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Bill· HRH.R. 3694 (98th)referred

A bill to repeal the "Boland Amendment", relating to the use of Central Intelligence Agency funds in Central America.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1983

Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983 to repeal the Boland Amendment, which is the prohibition against using the funds provided in such Act to furnish military aid for the purpose of overthrowing the Government of Nicaragua or to provoke a military exchange between Nicaragua and Honduras.

Law· HRH.R. 3635 (98th)enacted

Child Protection Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983

Child Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code dealing with the sexual exploitation of children. Increases the penalties for the sexual exploitation of children from $10,000 to $100,000 and, on a subsequent conviction from $15,000 to $200,000. Prohibits the distribution involving the sexual exploitation of minors even if the material is not found to be "obscene." Eliminates the requirement that persons distributing such material in interstate commerce do so for purposes of sale. Raises the age of a minor to include any person under the age of eighteen. Redefines "sexually explicit conduct" to exclude simulated conduct when there is little or no possibility of harm to the minor and when there is redeeming social, literary, educational, scientific or artistic value. Permits authorization for the interception of wire or oral communications in the investigation of such offenses.

Bill· HRH.R. 3614 (98th)referred

A bill to authorize the awarding of a special congressional gold medal to the daughter of Harry S. Truman in recognition of his outstanding public service to the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1983

Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of Harry S. Truman, in recognition of the lifetime of outstanding public service he gave to the United States. Commemorates his one hundredth birthday which will be celebrated on May 8, 1984. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3502 (98th)open

Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1983

Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983 - Amends the patent laws to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or a method for using a product, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a seven year limitation. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for products subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Act of March 4, 1913 (relating to virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products).

Bill· HRH.R. 3486 (98th)referred

Maritime Safety Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1983

Maritime Safety Act of 1983 - Prohibits vessels subject to Coast Guard inspection from being operated without such inspection. Subjects violators to fines under various Federal laws. Requires vessel owners, operators, or agents to notify the Coast Guard about any vessel that may have been lost or imperiled. Subjects violators to fines. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to contract with specified U.S. shipowners for installation of a marine satellite telecommunications system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986. Subjects all acts of marine incompetency or misconduct committed by licensed personnel to Coast Guard jurisdiction.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 231 (98th)open

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should institute an inquiry to ascertain the impact on telephone rates of regulatory changes and judicial decisions affecting the telephone system, and that the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce should begin consideration of legislation that will assure that basic telephone service is affordable to all the people of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) State regulatory commissions should carefully review requests for telephone rate increases; (2) the Federal Communications Commission should ascertain the impact on telephone rates of regulatory changes and judicial decisions and should furnish the House with an estimate of the number of people who would suffer an economic hardship or be forced to discontinue telephone service as a result of such changes and decisions; and (3) specified House committees should consider legislation that will assure affordable telephone service for all the people of the United States.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 132 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the continuing possibility that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to withholding from interest and dividends will be repealed is creating, for all payors, an undue hardship within the meaning of section 308(b) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and that the Secretary of the Treasury should exercise his authority under such section to delay the effective date of such provisions until December 31, 1983.

United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the continuing possibility that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to withholding of tax from interest and dividends will be repealed is creating, for all payors, an undue hardship within the meaning of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, and that the Secretary of the Treasury should exercise his authority under such Act to delay the effective date of such provisions until December 31, 1983.

Law· HRH.R. 3150 (98th)enacted

A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the Sabine River Authority of Texas approximately 34,000 acres of land within the Sabine National Forest, Texas, to be used for the purposes of the Toledo Bend Project, Louisiana and Texas.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Sabine River Authority of Texas specified Federal lands located within the Sabine National Forest in Texas and within the project boundary of the Toledo Bend Dam and Reservoir, Louisiana and Texas. Conditions conveyance upon use of such lands only for purposes of the Toledo Bend project. Reverts ownership to the United States if such lands are used for any other purpose. Reserves all mineral rights in such lands to the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 3129 (98th)open

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983

Hazardous Waste Reduction Act of 1983 - Title I - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (the Superfund Act) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to States to assist States in: (1) carrying out hazardous waste enforcement programs under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (2) carrying out remedial actions and other response measures necessary with respect to the release, or substantial threat of release, of any pollutant or contaminant from a facility not on the 400 top priority known response targets list but which the State determines may present an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or welfare; and (3) providing technical assistance to companies engaged in the recycling of hazardous substances. Requires that at least $200,000,000 of the amounts appropriated to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund shall be reserved to make such grants to States. Revises provisions for audits by each Inspector General of each department or agency delegated responsibility to obligate money in the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. Directs each such Inspector General to report annually to the President and the Congress on such auditing of the Fund and to specifically identify any improper uses of the Fund. Provides for reimbursement to the Fund for any improper expenditures. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for the Fund. Increases the yearly amount of such authorization of appropriations for FY 1986 through 1995 (above the yearly amount currently authorized through FY 1985). Amends the hazardous waste management provision of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) to establish a hazardous waste quantity assessment program. Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the States, to develop and implement methods to estimate the quantities of hazardous waste which are generated in each calendar year, on the basis of specified data. Directs the Administrator to report at least annually to the Congress, comparing the quantities of hazardous waste estimated to have been generated during the preceding calendar year and the quantities of waste on which the recycling incentive tax on disposal of hazardous wastes was paid. Title II - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace (effective October 1, 1985) the environmental taxes on petroleum and chemical feedstocks with a recycling incentive tax on disposal of hazardous wastes (effective for FY 1985 through 1995). Sets forth tables for determining the amount of such tax. Distinguishes between: (1) toxic and nontoxic hazardous waste; (2) waste disposal before and after the end of FY 1990; and (3) disposal of waste and storage of waste for more than one year. Imposes such tax on the person disposing of such waste. Sets forth requirements for records, statements, and returns relating to such tax. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe any such requirements, as necessary, for persons involved in the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes. Extends through FY 1995 the authority to collect taxes conferred by the Superfund Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3082 (98th)open

