carry out the provisions of the Act shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds from such coin sales. Provides that the medals are to be national medals.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Designates the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, in Maryland, as the Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to erect adjacent to such parkway an appropriate marker commemorating the contributions of Gladys Noon Spellman. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
Establishes a Commission on More Effective Government to study and recommend ways of promoting economy, efficiency, and improved service within the executive branch of Government. Directs the Commission to recommend methods to improve the relationship between Federal, State, and local governments. Directs the Commission to submit a final report to the Congress ten days after the Ninety-eighth Congress convenes. Terminates the Commission 90 days after such date. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983
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 · 3 January 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Constitution does not preclude periods of stillness and silence in public schools to be used at the discretion of the individual for prayer or introspection; and (2) individual religious conscience should not be violated or compromised in the establishment of any such period.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the penalty imposed on underpayments of estimated tax upon a showing by the taxpayer that the underpayment of estimated tax was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982
Directs the Committee on Governmental Operations of the House and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate to study: (1) the budgetary systems of States required to maintain balanced budgets; and (2) the impact of off-budget activities on the Federal budget process. Requires that such Committees recommend changes to the Federal budget system necessary for a balanced budget framework. Title I: Amendments to Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require that any budget submitted to Congress by the President shall set forth a level of estimated expenditures which do not exceed receipts. Provides that the President, for reasons of national security or economic necessity may submit two budgets, only one of which is balanced. Title II: Amendments to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for the annual adoption of one concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires the submission of balanced budgets by the Committees on the Budget of each House. Allows the Committees to submit two budgets, only one of which is balanced, if the Committees find it infeasible to submit a complying budget. Repeals provisions which require a second concurrent resolution on the budget. Revises certain reconciliation procedures. Provides that the budget resolution shall be binding unless waived by a three-fifths vote in either House of Congress. Requires the chairman of the House and Senate Budget Committees and a presidential appointee to meet and agree upon common economic and technical estimating assumptions to be used for preparation of the President's budget proposal. Requires, beginning with FY 1984, that the appropriate level of total budget outlays set forth in any concurrent resolution on the budget, as reported, for a fiscal year not exceed specified percentages of the Trend Gross National Product for such fiscal year. Sets forth the definition of the Trend Gross National Product for the purposes of this Act. Title III: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and the Rules of the House of Representatives to make technical and conforming changes. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982
Establishes the Commission on Capital Markets to evaluate the regulation of financial intermediaries by the Federal and State governments and the functioning of such intermediaries in the accumulation and allocation of capital within the U.S. economy. Requires the Commission, not later than one year after its initial meeting, to submit to Congress a report on the results of its evaluation. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of its final report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1982
Catastrophic Health Expense and Cost Constraint Act - Title I: Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan (CAPP)-Part A: Establishment of Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan - Adds as a new title to the Social Security Act, title XXI - Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan. Establishes a voluntary insurance plan to provide automatic protection to families against catastrophic medical expenses, the Catastrophic Automatic Protection Plan (CAPP), to be funded by general revenues and coinsurance amounts. Provides that a family will be eligible for CAPP assistance for CAPP covered expenses after members of the family incur medical expenses equal to the deductible. Varies the deductible depending on income, the maximum being $750 plus 30 percent of the amount by which a family's income exceeds $7,500. Sets forth provisions relating to applications for assistance under this Act. Specifies penalties for any family which intentionally falsifies an income statement. Provides that payments shall be made for up to 100 percent of covered CAPP medical expenses and services except that in the case of prescription drugs for chronic illness the payment rate shall be 75 percent. Provides that the coinsurance amount shall be equal to approximately 10 to 20 percent of family income, graduated according to income. Provides that there shall be no coinsurance payments after a family has incurred expenses equal to the "CAPP stop-loss". Provides that the CAPP stop-loss for any year shall be equal to approximately 10 to 20 percent of family income, again graduated according to income. Part B: Payment of Providers and Administration - Provides that payments with respect to CAPP covered services which are described in title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act shall be made to providers, with specified exceptions, in the amount and in accordance with the procedures set forth in such title. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a listing, within specified therapeutic categories, of drug entities which may be legally introduced into interstate commerce. Provides that any individual dissatisfied with any determination relating to the individual's eligibility for or amount of CAPP benefits shall be entitled to a hearing concerning such determination and to judicial review of the Secretary's final decision. Part C: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act, including "CAPP covered services" which is defined as services furnished to an individual to the extent payment for such service may be made under the Medicare program, except that under CAPP: (1) inpatient psychiatric services shall be covered for 45 days in a calendar year; and (2) the limitations on the extent of inpatient hospital services shall not apply with respect to CAPP covered services. Provides, in addition, that such term includes the furnishing of prescription drugs for treatment of chronic illness for individuals entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII. Directs the Secretary to provide for an evaluation, by an entity outside the Department of Health and Human Services, of the implementation of this Act during its first five years and to report to Congress on the evaluation. Title II: Health Cost Restraint and Employer Health Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in a taxpayer's gross income any contribution by his or her employer to a health plan for any month to the extent that such contribution amount exceeds a specified limitation. Limits the employer contribution for the coverage of an employee and his or her family to $100. Provides that the applicable dollar limit for a nonqualified health plan shall be zero. Set forth requirements used to determine whether or not a plan is nonqualified. Includes among the requirements of a qualified health plan the requirements that the plan: (1) provide minimum coverage, which means CAPP covered services; and (2) shall not be treated as providing minimum coverage if the aggregate amount of nonreimbursable deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance with respect to a covered employee during any year for covered deductible medical expenses (as computed under CAPP) and expenses for which assistance is provided such employee or family under CAPP in a calendar year exceeds $3,500. Requires that the employer contribution under a qualified health plan be at least 50 percent of the per employee cost. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with a State under which the State could certify a health plan. Revises the deduction for medical, dental, and other health expenses by providing that there shall be allowed as a deduction the following amounts, not compensated for by insurance: (1) the amount by which the medical care expenses of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents who are blind or disabled or who are receiving Medicare because of end-stage renal disease exceed three percent of adjusted gross income or the amount by which the expenses of medical care (other than care under the supplementary medical insurance program of Medicare) provided the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents while a resident of a long-term care facility or an institution for the physically or mentally handicapped exceed three percent of adjusted gross income; (2) an amount (not in excess of $150) equal to one-half of the expenses for insurance (which is not a qualified individual health plan); and (3) an amount (not in excess of $500) equal to the expenses for a qualified individual health plan, if no payment is made by the taxpayer's employer toward the plan. Sets forth the requirements of a qualified individual health plan, including a requirement that the plan include CAPP covered services. Title III: Medicare Amendments - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that individuals entitled to certain part A benefits are eligible under CAPP. Provides coverage for: (1) items and services related to pregnancy, delivery, and the care of a child through one year after birth; and (2) such immunizations against communicable diseases that are capable of causing serious illnesses or death without immunization. Provides that any charge for any service or procedure performed by a doctor shall be reasonable if: (1) the service or procedure is performed in a designated physician shortage area; (2) the physician has a regular practice in the shortage area; (3) the charge does not exceed the prevailing charge level as otherwise determined; and (4) the charge does not exceed the amount generally charged by such physician for similar services. Provides an alternative hospital reimbursement system. Authorizes a legal entity (which may be a hospital, associations of hospitals, or a State or local government) to apply to the Secretary to have hospital services provided by specified hospitals serving the same geographic area reimbursed under such an alternative system rather than as provided under title XVIII or XIX (Medicaid) of the Act. Authorizes a State to apply to have all hospitals in the State reimbursed under the alternative method. Requires approval of the alternative method if under the alternative method: (1) hospital expenditures under Medicare and Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) will not be greater than if the alternative system was not in effect; and (2) there will not be a significant reduction of or refusal to admit specified classes of patients to hospitals. Permits the States and certain legal entities to apply for a grant to aid in establishing the alternative system. Revises provisions relating to payments to and contractual arrangments with health maintenance organizations (HMO) on behalf of individuals eligible for Medicare. Directs the Secretary to annually determine a per capita rate of payment for each class of individuals: (1) enrolled with an HMO pursuant to this Act and entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII and enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII; and (2) enrolled with an HMO under part B only. Provides a rate for each class equal to 95 percent of the adjusted average per capital cost for that class. Defines the term "adjusted average per capital cost" to mean the average per capital amount that the Secretary estimates would be payable for services furnished under the Medicare program, if the services were to be furnished by other than an HMO. Directs the Secretary in