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United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt any hospital which is located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area and which has less than 100 acute care beds from certain reasonable cost limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Expresses the support of the Congress for beginning strategic arms reductions talks. Urges the Soviet Union to join with the United States in concluding an equitable and verifiable agreement which freezes strategic nuclear forces at equal and substantially reduced levels. Reaffirms congressional support for the position that the United States should not enter into an arms agreement which provides for force levels inferior to those of the Soviet Union. Declares that the United States should propose practical measures to: (1) reduce the danger of accidental nuclear war; (2) prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties, including terrorists; and (3) halt the worldwide proliferation of nuclear weapons. Insists that any arms control agreement must be fully verifiable.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Interest Rate Reduction Act of 1982 - Prohibits any officer or employee of the United States from selling any debt obligation of the United States bearing interest at a rate, or at a discount from face value yielding a rate of return greater than: (1) 15 percent; or (2) one-fourth of one percent less than the average auction price for Treasury bills at the auction held the week prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is lower. Sets forth the formula for reducing the maximum interest rate or yield after such date and for maintaining such maximum interest rate or yield at such level. Declares that the maximum legal rate of interest shall not be greater than five percent above such currently effective rate. Makes all contracts and assurances for the loan or forbearance in money or other thing of value at more than the legal rate of interest void as to the excess of interest over the legal rate. Permits the principal, with legal rate of interest, to be recovered on any such contract or assurance, but not the excess of interest. Permits such excess of interest, if already paid, to be recovered from the lender or forbearer even though payment was made to an assignee. Declares that no person may plead or set up the taking of more than the legal rate of interest as a defense to any action brought against such person to recover damages on, or to enforce payment of, any mortgage, bond, note, or other obligation executed or assumed by such person. States that a reasonable charge for origination fees, finder's fees, delinquency fees and commissions, and actual costs of recording and filing fees and of documentary and intangible taxes shall not be considered interest under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Amends Federal judicial procedure provisions relating to venue to provide that: (1) if proceedings have been instituted in two or more courts of appeals with respect to the same agency action and the first such proceeding was instituted more than five days before the second, the record shall be filed in that court in which the proceeding was first instituted; and (2) if the first such proceeding was not instituted more than five days before the institution of a later proceeding with respect to the same agency action and the agency has received written notice from the parties instituting each of these proceedings, the agency shall advise the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, with respect to the first proceeding and all proceedings instituted within five days after the first proceeding, that such multiple proceedings have been instituted and shall identify each court for which it has notice that such proceedings are pending. Directs the Administrative Office, pursuant to a system of random selection, to select the court in which the record shall be filed from those identified by the agency, in the situation where the first proceeding was not instituted more than five days before the institution of a later proceeding. Requires all proceedings to be transferred to the court of appeals in which the record has been filed. Authorizes any court in which a proceeding with respect to any agency action is pending, including a court selected pursuant to a system of random selection, to transfer such proceeding to any other court of appeals in which the action under review would have a substantially greater impact, unless the interests of justice require the court to: (1) retain such proceedings; or (2) transfer the proceedings to a circuit other than one in which the impact would be substantially greater. Directs the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to administer the system of random selection. Prohibits a civil action in which the defendant is a Federal officer or employee, a Federal agency, or the United States from being brought in a judicial district in which a defendant resides or the plaintiff resides if no real property is involved, unless the action that is the subject of the lawsuit would substantially affect the residents of that judicial district. Requires that, in any action of a local environmental nature brought against the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the plaintiff must forward a copy of the complaint to the attorney general of each affected State (but not more than five States). Requires a district court, in any civil action in which a defendant is a Federal officer or employee, a Federal agency, or the United States, upon motion of any party, to transfer an action to a district where the action might have been brought and in which the action would have substantially greater impact, unless the interests of justice require the court to: (1) retain the action; or (2) transfer the action to a district other than one in which the impact would be substantially greater.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Provides for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Pembina Chippewa Indians in specified dockets of the Court of Claims. