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United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1982
Designates October 16, 1982, as National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982
Requests the President to designate the week beginning on March 13, 1983, as National Surveyors Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Designates March 21, 1983, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Electric Utility Nuclear Accident Cost Allocation Act - Requires electric utilities to pay to the Secretary of the Treasury an annual fee for calendar years 1982 through 1987 for their proprietary share of the electric power level authorized for each of their nuclear electric generating facilities under construction or licensed to operate on or after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the annual fee imposed upon any single nuclear utility from exceeding $1,600,000. Requires that such utilities certify to the Secretary of Energy their nuclear generating capability for purposes of the collection of such fees. Establishes in the Treasury the TMI-2 Cleanup Trust Fund which shall consist of the fees collected from electric utilities under this Act. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the cleanup programs for Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Unit No. 2 (TMI-2) in Pennsylvania. Provides for disbursements from the trust fund to defray the costs of the TMI-2 cleanup if the Secretary of Energy determines that such programs are safe, expeditious, cost effective, and consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the trust fund during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Requires the Secretary of Energy to review the terms and conditions of the indenture creating the Pennsylvania Trust (a trust which provides for the receipt and disbursement, solely for TMI-2 cleanup purposes, of funds collected by Metropolitan Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, and other entities electing to provide such funds) in order to determine whether the Pennsylvania Trust may serve as an alternative means for receiving and disbursing funds for the cleanup of TMI-2. Permits electric utilities to elect to pay the annual fee required by this Act to the Pennsylvania Trust if the Secretary of Energy makes a positive determination. Provides for electric utilities making such election, upon proof of their payments to the Pennsylvania Trust, to receive a credit against their obligation under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, from 1983 to 1988, to Congress on the financial condition and operations of the Pennsylvania Trust during the previous fiscal year and during the fiscal year in which the report is made. Provides that the U.S. District Courts shall have jurisdiction to enforce this Act without regard to jurisdictional amount.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1982
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Title II Program Changes - Includes within the term "active duty for training" annual training duty performed by a member of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program as ordered for 14 or more days. Entitles veterans with service-connected, total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly disability compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Entitles to an increased rate of monthly compensation veterans with service-connected anatomical loss or loss of use of a hand or of a foot. Requires that additional compensation for dependents be adjusted downward to the nearest dollar. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish a flag for burial (and subsequent retention by the next of kin) for persons designated by the Administrator as eligible for burial in a national cemetery. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Eliminates the requirement that the superintendent of a national cemetery under the jurisdiction of the Army be a disabled veteran.
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
Requests the President to designate the first week in October of 1982, 1983, and 1984 as National Port Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 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. Specifies that issuers are not required to dispose of any investment and realize a loss in order to satisfy arbitrage restrictions. 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. Repeals the registration requirements for bond issues. Revises requirements for residential rental property bond issues relating to the median income level of occupants and the term of the low-income occupancy. Allows the exclusion of interest on industrial development bonds used to finance cooperative housing corporations if the cooperative is affordable by lower income families and other conditions are met.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the termination of disability benefits in the case of an individual who has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits and who has requested reconsideration of such determination. Provides for the continued payment of such benefits until the reconsideration has been completed and such determination has been upheld or until the end of the sixth month after the month in which the initial eligibility determination was made, whichever is earlier. Requires that an initial disability determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, which is unfavorable to the disability benefit applicant, contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Entitles the applicant or the applicant's spouse, surviving spouse, former spouse, surviving divorced mother, child, or parent to reconsideration of such an initial determination upon request and upon a showing that his or her rights may be prejudiced by the determination. Entitles an individual who requests a reconsideration to a new disability determination. Authorizes the State agency which made the initial disability determination to make the new disability determination during the reconsideration process: (1) after notification to the Secretary; (2) in accordance with the rules governing disability determinations; and (3) after opportunity for an evidentiary hearing at which the individual requesting the reconsideration and the individual (if different) whose disability is in question shall have a right to appear. Requires that a reconsideration by the Secretary which is unfavorable to the individual requesting the reconsideration contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. 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 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 reconsideration or a hearing is requested; and (4) the number of benefit termination decisions which are overturned at the reconsideration or hearing level.