United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Nuclear Powerplant Decontamination Act of 1982 - Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to terminate or suspend operating licenses in effect for any nuclear powerplant and prohibits the issuance of operating licenses to license applicants unless: (1) for the period beginning 30 days after enactment of this Act and ending December 31, 1984, the licensee or license applicant has the maximum amount of onsite property damage insurance covering the nuclear powerplant which the NRC determines to be commercially available; and (2) beginning on January 1, 1985, the licensee or license applicant has an aggregate amount of onsite property damage insurance of not less than $1,500,000,000 covering the nuclear powerplant. Requires the NRC to review periodically the adequacy of the insurance required under this Act. Requires that there be collected from January 1, 1983, through December 31, 1988, an annual assessment from all licensees which shall be placed in a trust fund to be used for funding the decontamination of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear powerplant. Requires the NRC to terminate or suspend the operating or construction license of any licensee which fails to pay such assessment.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act of 1982 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit the Managing Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to borrow money from the other funds or from the general fund of the Treasury (if relief cannot be obtained by interfund borrowing) if, during any fiscal year prior to FY 1991, the cash reserves of one of the funds are less than nine percent of the anticipated annual expenditures of such fund. Sets forth interest and loan repayment requirements. Requires the Board of Trustees of the trust funds to report to Congress on any funds transferred pursuant to this Act. Terminates a trust fund's borrowing authority with respect to the general fund of the Treasury if, within one year after a loan is made to such fund from one of the other funds, such fund's cash reserves have not returned to at least 13 percent of such fund's anticipated expenditures for the then current fiscal year. Requires the Board of Trustees to report to Congress at the end of the one year on the increase in appropriations to such fund which would be necessary to raise the fund's cash reserves to the 13 percent level.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the FY 1983 budget should not be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for funding small businesses, State and local development companies, and small business investment companies for FY 1982 through 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to prohibit the eviction or distress (a taking of or levy on personal property) during military service of any military person and/or dependents from premises which rent for the fair market rental value (increased from $150). Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study and report to Congress biennially on the operation of this provision.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
States that the Federal Government should restore balance to the Department of Energy's FY 1983 budget by maintaining funding for energy conservation, renewable energy, and weatherization programs and by distributing information on conservation and renewable energy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
War Powers Resolution Amendments of 1982 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to prohibit the use of U.S. armed forces in El Salvador for combat unless: (1) Congress has declared war or enacted specific authorization for such use of U.S. armed forces; (2) the armed forces are necessary to meet a clear and present danger of attack upon the United States; or (3) they are necessary to meet a clear and present danger to U.S. citizens and to evacuate the U.S. citizens. Requires the President to describe in a report to Congress the grounds for sending the troops into El Salvador if they were not sent pursuant to a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow either an income tax deduction or credit for expenditures made in connection with the illegal sale of drugs or in connection with other business activities for which a taxpayer is convicted of a Federal felony.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that businesses receiving tax benefits under the President's economic recovery program should contribute a certain amount to charity.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Short-Time Compensation Act of 1982 - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to encourage States to provide unemployment benefits to individuals whose workweek is reduced pursuant to an employer plan under which such reductions are made in lieu of total layoffs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) develop legislation which may be used by States as a model in developing and enacting short-time compensation programs; (2) provide technical assistance to States to develop, enact, and implement such programs; and (3) study and evaluate the operation, costs, effect on the State insured rate of unemployment, and other effects of such programs. Terminates the guideline and grant provisions of this Act after a three-year experimental period. Encourages States to experiment, but to consider requiring specified provisions to assure minimum uniformity. Defines a "short-time compensation program" as one under which: (1) individuals whose workweek has been reduced by at least ten percent, pursuant to a qualified employer plan, will be eligible for at least a pro rata portion of the unemployment benefits payable if such individual were totally unemployed; (2) eligible employees may apply for and collect short-time compensation or regular unemployment compensation benefits, as needed, but shall not (A) collect more than the maximum unemployment compensation benefit for full-time unemployment or (B) be eligible for short-time compensation for more than 26 weeks in any 12-month period; and (3) eligible employees will not be expected to meet the availability for work or work search test requirement while collecting short-time compensation, but must be available for their normal workweek. Defines "qualified employer plan" as one under which there is a reduction in the number of hours worked by employees rather than total layoffs if: (1) such plan is approved by the State agency; (2) the employer or employers association which is party to a collective bargaining agreement certifies that the aggregate reduction in work hours pursuant to such plan is in lieu of total layoffs which would result in an equivalent reduction of work hours; (3) such plan remains in effect for no more than one year and the employer reapplies for recertification; (4) the employer continues to provide health and pension benefits to employees whose workweek is reduced under such plan at the same level provided before such reduction; (5) the exclusive bargaining representative (if there is one) of the employees has consented to the plan; and (6) during the previous specified months, the work force in the affected unit or units has not been reduced by temporary layoffs of more than ten percent. Requires that such short-time compensation benefits be charged in a manner which insures that the benefits are financed by the employers to whom the benefits are attributable. Includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands under the term "State," for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to study State short-time compensation programs and to consult with employee and employer representatives in developing guidelines to measure specified factors. Directs the Secretary to submit an interim report to the Congress and a final report to the Congress and the President on the implementation of this Act, with a program evaluation and recommendations. Provides that nothing in this Act shall relieve any State of any condition imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Requires, for unemployment rate determinations under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, that short-time compensation recipients be counted only in proportion to the actual amount of compensation received.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