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out such distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Grants a Federal charter to the National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Housing and Automobile Industries Recovery Act of 1982 - Title I: Exemption for the Purchase of Certain Bonds by Employee Pension Benefit Plans - Provides a temporary exemption from certain provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code relating to prohibited transactions for the purchase of certain bonds sold to fund residential mortgages and domestic motor vehicle loans. Title II: Interest Reduction Payments - Provides for interest reduction payments by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to assist with the financing of the purchase of certain residences and domestic motor vehicles. Sets forth: (1) requirements and restrictions for eligible loans and mortgages; and (2) guidelines for the allocation of such payments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 through 1988 to carry out this title. Prohibits the Secretary from making any commitments to make interest reduction payments under this title after August 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should resume negotiations with the Soviet Union to extend the duration of the existing long-term grain sales agreement and to require the Soviet Union to purchase a minimum amount of grain annually at a level not less than the level required by the existing agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Farm Crisis Act of 1982 - Title I: Land Diversion Payments for 1982 Crops of Wheat, Feed Grains, Cotton, and Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to set 1982 land diversion levels at: (1) $2.00 per bushel for wheat; (2) $1.25 per bushel for corn; (3) $.20 per pound for upland cotton; and (4) $2.20 per hundredweight for rice. Permits 1982 participants to divert an additional five percent of their acreage. Extends the application period through the end of the certification period. Title II: Acreage Limitation and Cropland Conservation Programs for 1983 through 1985 Crops - Directs the Secretary to proclaim a national cropland conservation program for 1983 through 1985 crop years. Provides that: (1) such program shall be approved or disapproved by a producer referendum; (2) participants will set aside 15 percent of their acreage for conservation purposes; (3) noncompliance shall result in a three-year denial of specified farm benefits; and (4) loan rates shall increase by ten percent when such program is in effect. Requires the Secretary to establish a voluntary set-aside program (based on specified carry-over levels) for 1983 through 1985 wheat, feed grain, and upland cotton crops if cropland conservation programs are disapproved. Makes conforming amendments. Title III: Farm Storage Facility Loan Program - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to guarantee up to $250,000,000 annually (not more than 90 percent of any one loan to be guaranteed) for grower-harvested grain storage facility loans. Title IV: Barter of Agricultural Commodities for Strategic and Critical Materials and Petroleum Products - Authorizes the CCC to exchange agricultural products for oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regarding CCC foreign products bartering. Title V: Emergency Agricultural Credit - Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to make the economic emergency loan program mandatory. Extends such program through FY 1983. Lowers the limit on individual loans: (1) under such Act; and (2) under such Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act combined. Title VI: Agricultural Exports - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) $1,000,000,000 should be made available to the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund; and (2) the Secretary should conclude a grain agreement with the Soviet Union. Title VII: White House Conference on Agriculture - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should convene a White House Conference on Agriculture within one year. Requires a Conference report to the President and Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Surplus Agricultural Commodities Disposal Act of 1982 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Commodity Credit Corporation to contract for the processing of surplus commodities into liquid fuels and agricultural commodity byproducts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 120 days and annually thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should notify the Common Market's Council of Ministers that: (1) renegotiation of the Common Market's tariff on corn gluten feed is not in the best interests of the United States; and (2) the imposition of any trade restriction on corn gluten feed would seriously impede U.S. relations with the Common Market. Urges the President to take all other appropriate steps to protect U.S. exports of corn gluten feed.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Prohibits the Government from imposing export restrictions on agricultural commodities which interfere with valid export contracts if: (1) the contracts were entered into before the imposition of such restrictions; and (2) the contracts provide for the delivery of such commodities for export within 180 days of the date the restrictions were imposed.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither the President nor Congress should impose import fees on crude oil or refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
American Eagle Gold Coin Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint gold coins to be referred to as "American Eagles". Sets forth the specifications for four types of such gold coins. Declares that coins minted under this Act shall not be legal tender for public debts, public charges, taxes, duties or dues, but may be used for the payment of private debts. Sets forth the dates by which the Secretary shall begin delivery of such coins. Sets forth the formula by which the Secretary shall determine the daily price of such coins. Grants the Secretary the power to adjust the seigniorage charge on the sale of all such coins to finance the expenses of minting, delivering, and distributing them. Permits the exchange of gold bullion for such American Eagle coins. Permits the Secretary to prescribe necessary regulations. Declares that any gain or loss derived from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of any coin authorized by this Act shall not be recognized as a capital gain or loss under any Federal, State, or local income tax. Exempts the purchase or sale of any such coin from any Federal, State, or local sales, personal property, or excise tax.