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Bill· HRH.R. 701 (98th)open

Computer Contribution Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983

Computer Contribution Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase for one year the maximum allowable charitable contribution income tax deduction for corporations which donate computers during 1984 to primary and secondary schools. Requires that contributions be nondiscriminatory as to geographic areas or economic status of the donees, and be used directly in the education of students.

Bill· HRH.R. 656 (98th)open

Federal Employees Health Benefits Reform Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983

Federal Employees Health Benefits Reform Act of 1983 - Increases the amount of the Government's contribution for an employee enrolled in an employee health benefits plan from 60 to 75 percent of the average subscription charge for such plan. Increases the maximum Government contribution for an enrollee from 75 to 100 percent of such subscription charge. Requires payment of a Government differential equal to five percent of the average subscription charge, in addition to the Government's contribution, for any enrollee who is over 65 years of age and not entitled to medicare benefits. Excludes such differential in determining the amount to be paid by the enrollee. Permits the following persons to elect to continue coverage under a Federal employees' health benefits plan for a specified period: (1) an employee who is involuntarily separated from the civil service due to a reduction in force; (2) the spouse of an enrollee whose marriage is dissolved by divorce or annulment, if the enrollee was enrolled for self and family; (3) an individual who elects to receive the lump-sum credit for civil service retirement benefits; and (4) an individual 22 years of age or older whose enrollment was based on such individual's being an unmarried child who was incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical disability which existed and did not terminate before the individual attained the age of 22. Requires such persons who elect to continue coverage to pay into the Employees Health Benefits Fund an amount equal to the sum of employee and agency contributions paid for the same level of benefits. Allows such a person to: (1) change to a lower level of benefits; (2) change coverage within 60 days after a change in family status; and (3) transfer enrollment to another plan under conditions prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Provides a temporary extension of coverage to allow persons who elected not to continue coverage or whose continued coverage is terminated to convert to a nongroup contract providing health benefits. Allows annuitants whose annuity is less than the amount required to be withheld for enrollment in a health benefits plan to pay the amount of any deficiency required for enrollment. Requires contracts for employee organization plans to require carriers to: (1) reinsure with other participating companies; (2) enter into an agreement approved by OPM with an underwriting subcontractor licensed to issue group health insurance in all States and the District of Columbia; and (3) meet minimum financial standards prescribed by OPM. Requires the service benefit plan and the indemnity benefit plan to provide, in addition to all currently authorized benefits: (1) nervous and mental disorder benefits; (2) alcoholism and substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation benefits; and (3) comprehensive dental benefits. Prohibits the OPM from entering into a contract for any service benefit, indemnity benefit, or employee organization plan which does not provide for 50 outpatient visits and 60 inpatient days of nervous and mental disorder benefits and two 28-day alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation benefits. Requires any limits on nervous and mental disorder benefits to be exceeded on a case by case basis only to the extent that a peer review mechanism determines such treatment to be necessary. Requires 80 percent of such excessive benefit claims to be paid from the balance of one percent of all contributions to the Employees Health Benefits Fund remaining after the expenses of administering provisions governing Federal employees health benefit plans are paid. Prohibits the OPM from entering into a contract with a carrier for any health benefits plan which does not provide 95 percent of the benefits that such plan or the most similar plan provided during the preceding year, unless the carrier and the OPM mutually agree to waive such requirement. Directs the OPM to: (1) provide a three week period during which enrollees in health benefits plans may change or cancel their enrollments before any contract term in which the rates or benefits of a plan will change, a new plan will be offered, or an existing plan will be terminated; and (2) make available to such enrollees information on such plans at least four weeks before such open enrollment period. Prohibits the OPM from entering into a contract for a health benefits plan which excludes anyone because of nonactive employee status. Eliminates the requirement that the group of physicians under a group-practice prepayment plan include physicians representing at least three major medical specialties.

Bill· HRH.R. 702 (98th)referred

Long-Range Research and Development Tax Planning Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983

Long-Range Research and Development Tax Planning Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax credit for increased research activities. Requires the allocation of all expenditures made for research and experimentation conducted in the United States to U.S. source income, for income tax purposes.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 65 (98th)referred

A joint resolution to prohibit the sale to the Government of Guatemala of spare parts for helicopters or A-37 Aircraft.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1983

Prohibits the sale or licensing of spare parts for helicopters or for A-37 aircraft under the Arms Export Control Act for the armed forces of Guatemala. Prohibits using the authorities provided by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make any such spare parts available to the armed forces of Guatemala.