National Defense Port System Act of 1982 - Title I: Establishment of National System of User Taxes for Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, not later than three months after recommendations have been made by the Deep-Draft Port Task Force established by this Act, to develop a nationally uniform system of user taxes to be imposed on the use of ports with deep-draft channels or harbors by any vessel which is in: (1) the business of transporting property or passengers for compensation or hire; or (2) transporting property or passengers in the business of the owner, lessee, or operator of the vessel. Requires such taxes to be imposed with respect to commodities, classes of commodities, and passengers. Prohibits any such tax from being levied on any item with respect to which such a tax has been previously paid. Allows the Secretary to increase or decrease such user tax under certain circumstances. Requires the master of any vessel with respect to which a tax is imposed to deliver to the Customs Service a manifest of the cargo and a declaration of the passengers upon arrival in a port having a deep-draft channel or harbor. Establishes the Deep-Draft Commercial Port Task Force to make specific recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the classifications and amounts of tax which should be established for commodities. Directs the Secretary to impose a tax on the use of any deep-draft channel or harbor by any vessel transporting property which is to be unloaded at a privately owned port which is not open to public navigation and is not operated and maintained by the United States. Grants the consent of Congress, subject to certain conditions, to the imposition of certain State user fees at deep-draft channels or harbors. Requires the net produce of such fees to be transferred to, and for the use of, the United States Treasury. Prohibits the use of funds from the Port System Trust Fund or the general fund of the Treasury for any approved navigation improvement project, the operation or maintenance of any deep-draft channel or harbor, or any other civil works project of the Secretary of the Army in any State unless such State has port user fees in effect not later than two years after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to collect and enforce such State port user fees. Establishes the Port System Trust Fund within the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on Trust Fund operations. Makes amounts in the Trust Fund available for: (1) navigation improvement projects; and (2) operation and maintenance of specified channels and harbors, including those in the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes, or their connecting waters. Sets the Federal share of any approved navigation improvement project at 90 percent. Revises financing procedures of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Terminates Corporation obligations outstanding on the effective date of this Act. Title II: Construction and Financing of Navigation Improvement Projects to Increase the Depth of Deep-Draft Channels and Harbors to More Than Forty-Five Feet - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to expedite construction of approved navigation improvement projects if the appropriate State port authority enters into a specified agreement with the Secretary. Requires such port authority to reimburse the United States for 100 percent of construction, operation, and maintenance costs. Allows State port authorities to construct approved navigation improvement projects at their own expense and to finance such construction through the adoption of duties of tonnage. Grants the consent of Congress, subject to certain conditions, to the levying by the States of such duties of tonnage. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the operations of such State port authorities and to report to Congress thereon. Sets forth enforcement procedures concerning such duties of tonnage. Title III: Expedited Procedure for Approval of Navigation Improvement Projects and Related Landside Facilities Projects - Directs the Secretary to establish a project schedule for all agency decisions relating to navigation improvements and landside facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the project schedule at any time. Describes procedures concerning judicial review of final agency decisions covered by a project schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
First-Time Homeowners Opportunity Act - Amends the National Housing Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into ten-year contracts to make periodic assistance payments on behalf of homeowners to mortgagees or other lenders holding mortgages. Permits payments to be made only on behalf of a homeowner who satisfies certain creditworthiness requirements and who: (1) has not owned a dwelling within the preceding three years; and (2) has a family income not exceeding 130 percent of the statewide median income. Authorizes the Secretary to make assistance payments to a lender only while the homeowner occupies the property secured by the mortgage unless the mortgage has been assigned to the Secretary. Limits the mortgage assistance payments to an amount not exceeding the lesser of: (1) the balance of the monthly payment due under the mortgage after applying a minimum 30 per centum of the mortgagor's income; or (2) the difference between the amount of the monthly payment which would be required if the mortgage were a level payment mortgage bearing the maximum interest rate applicable to federally insured mortgages and the monthly payment the mortgagor would pay if the mortgage were bearing nine and one-half per cent interest. Authorizes the Secretary to insure a mortgage secured by a mortgagor who qualifies for such assistance. Lists the eligibility requirements for such insurance. Directs the Secretary to insure, to the extent practicable, mortgages secured by single family residences that contribute to land and energy conservation. Directs the Secretary to develop a system to allocate assistance among the various regions of the country. Provides, upon the disposition by the homeowner of any property assisted pursuant to this Act, for the recapture of an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the amount of assistance received; or (2) at least 50 percent of the net appreciation of the property. Creates a fund into which recaptured amounts shall be deposited. Prohibits payments on behalf of any mortgagor from exceeding ten years, unless the mortgagor is unable to assume full mortgage payments. Requires the Secretary, in such a case, to continue assistance by utilizing the fund.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Amends the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 to apply the restrictions on lump-sum death payments under title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act only: (1) with respect to individuals who die after August 1981; and (2) if there is a surviving beneficiary in cases where the insured individual dies after August 1981 and there is a written agreement with a funeral home covering burial expenses.