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Amendments of 1981 - Title I: To Amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct examinations and inspections as frequently as deemed necessary in meat processing establishments and to label meat products which pass inspection as "prepared in a USDA-inspected establishment." Title II: To Amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act - Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary to conduct examinations and inspections as frequently as deemed necessary in poultry processing establishments. Title III: To Amend the Egg Products Inspection Act - Amends the Egg Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary to conduct inspections of egg processing establishments as frequently as deemed necessary, with the exception of egg-breaking operations which shall be subject to continuous inspection. Changes the inspection schedule for shell egg packers, packing eggs for the ultimate consumer, from at least once each quarter to at least once each year. Title IV: Effective Date - States the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Designates September 19 through September 25, 1982, as National Cystic Fibrosis Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1982
Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels of forces; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to repeal provisions: (1) prohibiting the issuance of a lease to any entity which has held a coal lease for at least ten years and is not producing coal in commercial quantities under such lease; and (2) requiring diligent development of a logical mining unit such that the coal reserves of the entire unit must be mined within a period not to exceed 40 years. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior will not require the payment of advance royalties for failure to meet the production requirement unless the Secretary determines that the public interest will not be served thereby. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to suspend such requirement if the Secretary determines that it will serve the public interest.) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to exempt coking coal from the requirements of diligent development and continued operation. States that such exemption shall be applicable upon a showing that coking coal deposits are dedicated to the support of steelmaking facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Requests the President to designate August 14, 1982, as National Navajo Code Talkers Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the FY 1983 budget should not be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Family Housing Production Act of 1982 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, through the Government National Mortgage Association, to enter into five-year contracts to provide periodic assistance payments on behalf of homeowners to mortgagees and other lenders. Directs the Secretary to give priority to assisting persons who have not owned a home within the last three years. Permits payments to be made only to a mortgagor who satisfies requirements for creditworthiness and has a family income not exceeding 140 percent of the area median income and who: (1) is the original owner of a manufactured home the loan for which is incurred under the National Housing Act; or (2) has a fixed-rate 30-year mortgage which is secured by a home built after enactment of this Act, has no prepayment penalty, and requires increased payments beginning with the second year which shall be applied to the principal obligation until it is paid off. Limits the amount of assistance payments to the difference between the amount of the monthly payment for principal, interest, and loan insurance under the first year of the loan and the amount the monthly payment for principal and interest would be if the interest rate on the loan were: (1) ten percent (12 percent for a manufactured home); or (2) four percentage points less than the rate specified in the loan, whichever rate is higher. Requires that the mortgagor pay at least 25 percent of his or her income toward the monthly loan payment. Declares that manufactured homes shall comprise not more than 20 percent of the units assisted under this Act. Directs the Secretary to allocate the amount available to carry out this Act on the basis of the population, decline in housing starts, and unemployment rate in each State relative to all States. Directs the Secretary to recapture the lesser of the amount of assistance provided under this Act or an amount equal to 50 percent of the net appreciation of the property whenever the mortgagor sells the property or rents it for a period exceeding one year. Authorizes the Secretary to insure mortgages assisted under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to require that management activities with respect to wild free-roaming horses and burros be carried out in accordance with the resource management objectives for the area established in land use plans. Provides that not more than two such animals may be adopted per year by any individual. (Currently, not more than four such animals may be adopted per year by any individual unless the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an individual is capable of caring humanely for more.) Provides for the sale of excess wild free-roaming horses and burros for which there is no adoption demand. (Currently, such animals must be destroyed.) Requires that revenue from the sale or adoption of such animals be deposited in the account of the agency from whose lands the animals were removed. Extends the date of completion for the research study on wild horses and burros required under Federal law to January 1, 1985 (currently January 1, 1983). Provides that such animals shall lose their protected status upon their sale or adoption. Repeals the prohibition on the sale of such animals or their remains for processing into commercial products. Provides criminal penalties for anyone who knowingly removes a wild free-roaming horse or burro from public lands without the appropriate Secretary's authorization or knowingly violates a regulation issued with respect to the management of such animals. (Currently, individuals may be prosecuted for willful violations with respect to such animals.) Imposes criminal penalties for the processing into commercial products or the selling of the remains of such animals without authority from the Secretary. Increases the criminal penalties for such violations or for violations of Federal, State, or local humane laws in the case of an individual who previously was convicted of the same type of offense. Eliminates the requirement of public hearings on the use of helicopters or motor vehicles to transport such animals. (Permits the use of such transportation after public notification.) Eliminates the requirement that the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture submit a joint report biennially to Congress on the administration of this program. Requires administrators of Federal lands not subject to this program to consult with the appropriate Secretary before removing wild free-roaming horses and burros under their jurisdiction. Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to remove such animals from such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Community Air Service Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to continue Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) authority to require air carriers to establish just and reasonable joint fares. Transfers the authority of the CAB over joint rates, fares, and charges to the Department of Transportation. Sets forth procedures concerning the establishment and division of such joint fares. Terminates the authority of the CAB and the Secretary in regard to such joint rates six years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 for FY 1983 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Amends the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act to authorize the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make expenditures from the Administration fund to reimburse local governments for revenues lost by such governments due to the construction or acquisition of the Pacific Northwest Federal Transmission System. Prohibits the Administrator from constructing a generating or transmission facility unless the location of such facility has been approved by the appropriate State agency.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Wilderness Protection Act of 1982 - Withdraws the following lands from appropriation under the mining laws, disposition under oil and gas, mineral, and geothermal leasing laws, and energy and mineral exploration and development activities: (1) lands designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (2) congressionally designated wilderness study areas; (3) lands recommended for wilderness designation by the Forest Service in the second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) program; and (4) lands identified as wilderness study areas by the Bureau of Land Management. Authorizes the President to submit to specified congressional committees an order opening the lands withdrawn by this Act if there is a national need for mineral resources. Makes such an order effective 60 days after its submission. Permits activities compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment for the purpose of inventorying energy, mineral, and other resource values in areas withdrawn by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to prevent the disclosure of confidential, privileged, or proprietary information obtained under this Act. Exempts from withdrawal pursuant to this Act: (1) national forest system or Bureau of Land Management lands released from wilderness study to management for nonwilderness uses; (2) specified national forest system lands designated as congressional wilderness study areas; and (3) lands designated as conservation units under the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act, where such Act is inconsistent with this Act. Permits drilling, exploration, development, and resource extraction activities which do not require occupancy of the surface to be conducted on lands withdrawn pursuant to this Act or the Wilderness Act. Subjects provisions of this Act to valid existing rights (including mining claims, leases, and permits) established before the date of this Act. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to manage lands recommended for wilderness designation so as not to impair their suitability for preservation as wilderness until Congress designates such lands as wilderness or the President recommends that such areas be released from wilderness study status. Provides for lands recommended for wilderness but not designated as wilderness within two years to be released for management by the Secretary for nonwilderness uses. Prohibits judicial and administrative review of the RARE II final environmental statement dated January 4, 1979. Provides for the following lands to be released for management for nonwilderness uses: (1) national forest system lands reviewed under the RARE II program but not recommended for wilderness or identified for further planning; (2) national forest system lands recommended for wilderness in the RARE II statement but not designated as wilderness by Congress by January 1, 1985; and (3) national forest system lands in the RARE II further planning classification not recommended for wilderness by September 30, 1985, or recommended for wilderness but not designated as wilderness by Congress by January 1, 1988. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide, regional, or national roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands to determine their suitability as wilderness without express congressional authorization. States that the designation of any wilderness area shall not lead to the creation of buffer zones around such area. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to report jointly to the President every five years on the energy and mineral potential of areas withdrawn under this Act. Directs the President to report to Congress on such matters.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to the surviving spouse of a veteran who died from a service-connected or compensable disability by the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Administrator to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to children of such deceased veterans between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take no action to accelerate the decontrol of wellhead natural gas prices.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1982
Expresses the opposition of Congress to the imposition of a five percent withholding of tax requirement, or any other withholding requirement, for interest-bearing bank accounts or dividend receipts.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Appropriates funds for the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Reaffirms Congress' commitment to providing full medical services to veterans aged 65 and older.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1982
