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United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Designates the week beginning November 27, 1983, as National Home Health Care Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should seek a consensus at the Williamsburg Summit, aimed at: (1) reducing disparities in certain financial rates and economic policies among summit countries; and (2) arranging a meeting of summit country finance ministers with the Secretary of the Treasury, to achieve an alignment between the interest rates and major currencies. Urges the President to arrange, in conjunction with the Williamsburg Summit, bilateral discussions with the Prime Minister of Japan to bring about further realignment of the yen and dollar exchange rates.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Church Audit Procedures Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the Secretary of the Treasury from investigating or auditing churches unless the Secretary possesses evidence causing him to believe that a church: (1) is carrying on an unrelated trade or business; or (2) should not be granted tax-exempt status. Restricts the Secretary from beginning any investigation unless he has first provided the church with written notice that an investigation is being commenced. Sets forth the requirements of such notice. Requires that the Secretary must first approve an application by the regional counsel of the internal revenue region for examination of church records and religious activities before beginning any such examination. Requires the Secretary, prior to the approval of any such application, to offer in writing an opportunity for a conference to discuss facts, evidence, and issues relevant to the investigation. Requires the Secretary to notify the church in writing of the approval of the application for examination at least 15 days prior to the commencement of such examination. Limits the examination of religious activities to that necessary to determine whether an organization is a church or convention or association of churches. Limits the examination of church records to that necessary to determine the amount of tax imposed. Allows an organization which claims that the Secretary has violated the provisions of this Act to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the Secretary. Reduces the statute of limitations for collection after assessment of tax to three years in the case of any organization which is a church or convention or association of churches.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Exempts local governments from the antitrust laws to the extent States are exempt from such laws.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1983
Designates the week beginning September 4, 1983, as Youth of America Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1983
Designates October 16, 1983, as World Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1983
Health Planning Block Grant Act of 1983 - Replaces title XV (National Health Planning and Development) of the Public Health Service Act with State health planning block grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985. Sets forth a schedule for the issuance of regulations, the approval or disapproval of State applications, and the obligation of funds. Denies funding to any State which does not revise its certificate of need laws to accord with this Act. Bases State allotments on population. Provides that any unallocated funds shall be returned to the Treasury. Provides with regard to State allotments that: (1) unobligated funds shall be available to the State for the next fiscal year; and (2) payments may be reduced by the value of furnished supplies or certain travel costs. Requires States to use their allotments to develop a certificate of need program and a State health plan. Prohibits a State from receiving funds unless its application has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires such application to include a report on intended expenditures. Requires States to prepare activity reports and to audit expenditures at least every two years. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, handicap, sex, religion, race, color, or national origin in the administration of any programs or activities funded under this Act. Prescribes compliance and enforcement measures. Requires States to determine that there is a need for a new institutional health service and capital expenditure before offering such services or obligating funds. Exempts health maintenance organization (HMO) services and inpatient health care facilities controlled by an HMO or group of HMOs from certificate of need requirements, upon approval of application for such exemption. Permits the approval of a certificate of need for an HMO in certain circumstances, especially for the acquisition of major medical equipment. Requires that certificates of need for capital expenditures state a maximum spendable amount. Authorizes the State agency, after a hearing, to withdraw a certificate of need for applicant noncompliance. Requires the State agency to review a certificate of need application on the basis of the State Health Plan. Sets forth procedural requirements respecting a State certificate of need program. Prescribes the general contents of a State health plan. Requires a biennial revision of such plan. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the regional health planning agencies. Sets forth a formula for the allocation of grant funds. Conditions such grants on the designation of intrastate or interstate health planning areas established according to specified criteria. Requires a regional health planning agency for each such area. Limits the sources of non-Federal contributions to such agencies. Describes the functions of such agencies. Authorizes FY 1984 and 1985 appropriations. Directs the Secretary by grants or contracts to assist public or private nonprofit entities in meeting the operating costs of a center for multidisciplinary health planning methods development and technical assistance. Repeals the health planning block grant program effective September 30 of the third complete successive fiscal year after enactment of this Act. States that such repeal will not affect any suits or other proceedings begun before such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1983