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 · 16 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should not encourage or support efforts to destabilize or overthrow the government of any Central American nation; (2) other nations in the region should not engage in such activities; and (3) all interested parties should encourage a peaceful resolution of conflicts in the region.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Reaffirms that deposits, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, in federally insured depository institutions are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Reaffirms that deposits, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, in federally insured depository institutions are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Electronic and Computer Technician Vocational Education Incentive Grants Act - Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to establish a program of incentive grants to States for electronic and computer technician training. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make such grants solely for vocational education programs for such training. Prohibits use of any such grant for job placement or for training or employment stipends. Requires States participating in such grants program to commit specified percentages of their basic grants under such Act to such programs. Directs States to consider specified factors in evaluating training program proposals of eligible recipients. Limits Federal funds made available to an eligible recipient for such programs to 25 percent of such recipient's proposed budget for such training. Requires such recipient to: (1) use such funds only for job-related training for a specific electronic or computer technical occupation; (2) obtain at least 25 percent of its projected training budget through financial support of the electronics or computer industry; and (3) obtain at least another 25 percent through non- Federal public vocational education funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and each succeeding fiscal year to carry out such grants program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the spread of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide information, materials, training, technical assistance, and evaluations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1983 through FY 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to require that a district court dismiss an indictment, upon the request of the defendant, if the grand jury record shows a lack of evidence admissible at trial. Prohibits the presentation to the grand jury of evidence obtained in violation of Federal law. Prohibits the use of hearsay evidence to support an indictment. Prohibits the use at trial of grand jury evidence which: (1) was presented to the grand jury after indictment; or (2) was presented to another grand jury which investigated the same event and did not indict.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to require the recording of all grand jury proceedings except deliberations. Entitles a defendant to inspect and copy those portions of the grand jury record on which the indictment is based. Authorizes a Government attorney, upon an affirmative vote of 12 members of the grand jury, to apply to the court for an order directing the witness to show why he should not testify in exchange for immunity. Declares that a refusal to provide information before a Federal grand jury shall not be punishable if the request for such information is based upon evidence obtained in violation of the Constitution or Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to entitle a witness to be accompanied by counsel during an appearance before a Federal grand jury. Permits counsel to advise such witness but not address the grand jury or otherwise participate in the proceeding. Authorizes the court to remove such counsel. Requires a subpoena to appear before a grand jury to be issued at least five days before the intended date of testimony. Requires each witness to be given notice of: (1) the right to counsel and the privilege against self- incrimination; (2) the subject matter of the grand jury investigation; (3) whether he is the subject of the investigation; and (4) other matters that the court deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education, during FY 1983 through FY 1986, to increase the amount of a Pell grant to offset any reduction or elimination of child's insurance benefit payments to a postsecondary student under the Social Security Act as a consequence of specified provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Commissioner of Social Security in prescribing regulations to determine the amount of the increase on the basis of such reductions. Prohibits increasing any Pell grant to an amount exceeding the difference between expected family contribution and cost of attendance. Permits increasing the Pell grant to an amount exceeding the maximum dollar amount and the maximum percentage of cost of attendance established under such Act. Requires that funds for such increases be appropriated separately from other Pell grant funds. Provides for a ratable reduction in the amount of each increase if the funds so appropriated are not sufficient.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Requires the Office of Personnel Management to provide employees and annuitants an opportunity to transfer or cancel enrollment in a health benefits plan whenever an adjustment is made in the plan's rates or benefits. Directs the Office to provide an annual opportunity to transfer or cancel enrollments notwithstanding any other such opportunities required because of changes in rates or benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve public utility rate increases for electric energy based on costs of proposed or ongoing construction in regard to: (1) pollution control facilities; or (2) conversion of oil or gas-fired facilities to use of other fuels. Directs the Commission to order rate increases to cover construction costs for facilities other than those above only after an evidentiary proceeding. Sets forth requirements concerning such proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Small Business Survival Act - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make direct loans to help small businesses remain or become solvent. Sets forth the terms of such loans. Authorizes funds for FY 1983 and 1984 for the loan program. Requires the SBA to make quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Small Business on the applications received, approved, and denied under the loan program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Senior Citizens Environmental Employment Act of 1982 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop opportunities for senior citizens to participate in programs designed to assist Federal, State, and local environmental agencies in carrying out pollution control programs. Requires that such programs: (1) be designed in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the Administration on Aging; and (2) ensure that program participants meet participant eligibility requirements under the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1981 and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Allows such program to include (but does not limit it to) projects such as: (1) air monitoring and emission testing; (2) pesticides inventory and control; (3) water quality or supply sampling and monitoring; (4) technical libraries and public information; (5) carcinogenic survey and followup; (6) hazardous materials routing survey; (7) rural health screening and migrant workers; and (8) noise abatement and control. Directs the Administrator of the EPA to report to the Congress within 180 days of enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator of EPA to: (1) commence negotiations within 30 days of enactment with the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the Administration on Aging to develop rules and regulations for establishment of the Corps; and (2) consult with affected and interested representatives of national aging organizations and State and local environmental agencies. Authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to: (1) enter into agreements with public and private institutions and individuals for an effective system of using senior citizens eligible for participation in environmentally related programs under the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1981 and CETA; (2) make grants or cooperative agreements to carry out this Act; (3) maintain Corps enrollees within the EPA and with State and local environmental agencies; and (4) train Corps enrolles. Prohibits funding under this Act for any State or local environmental agency for employment of an enrollee which would: (1) displace current agency employees, partially or totally; (2) occur while any other person is in a layoff status from a substantially equivalent job with the agency; or (3) impair existing contracts for services. Authorizes appropriations in FY 1982 through FY 1985 to the Administrator of the EPA to carry out the administrative provisions of this Act. Declares that environmentally related programs described under this Act are fully eligible for funding made available through the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1981 and CETA.