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1983

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1983 - Title I: Revenues for Migratory Bird Conservation Fund - Permits charging an admission fee at certain designated units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in order to provide additional revenues for the conservation of the nation's wetland resources. Requires such fees to be deposited into the migratory bird conservation fund (the fund). Requires annual reports to the House and Senate concerning such fees by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Increases the price of the migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp. Sets forth requirements with respect to the issuance of permits for entry into designated units of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Requires import duties collected on hunting arms and ammunition to be paid into the fund. Provides for an annual payment of $75,000,000 into the fund from the land and water conservation fund between October 1, 1983, and September 30, 1993. Title II: Financial Assistance to States for Wetlands Conservation - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide up to $50,000,000 annually from the fund to the States for wetlands acquisition during the period between October 1, 1983, and September 30, 1993. Permits a State to receive its allotment by: (1) submitting a comprehensive fish and wildlife resource management plan to the Secretary which ensures the perpetuation of these resources; or (2) submitting to the Secretary full and detailed statements of any proposed wetlands acquisition project. Authorizes the Secretary to finance up to 75 percent of a State's plan or project, if the Secretary approves the plan or project. Title III: Wetlands Inventory and Trend Analysis - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to continue the National Wetlands Inventory Project and to: (1) produce final National Wetlands Inventory maps for the entire United States (specifies dates at which different maps are to be completed); and (2) produce, by September 30, 1985, and at ten year intervals thereafter, reports to update and improve the information contained in the report dated September 1982 and entitled "Status and Trends of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat in the Coterminous United States, 1950's to 1970's." Authorizes appropriations for the above maps and reports. Directs the Secretary, by September 30, 1985, to prepare and submit to Congress a report regarding wetlands losses in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for such report.

Bill· HRH.R. 3050 (98th)open

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983

Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (REA) to eliminate the requirement for a State certificate of convenience and necessity before the Administrator may make loans to provide rural telephone service. Revises the liabilities and uses of the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund established under the REA to provide that notes of the Administrator to the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain funds for loans shall be equity capital of the Fund. States that assets of the Fund shall be available only for: (1) payment of interest and principal on loans to the Administrator from the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) for certificates of beneficial ownership issued to such Secretary or in the private market. Requires the Administrator to maintain two separate accounts within the fund: (1) the Electrification Account; and (2) the Telephone Account. Lists the items that shall be accounted for in each Account respectively, and restricts the purposes for which the assets of each Account shall be available. Authorizes the Administrator to repurchase specified certificates of beneficial ownership under certain conditions affecting their interest rates. Establishes guidelines for interest-bearing insured loans made by the Administrator to electric and telephone borrowers. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to request in each annual supplemental budget estimate the amount needed to replenish the Fund for anticipated and actual costs resulting from loans made at less than a specified rate during the preceding fiscal year. Directs the Administrator to guarantee loans to specified borrowers or to accommodate or subordinate liens or mortgages held in the Fund, according to prescribed rules and regulations. Directs the Administration to promulgate such rules and regulations within 90 days after the effective date of this Act. Prescribes guidelines under which certain lenders are authorized to adjust interest rates on loans guaranteed by the Administrator. Requires rural electrification borrowers to obtain concurrent supplemental financing according to prescribed guidelines in any fiscal year in which the minimum loan level for insured rural electrification loans is less than $1,000,000,000. Repeals the loan-making authority of the Governor of the Rural Telephone Bank which require approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of facilities or lines to be acquired with such loans. Eliminates loan restrictions placed upon potential borrowers whose net worth exceed their assets by twenty percent.

Bill· HRH.R. 3010 (98th)open

Medicare Vision Reform Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983

Medicare Vision Act of 1983 - Provides coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for: (1) eye examinations for the purpose of prescribing, fitting, or changing eyeglasses; (2) procedures performed to determine the refractive state of the eyes; and (3) services performed by a doctor of optometry. Permits payment for services under part B for services performed by an optometrist, or services performed by another doctor which could be performed by an optometrist, only if payment is made on the basis of an assignment.

