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Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 373 (97th)enacted

A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the 38th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express, to the Soviet Union, U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to restrictions on emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5133 (97th)referred

Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981

Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act - Title I: Domestic Content Requirements for Motor Vehicles - Sets forth for all motor vehicle manufacturers which produce over 100,000 motor vehicles for ultimate retail sale in the United States "minimum domestic content ratios" (the domestic value, including labor and parts, of the manufacturer's production costs of all automotive products sold in the United States). Requires all vehicle manufacturers producing more than 50,000 motor vehicles for sale in the United States to provide information to the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of administering this requirement. Authorizes the imposition of import restrictions on manufacturers violating such standards. Title II: Unfair and Deceptive Practices by Vehicle Manufacturers - Defines as an unfair method of competition and deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act the refusal of any vehicle manufacturer to determine whether parts produced in the United States by a parts manufacturer satisfy reasonable replacement part standards established by the vehicle manufacturer. Grants the Federal Trade Commission rulemaking authority to administer this title.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 369 (97th)referred

A joint resolution resolving that current economic policies must be reconsidered to bring and keep interest rates down, that the President and the administration and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall discourage speculative lending, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall reconsider its tentative decisions to reduce the targets for growth in money supply for 1982, and that the President shall comply with section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act.

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1981

Resolves that the economic policies currently in place must now be reconsidered in order to lower interest rates rapidly enough to effect an early, complete recovery from the recession and to prevent a resurgence of high interest rates in future years. Directs the President and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to undertake immediately: (1) an aggressive campaign designed to encourage banks to cease providing loans or lines of credit for unproductive takeovers and speculative purposes; (2) efforts to ensure access to the least expensive possible credit; and (3) studies to explore and report to the Congress on innovative techniques for managing the money supply and credit resources in times of tight credit. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to reconsider its tentative decision to reduce the targets for monetary growth for 1982. Directs the President to nominate individuals for vacancies on the Board of Governors so that this Nation's agricultural and commercial interests, including housing and small businesses, will no longer be underrepresented on the Board.

Bill· HRH.R. 5088 (97th)open

United States Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1981

United States Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution Act - Establishes the United States Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution. Sets forth the functions of the Academy. Declares that the Academy is an independent nonprofit corporation. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Academy, including establishment of an Endowment of the United States Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution. Set forth provisions for a Board of Directors and for officers and employees of the Academy. Set forth requirements for Academy program procedures and records. Requires an annual audit of Academy accounts and audit reports to the President and the Congress. Subjects the Academy to specified freedom of information provisions. Provides that, with certain exceptions, the Academy shall not be considered a department, agency, or instrumentality of of the Federal Government. Prohibits the use of any political test or political qualification with respect to personnel financial assistance under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for Academy buildings, grounds, facilities, programs, and administration. Sets forth provisions for availability of appropriations. Requires transfer of income and assets to the U.S. Treasury upon dissolution and final liquidation of the Academy or any other legal entity created pursuant to this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 284 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should not restrict the Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance programs or the Government National Mortgage Association's mortgage-backed securities program below the levels authorized for such programs by the Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1981

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should not restrict the Federal Housing Administration's mortgage insurance programs or the Government National Mortgage Association's mortgage-backed securities program below the levels authorized by Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 5067 (97th)referred

A bill to amend sections 403(b)(2) and 403(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to computation of the exclusion allowance for ministers and lay employees of a church; to add a new section 403(b)(9) to clarify that a section 403(b) annuity contract includes an annuity contract of a church, including a church pension board; to conform section 403(c) with recent amendments to section 402(a)(1); to amend section 415(c)(4) to extend the special elections for section 403(b) annuity contracts to employees of churches or conventions or associations of churches and their agencies; to add a new section 415(c)(8) to permit a de minimis contribution amount in lieu of such elections; and to make a clarifying amendment to section 415(c) by adding a new paragraph (9) and conforming amendments to sections 415(d)(1), 415(d)(2), and 403(b)(2)(B).

