United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Joint Research Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Attorney General to issue certificates of review to two or more persons to promote joint research and development programs. Directs the Attorney General to issue such a certificate for an applicant whose application: (1) specifies conduct which is limited to a research and development program and which does not violate Federal antitrust laws; and (2) contains any other information the Attorney General requires. Requires that such a certificate specify: (1) the conduct to which it applies; (2) the participating business entities; and (3) any conditions applicable to such conduct. Directs certificate recipients to notify the Attorney General of any change in conduct or business entities. Permits such recipient to apply to amend such certificate. Directs the Attorney General to modify or revoke a certificate, after providing 30 days notice, upon determining that conduct allowed under the certificate violates antitrust laws. Authorizes the certificate holders to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. district court to set aside such determination. Precludes any other judicial review of any determination by the Attorney General concerning the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate. Declares that any such determination is inadmissable as evidence in any proceeding in support of any claim under the antitrust laws. Exempts any certificate holder from criminal action, liability for threatened loss or damage, or liability exceeding actual damages, lost interest, and the cost of suit for a violation of Federal antitrust laws or similar State laws if: (1) the violation arises from conduct specified in the certificate; and (2) the certificate is in effect at the time the conduct occurs. Awards a certificate holder the cost of defending against a claim for damages resulting from a violation of antitrust laws if the court finds that: (1) the conduct alleged to violate such laws does not; and (2) the conduct is specified in the certificate. Declares that a certificate shall have no legal effect on the authority of a court to grant equitable relief in an action for an antitrust violation against a certificate holder. Exempts information submitted by a person in connection with the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate from the Freedom of Information Act. Specifies conditions for the disclosure of such information. Allows the Attorney General to issue guidelines describing the types of conduct that would and would not qualify for a certificate.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Expresses congressional approval of the 1979 strategic arms limitation agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States (SALT II). Directs the President to transmit to the Soviet Union the necessary instruments of ratification.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that increased coal exports are important and that Congress should consider legislation to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. ports through which coal exports pass. Declares that such legislation should: (1) not provide for the imposition of user charges to recover Federal expenditures at such ports; (2) seek to expedite authorizations for port improvements; and (3) request the President to further define a national coal export policy and initiate bilateral conferences with coal trading parties.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate provisions which: (1) permit petitions to the Secretary of Energy for prescription of rules which supersede State energy efficiency standards; and (2) provide for supersedure of State energy efficiency standards prescribed after January 1, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the nuclear attack submarine named the Corpus Christi should be renamed and that a nonlethal naval vessel should be named the Corpus Christi.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Luxury Tax Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on retail sales of: (1) jewelry; (2) clothing; (3) automobiles; (4) recreational boats; (5) air transportation; (6) hotel rooms; and (7) meals. Sets the rate of such tax at 15 percent of the amount by which the selling price exceeds the exemption amount. Sets an exemption amount for each type of taxable article. Provides that the lease of an article shall be considered the sale of such an article. Sets forth special rules for the computation of such tax in the case of installment sales. Applies such tax to articles sold at retail by the United States, or by any agency or instrumentality of the United States, unless sales by such agency or instrumentality are exempted specifically by statute.
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 · 6 April 1982
Title I: National Development Investment - National Development Investment Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to cite such Act as the National Development Investment Act and to revise the emphasis of such Act from primary Federal initiative to coordination of investments between the public and the private sectors. Sets forth the findings of Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, upon the application of an eligible State, economic development district, distressed local government (with a population under 50,000 and located outside an economic development district) Indian tribe, or nonprofit economic development organization. to make a grant for a portion of the cost of projects submitted in a development investment strategy. Sets forth eligible activities for such development investment assistance, including repairs, rehabilitation, and small business establishment. Sets forth specific eligibility criteria for applicants for such assistance. Requires an application for a grant under this Act to include: (1) a certification that the area concerned meets certain distress requirements; (2) a certification of any responsibilities which the Secretary has agreed to perform; and (3) a development investment strategy prepared in accordance with this Act. Requires the Secretary to consider specified purposes of this Act in approving applications. Lists as criteria any one of which an area must meet in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act: (1) a per capita income of 80 percent or less of the national average; (2) an employment growth rate below the national average; (3) a population loss over the most recent five-year period; (4) an unemployment rate above the national average for the most recent 24 month period; and (5) a sudden economic dislocation resulting in job loss. Sets forth the information to be contained in a grant applicant's development investment strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to establish a revolving loan fund for making or guaranteeing loans to small businesses for initial or working capital, or the purchase of facilities or equipment. Limits to $1,000,000 the amount of any such grant. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a maximum 50 percent of the cost of completing the project as determined at the time of the grant application. Permits the Secretary to reduce or waive the non-Federal share of a project in the case of an Indian tribe. Limits expenditures in any one State to a maximum 15 percent of the appropriations made pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, each fiscal year, to obligate minimum amounts of funds for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make economic development planning grants to States, economic development districts, Indian tribes, distressed counties, and distressed units of local governments with a population over 50,000 (if located outside an econmic development district). Earmarks such grants for coordination of investment for community facilities, economic development, manpower training, and transportation services. Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate Federal, State, and local development investment efforts. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct any demonstration program to test the feasibility of new ways to increase productivity, foster innovative technology, match labor force with labor markets, or encourage economic diversity and regional balance. Limits the amount of any such grant to not more than 75 percent of the cost of economic development planning or of investment strategy preparation. Declares that the Secretary of Commerce shall administer this Act with the assistance of a specified Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to consult with other persons and agencies. Prohibits the approval of any grant unless the Secretary is satisfied that the project concerned will be properly and efficiently administered, operated, and maintained. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary under this Act. Permits the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to a project by accepting a certification of the grant applicant's performance of such responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to make comprehensive annual reports to Congress detailing operations under this Act. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted under this Act to be paid the prevailing rate of wage. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1985. Title II: Appalachian Regional Development - Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to declare that investments under such Act shall also be made in severely distressed and underdeveloped counties lacking resources for basic services. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987 for the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Authorizes the Commission to lease office space through FY 1987. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases from 70 to 80 percent the subsequent Federal share of an Appalachian development highway segment when a participating State proceeds to construct a segment of such a highway without the aid of Federal funds. Applies such increase to projects approved after March 31, 1979. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States and public and nonprofit entities for projects which will: (1) assist in the creation or retention of permanent private sector jobs, the upgrading of the region's manpower, or the attraction of private investment; (2) provide special assistance to severely distressed and underdeveloped counties which lack financial resources for improving basic services; (3) assist in achieving the goal of making primary health care accessible in the region; or (4) otherwise serve the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the authorization of any financial assistance to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work previously performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors. Prohibits grants with funds authorized after October 1, 1982, from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of any approved project. Permits such grants to increase the Federal contribution to any project to such percentage as the Commission determines within specified limitations. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Extends the termination date of such Act from 1982 to October 1, 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
Designates the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, D.C., as a national historic site. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Council of Negro Women which may provide technical and financial assistance to restore and maintain the historic site and property related to such site. Requires the Council to submit to the Secretary and Congress an annual report on the activities and expenditures for which such assistance was used as a condition of the receipt of such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1982