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Parkinson's Disease Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Educational Opportunity and Equity Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit in an amount equal to 50 percent of the tuition paid to an elementary or secondary educational institution for any dependents who have not attained the age of 20. Limits such credit to: (1) $100 in 1983 (2) $300 in 1984; and, (3) $500 in 1985 and thereafter. Reduces such limit by specified percentages of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $50,000 ($25,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). Reduces such limits by any amounts paid to the taxpayer or his dependents as scholarships or other financial assistance. Disallows such credit for tuition paid to schools found to maintain racially discriminatory policies. Requires all educational institutions which receive tuition payments for which such credit is taken to file with the Secretary of Treasury a statement, subject to the penalties for perjury, declaring that the institution does not follow a racially discriminatory policy. Requires a taxpayer claiming such credit to attach a copy of such statement to the income tax return. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon the filing of a petition alleging racial discrimination, to bring an action for declaratory judgment against an educational institution to determine whether the institution has followed a racially discriminatory policy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Designates the week commencing the fourth Monday in June 1982 as National NCO/Petty Officer Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Designates the week beginning September 5, 1982, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
National Investment Act of 1982 - Title I: Regional Development Bank System - Subtitle A - National Investment Authority - Establishes an independent agency of the United States to be known as the National Investment Authority with its offices in the District of Columbia. Requires the Authority to oversee and coordinate the activities of the Regional Development Banks, established by this Act, and to ensure that they conduct their activities in a manner designed to further the purposes of this Act. Provides for the membership and staff of the Authority, and sets forth its powers. Requires the Authority to report annually to the President and to each House of Congress. Subtitle B - Regional Development Banks - Establishes the following Regional Development Banks, as instrumentalities of the United States: (1) the Southwestern Regional Development Bank; (2) the Northwestern Regional Development Bank; (3) the Midwestern Regional Development Bank; (4) the Southeastern Regional Development Bank; and (5) the Northeastern Regional Development Bank. Sets forth the composition of the Board of Directors of each bank. Declares that each Bank shall have capital stock of $1,000,000,000 subscribed by the Treasury. Grants each Bank the power to issue obligations within specified limits of authorized indebtedness. Exempts such obligations from all taxation except estate, inheritance, and gift taxes. Permits each Bank, taking into account market conditions, to request the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee its obligations with the full faith and credit of the United States. Exempts each Bank from all taxation except State and local real property taxes. Authorizes each Bank to provide financial assistance, under specified terms and conditions, to any business enterprise that satisfies the eligibility criteria. Sets forth such eligibility criteria. Prohibits any Bank from providing financial assistance to a business enterprise for purposes of acquiring, or merging with, any other business enterprise or any depository institution. Authorizes each Bank to provide financial assistance, under specified terms and conditions, to labor organizations, community organizations, or units of local government that satisfy specified eligibility criteria. Authorizes each Bank to lend and to guarantee loans to a business enterprise, labor organization, community organization, or unit of local government located in the region, and to make commitments to make such loans and guarantees. Sets a maximum 30 year term for any loan or guarantee made under this Act. Permits each Bank Board to require security for such loans or guarantees. Sets forth other general terms and conditions of financial assistance under this Act. Authorizes the Bank Board of the Bank involved at any time to inspect and copy all financial records and documents of a loan applicant or recipient. Grants access to all facilities and properties of such applicant or recipient. Terminates such Banks 30 years after enactment of this Act. Prohibits any Bank from making any commitments to provide new or increased financial assistance later than 10 years after enactment of this Act. Requires each Bank to make annual reports to the Regional Development Bank Authority with respect to such fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Recovery and Investment Planning - Subtitle A - National Recovery and Investment Board - Establishes as an independent agency of the United States the National Recovery and Investment Board which shall have its offices in the District of Columbia. Declares that it is the function of the Recovery Board to: (1) advise Congress with respect to the timely response to economic emergencies and the establishment of policies and programs to deal with such emergencies; (2) prepare and submit to Congress a national recovery and investment plan; and (3) develop criteria for the anticipation of the onset of any economic emergency that will require the Board to submit an additional plan. Sets forth the membership of the Recovery Board. Requires the Recovery Board to report annually to the President and the Congress on its activities during the preceding fiscal year. Establishes the Congressional Economic Advisory Committee, and the Council of States Advisory Committee. Requires such committees to advise the Recovery Board with respect to economic conditions in the United States and the development and implementation of the national economic recovery plan. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B - National Recovery and Investment Plan - Directs the Recovery Board to develop within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, a national economic recovery and investment plan to provide for the establishment of specified programs. Requires submission of such plan to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. Requires each House of Congress to refer such recovery plan to a special committee which shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to such plan. Requires each such committee to report a bill designed to enact into law the provisions of such plan, with such deletions, additions, or other revisions as are agreed to by a majority of its members. Requires a vote to be taken in each House not later than seven days after such bill is reported. Declares that if the bill is disagreed to in either House it shall be referred back to committee. Provides that in the event of a conference, the conference committee shall report such bill to the two Houses not later than seven days after the conference is requested and agreed to.