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Lech Walesa and others detained by Poland's government for political reasons should be released. Declares that Walesa and other Solidarity members should be permitted to: (1) participate in negotiations concerning the future of Solidarity; (2) comment on the situation in Poland; and (3) travel freely.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1982
Prohibits the President from: (1) providing any military assistance for El Salvador under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) issuing any letters of offer or guarantees or extending any credits for El Salvador under the Arms Export Control Act; and (3) leasing defense articles and issuing export licenses for defense articles or services for El Salvador under the Arms Export Control Act. Directs the President to order the prompt withdrawal from El Salvador of all U.S. military personnel performing specified functions under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Prohibits a waiver of the requirements of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development and Conservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to limit the amount of commitments to guarantee notes and other obligations which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may enter into with respect to community development loan guarantees in FY 1983. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for rehabilitation loans and to limit the amount of commitments to make such loans for FY 1983. Requires that at least 60 percent of the funds available for rehabilitation loans after FY 1982 be used for loans for one- to four-family dwellings. Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cooperation Act to authorize appropriations for the Corporation for FY 1983. Title II: Assisted Housing - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) increase, on October 1, 1982, the maximum amount of annual contributions which the Secretary may make to public housing agencies for low-income housing projects; (2) limit the amount which may be obligated over the duration of contribution contracts with respect to additional authority provided after October 1, 1982; and (3) provide a new formula for allocating such additional authority for low-income housing assistance. Permits a public housing agency to use authority allocated for assistance to owners of low-income multifamily projects and improvement assistance for existing public housing projects to pay for the operation of such projects. Authorizes appropriations for such operating assistance for FY 1983. Directs the Secretary to consider the effects of interest rates (up to 14 percent) on development costs when determining the initial maximum monthly rent for units of a low-income multifamily housing project. Declares that any upward revision of amounts appropriated for operating assistance for public housing projects shall be considered to be a rulemaking activity. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to authorize FY 1983 appropriations for operating assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects. Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit payment of such assistance after FY 1983. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to increase on October 1, 1982, the aggregate amount of obligations the Secretary may issue to the Secretary of the Treasury to finance loans for housing facilities for elderly or handicapped families. Limits: (1) the interest rate payable on such obligations; and (2) the lending authority of the Secretary for FY 1983. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to increase on October 1, 1982, the total amount of home mortgages the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) may purchase and to limit the aggregate principal amount of mortgages that the GNMA may enter into commitments to purchase during FY 1983. Title III: Housing Production Programs - Part A: One- to Four-Family Housing Production Program - Amends the National Housing Act to provide the Secretary, on October 1, 1982, authority to enter into contracts to provide payments to assist low-income families in acquiring home ownership or membership in a cooperative housing project. (Currently, the Secretary is prohibited from entering into new contracts after March 31, 1982.) Allows the Secretary to insure the mortgages of up to 50 percent of the homes in a subdivision if the owners of such homes receive assistance under the emergency housing market stimulation program. Activates such program which authorizes the Secretary to insure mortgages and enter into contracts to provide assistance payments on behalf of mortgagors having a family income of up to 130 percent of the area median income in order to reduce their mortgage payments to 25 percent of their income or to reduce their mortgage interest rates to nine and one-half percent. Limits: (1) the aggregate amount of assistance payable under such contracts; and (2) the duration of assistance to any mortgagor to ten years. Provides that any recaptured assistance shall be deposited into a fund which shall be used to make continued assistance payments to mortgagors who are unable to make full mortgage payments after receiving assistance for ten years. Part B: Multifamily Housing Production Program - Rental Housing Production and Rehabilitation Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to State and local governments to be used to stimulate the construction and rehabilitation of multifamily rental housing projects and cooperative housing projects in areas experiencing a severe shortage of rental housing for persons without other reasonable and affordable housing alternatives in the private market. Directs State and local governments which receive such assistance to provide such projects capital grants, loans, interest reduction payments, grants for the purchase of land, and other types of assistance designed to reduce project debt service cost. Sets forth area eligibility criteria, project selection criteria, and guidelines for allocating assistance. Requires the amount of assistance provided to a project to be the least amount necessary to provide decent and affordable rental or cooperative housing of modest design. Requires the owner of an assisted project to agree that for the first 15 years of the project: (1) 20 percent of the project units will be available for families whose income does not exceed 80 percent of the median area income; (2) savings resulting from reduced debt service payments for assistance will be passed on to the tenants; (3) prospective tenants will not be discriminated against on the basis of their eligibility for Federal housing assistance; and (4) units will not be converted to condominium ownership. Directs the Secretary to require an owner who violates any such agreement to repay all assistance plus interest. Declares that mortgages for such projects are insurable under the National Housing Act. Requires rent charges for project units to be approved by the Secretary. Limits such charges to 30 percent of a tenant's adjusted income. Requires that contracts for such assistance contain a provision requiring the payment of prevailing wages to workers employed in the development and operation of the project involved. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for FY 1983. Title IV: Rural Housing - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 to the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) to insure and guarantee loans for rural housing, with certain restrictions; (2) to make loans and grants for improvements of rural housing; (3) to provide financal assistance for the provision of low-rent housing for domestic farm labor; (4) to make grants or contracts for the development of programs to assist low-income persons in benefiting from housing programs in rural areas; (5) for programs of mutual and self-help in rural areas; and (6) for the Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) insure loans to provide rental housing for persons of moderate income; (2) insure loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms; and (3) make assistance payments to owners of low-income rental housing projects, with a specified amount of FY 1983 assistance earmarked for domestic farm labor and elderly or handicapped persons who are tenants of newly constructed or substantially rehabilitated housing. Eliminates use of the Rural Housing Fund for specified rural housing programs. Revises the maximum rental charge for certain assisted rural housing to the highest of: (1) 30 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income; (2) ten percent of the family's monthly income; or (3) the portion of the family's welfare payment designated for housing costs. Provides that interest credits for low- or moderate-income persons who receive rural housing mortgage loans may not exceed the lesser of: (1) the person's mortgage payments after applying 20 percent of his or her adjusted income; or (2) the person's mortgage payments exceeding what those payments would be if the mortgage were to bear one percent interest. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, when determining whether to provide housing assistance to domestic farm laborers in an area, to consider the housing needs for only those persons. Title V: Program Amendments and Extensions - Amends the National Housing Act to extend the authority of the Secretary to insure loans for mortgages and home improvement, to make assistance payments for emergency stimulation of the housing market, and to establish the maximum interest rates for certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974 to extend the authority of the Secretary to direct the Government National Mortgage Association to purchase mortgages and securities. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for research for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in fiscal year 1982. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to extend the authority of the GNMA to guarantee mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA). Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to earmark for the weatherization program for FY 1983 a specified amount of the funds authorized to be appropriated for energy conservation under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program until September 30, 1983, and to authorize appropriations for various insurance studies during FY 1983. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the Secretary's authority: (1) to carry out the Federal riot insurance program and the Federal crime insurance program until September 30, 1983; and (2) to continue riot and crime insurance policies written prior to such date until September 30, 1986. Limits the appropriations authorized for such programs for FY 1982. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to limit the appropriations authorized for FY 1983 for counseling and technical assistance programs for low- and moderate-income families with respect to housing. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to require the limitation on the maximum principal obligation of a conventional mortgage in which the FNMA or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation may purchase a participating interest to be calculated without regard to the interest purchased by either such corporation. Authorizes such corporations to purchase conventional mortgages secured by a second lien against an owner-occupied residence. Specifies limitations on the maximum principal obligation of such mortgages. Title VI: Emergency Mortgage Relief - Amends the Emergency Housing Act of 1975 to rewrite such act as the Homeowners' Emergency Relief Act. Directs the Secretary to make emergency mortgage relief payments to mortgagees on behalf of certain delinquent mortgagors when, for three consecutive months, the amount of delinquent mortgage loans exceeds a specified percentage of the amount of all loans accounted for in the mortgage delinquency series maintained by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Provides for the discontinuation and reinstitution of such assistance program depending on such deliquency rate condition. Lists the conditions for assistance eligibility, which include requirements that: (1) the mortgage is not federally insured under the National Housing Act; (2) the mortgagor has suffered a substantial reduction in income as a result of circumstances beyond the mortgagor's control which render the mortgagor unable to make full mortgage payments; and (3) the Secretary has determined that assistance is necessary to avoid foreclosure and that it is likely that the mortgagor will be able to resume full mortgage payments within 24 months, commence repaying such assistance at a designated time, and pay the mortgage in full by its maturity date. Limits: (1) the amount of mortgage assistance payments to an amount necessary to supplement the amount the mortgagor is capable of contributing; and (2) the length of such payments to 12 months plus any period of default, with a 12-month extension authorized. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the periodic review of the mortgagor's financial circumstances to determine whether such payments should be terminated or adjusted. Declares that all assistance payments shall be secured by a lien on the property and repayable on terms prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth the authority of the Secretary to recapture such assistance. States that a previously assisted morgagor shall be eligible for renewed assistance only if such mortgagor has made full mortgage payments for at least 12 months after the previous assistance was terminated. Limits the aggregate amount of assistance the Secretary is authorized to provide over the duration of assistance contracts. Prohibits the Secretary from entering such contracts after September 30, 1983. Requires the Secretary and specified agencies to waive or relax limitation pertaining to the operations of certain mortgagees and financial institutions with respect to mortgage delinquencies in order to encourage forebearance in residential mortgage loan foreclosure. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress every 60 days prior to October 1, 1983, on: (1) the rate of delinqencies and foreclosures in various housing markets; (2) the prospects of voluntary forebearance by mortgagees in such areas; (3) Government actions to encourage such forebearance and to provide assistance under this title; and (4) the default status of mortgages on multifamily properties with recommendations on caring and avoiding such defaults. Directs the Secretary to study and report on the use of alternative mortgage delinquency series under this title.