Bill· HRH.R. 2994 (98th)open

Public Utility Holding Company Act Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983

Public Utility Holding Company Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to revise the definition of "utility assets" to mean facilities of electric and gas utilities which are directly employed in, and the primary function of which is, the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy or the distribution at retail of natural or manufactured gas. Provides that the term "issue" includes the sale, renewal, guaranty of, or assumption of liability on any security. Defines the term "consumers" to mean the utility customers of a public utility company which is an associate company in a holding company system. Provides that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may exempt a holding company from all the provisions of such Act except certain requirements with respect to the acquisition of securities and utility assets and provisions under this Act with respect to State commission monitoring of and access to information on holding company business activity. Prohibits such an exemption if the SEC finds that the exemption materially adversely affects the public utility business of a holding company. Provides that a holding company shall receive such an exemption if such holding company has only one subsidiary company which is a public utility company and the operations of such subsidiary do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized and contiguous States. Requires the SEC to revoke an exemption if such exemption materially adversely affects the public utility business of a holding company system. Provides that such an exemption shall remain in effect if the holding company submits to the SEC a plan which prevents such adverse effects. Requires a holding company to produce information with respect to its nonutility business activities upon the written request of a State commission having jurisdiction to regulate a public utility company in the holding company system. Authorizes the SEC, upon its own motion or upon the application of such a State commission, to provide for the filing with the SEC and the State commission of uniform periodic reports concerning the nonutility business activities of holding company systems. Eliminates the prohibition which applies to the sale of securities by a registered holding company or subsidiary thereof and to the alteration of stockholder rights by such a company or subsidiary absent a declaration approved by the SEC. Revises the requirements for the types of security transactions by registered holding and subsidiary companies which are exempt from the prohibition on the issuance of securities by registered holding and subsidiary companies. Authorizes the SEC to establish requirements with respect to the consolidated capital structure of a registered holding company system which are needed to prevent an unreasonable economic risk to investors or consumers. Authorizes the SEC, upon application by a registered holding or subsidiary company, to exempt the issue of any security from such prohibition if it is not necessary to prohibit such issue to protect the public interest or to protect investors and consumers. Makes declarations with respect to security transactions filed by registered companies pursuant to the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 effective on the twentieth day after filing, absent SEC disapproval or SEC approval subject to terms and conditions in the form of a preliminary order. Sets forth the procedures for final approval or disapproval of a declaration. Permits the filing of amendments to a declaration. Authorizes the SEC to permit a declaration to become effective earlier than the dates specified under this Act. Requires the SEC to permit a declaration to become effective unless the acts which are the subject of the declaration are not in compliance with State laws or involve an unreasonable economic risk to investors or consumers. (Currently there are several conditions precedent to permitting a declaration to become effective.) Makes it unlawful for a registered holding or subsidiary company to acquire any significant interest in any business other than the public utility business, unless there is in effect a diversification plan for the holding company system and such acquisition is consistent with the plan or unless such acquisition has been expressly authorized by the SEC. Makes it unlawful for a person who is not a registered holding or subsidiary company to acquire a public utility security if such acquisition would make such person a holding company and such acquisition is not pursuant to a plan initiated by the public utility company, unless the acquisition has been approved by the SEC. Requires the SEC to approve an application filed for the acquisition of an interest in any business other than the public utility business unless the acquisition is likely to result in an unnecessary and unreasonable cost increase to consumers or to impair an associate public utility company's performance of its services. Permits a registered holding company or subsidiary thereof to apply for the removal or modification of any terms and conditions prescribed in an SEC order issued before the enactment of this Act approving the acquisition of an interest in any business other than the public business. Provides that such application shall be considered approved on the sixtieth day after it has been filed unless the SEC determines that the removal or modification involved is likely to result in an unnecessary and unreasonable cost increase to consumers or to impair an associate public utility company's performance of its services. Permits a registered holding company to file with the SEC a diversification plan providing information with respect to its intentions within two years from the date of filing to diversify in businesses other than the public utility business. Makes such plan effective 60 days after it has been filed unless the SEC disapproves it or a State commission requests the SEC to extend the period of review for such plan. Requires the SEC to approve a diversification plan unless the plan is likely to result in an unnecessary and unreasonable cost increase to consumers or to impair an associate public utility company's performance of its services. Requires that the SEC permit a registered holding company to retain an interest in any nonutility related business unless the retention of such interest materially adversely affects the public utility business of the holding company system. (Currently the SEC may permit such a business interest if it is reasonably incidental or economically necessary to the operations of one or more integrated public utility systems.) Requires that the SEC permit a registered holding company to retain any combination in existence on May 1, 1981, of gas utility systems and electric utility systems unless such a combination of systems does not comply with certain location and size requirements under this Act. Eliminates the prohibition on: (1) borrowing by a registered holding company from a public utility company in the same holding company system; (2) the solicitation of proxies, powers of attorney, consent, or authorization with respect to the securities of a registered holding company or a subsidiary thereof; (3) negotiations or transactions by an affiliate of a public utility company; (4) political contributions by a registered holding company or subsidiary thereof; and (5) representation before Congress, the SEC, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Provides that the SEC shall not have authority to prohibit: (1) any sale of utility assets used by a public utility company in a holding company system if such sale is expressly authorized by the appropriate State commission; or (2) any transaction with a public utility company which is expressly authorized or approved by the appropriate State commission. Sets forth the basis for determining the costs to be charged to an associate company by a subsidiary company of a registered holding company with respect to the performance of any sales, service, or construction contract. Authorizes the SEC, upon application by a registered holding company or subsidiary thereof, to permit such subsidiary to perform a sales, service, or construction contract for an associate company at a price in excess of the costs of the subsidiary if such performance is in the public interest or in the interest of investors or consumers. Eliminates provisions dealing with restrictions on officers and directors of registered holding companies. Authorizes the SEC to prohibit officers and directors of investment banker or banking associations or of banks, trust companies, banking associations, or banking firms associated with the marketing of securities of a public utility company from serving as officers or directors of a registered holding company or any associate company if it is necessary to protect the interests of consumers. Requires holding companies filing an application for exemption from the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and registered holding companies or subsidiaries thereof filing a declaration, a diversification plan, or an application for approval of an acquisition of an interest in a nonutility business to give contemporaneous notice of such filings to the appropriate State commission.