Makes a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for FY 1982 for grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1982
Grants a Federal charter to the National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Prohibits any State from selling or otherwise transferring interstate waters unless there is an interstate compact between the affected States pursuant to such sale or transfer, and all parties to such compact consent to the sale or transfer.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Prohibits the issuance of mining leases in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in Montana.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Broadcast Licensing, Renewal, and Deregulation Act of 1981 - 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 evidence 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 · 11 December 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual to elect hospice care, in lieu of certain other benefits, during two periods of 180 days each during the individual's lifetime. Provides for full reimbursement of reasonable costs to a hospice program, subject to a ceiling. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the hospice reimbursement method. Defines hospice care as including items and services furnished to the terminally ill in their homes, on an outpatient basis, and on a short term inpatient basis.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to extend by five months (until September 30, 1982) the period within which an individual must have become a full-time student at a postsecondary educational institution in order to receive, after July 1982, child's insurance benefits on the basis of student status under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Extends by one year (through August 1986) the period during which such benefits may be paid to an individual so qualified.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1981
Declares that the House of Representatives supports full funding of the railroad retirement dual benefit account.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1981
Provides that a named individual shall be deemed to have been eligible for the special pension due those who have been awarded the Medal of Honor as of a specified date.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1981
Taxpayer Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in the collection of taxes, to provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regarding communication and harassment in connection with debt collection. Prohibits the publication of any deficiency which has not been adjudged to be payable by a competent court. Permits individual taxpayers to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court for damages resulting from collection practices prohibited by this Act. Requires a Federal court order before property of a taxpayer may be levied upon for the collection of tax. Specifies that a showing of fraud or malfeasance or a misrepresentation, for purposes of modifying or reconsidering a closing agreement between an individual taxpayer and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be taken into account only if such a showing or misrepresentation is determined by a competent court. Prohibits the Secretary from consenting to extend for more than one year the period for assessment of the income tax liability of any individual taxpayer. Requires the Secretary to prepare, for distribution to taxpayers, brief but comprehensive statements which set forth in nontechnical terms: (1) the rights and obligations of taxpayers during an audit; (2) the procedures which the IRS may use in enforcing revenue laws; and (3) the procedures by which a taxpayer may appeal adverse decisions, prosecute refund claims, and file taxpayer complaints. Requires a copy of such statement to accompany any tax forms sent to taxpayers. Prescribes criminal penalties for: (1) any investigation by employees of the United States in connection with Federal tax laws which inquires into the beliefs, associations, or activities of any individual or organization; or (2) the maintenance of any records containing information derived from such an investigation. Creates a civil cause of action for any taxpayer aggrieved by a prohibited investigation or by the deprivation of any civil rights. Permits the award of a judgment of costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, to a prevailing taxpayer in any proceeding before the Tax Court. Makes binding on the Secretary : (1) a tax return prepared for the taxpayer by an officer or employee of the IRS acting in his official capacity to provide such assistance; and (2) written information or advice given to the taxpayer by such an officer or employee acting in his official capacity. Places the burden of proof, in administrative and judicial proceedings involving the IRS and a taxpayer, upon the IRS. Directs that all property of taxpayers, for purposes of the estate and gift tax, be valued at historical cost (original cost to the taxpayer or the basis of the property if it was not purchased). Prohibits the use in IRS personnel evaluations of amounts collected pursuant to audits or investigations. Precludes the Secretary from exercising any enforcement authority over churches or certain other organizations. Prohibits the audit of any group of taxpayers unless the Secretary has first met certain notice requirements or permitted members of the group to file an amended return. Sets forth conditions which must be met by the IRS before any action is taken to interfere with the property rights of a taxpayer. Requires the IRS, before securing the records of, or personal data concerning, any taxpayer, to: (1) notify the taxpayer in writing of the demand, the material sought, and the need for the material; (2) have commenced an action in a competent court against the taxpayer; and (3) have justified its need before the court consistent with the discovery rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. States that the IRS shall have no authority, in enforcing the tax obligations of any person, which is in conflict with the rights and privileges granted under the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that no limitation should be placed on the Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on a residential mortgage.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1981
