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United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1983
Repeals a provision of Federal law prohibiting appropriations for the support of U.S. diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1983
Proclaims March 20, 1984, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1983
Amends the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 to extend the Federal supplemental unemployment compensation program for an additional six months, through March 31, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1983
Directs the President to designate a specified week in June 1984, as Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1983
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. Ryan. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1983
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike gold, silver, or bronze medals to commemorate the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1983
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to eliminate provisions which: (1) permit petitions to the Secretary of Energy for prescription of rules which supersede State energy efficiency standards; and (2) provide for supersedure of State energy efficiency standards prescribed after January 1, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1983
Export Administration Amendments Act of 1983 - Title I: Amendments to Export Administration Act of 1979 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 (the Export Administration Act) to set forth penalties for: (1) conspiring or attempting to export goods in violation of such Act; (2) attempting to evade the provisions of such Act; and (3) possessing goods or technology with the intent to export them in violation of a national security or foreign policy export control or with the knowledge or reason to believe they would be so exported. Permits a waiver of the revocation of the authority to export goods or technology only if specified congressional committees are first consulted. Requires persons convicted of violating a national security or foreign policy export control to forfeit: (1) the goods or technology that were the subject of the violation or that were used in the violation; and (2) the proceeds from the transaction from which the violation arose. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate Commerce Department employees to take specified actions to enforce the Export Administration Act. Limits the authority of customs officers with respect to such Act to: (1) inspection and seizure of goods or technology at those places in which such officers are lawfully authorized to conduct such searches and seizures; and (2) investigations conducted before such inspection, search, or seizure. Limits the U.S. Customs Service inspections of goods and technology in the enforcement of this Act to those goods and technology about which the Customs Service has received information of possible violations. Prohibits the Customs Service from conducting random inspections. Limits the amount of money which the Customs Service may spend in enforcing export controls. Declares that it is U.S. policy to sustain vigorous scientific enterprise and to control the export of goods and substances banned or severely restricted in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to issue licenses authorizing multiple exports instead of a validated license for each export, including: (1) a qualified general license, authorizing exports for approved end uses; (2) distribution licenses; (3) project licenses; (4) service supply licenses; and (5) comprehensive operations licenses. Authorizes the President to impose restrictions on the transfer of goods or technology within the United States to embassies and affiliates of countries which are subject to national security export controls. Prohibits requiring permission for the exportation of goods or technology covered by national security controls if they are being exported to countries which maintain export controls cooperatively with the United States, although the Secretary may require an export license for exports to certain end users. Authorizes the Secretary to require exporters to notify the Commerce Department of such exports. Makes technology and related goods that are subject to national security export controls, including militarily critical technologies, eligible for a comprehensive operations export license. Makes exports of such goods and technology eligible for a distribution license or other licenses authorizing multiple exports. Authorizes the Secretary to establish as one criterion for removing the requirement of validated and qualified general export licenses the anticipated needs of the military of countries subject to national security export controls. Requires that a national security export control on a good to a specific country group shall be removed if, during the previous year, all applications for export licenses for such good to that country group have been granted. Permits the Secretary to require an export license for the export of that good to certain end users in such country group. Exempts from such requirements all export controls which the United States maintains cooperatively with another country. Prohibits imposing a national security export control on a good solely because it contains an embedded microprocessor if the microprocessor cannot be used or altered to perform functions other than those it performs in the good in which it is embedded. Permits imposing an export control on such a good only if the functions of the good are such that, if exported, it would make a significant contribution to the military potential of a country that would be detrimental to U.S. national security. Adds to the list of objectives which the President shall attempt to accomplish in negotiating multilateral export controls. Limits the duration of national security export controls on goods or technology that are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated license for the export of such goods or technology if the availability has not been eliminated within six months of the President's determination that the absence of such export controls would be detrimental to national security. Requires the Secretary to accept the representations of export license applicants with respect to the foreign availability of goods or technology unless the representations are contradicted by reliable evidence. Establishes in the Department of Commerce an Office of Foreign Availability which shall be responsible for gathering and analyzing information relating to determinations of foreign availability under the Export Administration Act. Requires such information to be made available to the Congress every six months. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress within 90 days on a finding by a technical advisory committee that goods or technology subject to national security export controls are available in foreign countries. Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a validated export license for such goods or technology if after six months, the foreign availability has not been eliminated. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to complete the integration of the list of militarily critical technologies into the commodity control list. Requires the Secretaries to report to the appropriate congressional committees before April 1, 1985, any circumstances that would prevent the integrated list from being completed by that date. Requires the list to include only goods or technologies which are not possessed by nor available to countries to which national security controls apply. Requires the Secretaries to specify to Congress why U.S. military or national security is benefitted if the list includes a good or technology which is available in other countries. Requires the General Accounting Office to evaluate the attempt to integrate the list of militarily critical technologies into the commodity control list and to report its findings to Congress by April 1, 1985. Requires the Secretaries and the task force to consider mechanisms to reduce the list of militarily critical technologies, including removing from the list: (1) goods and technology the transfer of which would not lead to a significant near-term improvement in the defense capability of a country to which exports are controlled; (2) slowly evolving technologies; (3) technology that is not process-oriented; and (4) components used in militarily sensitive devices that in themselves are not sensitive. Lists criteria which the President shall consider when imposing, expanding, or extending foreign policy export controls. Requires the President, before imposing foreign policy export controls, to consult with certain countries, including the countries with which the United States maintains export controls cooperatively. Authorizes the President to impose, expand, or extend foreign policy export controls only after consultation with the appropriate congressional committee. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress before imposing, expanding, or extending such controls. Lists information to be included in such report. Prohibits foreign policy export controls from affecting: (1) export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed; or (2) export licenses issued before such time. Declares that this prohibition shall not apply to export controls that relate to actual or imminent acts of aggression or of international terrorism, to actual or imminent gross violations of human rights, or to actual or imminent nuclear weapons tests. Prohibits export controls imposed on goods or technology in short supply from affecting export contracts entered into before the controls were imposed. Declares that foreign policy export controls do not authorize export controls on donations of goods intended to be used to relieve human suffering. Authorizes the President to impose export controls on medicine, food, and donations of goods which are restricted in the United States. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the exportation from the United States of any goods, technology, or other information produced in the United States to the extent necessary to further, significantly, U.S. foreign policy or to fulfill U.S. international obligations. Applies foreign policy export controls to activities undertaken with the intent to evade such controls even if such controls would not otherwise apply to such activities. Authorizes the President to impose foreign policy export controls even if such controls would not otherwise apply to such activities. Authorizes the President to impose foreign policy export controls with respect to an expanded number of goods or technology if: (1) the President reports to Congress on the proposed controls; and (2) a law is enacted authorizing such controls. Provides for expedited consideration of a joint resolution authorizing such controls. Requires that any determination of the Secretary with respect to exporting or granting export licenses for crime control instruments shall be made with the concurrence of the Secretary of State. Reimposes for one year the foreign policy export controls which were in effect on February 28, 1982, and ceased to be effective on March 1, 1982, September 15, 1982, or January 20, 1983, (except those controls with respect to the 1980 summer Olympic games). Authorizes one year extensions of such controls. Prohibits the President from rescinding a determination that a country supports international terrorism, unless the President submits a report to Congress justifying the rescission and certifying that the country has not provided such support for a year. Authorizes entities which represent an industry or a substantial segment of an industry which processes metallic materials capable of being recycled to petition the Secretary to monitor exports of such material or impose export controls on such material if: (1) a domestic price increase of a domestic shortage resulting from increased exports is or may be a substantial cause of adverse effect on the economy or on a domestic industry; and (2) a significant increase in exports is or may be a substantial cause of adverse effect on the economy or a domestic industry. Requires such petition to include information demonstrating that specified criteria are satisfied. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations defining specified terms. Sets forth the criteria the Secretary shall use in determining whether to impose monitoring or controls on such materials. Prohibits the Secretary from considering another petition with respect to such material within six months of the final action on the prior petition. Deletes the provision permitting the Secretary to impose temporary controls on such materials after a petition has been filed. Requires specified procedures to be followed before export controls on such materials may be imposed. Terminates the short supply export controls on domestically produced crude oil on September 30, 1987. Requires the President to notify Congress whenever the President determines that short supply export controls should be imposed on refined petroleum products. Declares that foreign policy or short supply controls imposed on agricultural commodities shall cease to be effective if, within 60 days of receiving the President's report on such controls, the Congress does not adopt a joint resolution approving the controls. Requires the Secretary to issue or deny within 60 days of submission those export license applications which are not referred to another department or agency. Requires the Secretary to inform an export license applicant in writing if the Secretary receives questions or negative recommendations from other departments or agencies with respect to the application. Entitles such an applicant to respond in writing to such questions or recommendations and to respond in person to the department or agency raising such questions or recommendations. Requires the Secretary to allow an export license applicant 30 days to respond to a decision denying the license application. Prohibits the Secretary from returning a license application without action if the license requirements are changed after the application has been submitted. Authorizes the Secretary to request additional information in such a case. Requires the Secretary to provide a proper classification of a good or technology on the commodity control list within ten days of receiving a request for such classification. Requires the Secretary to respond within 30 days to an inquiry about the applicability of export license requirements to a proposed export transaction or series of transactions. Requires the Secretary to include in the annual report to Congress on the administration of the Export Administration Act detailed information on the removal of export controls pursuant to a specified section. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Extends the authority granted by such Act until September 30, 1985. Requires the Secretary to modify the office hours of the Office of Export Administration or at least four days of each workweek to accommodate exporters throughout the United States. Title II: Export Promotion Programs - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out Commerce Department export promotion programs. Directs the President to report to Congress, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, on a contingency plan to promote agricultural exports by bartering surplus agricultural commodities for petroleum, petroleum products, and other vital materials. Authorizes the President: (1) to barter farm commodities for such materials in situations in which sales would otherwise not occur; and (2) to purchase such materials which are produced abroad and acquired by persons in the United States through barter from farm commodities produced in and exported from the United States through normal commercial trade channels. Directs the President to take steps to safeguard existing export markets for farm commodities operating on conventional business terms. Title III: South Africa - United States Policy Toward South Africa Act of 1983 - Subtitle I: Labor Standards - Requires any United States person who has or controls an enterprise in South Africa which employs more than 20 people to insure that in operating such enterprise the following employment principles are implemented: (1) desegregation in any employment facility; (2) equal employment for all employees; (3) equal pay for equal work; (4) establishment of a minimum wage and salary structure; (5) increase in the representation of nonwhites in managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs; (6) improvement of the quality of employees' lives outside the work environment; and (7) recognition of labor unions and fair labor practices. Declares that the Secretary may issue guidelines and give advisory opinions on compliance with such principles. Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council in South Africa to advise the Secretary with respect to the implementation of such employment principles and to review the annual reports which each U.S. person covered by this Act must submit to the Secretary on the progress made in implementing such principles. Directs the Secretary to establish in the United States an American Advisory Council to make policy recommendations regarding labor practices of U.S. persons in South Africa and to review such persons' progress in U.S. persons in South Africa and to review such persons' progress in implementing such employment practices. Directs the Secretary: (1) to take specified actions to insure compliance with the implementation of such employment principles; and (2) to review the compliance of such persons at least biennially. Sets forth penalties for noncompliance. Authorizes the President to waive compliance with the implementation of such principles if such compliance would harm U.S. national security. Subtitle II: Prohibition on Loans and Importation of Gold Coins - Prohibits any U.S. bank from making any loan directly or through a foreign subsidiary to South Africa unless such loan is for educational, housing, or health facilities available to all persons on a nondiscriminatory basis. Prohibits the importation of any gold coin minted in South Africa or sold by South Africa. Directs the Secretary to take specified actions to enforce the prohibitions on loans and the importation of gold coins. Sets forth penalties for violations of such prohibitions. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions for one year if South Africa meets specified conditions. Subtitle III: General Provisions - Directs Federal agencies to cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President and the people of Tunisia should be commended for establishing stable institutions through a free and democratic process; (2) Tunisia's development is important for the stability of the Mediterranean area and U.S. interests; and (3) the United States should continue to support Tunisia in its developmental efforts and to support peace in the Mediterranean area.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983
Supplemental Security Income Mental Disability Determinations Reform Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise the criteria under the category "Mental Disorders" in the "Listing of Impairments" in the Code of Federal Regulations, to the extent such criteria are applicable to individuals seeking or receiving benefits based on disability under the Supplemental Security Income program (title XVI of the Social Security Act). Directs the Secretary to also revise the methods of procedures used under such program for assessing the residual functional capacity of individuals having mental impairments. Requires the revised listings and residual functional capacity assessments to be designed to realistically evaluate the ability of a mentally impaired individual to engage in substantial gainful activity in a competitive workplace environment. Directs the Secretary to appoint a panel of outside experts to make recommendations with respect to such revisions. Prohibits continuing eligibility reviews with respect to mental impairment until the revisions are completed. Requires, under title XVI, that in any case in which an individual claims to be under a disability by reason of a mental impairment, the determination shall be made only after the Secretary has demonstrated that a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist has completed the medical portion of the sequential evaluation and residual functional capacity assessment. Prohibits the authorization of appropriations for SSI periodic eligibility reviews for individuals whose claims to disability benefits are based on mental impairment, except to the extent that such funds are specifically authorized for such reviews. Makes permanent provisions of title XVI which provide SSI benefits for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment. Makes permanent provisions which provide for the continued payment of SSI or disability benefits (title II of such Act) during appeal of a disability determination. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance to disabled individuals in complying with requirements and procedures under titles II and XVI; and (2) assure that disabled individuals eligible for or receiving benefits under title II are informed of available SSI benefits. Requires hearings and proceedings related to a disabled individual under the SSI program to be held at an accessible location.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1983
Expresses the support of the House of Representatives for Lebanon's and Israel's agreement on arrangements for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. Calls upon other nations to work toward the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon. Emphasizes the need of all nations to recognize the sovereignty of Lebanon. Urges Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization to agree to the arrangements for the withdrawal of their forces from Lebanon.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1983
Health Care for the Unemployed Act - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title, Title XXI - Health Care for the Unemployed: Part A - Grants to States - Authorizes to be appropriated for FY 1984 - 1986 a sum sufficient to enable each State to furnish medical assistance to unemployed individuals and their immediate family. Requires a State, in order to receive funding, to have an approved State plan for medical assistance for the unemployed. Requires a State plan to: (1) meet specified administrative requirements of the State's Medicaid plan; (2) make medical assistance available to eligible individuals voluntarily enrolled during the individual's coverage period; (3) require the State unemployment compensation agency to inform unemployment compensation recipients of the plan and of group health plans, and to notify the State Medicaid agency of eligible unemployment compensation recipients; (4) provide the following services: (a) inpatient hospital services for up to nine days annually; (b) outpatient hospital, emergency, rural health clinic, and physician services for up to ten visits annually; (c) laboratory and x-ray services, subject to such limits as the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish; and (d) family planning and nurse mid-wife services; (5) provide for the imposition of premiums, enrollment fees, and similar charges; (6) provide that the plan will be secondary in payment to any other insurance or benefit plan providing medical assistance; and (7) provide that a State make reasonable efforts to determine the Medicaid eligibility of individuals enrolled in the plan who are not receiving unemployment compensation. Requires the Secretary to approve any plan meeting the above requirements, but precludes approval of any plan which: (1) excludes any U.S. citizen or any individual residing in the State; or (2) if approved, would result in a reduction of Medicaid services. Requires the Secretary to disapprove a plan if it reduces or eliminates Medicaid eligibility under its AFDC plan (Aid to Families with Dependent Children, part A of title IV of the Act) with respect to the unemployed parent program or the coverage of certain children. Provides that an individual is eligible for such medical assistance for a week if the individual: (1) is receiving unemployment compensation and three weeks have elapsed since the first week the individual received unemployment compensation; or (2) is not receiving unemployment compensation for the week, was receiving unemployment compensation for a week during the 104 week period ending with the week before the first week in which the plan is in effect and has not received unemployment compensation for any week in which the plan is in effect, and meets certain requirements relating to work availability. Makes an individual's family eligible if the individual is eligible. Requires a State plan to establish standards concerning whether or not an individual is employed. Requires an individual to be considered employed for a week if the individual's earnings equal or exceed an amount equal to 30 times the minimum hourly wage. Makes an individual ineligible for a week if: (1) the individual is covered under a group health plan for which a contribution is being made by someone other than the individual; (2) the individual is covered under his or her spouse's group health plan; (3) the individual is eligible for Medicaid; (4) the individual is employed for four consecutive weeks; or (5) the individual was disqualified because of fraud for unemployment compensation or convicted of a Medicaid offense in the previous year. Requires a State to impose: (1) a premium of between two and five percent of an individual's unemployment compensation; and (2) the same deduction, cost-sharing, and similar charges as imposed under Medicaid. Authorizes a State plan to provide an enrollee the option of receiving medical assistance with another health benefit plan. Authorizes a State to provide an eligible individual with the option of having the State make a cash payment for the premium of another plan. Sets forth the methods for determining payments to States. Makes provisions of title XIX relating to the operation of State plans applicable to title XXI. Sets forth definitions used in this part. Directs the Secretary, provided certain conditions are met, to grant a waiver to a State plan with respect to some or all of the Medicaid administrative requirements in the case of a State plan that enters into an arrangement with one or more private health benefits plans which provide health insurance or health benefits to all eligible individuals and which provide required benefits at a cost no greater than the premiums and other charges of the State plan. Makes specified provisions of title XIX and part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act relating to rural health clinics, fraud and abuse, Indian health service facilities, cost sharing, judicial and administrative review, capital expenditures, and administration applicable to this part. Part B: Open Enrollment, Continuation, and Conversion Rights of Individuals - Requires the group health plans of employers required to pay minimum wage and States and political subdivisions with 25 or more employees to meet the requirements of this part. Requires a group health plan to have an open enrollment period for each married employee eligible to enroll whose spouse loses coverage under a group health plan due to involuntary termination of the spouse's health plan. Requires a group health plan to provide continuation of coverage under the plan for at least 90 days following an individual's involuntary separation or layoff. Requires a State to provide an employee covered under an insured group health plan subject to State insurance law the option of securing health benefits coverage without evidence of insurability where the individual's loss of coverage under the group health plan results from the individual's involuntary layoff or separation from employment. Authorizes an individual or State adversely affected by the failure of an employer to comply with the requirements of this part to seek injunctive relief in a Federal district court. Part C: Assistance to Hospitals Serving the Unemployed - Directs the Secretary to make grants to hospitals to assist the hospitals in providing services to individuals unable to pay. Requires a hospital, in order to receive a grant, to: (1) be located in an area of high unemployment or serve primarily medically underserved populations; (2) serve a significantly disproportionate number of patients having low income; (3) provide services to individuals without regard to their inability to pay; and (4) offer assurances that it will use the grants in addition to, rather than in lieu of, existing Federal, State, and local funds. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress concerning the grants. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1983-1986. Establishes the effective date for part A of title XXI as July 1, 1983, with repeal as of October 1, 1986. Provides for the participation of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa in the plan established by this title.