United States · United States Congress · 16 December 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. Requires reports submitted by the President to the Congress pursuant to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to identify activities so authorized during the preceding year. Directs the Secretary of Energy to require persons who are engaged in activities requiring such authorization but who are not required to apply for authorization to report to the Secretary regarding such activities. 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. Title II: 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: Arrangements Involving Reprocessing - Requires a determination by the NRC (currently only the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State) that a significant increase of the risk of proliferation will not result from the Secretary of Energy entering into a subsequent arrangement for: (1) reprocessing of special nuclear material in a foreign facility which has not processed power reactor fuel assemblies or been the subject of such an arrangement prior to enactment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978; or (2) retransfer to a non-nuclear-weapon state of plutonium, resulting from such reprocessing, in quantities greater than 500 grams. Requires a new or amended agreement for cooperation before approval is given to a nation or group of nations for: (1) retransfer to a third country for reprocessing of special nuclear material, in quantities greater than 31 metric tons, exported by the United States or produced through the use of nuclear material and equipment or sensitive nuclear technology exported by the United States; or (2) reprocessing of special nuclear material in quantities greater than 31 metric tons or the subsequent retransfer of plutonium, resulting from such reprocessing, in quantities greater than 240 kilograms. 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. Title V: Exports of Reprocessing Components and Technology - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the exportation under a cooperation agreement of: (1) any component part or group of component parts determined by the President to be essential to the operation of a complete facility for nuclear fuel reprocessing; (2) any information, excluding Restricted Data, which is not available to the public and which is important to the design or operation of such a facility; or (3) other assistance essential to nuclear fuel reprocessing. Title VI: Exports Licensed by the Department of Commerce - Prohibits the issuance by the Secretary of Commerce of a validated license under the Export Administration Act of 1979 for the export to a non-nuclear-weapon state of goods or technology to be used in a production or utilization facility, unless the Secretary of Energy determines that such state adheres to the criteria governing U.S. nuclear exports for peaceful uses. Requires the Secretary of Energy, in the event a determination is made to issue a license prohibited under this provision, to publicly issue such decision and to submit the license application in question to the President. Authorizes the President to allow the issuance of such a license by executive order if withholding it would jeopardize the common defense and security, unless Congress, after reviewing such an order, adopts a concurrent resolution opposing the order. Provides that conduct which results in the termination of U.S. nuclear exports to another nation shall result also in the prohibition of the issuance of a license for the export of goods or technology to be used in any production or utilization facility.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1982
Federal Anti-Tampering Act - Amends the Federal Criminal Code to make it a Federal offense to maliciously cause bodily injury or death to any person by tampering with any article, product, or commodity which is produced or distributed for human use or consumption. Provides for a prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of up to $20,000 if personal injury results, or a prison term of up to life if death results.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982
Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program under which grants will be provided to assist communities or nonprofit organizations to provide shelter for people subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing. Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive basis according to the need for emergency housing. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such program and to use a specified amount of the funds appropriated for additional authority for annual contributions for lower income housing projects during FY 1983 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act - Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with countries which are parties to the "Convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property," to apply import restrictions on the archaeological or ethnological materials of requesting countries. Directs the President to seek a commitment of the requesting country to allow exchanges of such materials where such an exchange would not jeopardize such country's cultural patrimony. Prohibits the President from entering into such an agreement unless both the United States and the countries with significant import trade in such materials will apply import restrictions on such materials in concert. Authorizes the President to enter into such an agreement even though a country with significant import trade is not likely to impose import restrictions on such materials, if: (1) the restrictions are not essential for deterring a serious pillage situation; and (2) the application of import restrictions, by the United States and other nations with a significant import trade in such materials, would be a substantial help in detering a serious pillage situation. Provides for the suspension of import restrictions under such agreements and for the extension of such agreements. Requires the President to report to Congress on such agreements and on emergency import restrictions. Authorizes the President to impose emergency import restrictions. Limits such Presidential authority. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make a list of the materials covered by any such agreement or emergency condition. Establishes a Cultural Property Advisory Committee to review requests and recommend whether: (1) an agreement should be consummated or extended; and (2) an emergency action should be implemented. Requires the Committee to review the effectiveness of such agreements or emergency actions. Declares that the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply to the Committee, except that certain public notice provisions shall not apply if disclosure of matters involved in the Committee's proceedings would compromise the Government's bargaining position. Provides for protecting the confidentiality of information submitted to the Committee by private parties and by the Government. Prohibits the importation into the United States of: (1) designated archaeological or ethnological materials, unless the appropriate country issues a document of lawful exportation; and (2) cultural articles stolen from a museum or a religious or secular institution. Sets forth procedures for temporary disposition, seizure, and forfeiture of articles under this Act. Exempts certain articles from this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1982
Establishes the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Requires the Commission to: (1) plan and develop appropriate activities to commemorate the bicentennial of the Constitution; (2) encourage private organizations, and State and local governments to organize and participate in bicentennial activities; (3) coordinate activities throughout all the States; and (4) serve as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of bicentennial information. Directs the Commission to seek assistance from private and governmental agencies and organizations. Requires the Commission to submit a report of its recommendations to the President, Congress and the Judicial Conference within two years of enactment of this Act and annually until its termination. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and such sums as necessary through FY 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982
