United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
Entitles an inspector for the Immigration and Naturalization Service or the United States Customs Service to a civil service annuity after such inspector reaches age 50 and completes 20 years of combined service as an inspector, Federal fire fighter, or Federal law enforcement officer.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1983
Fair Trade in Steel Act of 1983 - Title I: Steel Tripartite Advisory Council - Directs the President to establish within the Executive Office of the President a Steel Tripartite Advisory Council which shall: (1) advise the President and Congress on problems within the basic steel industry; (2) provide advice and make recommendations on certain international and domestic issues; and (3) perform other duties required by title II of this Act. Requires other Federal agencies to cooperate with the Council. Directs the Council to report to the President and Congress on its activities. Title II: Quantitative Restrictions on Imports of Certain Steel Products - Limits annual imports of steel mill product categories to 11 percent of the expected apparent consumption for that year. Defines steel mill product categories to mean specified categories of carbon and alloy steel articles and stainless steel articles identified in the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to announce on October 1, and April 1, of each year the quantitative limitation on imports for the six months beginning on the following January 1, and July 1. Prohibits imposing limits on any steel product category unless the Secretary finds that the sector of the domestic steel industry which produces like or competitive articles has, and is engaging in, a verifiable investment plan to modernize that sector. Imposes additional quantitative limits on imports of steel mill product categories. Declares that it is the intent of this title to ensure, to the extent practicable, that the entry of articles in all steel mill product categories that are products of a foreign nation be equalized on a monthly basis. Provides for imposing additional limitations on imports from a foreign nation if imports from such nation, in any two consecutive months, exceed five percent of an amount equal to one-sixth of the total permissible imports for such nation for the year concerned. Terminates this title on December 31, 1988, unless extended by the President. Title III: Quantitative Restrictions on Iron Ore Imports - Imposes limits on the imports of iron ore for the last six months of 1983, and for calendar years 1984 and 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to permit imports of iron ore in excess of such limits in order to insure continued operation of domestic steelmaking facilities. Permits such waiver only on a plant-by-plant basis and only if the Secretary makes specified determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Export Administration Amendments Act of 1983 - Title I: Amendments to Export Administration Act of 1979 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to set forth penalties for: (1) conspiring or attempting to export goods in violation of such Act; (2) attempting to evade the provisions of such Act; and (3) possessing goods or technology with the intent to export them in violation of a national security or foreign policy export control or with the knowledge or reason to believe they would be so exported. Permits a waiver of the revocation of the authority to export goods or technology only if specified congressional committees are first consulted. Requires persons convicted of violating a national security or foreign policy export control to forfeit: (1) the goods or technology that were the subject of the violation or that were used in the violation; and (2) the proceeds from the transaction from which the violation arose. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate Commerce Department employees to take specified actions to enforce the Export Administration Act. Limits the authority of customs officers with respect to such Act to: (1) inspection and seizure of goods or technology at those places in which such officers are lawfully authorized to conduct such searches and seizures; and (2) investigations conducted before such inspection, search, or seizure. Limits the U.S. Customs Service inspections of goods and technology in the enforcement of this Act to those goods and technology about which the Customs Service has received information of possible violations. Prohibits the Customs Service from conducting random inspections. Limits the amount of money which the Customs Service may spend in enforcing export controls. Amends the congressional findings and the declaration of policy of the Export Administration Act to declare that it is the U.S. policy to: (1) sustain vigorous scientific enterprise; and (2) control the export of goods and substances banned or severely restricted for use in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to issue licenses authorizing multiple exports instead of a validated license for each export including: (1) a qualified general license, authorizing exports for approved end uses; (2) distribution licenses; (3) project licenses; (4) service supply licenses; and (5) comprehensive operations licenses. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the transfer of goods or technology which are subject to national security export controls to foreign embassies or affiliates of foreign countries located within the United States. Prohibits requiring permission for the exportation of goods or technology covered by national security controls if they are being exported to countries which maintain export control cooperatively with the United States, except that the Secretary may require an export license in certain circumstances and may require the exporter to notify the Commerce Department of such exports. Makes technology and related goods, including militarily critical technologies, eligible for a comprehensive operations export license. Makes exports of goods and technology eligible for a distribution license or other licenses authorizing multiple exports. Provides that one criterion for determining whether to eliminate the requirement of having a validated export license or a qualified general export license shall be the anticipated military needs of countries which are subject to national security export controls. Requires the Secretary to negotiate with other countries, including countries not participating in the group known as the Coordinating Committee, to obtain their cooperation in restricting certain exports. Requires the removal of a national security export control on a good if all applications for an export license of such good to a country group during the previous year have been granted, except that the Secretary may require an export license for exports to certain end users in such country group. Exempts from such requirement all export controls which the United States maintains cooperatively with another country. Prohibits imposing a national security export control on a good solely because the good contains a nonreprogrammable embedded microprocessor. Permits imposing an export control on such a good only if the functions of the good are such that, if exported, it would make a significant contribution to the military potential of a country that would be detrimental to U.S. national security. Adds to the objectives of the President's negotiations with the group known as the Coordinating Committee. Limits the duration of national security export controls on goods or technology that are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated license for the export of such goods or technology if the availability has not been eliminated within six months of the President's determination that the absence of such export controls would be detrimental to national security. Requires the Secretary to accept the representations of export license applicants with respect to the foreign availability of goods or technology unless the representations are contradicted by reliable evidence. Directs the Secretary to establish in the Department of Commerce an Office of Foreign Availability which shall collect information necessary for determinations of foreign availability under the Export Administration Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 90 days on a finding by a technical advisory committee that goods or technology subject to national security export controls are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated export license for such goods or technology if, after six months, the foreign availability has not been eliminated. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to complete the integration of the list of militarily critical technologies into the commodity control list not later than April 1, 1985. Requires the list to include only goods or technologies which are not possessed by nor available to countries to which national security controls apply. Requires the Secretaries to specify to Congress why U.S. military or national security is benefitted if the list includes a good or technology which is available in other countries. Requires the General Accounting Office (GAO) to evaluate the attempt to integrate the list of militarily critical technologies into the commodity control list. Sets forth matters to be considered. Requires the GAO to report its findings to Congress by April 1, 1985. Requires the Secretaries and the GAO to consider mechanisms to reduce the list of militarily critical technologies, including removing from the list: (1) goods and technology the transfer of which would not lead to a significant near-term improvement in the defense capability of a country to which exports are controlled; (2) slowly evolving technologies; (3) technology that is not process-oriented; and (4) components used in militarily sensitive devices that in themselves are not sensitive. Sets forth the criteria the President shall consider in determining whether to impose export-control for foreign policy purposes. Requires the President, before imposing foreign policy export controls, to consult with the countries with which the United States maintains export controls cooperatively. Authorizes the President to impose, expand, or extend foreign policy export controls only after consulting with specified congressional committees and making a specified report to Congress. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress within ten days of imposing, expanding, or extending foreign policy export controls. Requires such report to include the extent and results of consultations with industry and other countries before the foreign policy export controls were imposed. Prohibits any export controls imposed for foreign policy reasons from affecting: (1) export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed; or (2) export licenses issued before such time. Provides that the export controls shall affect existing contracts or export licenses if the controls relate directly to actual or imminent gross acts of aggression or of international terrorism, to actual or imminent gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, or to actual or imminent nuclear weapons tests. Prohibits export controls imposed on goods or technology in short supply from affecting export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed. Prohibits foreign policy export controls from authorizing export controls on donations of goods intended to be used to relieve human suffering. Permits such controls, even with regard to such goods, in order to control the export of goods and substances banned or severely restricted for use in the United States. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the exportation from the United States of any goods, technology, or other information produced in the United States to the extent necessary to further significantly U.S. foreign policy or to fulfill U.S. international obligations. Applies foreign policy export controls to activities undertaken with the intent to evade such controls even if such controls would not otherwise apply to such activities. Authorizes the President to impose foreign policy export controls with respect to an expanded number of goods or technology if: (1) the President reports to Congress on the proposed controls; and (2) a law is enacted authorizing such controls. Sets forth the method for considering a joint resolution authorizing such controls. Requires that determinations of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to including items on the commodity control list or approving or denying export licenses for crime control or detection instruments shall be made in concurrence with the Secretary of State. Reimposes for one year the foreign policy export controls which were in effect on February 28, 1982, and ceased to be effective on March 1, 1982, September 15, 1982, and January 20, 1983 (except those controls with respect to the 1980 summer Olympic games). Authorizes one year extensions of such controls. Prohibits the President from rescinding a determination that a country supports international terrorism unless the President submits a report to Congress justifying the rescission and certifying that the country has not provided such support for a year. Authorizes entities which represent an industry or a substantial segment of an industry which processes metallic materials capable of being recycled to petition the Secretary to monitor exports of such material or impose export controls on such material if: (1) a domestic price increase or a domestic shortage resulting from increased exports has or may have a significant adverse effect on the economy or on a domestic industry; and (2) a significant increase in exports is or may be a substantial cause of adverse effect on the economy or on a domestic industry. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations defining specified terms. Sets forth the criteria the Secretary shall use in determining whether to impose monitoring or controls on such materials. Prohibits the Secretary from considering another petition with respect to such material within six months of the final action on the prior petition. Deletes the provision permitting the Secretary to impose temporary controls on such materials after a petition has been filed. Requires specified procedures to be followed before export controls on such materials may be imposed. Authorizes the export of domestically produced crude oil transported by pipeline over rights-of-way granted pursuant to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act only if: (1) the President recommends exporting the oil after making and publishing certain findings; and (2) the President includes such findings in the recommendation to Congress and Congress, within 60 days of receiving the recommendation, agrees to a joint resolution approving such exports. Extends the short supply export controls on domestically produced crude oil until September 30, 1987. Requires the President to notify Congress whenever the President determines that short supply export controls should be imposed on refined petroleum products. Declares that foreign policy or short supply controls imposed on agricultural commodities shall cease to be effective if, within 60 days of receiving the President's report on such controls, the Congress does not adopt a joint resolution approving the controls. Requires the Secretary to issue or deny within 60 days of submission those export license applications which are not referred to another department or agency. Requires the Secretary to allow an export license applicant 30 days to respond to a decision to deny the license application. Prohibits the Secretary from returning a license application without action if the license requirements are changed after the application has been submitted. Authorizes the Secretary to request additional information in such a case. Requires the Secretary to provide a proper classification of a good or technology on the commodity control list within 10 days of receiving a request for such classification. Requires the Secretary to respond within 30 days to an inquiry about the applicability of export license requirements to a proposed export transaction or series of transactions. Requires the Secretary to include in the annual report to Congress on the administration of the Export Administration Act detailed information on the removal of export controls pursuant to a specified section. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Extends the authority granted by such Act until September 30, 1985. Requires the Secretary to modify the office hours of the Office of Export Administration on at least four days of each workweek to accommodate exporters throughout the United States. Title II: Export Promotion Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out Commerce Department export promotion programs. Directs the President, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a contingency plan for bartering surplus farm commodities for petroleum and petroleum products and for other materials vital to the national interest. Authorizes the President to: (1) barter farm commodities for petroleum and petroleum products and for other materials vital to the national interest; and (2) purchase such products and materials which are produced abroad and acquired by persons in the United States through barter for farm commodities through normal commercial trade channels. Title III: South Africa - United States Policy Toward South Africa Act of 1983 - Subtitle I: Labor Standards - Requires any United States person who has or controls an enterprise in South Africa which employs more than 20 people to insure that in operating such enterprise the following employment principles are implemented: (1) desegregation in any employment facility; (2) equal employment for all employees; (3) equal pay for equal work; (4) establishment of a minimum wage and salary structure; (5) increase in the representation of nonwhites in managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs; (6) improvement of the quality of employees' lives outside the work environment; and (7) recognition of labor unions and fair labor practices. Declares that the Secretary may issue guidelines and give advisory opinions on compliance with such principles. Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council in South Africa to advise the Secretary with respect to the implementation of such employment principles and to review the annual reports which each U.S. person covered by this Act must submit to the Secretary on the progress made in implementing such principles. Directs the Secretary to establish in the United States an American Advisory Council to make policy recommendations regarding labor practices of U.S. persons in South Africa and to review such persons' progress in implementing such employment practices. Directs the Secretary: (1) to take specified actions to insure compliance with the implementation of such employment principles; and (2) to review the compliance of such persons at least biennially. Sets forth penalties for noncompliance. Authorizes the President to waive compliance with the implementation of such principles if such compliance would harm U.S. national security. Subtitle II: Prohibition on Loans and Importation of Gold Coins - Prohibits any U.S. bank from making a loan directly or through a foreign subsidiary to South Africa unless such loan is for educational, housing, or health facilities available to all persons on a nondiscriminatory basis. Prohibits the importation of any gold coin minted in South Africa or sold by South Africa. Directs the Secretary to take specified actions to enforce the prohibitions on loans and the importation of gold coins. Sets forth penalties for violations of such prohibitions. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions for one year if South Africa meets specified conditions. Subtitle III: General Provisions - Directs Federal agencies to cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it should not be U.S. foreign policy to overthrow governments with which the United States disagrees politically. Urges the President to indicate U.S. support for the Contadora Group initiative by endorsing specified proposals of the Group. States that the United States should: (1) announce its willingness to pursue negotiations with all Central American nations and to stop U.S. arms shipments; (2) offer technical assistance to the Group to assist in the verification of such a freeze on arms traffic in the region; (3) stop funding guerrilla forces seeking to overthrow Nicaragua; and (4) exert diplomatic efforts to persuade other involved governments to cease activities aimed at destabilizing the existing Central American governments.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Establishes the Kamehameha National Monument in Hawaii. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide facilities to commemorate the historical significance of the monument. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Child Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code dealing with the sexual exploitation of children. Increases the penalties for the sexual exploitation of children from $10,000 to $100,000 and, on a subsequent conviction from $15,000 to $200,000. Prohibits the distribution involving the sexual exploitation of minors even if the material is not found to be "obscene." Eliminates the requirement that persons distributing such material in interstate commerce do so for purposes of sale. Raises the age of a minor to include any person under the age of eighteen. Redefines "sexually explicit conduct" to exclude simulated conduct when there is little or no possibility of harm to the minor and when there is redeeming social, literary, educational, scientific or artistic value. Permits authorization for the interception of wire or oral communications in the investigation of such offenses.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) expedite and increase assistance that would facilitate the transporting of food to famine-stricken areas in Ethiopia; (2) reinstate the food program for Ethiopia for FY 1984; and (3) respond to pending and future appeals from international and private relief organizations for seed, food, medical supplies, and shelter supplies to relieve the needs created by the famine in Ethiopia.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1983
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of Harry S. Truman, in recognition of the lifetime of outstanding public service he gave to the United States. Commemorates his one hundredth birthday which will be celebrated on May 8, 1984. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1983
Sales Representation Contractual Relations Act - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth findings and definitions. Title II: Contracts Between Sales Representatives and Principals - Subjects a principal to an indemnification action by a sales representative where a written contract exists between them under which the sales representative solicits orders from accounts and prospective accounts for the merchandise of the principal. Enumerates items to be included in any such written contract in order to conform with this Act. Title III: Indemnification - Exempts a principal from any indemnification action brought under this Act where: (1) a contract exists between the principal and sales representative which meets the requirements of Title I; or (2) the conduct of the principal for which indemnification is sought occurred before the sales representative had solicited orders on behalf of the principal for a period of 18 months. Permits a sales representative to bring an action for indemnification against a principal in any U.S. district court or State court where the principal: (1) terminates, without good cause, a sales representative from the assignment to solicit orders; or (2) reduces the size of any geographical territory assigned, the rate of commission paid, or the number of accounts assigned to a sales representative. Sets forth a formula for the computation of the amount of indemnification a principal shall pay in such an action. Provides that in an indemnification brought under this Act, the burden of proof shall be placed on the principal to show that the termination or reduction was for good cause if the sales representative presents certain evidence.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Amends the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 to extend the payment of benefits under the Federal supplemental unemployment compensation program for an additional six months, through March 31, 1984. Provides that the rate of insured unemployment for any period, for purposes of such Act, shall be determined in the same manner as under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, except that individuals filing claims for any type of compensation (whether regular, extended, additional, or Federal supplemental compensation) shall be taken into account.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1983
Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983 - Amends the patent laws to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or a method for using a product, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a seven year limitation. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for products subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Act of March 4, 1913 (relating to virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products).
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1983
Community Renewal Employment Act - Title I: General Purpose and Authority - Declares the purpose of this Act to be the provision of employment opportunities to long-term unemployed individuals in high unemployment areas through payments for labor and related costs associated with the repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation of essential community and educational facilities and for public safety, health, social service, and other activities related to the public welfare. Authorizes appropriations to provide opportunities for unemployed individuals under this Act. Authorizes such appropriations in a specified amount for FY 1983. Limits the authorization of such appropriations in each succeeding fiscal year to an amount equal to the product of $10,000 multiplied by 20 percent of the number of "long-term unemployed individuals" (i.e. the average number of individuals in the civilian labor force who, in the first three months of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is to be made, had been unemployed for 15 or more weeks as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on a seasonally adjusted basis). Provides that, for any fiscal year, 80 percent of such appropriations shall be available for purposes of title II (Community Renewal Employment Programs) and 20 percent shall be available for title III (Educational Facility Repair and Renovation Employment Activities). Makes individuals aged 16 or older eligible to participate in such program only if they are unemployed at the time of eligibility determination and for at least 15 of the 20 weeks prior to such determination, with specified exceptions. Limits wages for eligible individuals to 52 weeks in a two-year period. Requires that priority be given to those who have exhausted or who are otherwise not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits, particularly: (1) those who have been unemployed for the longest periods immediately preceding selection; and (2) those residing in families in which no other member is employed on a full-time basis. Requires that special consideration in selecting participants for employment under this Act in employment counseling and other services for veterans should be given to veterans who otherwise meet participant eligibility requirements. Allows up to ten percent of eligible participants selected by a recipient for subsidized employment from funds under this Act to be individuals unemployed for less than 15 weeks, if the State employment service agency determines that such individuals: (1) have been employed only intermittently or temporarily during 15 of the 20 weeks preceding certification and have experienced substantial periods of unemployment prior to and during such 15 weeks; (2) do not have established work histories which can be documented to provide verification of 15 weeks unemployment during the 20-week period; (3) are workers with skills necessary to fill nonmanagement positions on a particular project or activity; or (4) have recall rights under a formal agreement with the employer providing the subsidized job position. Makes the State employment service agency, in certifying eligible participants and referring them for employment to recipients under title II or III, responsible for ensuring equal employment opportunities and the full participation of traditionally underrepresented groups, including women and racial and ethnic minorities. Makes each recipient of funds under title II or III responsible for ensuring such opportunities and full participation in the selection of eligible participants for such employment. Permits, with specified exceptions, title II and III funds to be used only to provide wages and employment benefits to eligible participants for work which the recipient certifies has been performed in one or more authorized activities. Permits up to 25 percent of funds provided to a title II or III recipient to be used for the cost of administration (including supervision) and the acquisition of supplies, tools, and equipment. Permits payment of such costs from non-Federal sources or Federal sources other than this Act. Requires recipients, to the extent feasible, to ensure that supplies, tools, equipment, or other materials purchased or procured have been manufactured, mined, or produced in the United States. Permits title II funds to be used for costs associated with training and related support for a number of participants, if: (1) employers are committed to fill an equal number of unsubsidized jobs with participants who have successfullyy completed such training; (2) the recipient has an agreement with a qualified public or private nonprofit provider of such training services; and (3) costs of training and support do not exceed, on a weekly basis, the maximum wage payable with funds under this Act. Establishes a career preparation demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987 for such program. Directs the Secretary of Labor, utilizing the Office of the Job Corps, to establish in each of the Federal regions four career preparation demonstration centers (equitably distributed between rural and urban areas) for combined written, audiovisual, and computer-based materials within the basic instructional format of the Job Corps to train eligible participants, primarily under provisions for high technology training centers and for youth trainee activities. Requires that such Centers: (1) be nonresidential; (2) provide specified types of training leading to employment or a high school diploma or its equivalent; (3) use materials, curricula, and methodologies developed successfully through Job Corps program experience; (4) establish easily accessible outreach training sites; and (5) use, to the extent feasible, facilities and expertise of existing Job Corps centers (including Civilian Conservation Centers) or contractors operating such centers. Provides that up to five of the Centers shall be designated high technology training centers for training combined with subsidized internship in the private sector for career preparation in high technology occupations including robotics, health technology, and computer operations. Limits payments for weekly costs of such subsidized internship to the maximum wage payable with funds under this Act. Title II: Community Renewal Employment Programs - Part A: Community Improvement Projects - Sets forth provisions for employment activities in community improvement projects. Requires that eligible participants be employed in community improvement projects, in one or more listed activities involving: (1) public facilities repair, rehabilitation, or improvement; (2) public lands conservation, rehabilitation, or improvement; or (3) public safety, health, social service, and other activities necessary to the public welfare. Provides that, for purposes of community improvement projects provisions, "project" means a definable task or group of related tasks which: (1) will be carried out by a government department, public agency, private nonprofit organization, or private contractor; (2) will be completed within 18 months; (3) is an authorized activity; (4) will result in a specific product or accomplishment; and (5) would not otherwise be conducted with existing funds. Permits projects which are to be carried out under provisions for public lands conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement to involve lands other than public or Indian lands only when such projects will provide a documented public benefit and when the recipient will be reimbursed for that portion of the total costs of the project which does not provide a public benefit. Makes eligible entities under title II: (1) States; (2) local governments with populations of 50,000 or more; (3) consortia of local governments; (4) existing concentrated employment program grantees serving rural areas under the Job Training Partnership Act; and (5) Native American Indian, Alaska Native, and Oklahoma Indian groups. Provides that States shall qualify as an eligible entity to serve any area of the State: (1) not under the jurisdiction of any other eligible entity; or (2) for which no eligible entity has filed a statement on the use of funds within 30 days of allotment of funds. Provides that larger units of local government shall not qualify as the eligible entity to serve any smaller unit which is, or is part of, an eligible entity which has filed a statement on use of funds. Sets forth provisions for allotment of title II funds (exclusive of the amount available for part C). Directs the Secretary to reserve two percent of such funds for allotment among Native American eligible entities. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among eligible entities on the basis of relative numbers of residents of each eligible entity who are: (1) unemployed individuals; (2) unemployed individuals in excess of six and one-half percent of the civilian labor force residing in each eligible entity; and (3) unemployed individuals in excess of the national average rate of unemployment. Directs the Governor to make the amount allotted to a State as an eligible entity available to areas of excessive unemployment. Directs the Secretary to notify eligible entities of their preliminary allotments within 15 days after the enactment of an appropriation. Sets forth requirements for receipt of an allotment by an eligible entity. Requires eligible entities within 30 days of receipt of notice, to submit statements which: (1) designate a fiscal agent for receipt of payments; (2) agree to use funds in accordance with this Act; and (3) agree to provide quarterly reports on such use. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after the final day for submission of such statements, to make a final allotment. Sets forth a formula for determining a required minimum allotment to any State which is the single eligible entity for such State. Sets forth requirements for the payment of an allotments by the Secretary and for quarterly reports by the eligible entities. Prohibits the Secretary from withholding, suspending, or terminating the payment of any installment of an allotment except in accordance with provisions for sanctions under this Act. Sets forth requirements relating to project design. Requires eligible entities to give priority to projects on the basis of: (1) unemployment severity and duration with localities in its area; (2) degree to which projects will lead to expansion of unsubsidized private employment opportunities; and (3) level of need for activities and services to be provided. Requires, to the extent feasible, coordination of employment opportunities established with title II funds with other specified Federal, State, and local activities. Part B: Community Improvement Activities for Youth Trainees - Sets forth provisions for youth trainee activities. Requires that at least 20 percent of the funds available to an eligible entity from its Part A allotment for community improvement projects shall be used for eligible youth wages and benefits for part-time employment up to 32 hours per week. Allows such employment to be: (1) in any authorized employment activity in community improvement projects; or (2) at a worksite operated by a public or private nonprofit agency or organization or by an employer organized for profit. Requires that such employment be provided in a manner which requires, and is consistent with, the youth's enrollment for at least eight hours a week in: (1) high school; (2) a high school equivalency program; or (3) a program of skill training or basic skill or employability development, including a career preparation demonstration program. Permits funds for youth trainee activities to be used in activities which also receive funds under other Federal, State, local, public, or private education or training programs. Makes eligible for youth trainee activities any youth aged 16 through 19 who is certified to be currently unemployed by the State employment service agency. Requires eligible entities, in selecting such participants, to give priority to economically disadvantaged individuals and to serve eligible school dropouts, among such individuals, on an equitable basis. Part C: State Job Programs - Sets forth provisions for financial assistance for State job programs. Reserves five percent of title II funds for each fiscal year for purposes of this part. Allots such funds for this part among the States, in accordance with specified provisions, on the basis of relative numbers of residents who have been unemployed for 15 or more weeks. Requires that such State allotments be used for employment of eligible participants under this Act through: (1) State-administered programs and activities authorized under community improvement project provisions, such as State parks, forests, and conservation programs, State hospitals and other health care facilities, State correctional institutions and programs, and State-administered social service programs; (2) special assistance (in conjunction, as appropriate, with eligible entities under title II) for areas which have experienced sudden or severe economic dislocations, including large-scale losses of jobs caused by the closing of facilities or mass layoffs; (3) State-directed emergency aid programs to cope with natural disasters, including erosion, flood, drought, and storm damage assistance and control activities; and (4) special assistance to seasonal farmworkers and small farmers in rural agricultural areas which have experienced substantial losses of jobs due to the rising numbers of farm mortgage foreclosures and other severe economic disruptions (in conjunction, as appropriate, with eligible entities under title II or with related programs under the Job Training Partnership Act). Directs States to give special consideration to establishing programs and activities which will provide job sites: (1) within areas in the State in which the unemployment rate equals or exceeds the national average; or (2) if there are no such areas, within areas in which the unemployment rate equals or exceeds the State average. Directs States to evaluate projects on the basis of severity and duration of unemployment within localities and the level of need for activities and services to be provided. Requires States, within 30 days after receiving notice of such allotment, to submit statements of agreement to use such funds in accordance with this Act and to provide quarterly reports. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after the final day for such submissions, to make a final allotment. Sets forth requirements for payment of allotments by the Secretary and for quarterly reports by the States. Prohibits the Secretary from withholding, suspending, or terminating the payment of any installment of an allotment, except in accordance with provisions for sanctions under this Act. Title III: Educational Facility Repair and Renovation Employment Activities - Part A: Elementary and Secondary School Facility Improvement Jobs - Sets forth provisions for school facility repair and renovation projects. Requires that funds made available to any local educational agency (LEA) under this part be used for projects and activities (in accordance with the limitation on the use of funds under title I) to employ eligible participants (qualifying under title I provisions) in the repair, renovation, or rehabilitation of public school facilities. Requires that, to the maximum extent feasible, funds under this part be used for projects and activities for which on-site labor can begin within 90 days of receipt of such funds. Requires that such funds be used in accordance with State and local procedures for: (1) assisting SEAs and LEAs to conform their public school facilities with specified requirements under the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and with requirements of any government environmental protection or health and safety programs; (2) public school facilities repair, renovation, or rehabilitation; (3) conversion of presently unused structures into adult training centers; (4) energy efficiency remodeling or renovation; and (5) asbestos detection, removal, or containment in facilities used by students. Requires that funds under this part which are made available to the Secretary of the Interior shall be made available to Indian tribal schools, upon applications containing specified information. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within 120 days after enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations for such grants program, including priorities for such program. Declares that the Department of the Interior shall be considered a State education agency (SEA) for purposes of requirements for receipt of allotments under this part. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve the Secretary of the Interior of the responsibility to provide adequate and equitable funding under the Snyder Act for the operations and maintenance of Indian tribal school facilities. Directs the Secretary of Education ("the Secretary" for purposes of this title) to make the allotment of funds for this part from 75 percent of the funds available for this title. Directs the Secretary to allot, from funds for this part: (1) one-half of one percent to specified U.S. territories and possessions in accordance with their respective needs; and (2) one-half of one percent to the Secretary of the Interior for grants to Indian tribal schools. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among the States on the basis of the relative: (1) number of unemployed individuals; (2) number of unemployed individuals in each county in excess of six and one-half percent of the civilian labor force; (3) number of unemployed individuals in each county in excess of the national average unemployment rate; and (4) amount of basic grant funds received under chapter 1 of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA). Prohibits an SEA from reserving more than one percent of the State allotment for administrative costs and four percent to meet special needs. Directs the SEA to allocate the remainder: (1) among the counties on the same basis used for State allotments; and (2) within each county on the basis used by that State in distributing funds under chapter 1 of ECIA. Sets forth requirements for the receipt of an allotment. Requires SEAs to submit, within 30 days after receiving notice of such allotment, a statement of agreement to use such funds in accordance with this Act and to provide quarterly reports. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after the final day for such submissions, to make a final allotment. Sets forth requirements for payment of allotments by the Secretary and for quarterly reports by SEAs. Prohibits the Secretary from withholding, suspending, or terminating payment of any allotment installment, except in accordance with sanctions provisions of this Act. Part B: Higher Education Facility Improvement Jobs - Sets forth provisions for academic facility repair and renovation projects. Requires that funds made available to any institution of higher education under this part be used for projects and activities (in accordance with title I limitation of funds provisions) to employ eligible participants (qualifying under title I provisions) in repair, renovation, or rehabilitation of academic facilities. Requires that, to the maximum extent feasible, funds under this part be used for projects and activities for which on-site labor can begin within 120 days of receipt of such funds. Requires that funds allotted to each State under this part be made available, in accordance with its State plan under the Higher Education Act of 1965, through the higher education building agency to assist institutions of higher education in the repair, renovation, and rehabilitation of academic facilities and libraries if the primary purpose of such assistance is to enable such institutions to: (1) economize on the use of energy resources, with a priority for the use of coal, solar, and renewable resources; (2) conform their academic facilities and libraries with specified requirements under the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and with requirements of government environmental protection or health and safety programs; (3) renovate research facilities and postsecondary technician training facilities; and (4) detect, remove, or contain asbestos hazards in facilities used by students. Sets forth requirements for the receipt of an allotment. Requires States to submit, within 30 days after receiving notice of such allotment, statements: (1) designating a fiscal agent for receipt of allotment payments; and (2) agreeing to use such funds in accordance with this Act and to provide quarterly reports. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after the final day for such submissions, to make a final allotment. Sets forth requirements for payment of allotments by the Secretary and for quarterly reports by the States. Prohibits the Secretary from withholding, suspending, or terminating payment of any allotment installment except in accordance with sanctions provisions of this Act. Part C: Special Definitions for Title III - Sets forth special definitions for purposes of this title. Title IV: State Employment Service Responsibilities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and succeeding fiscal years to enable the United States Employment Service (USES) to provide funds to State employment service agencies to provide the following services in accordance with agreements with recipients under titles II and III: (1) certification of eligible participants in accordance with title I provisions, and their referral to available job openings; and (2) labor market information and job search services, including counseling to assist participants in finding regular unsubsidized employment as soon as possible, with special emphasis on services for those approaching the maximum duration for participants under this Act. Sets forth provisions for State job bank systems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1987, to be made available by USES for development and implementation of job bank systems in each State, designed to use computerized electronic data processing and telecommunications systems for such purposes as: (1) identifying job openings, referring jobseekers, with continual updating; (2) providing occupational supply and demand information; and (3) use by career information delivery systems, including career counseling programs in schools. Requires, where possible, that such systems be able to use software compatible with other systems (including management information, unemployment insurance, and other income maintenance programs) used in employment and training administration. Requires that, in the development of such systems, special consideration be given to the advice and recommendations of the State occupational information coordinating committees and other users of such systems. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth general requirements relating to employment and projects under this Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Prohibits projects involving construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is used or to be used for sectarian instruction or religious worship. Requires that funds under this Act be used only for activities which are in addition to those which would be available in the area in the absence of such funds. Prohibits providing funds for subsidized employment under this Act to private organizations to conduct activities customarily performed by public employees in the area. Limits participation in title II or III activities to residents of the area of the recipients. Prohibits the employment, in a subsidized wage position under this Act, of individuals who have voluntarily terminated without good cause, within the preceding six months, full-time employment at or exceeding the Federal minimum wage. Prohibits funding of any program involving political activities. Requires that participants in subsidized employment under this Act be paid at least the highest of the Federal, State, or local minimum wage, or the prevailing rate of pay for employment in similar occupations by the same employer. Limits the portion of any wages paid from funds under this Act to $230 per week. Adjusts such maximum annually according to national aggregate wage and salary increases. Permits such wages to be supplemented by other sources, up to an amount equal to 50 percent of such maximum. Requires that participants be allowed sufficient time off from work activities to participate effectively in job search activities. Permits funds under this Act to be used to employ individuals in part-time, flexible-time, and work-sharing employment customarily offered by the employer, if such individual receive benefits customarily provided with such employment by the same employer. Requires programs under this Act to maintain an individual work record for each participant. Requires that any funds appropriated for this Act which are allotted for any fiscal year be available for expenditure by the recipient during a one-year period beginning on the date of payment. Prohibits revocation or cancellation of any part of any allotment as long as such funds are expended within such period. Directs the Secretary (of Labor or Education, as appropriate) to reallot any funds not expended during such period among other eligible recipients. Sets forth program labor standards relating to conditions of employment and training, health and safety standards, workers' compensation benefits, and job benefits and working conditions. Prohibits use of funds under this Act for contributions on behalf of any participant to retirement systems or plans. Prohibits displacement of any currently employed worker by participants in programs funded under this Act. Prohibits such programs from impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements. Requires the written concurrence of the labor organization and the employer concerned before any such program which would be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement may be undertaken. Prohibits program participants from being employed or job openings from being filled when: (1) any other individual is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job; or (2) the employer terminates the employment of any regular unsubsidized employee in the same or any substantially equivalent job or otherwise reduces the number of regular unsubsidized employees in such jobs. Prohibits the employment of, or the filling of a job opening by, any participant whose wages are subsidized under this Act by any "government" (meaning a State or local government, public agency, or local educational agency) department having 25 or more regular unsubsidized employees, unless the number of such employees currently employed is at least equal to a number determined according to a specified formula. Prohibits creation of jobs in a promotional line that will infringe in any way on the promotional opportunities of currently employed individuals. Requires that quarterly reports submitted under specified provisions of this Act: (1) be transmitted by the recipient to any labor organization representing government employees who are engaged in work similar to that performed by employees whose wages are subsidized under this Act; (2) set forth specified information relating to numbers of unsubsized and subsidized employees of government departments in which subsidized employment is provided under this Act; and (3) include a statement identifying and explaining job reductions in any department where there has been a decline of unsubsidized employees above a specified amount over a certain period. Sets forth procedures for review of complaints by employees or labor organizations concerning violations of this Act by governments employing subsidized employees. Requires repayment of any funds under this Act expended in such violations. Requires recipients of funds under this Act to provide the Secretary with assurances that none of such funds will be used to assist, promote, or deter union organizing. Requires that an opportunity for comment be provided for any labor organization representing a substantial number of employees engaged in similar work or training in the same areas as that proposed to be funded under this Act. Applies the wage rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in works federally assisted under this Act. Provides that such rates are not required to be paid to participants under this Act unless they are employed in connection with projects funded by this Act in whole or in part, exclusive of wages and benefits, or projects covered by any other statute requiring the payment of such Davis-Bacon Act wage rates. Sets forth provisions for fiscal controls and sanctions under this Act. Sets forth provisions for judicial review of any corrective action or sanction imposed under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1983