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Occupational Health Hazards Compensation Act of 1982 - Establishes a workers' compensation system for occupational diseases related to exposure to asbestos or uranium ore. Provides for compulsory coverage of all employers and employees under this Act. Provides for compensation for death or for permanent total or permanent partial disability. Sets monetary benefits payable for death or total disability at two-thirds of the employee's average weekly wage over a specified period. Limits the amount of such weekly payments to: (1) no more than twice the national average weekly wage; and (2) no less than half the national average or the employee's actual average weekly wage, whichever is less. Sets forth provisions for survivors' benefits. Sets monetary benefits for payable partial disability at two-thirds the difference between pre- and post- disability earnings. Provides for redeterminations of benefits based on changes in degree of disability. Provides for medical benefits covering all reasonable and necessary expenses for treatment of such diseases. Provides for annual adjustments of maximum benefit limits to reflect increases in the national average weekly wage, but limits such adjustments to no more than a six percent increase in any one year. Provides that employee or survivors' monetary benefits under this Act shall be considered income for purposes of disability and retirement benefits computation under the Social Security Act. Provides that, in cases of medicare beneficiaries, medical benefits under this Act shall be the primary means of payment of medical expenses resulting from the occupational disability. Provides that there shall be no maximum limitation on the total amount of monetary or medical benefits payable under this Act. Makes ineffective any compromise or release of monetary or medical benefits unless approved by the Secretary of Labor ("the Secretary") as in the best interest of the claimant and sufficient for future medical care. Makes ineffective any waiver or release relating to future coverage or compensation under State workers' compensation laws or under this Act which is executed prior to death or onset of disability resulting from exposure to asbestos or uranium ore. Provides that a claimant is eligible for compensation if: (1) the employee was exposed to asbestos or uranium ore in the course of employment; (2) the employee is or was permanently disabled, or died, because of a disease associated with such exposure and arising out of and in the course of employment; and (3) an award of compensation for such disability or death has not been made under a State law or the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("Longshore Act"). Provides that, for claims based on exposure to asbestos in the course of employment: (1) mesothelioma of the pleura or peritoneum, asbestiosis, and lung cancer evidencing asbestiotic changes shall be irrebutably presumed to have resulted from such exposure; (2) lung cancer without radiological or histological evidence of asbestotic changes shall be presumed to have resulted from such exposure; and (3) any other causes of disability or death must be determined to have been significantly and substantially contributed to by such exposure. Provides that, for claims based on exposure to urainum ore in the course of employment: (1) lung cancer shall be rebuttably presumed to have resulted from such exposure, if the employee was engaged in mining or processing uranium ore for at least two years; and (2) any other causes of disability or death must be determined to have been significantly and substantially contributed to by such exposure. Sets forth procedures for making claims. Requires that a notice be given to the employer and the Office of Workmens' Compensation Programs in the Department of Labor within one year after the date of onset of disability or the death, with specified exceptions. Requires that claims be filed with the Office within two years after such date, with specified exceptions. Declares that there is no limitation on filing of claims based on length of time since the employee was last employed or last exposed to asbestos or uranium ore. Sets forth procedures for adjudication of claims. Directs the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to ascertain whether the employer named in the claim notice is a responsible employer. Directs the Office, upon determination that no employer is a responsible employer, to: (1) notify the State insurance commissioner of the State where the employer named in the claim notice resides or has a principal place of business; and (2) upon determination of the claimant's eligibility, assign responsibility to the appropriate compensation excess liability fund in such State. Requires that the State insurance commissioner be given opportunity for a hearing to present evidence on any determination that there is no responsible employer. Directs the Office to order hearings by an administrative law judge on any claim investigation upon application of the claimant, the responsible employer, or the responsible employer's insurance carrier, before issuing an order awarding or denying compensation. Provides for appeals of Office awards or denials of compensation to the Benefits Review Board established under the Longshore Act (which provides for review of Board orders by U.S. courts of appeals). Makes compensation under this Act the exclusive remedy for asbestos or uranium ore claimants against the employer, the employer's insurance carrier, and any collective-bargaining agent of the employer's employees (and any employee, officer, director, or agent of such parties). Provides that, for asbestos liability actions brought against any third party, other than the above parties, prior to the effective date of this Act, any recovery in such actions after the effective date of this Act shall be reduced by the amount of the compensation awarded and the present value of all future compensation payable under this Act. Prohibits: (1) employer or employer insurance carrier liens upon judgments in such actions; and (2) monetary damage suits brought by liable third parties against immune parties. Provides that, after the effective date of this Act, compensation under this Act will be the exclusive remedy of asbestos claimants not only against the parties previously described but also against any manufacturer or importer of asbestos or products containing asbestos (if such manufacturers or importers participate in the Asbestos Compensation Excess Fund). Makes every employer responsible for payment of compensation which may be payable under this Act. Requires each employer to secure such payment by: (1) insuring such payment with an insurer who is authorized by State and Federal law and by the Secretary of Labor; or (2) furnishing proof of its ability to pay such compensation directly and being authorized to do so by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) set specified conditions for employer self-insurers; and (2) suspend or revoke qualified carrier authorizations for good cause shown after a hearing. Requires employers to post notices relating to such secured compensation. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring employers' carriers to discharge employer duties and obligations. Sets forth requirements for insurance contracts or policies issued under authority of this Act. Sets civil penalties for employers who have not secured compensation payment. Sets forth provisions for assignment of liability for payment. Assigns asbestos compensation payment liability to: (1) the employer who last employed the employee, unless such employer can prove that it did not expose the employee for two years or more or that the exposure was only casual and sporadic; or (2) (if the last employer sustains such burden of proof) the Asbestos Compensation Excess Liability Fund. Assigns uranium ore compensation payment liability to: (1) the last employer, unless it can prove that it did not employ the employee in uranium ore mining or processing, that it did not expose the employee for two years or more, or that the exposure was casual and sporadic; or (2) (if the last employer sustains such burden of proof) the Uranium Ore Compensation Excess Liability Fund. Establishes the Asbestos Compensation Excess Liability Fund ("Asbestos Fund") and the Uranium Ore Compensation Excess Liability Fund ("Uranium Ore Fund") to pay all compensation benefits awarded where no employer responsible for such benefits has been identified or determined under this Act. Directs the Secretary to