Bill· HRH.R. 425 (98th)open

Defense Economic Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be cochaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor. Establishes in the Executive Office an Office of Economic Adjustment, headed by a Director, to provide staff support to the Council. Directs the Council to disseminate information from the Secretary of Defense to Federal, State, and local agencies concerning proposed or pending changes in defense spending which would effect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to perform other duties, including: (1) encouraging the preparation of plans for non-defense-related public projects; (2) coordinating and developing information on priority, federally funded projects and programs pertaining to defense economic adjustment; (3) monitoring job services information banks; and (4) determining criteria for eligibility for assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the pertinent information to the Council a year in advance of any change and to furnish the Council with projected future defense spending levels. Directs the Council to prepare and distribute a Conversion Guidelines Handbook to outline requirements of programs for professional retraining of personnel. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Makes eligible for Federal assistance for economic adjustment planning any community which is substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government defense facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts. Directs the Council to make available to alternative use committees information on economic development programs of any Federal instrumentality which provides funds which may be used for planning. Requires the Council to report to Congress at least annually on any such economic development program. Directs the Council to use data from other departments to develop criteria which insure that assistance is directed to those communities which are most vulnerable economically to reductions in defense expenditures. Requires the Council to publish a semiannual list of eligible communities. Requires excess property resulting from a closing or reduction in a Government-owned facility to be appraised for purposes of resale to the community. Title III: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment of alternative use committees at defense facilities to plan for economic conversion in the event of closure or reduction. Directs such committees to: (1) evaluate the assets of the facilities and the resources and requirements of the local community; (2) develop at least biennially a detailed plan for conversion of the facility to non-defense-related productive activity; and (3) provide retraining and reemployment counseling services. Requires conversion plans to maximize the pool of skills of available personnel and specify in detail the composition of the work force and plant, material, and financing requirements. Penalizes any contractor who fails to submit an alternative use plan or carry out one approved by the Council by making such contractor ineligible for future defense contracts for three years. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Makes displaced workers certified by the local alternative use committees to the Council eligible for benefits for two years under this Act. Includes among such benefits weekly compensation, vested pension credit, maintenance of health insurance, retraining for civilian work, job search allowance, and reimbursement for relocation expenses. Requires completion of a program of professional retraining before certain employees are eligible for assistance. Directs the Council to enter into agreements with a State or agency in the State administering the unemployment compensation law to disburse benefits under this Act. Requires displaced workers to accept any employment determined by the State agency or Secretary of Labor to be comparable to the former job, or benefits will terminate. Excludes these benefits from other determinations of eligibility for unemployment compensation under any Federal or State law. Title V: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contractors to pay a specified percentage into the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit a percentage of the projected savings resulting from a cancellation or cutback in defense spending. Title VI: Use of Research Funds - Requires the Council to define urgent national requirements for nondefense sectors of the economy in any determination of the Secretary of Defense as to how certain research and development funds are to be spent. Title VII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 408 (98th)open

A bill to direct the president to seek negotiations with the Soviet Union for the establishment of a permanent joint United States-Soviet Communications Center to provide an additional channel for communications in order to reduce the threat of an accidental nuclear war.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

Directs the President to negotiate an agreement with the Soviet Union for the establishment of a permanent joint United States-Soviet Communications Center to provide an additional channel for communications between the United States and the Soviet Union in order to reduce the threat of an accidental nuclear war. Declares that the agreement should provide that: (1) the function of the Center would be to serve as a direct and secure means of communications between the two countries; (2) the Center would have no intelligence gathering capabilities and would not be used for espionage; (3) the Center would be located in an agreed upon third country with the operating costs shared equally; and (4) the Center would be staffed by an equal number of personnel from each country. Requires the agreement to be either a treaty or an executive agreement which will enter into force only upon its approval by both Houses of Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 132 (98th)referred

Acid Deposition Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

Acid Deposition Control Act - Amends title I (Air Pollution Prevention and Control) of the Clean Air Act to establish 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 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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 oxides of nitrogen 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 State implementation plans. 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 100 (98th)reported

Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the consideration of applications for, or the granting of, insurance policies and the terms of such policies. Permits insurers who regularly provide insurance solely to persons of a single religious affiliation to continue to do so. Grants to State or local governments having insurance discrimination laws the primary opportunity to enforce this Act. Permits an aggrieved person to file a civil action in State or Federal court against an insurer, if a State or local authority which has received notice of a complaint fails to act within 60 days or with respect to those authorities not having insurance discrimination laws. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in district court when there is reasonable cause to believe that a person or group is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the rights granted by this Act and that such denial raises an issue of general public importance.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 13 (98th)open