Work Opportunities and Renewed Competition Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to treat an excess investment tax credit as a reinvestment tax credit. Requires a taxpayer to forfeit any investment tax credit carryover if the taxpayer elects to take a reinvestment tax credit. Sets the amount of such reinvestment tax credit at 85 percent of the taxpayer's qualified investment in reinvestment credit property. Terminates such credit after 1984. Makes such reinvestment tax credit refundable. Requires the recapture of the reinvestment tax credit under specified circumstances. Sets forth rules relating to such recapture.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that use of the five year quantitative restrictions recommended by the domestic specialty steel industry on imported specialty steel will: (1) eliminate unfair competition; and (2) provide time for plant modernization and for research and development projects. Urges the President to implement such import relief for the domestic industry in lieu of the restrictions recommended by the United States International Trade Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1983
National Acid Deposition Control Act of 1983 - Title I: Acid Deposition Control and Assistance Program - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish new requirements for acid deposition control. Sets forth direct federally mandated emission reductions and retrofit technology for the 50 fossil fuel fired electric utility generating plants which had the largest total emissions of sulfur dioxide during the calendar year 1980. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) identify each such plant which emitted sulfur dioxide during calendar year 1980 at an annual average rate equal to or exceeding three pounds per million Btu; (2) within two months after enactment of this Act, publish a list of the 50 plants which have the largest total emissions; (3) notify the owner or operator of each of the 50 plants listed; and (4) within four months after such enactment, and after notice and opportunity for comment, publish a final list of the 50 plants with the largest total emissions. Requires the owner or operator of each plant on the final list to submit to the Administrator, by January 1, 1985, a compliance schedule, including increments of progress. Directs the Administrator to approve or disapprove such schedule, within one year after submission, and after notice and opportunity for hearing. Directs the Administrator, if such schedule is not submitted by the deadline or is not approved, to promulgate a compliance schedule for such plant on January 1, 1986. Provides for modification and publication of such schedules. Requires that each compliance schedule provide that: (1) a technological system of continuous emission reduction be used for each steam generating unit in the fossil fuel fired electric utility generating plant concerned; and (2) sulfur dioxide emissions from such plant for the calendar year 1990 and each calendar year thereafter shall not exceed 1.2 pounds per million Btu heat input and ten percent of the total annual sulfur dioxide emissions during calendar year 1980 (90 percent reduction) or 0.6 pounds per million Btu and 30 percent of the total annual sulfur dioxide emissions during the calendar year 1980 (70 percent reduction). Sets forth procedures for determining plant compliance with such emission limitation. Requires that: (1) contracts be entered into for the purchase and installation of the technological systems of continuous emission reduction by January 1, 1988; (2) such systems be installed and in operation by January 1, 1990; and (3) the emission limitation be achieved for each calendar year after 1989. Directs the Administrator, from the Acid Deposition Control Fund established under this Act, to pay for 90 percent of the costs of construction and installation of the technological system of continuous emission reduction necessary for each such plant to comply with the emission limitation. Directs the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to promulgate regulations under which such payments: (1) may be made to utilities only if they will be used entirely to reduce those electric rate increases which would otherwise result from such construction and installation; and (2) shall be made at such times as will minimize rate increases. Sets forth requirements for State plans for additional emission reductions of sulfur dioxide. Directs the Administrator, within four months after the enactment of this Act, to compute a State share, for each of the 48 contiguous States, of a 10,000,000 ton reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by 1993 below that of 1980. Sets forth a formula for computation of State shares. Permits the Governors of two or more States to reallot State shares among agreeing States, if there is an equal or greater total reduction in annual emissions of sulfur dioxide through such reallotment. Sets deadlines and procedures for submission and approval of State plans for such State shares. Directs the Administrator to promulgate a State plan on January 1, 1988, if no State plan has been: (1) submitted by June 1, 1985; or (2) approved by January 1, 1988. Requires State plans for State shares to provide for emission limitations applicable to any stationary sources in the State for which the actual annual sulfur dioxide emission rates have been calculated by the Administrator for the calendar year 1980, other than a source which is one of the listed 50 electric utility plants subject to direct federally mandated emission reductions. Requires that the emission limitations for each stationary source subject to the State plan establish an allowable average annual sulfur dioxide rate at a level such that the total reduction would equal the State share, with specified credits for States in which any of the 50 listed plants are located. Permits State plans for State shares to provide for compliance with emission limitations through use of technological systems of continuous emission reduction or any other appropriate requirements. Directs the Administrator, from the Acid Deposition Control Fund (established within this Act), to pay for 90 percent of the costs of the construction and installation at an electric utility generating plant of any technological system of continuous emission reduction necessary to comply with requirements under a State plan for a State share of sulfur dioxide emission reductions. Subjects such payments to regulations relating to reduction of increases in utility rates. Establishes a trust fund in the Treasury of the United States to be known as the Acid Deposition Control Fund, consisting of amounts generated by fees imposed under this Act. Directs the Administrator to make payments from the fund first to facilities covered by direct federally mandated emission reductions and then to facilities covered by State share plan requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to be the trustee of the Fund and to report to the Congress for each fiscal year ending on or after September 30, 1984, on its financial condition and the results of its operation during such fiscal year and on its expected condition and operations during the next five fiscal years. Sets forth Fund investment duties of the Secretary. Imposes, under regulations promulgated by the Administrator, a fee of one mill for each kilowatt hour of electric energy: (1) generated in the contiguous 48 States by an electric utility; and (2) imported into the contiguous 48 States. Exempts from such fee electric energy: (1) used at the electric generating facility concerned; or (2) generated by a nuclear generating facility. Makes such fee effective with respect to electric energy generated, or imported, after December 31, 1984. Makes the fee cease to apply on the earlier of: (1) December 31, 1995; or (2) the date on which all payments required under this Act have been made. Authorizes the Administrator to terminate the fee at an earlier date upon estimation that sufficient funds have been collected to fund all such required payments. Directs the Administrator to promulgate within six months after enactment of this Act regulations setting forth the time and manner required for payment of such fee and related reporting requirements. Establishes civil penalties for: (1) electric utilities (or importers of electric energy) which fail or refuse to pay such fees or to file required reports; and (2) any person who makes false or misleading statements in such required documents. Directs the Administrator to bring civil actions in such cases. Establishes additional criminal penalties for electric utilities (or importers of electric energy) which knowingly commit such violations. Makes conforming amendments. Title II: Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions - Directs the Administrator to revise standards of performance for new stationary sources for emissions of nitrogen oxides from electric utility steam generating units which burn bituminous or subbituminous coal and which commence construction after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the emission of nitrogen oxides from such units at a rate which exceeds: (1) 0.30 pounds per million Btu, in the case of subbituminous coal; and (2) 0.40 pounds per million Btu, in the case of bituminous coal. Adds to provisions relating to emissions from mobile sources to set the following nitrogen oxide emission standards for model year 1986 and after truck and truck engines: (1) gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or less - 1.2 grams per vehicle mile; (2) 6,000 to 8,500 pounds - 1.7 grams per vehicle mile; and (3) more than 8,500 pounds - 4.0 grams per brake horsepower-hour.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1983
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1983
Veterans Administration Adjudication Procedure and Judicial Review Act - Title I: Adjudication Procedures - Codifies, for Veterans Administration (VA) adjudication purposes, the burden of proof and reasonable doubt standards currently provided for by VA regulation. States that a claimant has the burden of submitting sufficient evidence to justify his or her claim, and that if an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence exists regarding the merits of a claim, the VA is to resolve such doubt in favor of the claimant. States that VA subpoenas may be served either by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail. Increases the maximum size of the Board of Veterans' Appeals from 50 to 65 members. Requires the chairman of such Board to submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning the Board's current handling of cases and projections for the subsequent fiscal year. Requires the Board to: (1) provide notice to a claimant and an opportunity for a hearing before a decision may be based on "additional official information" received after a Board decision has previously been made; and (2) make its decision exclusively on evidence and material of record in the proceeding. Removes the requirement that new material sufficient to allow the Board to reopen a previously disallowed claim be in the form of official reports. Provides that the Board's discretionary authority to reopen a claim will not be diminished by a judicial decision following an appeal as provided for by this Act. Requires the Board to mail to the claimant notice of its decision and the reasons for such decision. Provides that, upon the request of a claimant, the Board shall provide an independent advisory medical opinion when there exists substantial medical disagreement with respect to a material issue in a veteran's appeal. Sets forth new procedural rules for adjudication hearings regarding: (1) oaths, affirmations, and witness examination; (2) admissibility of evidence; (3) procedural rights of claimants; (4) disqualification of a hearing officer; (5) the record of the proceedings and the claimant's right to examine and obtain a copy of such record; and (6) the exclusiveness of veterans' adjudication procedures and rights prescribed by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to provide at each stage of the appeal proceedings written notice to a claimant of the claimant's procedural rights. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of two alternative claims resolution methods: (1) a new intermediate-level adjudication process; and (2) an enhanced schedule of formal Appeals Board hearings. Directs the Administrator to report to Congress on such studies. Title II: Veterans Administration Rule Making - Includes the VA's rulemaking procedures under the relevant provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Title III: Judicial Review - Provides for judicial review of VA decisions in the Federal court system. States with regard to jurisdiction: (1) the definition of final decision; (2) that judicial review of a final decision in a claim for benefits may be obtained in a civil action brought within 180 days of the Board's mailing of notice of its decision, and that such action shall be brought in Federal district court; (3) that the VA shall file the various materials constituting the record in a case together with its answer to the claimant's complaint; (4) that the court may render a decision on the pleadings; and (5) that the judicial review procedures established under this Act shall not apply to insurance and home loans. States, with regard to the reviewing court's scope of review, that such court: (1) shall decide questions of law and interpret constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, but that questions of fact (unless unsupported by substantial evidence) will not be subject to a trial de novo; and (2) in reviewing a final decision of the VA which is adverse to a party solely because such party failed to comply with VA procedures, may only review questions concerning such procedures. Sets out provisions regarding remand, survival of actions, and appellate review. Title IV: Attorneys' Fees - Authorizes the Administrator to allow attorneys' fees above the present $10 maximum if the appealing party's claim is allowed by the VA after an initial denial. States that such fee shall be the lesser of: (1) the fee agreed upon by the party and attorney; (2) $500, unless the Administrator approves a greater amount; or (3) if the party and attorney have entered into a contingent-fee agreement, not more than 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such party's claim. Provides for the approval of attorneys' fees, in successful veterans' claims brought before a court, as provided for under this Act. States that such fees shall be determined by such court, and in contingent-fee agreements such fees shall not exceed 25 percent of the total of any past-due benefits awarded on the basis of such claim. Authorizes attorneys' fees of up to $750 in certain unsuccessful veterans' claims. Prohibits the VA from authorizing payment to a claimant's attorney based on past-due benefits unless such benefits are owed as of the date of the VA's or a court's award. States that such provisions regarding attorneys' fees shall only apply to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the VA and shall not apply in cases in which the VA is the plaintiff or in which other attorneys' fees statutes are otherwise controlling. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1983
