United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the forced exile of Ida Nudel; (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide her with adequate medical care and allow her to emigrate; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Declares that if Israel or any other democratic state is denied its rights and privileges in the United Nations' General Assembly the United States will suspend its participation in the General Assembly and will withhold its contribution to the United Nations until the action is reversed.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Shrimp Research, Quality, and Consumer Information Act of 1982 - Title I: Shrimp Industry Councils - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to identify the shrimp marketers and harvesters within the warm water and cold water shrimp industries and to conduct a referendum regarding the establishment of a Shrimp Industry Council in each of the respective industries. Sets forth the membership, functions, and powers of such Industry Councils including the duty to implement programs concerning the promotion, research, and quality enhancement of shrimp. Describes contract and other discretionary authority granted to such Industry Councils. Title II: Assessments - Requires shrimp marketers to pay an assessment to the Council based on the number of pounds of shrimp purchased by each marketer. Sets forth procedures concerning refunds of such assessments and dissolution of the Industry Councils. Title III: Review and Enforcement - Grants jurisdiction to review rulings by the Secretary under this Act to the U.S. district courts. Specifies civil penalties for violations of this Act. Title IV: Regulations and Appropriations - Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
White House Conference on Productivity Act - Title I: Findings - States the findings of Congress concerning U.S. productivity. Title II: The White House Conference on Productivity - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Productivity, within one year, to develop recommendations to stimulate the U.S. productivity improvement rate. Lists the policy options the Conference shall consider. Requires the Conference to submit a report to the President. Requires the report to be made public. Directs the President to transmit to the Congress recommendations for legislative action to implement recommendations in the report. Title III: Administration - Provides for the administration of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express to the Soviet Union U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to prohibitions of emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to implement procedures for identifying social security benefit checks issued under title II which have not been negotiated within 12 months and to credit the appropriate social security trust fund on a monthly basis for the amount of all unnegotiated benefit checks drawn on such trust fund. Requires the Secretary to pay a benefit check presented for payment after it has been credited to one of the trust funds if it is otherwise proper. Directs the Secretary to transfer funds from the general fund of the Treasury to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to reimburse them for the total amount of unnegotiated benefit checks.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a report specifying the geographic distribution of Government outlays within the United States for each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982 and to transmit a summary to Congress. Requires the Director to make available the fiscal year 1981 report within 90 days after enactment of this joint resolution, and the fiscal year 1982 report by the 90th day after the first meeting of the 98th Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1982 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit to the President an annual study of the practices of each designated major trading country that: (1) deny benefits to the United States under a trade agreement; or (2) deny to the United States substantially equivalent commercial opportunities with respect to U.S. products that are internationally competitive. Directs the President to submit such study to the appropriate congressional committees and to propose actions to redress any imbalance caused by such practices. Directs Federal agencies to furnish information and other assistance to carry out such study. Adds to the findings upon which the President can base U.S. responses to foreign trade practices. Directs the President to act upon finding that a foreign practice denies to the United States commercial opportunities substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Authorizes the President to take action against the foreign entity's investments. (Current law limits the President to taking action against the foreign entity's products or services.) Requires the President to take into account U.S. trade agreement obligations in determining whether to take any action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to a foreign trade practice. Includes foreign direct investment by U.S. citizens or nationals within the definition of commerce and commercial opportunites. Authorizes the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee to file a resolution with the USTR requesting the President to take action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to foreign trade practices. Directs the USTR to consult with the International Trade Commission (ITC) on: (1) the economic impact of the USTR's legislative recommendations; and (2) the foreign practices which caused the USTR to investigate. (Current law authorizes the USTR to consult with the ITC on the economic impact of proposed action with respect to the foreign product or service.) Directs the USTR to make preliminary recommendations to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on the options the President is considering if dispute settlement procedures fail. Requires such recommendations to be made within 180 days of a finding that presidential action is needed to enforce U.S. trade rights or to respond to a foreign trade practice. Directs the President to negotiate international agreements to end restrictions on foreign direct investment. Includes restrictions on foreign direct investment among the barriers to international trade that may authorize the President to enter trade agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982
