United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from amassing nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Establishes in the Senate the Select Committee to Study Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of Components of the Department of Justice. Requires the committee to investigate and study the undercover operations of the Department or any others in connection with such operations, and to recommend legislation as necessary. Directs the Senate Legal Counsel and Deputy Counsel to work with and under the jurisdiction of the select committee. Requires the committee to report its findings to the Senate by December 15, 1982, and terminates such committee on January 15, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent certain Senators or Senate employees in proceedings concerning subpoenas in the case of Rose Hall, Ltd., et al. v. Chase Manhattan Overseas Banking Corp. and Holiday Inns, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Reaffirms that deposits, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, in federally insured depository institutions are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Declares that the United States intends to continue its policy towards Cuba as expressed in a 1962 joint resolution which states that the United States is determined to: (1) prevent the Cuban regime from expanding; (2) prevent the creation in Cuba of an externally supported military capability endangering U.S. security; and (3) support Cuban self-determination.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Authorizes a named congressional employee to testify in the case of David Richardson v. Raymond J. Donovan. Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the employee.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate relative to the safe rescue of Brigadier General James L. Dozier. Commends the General and his family and congratulates the Government of Italy for its successful rescue mission. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: (1) take measures to protect American diplomatic and military personnel serving abroad; and (2) work closely with its allies to combat international terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1982
Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the United States Senate Youth Program and commends the William Randolph Hearst Foundation for establishing it and providing financial support.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1982
Authorizes the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources to provide documents to the Special Prosecutor which may bear on allegations concerning the Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan. Directs the Committee to maintain an inventory of all such documents.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Permits amounts available as a result of a withdrawal of approval of a portion of the Interstate Highway System to be used to provide operating assistance for mass transportation systems. Extends such substitution program to September 30, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Extends the due date for the report of the Study Group on the Commemoration of the United States Senate Bicentenary from February 1, 1982, to December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Authorizes the Vice President to appoint a committee of two Senators to join a similar committee of the House of Representatives to notify the President that the Congress is assembled.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Tenders the thanks of the Senate to the Honorable George Bush, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he presided during the first session of the Ninety-seventh Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Provides that a committee of two Senators be appointed by the Presiding officer to join a similar committee of the House of Representatives to notify the President that the Congress has completed its business of the session.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Authorizes the President of the Senate and the President pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions during the sine die adjournment of the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named congressional employee in the cases of William P. Tavoulareas, et al. v. The Washington Post Co., et al. and William P. Tavoulareas, et al. v. Philip Piro. Authorizes the employee to produce documents at the deposition in both cases, except those that he and his counsel determine are privileged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should continue Department policy in deferring the repayment of, and foreclosure proceedings on, certain outstanding Farmers Home Administration loans.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism are morally reprehensible. Urges the President to tell the Soviet Union that the United States opposes these policies and wants emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews removed.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1981
Authorizes the printing of "Enactment of a Law and Other Aspects of the Legislative Branch of Government" as a Senate document. Directs that a specified number of additional copies be printed for the use of the Committee on Rules and Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1981
Amends the Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928, to authorize the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to construct specified navigation improvements at the Memphis, Tennessee, Harbor. Itemizes the minimum Federal share cost of such improvements.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that any agreement for a transfer by the United States of the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) to a foreign country shall include all the requirements under the Arms Export Control Act and in the standard Letter of Offer and Acceptance, as well as specified terms and conditions. Requires that the United States immediately terminate all support for the AWACS if any of these contractual provisions are breached. Requires that only countries that promote peace and stability receive AWACS. Directs the President to certify to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the conditions specified in this Act have been met before the actual transfer of any part of the AWACS.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981
Missing Children Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to collect and exchange information which would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased individuals, and the location of missing persons, including missing children.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent a named Congressional employee in the cases of William P. Tavoulareas, et al. v. The Washington Post Co., et al. and William P. Tavoulareas. et al. v. Philip Piro. Authorizes the employee to produce documents at the deposition in both cases, except those that he and his counsel determine are privileged from disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Expresses the support of the Senate for the growing acceptance of principles of freedom and democracy in Poland. Commends the President for extending agricultural credits and aid to Poland. Urges the President to develop a policy toward Poland commensurate with U.S. concerns, to extend additional agricultural credits to Poland, and to press other countries to assist Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1981
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in the cases of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. v. Watt and Mountain States Legal Foundation, et al. v. Watt, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a specially struck gold medal to the widow of Roy Wilkins. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1981
Provides that a named company shall be granted a ten-year period within which to make full payment to the United States of a judgment entered against it by the United States Court of Claims. Provides that all interest owed in the net amount prior to and after the entry of the judgment shall be forgiven as of the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1981
Provides for an adjournment of the Senate from August 3, 1981, until September 9, 1981, and for the House of Representatives from August 4, 1981, until September 9, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1981
Provides for an adjournment of the Senate from August 3, 1981, until September 9, 1981, and for the House of Representatives from August 5, 1981, until September 9, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981
Authorizes up to $115,000 from the Senate contingent fund for research into the financing of presidential election campaigns. Requires the submission of a report to the Committee on Rules and Administration by January, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1981
Provides that any employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate or the Office of the Sergeant at Arms who is separated from employment after March 31, 1981, and before August 1, 1981, may apply for severance pay before September 12, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to construct a Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia, subject to the approval of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission and in accordance with the general design selected by such Commission. Authorizes appropriations.
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