National Industrial Development Act - Establishes the National Industrial Development Board which shall: (1) publish reports setting forth its recommendations on national industrial development priorities; and (2) at the request of a congressional committee or Federal agency, provide policy recommendations and reports on issues of national industrial policy pending before such committee or agency. Permits the Board to decline to respond to such a request if the Board determines that it concerns a matter that is not of immediate importance, unless: (1) it relates to a Government loan or loan guarantee; or (2) the President notifies the Board that it relates to an emergency situation. Directs the Board to establish procedures to ensure that no report is released to the public before seven days after it is issued, unless the Board determines that an earlier release is appropriate. Declares that members of the Board shall not be required to file any financial disclosure report under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Provides for the appointment of a Director of the Board and personal staff for Board members without regard to specified Federal provisions governing civil service employment and compensation. Exempts the Board from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Requires the Board to submit to the President and each House of Congress an annual report on the major industrial development priorities of the United States and the policies needed to meet such priorities, along with any findings and legislative or administrative recommendations. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to provide that extended benefits will be payable in any State in which the rate of regular unemployment equals or exceeds seven percent.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Act of 1982 - Title I: Authorizations By the Secretary of Energy for Certain Activities Outside the United States - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the publication in the Federal Register of authorizations for the production of special nuclear materials outside the United States. Provides that such an authorization will not become effective until at least 15 days after its publication. Makes authorizations for the production of special nuclear material outside the United States effective with respect to a non-nuclear-weapon state only if the Secretary of Energy determines that such state adheres to the criteria governing U.S. nuclear exports for peaceful uses. Requires the Secretary to publicly issue and submit to the President any recommendation for such an authorization with respect to a non-nuclear-weapon state which does not adhere to such criteria. Authorizes the President to allow such an authorization by executive order if withholding it would prejudice the achievement of U.S. nonproliferation objectives or jeopardize the common defense and security, unless Congress, after reviewing such an order, adopts a concurrent resolution opposing such order. Provides that conduct which results in the termination of U.S. nuclear exports to another nation shall result also in the suspension of authorizations for the production of special nuclear material in such nation. Requires specific authorizations by the Secretary to engage in the following activities outside the United States: (1) designing, constructing, or operating facilities for the chemical processing of irradiated special nuclear material, for the production of heavy water, for the separation of isotopes from any source of special nuclear material, or for the fabrication of nuclear fuel containing plutonium; (2) designing, constructing, or furnishing equipment for use in any such facility; (3) training foreign personnel in such design, construction, or operation; (4) furnishing information not available to the public with respect to such design, construction, or operation; and (5) any other activities designated by the Secretary. Exempts from such requirement any such activity if: (1) it does not involve the communication of Restricted Data or classified defense information; (2) it is not in violation of other laws; or (3) it is limited either to participation in educational conferences, international conferences, or exchange programs or to furnishing of information which is available to the public. Authorizes the Secretary to require specific authorizations for activities carried out in designated countries or areas. Prohibits the Secretary from providing specific authorizations required under this Act unless Congress reviews the Secretary's reports on such authorizations and does not adopt a concurrent resolution opposing them. Title II: Exports of Highly Enriched Uranium - Authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue export licenses for highly enriched uranium for nuclear reactors only if: (1) there is no alternative nuclear reactor fuel available; (2) the proposed recipient of the uranium has indicated that it will use an alternative nuclear reactor fuel when one becomes available; and (3) the executive branch is developing an alternative nuclear reactor fuel. Requires the NRC to determine a kilogram limit on the amount of highly enriched uranium of U.S. origin that will be allowed at any one time in each foreign country and at each reactor site in each such country. Requires the NRC and the executive branch to support efforts to improve physical security arrangements for exports of highly enriched uranium. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan for the development of alternative nuclear reactor fuels for use in foreign reactors. Title III: Congressional Review of Subsequent Arrangements - Revises the time periods governing congressional review of subsequent arrangements for: (1) the retransfer of special nuclear material exported from the United States to a third country for reprocessing; (2) the reprocessing of any such material; or (3) the subsequent retransfer of plutonium in quantities greater than 500 grams resulting from the reprocessing of any such materials. Provides for congressional veto of such arrangements by concurrent resolution. Title IV: Special Functions of the Secretary of Defense in Nuclear Nonproliferation Matters - Requires the approval of the Secretary of Defense for international cooperation agreements, export licenses, and subsequent arrangements with respect to nuclear material.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Secretary of the Interior should refrain from issuing mineral leases in wilderness areas and lands under formal consideration for wilderness designation; (2) any Federal official who proposes to issue a mineral lease in such an area should provide prior notice to Congress in order to allow congressional prohibition of such lease; (3) additions to the Wilderness System should proceed expeditiously but without arbitrary deadlines; (4) lands under formal consideration for wilderness designation should be managed to preserve their wilderness character; and (5) Federal land management agencies should consider wilderness values in making land management decisions and recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) an effective Federal environmental program is necessary to protect U.S. citizens' health and well-being; (2) the Environmental Protection Agency should be appropriated increased funds to protect our environment and meet expanded responsibilities mandated by law; and (3) the President should submit a new budget for the Environmental Protection Agency for FY 1983 reflecting these principles.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a comprehensive study on their problems and to develop policies to coordinate governmental and private programs to address such problems. Provides that the committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall terminate at the close of the Ninety-ninth Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1982
Authorizes the President to designate April 4, 1982, as the National Day of Reflection. Notes that such date coincides with the 80th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, head of the Lubavitch movement.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax exclusion of interest on mortgage subsidy bonds. Revises the arbitrage requirements for tax-exempt bonds to increase the amount by which interest rates on such bonds may exceed the interest rates on mortgages financed with such bonds. Increases the amount by which the acquisition cost of bond-financed residences may exceed the average area purchase price of other homes in the same statistical area. Revises the new homeowner requirements to allow eligibility for bond-financed mortgages for persons who are residing in substandard housing or who have lost their homes because of natural disasters or governmental action.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1982 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the landfill disposal of any hazardous waste in liquid form or having any liquid content, whether or not such waste is mixed with solid or partially solid hazardous waste, and whether or not such waste is placed in containers before disposal in the landfill. Prohibits the landfill disposal of the following, except where there is no feasible alternative means of treatment, recovery, or disposal which will protect human health and the environment: (1) hazardous wastes that are known to possess the chemical or physical-chemical ability to penetrate the clay and synthetic membrane liners used at the landfill; and (2) acute hazardous wastes. Sets forth the effective dates of the prohibitions contained in this Act.
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 · 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 · 17 March 1982
Automobile Research Competition Act - Establishes an automobile research competition to be administered by the Secretary of Transportation. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such competition. Makes a research award of a specified sum to qualified participants. Lists requirements for the new motor vehicle produced pursuant to this Act, including high fuel economy and specified acceleration and braking standards. Directs the Secretary to promulgate testing standards to be used to measure such requirements. Allows the Secretary to request assistance from the appropriate Federal agencies in order to evaluate the motor vehicles submitted pursuant to the competition. Declares that all determinations made by the Secretary in regard to the competition are final.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin the strategic arms reduction talks (START) with the following objectives: (1) preserving present controls on current nuclear weapons and nuclear delivery systems while pursuing substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions; (2) seeking methods of avoiding the testing and deployment of destabilizing nuclear weapons; and (3) incorporating the ongoing negotiations on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations.
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
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 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
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
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.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1982 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Smoking and Health to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes. Sets forth the Office's authority and duties, including conducting research and assisting educational programs directly or through grants. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to be composed of representatives from the Departments of Labor and Education, the Federal Trade Commission, and any other Federal agency designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs such Committee to meet at least four times a year and names the Director of the Office of Smoking and Health as chairman. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to the Congress. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to make it unlawful to advertise or export cigarettes without the required labeling (repeals the existing export exemption). Makes it unlawful to manufacture, package, import, or export cigarettes containing any chemical substances without the label so stating. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish a cigarette labeling system under which each brand of cigarettes shall bear a different specified health warning each year of a seven-year cycle. Eliminates certain congressional notification and reporting requirements. Increases the fine for violation of such Act from $10,000 to $100,000. Permits individual civil actions to be brought in U.S. district courts for violations of such Act. Requires a plaintiff to give 60-day notice to the FTC and the defendant. Permits intervention and consolidation. Allows the court to award attorneys fees and other costs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Organic Farming Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program of volunteer-experts to provide advice and information on organic agriculture to family farmers and other producers. Directs the Secretary to establish six regional organic farming pilot projects. Sets forth the Secretary's duties with regard to organic farming. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984-1988.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Prohibits the production of lethal binary chemical munitions after the enactment of this Act. Defines lethal binary chemical munitions to mean: (1) toxic chemicals intended to injure or kill humans; and (2) devices intended to disseminate such chemicals. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should begin negotiations with the Soviet Union for a mutual, verifiable limitation on chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction allowed for maintaining exchange students as members of the taxpayer's household to $100 per month up to a maximum of $1,000 per year.