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1981

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax treatment of church annuity plans. Extends to clergy and church employees the same election of alternative exclusion allowances for contributions to annuity contracts which is currently available to employees of tax-exempt health and education organizations. Treats all years of employment by clergy and church employees as employment for one employer for purposes of the employee exclusion allowance for contributions to a church annuity plan. Establishes a minimum level of compensation for clergy and church employees for purposes of computing the exclusion allowance for contributions to a church annuity plan. Specifies that such minimum level shall not be less than twice the nonfarm income poverty level of a family of four as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Defines "annuity contracts", for purposes of the employee exclusion, to include those provided by a church or church pension board. Prohibits the application of the constructive receipts doctrine to the computation of annuity amounts. Permits clergy or church employees to contribute up to $10,000 to a church annuity plan without exceeding statutory limitations on contributions to such plans. Provides for cost of living adjustments to such amount.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 365 (97th)open

A joint resolution resolving that current economic policies must be reconsidered to bring and keep interest rates down, that the President and the Administration and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall discourage speculative lending, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall reconsider its tentative decisions to reduce the targets for growth in money supply for 1982, and that the President shall comply with section 10 of the Federal Reserve Act.

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1981

Resolves that the economic policies currently in place must now be reconsidered in order to lower interest rates rapidly enough to effect an early, complete recovery from the recession and to prevent a resurgence of high interest rates in future years. Directs the President and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to undertake immediately: (1) an aggressive campaign designed to encourage banks to cease providing loans or lines of credit for unproductive takeovers and speculative purposes; (2) efforts to ensure access to the least expensive possible credit; and (3) studies to explore and report to the Congress on innovative techniques for managing the money supply and credit resources in times of tight credit. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to reconsider its tentative decision to reduce the targets for monetary growth for 1982. Directs the President to nominate individuals for vacancies on the Board of Governors so that this Nation's agricultural and commercial interests, including housing and small businesses, will no longer be underrepresented on the Board.

Bill· HRH.R. 5048 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act to authorize the payment of compensation to informers.

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981

Amends the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a reward to any individual who provides original information that leads to the recovery of a criminal fine, civil penalty, or forfeiture, which exceeds $50,000, for any violation of such Act. Authorizes appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5044 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act to provide for more efficient enforcement of the provisions of such Act by making it illegal to attempt to export or import large amounts of currency without filing certain reports.

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981

Amends the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act to require persons attempting to export or import cash in an amount over $10,000 to file reports prior to departing from, or arriving in, the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 5056 (97th)referred

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow ex-servicemembers who voluntarily leave military service to receive unemployment compensation.

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981

Increases from 365 to 730 days the length of continuous military service needed to qualify as employment for unemployment compensation purposes. Allows individuals who leave the service voluntarily to receive such compensation. Delays an ex-service member's entitlement until the fifth week after discharge or release from the service. Limits an ex-service member's total entitlement to no more than 13 weeks of benefits.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 226 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should press for unconditional discussions among the major political factions in El Salvador in order to guarantee a safe and stable environment for free and open democratic elections.

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should press for unconditional discussions among the major political factions in El Salvador in order to guarantee a safe and stable environment for democratic elections.

Bill· HRH.R. 5006 (97th)open

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1981

Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Sets forth the Institute's research and training functions and arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases program plan. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Institute, to operate multipurpose arthritis and musculoskeletal disease research centers. Requires annual evaluations of such centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for such centers for fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary to establish an arthritis and musculoskeletal disease Coordinating Committee, which shall meet at least four times a year.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 222 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately conduct a study and report to Congress on steps which can be taken to correct the benefit disparity known as the notch problem, in order to insure equitable and fair treatment for those who have based their retirement plans on benefit levels which have existed for the past decade.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1981

Declares that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should immediately study and report to Congress on ways to correct the benefit disparity caused by the 1977 changes in the social security retirement benefit formula.

Bill· HRH.R. 4957 (97th)open

Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981

Comprehensive Smoking Prevention Education Act of 1981 - Amends title XVII (Health Information and Health Promotion) of the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of Smoking and Health to inform the public of the health hazards of cigarettes. Sets forth the Office's authority and duties, including conducting research and assisting educational programs directly or through grants. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to be composed of representatives from the Departments of Labor and Education, the Federal Trade Commission, and any other Federal agency designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs such Committee to meet at least four times a year and names the Director of the Office of Smoking and Health as it chairman. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to the Congress. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to make it unlawful to advertise or export (repeals the existing export exemption) cigarettes without the required labeling. Changes labeling requirements. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish cigarette labeling regulations as set forth by this Act. Eliminates certain congressional notification and reporting requirements. Increases the fine for violation of such Act from $10,000 to $100,000. Permits an individual civil action to be brought in U.S. district courts for violations of such Act. Requires such plaintiff to give 60-day notice to the FTC and the defendant. Permits intervention and consolidation. Allows the court to award attorneys fees and other costs.