States that as part of the strategic arms reduction negotiations (START) the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) place the highest priority on eliminating the fear of a first-strike by either nation; and (2) seek a verifiable agreement that produces a stable strategic relationship by ensuring that a first-strike would not give the attacking nation even a hypothetical advantage.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982
Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982
Time-Share Sales Full Disclosure Act - Amends the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to include time-share intervals, programs, and projects under its provisions. Renames such Act the Time-Share and Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act. Defines time-share interval as: (1) an ownership or leasehold estate in real property devoted to a time-share fee and a time-share lease; or (2) any other contractural right of exclusive occupancy, including a vacation license, prepaid hotel reservation, club membership, limited partnership, or vacation bond. Defines time-share program as an arrangement under which the use, occupancy, or possession of real property is subject to a time-share interval circulated among time-share interval purchasers according to a time schedule occurring annually over any period in excess of three years. Defines time-share project as any real property subject to a time-share program.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw certain proposed rules that would reduce public notice and comment opportunities in rulemaking procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982
Establishes the Commission on Capital Markets to evaluate the regulation of financial intermediaries by the Federal and State governments and the functioning of such intermediaries in the accumulation and allocation of capital within the U.S. economy. Requires the Commission, not later than one year after its initial meeting, to submit to Congress a report on the results of its evaluation. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of its final report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 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 · 11 August 1982
Missing Children Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to collect and exchange information which would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased individuals and the location of missing persons, including missing children.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1982
Balanced Monetary Policy Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System to establish yearly targets for long-term interest rates, and for money and credit aggregates. Requires the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee to take necessary actions to assure that such targets are achieved, on average, on an annual basis. Requires a written report to specified Congressional committees if such targets cannot or should not be achieved because of unfavorable economic conditions. Requires the Board of Governors to transmit specified information to Congress biannually. Requires the Board to announce publicly changes in objectives and plans at the time those changes are determined. Requires the President to state for the System's record the administration's position on each vote on monetary policy taken by the Board and by the Federal Open Market Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from placing into effect any rule which would not maintain or enhance the nutritional integrity of supplemental foods made available under the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Directs the Secretary to make a finding that any rule changes governing the program subsequent to enactment of this resolution shall be beneficial to the nutritional status of program participants. Requires the Secretary to submit such finding to the appropriate congressional committees prior to its publication in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to implement a specified rule concerning the program no later than December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
States that the President, at the earliest possible date, should: (1) request Senate consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaties; and (2) resume trilateral test ban treaty negotiations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Expresses the concern of the House of Representatives in the preservation and restoration of Rhodes Tavern in Washington, D.C. Encourages preservation and restoration efforts by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Capitol Planning Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the mayor and city council, and other interested organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Energy should withdraw the authorization for the proposed sale of a process control system for end-use in a heavy water production facility in Argentina.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science,and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for sych payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreement which require commitments to teach or repay such loans). Provides for cancellaton of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Residential Mortgage Investment Act of 1982 - Permits employee benefit plans, as defined under this Act, to engage in any qualified mortgage transaction involving any qualified residential mortgage loan, provided transactions between all parties are at arm's length. Permits such plans to participate in any mortgage pool, provided such pool conforms to specified requirements with regard to permitted investments. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. Provides that this Act shall supersede any and all contrary provisions of State law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code. Prohibits the imposition of Federal excise tax on a plan or pool that engages in a transaction described under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the credit against employment tax liability available to an employer shall not be reduced due to any unpaid balance of loans made to the unemployment account of a State in which: (1) the unemployment rate for a specified period is seven percent or more; and (2) the balance of loans made to the unemployment account is at least $1,000,000,000. Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act to provide that States with such unemployment rates and loan balances shall not be required to pay interest on such loans.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1982
Disability Amendments of 1982 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the termination of disability benefits on the grounds that the physical or mental impairment, on which such benefits were based, has ceased or did not exist (unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds that there has been medical improvement in the beneficiary's condition or that the initial disability determination was clearly erroneous under the disability standards in effect at the time). Requires that a preliminary disability decision by a State agency, or the Secretary, which is unfavorable to the disability benefit applicant contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence, the basis for such decision, the right of the applicant to a review of the decision, and the right to submit additional medical evidence prior to such review. Entitles the applicant or the applicant's spouse, former spouse, surviving spouse, surviving divorced mother, child or parent to a review of the premliminary decision, (including the right to make a personal appearance and submit additional medical evidence), upon a showing that his or her rights may be prejudiced by such decision and upon timely request. Sets forth the procedural requirements for a review of a preliminary disability decision. Provides that a preliminary