Royalty Collection Incentive Act of 1982 - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate a principal lessee with respect to any oil or gas lease issued under such Act. Makes the principal lessee responsible for making all royalty and lease payments under such lease. Directs the Attorney General at the request of the Secretary of the Interior to bring a civil action to enforce any law governing any oil or gas lease or any term of such a lease. Sets forth a maximum penalty for failure to comply with such laws or lease terms. Sets an additional fine of a five percent interest payment above the current interest rate for any overdue royalty payments. Provides a maximum fine of $100,000, a maximum prison term of the ten years, or both for any person who knowingly and willfully, with respect to any oil or gas lease issued under such Act: (1) violates any lease term; (2) makes any false statement or representation; (3) falsifies or tampers with any record; or (4) reveals confidential information. Requires convictions for such willful violations to result in the forfeiture of the lease held by the person convicted. Makes officers and agents of corporations prosecuted for such activities subject to the same penalties and prison terms.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982
Federal Election Campaign Equal and Total Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to include all persons, committees, and organizations within such Act's coverage. Provides penalties for using information disclosed under such Act to threaten or harass another person.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should consider making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Labor for the restoration of employment services for FY 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit the employment of blind persons or persons with impaired sight at less than the applicable minimum wage under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Amends the Federal census provisions to require Federal agencies to use the most recent population data (rather than the most recent decennial census data) in determining the amount of benefits due State and local governments under Federal programs.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend from August 6, 1982, to August 6, 1984, the current preclearance requirements (under which jurisdictions covered through the triggering mechanism must submit proposed electoral changes to the Department of Justice). Establishes a new standard for jurisdictions to "bail-out" of these requirements effective August 6, 1984. Permits political subdivisions of covered States to bail-out independently of the State. Conditions a declaratory judgment for bail-out on the jurisdiction's showing that it and all its political subdivisions have met the bail-out requirements for a ten-year period prior to the filing of the suit. Includes among the requirements for bail-out that: (1) no test or device has been used to discriminate on account of race, color, or language; (2) no actions alleging voting discrimination are pending or have gone to final judgment; (3) no Federal examiner has served in the jurisdiction seeking bail-out; (4) the jurisdiction and all its subdivisions have complied with the preclearance requirements; and (5) the jurisdiction and its subdivisions have taken affirmative steps to protect voting rights. Stipulates that lawsuits filed during pendency of the bail-out litigation will not bar bail-out. Subjects the jurisdiction to the preclearance requirements if any such lawsuit alleging voting violations is successful after bail-out. Restates the prohibition against voting discrimination to include as a violation conduct which has the effect of discrimination. Stipulates that the failure of a minority to be proportionately represented does not itself constitute a violation. Extends the bilingual election requirements from August 6, 1985, to August 6, 1992. Declares that nothing in the Voting Rights Act shall be construed to permit assistance within the voting booth, unless the voter is blind or physically incapacitated.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to revise the method of funding State vocational rehabilitation services for individuals receiving disability, widow's, widower's, or supplemental security income benefits. Authorizes appropriations to enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to States for the costs of such services. (Currently funds for such payments are transferred from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.) Requires a specified sum to be allocated among the States for such payments for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 according to the ratio of the number of individuals rehabilitated and terminated as beneficiaries in each State compared with the number of rehabilitated beneficiaries terminated in all States during fiscal years 1981 and 1982, respectively. Requires the amount paid to each State to be increased or decreased in succeeding fiscal years by the percentage increase or decrease in the number of rehabilitated beneficiaries terminated.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual to elect hospice care, in lieu of certain other benefits, during two periods of 180 days each during the individual's lifetime. Provides for full reimbursement of reasonable costs to a hospice program, subject to a ceiling. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the hospice reimbursement method. Defines hospice care as including items and services furnished to the terminally ill in their homes, on an outpatient basis, and on a short term inpatient basis.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Americans want an early, peaceful, and popularly supported resolution of the issues that led to the imposition of martial law in Poland; (2) Americans deplore the imposition of martial law in Poland, the suspension of workers' rights, and the arrests of Solidarity leaders; (3) recent events call into question the suitability of further assistance for Poland: (4) the Polish people have the right to resolve their problems without outside interference; (5) the support of Americans for continued U.S. dealings with Poland's present government will relate to the degree to which that government avoids violence and demonstrates its respect for Solidarity and its commitment to continuing reforms; (6) the President and the Secretary of State should continue to stress this U.S. position; and (7) the Administration should consult with our allies to develop a concerted and sustained response to the threat to the democratization process in Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1981