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's achievements in the 1912 Olympics. Declares that the Committee should be asked to present Thorpe's medals and awards during the 1984 Olympics.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Title I: Domestic Content Requirements for Covered Articles - Authorizes any entity which represents a U.S. industry producing a product which is like, or directly competitive with, a covered article to petition the International Trade Commission (ITC) for a determination on whether a trade emergency exists regarding the covered article. Defines a "covered article" to mean any manufactured article. Defines a "trade emergency" to mean that a covered article is being imported in such increased quantities that the imports are a substantial cause of serious injury or threaten serious injury to the domestic industry. Directs the ITC to take into account all relevant economic factors in making such determination, including specific factors with respect to serious injury, the threat of serious injury, and substantial cause. Requires the ITC to report its determination within 90 days after the petition is filed. Directs the ITC to recommend import relief and the domestic content requirement it considers appropriate if it determines that a trade emergency exists. Directs the President to declare that a trade emergency exists within 30 days of receiving an ITC report containing such determination. Directs the President to prohibit for one year the importation of an article covered in such declaration unless it has: (1) the domestic content percentage recommended by the ITC; or (2) a domestic content percentage set by the President if the President determines that the ITC's recommendation is not appropriate. Directs the President to submit a domestic content percentage to the Congress for review if the President imposes a percentage different from the one recommended by the ITC. Makes such percentage effective unless both Houses of Congress adopt a concurrent resolution disapproving it within 90 days after it is submitted to Congress. Provides for expedited consideration of such a concurrent resolution. Authorizes the President to extend the import relief granted for a covered article for another year. Requires the ITC to monitor the effect of such relief during the first six months of the 12 months for which it is granted. Authorizes the President to: (1) increase the domestic content requirement by not more than an additional 25 percent; or (2) if the President considers such relief to have been effective to reduce or terminate the requirement. Authorizes the President to limit imports of a covered article if the ITC determines that the applicable domestic content requirement has not been met. Prohibits an ITC investigation of a possible trade emergency involving a covered article if less than one year has elapsed since the last such investigation. Title II: Motor Vehicle Warranties - Declares that it is an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act for a motor vehicle manufacturer or a manufacturer's representative to: (1) void or attempt to void a warranty on a new motor vehicle solely because nonwarranty work or service is performed on the vehicle by a person who is not a representative of the manufacturer or solely because the work is done with some other manufacturer's parts; (2) include in any information given to the ultimate purchaser any statement that implies that work or service not covered by the warranty must be done by a manufacturer's representative; and (3) fail to include a statement in any warranty or other information issued to the ultimate purchaser that the warranty coverage shall not be affected solely because some nonwarranty work or service is done by a person who is not a manufacturer's representative or solely because such work or service is done using some other manufacturer's parts that meet the specifications of the vehicle manufacturer.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Extends burial benefits to specified veterans with service-connected disabilities (formerly provided through October 1, 1981).
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1982 - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 to require the President to include with each Budget submitted on or after January 1, 1983, a special analysis, for the ensuing fiscal year which shall identify and summarize for each function, category, agency, and program of appropriation and expenditure in the Budget the amount of appropriations and expenditures which may be classified as public infrastructure investments. Sets forth other information to be included in such analysis. Requires the President also to include with each Budget, on or after January 1, 1984, a capital investment budget which shall identify by State the amount of appropriations and expenditures classifiable as public infrastructure investments. Declares that any appropriation or expenditure shall be classified as a public infrastructure investment to the extent that it will be used for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of any civilian public facility in the United States. Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to require the Economic Development Administration to prepare an inventory of civilian public facilities in the United States and an assessment of their physical condition. Requires the Secretary to make a report of such inventory and assessment to Congress not later than January 1, 1984, and to update such report annually.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Includes an individual's military service as Federal service for purposes of provisions concerning unemployment compensation eligibility if the individual: (1) was released from such military service under conditions other than dishonorable; and (2) was not given a bad conduct discharge or, if an officer, did not resign for the good of the service. Eliminates provisions excluding military service as Federal service for such purposes if the individual: (1) left the service voluntarily; or (2) was released or discharged for cause.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1982
Provides for the designation of a congressional flag and requires Congress to prescribe the manner in which the flag shall be displayed.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Expresses the opposition of Congress to the use of plastic bullets by British security forces in Northern Ireland. Urges the President to call on the British Government to end the use of plastic bullets in Northern Ireland.
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