Bill· HRH.R. 4928 (97th)open

Public Employee Pension Plan Reporting and Accountability Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1981

Title I: Public Employee Retirement Income Security - Public Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1981 - Establishes Federal reporting and disclosure requirements and fiduciary standards for certain State and local government retirement plans. Extends the requirements of this Act to all public employee pension plans except: (1) those covered and not exempted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); (2) unfunded plans maintained by the employer primarily to provide deferred compensation for select management or highly compensated employees; (3) severance pay plans; (4) certain coverage agreements entered into under the Social Security Act; (5) certain individual retirement accounts or annuities, annuity plans, State deferred compensation plans, and other plans under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; and (6) plans maintained solely to comply with applicable workers' compensation or disability insurance laws. Subtitle A: Reporting and Disclosure - Requires that plan administrators submit, within a specified period, registration statements to the Board of Directors of the Employee Benefit Administration (established under title II), unless registration statements filed for a plan under Internal Revenue Code provisions still accurately reflect the status of the plan. Exempts a plan from the requirements of this Act if the Board determines that such plan is subject to State law imposing substantially equivalent requirements, with adequate provision for State administration and for collection of annual reports to be provided to the Board. Requires that a summary plan description apprising participants and their beneficiaries of their rights and obligations be published with respect to each plan. Specifies the content of such description. Requires that a summary plan description be updated at least once every ten years. Requires that an annual report be published with respect to each plan. Requires that each annual report include specified general information and a financial statement. Requires that annual reports for specified types of plans include actuarial statements and/or reports of insurance organizations. Requires actuarial valuations of plans at least once every three plan years, and more often if necessary. Directs plan administrators to provide the following information to participants and beneficiaries: (1) the summary plan description; (2) a summary description of any material modification in the terms of the plan; and (3) updated summary plan descriptions (for those whose future benefits may be affected by plan amendments). Directs plan administrators to furnish to any participant or beneficiary, upon written request, a statement indicating: (1) total accumulated plan benefits; (2) the extent to which, and the expected earliest date on which, such benefits are or will become vested pension benefits; and (3) the total accumulated contributions made by the participant. Directs plan administrators to provide to any participant or beneficiary who requests withdrawal of contributions, payment of benefits, or a benefit election, a written explanation of the effects of such action on remaining plan benefits. Requires plan administrators to file with the Board: (1) the annual report, within a specified period; and (2) upon request, any other plan-related document. Sets forth: (1) conditions under which such filings may be provided to the public; and (2) penalties for violations of such conditions. Authorizes the Board to: (1) reject such filings, under specified conditions; and (2) take specified appropriate actions if a revised and satisfactory filing is not submitted within 45 days. Sets forth requirements for retention of plan records. Requires plans covered by this Act to establish claims procedures that provide participants with adequate written notice and explanation of benefit denials and reasonable opportunity for full and fair review. Authorizes the Board to: (1) prescribe alternative methods of plan compliance with any requirement of this title; and (2) exempt any plan or class of plans from any such requirement (if necessary, in the public interest, and consistent with the purposes of this Act). Directs the Board to consider recommendations of the Advisory Council on Governmental Plans, established under this Act, before issuing such exemptions or prescribing such alternative compliance methods. Subtitle B: Fiduciary Responsibility - Requires plans covered by this Act to provide for one or more fiduciaries and to include: (1) any funding policy which has been established; (2) procedures for amendment and for the allocation of responsibility for the plan's operation and administration; and (3) specification of the benefit provisions. States that all assets shall be held in trust by one or more trustees, with certain exceptions. Requires a fiduciary to discharge his or her duties for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the plan, with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence that a prudent man would exercise in like circumstances. Directs a fiduciary to diversify the investments of the plan so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. Sets forth the circumstances under which a fiduciary is liable for the breach of a co-fiduciary with respect to the same plan. Requires trustees holding assets of a plan to use reasonable care to prevent a co-trustee from committing a breach and to manage and control jointly the assets, unless allocation of responsibility is authorized by the trust agreement. Prohibits specified types of transactions involving plan property and parties-in-interest. Limits acquisition by a plan of qualifying employer