Designates the week of October 16 through October 22, 1983, as Lupus Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1983
Designates August 3, 1983, as National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Act of 1983 - Establishes a National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission to evaluate existing and potential public outdoor recreation policies, programs, and opportunities and to recommend outdoor recreation policies and activities which should be instituted at the Federal, State, and local levels and by the private sector in order to protect existing recreation resources and to meet future recreation needs. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the President and Congress within 18 months after its establishment. Terminates the Commission six months after submission of its report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
Agricultural Recovery Act of 1983 - Title I: Dairy - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1949 to eliminate the 50-cent milk producer assessments. Reduces milk support levels from $13.10 to $11.32 per hundredweight. Requires annual price adjustments at the beginning of each fiscal year. Title II: Wheat - Sets 1984 and 1985 wheat support levels at not more than $3.65 per bushel (presently not less than $3.55 per bushel). Sets 1983 through 1985 target prices at not more than $4.30 per bushel (presently not less than $4.30 for 1983, $4.45 for 1984, and $4.65 for 1985). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture for either the 1984 or 1985 crop, to: (1) limit wheat acreage; (2) maintain a set-aside program; or (3) maintain a land diversion program if the total supply of wheat on May 31 of the marketing year exceeds five percent of the total projected annual world utilization for that year. Directs the Secretary to announce such programs by August 15. Provides that the 1984 and 1985 farm acreage bases shall be the same as for 1983, with certain adjustments as necessary. Title III: Feed Grains - Sets 1984 and 1985 corn support levels at not more than $2.65 per bushel (presently not less than $2.65 per bushel). Sets 1983 through 1985 target prices at not more than $2.86 per bushel (presently not less than $2.86 for 1983, $3.03 for 1984, and $3.18 for 1985). Directs the Secretary, for either the 1984 or 1985 feed grain crop, to: (1) limit feed grain acreage; or (2) maintain set-aside or land-diversion programs if the total supply of feed grains on September 30 of the marketing year exceeds five percent of the total projected annual world utilization for that year. Directs the Secretary to announce such programs by November 15. Provides that the 1984 and 1985 farm acreage bases shall be the same as for 1983, with certain adjustments as necessary. Title IV: Upland Cotton - Sets 1984 and 1985 upland cotton support levels at not more than $.76 per pound. Prohibits producer storage payments and extended storage periods for the 1983 through 1985 crops. Provides that the 1984 and 1985 farm acreage bases shall be the same as for 1983, with certain adjustments as necessary. Title V: Rice - Sets 1984 and 1985 rice support levels at not more than $8.14 per hundredweight. Sets 1983 through 1985 target prices at not more than $11.40 per hundredweight (presently not less than $11.40 for 1983, $11.90 for 1984, and $12.40 for 1985). Prohibits producer storage payments and extended storage periods for the 1983 through 1985 crops. Provides that 1984 and 1985 farm acreage bases shall be the same as for 1983, with certain adjustments as necessary. Title VI: Advance Payments - Makes available to a producer at least 50 percent of any land diversion payment as soon as possible. Title VII: Payment In Kind Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to make land-diversion payments in kind for the adjusted acreage of the 1983 and 1984 crops of wheat, feed grain, cotton, and rice. Directs that such payment in kind program be in conjunction with a voluntary acreage limitation and paid land diversion program. Authorizes the Secretary to use any farm commodities at his disposal for the purpose of countering unfair trade practices of other countries. States that the provisions of the cargo preference laws shall not apply to the export sales of agricultural commodities. Title VIII: Agricultural Export Promotion - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary, for FY 1983 through 1985, to use farm commodities at his disposal, including dairy products, to counter unfair trade practices of other countries in third country export markets. Title IX: Export Transportation of Agricultural Commodities - Exempts from U.S. cargo preference laws Commodity Credit Corporation agricultural exports used to develop or expand U.S. foreign markets. Title X: Producer Reserve Program - Prohibits the Secretary from establishing any producer-owned reserve after the date of enactment of this Act. Allows a producer to withdraw any commodity placed in a reserve at any time that the market price for the commodity is more than 110 percent of its current price support loan rate. Title XI: Payment limitations - Repeals provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 limiting payments under wheat, feed grain, cotton, and rice programs for the 1982 through 1985 crops. Title XII: Sunflowers - Prohibits sunflowers from being considered an eligible commodity for any loan, payment, or reserve program. Title XIII: Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund - Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to use appropriated funds to make available no less than $1,000,000,000 for each of FY 1983 through 1985 to the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund. Title XIV: Effective Date - Makes the provisions of this Act effective upon enactment, unless otherwise so provided.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1983
Equal Access Act - Prohibits public schools that allow students to participate in extracurricular activities from receiving Federal funds if they deny equal access or opportunity for students and faculty to engage in voluntary prayer or religious discussion on school premises during noninstructional periods.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1983