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1983 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for foreign military sales credits and guarantees with specified amounts earmarked for: (1) military sales credits to Israel; (2) loan guarantees for Turkey; (3) loan guarantees for Greece; (4) military sales credits to Egypt which Egypt need not repay; and (5) loan guarantees for Egypt. Includes South Korea among the list of countries which have a ten-year grace period before beginning repayment on guaranteed loans. Limits the amount of loan guarantees for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) Morocco; (2) Tunisia; and (3) Zaire. Increases the amount of foreign military sales credits and guarantees which Israel is released from repaying. Reaffirms U.S. policy on the settlement of the Cyprus dispute. Permits military assistance for Turkey or for Greece in FY 1984 and 1985 to exceed the amount provided in FY 1983 only if the President certifies to Congress with respect to each country for that fiscal year that: (1) additional military assistance is necessary to enable that country to fulfill its NATO obligations and will not upset the current balance of military strength among the eastern Mediterranean countries; (2) each country is taking steps to settle the Cyprus dispute and is committed to withdrawing all foreign troops as part of a settlement; (3) regarding Turkey, a program for a return to democratic rule is being implemented and human rights are being observed; and (4) regarding Greece, the United States and Greece have agreed upon arrangements for access to and use of military facilities in Greece by U.S. armed forces. Prohibits the amount of military assistance for Greece or Turkey for FY 1984 through 1986 from exceeding the amount of military assistance requested for each country for FY 1984 so long as the military forces of each country which are on Cyprus exceed the number permitted by the 1959 Treaty of Alliance. Prohibits any assistance under the Arms Export Control Act or any military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act to Turkey or Greece after 1986, other than assistance to enable Turkey or Greece to carry out their obligations as members of NATO, if the military forces of each country which are on Cyprus exceed the number permitted by the 1959 Treaty or any subsequent superseding treaty. Prohibits Turkey or Greece from using on Cyprus defense articles sold under the Arms Export Control Act so long as the Turkish or Greek forces on Cyprus exceed those permitted by such treaty or agreement. Authorizes using foreign military sales guarantees to finance procurement of advanced weapons systems by Jordan only if the President has certified to Congress that Jordan is publicly committed to the recognition of Israel and to prompt entry into direct peace negotiations with Israel. Declares that foreign military sales loan guarantees should be issued only to countries which can reasonably be expected to meet the obligations covered by the guarantees without default or rescheduling. Declares that concessional assistance could be provided exclusively or in connection with guarantees to countries that do not meet this standard. Directs the President to review a country's economic and financial condition, particularly its debt servicing capability, when determining whether a country should be considered eligible for loan guarantees. Sets forth factors to be considered in such determination. Requires the President's findings to be included in the President's annual report to Congress on security assistance programs. Limits the amount made available to carry out the Arms Control Act for FY 1985 to seven percent of the principal amount of contractual liability authorized for the foreign military sales credit and guarantee program for FY 1985. Requires such a percentage limit to be placed on such funds each fiscal year. Requires such funds to constitute part of the single reserve for payment of claims under such guarantees. Excludes a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs from the administrative surcharge attached to letters of offer for the sale of defense articles or services. Includes certain official reception and representation expenses within the administrative expenses that will be recovered by the administrative surcharge. Limits such expenses for each fiscal year. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act. Authorizes the President, in carrying out quality assurance, inspection, and contract audit defense services, to provide free cataloging data and services to NATO and to NATO members if NATO or the NATO members provide reciprocal data and services to the United States. Requires that the section of the President's annual report on arms sales which deals with estimates of international volume of arms traffic shall be transmitted to Congress by April 1 of each year. Requires the President, upon request, to submit copies of the defense requirement surveys to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for military assistance. Limits the amount of such assistance for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) Tunisia; (2) Morocco; and (3) Zaire. Authorizes a waiver of the requirement that a foreign country which sells an item provided under the military assistance program must pay to the United States the net proceeds from the sale. Sets forth the FY 1984 and 1985 limits on the additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries. Authorizes the presence of more than six U.S. military personnel in FY 1984 and 1985 in specified countries including Pakistan, Yemen, Tunisia, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for international military education and training. Permits such education and training for FY 1985 for Uruguay and for FY 1984 and 1985 for Paraguay only if the President submits specified certifications to the Congress. Authorizes the President to provide free training for foreign military personnel at professional military schools in the United States if it is pursuant to an agreement providing reciprocal training for U.S. students in foreign military schools. Authorizes providing military education and training at the Coast Guard Academy. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the funds available for such education and training to provide maritime training through the Coast Guard. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the President, in the event of an unforeseen emergency that requires the immediate provision of peacekeeping operations, to direct the drawdown of a specified amount of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any U.S. agency. Provides for the reimbursement of such agencies. Requires the President to notify the Speaker of the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before exercising such authority. Declares that it is U.S. policy to support a negotiated political solution to the conflict in the Western Sahara. Prohibits members of the U.S. armed forces from performing defense services under the Foreign Assistance Act or the Arms Export Control Act or conducting military education and training activities under the Foreign Assistance Act in the Western Sahara so long as the military conflict continues. Limits the amount of military assistance for El Salvador for FY 1984 and 1985. Provides an additional amount that may be used only for: (1) medical supplies; and (2) training outside of El Salvador for members of El Salvador's armed forces. Limits the total number of U.S. military advisers in El Salvador to 55. Declares that the United States shall: (1) encourage a peaceful and political resolution of the conflict in El Salvador; (2) help begin regional efforts to accomplish a conference of interested governments to reduce regional tensions and instability; and (3) help provide substantial emergency assistance to displaced persons. Directs the President to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act concerning the plans of the Government of El Salvador for meeting specified objectives in ending the conflict, including the President's assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of such plans. Directs the President to suspend military assistance for El Salvador if the Government of El Salvador, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, is not engaged in a good faith, unconditional dialog with all major parties to the conflict unless the Government has been unable to enter such dialog because of the refusal of the major opposition groups to participate. Requires the President to submit to Congress a detailed progress report on May 30, 1984, and August 31, 1984, on the steps taken by the Government of El Salvador to carry out the plans for ending the conflict. Suspends military assistance to El Salvador if the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution declaring that: (1) the plans reported by the President do not adequately address the specified objectives for ending the conflict; or (2) the Government of El Salvador is not making adequate progress toward meeting those objectives. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolutions. Authorizes the submission of a revised report if the Congress adopts such a resolution. Subjects such revised report to disapproval by Congress. Sets forth the timing for the obligating of FY 1984 and 1985 military assistance funds for El Salvador. Suspends all military assistance to El Salvador if the President does not submit the reports required by this Act at the time specified. Prohibits the use of the President's emergency drawdown authority under the Foreign Assistance Act with respect to El Salvador during FY 1984 and 1985. Directs the Comptroller General to report periodically to Congress on the progress of the Government of El Salvador in carrying out the plans for ending the conflict. Sets forth the procedure to be followed if the President uses special authority under the Foreign Assistance Act to waive the suspension of military assistance to El Salvador. Prohibits providing Guatemala during FY 1984 and 1985 with: (1) funds for military assistance or international military education and training; (2) foreign military sales credits or guarantees; (3) arms export licenses; and (4) members of U.S. armed forces. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) sales of construction equipment and mobile medical facilities to assist in development programs that will directly assist the poor in Guatemala; (2) sales of training, to be provided outside Guatemala, which is related to sales of such equipment or facilities; (3) a specified amount of loan guarantees for FY 1984 and 1985 for sales of such equipment, facilities, and training. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 to permit specified types of military and economic assistance, including foreign military sales credits and guarantees and arms export licenses to Argentina and Chile only if the President certifies to Congress that: (1) their governments have made significant progress in complying with internationally recognized principles of human rights; (2) the provision of such assistance is in the U.S. national interest; and (3) an elected civilian government is in power. Prohibits such assistance to Chile or Argentina for FY 1984 if the President submits a certification with respect to that country before this Act is enacted. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the limits on the funds which the President may authorize under the President's special waiver authority of such Act. Title II: Antiterrorism Assistance Program - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to eligible countries to aid in the deterrence of international terrorism. Sets forth provisions for reimbursement for the value of services and commodities furnished under this Act. Provides for consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the development and implementation of this Act. Sets forth procedures and requirements for training services under this Act. Requires the President to transmit specified written notification to Congress not less than 30 days before providing antiterrorism assistance under this Act. Sets forth certain reporting requirements. Authorizes: (1) appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985; and (2) transfers of funds previously made available for FY 1983 to carry out this program. Title III: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985. Allocates a specified amount for FY 1984 and 1985 for emergency assistance. Deletes the provisions prohibiting the use of Economic Support Fund funds for nuclear facilities and dealing with Economic Support Fund programs for: (1) the Middle East; (2) the Eastern Mediterranean; (3) the special requirements fund; (4) Costa Rica; (5) Nicaragua; and (6) Poland. Allocates funds out of the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 for Israel and Egypt. Limits the percentage of the FY 1984 and 1985 funds obligated for assistance for Latin American and the Caribbean that may be obligated for assistance for any one country. Allocates funds for Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Panama. Requires that, to the maximum extent possible, funds appropriated to the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 which are allocated for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean shall be used to generate local currencies to support specified objectives. Requires the President to seek a reasonable balance between support for the public sector and support for the private sector and between balance-of-payments support and support for development projects. Authorizes the use of Economic Support Fund allocations to El Salvador to implement the country's land reform program. Requires such funds to be used to generate local currencies to capitalize a segregated account which: (1) would be used to pay for land acquired under the land reform program and to provide credit at concessional interest rates to beneficiaries of all phases of the land reform program; (2) would be replenished as necessary by payments required from beneficiaries of the program; and (3) shall be subject to standard U.S. Government auditing requirements. Authorizes the obligation at any time after October 1, 1983, of 50 percent of the appropriated FY 1984 allocation for El Salvador. Directs the President to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act on the plans of the Government of El Salvador for carrying out the land reform objectives. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress not earlier than March 30, 1984, on the progress made in carrying out such plans. Lists information to be included in such report. Requires similar reports to be filed not earlier than August 30, 1984, and not earlier than March 30, 1985. Prohibits the obligation of any additional part of the allocation until 15 days after the report is filed. Authorizes the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to express any objections they may have to the obligation of additional funds for El Salvador in light of the progress being made in implementing the land reform program. Sets forth the timetable for obligating FY 1985 allocations for El Salvador. Authorizes Congress to prevent the obligation of such funds by adopting a concurrent resolution stating that Congress does not find that sufficient progress has been made in implementing the land reform program. Provides for expedited consideration of such resolution. Prohibits providing assistance from the Economic Support Fund to Zaire for FY 1984 or 1985. Requires that agreements with countries in Africa, including Northern Africa, which provide for the use of funds out of the Economic Support Fund for FY 1984 and 1985 to finance imports from those countries shall require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries in accordance with specified criteria. Requires annual evaluations of the extent to which such agreements meet those criteria. Earmarks a specified amount for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) regional programs in Southern Africa; and (2) Southern Africa. Prohibits Economic Support Fund monies for education or training programs in South Africa from being used for programs conducted by or through organizations in South Africa which are financed or controlled by the Government of South Africa. Title IV: Development Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance; (2) population planning and health programs, with a specified amount earmarked for the International Conference on Population; (3) education and human resources development; and (4) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities. Allocates 60 percent of the population planning assistance funds or $165,000,000, whichever is less, for: (1) population and family planning activities of multilateral and nongovernmental organizations and institutions; and (2) centrally-funded purchases of family planning supplies and services. Allocates 16 percent of such funds or $38,000,000, whichever is less for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. Directs the President, in carrying out the aid to health programs, to promote activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for development assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean. Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) educational scholarships for persons from Latin America and the Caribbean; (2) the Inter-American Foundation; (3) aid to persons displaced by civil strife in Central America; (4) the American Institute for Free Labor Development; and (5) support for indigenous regional development and financial institutions that carry out projects to support basic human needs. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for development assistance for: (1) Sub-Saharan Africa; and (2) Morocco. Authorizes the President to establish in the Treasury a revolving fund which shall be used to furnish assistance to further the development of the private sector in developing countries. Sets forth the criteria for the private sector activities that may be supported by such fund. Limits the amount that may be made available to support any one project. Sets forth provisions for administering the fund. Directs the President to report to Congress annually on the projects supported by the fund. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to countries to protect and maintain wildlife habitats and to develop sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs. Provides for the development of a U.S. strategy to protect and conserve biological diversity in developing countries, including continued U.S. participation in and support for international groups which carry out research on the preservation of animal and plant species. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for the Sahel development program. Directs the President to use specified poverty measurement standards in determining target populations for development assistance and to strengthen U.S. efforts to assure that a substantial percentage of such assistance directly improves the lives of the poor majority. Requires that attempts to increase the capabilities of institutions shall, to the maximum extent possible, be designed and monitored to insure that the ultimate beneficiaries of these activities are the poor majority. Requires the annual report on development assistance to include an evaluation of the extent to which development assistance programs directly benefit the poor majority. Increases the limit on the total amount of outstanding housing guarantees. Extends the authority to issue worldwide housing guarantees until September 30, 1986. Requires that the interest rates on loan investments guaranteed under such Act shall be reasonable in comparison to the rates on comparable securities in the U.S. market. Deletes the requirement that Latin American countries must be the setting for pilot programs for encouraging private sector participation in agricultural credit and self-help community development programs. Extends the authority for such programs until September 30, 1985. Requires that assistance provided to promote the role of private enterprise in development shall be used primarily for activities in agricultural development in rural areas, population planning and health programs, education and human resources development, and development of indigenous energy resources. Requires such assistance to be directed toward small business. Sets forth factors the President shall consider in providing assistance to promote the role of private enterprise in development. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for the African Development Foundation. Title V: Other Authorizations - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for human rights activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; (5) trade and development programs; and (6) operating expenses for development assistance. Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) the United Nations Development Program; (2) the United Nations Children's Fund; (3) the International Atomic Energy Agency; (4) the Organization of American States development assistance programs; (5) the United Nations Environment Program; (6) the World Meteorological Organization; (7) the United Nations Capital Development Fund; (8) the United Nations Education and Training Program for Southern Africa; (9) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the Decade for Women; (10) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; (11) the World Food Program; (12) the United Nations Institute for Namibia; (13) the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa; (14) the United Nations Institute for Training and Research; (15) the United Nations Fellows Program; and (16) the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Prohibits making funds available for programs or projects for the Palestinian Liberation Organization or for the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). Permits funding for SWAPO if the President certifies that such funds would not be used to support military or paramilitary activities. Requires the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress on the amounts spent by international organizations receiving U.S. funds. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the need for signatory countries to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, to work together to prevent drug cultivation. Authorizes the President to conclude agreements with other countries and to furnish them with assistance in order to facilitate control of production and distribution of controlled substances. Directs the President to suspend U.S. assistance to or for any country if the President determines that such country has failed to take adequate steps to prevent controlled substances produced in such country from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to U.S. Government personnel or their dependents or from being smuggled into the United States. Sets forth the method of determining whether adequate steps are being taken. Requires that if aid is suspended the suspension shall continue until the President reports to Congress that the foreign country's government has taken adequate steps to prevent the distribution of drugs to U.S. personnel and to prevent smuggling into the United States. Requires the President to report to Congress annually on the status of the U.S. policy to establish and encourage an international strategy to prevent the illicit cultivation and manufacture of and traffic in controlled substances. Sets forth information that must be included in each such report. Directs the Department of State to encourage the International Narcotics Control Board and the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to take the necessary and appropriate action to secure from signatory countries to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, the information necessary for the President's annual reports to Congress. Earmarks a specified amount for FY 1985 to provide resettlement services and facilities for refugees and displaced persons in Africa. Title VI: Food for Peace - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to furnish certain agricultural commodities to carry out the provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Provides for payment for such commodities. Declares that the level of food assistance financing made available for Egypt under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall be reduced each fiscal year both in dollar amount and as a percentage of the total financing made available worldwide. Limits such financing for FY 1984. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize furnishing commodities for famine relief through any appropriate method of distribution. Requires that consideration shall be given, in the case of commodities distributed by nonprofit voluntary agencies, to the nutritional and development objectives as established by those agencies in light of their assessment of the needs of the people assisted. Requires the President to submit: (1) annual reports to Congress on planned programing of food assistance for famine relief for the coming fiscal year; and (2) semiannual reports to Congress on the current status of planned programing of food assistance for famine relief for the current fiscal year. Limits the amount of funds that may be used in FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out the farmer-to-farmer assistance program under such Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, in conjunction with the Secretary, to report to Congress on the manner in which the Agency intends to implement such program. Title VII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act for FY 1984 and 1985. Declares that it is U.S. policy to provide opportunities for service in the Peace Corps to at least 10,000 individuals by the end of FY 1986 and thereafter. Directs the President to include in the annual report to Congress on the Peace Corps a description of the plans to carry out such policy. Title VIII: Fiscal Year 1983 Supplemental Authorizations - Authorizes supplemental authorizations for FY 1983 for: (1) foreign military sales loan guarantees under the Arms Export Control Act; (2) military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act, with a specified amount earmarked for El Salvador; (3) the Economic Support Fund; (4) international organizations and programs; and (5) development assistance programs, with a specified amount earmarked for development assistance projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Limits for FY 1983 the principal amount of foreign military sales loan guarantees and military assistance to: (1) Morocco; (2) Tunisia; and (3) Zaire. Earmarks a specified amount of funds from the Economic Support Fund for aid to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which have democratically elected governments and for which the executive branch has not otherwise allocated funds for FY 1983. Requires that such funds shall be used to the maximum extent feasible to generate local currencies which shall be used to support activities consistent with specified development objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act. Prohibits providing any assistance for FY 1983 for Zaire from the Economic Support Fund. Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions - Increases the amount which the U.S. Government can grant without restriction for development assistance, for American schools and hospitals abroad, or for the Economic Support Fund. Authorizes the President to remove a country from the list of communist countries which may not receive U.S. assistance if the President reports to Congress that such action is important to U.S. security. Directs the President, in determining the level of U.S. assistance to a country, to consider the extent to which the government of such country permits a government-owned entity or nationals of that country to engage in the unauthorized broadcast of copyrighted material belonging to U.S. copyright owners. Requires that a country whose government-owned entity engages in such broadcasts shall receive only one-half of the proposed U.S. assistance for such country. Authorizes the President to waive such limit if the President determines such action is in the national interest. Deletes the requirement that the annual report on foreign assistance contain a report on the foreign assistance provided by each member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Excludes proposed program changes under the Arms Export Control Act from the requirement that Congress be given 15 days notice of such changes. Excludes from the Congressional notification requirement: (1) proposed reprograming under the Arms Export Control Act; and (2) reprograming of less than $25,000 for use under international narcotics control programs and international military education and training programs. Provides that aid under the Arms Export Control Act need not be reported to Congress within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating such funds. Deletes the requirement that the President report to Congress before granting assistance which exceeds by ten percent or more the assistance which the President reported to Congress. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to delete the requirement that the President report to Congress on the amounts of and recipients of foreign military credit sales and guarantees. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to delete the limit on the amount of foreign assistance funds that may be used to construct facilities for U.S. Government personnel carrying out such Act. Increases the amount of funds that may be used to educate the dependents of such personnel. Repeals specified provisions of such Act including obsolete reporting requirements and provisions dealing with aid to: (1) Cyprus; (2) Romania; (3) Turkey; (4) Caribbean countries; and (5) Portugal and former Portuguese colonies in Africa. Directs the President to report to Congress on economic conditions in Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Lebanon which may affect their respective ability to meet their international debt obligations and to stabilize their economies. Directs the President to obtain statutory authorization with respect to the introduction of U.S. armed forces into Lebanon in conjunction with agreements providing for foreign troop withdrawals from Lebanon and for the creation of a new, more permanent multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Dominican Republic should be commended for its efforts to achieve a stable democracy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that for each of FY 1984 and 1985 up to $24,000,000 of the development assistance funds and up to $10,000,000 of the Economic Support Fund moneys should be made available for development assistance for Haiti. Declares that such aid, to the maximum extent possible, should be provided through private and voluntary organizations. Permits development, economic, and military aid for Haiti for FY 1984 and 1985 only if the President determines that the Government of Haiti: (1) is continuing to cooperate with the United States in halting illegal emigration to the United States from Haiti; (2) is cooperating in implementing U.S. development, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti; (3) is continuing to comply with the fiscal performance targets set by the International Monetary Fund; and (4) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the human rights situation in Haiti. Requires the President to report to Congress biennially until the end of FY 1985 on the actions of the Government of Haiti which are consistent with such conditions. Permits funds made available to Haiti under the Foreign Assistance Act for FY 1984 and 1985 to be used to halt significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. Congratulates the Government of Honduras for its successful presidential election. Supports the further enhancement of democracy in Honduras. Directs the President to develop plans for a reconstruction and redevelopment effort for El Salvador and other Central American countries. Directs the President to initiate discussions with such countries concerning the feasibility of enlisting multilateral support for such effort.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
National Nursing Home Standards Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 13 member National Commission on the Regulation of Nursing Homes. States that such Commission's purpose shall be to examine existing Federal and State quality, health, and safety regulations for nursing homes and intermediate care facilities and to make recommendations, including alternative approaches to regulating such facilities, to Congress and to the Secretary by September 30, 1984. Imposes a moratorium on nursing home rules changes until six months after the filing of such recommendations. Requires such Commission to be made up of members of the Institute of Medicine, nursing home residents and operators, and State officials.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1983