Controlled Substances Amendments Act of 1981 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the distinction between penalties for dealing in narcotic and nonnarcotic drugs listed in schedules I and II.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Amends the Small Business Act to require procuring agencies to wait a specified amount of time before issuing solicitations for procurement actions or foreclosing competition under procurement actions.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Entitles Civil Air Patrol Cadets 18 years of age or older to the same compensation for disability or death which is available to Civil Air Patrol senior members. Increases the amount of such compensation available to both.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express to the Soviet Union U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to prohibitions of emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Expresses the sense of Congress that members of the National Guard and Reserve should be granted time off from their jobs for military training, exclusive of earned vacation, and given equal consideration for job benefits and promotions as other employees.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1981
Federal Trade Commission Petroleum Supply and Effects Evaluation Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980 to direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to evaluate the impact on interstate commerce and consumers of acquisitions of domestic petroleum companies by major international energy concerns. Requires the FTC to report its findings to Congress by December 15, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1981
Amends the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act to increase the authorized civil and criminal penalties for violations. Extends the current reporting requirement to include persons attempting to transport monetary instruments into or from the United States. Raises from $5,000 to $10,000 the amount transported which triggers the reporting requirement. Revises the forfeiture provision to subject monetary instruments to seizure only if the person required to file a report knowingly fails to do so. Authorizes a customs officer to make a warrantless search and seizure of any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, envelope, or other container based on reasonable cause that a monetary instrument is being transported for which a report is required. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a reward for original information leading to a recovery of at least $50,000 by way of criminal fine, civil penalty, or forfeiture.
United States · United States Congress · 24 November 1981
United States Academy of Peace Act - Establishes the United States Academy of Peace as an independent nonprofit corporation. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Academy, including establishment of an Endowment of the United States Academy of Peace. Authorizes the Academy to establish: (1) a Center for International Peace; and (2) a United States Medal of Peace and other medals or honors. Subjects the Academy to specified freedom of information requirements. Provides that, with certain exceptions, the Academy shall not be considered a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government. Prohibits the use of any political test or political qualification with respect to personnel actions of the Academy or financial assistance by the Academy. Authorizes appropriations in a specified amount for an Academy buildings and grounds capitalization fund. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal years 1983 and 1984 for Academy programs and administration.
United States · United States Congress · 24 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth new criteria for the disclosure of tax return information to Federal law enforcement officials. Revises the definition of tax return information and investigative nonreturn information. Defines "investigative return information" as tax returns of all taxpayers and underlying records and information submitted in support of such returns. Defines "investigative nonreturn information" as all information obtained by the Internal Revenue Service which is not encompassed in the definition of investigative return information, including corporate books and records and information about taxpayers obtained from third parties. Requires an ex parte Federal court order for the disclosure of investigative return information to Justice Department officials for use in preparing any administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceeding involving the enforcement of a specific Federal criminal statute (but not involving tax administration) or in an ancillary proceeding involving the United States or for purposes of locating a fugitive from justice. Specifies the grounds for granting an ex parte order. Authorizes Justice Department officials who have obtained investigative return information pursuant to a court order to disclose such information to other government officials or potential witnesses crucial to a criminal investigation or needed for the preparation of criminal proceedings. Grants the Secretary of the Treasury discretion to refuse disclosure of investigative return or nonreturn information if he determines and certifies to the court granting the ex parte order (in the case of return information), that such disclosure would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or criminal tax investigation. Requires the Secretary to disclose investigative return information to Justice Department officials as soon as practicable after the issuance of the ex parte order. Permits the disclosure of investigative nonreturn information upon the written request of a head of a Federal agency, the Inspector General of such agency, or certain officials of the Justice Department for use in Federal grand jury proceedings, or in preparation