Bill· HRH.R. 3016 (98th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize reimbursement for the reasonable charge for chiropractic services provided to certain veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to reimburse eligible veterans for reasonable charges for chiropractic services. Directs the Administrator to establish a schedule of reasonable charges. Requires the Administrator to make annual reports to the Veterans Affairs Committees for four years concerning the use and reimbursement of chiropractic services.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 190 (98th)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the need to maintain guidelines which ensure equal rights with regard to education opportunity.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that regulations relating to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (concerning sex discrimination in education) should not be amended or altered in any manner which will lessen the comprehensive coverage of such statute in eliminating gender discrimination throughout the American educational system.

Law· HRH.R. 2867 (98th)enacted

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1983

Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act of 1983 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act (as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 for: (1) general administration by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out such Act (including funds for Resource Recovery and Conservation Panels, hazardous waste management, and support for State, regional, local, and interstate agency solid waste plans); (2) grants to State hazardous programs; (3) hazardous waste site inventory; (4) development and implementation of plans by State, local, regional, and interstate authorities; (5) implementation of State, local, and intermunicipal programs for solid waste management, resource recovery, resource conservation, and hazardous waste management; (6) special communities assistance; (7) assistance to States for recycled oil programs; and (8) the Secretary of Commerce to carry out resource and recovery duties. Establishes requirements for small quantity generator waste. Prohibits exemption by reason of the small quantity generated of any hazardous waste generated by any generator in a quantity greater than 100 kilograms during any calendar month from hazardous waste management standards, after 24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator, within 18 months of such enactment, to promulgate standards for hazardous waste generated in monthly quantities between 100 to 1,000 kilograms which are applicable to generators, transporters, and owners or operators of treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to allow such small quantity generator waste standards to vary from standards for larger quantities. Requires that small quantity generator hazardous waste standards at a minimum: (1) limit to 180 days onsite storage without a permit; (2) require all other treatment, storage, or disposal at a facility with a permit; and (3) require that a manifest accompany any shipment of such waste off the premises on which it is generated. (Allows specific requirements for entries on such manifest to vary from those applicable to the manifest required for larger quantity generators.) Requires, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, that any hazardous waste which is part of a total quantity generated by a generator generating between 25 to 1,000 kilograms during a calendar month and which is shipped off the premises on which it is generated shall be accompanied by a copy of the EPA Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest form signed by the generator. Requires that such form contain specified information. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations which establish special standards or exemptions for hazardous wastes which are generated by any generator who does not generate more than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per calendar month. Establishes requirements for interim control of hazardous waste injection. Prohibits hazardous waste disposal by underground injection above or into a formation which contains, within one-quarter mile of the well used for such injection, an underground source of drinking water. Provides for exemptions from such prohibition upon demonstration that such injection will not cause hazardous waste to endanger drinking water sources. Provides for State and Federal enforcement of such prohibitions and identical prohibitions under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Establishes requirements with respect to liquids in landfills. Directs the Administrator, within six months after enactment of this Act, to promulgate final regulations which: (1) minimize to the extent technologically feasible the disposal of containerized liquid hazardous wastes in landfills; and (2) prohibit the landfill disposal of bulk or noncontainerized liquid hazardous wastes. Makes such regulations effective immediately upon promulgation. Directs the Administrator to maintain specified requirements, pending promulgation of such regulations. Sets forth prohibitions on land disposal of specified hazardous wastes. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations prohibiting one or more methods of land disposal of specified identified or listed hazardous wastes (in addition to specified wastes referred to under this Act). Directs the Administrator to specify each such hazardous waste for which it may reasonably be anticipated that one or more methods of land disposal may not be protective of human health and the environment for as long as the waste remains hazardous, taking into account specified factors. Directs the Administrator, in promulgating such regulations, to consider each hazardous waste which is prohibited from one or more methods of land disposal by any State. Prohibits the land disposal of specified hazardous wastes within 12 months of the enactment of this Act, unless the Administrator determines the prohibition on one or more methods of land disposal is not required in order to protect human health and the environment for as long as the waste remains hazardous. Requires that such prohibition is to be applied, taking into account specified factors, to specified forms, compounds, and concentrations of the following hazardous wastes: (1) cyanides; (2) arsenic; (3) candmium; (4) chromium; (5) lead; (6) mercury; (7) nickel; (8) selenium; (9) thallium; (10) highly acidic (having a pH of two or less) liquid wastes; (11) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and (12) halogenated organic compounds. Authorizes the Administrator to substitute more stringent concentration levels where necessary to protect human health and the environment. Sets forth a schedule for additional prohibition determinations. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress, within six months after enactment of this Act, a schedule for reviewing all hazardous wastes listed in specified Federal regulations which are not covered by a land disposal prohibition under this Act. Directs the Administrator to complete such review and promulgate regulations in accordance with a specified timetable with deadlines from 18 to 54 months after enactment of this Act. Requires that hazardous wastes identified or listed within 54 months after enactment of this Act be added to such schedule. Directs the Administrator to determine, within such 54 months, whether all remaining indentified or listed hazardous wastes should be prohibited from one or more methods of land disposal. Directs the Administrator, in the case of any hazardous waste identified or listed after such 54 months, to make such prohibition determination within six months. Sets forth criteria upon which such prohibition determinations are to be made. Prohibits land disposal of any identified or listed hazardous waste for which the Administrator has failed to make a determination within the specified deadline. Sets forth effective dates for prohibitions. Provides for variances in specified cases. Authorizes the Administrator to revise such regulations to add additional hazardous wastes to be prohibited from one or more methods of land disposal. Authorizes the Administrator to impose conditions, including but not limited to pretreatment and detoxification prior to land disposal, and limitations on waste dilution. Requires, within 12 months after enactment of this Act, notification to the Administrator by: (1) the owner or operator of any facility producing a fuel from any hazardous waste alone or with other material or from used oil alone or with other material; (2) the owner or operator of any facility burning fuel containing any hazardous waste or used oil; and (3) any person who distributes or markets fuel containing hazardous waste or used oil. Requires that such notification describe the location, the facility, the identified or listed hazardous waste involved, and the production or energy recovery activity. Exempts facilities, such as residential boilers, from such notification requirements where the Administrator determines that such notification is not necessary for obtaining sufficient information respecting current practices of facilities using hazardous waste for energy recovery. Directs the Administrator, within two years after the enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations establishing health and environmental standards applicable to owners or operators of facilities producing fuel from hazardous wastes or burning hazardous wastes for energy recovery and to distributors or marketers of such fuels. Prohibits producers, distributors, or marketers of fuels containing hazardous wastes from distributing or marketing such fuels unless the invoice or bill of sale bears a conspicuous warning and lists the hazardous wastes contained in such fuel. Exempts oil or petroleum refining waste containing oil from such labeling requirement under certain conditions. Directs the Administrator, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act and after opportunity for public hearing, to promulgate regulations establishing standards applicable to transporters of fuel produced from any identified or listed hazardous waste alone or in combination with any other material. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring any facility operating under an interim status permit to obtain a final permit before expanding its capacity by more than ten percent (except capacity for storage or treatment in tanks or containers and enclosed waste piles). Authorizes the Administrator to establish standards for any interim status permit facility expanding its capacity by ten percent or less. Allows such standards for facilities expanding by ten percent or less to vary from the interim permit status standards for facilities which do not expand capacity. Requires landfill disposal facilities operating under an interim status permit to comply with monitoring and corrective action requirements applicable to facilities for which a final permit is issued. Requires any new, replacement, or laterally expanded unit of a landfill or surface impoundment operating under an interim status permit to be subject to requirements respecting liners and leachate collection systems or equivalent protection applicable to facilities for which a final permit is issued. Limits to ten years the duration of any permit for hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal. Allows renewals of such permits. Directs the Administrator to issue final permits or final denials of permit applications: (1) for land disposal facilities within four years of the enactment of this Act; and (2) for any other treatment, storage, or disposal facilities within eight years of such enactment. Provides that such time periods shall also apply in the case of any authorized State hazardous waste program. Requires facilities operating under interim status permits to submit applications for final permit review within the applicable time period, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Administrator, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to promulgate permit application requirements and permit conditions applicable to owners and operators of a class of facilities, upon determination that facilities in the class should be subject to similar design, operating, and management requirements. Limits such classes to facilities which treat or store hazardous waste in containers, tanks, or enclosed piles. Authorizes the Administrator, after notice and opportunity for informal hearing, to issue a class permit for a facility which meets such conditions and requirements. Authorizes the Administrator, in establishing class permit requirements and conditions, to provide that certain conditions shall be established for each facility on a site-specific basis. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations with respect to the reuse, recycling, and reclamation of identified or listed hazardous waste which protect human health and the environment. Declares that adequate provision shall be given to the present and future needs of the recycling and resource recovery interest in the area encompassed by the comprehensive planning process in determining the size of waste-to-energy facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to local government authorities to construct (and acquire lands for) demonstration recycling intermediate processing centers. Sets forth requirements for such grants. Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (the "Superfund Act") to revise provisions relating to the State share of the costs of remedial actions in response to a release of a hazardous substance at a disposal facility owned by a State or local government. Requires that such facility be operated, as well as owned, by the State or local government in order for such provisions to apply. Directs the President to use money in the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund to reimburse any State for the amount paid in excess of ten percent of the costs of remedial action at a facility owned, but not operated, by such State or local government. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator to bring suit or to take other appropriate action, if the past (or present) handling, storage, treatment, transportation, or disposal may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment. Revises provisions relating to citizen suits to provide that only the prevailing or substantially prevailing party may be awarded litigation costs. Revises preservation of rights provisions to declare that nothing in the Solid Waste Disposal Act shall restrict any right which any person (or class of persons) may have under any statute or common law to seek enforcement of any standard or requirement relating to the management of solid waste or hazardous waste, or to seek any other relief (including relief against the Administrator or a State agency). Directs the Administrator to request the Attorney General to file, and represent the Administrator in, any civil action which the Administrator is authorized to bring under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Grants the Administrator, if the Attorney General does not give notice and file such action within specified deadlines, exclusive authority to commence and conduct the litigation and any appeals of such action and to designate EPA Attorneys for such purposes, except in the case of actions before the U.S. Supreme Court. Grants EPA officers or