securities, other employer obligations, and employer real property to ten percent of the fair market value of the assets of the plan. Provides for exemptions from prohibited transactions. Makes a fiduciary personally liable for the breach of any of the responsibilities, obligations, or duties imposed upon fiduciaries by this Act. Prohibits relieving fiduciaries of responsibilities under this Act, but permits purchases of fiduciary insurance. Prohibits persons who have been convicted of specified crimes from serving in certain capacities, including fiduciary and trustee, for specified periods. Sets forth bonding requirements for every fiduciary of a plan, with specified exceptions. Provides for a limitation on actions against fiduciaries. Provides that no legislator or government official shall be a fiduciary or co-fiduciary with respect to actions taken in an official capacity. Subtitle C: Administration and Enforcement - Authorizes civil actions to be brought by specified persons to enjoin or redress violations or otherwise enforce provisions of this Act. Provides that a plan administrator may be held personally liable for failure to comply with a request for information required under the Act. Grants to the Federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction of civil actions brought under this Act, but provides for concurrent jurisdiction of Federal and State courts with respect to certain actions. Permits attorney's fees to be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff or defendant under specified circumstances. Grants the Board power to investigate violations of this title and of any regulations the Board may prescribe to carry out this title. Directs the Board to cooperate with State and local governments in exchanging information on plans. Provides that specified Federal laws relating to administrative procedure shall be applicable to this title. Prohibits any employee of the Board from administering or enforcing this title with respect to: (1) any plan under which the employee is a participant or beneficiary; or (2) any employee organization of which the employee is a member. Prohibits persons from taking retaliatory action against either a plan participant or a beneficiary for exercising any right under this Act, or from interfering with or preventing the exercise of such rights. Directs the Board to transmit specified information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to transmit to an individual, upon request, specified information obtained under the Internal Revenue Code or under this Act (relating to deferred vested pension benefits). Establishes an 11-member Advisory Council on Governmental Plans, to be appointed by the President, to advise and make recommendations to the Board with respect to its functions under this Act. Authorizes the Board to undertake research and compile information relating to pension plans. Directs the Board to: (1) report annually to Congress on the administration of this Act; and (2) publish at least annually specified information relating to pension plans. Provides that the fiduciary provisions of this Act preempt all State laws relating to the same subject matter. Sets forth other provisions relating to the effect of specified provisions of this Act on State and local laws. Authorizes appropriations to enable the Board to carry out its functions and duties under this title. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that any pension plan or trust forming part of a plan subject to this title shall be deemed to have met the requirements for a tax qualified plan or trust. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add provisions for tax exemptions with respect to public employee pension benefit plans as defined under this title. Sets forth severability provisions and effective dates. Title II: Employee Benefit Administration - Employee Benefit Administration Act of 1981 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to direct the President to establish, by the beginning of the second calendar year after enactment of this title, the Employee Benefit Administration (EBA) as an independent agency within the executive branch, to be headed by a three member Board of Directors. Creates two new positions, entitled special liaison officer to the EBA, one within the Department of Labor and one within the Department of the Treasury, to serve as directors. Provides for an Executive Director to serve as chairperson of the Board. Provides, in addition to the Executive Director, for four officers in the EBA, including one or more officers of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Sets forth administrative provisions for the Board. Sets forth the functions of the Board, including transfers of specified functions (relating to employee benefit plans) of the Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the Welfare and Pension Plan Disclosure Act. Directs the President to transfer to the Board additional functions of any Federal agency which is necessary to effectuate the maximum feasible consolidation of administrative and related functions of the Government relating to employee benefit plans. Sets forth provisions for coordination between agencies. Authorizes appropriations (under ERISA) to the EBA to enable the Board to carry out its functions and duties. Sets forth transfers to the Board of specified administrative and enforcement functions and duties of the Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. Redesignates the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries as the "Actuary Enrollment Board," and transfers it, as a distinct entity, to the EBA. Provides for effective dates of transfers of functions. Provides for transfers of officers and employees to the EBA. Sets forth transitional and savings provisions. Sets forth miscellaneous and conforming amendments.