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 · 22 February 1982
National Park System Protection Act of 1982 - Permits the Secretary of the Interior to issue leases for, authorize use or development of, or sell or dispose of, lands or waters within, adjacent to, or related to, any National Park System unit only after a determination that the exercise of such authority will not impair the values for which the park unit was established. Requires Federal agencies conducting activities affecting a park unit to insure that such activities will not injure or degrade any of the park unit's resources or values. Prohibits the commencement of any activity affecting a park unit after enactment of this Act unless the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, determines that no injury or degradation of the park unit's resources or values will result. Requires an applicant for a license or permit to conduct activity affecting a park unit or for financial assistance for any such activity to include with the application a certification approved by the Secretary that the proposed activity will not injure or degrade the park unit's resources or values. Permits a person to bring an action against the Secretary or a Federal agency for any violation of this Act. Requires the Secretary to bring an action against any person, including a State or local government, whose activities will harm a park unit's resources. Sets forth procedural requirements for such actions. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should select for the post of Director of the National Park Service someone with the highest level of professional experience and expertise in fields relevant to the post's administrative duties. Requires the Secretary to direct the National Park Service to conduct a research program on the natural and cultural resources of the National Park System. Provides for the maintenance of the data and information obtained through such program in a National Park System resource data center. Makes such data and information available to the public and Congress. Requires the Secretary to submit biennial reports to Congress on the state of the National Park System. Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees an analysis of the most critical natural and cultural resource threats in the system. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance, upon request, to local governments which have land use control authority over private lands adjacent to any park unit to help develop land use plans and zoning ordinances. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local governments for such purposes. Provides for the cessation of all disbursements from the Treasury to the Secretary if the Secretary has failed or refused to comply with any requirements of this Act. Provides for termination of the cessation if the Comptroller General determines that the Secretary has complied with the provision involved. Provides that any officer or employee subject to such cessation order shall be considered to be on furlough status during the period of time for which disbursements have ceased. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Clean Air Act ("the Act") to revise stationary source, mobile source, and other provisions of the Act. Title I: Amendments Relating Primarily to Stationary Sources - Fine and Inhalable Particulates - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue air quality criteria and information for inhalable particulates (less than 10 to 15 microns in diameter) within one year of enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to propose and promulgate a national primary ambient air quality standard ("a primary NAAQS") for inhalable particulates, unless there is no significant evidence that this is requisite to protect public health. Directs the Administrator to determine whether or not fine particulates (less than 3 microns in diameter) should be listed among those air pollutants for which the issuance of air quality criteria is planned. Provides that State implementation plan (SIP) provisions which related to a prior NAAQS and were in effect immediately before the revision or elimination of such NAAQS shall remain in effect until the Administrator determines that an SIP revision has been implemented which takes account of such NAAQS change. Hazardous Air Pollutants - Revises provisions for national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs). Directs the Administrator to determine, after notice and opportunity for public hearing, whether or not each of 37 substances (listed in a specified publication of congressional oversight hearings) is a hazardous air pollutant. Requires that each of the 37 substances be included on the NESHAPs list (of substances for which NESHAPs are to be established), unless the Administrator has determined that any of the 37 substances is not a hazardous air pollutant. Requires that the NESHAPs listing determinations for these 37 substances be made within one year of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator, in the case of substances other than those 37 substances, to make determinations within 180 days after receipt of information which indicates that a substance may be a hazardous air pollutant, after notice and opportunity for public hearing. Permits (currently, the Administrator is required) the Administrator to make a new determination in the case of any substance which the Administrator has previously determined not to be a hazardous air pollutant. Requires that any substance which the Administrator determines to be a hazardous air pollutant be included on the NESHAPs list. Directs the Administrator to publish a list of each category of stationary sources which emit in any significant amounts any hazardous air pollutant included on the NESHAPs list. Requires that specified categories be included in the source categories list, and that such list be published 15 months after enactment of this Act for certain categories and 18 months after such enactment for other categories. Directs the Administrator to publish a revised source categories list within one year after any revision in the NESHAPs list. Authorizes the Administrator to revise the source categories list at such other times as may be necessary. Directs the Administrator to publish proposed emission standards for new stationary sources in each source category listed within 30 months of enactment of this Act for certain categories and within 42 months of such enactment for other categories. Directs the Administrator to promulgate such standards within six months after such publication. Directs the Administrator to revise such standards where appropriate following periodic review. Requires such periodic review to be completed within ten years of the date of promulgation of such standards. Provides that such standards shall apply to each hazardous air pollutant on the NESHAPs list which is emitted in significant amounts from sources in such category. Requires that such emission standards (for new stationary sources in each source category listed for NESHAPs purposes) be established at the more stringent of: (1) the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through application of the best system of continuous emission reduction which the Administrator determines is available, taking account of costs, health and environmental impacts, and energy requirements; or (2) the most stringent emission limitation achieved in practice by other sources in the same, or a similar, category. Authorizes the Administrator to distinguish among classes, types, and sizes within categories of sources for purposes of establishing such standards. Sets forth a schedule for completion of specified actions required after enactment of this Act: (1) one year for making the NESHAPs listing determination for the 37 substances; (2) 15 months for publishing the source categories list for certain categories, and 18 months for other categories; (3) 30 months for proposing emission standards for certain source categories, and 42 months for other categories; and (4) six months after such proposal for promulgation of such standards. Provides that no time period under such schedule may be delayed or modified by any petition to the Administrator or by any action brought in any court. Declares that completion of such actions according to such schedule is a nondiscretionary duty of the Administrator. Permits citizen suits against the Administrator in cases of failure or refusal to comply with such schedule. Allows such suits to commence ten days after the plaintiff has given notice of the violation to the Administrator. Prohibits any construction of any new source or modification of any existing source of any hazardous air pollutant on the NESHAPs list if such construction or modification will increase (after the application of federally enforceable emission limitations) the emission of such hazardous air pollutant by a significant amount unless such source is required to comply with an emission standard established on a case-by-case basis by the Administrator (or a State, if delegated). Directs the Administrator to establish a standard for each source at the level which provides an ample margin of safety to protect public health from the hazardous air pollutant, unless the Administrator makes and publishes a detailed finding that such a standard is not economically or technologically practicable. Requires, where such a finding is made, that an individual new or modified source case-by-case standard: (1) be established according to the same criteria as source category standards; and (2) be no less stringent than any applicable source category standard. Provides for the delegation to States of the implementation and enforcement of emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for new or modified stationary sources. Directs the Administrator to establish a procedure, similar to that for State implementation plans (SIPs), under which each State shall submit a plan which: (1) establishes emissions standards for each hazardous air pollutant on the NESHAPs list for each existing source to which a NESHAPs emissions standard would apply if such existing source were a new source; and (2) provides for implementation and enforcement of each such standard as expeditiously as practicable, but not later than three years after establishment of such standard. Permits States to consider the remaining useful life of the existing source in applying such a standard. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe or enforce provisions of such plans where a State fails to do so. Makes it unlawful for any owner or operator of any stationary source to operate such source in violation of any applicable standard under these revised NESHAPs provisions. Eliminates that part of the definition of "hazardous air pollutant" which requires that no NAAQS be applicable to such pollutant (but retains consideration of increased mortality or morbidity in such definition). New Source Immunity - Sets forth "new source immunity" provisions establishing a ten-year "grandfather" period beginning with the commencement of construction of any new stationary source or modification of a major stationary source. Provides that, for such period, such sources shall not be required to comply with any emission limitation or standard under the Act which is more stringent than construction or modification permit requirements. Conditions such immunity upon: (1) issuance of a permit, on or after enactment of this Act, under a permit program of an applicable SIP approved by the Administrator; (2) compliance with permit requirements and with all applicable new source performance standards (NSPS); and (3) no subsequent physical change in the source, or change in its method of operation, which increases air pollutant emissions or results in emissions of any air pollutant not previously emitted. Excludes from such immunity any emission limitation or standard imposed on any stationary source with respect to: (1) hazardous air pollutants regulated under NESHAPs provisions; (2) pollutants with no NAAQS in effect at commencement of construction or modification, but for which a primary NAAQS is later promulgated; or (3) any other air pollutant, if the Administrator judges that the public health or welfare may be endangered. Provides that such immunity shall not prevent the imposition of any emission limitation on any individual piece of process equipment not subject to a permit emission limitation based upon the best available control technology (BACT). Acid Rain - Establishes a new program entitled "Interstate Transport and Acid Precursor Reduction." Establishes an "acid deposition region" consisting of 31 States (east of or bordering the Mississippi River) and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator to: (1) study air pollution problems associated with long-range transport of pollutants in the portions of the continental United States not included in the acid deposition region; and (2) report the results to Congress within two years. Establishes an acid deposition regional target providing for a ten-year phased schedule of reductions to achieve an annual average emission level that is 10,000,000 tons of sulfur dioxide below the 1980 baseline level. Directs the Administrator, within six months, to compute and publish a target and a schedule for each affected State. Permits two or more States to agree to change their share of the sulfur dioxide emissions reduction ("reduction"). Requires that State reduction schedules begin within five years, be substantially complete within eight years, and reach the State target within ten years of enactment of this Act. Sets forth formulas for: (1) State reduction fractions (based on 1980 emissions from electric utility steam generating units); and (2) the 1980 baseline level for the region or any State within the region. Requires States within the region to prepare, publish, and submit to the Administrator, within two years of enactment of this Act, State programs of reduction in accordance with the State schedules. Directs the Administrator to approve State programs, within four months of submission, if such programs: (1) were adopted after public notice, opportunity for hearing, and submission to Governors of the other States in the region; and (2) contain enforceable reduction measures, including emission limitations, monitoring requirements, and compliance schedules. Requires State programs to include enforceable continuous emission reduction measures. Lists some measures that State programs may include. Permits a State or any person subject to State program requirements to substitute a reduction of twice as many units of nitrogen oxide emissions for each unit of required reductions of sulfur dioxide emissions. Provides for an EPA alternative program if a State program: (1) has not been adopted by a State within two years; or (2) has not been approved by the Administrator within two years and four months. Requires, in such cases, that any owner or operator of an electric utility steam generating unit in such State submit, within three years of enactment of this Act, a unit plan and schedule for reductions. Requires unit plans and schedules only from units which: (1) are major stationary sources; (2) are not subject to new source performance standards; and (3) actually emitted, or were permitted to emit, sulfur dioxide during 1980 in excess of a specified rate. Requires that unit plans and schedules provide for a reduction to a specified rate of emissions, according to a phased schedule (beginning within five years, substantially complete within eight years, and finally complete within ten years of the enactment of this Act). Sets forth provisions for approval of unit plans and schedules. Provides that any unit for which a plan has not been submitted and approved must comply with the specified emission limitation within five years of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish a program of purchase and sale of emission reduction credits among stationary sources of sulfur dioxide in five emission reduction credit regions within the acid deposition region. Provides that specified requirements under this Act shall be treated as emission limitation requirements of applicable SIPs. Sets forth procedures for petitions for determination that programs or plans will not meet deadlines and for petitions for review of such determinations or denials. Interstate Air Pollution - Requires that an SIP contain provisions for the establishment of emission limitations to prevent stationary sources within the State from interfering with the ambient air quality of other States. Requires that such SIP provisions conform to the interstate pollution abatement provisions of the Act. Revises interstate pollution abatement provisions to require prior notice to all affected nearby States from each major proposed new (or modified) source which, by itself or in combination with other sources, may interfere with the ambient air quality of another State in a specified manner. Allows any person to petition the Administrator to make a finding that emissions from stationary sources in any State are interfering with the ambient air quality of another State by contributing: (1) concentrations of a pollutant in a nonattainment area; (2) concentrations consuming any part of any maximum allowable concentration or increase over baseline concentrations of a pollutant (under prevention of significant deterioration of air quality (PSD) provisions), in any area which is not a nonattainment area for that pollutant; or (3) to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare in such other State. Allows petitions relating to such interference with another State's air quality also to be submitted to the Administrator prior to approval of a SIP or of a construction or modification permit. Prohibits approval in such cases unless the Administrator determines that such interference will not result. Directs the Administrator, within 60 days of receipt of such petition, to make a finding or denial. Directs the Administrator, if such finding is made, to: (1) determine the degree to which sources in each State concerned (including the State adversely affect) contribute to the pollution concentration; and (2) require the SIPs concerned to contain emission limitations and compliance schedules for stationary sources in each State which contribute significantly to such concentrations. Requires that such limitations and schedules reduce such concentrations as promptly as practicable and, in the case of nonattainment areas, not later than the required attainment date for the adversely affected State. Requires that SIPs be revised accordingly within four months of the Administrator's order. Sets forth factors to be taken into account in setting interstate emission limitations at an equitable amount of emission reduction by each source. Allows the establishment of alternative emission limitations for existing sources in accordance with a specified policy. Requires, where appropriate, that construction or modification permits contain interstate emissions limitations established by the Administrator. Sets forth factors which may be taken into account in determining the effect of emissions from sources in any State on air pollution concentrations in any other State. New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) - Directs the Administrator to promulgate (or revise) "new source performance standards" (NSPS) for specified categories of stationary sources. Requires that such NSPS promulgation (or revision) be completed by the end of: (1) FY 1982 for one list of source categories; (2) FY 1983 for a second list; and (3) FY 1984 for a third list. Expedited SIP Revision Process - Directs the Administrator to approve or disapprove any SIP revision within four months of receipt. Qualifies a SIP revision for a special fast-track review (approval after a 30-day public comment period during which no objections are made) if the revision relates only to one or more of specified items. Prevention of Significant Deterioration - Revises provisions (in Part C of title I of the Act) for Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD). (PSD provisions currently specify allowable short-term and long-term "increments" of emissions of sulfur oxide and particulate matter - regulations for other pollutants are not yet final in areas with cleaner air than that required by NAAQS. Currently the smallest increments are allowed in "class I" areas, which include "statutorily designated" large national parks and wilderness areas, with larger increments in "class II" areas, and the largest increments in "class III" areas.) Repeals the "increment" limitations (specified "maximum allowable increases over baseline concentrations") for class III areas. Eliminates provisions for PSD area redesignations as class III areas. Refers, instead, to redesignation as PSD areas other than class I or II areas. Requires States to consult with local governments prior to a PSD area redesignation. Revises PSD preconstruction requirements to replace references to class III areas with references to PSD areas other than class I or II areas. Allows the permitting authority to determine in its discretion the extent to which continuous air quality monitoring data must be included in air quality analyses for preconstruction review purposes. Applies PSD preconstruction requirements only to increases of 100 tons per year of any air pollutant for which there are NAAQS regulations. Eliminates the requirement that each State provide notice to the Administrator of every action related to the consideration of PSD preconstruction permits. Requires PSD preconstruction permit applications to be made available to the public. Requires PSD preconstruction permit programs to: (1) notify applicants within two months after receipt as to whether or not the application is complete and in what respects an incomplete application should be modified; and (2) issue or deny the permit within seven months after a