employees specified law enforcement powers in the investigation of any activity for which a criminal penalty is provided under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Revises citizen suit provisions of such Act to allow any person to commence civil actions to: (1) immediately restrain any person contributing to the handling, storing, treating, transporting, or disposing of any solid or hazardous waste which may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment; or (2) order the Administrator to perform any act or duty which is not discretionary under such Act and to supply appropriate civil penalties. Provides that specified prohibitions against the open dumping of solid waste or hazardous waste apply whether or not a State plan has been submitted and approved. Authorizes the Administrator and duly designated agents and employees of EPA to initiate and conduct investigations under the criminal provisions of the Act, and to refer investigation results to the Attorney General for appropriate prosecution. Revises provisions for Federal enforcement of hazardous waste management requirements under the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator to assess a civil penalty for any past or current violation. Provides for criminal penalties for persons who knowingly: (1) cause specified hazardous waste to be transported; (2) treat, store, or dispose of such waste in violation of any material condition or requirement of specified permits or of any applicable interim status regulation or standards; (3) omit material information used for purposes of compliance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator (or by a State program); (4) fail to file any record, application, manifest, report, or other document required to be maintained or filed for purposes of such compliance; or (5) transport, or cause to be transported without a manifest any hazardous waste required to be so accompanied. Raises the maximum criminal penalties for these and other violations, under specified conditions. Revises provisions relating to conditions for knowing endangerment. Raises the penalties for knowing endangerment. Revises provisions for review of certain actions of the Administrator relating to permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste and authorized State hazardous waste programs. Provides that action of the Administrator with respect to which review could have been obtained under such provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act shall not be subject to judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement. Revises findings and objectives of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Revises provisions for identification and listing of hazardous waste under such Act to add requirements with respect to specified wastes. Directs the Administrator, where appropriate, to list as subject to hazardous waste management provisions: (1) within ten months of enactment of this act, additional wastes containing chlorinated dioxins or dibenzofurans or polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) and (2) within one year after such enactment, wastes containing remaining halogenated dioxins and-dibenzofurans. Directs the Administrator, within six months after such enactment, to determine whether or not to list as subject to such requirements specified wastes. Directs the Administrator to also list those hazardous wastes which shall be subject to hazardous waste management requirements because they contain hazardous constituents (such as identified carcinogens, mutagens, or teratagens) at concentration levels in excess of levels which endanger human health and the environment. Sets forth delisting procedures. Directs the Administrator, when evaluating a petition to exclude a waste generated at a particular facility, to: (1) consider factors, other than those for which the site was listed, which could cause the waste to be hazardous; (2) provide notice and opportunity for comment on such additional factors before granting or denying such petition; and (3) make a final decision on each such petition within 12 months after granting a temporary exclusion from regulation of such waste. Revises provisions relating to restrictions on recycled oil to specify that such regulations should not discourage the re-refining of used oil. Authorizes the Administrator, in authorizing a State program, to base findings on the Federal program in effect one year prior to submission of a State's application or in effect on January 26, 1983, whichever is later. Authorizes the Administrator to provide for a shorter period prior to the effective date, or an immediate effective date for regulations at the time of promulgation under specified circumstances. Sets forth requirements covering prior releases of hazardous wastes. Provides that the hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility standards shall address releases of hazardous constituents attributable to the migration of waste from all solid waste management units at a facility, whether waste was placed in such units before or after the date of permit issuance. Requires that such standards provide for compliance schedules and financial assurances to ensure adequate cleanup of such releases where such cleanup cannot be completed prior to permit issuance. Directs the Administrator to annually undertake a thorough inspection of each landfill facility operated by a State or local government and subject to regulation under hazardous waste management provisions. Requires that the record of such inspection be available to the public. Requires that authorized State hazardous waste programs provide for availability of specified information to the public. Directs the Administrator to establish an Office of Ombudsman to receive individual complaints, grievances, and requests for information submitted by any person with respect to any program or requirement under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Directs the Ombudsman to render assistance with respect to such submissions and make appropriate recommendations to the Administrator. Provides that the establishment of such Office shall not affect any procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters. Requires, within two years after enactment of this Act, that standards for hazardous waste facilities require the application of the best available control technology economically achievable. Provides that all used oil shall be considered a hazardous waste twelve months after the enactment of this Act. Provides for an exemption from hazardous waste standards for certain recycled oil. Directs the Administrator to issue hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal permits to used oil recyclers who meet specified requirements. Sets forth provisions relating to the use of recovered materials by Federal agencies. Sets forth definitions of "recycled paper" and "wastepaper". Requires that each procuring agency develop an affirmative procurement program to assure that items composed of recovered materials will be purchased to the maximum extent practicable consistent with Federal procurement law. Sets forth minimum requirements relating to such programs. Includes recycled paper and tires among the three product categories for which the Administrator must prepare final guidelines by specified deadlines. Directs the Office of Procurement Policy to biannually report to the Congress on actions taken by Federal agencies and the progress made in implementation of Federal procurement provisions under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, including agency compliance in reviewing and eliminating specifications that discriminate against recycled materials. Revises the deadline for elimination of such specifications. Makes certain clerical corrections.