establishing classes of individuals to take into consideration such factors as age, sex, institutional status, disability status, place of residence, and other factors which the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Redefines an HMO. Requires an HMO to meet certain requirements, including limits on premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Provides that individuals enrolled in the Medicare program shall be eligible under this Act for enrollment with any HMO with which the Secretary has contracted. Prohibits premiums, deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments of an HMO for services in addition to those available to Medicare enrollees from exceeding, for such individuals, the adjusted community rate for such services. Defines the adjusted community rate. Provides that if the Secretary is not satisfied that an HMO has the capacity to bear the risk of potential losses under a risk-sharing contract under this Act or if the HMO so elects, the HMO may be reimbursed on the basis of reasonable cost if the Secretary is satisfied that the HMO is able to perform its contracted obligations effectively and efficiently. Provides for the coverage of the services of a physician assistant or nurse practitioner furnished pursuant to a contract under title XVIII to a member of an HMO. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit a capital expenditure made by or on behalf of a health care facility from being subject to review pursuant to the limitation on Federal participation for capital expenditures of part A if the obligation of the capital expenditure by the facility would not be reviewed under the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to Congress concerning additional benefits offered by HMOs. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to reduce Federal Medicaid payments to a State if the State: (1) reduces the number of categories of individuals eligible for benefits or the extent of such benefits under titles XIX, XX (Grants to States for Services), or XXI of the Act; and (2) makes changes that result in an increase in the amount of payments that would otherwise be made under title XXI. States that it shall be considered an unfair trade practice for any entity to advertise that any amounts paid to an individual represent reimbursement for the deductible under CAPP.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982 - Title I: Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Programs - Subtitle A: Dairy Price Support Program - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Agriculture and Food Act, to establish a two-tier dairy price support program for FY 1983 through 1985, effective October 1, 1982. Sets the price of milk for domestic needs: (1) at $13.10 per hundredweight for FY 1983; and (2) at the percentage of parity for FY 1984 and 1985 which $13.10 represented as of October 1, 1982. Sets the price of milk in excess of domestic needs at the higher support level uniformly reduced to cover the annual costs of acquiring, managing, and disposing of surplus milk. Provides that the funds from such reduction shall be remitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) by the first milk handlers, including producers who market their own milk. Limits CCC annual milk purchases to five billion pounds, with producers responsible for costs in excess of such amount. Stipulates that the CCC shall increase its purchases if import quotas are increased. States that the price of milk shall be supported through milk and milk products purchases. Authorizes payments to producers who reduce their production. Establishes a National Dairy Board consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture and 15 presidentially-appointed members. Directs the Board to: (1) determine the relative proportions of milk to which the price support levels will apply and the producer responsibility for dairy product purchases; (2) establish a uniform price support reduction rate for milk in excess of domestic commercial market needs and announce such rate before October 1 of each year; (3) dispose of dairy products acquired by the CCC through authorized price support operations; and (4) remit proceeds from price support operations to the CCC. Sets forth enforcement provisions. Subtitle B: Dairy Promotion Act - Dairy Promotion Act - Authorizes the Secretary, by dairy products promotion order, to establish a National Dairy Promotion Board made up of dairy farmers to promote dairy products. Requires approval of a proposed order by a producer-referendum. Finances such Board through dairy producer assessments. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Donation of Dairy Products - Authorizes domestic and foreign CCC commodity donations. States that foreign donations shall be coordinated through, and in addition to, Public Law 480 programs. Subtitle D: Adjustment Program for the 1983 Crops of Wheat, Feed Grains, Upland Cotton and Rice - Sets 1983 wheat price support levels at not less than $3.80 per bushel. Provides for a 25 percent combined acreage limitation or set-aside and diversion program for such crop. Requires producers to comply with such combined program in order to receive price supports. Bases 1983 through 1985 wheat, feed grain, upland cotton and rice acreage bases upon the respective 1982 bases adjusted to reflect established crop-rotation practices and other factors as the Secretary determines. Requires the Secretary to make retirement and conservation payments to 1983 wheat and feed grain crop producers who participate in the acreage limitation or set-aside program. Sets such rates at $3.00 and $1.50 per bushel for wheat and corn respectively. Sets 1983 corn support levels (upon which feed grain levels are based) at not less than $2.71 per bushel. Provides for a 20 percent combined acreage limitation or set-aside and diversion program for such crop if the Secretary determines that the 1982 corn crop will exceed a specified number of bushels. Requires producers to comply with such combined program in order to receive price supports. Requires that if a reduction program is established for 1983 upland cotton, 25 percent of such program shall be under a paid diversion program with the balance under an acreage limitation program. Requires producers to comply with such combined program in order to receive price supports. Requires the Secretary to make retirement and conservation payments