for any administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceedings. Sets forth the information which such request must contain. Permits officials who have obtained investigative nonreturn information to disclose such information to other government personnel or potential witnesses crucial to a criminal investigation or needed for the preparation of criminal proceedings. Directs the Secretary to disclose in writing to appropriate Federal officials investigative nonreturn information (other than information which would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a tax investigation) which may indicate a violation of Federal criminal laws. Directs the Secretary, when making a recommendation to the Justice Department for prosecution of a criminal tax violation, to disclose return or nonreturn information obtained during the tax investigation which indicates a violation of Federal criminal law. Allows information disclosed under the provisions of this Act to be entered into evidence in nontax judicial or administrative proceedings or in any ancillary proceedings to which the United States is a party. Limits such disclosure to the extent required by applicable discovery requirements. Prohibits admission of such evidence into evidence if the Secretary determines that it would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a tax investigation, unless a court otherwise directs disclosure. Directs the Secretary, in specified emergency circumstances, to disclose return or nonreturn information to the extent necessary to apprise appropriate Federal officials of such emergency. Permits the Internal Revenue Service to assist the Department of Justice or any other Federal agency in joint tax and nontax investigations of criminal matters which may involve tax violations. Permits Federal officials to apply to a Federal court for permission to disclose to appropriate State officials any investigative return or nonreturn information which may indicate a violation of a State felony statute. Sets forth the factors which the court must consider in authorizing such disclosure. Permits the disclosure of investigative return and nonreturn information to a foreign government which has a treaty with the United States for the exchange of tax information in nontax criminal matters. Requires a Federal judge or magistrate to determine whether the information is relevant to the criminal investigation. Permits the disclosure of investigative return and nonreturn information to Federal intelligence agencies upon the certification of the Attorney General that such information is sought exclusively for use in foreign intelligence collection or a foreign counterintelligence investigation. Sets forth additional factors which the Attorney General must consider in making his certification. Allows as an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the unauthorized disclosure of return or nonreturn information that such disclosure resulted from a good faith, but erroneous, interpretation of the requirements of this Act. Enlarges the remedy of a taxpayer aggrieved by an unauthorized disclosure of returns or return information to permit suit for civil damages against the Federal agency responsible for the disclosure. Permits direct suit against nonemployees of a Federal agency who are responsible for an unauthorized disclosure. Expands the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to examine the books of a taxpayer and certain witnesses to permit the Secretary to make inquiries regarding possible criminal tax violations. Revises procedures for challenging Internal Revenue Service third-party summonses to permit third-party recordkeepers to file a motion in Federal court to quash such summonses. Allows an appeal of an order denying a motion to quash only as part of an appeal from a final order. Grants the U.S. magistrate jurisdiction over all proceedings involving third-party summonses.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1981
Directs the United States Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp to honor the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Provides that such stamp shall be issued in the denomination applicable to first-class mail up to one ounce in weight. Directs that such stamp shall be issued on November 11, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981
Florida Wilderness Act of 1982 - Designates the following lands in Florida as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Bradwell Bay Wilderness Addition in the Apalachicola National Forest; (2) the Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness in the Apalachicola National Forest; (3) the Big Gum Swamp Wilderness in the Osceola National Forest; (4) the Alexander Springs Wilderness in the Ocala National Forest; (5) the Juniper Prairie Wilderness in the Ocala National Forest; (6) the Little Lake George Wilderness in the Ocala National Forest; and (7) the Billies Bay Wilderness in the Ocala National Forest. Prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing phosphate leases in the Osceola National Forest until there is Federal legislation determining that such leases are necessary in the national interest. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within 60 days of enactment of this Act, to determine if specified phosphate preference right lease applicants have discovered valuable deposits of phosphate. Requires the Secretary to determine, within one year of enactment of this Act, the fair market value of phosphate leases which would be issued to such lease applicants absent the leasing ban under this Act. Directs the Secretary to acquire any valuable phosphate lease rights from such lease applicants within three years after enactment of this Act. Provides that the designation of the Big Gum Swamp Wilderness will not alter phosphate lease rights applicable to lands within the wilderness. Allows waivers of the time deadlines under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981
Grants the consent of Congress to Harbour Island, Incorporated, to construct two fix-span bridges over the Garrison Channel, Tampa, Florida. Requires such bridges to be approved by the Secretary of Transportation. Modifies a specified navigation project concerning Seddon Channel.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1981