Bill· HRH.R. 2848 (98th)open

Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1983

Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish in the Department of Commerce a service industries development program designed to: (1) develop policies to increase the competitiveness of U.S. service industries; (2) collect and analyze information regarding purchases by domestic entities of service from foreign suppliers; (3) develop a data base for assessing the adequacy of current policies, and for developing future, U.S. policies pertaining to services; (4) provide statistical, analytical, and policy information to State and local governments and U.S. service industries; (5) collect and analyze information pertaining to the international operations and competitiveness of U.S. service industries; and (6) conduct studies of U.S. service industries. Directs the Secretary to try to establish arrangements to gain access to private sector information that is necessary for the service industries development program. Authorizes the Secretary to request such information if the Secretary considers it critical for carrying out the program. Provides for protecting the confidentiality of the information. Authorizes the Secretary to subpoena information relating to: (1) purchases by domestic entities of services from foreign suppliers; and (2) assessing the adequacy of and developing future U.S. policies pertaining to services. Sets forth penalties for refusing to obey such subpoenas. Makes it unlawful for anyone to refuse willfully to obey a request by the Secretary for information which the Secretary considers critical for carrying out the program. Sets forth penalties for such refusals. Directs the Secretary to consult regularly with State governments and U.S. service industries concerning the policies designed to increase the international competitiveness of U.S. service industries. Directs the Secretary to provide to State and local governments information concerning U.S. policies on foreign commerce as reported to Congress. Authorizes the President to impose conditions on foreign suppliers of services in the United States. Directs the President to: (1) review the Secretary's report on U.S. policies on foreign commerce; (2) decide whether to impose limits on foreign suppliers; and (3) publish notice of such decisions. Authorizes any interested person to petition the President to limit foreign suppliers. Sets forth the procedures for investigating and acting upon such petitions. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 2677 (98th)open

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act of 1983 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal provisions transferring to the Secretary of Energy or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission certain functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) relating to the transportation of oil by pipeline. Transfers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission such functions relating to the transportation of oil by pipeline as were carried out by the Secretary of Energy or the ICC before enactment of such Act. Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to delete provisions requiring common carriers to establish just and reasonable rates, fares, and charges. Deletes provisions: (1) requiring the ICC to investigate forthwith the lawfulness of a rate, fare, or charge upon the filing of a petition by a concerned carrier; and (2) empowering the ICC to issue cease and desist orders regarding rates, fares, and charges. Repeals provisions requiring the ICC to establish just divisions of joint fares, rates, or charges. Prohibits any State or interstate agency from reviewing, prescribing, suspending, or regulating the rates or charges of any common carrier for transportation of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce.

Bill· HRH.R. 2689 (98th)open

Panama Canal Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1984

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983

Panama Canal Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1984 - Authorizes appropriations from the Panama Canal Commission Fund to the Panama Canal Commission for FY 1984 for the Commission's operating and capital expenses. Authorizes reimbursement of other agencies for services provided to Commission officers, employees, and their dependents. Authorizes additional appropriations from the Panama Canal Commission Fund for FY 1984: (1) increases in Commission employee benefits provided by law; (2) payments to Panama; and (3) increased fuel costs.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 243 (98th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to Federal budget procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1983

Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.

Bill· HRH.R. 2420 (98th)referred

A bill to protect the rights of firearms owners.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983