Water Quality Renewal Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 through 1988 for: (1) specified research, investigation, and training programs in water pollution control; (2) State and interstate pollution control programs; (3) undergraduate programs in water quality control; (4) grants for developing waste treatment management plans for areas with substantial water quality control problems; (5) water pollution control programs in agricultural areas; (6) agreements among Government agencies providing for maximum use of existing programs for water quality control; (7) grants to States for lake pollution control; and (8) carrying out such Act generally. Increases the authorization for grants for construction of waste treatment works for FY 1984 and 1985. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1986 through 1988. Revises the timetable for compliance of all pollutants with effluent limitations. Requires as new conditions for the modification of treatment requirements with respect to the discharge of pollutants from a publicly owned treatment works that an applicant for such modification demonstrate that: (1) in the case of a treatment works serving a population of 50,000 or more, there is in effect a specified pretreatment program for toxic pollutants introduced into such works for which there is no pretreatment requirement in effect; and (2) the effluent which is discharged from such works is receiving primary treatment and meets the criteria for water quality established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Revises the meaning of the phrase "discharge of any pollutant into marine water." Requires that a water quality standard which is revised after January 1, 1983, maintain the designated uses of the navigable waters involved in effect on such date, except that such a standard may contain a less restrictive use if the State demonstrates that: (1) the existing designated use is not attainable because of natural background or irretrievable man-induced conditions; or (2) the application of effluent limitations needed to attain the existing designated use would result in substantial and widespread adverse economic and social impact. Requires a State to revise water quality standards to preserve the quality of those waters within the State exceeding the level necessary to support the designated use contained in existing water quality standards. Requires a State to consider the need to adopt numercial criteria in addition to other water quality criteria' with respect to specified toxic pollutants whenever such State reviews a water quality standard. Requires the maintenance and protection of water the quality of which exceeds levels necessary to support the propagation of fish and wildlife and to allow recreation in and on the water, unless a State chooses, after compliance with intergovernmental coordination and public participation requirements, to allow lower water quality because of essential economic or social development for which there is no feasible alternative. Prohibits a degradation of water quality which will interfere with or injure instream water uses. Prohibits degradation in high quality waters which constitute an outstanding national resource. Requires a State to minimize the effects of development on water quality in any case where water quality degradation is permitted. Requires the Administrator to publish in the Federal Register a list of all navigable waters in each State the water quality of which is being impaired by the discharge from specific sources of toxic pollutants. Directs the Administrator to establish an individual control strategy for each listed segment of navigable waters which shall reduce the discharge of toxic pollutants from such sources so as to allow the achievement of water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in and on the water. Increases the civil penalties for violations of requirements with respect to water quality standards under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Requires the Administrator to convene a management conference whenever the attainment or maintenance of water quality in an estuary requires the control of sources of pollution in more than one State. Provides that such a management conference shall establish and provide for the implementation of a master plan which addresses the pollution problems of the estuary involved. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States participating in such a management conference which are equal to 55 percent of a State's cost of implementing a master plan for a fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for such grants. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator for FY 1984 through 1988 for: (1) administrative expenses with respect to management conferences; (2) grants for the development of master plans for estuaries; and (3) monitoring the implementation of such master plans. Prohibits the specification of a disposal site in navigable waters for the discharge of dredged or fill material unless the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, determines that the discharge of such material at such site will not have an unacceptable adverse effect on the aquatic environmental and that there is no less adverse practicable alternative to the proposed discharge. Requires that an application for a permit to discharge dredge or fill material into navigable waters at a specified disposal site be filed with the district engineer of the Corps of Engineers for the district where the discharge is to be made. Requires the district engineers to notify the Administrator, the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, and other appropriate Federal agency heads of any such application. Specifies the time periods within which such agencies may submit comments on such applications. Requires the district engineer to give full consideration to such comments in deciding whether to issue a permit. Requires the district engineer to notify the Administrator or the appropriate Secretary if a permit to which the Administrator or the Secretary is opposed is to be issued. Specifies the time periods within which the district engineer must publish a decision with respect to a permit application. Provides that a denial of a permit application shall be the final decision of the Secretary of the Army. Provides that a decision to issue a permit shall be the final decision of the Secretary of the Army unless the Administrator, the Secretary of the Interior, or the the Secretary of Commerce requests a review of such a decision in any case in which the Administrator or either Secretary opposed the issuance of a permit. Specifies the time periods within which the Secretary of the Army must issue a final decision following such a request. Requires the Administrator to study and report to Congress on the effects of the impoundment and discharge of waters by dams upon the quality of navigable waters.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1983
Export Administration Amendments Act of 1983 - Title I: Amendments to Export Administration Act of 1979 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 (the Export Administration Act) to set forth penalties for: (1) conspiring or attempting to export goods in violation of such Act; (2) attempting to evade the provisions of such Act; and (3) possessing goods or technology with the intent to export them in violation of a national security or foreign policy export control or with the knowledge or reason to believe they would be so exported. Permits a waiver of the revocation of the authority to export goods or technology only if specified congressional committees are first consulted. Requires persons convicted of violating a national security or foreign policy export control to forfeit: (1) the goods or technology that were the subject of the violation or that were used in the violation; and (2) the proceeds from the transaction from which the violation arose. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate Commerce Department employees to take specified actions to enforce the Export Administration Act. Limits the authority of customs officers with respect to such Act to: (1) inspection and seizure of goods or technology at those places in which such officers are lawfully authorized to conduct such searches and seizures; and (2) investigations conducted before such inspection, search, or seizure. Limits the U.S. Customs Service inspections of goods and technology in the enforcement of this Act to those goods and technology about which the Customs Service has received information of possible violations. Prohibits the Customs Service from conducting random inspections. Limits the amount of money which the Customs Service may spend in enforcing export controls. Declares that it is U.S. policy to sustain vigorous scientific enterprise and to control the export of goods and substances banned or severely restricted in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to issue licenses authorizing multiple exports instead of a validated license for each export, including: (1) a qualified general license, authorizing exports for approved end uses; (2) distribution licenses; (3) project licenses; (4) service supply licenses; and (5) comprehensive operations licenses. Authorizes the President to impose restrictions on the transfer of goods or technology within the United States to embassies and affiliates of countries which are subject to national security export controls. Prohibits requiring permission for the exportation of goods or technology covered by national security controls if they are being exported to countries which maintain export controls cooperatively with the United States, although the Secretary may require an export license for exports to certain end users. Authorizes the Secretary to require exporters to notify the Commerce Department of such exports. Makes technology and related goods that are subject to national security export controls, including militarily critical technologies, eligible for a comprehensive operations export license. Makes exports of such goods and technology eligible for a distribution license or other licenses authorizing multiple exports. Authorizes the Secretary to establish as one criterion for removing the requirement of validated and qualified general export licenses the anticipated needs of the military of countries subject to national security export controls. Requires that a national security export control on a good to a specific country group shall be removed if, during the previous year, all applications for export licenses for such good to that country group have been granted. Permits the Secretary to require an export license for the export of that good to certain end users in such country group. Exempts from such requirements all export controls which the United States maintains cooperatively with another country. Prohibits imposing a national security export control on a good solely because it contains an embedded microprocessor if the microprocessor cannot be used or altered to perform functions other than those it performs in the good in which it is embedded. Permits imposing an export control on such a good only if the functions of the good are such that, if exported, it would make a significant contribution to the military potential of a country that would be detrimental to U.S. national security. Adds to the list of objectives which the President shall attempt to accomplish in negotiating multilateral export controls. Limits the duration of national security export controls on goods or technology that are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated license for the export of such goods or technology if the availability has not been eliminated within six months of the President's determination that the absence of such export controls would be detrimental to national security. Requires the Secretary to accept the representations of export license applicants with respect to the foreign availability of goods or technology unless the representations are contradicted by reliable evidence. Establishes in the Department of Commerce an Office of Foreign Availability which shall be responsible for gathering and analyzing information relating to determinations of foreign availability under the Export Administration Act. Requires such information to be made available to the Congress every six months. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 90 days on a finding by a technical advisory committee that goods or technology subject to national security export controls are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated export license for such goods or technology if after six months, the foreign availability has not been eliminated. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to complete the integration of the list of militarily critical technologies into the commodity control list. Requires the Secretaries to report to the appropriate congressional committees before April 1, 1985, any circumstances that would prevent the integrated list from being completed by that date. Requires the list to include only goods or technologies which are not possessed by nor available to countries to which national security controls apply. Requires the Secretaries to specify to Congress why U.S. military or national security is benefitted if the list includes a good or technology which is available in other countries. Requires the General Accounting Office to evaluate the attempt to integrate the list of militarily critical technologies into the commodity control list and to report its findings to Congress by April 1, 1985. Requires the Secretaries and the task force to consider mechanisms to reduce the list of militarily critical technologies, including removing from the list: (1) goods and technology the transfer of which would not lead to a significant near-term improvement in the defense capability of a country to which exports are controlled; (2) slowly evolving technologies; (3) technology that is not process-oriented; and (4) components used in militarily sensitive devices that in themselves are not sensitive. Lists criteria which the President shall consider when imposing, expanding, or extending foreign policy export controls. Requires the President, before imposing foreign policy export controls, to consult with certain countries, including the countries with which the United States maintains export controls cooperatively. Authorizes the President to impose, expand, or extend foreign policy export controls only after consultation with the appropriate congressional committee. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress before imposing, expanding, or extending such controls. Lists information to be included in such report. Prohibits foreign policy export controls from affecting: (1) export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed; or (2) export licenses issued before such time. Declares that this prohibition shall not apply to export controls that relate to actual or imminent acts of aggression or of international terrorism, to actual or imminent gross violations of human rights, or to actual or imminent nuclear weapons tests. Prohibits export controls imposed on goods or technology in short supply from affecting export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed. Declares that foreign policy export controls do not authorize export controls on donations of goods intended to be used to relieve human suffering. Authorizes the President to impose export controls on medicine, food, and donations of goods which are restricted in the United States. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the exportation from the United States of any goods, technology, or other information produced in the United States to the extent necessary to further, significantly, U.S. foreign policy or to fulfill U.S. international obligations. Applies foreign policy export controls to activities undertaken with the intent to evade such controls even if such controls would not otherwise apply to such activities. Authorizes the President to impose foreign policy export controls even if such controls would not otherwise apply to such activities. Authorizes the President to impose foreign policy export controls with respect to an expanded number of goods or technology if: (1) the President reports to Congress on the proposed controls; and (2) a law is enacted authorizing such controls. Provides for expedited consideration of a joint resolution authorizing such controls. Requires that any determination of the Secretary with respect to exporting or granting export licenses for crime control instruments shall be made with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. Reimposes for one year the foreign policy export controls which were in effect on February 28, 1982, and ceased to be effective on March 1, 1982, September 15, 1982, or January 20, 1983, (except those controls with respect to the 1980 summer Olympic games). Authorizes one year extensions of such controls. Prohibits the President from rescinding a determination that a country supports international terrorism, unless the President submits a report to Congress justifying the rescission and certifying that the country has not provided such support for a year. Authorizes entities which represent an industry or a substantial segment of an industry which processes metallic materials capable of being recycled to petition the Secretary to monitor exports of such material or impose export controls on such material if: (1) a domestic price increase of a domestic shortage resulting from increased exports is or may be a substantial cause of adverse effect on the economy or on a domestic industry; and (2) a significant increase in exports is or may be a substantial cause of adverse effect on the economy or a domestic industry. Requires such petition to include information demonstrating that specified criteria are satisfied. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations defining specified terms. Sets forth the criteria the Secretary shall use in determining whether to impose monitoring or controls on such materials. Prohibits the Secretary from considering another petition with respect to such material within six months of the final action on the prior petition. Deletes the provision permitting the Secretary to impose temporary controls on such materials after a petition has been filed. Requires specified procedures to be followed before export controls on such materials may be imposed. Terminates the short supply export controls on domestically produced crude oil on September 30, 1987. Requires the President to notify Congress whenever the President determines that short supply export controls should be imposed on refined petroleum products. Declares that foreign policy or short supply controls imposed on agricultural commodities shall cease to be effective if, within 60 days of receiving the President's report on such controls, the Congress does not adopt a joint resolution approving the controls. Requires the Secretary to issue or deny within 60 days of submission those export license applications which are not referred to another department or agency. Requires the Secretary to inform an export license applicant in writing if the Secretary receives questions or negative recommendations from other departments or agencies with respect to the application. Entitles such an applicant to respond in writing to such questions or recommendations and to respond in person to the department or agency raising such questions or recommendations. Requires the Secretary to allow an export license applicant 30 days to respond to a decision denying the license application. Prohibits the Secretary from returning a license application without action if the license requirements are changed after the application has been submitted. Authorizes the Secretary to request additional information in such a case. Requires the Secretary to provide a proper classification of a good or technology on the commodity control list within ten days of receiving a request for such classification. Requires the Secretary to respond within 30 days to an inquiry about the applicability of export license requirements to a proposed export transaction or series of transactions. Requires the Secretary to include in the annual report to Congress on the administration of the Export Administration Act detailed information on the removal of export controls pursuant to a specified section. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Extends the authority granted by such Act until September 30, 1985. Requires the Secretary to modify the office hours of the Office of Export Administration or at least four days of each workweek to accommodate exporters throughout the United States. Title II: Export Promotion Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out Commerce Department export promotion programs. Directs the President to report to Congress, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, on a contingency plan to promote agricultural exports by bartering surplus agricultural commodities for petroleum, petroleum products, and other vital materials. Authorizes the President: (1) to barter farm commodities for such materials in situations in which sales would otherwise not occur; and (2) to purchase such materials which are produced abroad and acquired by persons in the United States through barter from farm commodities produced in and exported from the United States through normal commercial trade channels. Directs the President to take steps to safeguard existing export markets for farm commodities operating on conventional business terms. Title III: South Africa - United States Policy Toward South Africa Act of 1983 - Subtitle I: Labor Standards - Requires any United States person who has or controls an enterprise in South Africa which employs more than 20 people to insure that in operating such enterprise the following employment principles are implemented: (1) desegregation in any employment facility; (2) equal employment for all employees; (3) equal pay for equal work; (4) establishment of a minimum wage and salary structure; (5) increase in the representation of nonwhites in managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs; (6) improvement of the quality of employees' lives outside the work environment; and (7) recognition of labor unions and fair labor practices. Declares that the Secretary may issue guidelines and give advisory opinions on compliance with such principles. Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council in South Africa to advise the Secretary with respect to the implementation of such employment principles and to review the annual reports which each U.S. person covered by this Act must submit to the Secretary on the progress made in implementing such principles. Directs the Secretary to establish in the United States an American Advisory Council to make policy recommendations regarding labor practices of U.S. persons in South Africa and to review such persons' progress in U.S. persons in South Africa and to review such persons' progress in implementing such employment practices. Directs the Secretary: (1) to take specified actions to insure compliance with the implementation of such employment principles; and (2) to review the compliance of such persons at least biennially. Sets forth penalties for noncompliance. Authorizes the President to waive compliance with the implementation of such principles if such compliance would harm U.S. national security. Subtitle II: Prohibition on Loans and Importation of Gold Coins - Prohibits any U.S. bank from making any loan directly or through a foreign subsidiary to South Africa unless such loan is for educational, housing, or health facilities available to all persons on a nondiscriminatory basis. Prohibits the importation of any gold coin minted in South Africa or sold by South Africa. Directs the Secretary to take specified actions to enforce the prohibitions on loans and the importation of gold coins. Sets forth penalties for violations of such prohibitions. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions for one year if South Africa meets specified conditions. Subtitle III: General Provisions - Directs Federal agencies to cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1983
World Peace Tax Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit conscientious objectors to designate their income, estate, or gift tax payments for nonmilitary purposes. Establishes within the Treasury a World Peace Tax Fund to receive such tax payments. Defines a conscientious objector as an individual who is opposed to war in any form and who has been exempted from combat training in the Armed Forces under the Military Selective Service Act, or who satisfactorily demonstrates that he is conscientiously opposed to war in any form. Requires tax forms to contain a checkoff for taxpayers who wish to claim conscientious objector status and designate their tax payments for the World Peace Tax Fund. Permits the setting aside of criminal or civil penalties imposed upon a taxpayer for nonpayment of tax prior to 1979 if the taxpayer pays the tax and satisfactorily establishes that the nonpayment was due to his religious beliefs. Directs the Comptroller General to determine the percentage of actual appropriations made by the United States from the Federal budget during the preceding fiscal year for military purposes. Requires the publication of such information in the Congressional Record. Establishes a World Peace Tax Fund Board of Trustees. Sets forth the membership structure and duties of the Board. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1983
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1983 - Title I: Public Water Systems - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate recommended maximum contaminant levels and revised national primary drinking water regulations within specified time periods for: (1) each of 14 contaminants listed in 47 Federal Register 9352; (2) toxic water pollutants which are found in drinking water; and (3) other substances which may have an adverse effect on the health of persons. Sets forth requirements with respect to such contaminant levels and drinking water regulations. Requires the Administrator to list a contaminant and promulgate a revised drinking water regulation for such contaminant which requires the use of treatment techniques if such contaminant cannot be accurately enough measured in water to establish a maximum contaminant level. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into arrangements with independent scientific organizations to assist in the establishment of recommended maximum contaminant levels. Requires the Administrator to establish a program which shall require a representative sample of various public water systems to monitor for unregulated contaminants. Directs the Administrator to require the owner or operator of a public water system to give notice to persons served by it of contaminant levels of any unregulated contaminants required to be monitored. Requires the Administrator to enforce compliance with national primary drinking water regulations through civil actions or administrative orders with respect to public water systems, unless there is in effect a variance or an exemption. Revises the compliance schedules in the case of public water systems which have been granted an exemption from compliance with interim or revised national primary drinking water regulations. Permits extensions of such exemptions in certain cases. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to administrative orders issued to enforce compliance with regulations, schedules, or other requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Directs the Administrator to seek an injunction or to recover a civil penalty; or both, with respect to any person who fails to comply with such an administrative order. Prohibits any action by the Administrator, by a State, or by a court which would delay or make less stringent any requirement of a primary national drinking water standard. Permits the Administrator to commence a civil action or to issue an administrative order to enforce compliance in the case of a public water system which fails to comply with a national primary drinking water regulation beyond the thirtieth day after the date of a notice of noncompliance by the Administrator to the State having primary enforcement responsibility over such public water system. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance to small public water systems to enable them to achieve and maintain compliance with national drinking water regulations. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for FY 1984 through 1987. Authorizes the Administrator to require, as a condition of a State exercising primary enforcement responsibility with respect to national drinking water regulations, that the State carry out technical assistance programs for small public water systems which are substantially similar to the Federal program. Provides that, in requiring a public water system to keep records with respect to the compliance with national primary drinking water regulations, the Administrator shall take into account the system size and the contaminants which are likely to be found in the system's drinking water. Sets forth criminal penalties for tampering with a public water system. Provides that notice by the owner or operator of a public water system which fails to comply with national primary drinking water regulations to the persons served by such system shall provide an explanation of such failure, the steps being taken to correct such failure, and the groups which should seek alternative water supplies until such failure is corrected. Requires each owner or operator of a public water system to also give annual notice to the persons served by it of the availability to the public of records and reports kept by such system with respect to compliance with the national primary drinking water regulations. Permits civil actions by public water systems and any other persons against any persons who are causing or contributing to the presence of a contaminant in the drinking water used by such systems or other persons if such contamination results in the water supply not meeting national primary drinking water regulations. Title II: Protection of Underground Sources of Drinking Water - Prohibits the disposal of hazardous waste by underground injection above, into, or under a formation which contains a drinking water source, unless it is established that such injection will not cause the hazardous waste to migrate into or otherwise endanger drinking water sources. Requires State underground injection programs to prohibit the disposal of brine brought to the surface in connection with oil by any means other than underground injection in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. Defines the term "drinking water source" as underground water which supplies a public water system, is capable of supplying a public water system, or could supply a public water system if the system used technologically advanced treatment. Requires the Administrator to publish notice in the Federal Register if an area has an aquifer which furnishes or may furnish in the future a substantial part of the drinking water supply for any public water system and which would create a significant hazard to the public health if contaminated. Permits Federal financial assistance for projects which are designed not to contaminate such an aquifer. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations for State programs to prevent surface impoundments which are not subject to regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act from endangering drinking water sources. Permits States to apply to exercise primary enforcement responsibility. Requires the Administrator to prescribe a program for a State if no State program is approved. Permits States to submit to the Administrator plans to protect underground drinking water sources. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance and to make grants to the States to assist them in the development of such plans. Requires that Federal actions with respect to underground drinking water sources in a State be coordinated with the State protection program. Authorizes the Administrator to issue an administrative order to enforce compliance with underground injection control program requirements. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to such administrative orders. Directs the Administrator to seek an injunction or to recover a civil penalty, or both, with respect to any person who fails to comply with such an administrative order. Prohibits any action by the Administrator, by a State, or by a court which would delay or make less stringent any requirement of an underground injection control program. Permits the Administrator to commence a civil action or to issue an administrative order to enforce compliance in the case of any person who fails to comply with underground injection control program requirements beyond the thirtieth day after the date of a notice of noncompliance by the Administrator to the State having primary enforcement responsibility for underground water sources. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989 for: (1) the provision of research, technical assistance, information, and training of personnel to the States and municipalities to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act; and (2) grants to States for public water system supervision programs and underground water source protection programs. Extends indefinitely the authority of the Administrator to issue certifications of need and orders for the provision of chemicals necessary for the treatment of water.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1983
Urges the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries possessing the technology to produce separated plutonium to begin negotiations leading to a verifiable halt in the production of separated plutonium and in the export of technology for such production. Calls for the United States and other nuclear supplier and consumer nations to begin negotiations leading to an agreement to: (1) reject the commercial use of separated plutonium as a nuclear power reactor fuel; (2) base civilian nuclear power technology only on nonweapons usable fuel; and (3) make available reliable supplies of natural and low-enriched uranium.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983
Renewable Energy Incentive Act of 1983 - Title I: Certain Renewable Energy Source Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for five years from 1985 to 1990 the investment tax credit for: (1) solar, wind, or geothermal property; (2) ocean thermal property; (3) hydroelectric generating property; and (4) biomass property. Allows an investment tax credit for cogeneration energy property until 1990. Increases the energy percentage for solar, wind, or geothermal energy and ocean thermal property from 15 percent to 25 percent. Increases the energy percentage for hydroelectric generating property from 11 percent to 15 percent. Allows an energy percentage of ten percent for cogeneration property. Extends the residential energy income tax credit from 1985 to 1990. Allows the regular investment tax credit for energy property which is considered to be a structural component of a building and is used as air or water heating equipment for such building. Allows an investment tax credit until 1995 for affirmative commitments made for projects concerning: (1) solar, wind, or geothermal property; (2) ocean thermal property; (3) biomass property; and (4) cogeneration property. Extends for seven years from 1988 to 1995 the investment tax credit for affirmative commitments made for certain hydroelectric generating property. Increases from two to five the number of possible sites for ocean thermal property. Allows an investment tax credit for ocean thermal property which produces energy used in a possession of the United States. (Present law requires that such energy be used in the continental United States.) Title II: Biomass Incentive - Treates as biomass property methane-containing gas produced by anaerobic digestion from nonfossil waste materials. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983