Calls upon the nations of the world, particularly the Soviet Union, to conclude in the multilateral Committee on Disarmament or other bilateral negotiations a comprehensive and verifiable treaty banning chemical weapons. States that the United States will continue its moratorium on chemical weapons production if progress is evident on a comprehensive and verifiable treaty banning chemical weapons.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1983
Title I: Department of State - Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, with a specified amount earmarked for protective services; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) migration and refugee assistance, with a specified amount earmarked to fight piracy in the Gulf of Thailand; and (5) U.S. Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements. Requires that the U.S. share of expenses of the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property for any year after 1981 shall be paid out of the State Department funds for international organizations and conferences. Requires that the U.S. expenses for the thirty-first annual meeting of the North Atlantic Assembly shall be paid out of the State Department funds for FY 1984 for international organizations and conferences. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to allocate or transfer State Department funds to any U.S. agency for direct expenditure by such agency for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted in such Act or under authority governing the activities of such agency. Limits the amount of any U.S. payment to the United Nations budget or to the budget of any specialized U.N. agency to an amount assessed as the U.S. contribution less 25 percent of the amount budgeted for projects whose primary purpose is to provide political benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on any such project. Provides that the Counselor of the Department of State shall be compensated at the rate of Level III rather than Level IV of the Executive Schedule. Deletes the provision limiting the amount that the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation may accept in gifts in a single year. Makes a specified amount of the funds authorized for the administration of foreign affairs for each of FY 1984 and 1985 available for the expenses of the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize training and instruction at the Foreign Service Institute for at least 60 citizens of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require that the President rather than the Secretary, appoint the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions. Grants the Director the rank of ambassador. Sets forth the qualifications of the Director. Prohibits specified types of reprograming of State Department funds unless the House Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committees are notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide for a benefit fund for foreign national employees of the State Department. Deletes the provision dealing with the payment of illness and burial expenses for Federal employees who are citizens of foreign countries. Sets forth the method of determining retirement benefits of certain foreign service officers. Directs the Secretary to assign responsibility for international communications and information policy matters within the Department to an appropriate Under Secretary of State. Lists the responsibilities for such matters. Directs the Secretary to establish within the State Department an Office of the Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy. Requires the Coordinator to be responsible to the Under Secretary. Sets forth the duties of the Coordinator. Declares that the presence of nonessential personnel or dependents shall not preclude payment of danger pay to Federal employees serving under dangerous conditions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should recommend that extended voluntary departure status should be granted to El Salvadorans and that such status should be granted until the situation in El Salvador has changed sufficiently to permit their safely residing in that country. Title II: United States Information Agency - United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) for FY 1984 and 1985. Earmarks specified amounts for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) acquisition and construction of radio facilities; and (2) a grant to the National Endowment for Democracy. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the USIA for FY 1983. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to prohibit specified types of reprograming of USIA funds unless the House Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committees are notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Authorizes the USIA to award program grants for FY 1984 and 1985 only if those committees are notified 15 days in advance of the proposed grant. Authorizes disseminating USIA prepared information to foreign diplomats in the United States. Prohibits those diplomats from further disseminating such information within the United States except to other foreign diplomats. Directs the Administrator of General Services to provide for the distribution within the United States of the USIA film "Thanksgiving in Peshawar." Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize supplemental appropriations for FY 1983 and to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985. Limits the salary of the President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, to the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Title IV: Inter-American Foundation - Inter-American Foundation Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation for FY 1984 and 1985. Title V: The Asia Foundation - The Asia Foundation Act - Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of State to make grants to The Asia Foundation in each of FY 1983 through 1985. Title VI: National Endowment for Democracy - National Endowment for Democracy Act - Authorizes the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Endowment for Democracy. Sets forth the purposes of the Endowment. Authorizes the Endowment to provide funding only for programs of private sector groups which are consistent with the purposes of the Endowment. Provides for the incorporation of the Endowment. Requires the Endowment to report annually to the President on its activities. Authorizes the Director of the USIA to make grants to the Endowment. Allocates funds from the Endowment for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; (2) the National Republican Institute for International Affairs; (3) the Free Trade Union Institute; and (4) the private enterprise development programs of the National Chamber Foundation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1983
Title I: Department of State - Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, with a specified amount earmarked for protective services; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) migration and refugee assistance, with a specified amount earmarked to fight piracy in the Gulf of Thailand; and (5) U.S. Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements. Requires that the U.S. share of expenses of the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property for any year after 1981 shall be paid out of the State Department funds for international organizations and conferences. Requires that the U.S. expenses for the thirty-first annual meeting of the North Atlantic Assembly shall be paid with State Department funds for FY 1984 for international organizations and conferences. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to allocate or transfer State Department funds to any U.S. agency for direct expenditure by such agency for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted in such Act or under authority governing the activities of such agency. Limits the amount of any U.S. payment to the United Nations budget or to the budget of any specialized U.N. agency to an amount assessed as the U.S. contribution less 25 percent of the amount budgeted for projects whose primary purpose is to provide political benefits to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Directs the President to report annually to Congress on any such project. Provides that the Counselor of the Department of State shall be compensated at the rate of Level III rather than Level IV of the Executive Schedule. Deletes the provision limiting the amount that the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation may accept in gifts in a single year. Makes a specified amount of the funds authorized for the administration of foreign affairs for each of FY 1984 and 1985 available for the expenses of the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize training and instruction at the Foreign Service Institute for a maximum of 60 citizens of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require that the President, rather than the Secretary, appoint the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions. Grants the Director the rank of ambassador. Sets forth the qualifications of the Director. Prohibits specified types of reprograming of State Department funds unless the House Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committees are notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide for a benefit fund for foreign national employees of the State Department. Deletes the provision dealing with the payment of illness and burial expenses for Federal employees who are citizens of foreign countries. Sets forth the method of determining retirement benefits of certain foreign service officers. Directs the Secretary to assign responsibility for international communications and information policy matters within the Department to an appropriate Under Secretary of State. Lists the responsibilities for such matters. Directs the Secretary to establish within the State Department an Office of the Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy. Requires the Coordinator to be responsible to the Under Secretary. Sets forth the duties of the Coordinator. Declares that the presence of nonessential personnel or dependents shall not preclude payment of danger pay to Federal employees serving under dangerous conditions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should recommend that extended voluntary departure status be granted to El Salvadorans and that such status should be granted until the situation in El Salvador has changed sufficiently to permit their safely residing in that country. Title II: United States Information Agency - United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) for FY 1984 and 1985. Earmarks specified amounts for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) acquisition and construction of radio facilities; and (2) a grant to the National Endowment for Democracy. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the USIA for FY 1983. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to prohibit specified types of reprograming of USIA funds unless the House Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committees are notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Authorizes the USIA to award program grants for FY 1984 and 1985 only if those committees are notified 15 days in advance of the proposed grant. Authorizes disseminating USIA prepared information to foreign diplomats in the United States. Prohibits those diplomats from further disseminating such information within the United States except to other foreign diplomats. Directs the Administrator of General Services to provide for the distribution within the United States of the USIA film "Thanksgiving in Peshawar." Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize supplemental appropriations for FY 1983 and to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985. Limits the salary of the President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, to the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Title IV: Inter-American Foundation - Inter-American Foundation Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation for FY 1984 and 1985. Title V: The Asia Foundation - The Asia Foundation Act - Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of State to make grants to The Asia Foundation in each of FY 1983 through 1985. Title VI: National Endowment for Democracy - National Endowment for Democracy Act - Authorizes the establishment of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Endowment for Democracy. Sets forth the purposes of the Endowment. Authorizes the Endowment to provide funding only for programs of private sector groups which are consistent with the purposes of the Endowment. Provides for the incorporation of the Endowment. Requires the Endowment to report annually to the President on its activities. Authorizes the Director of the USIA to make grants to the Endowment. Allocates funds from the Endowment for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; (2) the National Republican Institute for International Affairs; (3) the Free Trade Union Institute; and (4) the private enterprise development programs of the National Chamber Foundation. Title VII: South Africa - United States Policy Toward South Africa Act of 1983 - Subtitle I: Labor Standards - Requires any United States person who has or controls an enterprise in South Africa which employs more than 30 people to insure that in operating such enterprise the following employment principles are implemented: (1) desegregation in any employment facility; (2) equal employment for all employees; (3) equal pay for equal work; (4) establishment of a minimum wage and salary structure; (5) increase in the representation of nonwhites in managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs; (6) improvement of the quality of employees' lives outside the work environment; and (7) recognition of labor unions and fair labor practices. Declares that the Secretary may issue guidelines and give advisory opinions on compliance with such principles. Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council in South Africa to advise the Secretary with respect to the implementation of such employment principles and to review the annual reports which each U.S. person covered by this Act must submit to the Secretary on the progress made in implementing such principles. Directs the Secretary to establish in the United States an American Advisory Council to make policy recommendations regarding labor practices of U.S. persons in South Africa and to review such persons' progress in implementing such employment practices. Directs the Secretary: (1) to take specified actions to insure compliance with the implementation of such employment principles; and (2) to review the compliance of such persons at least biennially. Sets forth penalties for noncompliance. Authorizes the President to waive compliance with the implementation of such principles if such compliance would harm U.S. national security. Subtitle II: Prohibition on Loans and Importation of Gold Coins - Prohibits any U.S. financial or lending institution from making any loan directly or through a foreign subsidiary to South Africa unless such loan is for educational, housing, or health facilities available to all persons on a nondiscriminatory basis. Prohibits the importation of any gold coin minted in South Africa or sold by South Africa. Directs the Secretary to take specified actions to enforce the prohibitions on loans and the importation of gold coins. Sets forth penalties for violations of such prohibitions. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions for one year if South Africa meets specified conditions. Subtitle III: General Provisions - Directs Federal agencies to cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1983
Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for FY 1984 and 1985. Provides that the Director of the Agency shall be a permanent member of the National Security Council.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1983
Designates August 3, 1983, as National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1983
National Ocean Policy Commission Act of 1983 - Establishes a 15-member National Ocean Policy Commission to make recommendations on a comprehensive national oceans policy. Specifies issues such recommendations must address. Sets forth factors the Commission must take into account in developing its recommendations. Directs the Commission to make a final report to the President and to each House of the Congress not later than two years after the Commission first meets. Terminates the Commission on the thirtieth day after the final report is submitted. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1983
National Employment Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings and purposes of this Act and definitions. Title II: Federal Adjustment Assistance - Requires the Secretary of Labor to implement a comprehensive assistance program for employees who lose their employment with an establishment which is required under title III of this Act to give advance notice of plant closings and permanent layoffs. Requires that such program include: (1) training programs; (2) job placement services; (3) payments for reasonable expenses incurred by employees in searching for new employment in a geographical area away from such establishment; (4) payments for moving expenses; and (5) education assistance. Requires the Secretary, to the extent practicable, to provide such assistance before employment loss occurs and through existing programs. Provides that the Secretary shall consult with a business establishment and with any affected labor organizations in order to develop a retraining plan which meets the manpower needs of such establishment. Requires the payment of travel and subsistence allowances to employees receiving assistance under this program. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to retrain employees of a business undergoing plant closings and laying off employees. Makes a business concern eligible for assistance under this Act if: (1) such business concern intends to undertake a change of operations which will result in a substantial employment loss; (2) all reasonable efforts and the resources of such business concern are inadequate to prevent such employment loss; (3) such assistance will enable such business concern to operate on an improved economic basis within a reasonable time period and without the change of operations; and (4) such business concern has complied with notice requirements under title III of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide eligible business concerns with enough financial assistance to substantially contribute to their economic viability if equivalent financial assistance is unavailable from conventional sources and if it is reasonably likely that they will repay the United States. Provides that such financial assistance may include loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, and an assumption of debt. Authorizes the Secretary to provide eligible business concerns with enough technical assistance to substantially contribute to their economic viability. Provides that such assistance may include research and development grants and contracts which will provide new employment opportunities. Requires the Secretary to issue a certificate of procurement credit to a business concern which complies with notice requirements under title III of this Act if such business concern will be able to offer additional employment opportunities upon entering into a procurement contract with the Government. Provides that bids submitted by a business concern with such a certificate shall be treated by Government agencies as if they are equal to 95 percent of the amount stated in the bids. Makes local governments eligible for assistance under this Act if, as a result of a change of operations of a business concern, there will be a substantial decrease in the amount of revenues paid to such governments, a substantial increase in demand for social services provided by them, or a substantial increase in the number of unemployed individuals residing within their jurisdiction. Authorizes the Secretary to provide to eligible local governments grants, loans, and loan guarantees to increase the availability of social services and to implement any plan for a public works project approved by the Secretary. Makes employers other than business concerns required to comply with notice requirements under title III of this Act and cooperative associations of employees eligible for assistance under this Act if such employers and cooperative associations will create or expand employment opportunities and provide continuous employment over a substantial period of time, and substantially equivalent assistance is unavailable from any other source. Authorizes the Secretary to provide to such employers and cooperative associations loans, loan guarantees, and technical assistance for expanding operations in an establishment required to comply with notice requirements under title III of this Act, constructing new establishments, and undertaking research and development projects to identify new markets and employment opportunities. Establishes priority requirements for the provision of assistance under this title. Title III: Advance Notice of Plant Closings and Permanent Layoffs - Requires a business concern to give written notice with respect to any intended change of operations in a State which will result in the number of employees suffering an employment loss in any 18-month period equaling or exceeding the lesser of 100 employees or 15 percent of the employees at such establishment. Requires that the notice be given to the Secretary, the employees, representatives of affected labor organizations at such establishment, and local government units as required by the Secretary. Sets forth time requirements with respect to such notice. Requires the Secretary to inform each employee who receives such notice of the availability of assistance under this Act. Requires the Secretary to conduct an investigation of any intended change of operations at an establishment with respect to which notice is required under this Act if the Secretary receives a written request for such an investigation within 60 days after such notice is given from an authorized representative of an affected labor organization or from at least 10 percent of the employees notified. Provides that the Secretary may conduct such an investigation regardless of whether such notice is given if such investigation would serve the purposes of this Act or if at least 50 percent of the employees of the establishment involved request an investigation. Requires the Secretary to publish a report containing his or her findings resulting from such an investigation and recommendations to prevent or minimize the harmful economic and social effects of the intended change of operations of the business which is investigated. Title IV: Employer Responsibilities - Requires a business concern which is required to give notice under title III of this Act and which reduces the weekly wages of an employee to less than 85 percent of the average weekly wages paid to such employee during the 26 weeks preceding such reduction or which suspends or terminates the employment of such employee to give such employee a written statement of employment status. Provides that such an employee shall be treated as suffering an employment loss if: (1) such statement does not include an assurance that such employee's wages will be increased or that such employee will be reinstated; or (2) the business concern fails to give such statement to such employee. Requires the business concern to give such an employee a lump sum payment, in addition to other payments required by this Act, if the business concern fails to prevent such employee's loss of employment. Requires a business concern which is required to give notice under title III of this Act to: (1) pay to each employee who suffers an employment loss as a result of a change in operations a weekly income maintenance payment for one year; and (2) make payments to any employee benefit plan in effect with respect to each such employee for one year. Provides that no business concern shall be required to make total payments exceeding $25,000 to any employee suffering an employment loss. Provides that no business concern shall be required to make payments to such an employee if: (1) such employee begins employment with any other establishment of such business concern; (2) such employee refuses to accept employment which is within a reasonable commuting distance, which provides wages and benefits equal to or better than those of the employee's previous job, and which is similar to such employee's previous position; (3) such employee refuses to participate or fails to make satisfactory progress without good cause in a training or placement program under this Act; or (4) such employee receives a retirement benefit under a pension plan to which the business concern contributed. Requires a business concern to pay moving expenses for an employee who accepts employment with such business concern within three years after such employee's employment loss occurs. Provides for an extension of the one-year period of payments under this title to an employee if such employee is between 53 and 61 years old at the end of the one year. Requires the Secretary to reimburse the business concern involved for any such payments. Provides that any payment required under this title which a business concern fails to make shall be treated as a debt owed by such business concern to the United States and requires the Secretary, upon request, to make such payment to the employee involved. Provides that a business concern which transfers ownership or control of an establishment in order to avoid liability for any subsequent employment loss shall be liable to the United States for the amount of employee assistance which the business concern owning or controlling the establishment at the time the employment loss occurs fails to provide. Requires a business concern required to give notice under title III of this Act to offer to any employee who suffers an employment loss any employment which becomes available at another establishment of such business concern within three years following such employment loss and which such employee is qualified to perform, to the extent that the provision of such employment does not violate any collective-bargaining agreement in effect. Provides that an employee of a business concern required to give notice under title III of this Act who suffers an employment loss shall be eligible to participate in any employee benefit plan in effect with respect to such employee during any period when such business concern is required to make payments to such plan under this title. Sets forth vesting requirements with respect to such plans. Provides that an individual who knowingly accepts employment with a business concern which has given notice as required under title III of this Act shall not be considered an employee of such business concern for purposes of assistance under this Act. Makes a business concern which is required to give notice under title III of this Act liable to local government units for any loss of revenue which occurs during the three fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which the business concern implements its change of operations. Provides that any such payment which a business concern fails to make shall be treated as a debt owned by such business concern to the United States and requires the Secretary, upon request, to make such payment to the local government involved. Makes a business concern whose change of operations involves a transfer of operations outside the United States when an economically viable alternative exists liable to the United States for loss of revenue. Title V: Administration - Imposes criminal penalties on anyone who fraudulently obtains assistance under this Act and on anyone who gives the notice required under title III of this Act and makes false statements or fails to disclose material facts required under such title. Imposes civil penalties on any business concern which fails to: (1) give notice as required by title III of this Act; (2) provide assistance to employees pursuant to title IV of this Act; or (3) pay any debt owed to the United States pursuant to this Act within 180 days after such debt is incurred. Makes it unlawful for a business concern required to give notice under title III of this Act to: (1) fail to offer an employee who suffers an employment loss other employment at an alternative establishment; or (2) discriminate against an employee who participates in any investigation under this Act. Requires the suspension or reduction of assistance payments with respect to any person who has fraudulently obtained such assistance. Requires the Secretary to maintain operating reserves with respect to anticipated claims under loan guarantees made under title II of this Act. Requires that mortgages acquired by the Secretary as security for any loans made under such title be recorded by the Secretary according to State law. Specifies time periods within which Congress may disapprove rules promulgated by the Secretary to carry out this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a report evaluating the effectiveness of the assistance programs under this Act; and (2) legislative proposals which provide assistance to local government units adversely affected by changes of operations of business concerns and which require business concerns to provide employment information for inclusion in the job bank and matching program established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Establishes in the Department of Labor the National Employment Priorities Administration which shall carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes a National Employment Priorities Advisory Council which shall give advice to the Secretary, evaluate the programs under this Act, and conduct various employment studies. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1983
National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Act of 1983 - Establishes a National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission to evaluate existing and potential public outdoor recreation policies, programs, and opportunities and to recommend outdoor recreation policies and activities which should be instituted at the Federal, State, and local levels and by the private sector in order to protect existing recreation resources and to meet future recreation needs. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the President and Congress within 18 months after its establishment. Terminates the Commission six months after submission of its report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1983
Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983 to prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency or any other agency involved in intelligence activities from using FY 1983 or 1984 appropriations to support military or paramilitary operations against Nicaragua. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to a friendly country in Central America to enable such country to prevent the use of its territory for the transfer of military equipment from or through Cuba or Nicaragua to a group which seeks to overthrow the government of that country or another friendly government. Requires such aid to be provided openly. Permits such assistance only if the receiving country agrees not to use the assistance to overthrow the government of another Central American country. Requires the President, at least 15 days before providing such assistance, to describe the proposed assistance to the Congress in an unclassified report. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 to provide such overt interdiction assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should reduce imports of apparel to no more than 25 percent of the American apparel market.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1983
Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia, or its environs, in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean war. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial. Authorizes appropriations for site acquisition and preparation in the event nonpublic land is selected for the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to furnish agricultural commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through price support operations for famine relief.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Clean Campaign Act of 1983 - Adds a new title to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971: "Title V: Financing of General Election Campaigns for the House of Representatives". Establishes eligibility criteria entitling candidates to receive campaign payments on a matching basis. Establishes formulae to determine such sums. Limits expenditure of personal funds to $20,000 per election. Waives spending limits for eligible candidates whose opponents have spent sums exceeding the limit imposed upon such candidates. Requires specified independent expenditures to be reported to the Commission and to each candidate within specified time-frames. Permits additional payments to certain candidates who have waived specified broadcasting rights. Requires the Federal Election Commission to certify the eligibility of candidates to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall disburse funds to such candidates. Directs the Secretary to establish a separate United States House of Representatives Election Campaign Account in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and to deposit certain sums in such account in accordance with specified guidelines. Directs the Commission to audit campaign accounts. Requires repayment of excess payments and unexpended payments. Penalizes the use of funds for other than campaign purposes. Authorizes the Commission to institute repayment actions in U.S. district courts. Delineates the administrative authority of the Commission in carrying out this Act. Requires the Commission to make certain reports to the House of Representatives. Authorizes appropriations. Limits to $90,000 in any calendar year the amount of contributions which congressional candidates or their authorized political committees may accept from non-party multicandidate political committees. Specifies exceptions for candidates in general and special elections. States that any extension of credit for advertising on broadcasting stations, in newspapers or magazines, or by direct mail, or for other types of public political advertising shall be considered a contribution, if such credit is: (1) in excess of $1,000; and (2) for a period exceeding 30 days.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1983
Designates the week beginning May 1, 1983, as National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of July 24 through July 31, 1983, as National Animal Agriculture Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1983
Deep-Draft Navigation Act of 1983 - Title I: Findings and Purposes; Definitions - Declares the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Title II: Creation of Trust Fund to Administer Accounts for Operations and Maintenance, Improvement Projects, and Local-Share Credits - Establishes the Deep-Draft Navigation Trust Fund in the Treasury, consisting of: (1) the Operations and Maintenance Account; (2) the Navigation Improvement Account; and (3) the Special Credit Account. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to be the trustee of the Trust Fund and to make an annual report to Congress on the operation and status of the Fund. Sets forth the certain and the authorized uses for each Fund account. Title III: Tax on Deep-Draft Commercial Vessels Using Deep-Draft Commercial Channels, Harbors, and Navigational Facilities; Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the use of any deep-draft commercial channel or harbor within the United States by a deep-draft commercial vessel (vessel). States the rate of such tax. Declares that such tax shall not apply to intraport transfers. Imposes a tax on any vessel using any Great Lakes navigation improvement which is operated or maintained by the United States. States the rate of such tax. Imposes a tax on the use of any deep-draft commercial channel or harbor within the United States for a purpose other than the loading or unloading of commercial cargo (including convenience, bunkering, refitting, or repair). States the rate (including the maximum rate) of such tax. Requires the master of a vessel to report the value of all qualified commercial cargo loaded onto, unloaded from, or contained in such vessel to the U.S. Customs Service upon the loading or unloading of any such cargo or upon passage through any Great Lakes navigation improvement, operated or maintained by the United States. States the powers of the Secretary of the Treasury, with regard to making investigations and requiring record keeping, for determining whether any person is in violation of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the U.S. Customs Service or any other designated agency, to assess and collect the taxes imposed under this title. Requires that the liability for the payment of such taxes shall be imposed on the owner of such vessel and shall constitute a valid lien against said vessel in favor of the United States until paid. Sets forth provisions concerning violations and enforcement of this title, including: (1) findings of violations by the Secretary; (2) actions by the Attorney General; (3) jurisdiction and venue of actions under this title; (4) unlawful departure of vessels without paying all taxes; and (5) the unlawful diversion of taxable cargo for tax avoidance purposes. Grants the consent of Congress to the levying by the States of taxes on cargo to be exported from a State's deep-draft commercial channels and harbors. States conditions concerning the imposition of such taxes, and the rates of the taxes. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the deep-draft commercial harbor operations of States that have not authorized the U.S. Customs Service to accept payment of the tax levied under this title. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress concerning such audits. Amends the Act establishing the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to authorize the Corporation to accept certain amounts for the operation and maintenance of authorized deep-water navigation works in the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Waives that portion of the toll levied on a vessel for use of the Seaway to the extent that such toll exceeds the deep-draft commercial vessel tax imposed under this Act. Requires the Corporation to remit to the Treasury all revenues derived from the collection of charges from providing services to vessels using the Seaway and from toll bridge charges. Requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to initiate discussions with the Government of Canada concerning the reduction or elimination of all tolls on the international Great Lakes and/or the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress on the progress of such discussions and the economic effects to U.S. waterborne commerce of any proposed reduction or elimination in tolls. Title IV: Establishment of Federal/Local Partnership for Deep-Draft Navigation Improvement Projects - Requires the Secretary of the Army to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the port authority sponsoring any deep-draft navigation project, prior to submitting recommendations to Congress for the authorization or reauthorization of such projects. Requires the memorandum to establish the responsibilities of each party with respect to the construction and operation of the project, including a formula (determined in a specified manner) for the allocation of project costs. Grants the consent of Congress to the imposition of a duty or tax upon any vessel engaged in foreign commerce by any State, political subdivision or agency thereof, for the purpose of recovering the local share of any deep-draft navigation improvement project. Requires all revenue derived from such duty or tax to be paid into the Treasury for credit against local share of the project costs. States that Congress reserves the right to withdraw such consent upon certain circumstances. Authorizes port authorities to construct and operate a deep-draft navigation project upon entering into a memorandum of agreement with the Secretary. Sets forth certain provisions to be contained in such memoranda. Requires the Secretary to order persons or port authorities in violation of any provision of the memorandum to comply with such memorandum within 90 days. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action as may be necessary to bring such persons or port authorities into compliance with the memorandum. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to study the economic effects of the taxes imposed and the funding mechanisms established under this Act. Requires the Academy to report the results of such study to the Congress and the President within a specified period. Title V: Expedited Procedure for Authorization and Review of Deep-Draft Navigation Improvement Projects - Authorizes port authorities to submit to the Secretary of the Army proposals for the construction of deep-draft navigation improvement projects. States the required contents of such proposals. Requires the Secretary to direct the Corps of Engineers to prepare and submit, on an expedited basis, certain reports and an environmental impact assessment of the proposed project. States procedures to be followed for consolidated environmental review of proposed projects. Requires the Corps of Engineers to be the lead agency in the consolidated environmental review process. Requires the Secretary to evaluate such reports and assessments and to submit recommendations for the construction of such projects (together with a lst of all proposals submitted) to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires such recommendations to be cost effective, and to reflect a mix of differing depths and scope and to be from each of the standard coastal and Great Lakes ranges. Prohibits the Secretary from recommending to Congress any projects or combination of projects for which the total Federal share of projected annual outlays will exceed the amounts available for the Deep-Draft Navigation Trust Fund in such fiscal year. Requires the congressional committee to which the recommendations were submitted to report a joint resolution approving or disapproving such recommendations, in whole or in part, within 90 days of their submission. Requires the Secretary to establish and publish in the Federal Register a schedule (the permit schedule) for the issuance or nonissuance of all necessary federal permits for the construction of such projects. States the procedures to be followed for the permit schedule. Requires the Secretary to monitor compliance with the permit schedule by all agencies subject to such schedule. Provides a procedure to be followed in the event of any threatened delay or failure to meet any deadline imposed under the schedule. Declares that nothing in this title shall be construed to relieve any agency of any legal requirements or to affect the application of any law or regulation to a deep-draft navigation improvement project or related landslide facilities. Describes procedures concerning judicial review of final agency decisions concerning deep-draft navigation improvement projects authorized under this Act. Declares that if any part of this Act is held invalid then all of this Act shall be invalid.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Special Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1983 - Authorizes additional loan guarantees for arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act for FY 1983. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1983 for: (1) military assistance; (2) the Economic Support Fund; (3) the International Atomic Energy Agency; and (4) international development assistance programs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Directs the President to designate June 12 through 18, 1983, as National Scleroderma Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Designates the month of September as National Sewing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Designates the week of September 25 through October 2, 1983, as National Respiratory Therapy Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1983
Recognizes the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Thailand.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 16, 1983, as National Atomic Veterans' Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1983
Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1984-1985.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act - Title I: Contracting and Marketing Practices - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to declare a take-or-pay clause of a pipeline contract to be against public policy and unenforceable for a three-year period: (1) to the extent that it requires a pipeline to make any payment with respect to natural gas in excess of 50 percent of the maximum annual volume the pipeline has contracted to take; or (2) if such clause does not entitle a pipeline which makes a payment under such clause to take delivery of the gas during the one year period beginning on the date of payments. Defines "take-or-pay clause" to mean any contract provision which requires payment for the minimum quantity of natural gas contracted for under the contract in the event the pipeline fails to take delivery. Permits a pipeline, in the case of a contract for the first sale of natural gas, to: (1) request the seller to renegotiate the contract; and (2) indicate that, if there is no renegotiation within 30 days of the request, the pipeline will exercise its market-out-option. Permits a pipeline exercising its market out option to refuse delivery without incurring an obligation to pay for any amount of natural gas contracted for if the pipeline in its sole discretion determines that it could not market the gas. Declares any indefinite price escalator clause applicable to the first sale of natural gas to be against public policy and unenforceable. Defines "indefinite price escalator clause" as any provision of any contract which provides for the establishment or adjustment of the price for natural gas delivered by reference to prices for natural gas, crude oil, or any other commodity. Prohibits a pipeline from passing through its costs if the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) determines that the pipeline has failed to adopt practices minimizing amounts paid to purchase natural gas. Declares any minimum commodity beill requirement applicable to any sale of natural gas by any interstate or intrastate pipeline to be against public policy and unenforceable: (1) to the extent it requires the purchaser to make any payment with respect to natural gas in excess of 50 percent of the maximum annual volume the purchaser has contracted to take; or (2) if such requirement does not entitle a purchaser who makes a payment under such requirement to take delivery of the natural gas involved subsequent to the date of payment provided under the requirement. Directs FERC to order an interstate pipeline, upon application by a producer of natural gas or by a purchaser of natural gas from a producer, to carry natural gas, for a just and reasonable consideration, between the producer and purchaser if FERC finds that: (1) the pipeline has available capacity; (2) no undue burden would be placed upon such pipeline by reason of the order; (3) construction of new facilities would not be required; and (4) the order would not impair the ability of the pipeline to render adequate service to its other customers. Directs FERC to complete a rulemaking proceeding to issue standards for interstate pipeline tariffs. Directs FERC to require, by rule, a first-sale purchaser of natural gas to file a copy of the contract with FERC. Title II: Wellhead Price Provisions - Revises ceiling price provisions for natural gas. Provides that the ceiling price for categories other than high-cost gas shall be the January 1982 ceiling price multiplied by the monthly equivalent of the modified price adjustment factor. Defines the "modified price adjustment factor" for any month as the lower of: (1) 75 percent of the quarterly percent change in the GNP implicit price deflator (as defined in the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978); or (2) the percent change in the energy index, computed and published as an annual rate by the Department of Labor, for the most recent month for which such percent change has been so published at least eight days before the beginning of the month for which the modified price adjustment factor is being calculated. Provides that for high-cost gas the maximum lawful price for any first sale shall be 150 percent of the maximum lawful price for categories of gas other than high-cost gas. Provides for an adjusted ceiling price for wells drilled on or after January 1, 1982, and before enactment. Repeals provisions permitting increases in the ceiling price of certain categories of natural gas if just and reasonable. Provides, as a general rule, that the maximum lawful price applies with respect to the recovery of all costs and profits associated with production and first-sale delivery of marketable natural gas. Prohibits the importation of natural gas if the first sale price in the United States of the gas exceeds 150 percent of the maximum lawful price for domestically produced gas. Directs the President to submit to Congress a report on the status of negotiations with Canada regarding modification of the border price for natural gas imported from Canada. Extends price controls and standby authority for two years beyond their present expiration dates.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Foreign Trade Practices Act of 1983 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit any U.S. person (or persons or corporate entities) from corruptly offering, paying, promising to pay, authorizing the payment of any money or of anything of value to any foreign official or any foreign political party or official thereof for purposes of influencing or inducing such foreign officials or parties to assist such U.S. person in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person. Prohibits U.S. persons from directing or authorizing, expressly or by course of conduct, a third party to influence or induce foreign officials or political parties to assist U.S. persons in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to any person. States actions which are not prohibited under this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to issue: (1) guidelines describing compliance with this Act; and (2) general precautionary procedures to ensure such compliance and to create a rebuttable presumption of compliance with this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish a procedure to provide responses to specific inquires by U.S. persons concerning compliance with this Act. States that any documents or other information received by any U.S. department or agency in connection with a compliance request or an investigation of violations of this Act shall be exempt from the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. Requires the Secretary to provide timely guidance to potential exporters and small businesses unable to obtain specialized counsel concerning compliance with this Act. Requires U.S. persons to devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls to assure compliance with this Act. Sets forth requirements for such system. States the standards required for compliance with the accounting system requirements. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should pursue the negotiation of an international agreement to govern persons from foreign countries concerning acts prohibited by this Act with respect to U.S. persons. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress in relation to such negotiations. Requires such report to contain specified information.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1983
Designates June 14, 1983, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1983
Designates the week of October 3 through October 9, 1983, as National Productivity Improvement Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1983
United States Olympic Checkoff Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns a contribution of one dollar of their income tax refunds or any cash amount voluntarily forwarded with their returns to support the U.S. Olympic Trust Fund. Establishes in the Treasury a U.S. Olympic Trust Fund (trust fund). Appropriates to such trust fund an amount equal to the amount designated on tax returns. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay amounts so transferred to the U.S. Olympic Committee. Allows specified administrative expenses to be paid from such trust fund.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1983
Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans exposed to herbicides during service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era who suffer from specified diseases which may be caused by exposure to such herbicides, developed to a ten percent degree of disability. Permits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to determine what other diseases may be due to exposure to herbicides, chemicals, or environmental hazards. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year of enactment incorporating such determinations and setting forth the standards used to reach them.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
World War I Veterans Service Pension Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay (in addition to any pension already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements and to certain surviving spouses.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of October 2, 1983, as National Port Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of April 10 to 16, 1983, as A Week of Remembrance for the Fortieth Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1983 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to increase for FY 1984: (1) authorized appropriations for the foreign military sales credit and loan guarantee program; (2) ceilings on foreign military sales credits; and (3) allocations of such credits and guarantees to Israel. Makes Korea eligible for the deferred repayment of military sales credit and loan guarantees for FY 1984. Repeals the provisions allocating a specified amount of FY 1984 foreign military sales credits for Egypt and the Sudan. Increases the amount of such credits that Egypt is released from repaying for FY 1984. Authorizes the release of Israel from repayment of a specified amount of such credits for FY 1984. Amends certain definitions to provide that administrative surchages include recovery of extraordinary expenses incurred by Federal agencies in carrying out foreign military sales. Requires a purchaser of a defense service who is concurrently receiving certain foreign assistance, to pay the full costs to the United States of furnishing such service. Repeals the provisions authorizing the President to enter into certain standardization agreements for the cooperative furnishing of military training. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for certain violations of the Arms Export Control Act occurring after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes the President to provide cataloging data and services to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or to any NATO member, without charge, if such data and services are available to the United States on a reciprocal basis. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress concerning the sale and delivery of weapons and defense equipment to developing nations. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize increased appropriations for FY 1984 for military assistance. Authorizes the President to waive the requirement that net proceeds from the disposition of defense articles (furnished on a grant basis by the United States) be paid over to the United States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 for the stockpiling of defense articles for foreign countries. Authorizes Pakistan, Tunisia, Yemen, Liberia, Sudan, Zaire, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela to have U.S. military personnel strength larger than six to carry out international security assistance programs for FY 1984. Authorizes appropriations for international military education and training for FY 1984. Authorizes the President to provide for the attendance of foreign military personnel at U.S. military institutions without charge if attendance at foreign institutions is provided for U.S. students on a one-for-one reciprocal basis. Authorizes appropriations for U.S. peacekeeping operations for FY 1984. Authorizes the President to provide not more than a specified amount of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any U.S. agency in the event of an unforeseen emergency. Authorizes appropriations for such commodities and services. Title II: Antiterrorism Assistance Program - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to eligible countries to aid in the deterence of international terrorism. Sets forth provisions for reimbursement for the value of services and commodities furnished under this Act. Provides for consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the development and implementation of this Act. Sets forth procedures and requirements for training services under this Act. Requires the President to transmit specified written notification to Congress not less than 30 days before providing antiterrorism assistance under this Act. Sets forth certain reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and transfers of funds, previously made available, for 1983 in order to carry out this program. Title III: Economic Support Fund - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize increased appropriations for the Economic Support Fund and for other emergency economic support for FY 1984. Title IV: Development Assistance - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the FY 1984 authorized appropriations for assistance programs for: (1) agriculture, rural development and nutrition; (2) population planning and health programs; (3) education and human resources development; (4) energy, private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities; (5) the Sahel development programs; and (6) the housing guaranty program. Establishes the Private Sector Revolving Fund in the Treasury in order to assist the development of the private sector in developing countries. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the Fund. Makes available funds to be deposited in such revolving fund. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering authorization for worldwide housing guarantees to define by regulation the eligible investors and the maximum rates of interest for such guarantees. Requires loan guarantees for agricultural credit and assistance for self-help community development projects to be authorized in appropriations Acts. Extends the authority of this section through FY 1984. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1984 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; and (4) international disaster assistance. Prohibits agreements or grants exceeding $500,000 (currently $100,000) for certain foreign assistance unless specified conditions concerning the completion of plans and cost estimates have been completed. Requires such plans for water or related land resource construction projects to be in accord with the Water Resources Planning Act. Limits the meaning of the phrase "communist countries", for purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to a specified list of countries. (Current law indicates that the phrase includes but is not limited to the countries on such list.) Deletes Tibet and the People's Republic of China from the list. Repeals certain reporting requirements concerning foreign assistance. Exempts program changes under the Arms Export Control Act from the 15 day notification to specified congressional committees requirement. Exempts certain programming changes from such notification requirement. Exempts changes in the allocation of foreign assistance under the Arms Export Control Act from certain congressional notification requirements. Repeals certain reporting requirements of the Arms Control Act. Makes certain administrative changes concerning the availability of funds. Increases authorized appropriations for FY 1984 for: (1) the education of dependents of Foreign Service personnel; (2) certain trade and development programs; and (3) specified operating expenses. Repeals certain provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title VI: Amendments to Other Acts - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt participant training grants from deduction and withholding requirements. Amends the International Security and Development Act of 1980 to authorize appropriations for the President to carry out the activities of the African Development Foundation. Title VII: Authorizations for the Fiscal Year 1985 and Effective Date - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for programs for which appropriations are authorized for FY 1984 by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Lebanon Emergency Assistance Act of 1983 - Authorizes additional appropriations for economic assistance to Lebanon for FY 1983. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1983 military assistance to Lebanon and for FY 1983 loan guarantees for arms sales to Lebanon.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1983
Prohibits the shipment in interstate or foreign commerce of steel jaw leghold traps and articles of fur from animals that were caught in such traps. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act.