disability decision may be affirmed, modified, or reversed on the basis of the review. Authorizes the State agency which made the initial disability determination to make any new disability determination required during review of the case after notification to the Secretary and in accordance with the rules governing such determinations. Requires that a decision by the Secretary after review which is unfavorable to the individual requesting the review contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Requires that individuals requesting a review be informed of the requirements under this Act and of their right to representation at the review. Provides for reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing for disability benefit applicants who show that their rights may be prejudiced by a decision after review. Provides that the hearing decision may affirm, modify, or reverse the Secretary's findings of fact and the decision after review. Permits the submission of additional documentary evidence relating to disability before the close of the hearing on such decision. Requires the Secretary to prescribe a period of time after hearing decisions during which the Secretary, upon his or her own motion or at the request of the individual who requested the hearing, may review the hearing decision and affirm, modify, or reverse it. Makes such a review the final review of the decision. Provides that the decision shall be considered final if it is not so reviewed. Requires the Secretary to notify the individual involved with respect to a case where the Secretary initiates a review. Provides that an application for disability benefits filed before the first month in which the applicant satisfies the requirements for such benefits shall be considered valid only if: (1) the applicant satisfies such requirements before the Secretary makes a final decision on the application and no request for review has been made; or (2) the applicant satisfies such requirements before a decision on review is made in any case where review is requested. Requires that hearings on disability decisions after review be conducted on the record. Subjects such hearings to Federal law governing administrative hearings. Requires the Secretary to appoint administrative law judges to conduct such hearings. Entitles any individual who is dissatisfied with the final hearing decision to judicial review of that decision. Entitles an individual who shows that his or her rights may be prejudiced by a determination with respect to his or her continuing eligibility for disability benefits to the same type of review and hearing as is permitted in the case of an initial disability determination. Specifies the cases with respect to which State agencies may make new disability determinations for purposes of review under this Act. Permits an individual who has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits, and who has requested a hearing on such determination, to elect to have the payment of such benefits continued during the period of appeal. Provides that if the decision upon appeal affirms the determination that the individual is not entitled to such benefits, any benefits paid pursuant to such election shall be considered overpayments. Continues medicare entitlement for a disabled qualified railroad retirement beneficiary who is appealing the termination of his or her benefits until such individual has exhausted all possible administrative remedies. Requires the Secretary to transmit to Congress quarterly reports on: (1) the number of continuing eligibility reviews carried out under title II; (2) the number of initial benefit termination decisions resulting from such reviews; (3) the number of benefit termination decisions with respect to which a hearing is requested; and (4) the number of benefit termination decisions which are overturned at the hearing level. Requires the Secretary to provide uniform standards which shall be applied at all levels of disability determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin the strategic arms reduction talks (START), which should have the following objectives: (1) pursuing a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) deciding when and how to achieve and pursue a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) giving special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) preserving present limitations and controls on current nuclear weapons and delivery systems; and (5) incorporating ongoing negotiations in Geneva on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations. Declares that the United States shall try to reach a common position with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies on any agreement that would be inconsistent with existing U.S. commitments to those allies. Declares that the United States shall promptly approve the SALT II agreement if adequate verification capabilities are maintained.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean war. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commisson of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Commemorates July 1, 1982, the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the International Geophysical Year. Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to a new era of international cooperation in all the sciences.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance for the relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction needs of the victims of recent fighting in Lebanon. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) urge the Soviet Union to allow Lev Shapiro and his family to emigrate to Israel; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States, in evaluating its relations with other countries, will consider the extent to which those countries honor their commitments to human rights under international law.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Urges the executive branch to: (1) avoid taking any actions which could foreclose eventual U.S. participation in the Convention on the Law of the Sea; (2) evaluate U.S. objectives for ocean use and relevant foreign policy interests with respect to the Convention; and (3) designate a U.S. representative to the meetings of the Drafting Committee of the Law of the Sea Conference and to the 1982 sessions of the Conference.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Prohibition of Mandatory Retirement and Employment Rights Act of 1982 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate the upper age limitation of the class of persons to whom such Act applies.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Declares that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin negotiating to create an exchange for peace program to provide an ongoing country-to-country exchange of individuals aged 15 through 19.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no further reductions should be made in the funding currently available for FY 1983 for programs administered under the Older Americans Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct a memorial to honor and recognize law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. Directs that such memorial be known as the National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial and be located near the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, District of Columbia. Establishes the National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial Advisory Committee to study and make recommendations to the Secretary on the appropriate location and design of the Memorial, not later than six months after the last appointment to the Committee. Requires approval of such Memorial by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, unless they fail to notify the Secretary of approval or disapproval within 90 days of receipt of plans or proposals. Prohibits the use of Federal or District of Columbia funds to carry out this resolution. Requires the Secretary to provide maintenance for the Memorial and to begin construction, if funds are available, not later than two years after enactment of this resolution.
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