Title I: Amendments to Title 18, United States Code (18 U.S.C. 921-928) - Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to redefine: (1) "manufacturer" to mean any person engaged in the "business of manufacturing" (instead of "manufacture" of) firearms or ammunition; and (2) "dealer" to exclude dealers in ammunition. Adds a new definition, "engaged in the business," with respect to manufacturers, dealers, and importers. Defines as a manufacturer, dealer, or importer of firearms a person who manufactures or deals in a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit. Excludes as dealers persons making occasional sales or repairs of firearms. Eliminates certain activities involving ammunition from the coverage of the current prohibitions. Makes it unlawful for any person to transfer any firearm to a person who does not reside in the same State if the transferor has reasonable cause to believe that acquisition of the firearm by such person would violate any State or local law or ordinance. Requires such transfer to be face to face. Presumes a licensee to have actual knowledge of the published laws of the State. Revises the current prohibition against certain classes of persons transporting a firearm or ammunition in interstate commerce to extend such prohibition to possession or receipt in commerce or affecting commerce of any firearm or ammunition. Includes as additional categories illegal aliens, dishonorably discharged members of the Armed Forces, and U.S. citizens who renounce their citizenship. Excludes ammunition dealers from the current licensing requirements. Declares that a licensed dealer's personal collection of firearms shall not be subject to recordkeeping requirements, under specific circumstances. Permits the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke a license only where the holder "willfully" violates a provision of the Act. Bars the Secretary from denying or revoking a license on the basis of violations which are alleged in criminal proceedings instituted against a licensee where such individual is not convicted of such charges. Allows the government to voluntarily dismiss criminal charges prior to trial and still proceed with revocation. Imposes as a condition for the inspection or examination of records, documents, firearms, or ammunition that the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred and that evidence may be found on the premises. Requires a warrant to be issued for such search. Restricts the firearms information obtained from licensees which the Secretary may make available to State or local governments. Establishes a limited recordkeeping requirement for firearms collectors. Establishes a "willful" scienter (knowledge) requirement with respect to general violations of the Act. Revises the current offense of using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony to: (1) include use of a destructive device; (2) delete the act of "carrying" a firearm to commit a felony; and (3) limit such offense to felonies over which the Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Retains the current penalty (one to ten years) for first offenses. Increases the penalty for second or subsequent offenses to five to 25 years imprisonment (currently, two to 25 years). Extends to first offenders the requirement, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence or grant probation. Prohibits the granting of parole to first and subsequent offenders. Declares that no person shall be subject to the additional, mandatory penalties if use of the firearm or destructive device was to protect persons or property. Amends the forfeiture provision to subject to seizure any firearm or ammunition "involved in or used" in any violation of the Gun Control Act (instead of "involved in or used or intended to be used"). Directs the court to award attorney fees to the prevailing party (other than the United States) in a proceeding for the return of seized firearms or ammunition. Requires the court to award such fees in any other action upon a finding that the action was without foundation or was initiated in bad faith. Limits seizure to firearms individually identified as involved in the violation. Revises the current procedure allowing persons who have been convicted of a crime to apply to the Secretary for relief from the firearms prohibitions to make the following changes. Permits any person prohibited from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition to apply for relief. Requires (instead of permits) the Secretary to grant release unless the applicant will be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety. Permits any person who is denied relief to seek de novo judicial review in Federal court. Imposes on the applicant the burden of proof. Makes the authority of the Secretary to permit importation of certain types of firearms and ammunition nondiscretionary. Extends the types of sporting firearms which may be imported. Amends the rulemaking authority of the Secretary to provide that no regulation may require the transfer of records required under this Act to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions. Requires a 90-day public comment period for proposed regulations (no period is currently specified). Prohibits the Secretary from prescribing regulations which require purchasers of black powder to complete affidavits or forms attesting to their exemption from certain provisions of the Federal criminal code. Declares any law or regulation promulgated by any State prohibiting the transfer of an unloaded and not readily accessible firearm or ammunition null and void. Title II: Amendments to Title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Repeals title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (relating to the receipt, possession, or transportation of firearms by felons, veterans dishonorably discharged, mental incompetents, illegal aliens, and persons renouncing their United States citizenship).

Bill· HRH.R. 2402 (98th)open

A bill to authorize appropriations for the maritime construction differential subsidy for fiscal year 1984, to promote a strong United States merchant marine, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1983

Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Transportation for FY 1984 for the maritime construction differential subsidy. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to increase the limitation on outstanding loan obligations for vessel construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning.

Bill· HRH.R. 2353 (98th)open

Deepwater Port Act Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983

Deepwater Port Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 to define an "application" as any application submitted under such Act for a license for the ownership, construction, and operation of a deepwater port. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a license for the ownership, construction, and operation of a deepwater port (currently, authorizes the Secretary to issue, transfer, amend, or renew such licenses). Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of the licensee, to transfer or amend such licenses after reasonable public notice and an opportunity to comment and upon the Secretary making a certain determination. Requires licenses issued under such Act to be uniform, if practicable. Provides a procedure for achieving such uniformity. Directs that licenses issued under such Act shall remain in effect until revoked by the Secretary or until surrendered by the licensee (currently, such licenses are for a term not to exceed 20 years, with possible renewal). Requires the Secretary at the request of the licensee to review any regulation or any provision or condition of any license to determine if it is cost-effective and necessary to meet the objectives of such Act. Requires the Secretary to correct or rescind non-conforming regulations and license conditions. Requires the Secretary to include any action taken under this section in the annual report to Congress required by such Act. Requires licensees under such Act to operate as common carriers and to accept, transport, or convey without discrimination all oil delivered to the port according to its license. Authorizes licensees to base rates for transportation, storage, and other services on competition, market conditions, and the ability to maintain the economic viability of such port. Provides for remedial action by the Secretary against licensees not in compliance with such rate and discrimination requirements, including the suspension and termination of noncompliant licensees. Repeals the Deepwater Port Liability Fund. Requires all assets of such Fund to be paid to the State deepwater port regulatory agency of the adjacent coastal State which is nearest to the deepwater port where such fees were initially collected. Requires the Secretary to determine the amount of claims outstanding against the Fund within 90 days and to withhold a sufficient reserve from Fund assets to pay these claims. Makes conforming amendments to substitute the revolving fund established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for the Deepwater Port Liability Fund, in order to fund oil spill clean-up at deepwater ports. Declares that the owner and operator of a vessel shall be jointly and severally liable, without regard to fault, for cleanup costs and damages that result for oil spills within any safety zone, except when such vessel is moored at a deepwater port. Prohibits imposing liability with respect to damages claimed by a damaged party (caused by oil spills) if the owner or operator of a vessel, the licensee, or the United States, can show that such damage was caused solely by the negligence of such party. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for a revolving fund to carry out oil and other hazardous materials discharge clean-up at deepwater ports (currently, such clean up is funded by the Deepwater Port Liability Fund). Prohibits deepwater ports licensed under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 from permitting certain foreign vessels from calling at or utilizing such ports (except for force majeure situations), unless the vessel owner or operator has designated an agent in the United States for receipt of service of process for any claim or legal proceeding resulting from activities of the vessel while located within the safety zone.