Expresses the support of the House of Representatives for Lebanon's and Israel's agreement on arrangements for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. Calls upon other nations to work toward the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon. Emphasizes the need of all nations to recognize the sovereignty of Lebanon. Urges Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization to agree to the arrangements for the withdrawal of their forces from Lebanon.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (REA) to eliminate the requirement for a State certificate of convenience and necessity before the Administrator may make loans to provide rural telephone service. Revises the liabilities and uses of the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund established under the REA to provide that notes of the Administrator to the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain funds for loans shall be equity capital of the Fund. States that assets of the Fund shall be available only for: (1) payment of interest and principal on loans to the Administrator from the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) for certificates of beneficial ownership issued to such Secretary or in the private market. Requires the Administrator to maintain two separate accounts within the fund: (1) the Electrification Account; and (2) the Telephone Account. Lists the items that shall be accounted for in each Account respectively, and restricts the purposes for which the assets of each Account shall be available. Authorizes the Administrator to repurchase specified certificates of beneficial ownership under certain conditions affecting their interest rates. Establishes guidelines for interest-bearing insured loans made by the Administrator to electric and telephone borrowers. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to request in each annual supplemental budget estimate the amount needed to replenish the Fund for anticipated and actual costs resulting from loans made at less than a specified rate during the preceding fiscal year. Directs the Administrator to guarantee loans to specified borrowers or to accommodate or subordinate liens or mortgages held in the Fund, according to prescribed rules and regulations. Directs the Administration to promulgate such rules and regulations within 90 days after the effective date of this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which certain lenders are authorized to adjust interest rates on loans guaranteed by the Administrator. Requires rural electrification borrowers to obtain concurrent supplemental financing according to prescribed guidelines in any fiscal year in which the minimum loan level for insured rural electrification loans is less than $1,000,000,000. Repeals the loan-making authority of the Governor of the Rural Telephone Bank which require approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of facilities or lines to be acquired with such loans. Eliminates loan restrictions placed upon potential borrowers whose net worth exceed their assets by twenty percent.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should approve the sale of additional F-16 jet fighters to Israel and should submit notification of the sale to Congress; (2) the United States should avoid diplomatic confrontations with Israel; (3) a leasting peace in the Middle East should be a priority in U.S. foreign policy; and (4) the U.S. should demonstrate a clear commitment to Israel's long-term security, while continuing to seek constructive ties with Arab nations and urging them to join the peace process.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1983 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for foreign military sales credits and guarantees with specified amounts earmarked for: (1) military sales credits to Israel; (2) loan guarantees for Turkey; (3) loan guarantees for Greece; (4) military sales credits to Egypt which Egypt need not repay; and (5) loan guarantees for Egypt. Includes South Korea among the list of countries which have a ten-year grace period before beginning repayment on guaranteed loans. Limits the amount of loan guarantees for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) Morocco; (2) Tunisia; and (3) Zaire. Increases the amount of foreign military sales credits and guarantees which Israel is released from repaying. Reaffirms U.S. policy on the settlement of the Cyprus dispute. Permits military assistance for Turkey or for Greece in FY 1984 and 1985 to exceed the amount provided in FY 1983 only if the President certifies to Congress with respect to each country for that fiscal year that: (1) additional military assistance is necessary to enable that country to fulfill its NATO obligations and will not upset the current balance of military strength among the eastern Mediterranean countries; (2) each country is taking steps to settle the Cyprus dispute and is committed to withdrawing all foreign troops as part of a settlement; (3) regarding Turkey, a program for a return to democratic rule is being implemented and human rights are being observed; and (4) regarding Greece, the United States and Greece have agreed upon arrangements for access to and use of military facilities in Greece by U.S. armed forces. Prohibits the amount of military assistance for Greece or Turkey for FY 1984 through 1986 from exceeding the amount of military assistance requested for each country for FY 1984 so long as the military forces of each country which are on Cyprus exceed the number permitted by the 1959 Treaty of Alliance. Prohibits any assistance under the Arms Export Control Act or any military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act to Turkey or Greece after 1986, other than assistance to enable Turkey or Greece to carry out their obligations as members of NATO, if the military forces of each country which are on Cyprus exceed the number permitted by the 1959 Treaty or any subsequent superseding treaty. Prohibits Turkey or Greece from using on Cyprus defense articles sold under the Arms Export Control Act so long as the Turkish or Greek forces on Cyprus exceed those permitted by such treaty or agreement. Authorizes using foreign military sales guarantees to finance procurement of advanced weapons systems by Jordan only if the President has certified to Congress that Jordan is publicly committed to the recognition of Israel and to prompt entry into direct peace negotiations with Israel. Declares that foreign military sales loan guarantees should be issued only to countries which can reasonably be expected to meet the obligations covered by the guarantees without default or rescheduling. Declares that concessional assistance could be provided exclusively or in connection with guarantees to countries that do not meet this standard. Directs the President to review a country's economic and financial condition, particularly its debt servicing capability, when determining whether a country should be considered eligible for loan guarantees. Sets forth factors to be considered in such determination. Requires the President's findings to be included in the President's annual report to Congress on security assistance programs. Limits the amount made available to carry out the Arms Control Act for FY 1985 to seven percent of the principal amount of contractual liability authorized for the foreign military sales credit and guarantee program for FY 1985. Requires such a percentage limit to be placed on such funds each fiscal year. Requires such funds to constitute part of the single reserve for payment of claims under such guarantees. Excludes a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs from the administrative surcharge attached to letters of offer for the sale of defense articles or services. Includes certain official reception and representation expenses within the administrative expenses that will be recovered by the administrative surcharge. Limits such expenses for each fiscal year. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Authorizes the President, in carrying out quality assurance, inspection, and contract audit defense services, to provide free cataloging data and services to NATO and to NATO members if NATO or the NATO members provide reciprocal data and services to the United States. Requires that the section of the President's annual report on arms sales which deals with estimates of international volume of arms traffic shall be transmitted to Congress by April 1 of each year. Requires the President, upon request, to submit copies of the defense requirement surveys to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for military assistance. Limits the amount of such assistance for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) Tunisia; (2) Morocco; and (3) Zaire. Authorizes a waiver of the requirement that a foreign country which sells an item provided under the military assistance program must pay to the United States the net proceeds from the sale. Sets forth the FY 1984 and 1985 limits on the additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries. Authorizes the presence of more than six U.S. military personnel in FY 1984 and 1985 in specified countries including Pakistan, Yemen, Tunisia, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for international military education and training. Permits such education and training for FY 1985 for Uruguay and for FY 1984 and 1985 for Paraguay only if the President submits specified certifications to the Congress. Authorizes the President to provide free training for foreign military personnel at professional military schools in the United States if it is pursuant to an agreement providing reciprocal training for U.S. students in foreign military schools. Authorizes providing military education and training at the Coast Guard Academy. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the funds available for such education and training to provide maritime training through the Coast Guard. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the President, in the event of an unforeseen emergency that requires the immediate provision of peacekeeping operations, to direct the drawdown of a specified amount of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any U.S. agency. Provides for the reimbursement of such agencies. Requires the President to notify the Speaker of the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before exercising such authority. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support a negotiated political solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara. Prohibits members of the U.S. armed forces from performing defense services under the Foreign Assistance Act or the Arms Export Control Act or conducting military education and training activities under the Foreign Assistance Act in the Western Sahara so long as the military conflict continues. Limits the amount of military assistance for El Salvador for FY 1984 and 1985. Provides an additional amount that may be used only for: (1) medical supplies; and (2) training outside of El Salvador for members of El Salvador's armed forces. Limits the total number of U.S. military advisers in El Salvador to 55. Declares that the United States shall: (1) encourage a peaceful and political resolution of the conflict in El Salvador; (2) help begin regional efforts to accomplish a conference of interested governments to reduce regional tensions and instability; and (3) help provide substantial emergency assistance to displaced persons. Directs the President to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act concerning the plans of the Government of El Salvador for meeting specified objectives in ending the conflict, including the President's assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of such plans. Directs the President to suspend military assistance for El Salvador if the Government of El Salvador, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, is not engaged in a good faith, unconditional dialog with all major parties to the conflict unless the Government has been unable to enter such dialog because of the refusal of the major opposition groups to participate. Requires the President to submit to Congress a detailed progress report on May 30, 1984, and August 31, 1984, on the steps taken by the Government of El Salvador to carry out the plans for ending the conflict. Suspends military assistance to El Salvador if the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution declaring that: (1) the plans reported by the President do not adequately address the specified objectives for ending the conflict; or (2) the Government of El Salvador is not making adequate progress toward meeting those objectives. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolutions. Authorizes the submission of a revised report if the Congress adopts such a resolution. Subjects such revised report to disapproval by Congress. Sets forth the timing for the obligating of FY 1984 and 1985 military assistance funds for El Salvador. Suspends all military assistance to El Salvador if the President does not submit the reports required by this Act at the time specified. Prohibits the use of the President's emergency drawdown authority under the Foreign Assistance Act with respect to El Salvador during FY 1984 and 1985. Directs the Comptroller General to report periodically to Congress on the progress of the Government of El Salvador in carrying out the plans for ending the conflict. Sets forth the procedure to be followed if the President uses special authority under the Foreign Assistance Act to waive the suspension of military assistance to El Salvador. Prohibits providing Guatemala during FY 1984 and 1985 with: (1) funds for military assistance or international military education and training; (2) foreign military sales credits or guarantees; (3) arms export licenses; and (4) members of U.S. armed forces. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) sales of construction equipment and mobile medical facilities to assist in development programs that will directly assist the poor in Guatemala; (2) sales of training, to be provided outside Guatemala, which is related to sales of such equipment or facilities; (3) a specified amount of loan guarantees for FY 1984 and 1985 for sales of such equipment, facilities, and training. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 to permit specified types of military and economic assistance, including foreign military sales credits and guarantees and arms export licenses to Argentina and Chile only if the President certifies to Congress that: (1) their governments have made significant progress in complying with internationally recognized principles of human rights; (2) the provision of such assistance is in the U.S. national interest; and (3) an elected civilian government is in power. Prohibits such assistance to Chile or Argentina for FY 1984 if the President submits a certification with respect to that country before this Act is enacted. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the limits on the funds which the President may authorize under the President's special waiver authority of such Act. Title II: Antiterrorism Assistance Program - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to eligible countries to aid in the deterrence of international terrorism. Sets forth provisions for reimbursement for the value of services and commodities furnished under this Act. Provides for consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the development and implementation of this Act. Sets forth procedures and requirements for training services under this Act. Requires the President to transmit specified written notification to Congress not less than 30 days before providing antiterrorism assistance under this Act. Sets forth certain reporting requirements. Authorizes: (1) appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985; and (2) transfers of funds previously made available for FY 1983 to carry out this program. Title III: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985. Allocates a specified amount for FY 1984 and 1985 for emergency assistance. Deletes the provisions prohibiting the use of Economic Support Fund funds for nuclear facilities and dealing with Economic Support Fund programs for: (1) the Middle East; (2) the Eastern Mediterranean; (3) the special requirements fund; (4) Costa Rica; (5) Nicaragua; and (6) Poland. Allocates funds out of the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 for Israel and Egypt. Limits the percentage of the FY 1984 and 1985 funds obligated for assistance for Latin American and the Caribbean that may be obligated for assistance for any one country. Allocates funds for Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Panama. Requires that, to the maximum extent possible, funds appropriated to the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 which are allocated for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean shall be used to generate local currencies to support specified objectives. Requires the President to seek a reasonable balance between support for the public sector and support for the private sector and between balance-of-payments support and support for development projects. Authorizes the use of Economic Support Fund allocations to El Salvador to implement the country's land reform program. Requires such funds to be used to generate local currencies to capitalize a segregated account which: (1) would be used to pay for land acquired under the land reform program and to provide credit at concessional interest rates to beneficiaries of all phases of the land reform program; (2) would be replenished as necessary by payments required from beneficiaries of the program; and (3) shall be subject to standard U.S. Government auditing requirements. Authorizes the obligation at any time after October 1, 1983, of 50 percent of the appropriated FY 1984 allocation for El Salvador. Directs the President to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act on the plans of the Government of El Salvador for carrying out the land reform objectives. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress not earlier than March 30, 1984, on the progress made in carrying out such plans. Lists information to be included in such report. Requires similar reports to be filed not earlier than August 30, 1984, and not earlier than March 30, 1985. Prohibits the obligation of any additional part of the allocation until 15 days after the report is filed. Authorizes the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to express any objections they may have to the obligation of additional funds for El Salvador in light of the progress being made in implementing the land reform program. Sets forth the timetable for obligating FY 1985 allocations for El Salvador. Authorizes Congress to prevent the obligation of such funds by adopting a concurrent resolution stating that Congress does not find that sufficient progress has been made in implementing the land reform program. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Prohibits providing assistance from the Economic Support Fund to Zaire for FY 1984 or 1985. Requires that agreements with countries in Africa, including Northern Africa, which provide for the use of funds out of the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 to finance imports from those countries shall require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries in accordance with specified criteria. Requires annual evaluations of the extent to which such agreements meet those criteria. Earmarks a specified amount for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) regional programs in Southern Africa; and (2) Southern Africa. Prohibits Economic Support Fund monies for education or training programs in South Africa from being used for programs conducted by or through organizations in South Africa which are financed or controlled by the Government of South Africa. Title IV: Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance; (2) population planning and health programs, with a specified amount earmarked for the International Conference on Population; (3) education and human resources development; and (4) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities. Allocates 60 percent of the population planning assistance funds or $165,000,000, whichever is less, for: (1) population and family planning activities of multilateral and nongovernmental organizations and institutions; and (2) centrally-funded purchases of family planning supplies and services. Allocates 16 percent of such funds or $38,000,000, whichever is less for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. Directs the President, in carrying out the aid to health programs, to promote activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for development assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean. Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) educational scholarships for persons from Latin America and the Caribbean; (2) the Inter-American Foundation; (3) aid to persons displaced by civil strife in Central America; (4) the American Institute for Free Labor Development; and (5) support for indigenous regional development and financial institutions that carry out projects to support basic human needs. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for development assistance for: (1) Sub-Saharan Africa; and (2) Morocco. Authorizes the President to establish in the Treasury a revolving fund which shall be used to furnish assistance to further the development of the private sector in developing countries. Sets forth the criteria for the private sector activities that may be supported by such fund. Limits the amount that may be made available to support any one project. Sets forth provisions for administering the fund. Directs the President to report to Congress annually on the projects supported by the fund. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to countries to protect and maintain wildlife habitats and to develop sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs. Provides for the development of a U.S. strategy to protect and conserve biological diversity in developing countries, including continued U.S. participation in and support for international groups which carry out research on the preservation of animal and plant species. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for the Sahel development program. Directs the President to use specified poverty measurement standards in determining target populations for development assistance and to strengthen U.S. efforts to assure that a substantial percentage of such assistance directly improves the lives of the poor majority. Requires that attempts to increase the capabilities of institutions shall, to the maximum extent possible, be designed and monitored to insure that the ultimate beneficiaries of these activities are the poor majority. Requires the annual report on development assistance to include an evaluation of the extent to which development assistance programs directly benefit the poor majority. Increases the limit on the total amount of outstanding housing guarantees. Extends the authority to issue worldwide housing guarantees until September 30, 1986. Requires that the interest rates on loan investments guaranteed under such Act shall be reasonable in comparison to the rates on comparable securities in the U.S. market. Deletes the requirement that Latin American countries must be the setting for pilot programs for encouraging private sector participation in agricultural credit and self-help community development programs. Extends the authority for such programs until September 30, 1985. Requires that assistance provided to promote the role of private enterprise in development shall be used primarily for activities in agricultural development in rural areas, population planning and health programs, education and human resources development, and development of indigenous energy resources. Requires such assistance to be directed toward small business. Sets forth factors the President shall consider in providing assistance to promote the role of private enterprise in development. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for the African Development Foundation. Title V: Other Authorizations - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for human rights activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; (5) trade and development programs; and (6) operating expenses for development assistance. Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) the United Nations Development Program; (2) the United Nations Children's Fund; (3) the International Atomic Energy Agency; (4) the Organization of American States development assistance programs; (5) the United Nations Environment Program; (6) the World Meteorological Organization; (7) the United Nations Capital Development Fund; (8) the United Nations Education and Training Program for Southern Africa; (9) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the Decade for Women; (10) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; (11) the World Food Program; (12) the United Nations Institute for Namibia; (13) the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa; (14) the United Nations Institute for Training and Research; (15) the United Nations Fellows Program; and (16) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Prohibits making funds available for programs or projects for the Palestinian Liberation Organization or for the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). Permits funding for SWAPO if the President certifies that such funds would not be used to support military or paramilitary activities. Requires the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress on the amounts spent by international organizations receiving U.S. funds. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the need for signatory countries to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, to work together to prevent drug cultivation. Authorizes the President to conclude agreements with other countries and to furnish them with assistance in order to facilitate control of production and distribution of controlled substances. Directs the President to suspend U.S. assistance to or for any country if the President determines that such country has failed to take adequate steps to prevent controlled substances produced in such country from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to U.S. Government personnel or their dependents or from being smuggled into the United States. Sets forth the method of determining whether adequate steps are being taken. Requires that if aid is suspended the suspension shall continue until the President reports to Congress that the foreign country's government has taken adequate steps to prevent the distribution of drugs to U.S. personnel and to prevent smuggling into the United States. Requires the President to report to Congress annually on the status of the U.S. policy to establish and encourage an international strategy to prevent the illicit cultivation and manufacture of and traffic in controlled substances. Sets forth information that must be included in each such report. Directs the Department of State to encourage the International Narcotics Control Board and the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to take the necessary and appropriate action to secure from signatory countries to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, the information necessary for the President's annual reports to Congress. Earmarks a specified amount for FY 1985 to provide resettlement services and facilities for refugees and displaced persons in Africa. Title VI: Food for Peace - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to furnish certain agricultural commodities to carry out the provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Provides for payment for such commodities. Declares that the level of food assistance financing made available for Egypt under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall be reduced each fiscal year both in dollar amount and as a percentage of the total financing made available worldwide. Limits such financing for FY 1984. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize furnishing commodities for famine relief through any appropriate method of distribution. Requires that consideration shall be given, in the case of commodities distributed by nonprofit voluntary agencies, to the nutritional and development objectives as established by those agencies in light of their assessment of the needs of the people assisted. Requires the President to submit: (1) annual reports to Congress on planned programing of food assistance for famine relief for the coming fiscal year; and (2) semiannual reports to Congress on the current status of planned programing of food assistance for famine relief for the current fiscal year. Limits the amount of funds that may be used in FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out the farmer-to-farmer assistance program under such Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, in conjunction with the Secretary, to report to Congress on the manner in which the Agency intends to implement such program. Title VII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Declares that it is U.S. policy to provide opportunities for service in the Peace Corps to at least 10,000 individuals by the end of FY 1986 and thereafter. Directs the President to include in the annual report to Congress on the Peace Corps a description of the plans to carry out such policy. Title VIII: Fiscal Year 1983 Supplemental Authorizations - Authorizes supplemental authorizations for FY 1983 for: (1) foreign military sales loan guarantees under the Arms Export Control Act; (2) military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act, with a specified amount earmarked for El Salvador; (3) the Economic Support Fund; (4) international organizations and programs; and (5) development assistance programs, with a specified amount earmarked for development assistance projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Limits for FY 1983 the principal amount of foreign military sales loan guarantees and military assistance to: (1) Morocco; (2) Tunisia; and (3) Zaire. Earmarks a specified amount of funds from the Economic Support Fund for aid to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which have democratically elected governments and for which the executive branch has not otherwise allocated funds for FY 1983. Requires that such funds shall be used to the maximum extent feasible to generate local currencies which shall be used to support activities consistent with specified development objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act. Prohibits providing any assistance for FY 1983 for Zaire from the Economic Support Fund. Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Increases the amount which the U.S. Government can grant without restriction for development assistance, for American schools and hospitals abroad, or for the Economic Support Fund. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries which may not receive U.S. assistance if the President reports to Congress that such action is important to U.S. security. Directs the President, in determining the level of U.S. assistance to a country, to consider the extent to which the government of such country permits a government-owned entity or nationals of that country to engage in the unauthorized broadcast of copyrighted material belonging to U.S. copyright owners. Requires that a country whose government-owned entity engages in such broadcasts shall receive only one-half of the proposed U.S. assistance for such country. Authorizes the President to waive such limit if the President determines such action is in the national interest. Deletes the requirement that the annual report on foreign assistance contain a report on the foreign assistance provided by each member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Excludes proposed program changes under the Arms Export Control Act from the requirement that Congress be given 15 days notice of such changes. Excludes from the Congressional notification requirement: (1) proposed reprograming under the Arms Export Control Act; and (2) reprograming of less than $25,000 for use under international narcotics control programs and international military education and training programs. Provides that aid under the Arms Export Control Act need not be reported to Congress within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating such funds. Deletes the requirement that the President report to Congress before granting assistance which exceeds by ten percent or more the assistance which the President reported to Congress. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to delete the requirement that the President report to Congress on the amounts of and recipients of foreign military credit sales and guarantees. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to delete the limit on the amount of foreign assistance funds that may be used to construct facilities for U.S. Government personnel carrying out such Act. Increases the amount of funds that may be used to educate the dependents of such personnel. Repeals specified provisions of such Act including obsolete reporting requirements and provisions dealing with aid to: (1) Cyprus; (2) Romania; (3) Turkey; (4) Caribbean countries; and (5) Portugal and former Portuguese colonies in Africa. Directs the President to report to Congress on economic conditions in Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Lebanon which may affect their respective ability to meet their international debt obligations and to stabilize their economies. Directs the President to obtain statutory authorization with respect to the introduction of U.S. armed forces into Lebanon in conjunction with agreements providing for foreign troop withdrawals from Lebanon and for the creation of a new, more permanent multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Dominican Republic should be commended for its efforts to achieve a stable democracy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that for each of FY 1984 and 1985 up to $24,000,000 of the development assistance funds and up to $10,000,000 of the Economic Support Fund moneys should be made available for development assistance for Haiti. Declares that such aid, to the maximum extent possible, should be provided through private and voluntary organizations. Permits development, economic, and military aid for Haiti for FY 1984 and 1985 only if the President determines that the Government of Haiti: (1) is continuing to cooperate with the United States in halting illegal emigration to the United States from Haiti; (2) is cooperating in implementing U.S. development, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti; (3) is continuing to comply with the fiscal performance targets set by the International Monetary Fund; and (4) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the human rights situation in Haiti. Requires the President to report to Congress biennially until the end of FY 1985 on the actions of the Government of Haiti which are consistent with such conditions. Permits funds made available to Haiti under the Foreign Assistance Act for FY 1984 and 1985 to be used to halt significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. Congratulates the Government of Honduras for its successful presidential election. Supports the further enhancement of democracy in Honduras. Directs the President to develop plans for a reconstruction and redevelopment effort for El Salvador and other Central American countries. Directs the President to initiate discussions with such countries concerning the feasibility of enlisting multilateral support for such effort.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Permits the Secretary of Defense to provide air transportation to annual national meetings within the continental United States sponsored by the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia to the next of kin of persons missing in action in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era, or reported dead without repatriation of the remains.
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