to participating upland cotton producers. Sets such rate at 25 cents per pound. Provides for a 25 percent combined acreage limitation (15 percent)and diversion (ten percent) program for the 1983 rice crop if the Secretary determines that the 1982 crop will exceed a specified hundredweight. Requires producers to comply with such combined program in order to receive price supports. Requires the Secretary to make retirement and conservation payments to participating rice producers. Sets such rate at $3.00 per hundredweight. Requires: (1) the Secretary to advance at least 50 percent of any land diversion payments to a participating producer as soon as possible; and (2) a noncomplying producer to repay the advance with interest. Subtitle E: Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1982 - Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) treat siblings living together who are not elderly, blind, or disabled as one household; and (2) treat persons 60 years or older living with others but unable to purchase and prepare meals because of medical disability as a separate household if the income of the other person does not exceed 165 percent of the nonform poverty guideline. Requires the rounding down of dollar amounts for the thrifty food plan in computing deductions of household income and in calculating the value of allotments. Includes disabled veterans and their survivors as eligible for benefits under the food stamp program. Excludes from household income cost-of- living increases attributable to speciied provisions of the Social Security Act, the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, and pensions for veterans of a period of war. Changes the date for adjusting deductions in computing household income from July 1, 1983, to October 1, 1983. Revises excess shelter deduction provisions to permit State agencies to use a standard utility allowance which does not fluctuate seasonally. Excludes from such use households not incurring or sharing such expenses. Requires monthly averaging of household income received on a regular weekly or biweekly basis. Prohibits any waiver of the requirement that migrant household income be calculated prospectively. Establishes categorical eligibility for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under the Social Security program. Authorizes State agencies to select certain categories of households which may file periodic reports of household circumstances at less frequent intervals than other types of households. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to require job search information at the time of an individual's application for food stamps. Increases the ineligibility period for persons voluntarily quitting a job from 60 to 90 days. Authorizes the Secretary to require State agencies to use an alternative coupon issuance system if such system improves the integrity of the food stamp program. Prohibits the issuance of an initial month allotment under $10. Authorizes household information disclosure to Federal or federally-assisted programs. Requires expedited service to destitute migrant households or households with no income. Authorizes a State agency to promptly reduce or terminate benefits for any household which provides written information that clearly requires a reduction or termination. Requires State agencies to determine, not less frequently than annually, whether food stamp recipients are in receipt of duplicative benefits. Requires State agencies to reimburse the Secretary for the value of excess allotments issued to households. Sets forth a formula for reducing an agency's federally funded share of administrative costs based upon the State's payment error rate. Requires the Secretary to study the impact of benefit reductions and make a final report to the appropriate congressional committees by March 1, 1985. Authorizes ceilinged appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985. Allows the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide food assistance in the form of cash for FY 1982 and 1983. Directs the Secretary to study the impact of such assistance and report to the appropriate congressional committees within six months. Directs that, out of one-half of the savings resulting from employment of workfare program people, an increased Federal share of administrative expenses be made available to agencies operating such programs. Makes certain provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 effective on the date of enactment of this Act. Title II: Banking - Amends the National Housing Act to permit maximum FHA mortgage amounts to be increased by the amount of the mortgage insurance premium paid at the time the mortgage is insured. Provides for refunds of a portion of such paid-up premium if the principal obligation is paid before the number of years on which the premium was based. Permits the implementation of such program only if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that the program is actuarially sound. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for the salaries and expenses of the mints and assay offices. Title III: Civil Service Programs - Requires the monthly installments of civil service annuities to be rounded to the next lowest dollar (currently, fixed at the nearest dollar) at commencement and after each cost of living adjustment. Changes the commencement date for annuities for employees or Members of Congress (other than those who are involuntarily separated from the service (except by removal for misconduct or delinquency or who retire on disability) to the first day of the month after (currently, the day after): (1) separation from the service occurs; or (2) pay ceases and age and service requirements are met. Increases the rates of pay under Federal statutory pay systems by four percent for FY 1983 if: (1) before September 1, 1982, the President transmits to Congress an alternative plan providing for an increase of less than four percent; and (2) Congress disapproves such plan. Title IV: Veterans' Programs - Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Subtitle A: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increase - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Subtitle B: Program Changes - Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for 14 or more days. Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light reception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or a foot. Requires that additional compensation for dependents be adjusted downward to the nearest dollar. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a flag for burial (and subsequent retention by the next of kin) for persons designated by the Administrator as eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Eliminates the requirement that the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Army be a disabled veteran. Requires that activities at Veterans Administration directed medical facilities be carried out by Federal employees, except as specified. Subtitle C: Budget Savings Provisions - Veterans' Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 - Requires veterans to pay a loan fee on guaranteed home loans. Establishes periods of commencement for payments based on an award of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of payments under the Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978 by rounding pensions to the next lower dollar. Extends the entitlement of children of veterans who are under 18 to such children who are not yet 19 but pursuing a high school degree and children over 18 who are not pursuing such a degree but who before reaching 18 become permanently incapable of self-support. Reduces the amount of pension receivable during the summer months for the students. Amends the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program to terminate the entitlement of such veterans and of spouses and surviving spouses to pursue exclusively correspondence training under such program.
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 · 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 · 7 June 1982
Title I: Revision of the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Year 1982 - Sets the level of Federal revenues in FY 1982 at $623,000,000,000 and the net amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased at $0. States that the level of total budget authority for FY 1982 is $764,500,000,000 and that the level of total budget outlays is $738,300,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $115,300,000,000. States that the level of public debt is $1,143,100,000,000 with an increase of $63,300,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. States that the level of total obligations for the principal amount of new direct loans is $62,450,000,000. Sets the level of total new primary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $73,850,000,000 and the level of total new secondary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $48,700,000,000. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1982. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for fiscal year 1982 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $62,450,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $73,850,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $48,700,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1982. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1982: (1) $30,250,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $32,200,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $73,850,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $48,700,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Title II: Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Years 1983, 1984, and 1985 - Sets a level of Federal revenues in FY 1983 of $657,100,000,000 and the aggregate level of Federal revenues increased by $12,100,000,000. States that the level of total new budget authority is $806,050,000,000. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $779,300,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $122,200,000,000. Sets the level of public debt for FY 1983 at $1,290,200,000,000 with an increase of $890,200,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1983. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for FY 1983 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $50,800,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $91,550,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $38,400,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1983. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1983: (1) $28,350,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $22,450,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $91,550,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $38,400,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $720,600,000,000 in FY 1984 and $798,800,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $18,600,000,000 in FY 1984 and $18,800,000,000 in FY 1985. States that the level of total new budget authority for FY 1984 is $869,650,000,000 and $952,550,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $830,100,000,000 for FY 1984 and $888,200,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the amount of deficit in the budget at $109,500,000,000 in FY 1984 and $89,400,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the level of the public debt at $1,426,600,000,000 and $1,551,100,000,000 in FY 1984 and 1985, respectively. Sets forth the increase in the temporary statutory limit on such debt at $1,026,600,000,000 in FY 1984 and $1,151,100,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1984 and FY 1985. Title III: Providing Reconciliation Instructions and Other Enforcement Measures - Requires the appropriate committees of the House and the Senate to report changes in laws within their respective jurisdictions sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 1983 in amounts consistent with reductions in entitlement programs assumed in this resolution and to increase revenues in 1983 in amounts consistent with the assumptions in this resolution. Declares that, in the House of Representatives, no bill or resolution providing new budget authority for FY 1983, or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 which exceeds the appropriate allocation or subdivision of such new discretionary budget authority or new spending authority shall be enrolled until after Congress has completed action on the second concurrent resolution on the budget. Makes it out of order in either House to consider any bill or resolution or amendment thereto providing new budget authority for FY 1983 or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 within the jurisdiction of any of its committees unless and until such committee makes the allocations or subdivisions required by the Budget Act. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that if Congress acts to restore fiscal responsibility and reduces projected budget deficits in a substantial and permanent way, then the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee shall reevaluate its monetary targets in order to assure that they are fully complementary to a new and more restrained fiscal policy.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1982