Correctional Facilities Act of 1983 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State and local governments to construct, expand, repair, renovate, or modernize correctional facilities. Provides a distribution formula based on State population, criminal population, and corrections expenditures. Allows States to utilize the grants to fund 75 percent of their corrections construction expenditures. Provides grants for demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to transfer or convey to State and local governments surplus property that the Attorney General recommends to be suitable for correctional facility use.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, relating to the valuation of farmland owned by private foundations for purposes of determining minimum investment return, to provide that the foundation may use the estate tax valuation of a farm: (1) owned by the private foundation on January 1, 1983; or (2) acquired by the foundation from a decedent by will on or after January 1, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983
Designates April 24, 1984, as National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1983
Natural Gas Consumer Access Amendments of 1983 - Amends provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 relating to the transportation of natural gas by pipeline. Requires a pipeline, without discrimination, to transport natural gas on a reasonable request if: (1) the owner of the gas submits to the pipeline a formal application for transportation which shall include documentation for the sale of a minimum of a total of 250 Mcf per day of natural gas for a period of at least six months; (2) the owner agrees to compensate the pipeline in accordance with the tariff rates established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); and (3) the pipeline has sufficient available throughput capacity. Directs FERC to establish just and reasonable maximum rates and charges for such transportation. Requires FERC's responsibilities over any intrastate pipeline to be delegated to the appropriate State commission. Directs FERC to prescribe regulations governing contractual relationships and obligations relating to transportation under this Act. Authorizes FERC to require the interconnection of two or more pipelines or the extension of a pipeline for purposes of increasing available throughput capacity. Defines "available throughput capacity" to mean that portion of pipeline capacity which during the term of the transport contract would otherwise be unused except during periods of peak usage. Defines the term "free access gas" to mean natural gas produced from any well in the United States: (1) the dirlling of which began on or after May 1, 1983; (2) which is not subject to a sales contract as of a certain time; (3) which is released by the purchaser or otherwise made available by the exercise of a market-out clause, or other similar contract provision; (4) which is subjected to a material unilateral modification of the sales contract by the purchaser; (5) which is subjected to any material breach of the sales contract by the purchaser in either the price paid or the amount of gas required to be taken; or (6) which is subjected to any termination of contractual obligations. Authorizes free access gas to be sold to any purchaser capable of taking delivery and the seller shall be considered released from all duties and obligations with respect to who may purchase free access natural gas. Provides that in the case of any existing contract provision enforceable before January 1, 1985, if a pipeline or local distribution company which is a party to such contract transmits to the other parties a written notice requesting that such contract be voided, such contract shall be unenforceable with respect to any natural gas sale, transportation, or storage required under such contract after the expiration of the later of: (1) the 60 day period beginning or the date notice is received; or (2) the date specified in the notice for contract termination. Provides that in the case of any existing contract enforceable after January 1, 1985, if a producer, pipeline, or local distribution company which is a party to such contract transmits to the other parties a written notice requesting that it be marketed out, such contract shall be unenforceable with respect to any natural gas sale, transportation, or storage required under such contract after the expiration of the later of: (1) the 60 day period beginning on the date notice is received; or (2) the date specified in the notice for contract termination. Directs FERC and the Department of Justice to undertake a cooperative study of and to report to Congress on the competitive effects of vertical integration in the production, purchase, transport, storage, and sale of natural gas, and the effects of vertical integration on the price, availability, and deliverability of natural gas to local distribution companies and ultimate consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions which terminate the income tax exclusion for amounts received by an employee under an educational assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Expresses the sense of the House that the President should: (1) report to Congress on his intention to begin negotiations on a new long-term agricultural trade agreement with the Soviet Union; (2) seek, in such a new agreement, higher minimum and maximum supply guarantees and a provision for the export of value-added products; (3) report to Congress, by a specified date, on the potential economic and employment impacts of such a new agreement on U.S. agriculture and related industries; and (4) take appropriate measures to assure free movement of increased quantities of U.S. agricultural products to the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Establishes the Medicare Financing and Benefit Review Commission to study and make recommendations concerning the financial problems and benefit structure of the programs established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Terminates the Commission on June 1, 1984. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Designates the week beginning May 1, 1983, as National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to authorize the Corporation to purchase foreign-produced strategic and critical materials and petroleum and petroleum products from persons who have gotten such products by bartering U.S. agricultural exports through normal commercial channels. Transfers such products to the strategic materials and petroleum stock piles, respectively. Directs the Corporation to promote and coordinate such barter arrangements. Limits new spending authority under this Act to amounts appropriated. Sets forth financing and antitrust provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Sexual Exploitation of Children Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code dealing with the sexual exploitation of children. Increases the penalties for the sexual exploitation of children from $10,000 to $75,000 and, on a subsequent conviction, from $15,000 to $150,000. Establishes as an affirmative defense to prosecution that the medium (upon which such prosecution is based), when taken as a whole, possesses serious literary, artistic, scientific, social or educational value.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of July 24 through July 31, 1983, as National Animal Agriculture Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the month of May 1983 should be appropriately observed as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Emergency Vietnam Veterans' Jobs Training Act of 1983 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish an on-the-job training program for Vietnam-era and disabled veterans. Requires that such program be carried out through payments to employers who employ such veterans in jobs that involve significant training of employees. Requires an eligible veteran to have been unemployed for at least 15 of the last 20 weeks before applying for participation. Establishes maximum periods of assisted training: 12 months for a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more, six months for any other veterans. Requires employers to provide approved training for at least six months. Permits an approved veteran to select an approved program of job training with any for-profit private employer which hires the veteran into the regular work force with the expectation of permanent employment after the training ends. Directs the Administrator to make payments to such employers, not exceeding 50 percent of the wages paid to the training veteran. Sets forth the requirements an employer's training program must fulfill, including a certification that the wages and benefits paid to a participating veteran are equivalent to those paid to other employees participating in a similar program of training, and that there is a reasonable certainty that a position of that type will be available to such veteran upon completion. Prohibits the Administrator from approving programs involving seasonal or temporary jobs or industries in which a substantial number of experienced workers are unemployed. Prohibits the Administrator from making payments when the conduct or progress of the veteran is unsatisfactory due to circumstances within the employer's control. Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove further participation by eligible veterans in any previously approved program failing to meet the requirements of this Act. Permits veterans otherwise eligible for this program to pursue, instead, a full-time vocational training program at an approved educational institution. Sets forth the conditions of such training. Directs the Administrator to provide an outreach and public information program to inform both eligible veterans and employers about this program. Directs the Administrator to establish procedures and obtain the assistance of disabled veterans outreach program specialists and personnel in regional offices of the Veterans Administration. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide for the participation of eligible veterans in training programs under this Act and under the Jobs Training Partnership Act. Requires the Secretary to make special efforts to inform eligible veterans of training opportunities. Requires both the Secretary and the Administrator to provide employment counseling services to any eligible veteran who requests them. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985. Terminates this program after 15 months for the initial application period and after 27 months for the payment of assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from restricting the hours of operation or reducing the operating power of any AM broadcast station if: (1) such restriction or reduction would prevent the station from operating at full daytime power from two hours before sunrise until two hours after sunset; and (2) operation during such period would not interfere with the protected signal of an existing station. Prohibits the Commission from denying an application for a license to operate a new AM station or an application to expand the hours of operation of an existing station solely on the grounds that: (1) the area has adequate broadcasting service; or (2) an FM channel is available for the area. Prohibits the Commission from placing an applicant for a station license or construction permit at a disadvantage because that applicant is licensed to operate a station with restricted hours in the area if such applicant certifies that it will relinquish the restricted license if its application is approved. Exempts any application to alter the hours of operation of a standard broadcast station from public notice and comment requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Broadcast Licensing, Renewal, and Deregulation Act of 1983 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish new procedures for reviewing petitions to deny broadcast license applications. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant a license renewal application by a radio or television broadcast station licensee unless the actions of the licensee evidences such serious disregard for the Communications Act and for the rules and policies of the FCC that denial of the application is justified. Prohibits the FCC from considering the applications of other persons for a broadcast station's facilities when the FCC is acting upon a license renewal application by a radio or television broadcast station. Permits persons holding construction permits or station licenses to transfer the permit or license without first obtaining an FCC finding that the transfer serves the public interest. Requires the FCC to be notified of such transfer. Provides for public notice of the transfer. Provides for disposition by the FCC of objections to such transfer. Prohibits the FCC from considering whether the public interest would be served by the transfer of the permit or license involved to a different person. Repeals certain provisions relating to the application of the antitrust laws. Prohibits the FCC from imposing requirements on radio or television licensees relating to: (1) programs; (2) programming formats; (3) ascertainment; (4) commercialization; and (5) maintenance of program logs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States which adopt and implement effective child passenger safety programs. Sets forth eligibility requirements for States to receive such grants and a limitation on apportionments. Requires the Secretary to establish, by regulation, standards for such programs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1986. Directs the Secretary to conduct an annual evaluation of each eligible State's child passenger safety program to measure its effectiveness on child safety seat usage.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Directs the President to designate June 12 through 18, 1983, as National Scleroderma Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Designates the week of September 25 through October 2, 1983, as National Respiratory Therapy Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Designates the week of May 22 through May 28, 1983, as National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Designates the week beginning May 6, 1983, as National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President designate September 1983 as National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Declares that the House of Representatives supports Solidarity Sunday.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should express U.S. opposition to the Soviet Union's policies of forced labor. Declares that the Soviet Union should cease such practices and honor their international commitments.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should, as soon as possible, form a bipartisan National Commission on Natural Gas Pricing to make recommendations on natural gas pricing reforms which will ensure adequate natural gas supplies and fair prices; and (2) such Commission should transmit its recommendations to the Congress in time for introduction and passage of legislation before the next winter heating season.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1983
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that no antitrust law shall prohibit the importer, brewer, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in an area, from: (1) entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State; or (2) limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in such area. Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of State law.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1983
Designates the week of April 3 through April 9, 1983, as National Drug Abuse Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the family planning program under title X of the Public Health Service Act should be administered in the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1983
Declares that the House of Representatives deplores the denial of the rights of Hungarians and people of other nationalities in Transylvania by the Romanian Government. Requests the President and the Secretary of State to discuss the human rights of the Hungarians in Transylvania with the Government of Romania.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to revise and increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony. Redefines such offense as using a firearm to commit a felony over which the district courts have exclusive jurisdiction or carrying a firearm during such a felony involving violence. Deletes the requirement that the firearm be carried "unlawfully". Increases the additional penalty imposed for such offense to not less than five years' imprisonment for a first offense (currently, one to ten years) and ten years for a second or subsequent offense (currently, two to 25 years). Extends to first offenders the stipulations, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence, grant probation, or impose concurrent sentences. Makes a first offender ineligible for parole for five years and a second or subsequent offender ineligible for ten years. Expresses the sense of Congress that the executive prosecute vigorously such offenses.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Amends the veterans' educational assistance program to extend the delimiting period for use of educational benefits by Vietnam veterans from ten to 20 years, through December 31, 1995, at the latest.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 16, 1983, as National Atomic Veterans' Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Designates October 15, 1983, as National Poetry Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1983
Designates March 20, 1984, as Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1983
Declares that Congress: (1) condemns the violence in Northern Ireland; (2) urges U.S. citizens to refrain from any action which contributes to the violence there; (3) urges the parties to seek an early political settlement that secures the rights of both sides and achieves Irish unity; (4) believes that a reconciliation can be found between the two Irish political traditions and between Great Britain and Ireland; and (5) requests the President to convey to Britain and to Ireland the desire of Americans for lasting peace in Northern Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks. Increases the excise tax on diesel fuel from nine cents per gallon to 12 cents per gallon in 1983 and from 12 cents per gallon to 14 cents per gallon in 1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting from such increases diesel fuel used in automobiles and light trucks.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Designates June 14, 1983, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should enter into negotiations with the Soviet Union to establish an agreement that would require the Soviet Union to purchase a minimum amount of grain annually for a five year period.