Bill· HRH.R. 4912 (97th)referred

Commercial Business Energy Tax Credit Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981

Commercial Business Energy Tax Credit Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in the definition of "specially defined energy property," for purposes of the investment tax credit, specified additional equipment and devices installed in connection with any existing industrial, retail, or commercial facility for the purpose of reducing energy consumption. Revises the definition of "energy property" to include insulation property. Increases the energy percentage, for purposes of such credit, in the case of property which is qualified for the credit under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4848 (97th)referred

A bill entitled: "The Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway".

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981

Designates that section of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway within the State of Maryland as the Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the State of Maryland, to erect an appropriate marker commemorating the contributions of Gladys Noon Spellman. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4829 (97th)referred

Acid Deposition Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1981

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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 205 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to violations of human rights by the Soviet Union in the Ukraine.

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) proclaim the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Ukrainian Public Group to Promote the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords as a day honoring that Group; and (2) ask the Soviet Union to release the jailed members of the Group and to cease persecuting and jailing Ukrainian citizens seeking their rights.

Bill· HRH.R. 4708 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with regard to mortgage investments.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that certain fiduciary duties under such Act shall be deemed satisfied by investments in residential housing mortgages that provide adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest. Exempts from specified prohibitions under such Act the placing, investing, or purchase of a mortgage secured by residential housing property if such investment or sale: (1) is adequately secured; (2) is made in accordance with specific provisions rearding such loans set forth in the employee benefit plan; and (3) bears a reasonable rate of interest.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 243 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the need to continue the tax incentives for energy conservation and renewable energy sources.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which provide incentives for energy conservation and development of renewable energy sources should not be repealed or amended to reduce such incentives.

Bill· HRH.R. 4657 (97th)referred

National Commission on Down Syndrome Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981

National Commission on Down Syndrome Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, and other concerned organizations, to establish a National Commission on Down Syndrome to formulate a long-range plan for the study, prevention, and treatment of Down Syndrome. Requires a final report to the President and the Congress within 12 months after the Commission is organized. Requires the Secretary to submit a related budget analysis to specified congressional committees. Terminates the Commission three months after submission of the final report. Authorizes specified appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4617 (97th)referred

A bill to reestablish the tenant rental payment and income review requirements which were in effect with respect to federally assisted housing programs before the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981

Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide that occupant income limits and rents for public housing units shall be fixed by the appropriate public housing agency and approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Limits such rents to 25 percent of the income of a very low income family or 30 percent at the income of other families. Sets minimum rents at the higher of: (1) five percent of the family's gross income; or (2) the portion of the family's welfare assistance designated for housing costs. Specifies amounts to be excluded from family income. Requires that contracts for annual contributions to low income housing projects require the appropriate public housing agency to review the family income of project occupants biennially (currently annually). Establishes the amount of monthly assistance payments to owners who provide housing for lower-income families as the difference between the maximum rent the owners may charge under terms of the assistance contract and an amount to be established by the Secretary equal to: (1) between 15 and 25 percent of the income of a very low income family; (2) 15 percent of the income of a large very low income family or lower income family with exceptional medical or other expenses; (3) 20 percent of the income of a very large lower income family; or (4) between 20 and 30 percent of the income of other families. Amends the National Housing Act to require the Secretary to conduct a biennial (currently annual) review of the income of lower income families living in projects receiving mortgage interest assistance payments. Changes the maximum rent for a unit of such a project to 25 percent of the tenant's income, and the minimum rent of a unit with metered utilities to 20 percent of the tenant's income. Directs the Secretary to make additional assistance payments if required to reduce a tenant's rental payment to 25 percent of the tenant's income. Prohibits reducing such payment below the tenant's utility costs, except in certain circumstances. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to increase annual rent supplement payments for qualified lower income families to the amount by which the fair market rent of a project unit exceeds 25 percent of the tenant's income. Requires the Secretary to recertify the income of tenants of projects receiving rent supplements biennially (currently annually). Directs the Secretary to use regulations in effect on July 31, 1981, to determine rental payments under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4603 (97th)referred

Deposit Insurance Flexibility Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1981