Title I: Revision of the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Year 1982 - Sets the level of Federal revenues in FY 1982 at $622,800,000,000 and the net amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased at $200,000,000. States that the level of total budget authority for FY 1982 is $784,500,000,000 and that the level of total budget outlays is $743,900,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $121,100,000,000. States that the level of public debt is $1,147,700,000,000 with an increase of $747,700,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. States that the level of total obligations for the principal amount of new direct loans is $63,400,000,000. Sets the level of total new primary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $74,850,000,000 and the level of total new secondary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $68,950,000,000. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1982. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for fiscal year 1982 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $63,400,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $74,850,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $68,950,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1982. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1982: (1) $30,200,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $33,200,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $74,850,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $68,950,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Title II: Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Years 1983, 1984, and 1985 - Sets a level of Federal revenues in FY 1983 of $676,700,000,000 and the aggregate level of Federal revenues increased by $31,700,000,000. States that the level of total new budget authority is $828,000,000,000. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $780,550,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $103,850,000,000. Sets the level of public debt for FY 1983 at $1,285,550,000,000 with an increase of $885,550,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1983. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for FY 1983 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $60,900,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $99,100,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $68,250,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1983. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1983: (1) $31,050,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $29,850,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $99,100,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $68,250,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $753,650,000,000 in FY 1984 and $846,550,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $51,650,000,000, in FY 1984 and $66,550,000,000 in FY 1985. States that the level of total new budget authority for FY 1984 is $888,400,000,000 and $952,850,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $826,400,000,000 for FY 1984 and $881,200,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the amount of deficit in the budget at $72,750,000,000 in FY 1984 and $34,650,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the level of the public debt at $1,404,450,000,000 and $1,490,800,000,000 in FY and 1985, respectively. Sets forth the increase in the temporary statutory limit on such debt at $1,004,450,000,000 in FY 1984 and $1,090,800,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1984 and FY 1985. Title III: Providing Reconciliation Instructions and Other Enforcement Measures - Requires specified House and Senate committees to recommend program changes in laws within their respective jurisdictions to reduce budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 by specified amounts. Requires such committees to submit their recommendations to the Committees on the Budget of their respective Houses. Requires the Committees on the Budget to report to the House and the Senate a reconciliation bill or resolution or both carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision. Declares that, in the House of Representatives, no bill or resolution providing new budget authority for FY 1983, or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 which exceeds the appropriate allocation or subdivision of such new discretionary budget authority or new spending authority shall be enrolled until after Congress has completed action on the second concurrent resolution on the budget. Makes it out of order in either House to consider any bill or resolution or amendment thereto providing new budget authority for FY 1983 or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 within the jurisdiction of any of its committees unless and until such committee makes the allocations or subdivisions required by the Budget Act. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that if Congress acts to restore fiscal responsibility and reduces projected budget deficits in a substantial and permanent way, then the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee shall reevaluate its monetary targets in order to assure that they are fully complementary to a new and more restrained fiscal policy.