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. Prohibits the Congress from requiring that the States engage in additional activities without compensation equal to the additional costs. 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 · 26 October 1981
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, a specially struck gold medal to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in recognition of the bicentennial anniversary of diplomatic and trade relations between the Netherlands and the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Bankruptcy Improvements Act of 1981 - Amends title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy) to establish an eligibility test for liquidation bankruptcy relief based on the individual petitioner's ability to pay a reasonable portion of his debts out of future income. Permits the court to dismiss a bankruptcy case under chapter 7 (liquidation) upon the motion of any party in interest filed not later than 30 days after the meeting of creditors, and after notice and a hearing, if the debtor is ineligible for relief under such title. Requires the bankruptcy judge to preside at any meeting of creditors and to perform such additional judicial duties any may be required. Declares that the value of the creditor's interest in the estate's interest in such property shall be determined in light of the purpose of the valuation and of the proposed disposition or use of such property, and in conjunction with any hearing on such disposition or use or on a plan affecting such creditor's interest. Declares that the value of consumer goods which the debtor seeks to redeem in liquidation shall be presumed to be the established resale market price, if such market exists. Requires the debtor in bankruptcy cases to file a statement of income and expenses. Requires the debtor, if the debtor's schedule of assets and liabilities includes consumer debts which are secured by property of the estate, to file and serve upon each creditor holding such security and the trustee, a statement expressing the debtor's intention with respect to retention or surrender of the collateral. Requires the debtor, at or before the meeting of creditors provided for by such title, to perform his intention with regard to such secured creditors. Repeals the provisions concerning exempt property and makes the States responsible for establishing exemptions to bankruptcy proceedings. Makes any debt which was incurred on or within 90 days before the date of the filing of a petition under such title nondischargeable. Allows creditors to enforce liens which have not been voided in bankruptcy. Permits reaffirmation of consumer debts subject to the debtor's right to rescind any such agreement within 60 days or until a discharge is received, whichever occurs later, by giving a written notice of rescission to the creditor. Declares that at the meeting of creditors the court shall inform the debtor of the nature and effect of a discharge. Eliminates the trustee's power to avoid liens or recover payments made within 90 days of filing petition in bankruptcy (within one year in the case of an insider) unless the creditor had reasonable cause to believe the debtor was insolvent. Permits the court, upon notice and hearing, to require a creditor to accept payments in redemption of the value of a claim secured by a nonpossessory, nonpurchase money security interest in tangible personal property, over a reasonable period not to exceed five years, if such tangible personal property consists of specified objects. Allows a creditor, upon 10 days notice to the debtor and codebtor, to collect any portion of a debt from the codebtor which is not being paid by the debtor through the adjustment of debts of such debtor with a regular income. Requires payments under an adjustment of debts payment plan to commence at the time of the filing of the plan. Provides for the return of such funds after deducting the costs of administration if no plan is confirmed. Provides for the separate classification of co-debtor claims and non-dischargeable claims and authorizes payment of them under an adjustment of debts payment plan. Allows a debtor to choose such a repayment plan of up to five years. Bases such repayment upon the debtor's ability to repay out of future income after taking into account the basic living necessities for the debtor and dependents. Provides for an early discharge of debts where at least 70 percent of all allowed unsecured claims are paid. Permits a hardship discharge of otherwise non-dischargeable debts to the extent the debtor attempted to pay such debts under an adjustment of debts payment plan.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of title II benefits to an incarcerated felon during any month of confinement. Treats the benefits withheld as having been paid to the felon for purposes of the payment of benefits to other persons so entitled on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of the felon.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which provide incentives for energy conservation and development of renewable energy sources should not be repealed or amended to reduce such incentives.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a hydrology study and a feasibility grade surge relief study in relation to soil erosion and natural resource problems in the Muddy Creek Basin, Montana. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such studies. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1981
Artist's Tax Equity and Donation Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for the current fair market value of a literary, musical, or artistic composition created by the taxpayer and contributed to a charitable organization. Disallows a fair market value deduction for a contribution of property which was produced while the taxpayer was a Government officer or employee if such property arose out of the performance of the taxpayer's duties. Permits the executor of an estate, in calculating the gross estate, to elect to value any copyright or any literary, musical, or artistic work created by the decedent at an amount equal to the decedent's adjusted basis in such property.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1981
Amends titiles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to require Federal agencies to give to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon request, the names and social security account numbers of disability or SSI benefit recipients who are inmates of penal institutions.