determine yearly amounts of contributions to be made to both Funds and to make State allocations in consultation with the State insurance commissioners. Directs the Secretary to provide for the collection of contributions to the Asbestos Fund as follows: (1) 50 percent from manufacturers and importers of asbestos and of products of which asbestos is a significant constituent element; (2) 30 percent from manufacturers and importers of products containing asbestos but not as a significant constituent element; and (3) 20 percent from employers who expose employees to asbestos in the course of employment. Provides that no manufacturer or importer of asbestos or products containing asbestos shall enjoy the limitations of third party liability under this Act: (1) for any period during which it has not paid a due contribution to the Fund; or (2) if it does not participate in the Fund. Bases manufacturers' and importers' contributions on their sales of asbestos and asbestos-containing products during the previous 15 years or, if the Secretary determines that this does not reflect overall market share, during any 15-year period since January 1, 1940. Directs the Secretary to hold the sums collected for the Asbestos Fund and disburse to the State insurance commissioners, for deposit in the Asbestos Fund established in each State, such sums as may be necessary to meet the anticipated obligations of each State Asbestos fund. Requires that such deposits be in accordance with the yearly allocation formula, but authorizes the Secretary to change the ratio of deposits among the states to meet the actual needs of each State Asbestos Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to bring civil actions and to assess civil penalties against manufacturers or importers who fail or refuse to pay assessed contributions to the Asbestos Fund. Makes successor operators of entities acquired on or after January 1, 1940, liable for Asbestos Fund contributions which would have been payable by prior operators. Treats successor or parent corporations as responsible for Asbestos Fund contributions when manufacturers or importers cease to exist for specified reasons. Directs the State insurance commissioners to collect employers' contributions to the Asbestos Fund as: (1) a surcharge on such employers' workers' compensation insurance, in amounts appropriate for the size and category of the employer's enterprise; and (2) an equivalent fraction of the applicable payroll of self-insured employers. Requires, if Asbestos Fund or Uranium Ore Fund assessments or collections in any year are in excess of liabilities, that contributions for the following year be adjusted to reflect the claims experience during the previous year and that assessment reductions be allocated among contributors. Directs State insurance commissioners to collect contributions to the Uranium Ore Fund from employers who expose employees to uranium ore in the course of employment as: (1) a surcharge on the employers' workers' compensation insurance, in amounts appropriate to the size and category of the employer's enterprise; and (2) as an equivalent fraction of the applicable payroll of self-insured employers. Requires that such contributions be separately aggregated in each State to meet Uranium Ore Fund obligations in each State. Requires that surcharges be added to each contribution to the Asbestos Fund and the Uranium Ore Fund in amounts equal to: (1) ten percent of each contribution, for Federal administrative costs under this Act (with reduction of this surcharge if collections exceed such costs); and (2) one percent of each contribution, for surveillance and medical treatment research of occupationally related diseases. Requires that compensation under this Act be paid: (1) in accordance with State workers' compensation benefit schedules; (2) promptly and directly to the entitled person, without an award, except where liability is controverted by the employer; and (3) in cases of employer controversion, upon issuance of a final compensation order. Requires the employer or employer's insurance carrier to: (1) give specified types of notice upon first payment or upon suspension of payment; and (2) file annual reports detailing monetary and medical benefits paid. Sets civil penalties for failure to file such notices. Directs the Office to: (1) investigate any suspension of payments; and (2) in cases of improper suspension, order the employer to recommence payment and pay all suspended payments plus 20 percent annual interest. Provides for appeals of orders with respect to suspended payments. Provides for 20 percent additional compensation in cases of late payments. Sets forth provisions for representation and witness fees in compensation payment disputes, to be paid by the employer or the employer's insurance carrier to the claimant's representative. Sets criminal penalties for: (1) receiving any unapproved consideration or gratuity for representative services; or (2) soliciting employment as a representative in such disputes. Sets forth prohibitions and civil penalties against discrimination by any employer, insurance carrier, or other person against any employee because such employee: (1) filed a disability notice or compensation claim under this Act; (2) caused any proceeding under or related to this Act to be instituted or brought a damage suit for occcupational exposure to asbestos or uranium ore; (3) is disabled by such exposure; or (4) was previously employed in the asbestos industry or the uranium mining or milling industry or in any course of employment where there was or may have been exposure to asbestos or uranium ore. Directs the Secretary to investigate allegations by employees of employer discrimination. Provides, at the request of any party, for public hearings before an administrative law judge to present information relating to alleged violations. Directs the Secretary to make findings of fact and to issue appropriate orders. Requires that any employee so discriminated against be restored to employment and be compensated for lost wages and fringe benefits. Makes the employer alone and not the carrier responsible for such penalties and payments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Secretary, to conduct research into improved means of: (1) surveillance of workers exposed to occupational health hazards; and (2) medical treatment of workers exposed to occupational hazards. Requires that such research and surveillance programs be conducted with funds available under the surcharge established in this Act. Establishes the Occupational Disease Surveillance and Medical Treatment Research Advisory Committees. Requires the Committee to report annually to the Congress, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) review current medical and scientific studies and reports concerning the incidences of disease associated with employment; (2) report annually to the Secretary on such current research; and (3) upon finding disease incidence 30 percent more than that of the population at large among workers exposed to given toxic substances or physical agents or among a group of workers, recommend that the Secretary prepare legislation for submission to Congress to appropriately amend this Act to cover such diseases and groups of workers. Directs the Secretary, upon receipt of such report, to prepare: (1) an annual report to the Congress describing medical and scientific data on incidences of diseases associated with employment in the United States and the compensation of workers disabled by such diseases; and (2) legislative recommendations to the Congress in accordance and consistent with the recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including eligibility criteria recommendations. Requires the appropriate committees of the Congress, to which such report is referred, to explain to their respective Houses if they have not reported legislation amending this Act within 90 days after such referral or report. Sets forth separability and effective date provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Establishes in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary of State for Language Services to be the head of the Bureau of Language Services. Sets forth the duties of the Assistant Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Senior Citizens Housing Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a refundable income tax credit for renting to, or maintaining a household for, individuals who have attained the age of 65. Limits such credit to a maximum of $1,000. Requires an individual to be eligible for such tax credit to furnish over half the cost of maintaining the household.