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Independent Contractor Tax Classification and Compliance Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify standards for determining whether certain individuals qualify as independent contractors for purposes of the tax on employment income. Treats an individual as an independent contractor if such individual: (1) controls the total number and scheduling of his work hours; (2) has no principal place of business provided rent-free by the service-recipient; (3) has substantial investment in his business (excluding vehicles) and earns income based upon sales or output rather than upon number of hours worked; and (4) performs services under a written contract and is provided written notice of his responsibilities with respect to income and self-employment taxes. Provides that the criteria established by this Act shall not be applicable to agent-drivers, commission-drivers, full-time life insurance salesmen, home workers, and traveling or city salesmen who are statutorily designated as employees for purposes of social security taxation. Sets forth special rules for: (1) contracts entered into before January 1, 1983; and (2) determining control of scheduling work hours. Provides that the failure of an individual claiming independent contractor status to meet the criteria established by this Act shall not create an inference that such an individual is an employee or that the recipient of his service is an employer. Limits the applicability of the criteria established by this Act to questions of employment status arising under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, self-employment tax provisions, and withholding requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires a recipient of an independent contractor's services to file an information return disclosing payments made to such individual in excess of $600 per year. Requires persons who sell over $5,000 in consumer products to buyers on a buy-sell, deposit-commission, or similar basis to file a similar return. Permits an election to file such returns in certain circumstances. Requires individuals who file such information returns to furnish to persons with respect to whom such information is reported written statements which indicate the amount of payment reported. Provides penalties for failure to furnish information returns or statements. Requires the payment of a surcharge for multiple violations. Requires the withholding of tax on certain persons where the identifying number is incorrect or missing on any return filed by a service-recipient. Sets forth effective dates and transitional rules for provisions of this Act.
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 · 11 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Trade and Investment Equity Act of 1982- Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include restrictions on direct investments by U.S. citizens or nationals among the discriminatory foreign trade practices that trigger a U.S. response. Requires U.S. action if the President determines such action is appropriate to respond to a foreign trade practice that denies the United States commercial opportunities substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Authorizes the President, upon making such a determination, to: (1) change Government procurement policies to provide for procurement from nations that provide substantially equivalent commercial opportunities to comparable U.S. producers; or (2) propose legislation that would impose equivalent restrictions within the United States on countries that do not provide such opportunities. Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements to eliminate discriminatory barriers on foreign direct investment by U.S. citizens or nationals. Imposes specified conditions and limitations on Presidential action to enforce U.S. rights under trade agreements and to respond to foreign trade practices. Authorizes the President to take action: (1) on a nondiscriminatory basis or solely against the products, services, or investment of the foreign entity involved; and (2) against products, services, or investments other than those involved in the investigation. Directs the President to take into account: (1) U.S. trade agreement obligations; and (2) the impact of the action taken on the U.S. economy. Directs the President to review at least biennially each such trade action. Directs the President to rescind an enforcement action within 30 days after: (1) the offending practice is eliminated; or (2) it is determined that continuing the action is not in the national interest. Authorizes the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee to file a resolution with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) requesting the President to take action to enforce U.S. trade rights or to respond to discriminatory trade practices. Directs the USTR to recommend possible Presidential actions concerning specified trade agreements within one year of the start of the dispute settlement procedure. (Current law requires such recommendations within 30 days of the end of the dispute settlement procedure.) Requires the USTR to consult with the U.S. International Trade Commission on the probable impact on the U.S. economy of taking action with respect to such product, service, or direct investment. Authorizes the President to negotiate international agreements on restrictions on foreign direct investment. Directs the President to take such action as may be necessary to extend the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to cover trade in services and direct investment. Directs the USTR to report biennially to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee on the principle trade barriers of any major trading country.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Declares that any action by the United Nations to prevent a democratic state from exercising its rights to participate in the United Nations will seriously and harmfully affect congressional support for the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover in recognition of his distinguished service and for his contributions to the development of safe nuclear energy and to the defense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such provision. Authorizes the Secretary to make available bronze duplicates of such medal for sale under regulations he prescribes and in accordance with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that current Federal law authorizes and requires the Internal Revenue Service to deny tax-exempt status and deductibility of contributions to private schools that practice racial discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a business expense deduction for advertisements placed with a foreign broadcast station and directed to a market in the United States if a similar deduction is denied in the country in which such station is located for an advertisement placed with a U.S. broadcast station and directed to a market in that country.
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