completed application is received. Authorizes any officer or employee of a permitting agency to communicate and meet with any applicant, prior to submission of an application, to clarify PSD preconstruction permit requirements. Directs the Administrator to establish maximum allowable increases ("increment" requirements) for inhalable particulates in class I and II areas whenever the Administrator promulgates a primary NAAQS for such pollutant. Authorizes the Administrator to determine whether such increment requirements shall be in addition to, or in lieu of, the increment requirements established for sulfur dioxide and particulate matter. Requires that inhalable particulates increment requirements bear the same ratio to the primary NAAQS for fine particulates as the particulate matter increment requirements bear to the primary NAAQS for total suspended particulate matter in effect on December 31, 1981, using the reference method in effect on such day. Visibility - Revises provisions for visibility protection for mandatory class I Federal areas ("statutorily designated" large national parks and wilderness areas, which must not be designated as other than class I). Adds synthetic fuel facilities and surface mining operations to the types of "major stationary sources" covered by the visibility protection regulations (if such sources have the potential to emit 250 tons or more of any pollutant). Authorizes the Administrator to establish the "best available retrofit technology" (BART), for visibility protection program purposes, in terms of a design, equipment, work practice, or operational standard, or combination thereof, where it is not feasible to enforce a numerical emission limitation representing BART. Requires that the EPA regulations for visibility protection in effect on December 31, 1981, remain in force and effect until new or amended regulations are promulgated which meet the requirements of the visibility protection program. Prohibits any stay or other modification of such regulations issued after December 31, 1981, from having any force and effect. Nonattainment Areas; Extension of Attainment Dates - Sets forth new provisions for nonattainment areas for which SIPs are not approved. Directs the Administrator to prohibit the construction or modification of any major stationary source in such area if such construction or modification would result in emissions of any air pollutant: (1) in increased amounts of 100 tons or more per year; (2) for which the primary NAAQS is not attained in such area; and (3) with respect to which SIP provisions meeting requirements for nonattainment areas are not in effect. Authorizes the Administrator to waive such prohibition where the source owner or operator demonstrates that, for such air pollutant: (1) emissions offsets will meet specified requirements; (2) the source will comply with emissions limitations representing the best available control technology (BACT); and (3) all major stationary sources owned or operated by that owner or operator in the State are in (or on a schedule of) compliance with the Act. Provides that the emissions offsets required by such waivers: (1) be contemporaneous emission reductions of that air pollutant from existing stationary sources in the area; (2) be significantly greater, in the aggregate, than the increase (or new emissions) resulting from the construction or modification; and (3) provide a positive net air quality benefit. Sets forth a required baseline for measuring such emission reductions. Sets forth provisions for transfer of alternative emission reductions in nonattainment areas. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations under which such emission reductions may be: (1) sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred; (2) registered on a public emission reduction credit register; and (3) held ("banked") by the owner for future use by any person for future compliance with nonattainment area provisions. Requires that any such transfer program comply with a specified policy. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Directs the Administrator, not later than March 1, 1983, to: (1) complete a review of all available data relating to the ambient air quality of the various air quality control regions; (2) determine which of such regions, or portions thereof, do not meet a primary NAAQS; and (3) revise the list of nonattainment areas accordingly. Allows six months for SIP revisions required as a result of such inclusions on the nonattainment area list. Authorizes the Administrator, where an SIP meets specified requirements, to extend the 1982 deadline for attainment of primary NAAQS for: (1) up to three years for particulate matter, hydrocarbons, and sulfur dioxide; and (2) up to five years for nitrogen oxide (retains the current five-year extension for carbon monoxide and photochemical oxidants, with automobile inspection and maintenance program requirements). Replaces the standard "lowest achievable emission rate" (LAER) with that of "best available control technology" for purposes of nonattainment area construction or modification permit requirements and guidance documents. Adds new definitions for purposes of nonattainment area requirements. Includes the reconstruction of a stationary source as defined by specified regulations in effect on December 31, 1980, in the definition of "new stationary source." Temporary Variances - Revises provisions for temporary emergency variances of any SIP requirement applicable to a stationary source. Permits a State to apply to the Administrator for a variance of up to six months in any one set of circumstances. Directs the Administrator to approve or disapprove such application in the same manner as the special fast-track review for SIP revisions. Operations and Maintenace - Requires that SIPs include a program for periodic audits of major stationary sources to insure the proper operation and maintenance of pollution control equipment used to comply with emission limitations. Requires that the results of such audits be available to the public. Sets a deadline, six months after enactment of this Act, for submission of SIP revisions taking account of such requirements. Title II: Provisions Relating Primarily to Mobile Sources - Emissions Standards for Vehicles and Engines - Sets forth tables of emissions standards for light-duty vehicles and trucks and engines manufactured during and after model year 1983 and for heavy-duty trucks and truck engines manufactured during and after model year 1984, in terms of emissions in grams per mile (gpm) or in grams per brake horsepower-hour (gpbhh) of hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and particulate matter (TSP: total suspended particulates). Retains the current (1982 model year) standards for gasoline-fueled light-duty vehicles and engines for model year 1983 and thereafter (0.41 gpm HC; 3.4 gpm CO; and 1.0 gpm NOx). Sets model year 1983 and thereafter standards for diesel-fueled light-duty vehicles and engines (0.41 gpm HC; 3.4 gpm CO; 1.5 gpm NOx, but 1.0 gpm NOx in 1986 and thereafter; and 0.6 gpm TSP--but 0.2 gpm TSP in 1986 and thereafter). Retains the scheduled EPA standards for light-duty trucks and truck engines (HC: 1.7 gpm for 1983 and 0.8 gpm for 1984; CO: 18 gpm for 1983 and 10 gpm for 1984; and NOx: 2.3 gpm for 1983 and 1984). Sets the NOx standard for 1985 and thereafter at 2.3 gpm for 1985 and 1.2 gpm (for light-duty trucks under 6,000 pounds) or 1.7 gpm (for light-duty trucks between 6,000 and 8,500 pounds) for 1986 and thereafter. Sets a TSP standard for light-duty trucks of 0.6 for 1983 through 1985 and 2.6 for 1986 and thereafter. Retains the scheduled EPA standards for heavy-duty trucks and truck engines for model year 1984 and thereafter (1.3 gpbhh HC; 15.5 gpbhh CO; and 10.7 gpbhh NOx). Sets the heavy-duty truck NOx standard for 1986 and thereafter at 4.0 gpbhh. Sets a heavy-duty truck TSP standard of 0.25 gpbhh for 1986 and thereafter, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe different standards for emissions of reactive and nonreactive hydrocarbons from any class of vehicles and engines. Requires that any standard for reactive hydrocarbons emissions not permit a greater amount of such emissions than that which the Administrator determines would have been emitted by a light-duty vehicle conforming to model year 1981 standards. Requires that regulations for emissions of particulate matter (TSP) from heavy-duty diesel-fueled trucks and truck engines manufactured during or after model year 1986 contain emissions limits of 0.25 gpbhh unless, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator promulgates a final rule establishing a different emissions standard. Extends, to model year 1983, the requirement that EPA regulations for CO, HC, and NOx emissions from classes or categories of heavy-duty vehicles and engines reflect the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of available technology and taking into consideration cost, noise, energy, and safety factors. Postpones, until model year 1984 (current law requires 1983), a provision that such HC and CO emissions standards require a reduction of at least 90 percent from the average of actually measured emissions from heavy-duty gasoline-fueled vehicles or engines, or any class or category thereof, manufactured during a specified baseline model year, except as otherwise provided in the emission standards tables added by this Act. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations applicable to emissions from heavy-duty vehicles and engines manufactured after model year 1983 for sale in high altitude areas. Prohibits such regulations from requiring percentage reductions or numerical standards more stringent than those applicable to vehicles or engines certified under nonhigh altitude conditions. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Warranties - Requires new motor vehicle and engine manufacturer warranties of the "emission control device or system," meaning a catalytic converter, electronic control units, oxygen sensors, and exhaust recirculation valves. (Currently warranties of the vehicle or engine are required with respect to emission control performance.) Requires manufacturers to provide replacement or replacement costs of such emission control devices or systems of light-duty vehicles under certain circumstances. (Currently such replacement or costs are required with respect to parts, devices, or components designed for emission control.) Useful Life - Requires that EPA regulations provide that the useful life of: (1) light-duty trucks and truck engines be five years or 50,000 miles (the same as for light-duty vehicles and vehicle engines); and (2) heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicle engines be a period which the Administrator determines is the actual average life of the vehicle or engine. High Altitude Waiver - Authorizes the Administrator to waive a requirement that all light-duty vehicles and engines manufactured during or after model year 1984 comply with emission standards regardless of the altitude at which they are sold. Permits such waiver through model year 1985 for not more than 15 percent of the numbers of vehicles and of engines of a model year manufactured by a manufacturer for sale in high altitude areas, if the manufacturer demonstrates that such marketing would otherwise be prevented by the requirement's effect on cost, driveability, and fuel economy at high altitudes. Directs the Administrator to prescribe emissions standards for vehicles and engines granted such waiver which require a percentage of reduction in emissions at least equal to that otherwise required for the model year involved. Effective Date - Makes the amendments made by this title applicable to vehicles and engines manufactured during or after model year 1983, except as otherwise provided. Title III: Other Amendments - Administrative Procedures - Provides that no rule, regulation, guideline, policy statement, or other action of the Administrator in effect on the date of enactment of this Act may be altered in any manner except: (1) in accordance with specified administrative procedures; (2) as may be otherwise required pursuant to a court order; or (3) for those aspects of a rule or regulation which are invalidated by this Act. Visibility Study - Directs the Administrator, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Interior, to study means to objectively quantify visibility impairment and its causes. Specifies items to be included in such study. Directs the Administrator within two years of enactment of this Act to report study results and recommend a uniform procedure for visibility quality trend monitoring and reduction measurement. Diesel Study - Directs the Administrator, within six months of the enactment of this Act and in consultation with specified Federal agencies, to develop and implement a program to monitor and document the relationship between health effects and the introduction of diesel automobiles into the domestic fleet. Requires that the program be made in appropriate regions or areas to determine any different results. Requires that the results of such program be reported to the appropriate congressional committees as soon as practicable. Methanol Study - Directs the Administrator to: (1) accelerate ongoing studies of performance of methanol and other low-emission fueled vehicles; (2) evaluate and monitor ongoing experiments by other entities; (3) assess the cost effectiveness of such alternatives to gasoline; and (4) determine emission characteristics in methanol and other low-emission fueled engines. Directs the Administrator, if such study results are favorable, to develop a policy to encourage conversion of commercial and governmental vehicle fleets to low-emission fuels. Synfuels and Health Effects - Directs the Administrator, in consultation with specified Federal agencies, to study the adverse health effects associated with the development of a full-scale synthetic fuels industry. Indoor Air Pollution - Directs the Administrator, within one year of the enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on indoor air pollution. Requires: (1) inclusion of specified items; (2) utilization of certain findings and studies; (3) consultation with specified Federal agencies; and (4) accompaniment by recommendations for indoor air pollution control. Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator for FY 1982 through FY 1986. Provides for sums necessary for: (1) the Administrator and the States to effectively carry out the Act's provisions, including training of State and local personnel, enforcement, abatement, and control, consideration of SIPs and revisions, and audits; and (2) sufficient funding for personnel for the Administrator to carry out the Act, particularly its regulatory functions, without undue reliance on contractors. Requires that such authorization not be less than the appropriations authorized in fiscal year 1981 to carry out the Act, plus percentage increases for each fiscal year equal to Consumer Price Index percentage increases during the preceding calendar year. Prohibits the Administrator from using any funds appropriated under the Act for any payment for a reduction-in-force in any fiscal year. Directs the Administrator to inform the appropriate committees of the Congress of the reasons for such reduction, its impact on carrying out the Act, and other detailed or pertinent information, at least 30 days prior to issuing any general notice of such reduction. Declares that nothing in this title shall authorize appropriations for any research and development activities under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that a Law of the Sea Treaty is of strategic importance to the United States. Urges the U.S. delegation to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea to: (1) seek changes in the draft treaty that would protect U.S. interests while recognizing the other interests represented at the conference; and (2) conclude a treaty as soon as possible.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Legislative Residence Expenses Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provision allowing an income tax deduction without substantiation for living expenses of Members of Congress. Qualifies the income tax deduction for living expenses of State and Federal legislators to require legal residence in a location other than the city in which the legislative capitol is situated and the occupation of a second residence in the vicinity of the capitol for more than 183 days of the taxable year. Limits the income tax deduction for living expenses to amounts paid for: (1) utilities; (2) repairs; (3) home maintenance; (4) rent; and (5) depreciation. Provides a method of computing the depreciation on the home and its furnishings.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
States that U.S. policy should encourage parties to the El Salvadoran conflict to: (1) begin cease-fire negotiations under international supervision; and (2) pursue a political settlement that would include open and free elections under international supervision.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President must take action to prevent nuclear war. States that the United States, in negotiations with nuclear weapon states, should propose halting further testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Declares that any action by the United Nations to prevent a democratic state from exercising its rights to participate in the United Nations will seriously and harmfully affect congressional support for the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Admiral Hyman George Rickover in recognition of his distinguished service and for his contributions to the development of safe nuclear energy and to the defense of the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such provision. Authorizes the Secretary to make available bronze duplicates of such medal for sale under regulations he prescribes and in accordance with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Declares that the presidential certification submitted to the Congress with respect to sending military aid to El Salvador is void. Directs the President to immediately suspend such assistance. Requires the suspension to remain in effect during FY 1982 and 1983. Prohibits the President from making another such certification until Congress enacts a joint resolution declaring that El Salvador has met specified conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Community Partnership for Employment and Training Act - Sets forth the purposes of this Act, including: (1) matching labor force skills to the economy's needs; (2) increasing the employability of the poor; (3) assisting new or dislocated workers to find permanent employment; (4) providing employment and training service to high unemployment areas; and (5) establishing a community-based employment and training system based on partnership between State and local governments and the private sector. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and thereafter to carry out titles II, III, and IV of this Act. Title I: Community Public-Private Training and Employment Assistance System - Part A: Organizational Provisions - Sets forth provisions for prime sponsors under this Act which include prime sponsors under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and which are similar to CETA provisions. Makes eligible for bonus payments any prime sponsor which: (1) is a consortium of local governments that includes a local government which was a CETA prime sponsor; and (2) serves a preponderence of a major functioning labor market area. Permits such prime sponsors to: (1) submit plans for approval for periods of more than one year; and (2) retain up to one-half of available funds for any fiscal year for use in the succeeding fiscal year. Requires each prime sponsor to establish (or provide for continuance of) a private industry council (PIC) to be jointly responsible for planning activities under this Act. Prohibits prime sponsors from using funds under this Act for any activity not approved by the PIC. Directs the prime sponsor to appoint the initial members of the council, and to fill vacancies with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the remaining members. Requires that a majority be representatives of business and industry in the area served by the prime sponsor and that the remaining members be representatives of labor, education, community-based organizations, and economic development organizations and agencies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish minimum national performance standards, based on such factors as unsubsidized employment placement and retention, wage increases, and income support payment reductions. Directs the Secretary to establish separate standards for youth, based on such factors as educational competencies attainment, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary school completion, and referral to other training programs, such as apprenticeships or military enlistment. Authorizes the Secretary to waive application of national performance standards for prime sponsors demonstrating exceptional local economic hardship and to approve less stringent performance goals which are the best reasonably attainable goals. Directs the Secretary, where a prime sponsor is failing to attain performance goals, to: (1) provide notice and technical assistance to the prime sponsor; and (2) in the case of ongoing failure during two consecutive years, (A) designate an alternate prime sponsor to prepare a plan for the area for the succeeding years and (B) terminate provision of funds to the unsuccessful prime sponsor. Authorizes the Secretary, upon determination that a prime sponsor has corrected the causes of a failure, to designate that prime sponsor to prepare a plan for the year after an alternate has served the area. Sets forth requirements for prime sponsor plans. Requires that such plans be developed in consultation with, and submitted