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a substantial reduction of U.S. forces stationed in Europe can be made without adversely affecting the U.S. commitment under the North Atlantic Treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. representatives at the arms reduction talks to inform the Soviets that: (1) the United States is willing to reduce its total strategic nuclear delivery vehicles and its total MIRVed launchers, ballistic missiles, and ICBM's by specified numbers if the Soviet Union will make corresponding reductions in its strategic force levels; and (2) each country should begin the reductions immediately and that the reductions should be verifiable. States that both countries should agree to a mutual ban on testing and deploying: (1) intercontinental and intermediate range ballistic missiles with new reentry vehicles; and (2) cruise missiles armed with multiple warheads. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should propose to the Soviet Union at the intermediate range nuclear weapons negotiations that: (1) both countries agree to a limit on the number of such weapons; (2) such limit be reduced by 50 percent by 1990 and by an additional 25 percent by 1992; and (3) both countries agree to eliminate all such weapons from Europe by 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Home Recording Act of 1982 - Amends the copyright law to exempt from liability for infringement of copyright any individual who makes a single video recording of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or a single audio recording of a musical work or sound recording, in his private home solely for the private use of his household. Requires the compulsory licensing of manufacturers and importers of video and audio recording devices and media. Directs the Chairman of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal to establish royalty fees to be paid by such manufacturers and importers. Sets forth a procedure for distributing such fees to the owners of copyright of audiovisual works included in television or radio transmissions or sold to the public on phonorecords. Sets forth penalties for violations of these requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Merger Tax Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the acquisition of a controlling interest in any business entity. Applies such tax to any acquisition in which: (1) the acquiring or acquired entity has more than $2,000,000,000 of gross receipts for the preceding taxable year; and (2) the other entity has more than $300,000,000 of gross receipts for the preceding taxable year. Sets the rate of such tax at 15 percent of the value of the consideration furnished by the acquiring entity. Raises such rate to 50 percent in the case of an acquisition by an entity controlled or owned by a foreign government. Defines "controlling interest" as: (1) at least 50 percent of the voting stock of the acquired entity; (2) voting stock of the acquired entity having a value of not less than $150,000,000 and representing at least 35 percent of the voting stock of such entity; or (3) assets having a value of not less than $150,000,000. Exempts from such tax acquisitions where the acquired entity has substantial net operating losses or where the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the entity faces substantial foreign competition.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Entitles former members of the armed forces who are totally disabled because of a service- connected disability to the same travel privileges on military aircraft as retired members of the armed forces enjoy.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Motor Vehicle Import Limitation Act of 1982 - Limits the number of automobiles that may be imported during any calendar year after 1982 to ten percent of the domestic consumption during the immediately preceding calendar year. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to determine and to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the number of automobiles that may be imported. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure adherence to the limitation. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to allocate the number of permitted automobile imports among the supplying countries. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to certify such allocation to the Secretary of the Treasury. Permits a foreign manufacturer that builds automobiles in the United States to import without including in its allocation a number of automobiles equal to the number built in the United States. Exempts from the import limitation the automobiles imported from Canada pursuant to the agreement concerning automotive products between Canada and the United States. States that Canada shall not be deemed a supplying country. Permits limitations under this Act to be applied on a calendar quarter or other intra-annual basis.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that no determination that an individual's disability has ceased shall take effect before the month in which the individual is notified of the determination in writing. Extends by three months the period during which disability insurance benefits remain payable after a disability ceases. Permits an individual to elect to continue to receive disability insurance benefits while such individual is appealing a determination that he or she is no longer entitled to such benefits. Provides that if the decision upon such appeal affirms such determination, any disability insurance benefits paid pursuant to such election shall be considered overpayments.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow a business expense deduction for depreciation of imported motor vehicles. Grants the President authority to exempt any motor vehicle where the disallowance of depreciation is not in the public interest.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Withdraws certain Federal lands in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota from public use for a period of ten years. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a ten-year permit to the Yellow Thunder Camp community established by the Lakota-Dakota (Sioux) Nation to use such lands as a cultural and religious resource area. Prohibits any lease, permit, or contract with respect to such lands without Yellow Thunder Camp's consent. Requires that the Secretary assure that any land and resource management plan for lands in the Black Hills National Forest: (1) prohibits activities harmful to religious or cultural sites of the Lakota-Dakota Nation; (2) prohibits excavation of archeological resources on such lands without the Lakota-Dakota Nation's consent; and (3) guarantees to the Lakota-Dakota Nation and allied members of other Indian nations the free exercise of their religion on such lands. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to consult and negotiate with the leaders of the Lakota-Dakota Nation to resolve conflicts with respect to their religious freedom, activities harmful to their religious and cultural sites, and the excavation of archeological resources on such lands. Directs the Secretaries to report to the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate on such consultations and negotiations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Productivity Incentive Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit equal to five percent of the payments made by a taxpayer to an employee under a productivity incentive plan. Defines "productivity incentive plan" as a written plan which provides bonuses to employees resulting from increases in a company's productivity or cost-savings.
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