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

States that the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) between 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 verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) pursue reductions through numerical ceilings and other means; (5) preserve present limitations on nuclear weapons; and (6) incorporate ongoing negotiations in Geneva on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations. Requires that every effort be made to reach common positions with the NATO allies.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 2 (98th)open

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

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.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 3 (98th)open

A joint resolution to prevent nuclear testing.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

States that the President should, at the earliest possible date: (1) request Senate consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaties; and (2) resume trilateral test ban treaty negotiations.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 15 (98th)passed

A resolution to establish the Select Committee on Hunger.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee on Hunger to conduct a continuing comprehensive study of the problems of hunger and malnutrition.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 9 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution directing the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately develop and present to the Congress a plan to correct the social security benefit disparity which has become known as the notch problem.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1983

Declares that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should develop and present to Congress a plan to correct the benefit disparity caused by the 1977 changes in the social security retirement benefit formula.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 634 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the disposition of oil company overcharges and other amounts collected by the Department of Energy in connection with violations of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that funds which have been collected for violations of the regulations under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 and which cannot be refunded because the injured parties cannot be readily identified should be distributed to the States to be used by the States for energy related programs.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 627 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House in support of a Call for Jobs with Peace.

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that more money should be made available for jobs and programs in socially productive industries by reducing the amount of tax dollars spent on nuclear weapons, foreign military intervention, and wasteful military programs. Endorses the Jobs with Peace Week of April 10 through April 16, 1983.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 607 (97th)open

A joint resolution calling for immediate negotiations for a ban on weapons of any kind in space.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982

Directs the President to resume negotiations with the Soviet Union on a treaty prohibiting: (1) the testing, deployment, production, or use of any weapons system designed to damage or interfere with a spacecraft; and (2) the stationing in outer space of any weapon designed to inflict injury or damage on the Earth, in the atmosphere, or on objects placed in space. Requires such a treaty to provide for verifying compliance with its terms. Directs the President to seek the establishment of a working group within the United Nations to provide a forum for discussing a multilateral space treaty banning from space all weapons launched by any country.

Bill· HRH.R. 7161 (97th)referred

Public Assistance Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1982

Public Assistance Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1982 - Establishes as a condition of eligibility for Federal payments under public assistance programs the requirements that each State: (1) match its public assistance rolls against all relevant State and Federal records at least once each calendar quarter to verify the income, assets, and status of program participants in determining their eligibility for assistance; (2) remove ineligible individuals and otherwise eliminate fraud and abuse under such programs; and (3) require each State and local official or agency with jurisdiction over relevant State or Federal records to provide such records upon request for matching purposes. Directs each State to compile reports on such matching process for each or several programs and to make such reports available to the agencies with program jurisdiction. Directs Federal agencies and officials to provide relevant records to States upon request. Requires Office of Management and Budget guidelines for matching activities to assure the maximum possible protection of the privacy of individuals involved. Provides that each applicant for, or recipient of, assistance under a public assistance program (including the Medicaid and Aid to Dependent Children programs under the Social Security Act and State unemployment insurance programs) shall be deemed to have consented to the procedures established by this Act. Incorporates the provisions of this Act into any State or Federal law concerned with the administration of a public assistance program.

Bill· HRH.R. 7118 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to correct an anomaly in the rate of duty applicable to textile fabrics, articles and materials coated, filled or laminated with rubber or plastics.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1982

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) to provide that the provisions applicable to rubber and plastic products do not cover textile fabrics or articles coated, filled, or laminated with rubber or plastics which are covered by the provisions dealing with fabrics of special construction. Requires the nontextile coating or filling and nontextile laminating substances to be disregarded in determining whether fabrics, articles, and materials are "of textile materials" for purposes of the subpart of the TSUS dealing with coated or filled fabrics.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 401 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a proposed reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 7003 (97th)referred

A bill to grant the consent and approval of the Congress to an interstate agreement or compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon in the Connecticut River Basin, and to allow the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to participate as members in a Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission.