with the approval of a majority of, the PIC. Authorizes the Secretary to designate the State or other alternate prime sponsor to develop a plan, with PIC consultation and majority approval, in cases where the PIC and the prime sponsor cannot concur. Requires each plan to describe activities conducted with funds under this Act, including: (1) a labor market analysis; (2) a demographic analysis of the eligible population; (3) participant selection procedures; (4) training and employment services, including duration, costs, wages, stipends, or allowances, and supportive services; (5) service provider selection methods and criteria, including consideration of community-based organizations as subgrantees or subcontractors; (6) arrangements for coordination with educational agencies; and (7) procedures for expenditure recordkeeping and for monitoring and auditing subgrantees or subcontractors. Requires each plan to include performance goals and a statement assurance of compliance with applicable requirements. Requires, as a qualification for additional administrative incentives, that a plan provide: (1) evidence of joint development in consultation with agencies administering other Federal employment-related programs; and (2) methods for coordination with such other Federal employment-related programs, including alternative reporting or recordkeeping requirements and uniform administrative forms. Permits plans thus qualifying to cover a period of more than one fiscal year. Sets forth procedures for review of prime sponsor plans by the PIC, the Governor, and appropriate local governments, as well as for availability to the public, before submittal for approval or disapproval by the Secretary. Requires the States seeking financial assistance under this Act to submit a Governor's coordination and special services plan (similar to that under CETA) to the Secretary for approval based on satisfactory implementation of: (1) coordination of all the State's employment and training, education, and related services; (2) technical assistance for prime sponsors; (3) special model training and employment programs and related services; (4) vocational education services agreed upon by prime sponsors and the State vocational education board; (5) rural area special assistance; (6) labor market and occupational information provisions without reimbursement to prime sponsors and appropriate education agencies; (7) fostering activities of the State Occupational Information Coordination Committee; (8) industrywide training; and (9) activities under title III (Employment and Training Assistance for Displaced Workers), if the State is eligible for financial assistance under title III. Requires States desiring to receive financial assistance under this Act to establish a State employment and training coordinating council. Includes among such council's duties the review of plans and programs of prime sponsors and of all appropriate State agencies, and other activities similar to those of the State employment and training council under CETA. Part B: General Requirements - Sets forth general program requirements under this Act which are similar in part to some special and general program conditions under CETA. Requires prime sponsors to provide employment and training opportunities to those most in need of such opportunities and make every effort to provide equitable services among significant segments of the eligible population. Sets program participation (30 months) and training allowances (104 weeks) limits similar to those under CETA. Sets a participant subsidized wage limit of 78 weeks in any five-year period (similar to the CETA limit on public service employment). Permits subsidized employment with a private for-profit employer, but only if the employee is an economically disadvantaged youth aged 16 through 19 and specified title II provisions are met. Permits subsidized employment of any sort only if the prime sponsor determines that unsubsidized employment is not immediately available in the area served. Prohibits (as did CETA) funding of programs involving political activities. Sets forth provisions for wages, benefits, and allowances. Sets forth labor standards. Sets forth provisions relating to allocation and availability of funds, reports, records, audits, investigations, complaints and sanctions, judicial review, interstate agreements, services and property, and the utilization of services and facilities. Title II: Employment and Training Services for the Economically Disadvantaged - Sets forth formulas for the allocation of amounts appropriated to carry out this title. Allocates 83 percent in FY 1983 and 73 percent in succeeding fiscal years among the States on the basis of relative numbers of: (1) employed persons; (2) unemployed persons in excess of four-and-one-half percent of the labor force in the State or in areas of substantial unemployment; (3) unemployed persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment; and (4) adults in low-income families. Directs the Secretary to suballocate the State allocation among prime sponsors within the State on an equitable basis based upon such relative numbers. Allocates ten percent of the amount appropriated for title II for any fiscal year, among the States in proportion to their other allocation, for the Governor's coordinating and special services and for the State employment and training council. Directs the Secretary to make available five percent of title II funds to prime sponsors: (1) in FY 1983 on a basis consistent with the purposes of this Act; and (2) in FY 1984 and thereafter to those who have met or exceeded performance goals during the preceding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to allocate ten percent of title II funds in FY 1984 and thereafter to prime sponsors who raise, and expend for title II program purposes specified amounts of non-Federal funds. Directs the Secretary to allocate two percent of title II funds among prime sponsors eligible for bonus payments for forming consortia of local governments serving major labor market areas. Requires prime sponsors to use title II funds in accordance with their plans to provide employment and training services which they and their PICs determine to be necessary and appropriate for economically disadvantaged youth and adults. Requires that at least one-half of such funds be used for such services for youth aged 16 through 21, with proportionate reductions of this minimum requirement in areas where the ratio of economically disadvantaged youth to economically disadvantaged adults is less than the nationwide ratio. Sets forth a non-exhaustive list of permissible title II services. Permits wage subsidies for temporary employment with public or private nonprofit employers. Permits wage subsidies to private for-profit employers for part-time employment during the school year or full-time employment not to exceed eight weeks during the summer for in-school economically disadvantaged youth aged 16 through 19, provided no such subsidy exceeds the net cost to the employer of wages paid and training provided. Includes among other permissable services: (1) job search; (2) job counseling; (3) remedial and basic skills education; (4) institutional skill training; (5) on-the-job training; (6) outreach; (7) labor market information; (8) work habit development; (9) supportive services; (10) upgrading and retraining; (11) education-to-work transition; (12) literacy and bilingual training; (13) work experience and vocational exploration; (14) high school equivalency; (15) job and job-opening development and generation; (16) apprenticeship; (17) program information to employers; (18) advanced learning technology; (19) followup; and (20) coordination with related programs. Limits eligibility to participate in title II programs to economically disadvantaged individuals aged 16 or older, but allows: (1) youth aged 14 or 15 to receive specified employment assistance services; and (2) up to ten percent of title II program participants to be individuals who are not economically disadvantaged if such individuals have encountered barriers to employment (such individuals may include the physically handicapped, those with limited English-speaking ability, displaced homemakers, ex-offenders, alcoholics, or addicts). Title III: Employment and Training Assistance for Displaced Workers - Declares the purposes of this title to be: (1) alternative employment assistance to involuntarily unemployed individuals unlikely to be rehired by the same employer; (2) occupational retraining for individuals with skills in declining occupations; and (3) reduction of the impact of economic dislocation on local communities. Directs the Secretary to allocate title III funds for any fiscal year among the States on the basis of relative numbers of: (1) individuals in the labor force; (2) unemployed persons; and (3) persons unemployed for ten weeks or more. Requires each State to match its title III Federal grant by an equal expenditure of non-Federal public or private funds for title III services, including direct costs of such services and State unemployment insurance benefits to participants in title III programs. Requires States desiring title III funds to submit to the Secretary of State displaced worker plans for the use of such funds and for coordination of title III programs with other Federal, State, or local employment-related programs. Requires such plans to ensure the maximum feasible utilization of title II program facilities and services in carrying out title III programs. Requires prime sponsor and PIC approval of title III program operations in the areas they serve. Requires, for specified title III program services, affected labor organization consultation and approval. Authorizes use of title III funds to assist eligible participants to obtain unsubsidized employment through services which include, but are not limited to: (1) job search; (2) job development; (3) in-demand skills training; (4) support services; (5) relocation assistance; and (6) cooperative programs with employers or labor organizations for early intervention in the event of plant closures. Requires allowances or stipends for eligible participants during title III training or retraining periods. Permits relocation assistance if the State determines that the participant: (1) cannot obtain employment within the commuting area; and (2) has secured suitable long-duration employment or a bona fide job offer in a relocation area. Makes eligible for title III services any individual who has experienced or been notified of termination or suspension of employment as a result of any plant closure or permanent reduction in force. Makes eligible for title III training or retraining programs any unemployed individual with job skills that the State determines offer limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area of residence. Title IV: National Employment and Training Programs - Part A: Employment and Training Services for Indians and Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers - Sets forth provisions for Native American employment and training programs which are similar to CETA provisions. Directs the Secretary to reserve for Native Americans programs from title IV funds an amount equal to not less than two and seven-tenths percent of the amount available for title II programs. Directs the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulations and performance standards necessary to meet the special circumstances under which such Native American programs operate. Sets forth provisions for migrant and seasonal farmworker employment and training programs, similar in part to CETA provisions. Directs the Secretary to establish an office of farmworker programs within the national headquarters of the Department of Labor to select, administer, monitor, and evaluate such programs. Requires that the public agencies and private nonprofit organizations carrying out program services have a previously demonstrated capability to administer effectively a diversified employability development program for migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Authorizes the Secretary to approve the designation of grantees for such programs for a period of two years. Requires that such programs, in addition to other employment and retraining activities assist in improving the well-being of farmworkers who remain as seasonal agricultural employees. Requires title IV fund recipients to establish performance goals. Directs the Secretary to reserve for farmworker programs from title IV funds an amount equal to not less than two and eight-tenths percent of the amount available for title II programs. Prohibits national farmworker programs and activities from precluding other assistance to farmworkers under this Act. Part B: Job Corps - Sets forth provisions for the Job Corps which are similar to CETA provisions. Sets participant age limits of 16 through 24 (CETA provides limits of 14 through 21), but permits appropriate nonresidential services for 14 and 15 year olds (both this Act and CETA allow waivers of the maximum age limitation in cases of handicapped individuals). Authorizes the Secretary to pay individuals and organizations for the cost of recruitment, screening, and selection of Job Corp candidates (but prohibits, as does CETA, any payment solely as compensation for referring the names of candidates. Provides for an exception from the two-year Job Corps enrollment period limit where necessary for participation in an advanced career program (as well as in special cases). Authorizes the Secretary to arrange for advanced career training programs for selected Corps members for a period of up to one additional year of Corps participation. Permits such programs to be provided by postsecondary institutions or by businesses and labor unions. Limits, in FY 1983, personal allowances to no more than $70 per month for the first six months and no more than $125 for the remainder of Corps service, for expected short-term service, or for readjustment allowances. Permits the Secretary to increase such allowances in FY 1984 and thereafter. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information from Job Corps program experience which may help related programs. Authorizes the Secretary to test at various Job Corps centers the efficacy of selected education or training activities. Directs the Secretary to establish annual orientation and training sessions for appropriate prime sponsor and Job Corps staff to be held at Job Corps centers. Authorizes the Secretary to arrange with the Secretary of Defense for pilot projects at Job Corps centers to prepare youth to qualify for military service. Permits permanent programs for such purpose if the Secretary of Defense reimburses the Job Corps for 90 percent of program costs. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake pilot projects using community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness for Job Corps center operation. Authorizes the Secretary to accept on behalf of the Job Corps charitable donations which would not jeopardize Job Corps integrity. Part C: National Programs and Activities - Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to provide services authorized under all titles of this Act for employment and training programs that are most appropriately administered from the national level, such as federally-assisted multistate programs sponsored by public agencies or private organizations, including programs: (1) assisting persons with particular employment-related disadvantages (such as offenders, persons with limited English proficency, handicapped, women, single parents, displaced homemakers, youth, older workers, persons lacking educational credentials, and public assistance recipients); (2) fostering employment and training linkages between public and private sectors; and (3) addressing critical skill shortages. Directs the Secretary to provide for research and demonstration programs and for training and technical assistance. Directs the Secretary to establish, in the office of the Secretary an Office of Management Assistance to provide specified services to prime sponsors. Part D: Labor Market Information - Sets forth provisions for a comprehensive system of labor market information which are similar to CETA provisions. Directs the Secretary to assure: (1) statistical reliability and national standardized definitions of employment, unemployment, and occupational definitions for purposes of such system; (2) consolidated departmental data collecting and processing systems to eliminate overlap and duplication; and (3) compliance with Federal Paperwork Reduction Act criteria. Establishes a National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Reserves funds from amounts available for this part to establish and maintain the Committee in the Department of Labor to assure the coordination of functions required by this part. Sets forth provisions relating to the Committee which are similar to CETA provisions. Sets forth provisions for a nationwide computerized job bank and matching program which are similar to CETA provisions. Part E: Economic Adjustment Program - Directs the Secretary to use funds available for this part to provide financial assistance to eligible prime sponsors for employment services, subsidized employment, and appropriate training and supportive services for unemployed workers. Makes prime sponsors eligible to apply for national Economic Adjustment Program (EAP) funds if the area under prime sponsor jurisdiction has an unemployment rate for the preceding three consecutive months exceeding the national average. Requires the PIC approval of prime sponsor EAP plans. Makes any Indian tribe, band, or group receiving part A assistance an eligible prime sponsor for EAP purposes. Permits EAP programs or activities to include any activity authorized under titles II or III of this Act. Makes individuals eligible for EAP participation if they: (1) have been unemployed for at least ten out of the 12 weeks immediately prior to the eligibility determination; and (2) are economically disadvantaged. Permits 20 percent of participants in a prime sponsor's EAP programs and activities to be individuals who are not economically disadvantaged. Directs the Secretary to establish priority approval criteria for EAP proposals, including such factors as: (1) severity of area unemployment; (2) potential for training leading to unsubsidized employment in occuaptions with skills shortages; and (3) involvement of subsidized employment in economic development activity (including public facility maintenance) leading to expanded private unsubsidized employment opportunities. Part F: National Commission on Employment and Productivity - Establishes a National Commission on Employment and Productivity (replaces the National Commission for Employment Policy under CETA and reconstitutes its membership without Federal officials). Sets forth provisions for Commission functions, administration, and reports which are similar to CETA provisions. Title V: Amendments to Other Laws - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act (U.S. Employment Service) to direct the Secretary to distribute 98 percent of funds under such Act among the States on the basis of relative numbers of: (1) individuals in the civilian labor force in each State as compared to all States; and (2) unemployed individuals in each State as compared to all States. Directs the Secretary to allocate the remaining two percent of such funds among those local employment service offices which have developed joint plans with prime sponsors under this Act. Permits State allocations to be used for: (1) job search and placement services for job seekers; (2) recruitment and technical services for employees: (3) program evaluation; (4) service linkages with related government programs; (5) services for displaced workers; (6) labor market and occupational information; (7) management information and analysis; (8) work test administration for the State unemployment compensation system; and (9) job search and placement for unemployment insurance claimants. Authorizes the U.S. Employment Service to perform only such activities and such other labor market-related services as are specified in reimbursable contracts with other State or Federal agencies. Amends part C (Work Incentive Program - WIN) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make applicants for (as well as recipients of) aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) eligible for the WIN program. Deletes a requirement that a specified portion of WIN program funds be used for specified on-the-job training and public service employment programs. Directs the Secretary to assure that WIN registrants receive employment and training services under this Act. Directs the Secretary to utilize PICs of prime sponsors under this Act for advice as to availability of area jobs for WIN programs purposes (thus replacing the WIN Labor Market Advisory Councils established to serve such function). Revises provisions for WIN program operation to direct the Secretary to: (1) provide intensive job search assistance services for all WIN registrants (as a program requirement, with specified exceptions); (2) following provision of such services, refer all WIN registrants who have not been placed in unsubsidized employment to the appropriate prime sponsor for employment and training services under this Act; and (3) place WIN registrants without unsubsidized jobs who are not currently served under this Act in other employment and training activities. Requires the State agency administering WIN program activities to coordinate these with activities under this Act. Repeals the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), as of October 1, 1982. Provides for a CETA program transition period expiring at the end of June 30, 1983. Permits prime sponsors, even before the expiration of such transition period, to carry out activities authorized under this Act.
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