Deposit Insurance Flexibility Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, whenever severe financial conditions exist which threaten the stability of a significant number of insured banks, to make loans to, purchase the assets of, or make deposits in any insured bank if it is probable such action will substantially reduce the risk of loss or avert a threatened loss to the Corporation. Permits the Corporation to make loans to an insured bank to reduce the risk of loss or avert a threatened loss to the Corporation. Permits the Corporation, whenever a State chartered insurance mutual savings bank converts into a Federal stock savings bank or merges with or is acquired by a Federal stock savings bank, to provide reasonable indemnification to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Includes any lending costs for the calendar year within the definition of the net assessment income of the Corporation. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to permit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to waive certain notice and hearing requirements concerning interests in nonbanking organizations if the Board finds that an emergency exists. Includes within the definitions of "thrift institution" a Federal stock savings bank or savings and loan association organized under the Home Owners' Loan Act. Permits a bank holding company, as a result of a transaction to be accomplished under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, to acquire shares or assets of another bank located outside of the State in which the operations of such bank holding company's subsidiaries located. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to permit the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to: (1) authorize (or in the case of a Federal association, require) the conversion, on an equitable basis, of a mutual savings and loan association or mutual savings bank into a Federal stock savings and loan association or Federal stock savings bank; or (2) charter a Federal stock savings and loan association or Federal stock savings bank to acquire the assets of or merge with such a mutual institution. Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, when severe financial conditions exist which threaten the stability of a significant number of insured institutions, to make loans to, make deposits in, purchase the assets or securities or to assume the liabilities of, or to make a contribution to, such insured institution. Authorizes the Corporation, in the event that a Federal savings and loan association is in default, to organize a new Federal association to take over its assets. Permits an insured institution that is eligible for assistance under the National Housing Act, during severe financial conditions, to merge or consolidate with, or to transfer its assets and liabilities to, any other insured institution. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to suspend temporarily, during severe financial conditions, the requirement that a portion of net earnings be set aside semiannually by each Federal Home Loan Bank and permit each such bank to declare and pay dividends out of undivided profits. Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit interest on loans from the Federal Home Loan Banks from being less than their current marginal cost of funds. Limits the borrowing authority of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation for the purposes of insuring loans. Permits the Corporation, in times of extraordinary financial conditions, to terminate distribution of shares of the secondary reserve and utilize such reserve on the same basis as the primary reserve. Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to authorize the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund to borrow from the National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility if such loan is required at any time for carrying out the purposes of such Act. Allows the merger or consolidation of an insured credit union which is insolvent or is in danger of insolvency with any other insured credit union. Authorizes the National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility to advance funds to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, whenever an insured bank is closed and the Corporation is appointed receiver, to sell assets of the closed bank to and arrange for the assumption of the liabilities of the closed bank by an insured depository institution located in the same state but owned by an out-of-State bank or bank holding company.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 189 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the schedule of cost-of-living increases in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act should be maintained as currently in effect.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1981

Expresses the sense of Congress that the schedule of cost of living benefit increases as currently in effect under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act should be maintained.

Bill· HRH.R. 4515 (97th)reported

A bill to remove certain limitations on the mortgage loan purchase authority of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981

Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act and the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to remove the limitation on the cumulative amount of conventional mortgages which are more than one year old that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association may purchase. Provides for the purchase of such mortgages from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration.

Bill· HRH.R. 4454 (97th)referred

United States Olympic Development Fund Checkoff Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1981

United States Olympic Development Fund Checkoff Act of 1981 - Permits taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns an election to contribute one dollar of their income tax refunds or one dollar forwarded with returns to support the fund established by this Act. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a United States Olympic Development Fund. Appropriates to the Fund an amount equivalent to the amount designated on tax returns to be available to the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay amounts so transferred to the U.S. Olympic Committee for use in a program of expansion and improvement of amateur athletics. Sets forth reporting requirements with respect to the expenditure of such funds by the Committee.

Bill· HRH.R. 4460 (97th)referred

A bill to repeal those provisions of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 which extended the credit against the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil for royalty owners, which reduced the rate of such tax on newly discovered oil, and which exempted from such tax independent producer stripper well oil.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1981

Repeals provisions in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 regarding the windfall profit tax which: (1) increase the credit for royalty owners for 1981 and exempt royalty oil for 1982 and thereafter; (2) reduce the tax imposed on newly discovered oil; and (3) exempt independent producer stripper well oil.