United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982

Interstate Compact - Grants congressional consent and approval to an agreement by Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont regarding salmon restoration in the Connecticut River Basin. Authorizes the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior to participate as members in a Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission created by such agreement.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 571 (97th)referred

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze and reduction in nuclear weapons.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 6971 (97th)referred

A bill to provide that disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act may not be terminated without evidence of medical improvement, to limit the number of periodic reviews, to provide that benefits continue to be paid through a determination by an administrative law judge, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1982

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the termination of an individual's disability benefits on the grounds that the individual's disability has ceased or did not exist, unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds that: (1) there has been a medical improvement in the individual's impairment such that the individual is no longer disabled under the disability standards in effect at the time of the original disability determination; or (2) the original disability determination was clearly erroneous under the disability standards in effect at the time it was made. Makes such requirement inapplicable in the case of an individual who has demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. Provides that subsequent reviews of a disability determination following an initial review for purposes of determining the continuing eligibility of beneficiaries who become entitled in October 1982 and thereafter shall be at the discretion of the State agency or the Secretary, as appropriate. Requires that such individuals be notified when subsequent reviews of disability determinations are scheduled. Limits the number of reviews of disability determinations for purposes of continuing eligibility which the Secretary may conduct for individuals who become entitled to disability benefits before October 1982, but authorizes the Secretary to review, at his or her discretion, selected cases to the extent that such review will be cost-effective and that adequate personnel and time are available for such review. Permits a disability insurance beneficiary who has been found to be no longer entitled to disability benefits to elect to have such benefits continued until the disability determination has been affirmed or overturned on appeal or until the time for such an appeal has expired. Provides that benefits paid pursuant to such an election shall be considered overpayments if the decision after a hearing affirms the determination that the individual involved is no longer entitled to benefits.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 558 (97th)open

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations recently proposed by the Secretary of Education under the Education of the Handicapped Act should not be permitted to take effect.

United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations recently proposed by the Secretary of Education under the Education of the Handicapped Act should not be permitted to take effect.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 551 (97th)referred

A joint resolution to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations which expand the number of hours which 14 and 15-year old children would be permitted to work and which further change the conditions of employment of young children and students.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982

Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations changing: (1) the conditions for employment of 14 and 15 year-old children; and (2) existing regulations governing full-time student employment at subminimum wages.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 552 (97th)open

A joint resolution declaring the President's July certification with respect to El Salvador to be void.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 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.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 545 (97th)referred

A joint resolution prohibiting the Secretary of the Interior from implementing the five-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan until the Secretary has taken certain actions to conform the plan to the purposes and requirements of applicable law.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982

Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the five-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan approved by the Department of the Interior on July 21, 1982. Prohibits the implementation of such program until the Secretary of the Interior has modified the plan to conform to applicable Federal law and national energy policy.

Bill· HRH.R. 6781 (97th)open

Residential Mortgage Investment Act of 1982

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 6751 (97th)referred

National Commission on Neurofibromatosis Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982

National Commission on Neurofibromatosis Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Commission on Neurofibromatosis within 60 days. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Authorizes the Commission to transmit interim reports. Requires: (1) a final report to the President and to each House of Congress within one year; and (2) the Secretary to file a final report and a budget analysis for neurofibromatosis research with the appropriate congressional committees within 15 days after the President submits his budget to Congress. Terminates the Commission three months after submission of the final report. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 6700 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend the targeted jobs credit, to treat certain individuals who have exhausted their rights to unemployment benefits as members of a targeted group, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the targeted jobs tax credit from 1982 to 1987. Treats as members of a targeted group certain individuals who either: (1) exhausted rights to extended unemployment compensation during 1982 or 1983; or (2) exhausted rights to regular benefits during 1982 or 1983 and who are eligible for trade readjustment allowances. Repeals the requirement that youths participating in qualified cooperative education programs be economically disadvantaged. Sets forth special rules for the treatment of reemployed individuals.

Bill· HRH.R. 6684 (97th)referred

A bill to delay Treasury regulations on the debt-equity issue.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982

States that no Internal Revenue Service regulations determining whether an interest in a corporation is to be treated as stock or indebtedness shall apply to an instrument issued before 180 days after the regulations are submitted to Congress. Requires that any such proposed regulations shall be consistent with the findings of Congress set forth in this Act if the Secretary of the Treasury chooses to adopt them.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 521 (97th)referred

A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons and for approval of the SALT II agreement.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 6617 (97th)open

Business Tax Reform Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982

Business Tax Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions which allow sale and lease back arrangements between corporations. Repeals the increased accelerated cost recovery schedules which were to become effective in 1985. Requires a basis reduction for investment tax credit property equal to the amount of the credit taken. Exempts certified historic structures from such recapture tax. Increases the recovery period for real property depreciation from 15 to 20 years.

Bill· HRH.R. 6576 (97th)open

Prohibition of Mandatory Retirement and Employment Rights Act of 1982

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 6578 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the exclusion from income for the value of lodging located in the proximity of an educational institution and furnished by such institution to its employees.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee of an educational institution the value of lodging: (1) located on, or in the proximity of, a campus of such institution; and (2) furnished to the employee, his spouse, or any of his dependents by or on behalf of such institution.