Directs the President in cooperation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to exercise appropriate authorities to assure an adequate flow of credit to small borrowers at affordable prices. Directs the President to take appropriate actions to limit the large-scale diversion of credit to nonproductive uses. Directs the President in cooperation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to take noninflationary actions necessary to reduce interest rates. Directs the President to report to Congress within 30 days concerning the effect of his actions in protecting an adequate flow of affordable credit to small borrowers and reducing excessive interest rates.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1981
Private Sector Opportunities Act - Amends title VII (Private Sector Opportunities for the Economically Disadvantaged) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to revise provisions for private sector programs. Makes eligible for participation in such programs unemployed or underemployed individuals who reside in designated enterprise zones. Retains the requirement that 95 percent of title VII funds be allocated among prime sponsors, but deletes a provision that the remainder of such funds be used by the Secretary of Labor to assist prime sponsors jointly establishing a single private industrial council and specified Native American entities in carrying out such programs. Retains other provisions for assistance to specified Native American entities. Permits prime sponsors to use such program funds for coordination with other economic development activities. Requires that descriptions of proposed private sector initiatives include provisions for training and placement activities in business concerns, especially in small businesses, and for involving, where feasible, community-based organizations. Requires that prime sponsor (or specified Native American, Alaskan, or Hawaiian entities) designate enterprise zones within their jurisdictions, as a condition for receipt of financial assistance under the program. Includes local economic development councils among those groups to which proposed plans for activities must be submitted for comment. Sets forth provisions for the designation of enterprise zones for purposes of the private sector program. Requires that prime sponsors and other specified entities consult with the appropriate private industrial council and, where feasible, with community-based organizations in designating any enterprise zone. Sets forth requirements for the types of urban and rural areas that may be designated as enterprise zones. Directs the Secretary to approve the designation of an enterprise zone submitted by a prime sponsor or other specified entity, unless the application information does not meet such requirements. Adds local economic development councils to those groups from which prime sponsors must appoint members of private industry councils. Directs that, in appointing such members from educational agencies and institutions, particular consideration should be given to persons with expertise in onsite, industry specific vocational education. Revises the list of activities that private-sector opportunities programs may include. Adds to such list the development of: (1) a small business intern program; (2) relationships between employment and training programs, educational institutions, community-based organizations, and the private sector; and (3) onsite, industry specific training programs supportive of industrial and economic development, in cooperation with State vocational education boards, if CETA title VII funds are supplemented, where feasible, by funds from other sources. Adds to such list the provision of on-the-job training subsidies on a declining ratio to wages over the period of training. Provides that program activities may include upgrading and retraining in accordance with CETA title II occupational upgrading and retraining programs. Limits to 15 percent that portion of title VII funds that may be used for such upgrading and retraining. Amends CETA title I administrative provisions to authorize the appropriation of necessary sums for fiscal years 1983 through 1985 to carry out the title VII private sector opportunities program.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1981
Labor Management Racketeering Act of 1981 - Amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act) to increase penalties for specified violations of restrictions on financial transactions. Makes violations involving more than $1,000 felonies punishable by up to $15,000 fines and/or five years' imprisonment. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to revise prohibitions against persons guilty of criminal offenses holding specified offices or positions involving employee benefit plans, labor organizations, or labor relations consultation to employer organizations. Increases the types of positions from which an individual is barred upon conviction of enumerated crimes. Requires immediate removal of such individual upon conviction (rather than after appeal) of enumerated crimes and crimes relating to the position. Increases, from five years to ten years, the time during which a convicted individual is prohibited from holding such offices or positions. Raises, from one year to five years, the maximum time of imprisonment for violations of such prohibitions. Prohibits any person from knowingly hiring, retaining, employing, or otherwise placing any other person to serve in a capacity in violation of such prohibitions. Provides that any salary payable but for such prohibition shall be placed in escrow pending final disposition of any appeal. Sets forth the responsibility of the Secretary of Labor to detect and investigate violations of ERISA and other provisions for protecting employee benefit rights, without precluding such detection and investigation by other appropriate Federal agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1981
Small Business Contract Payment Procedures Act - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require that whenever an executive agency makes progress payments under a contract for property or services, a contracting officer shall authorize payment in full (without retention of any percentage of the contract price) if: (1) satisfactory progress toward complete performance of the contract was made during any period for which a progress payment is required; and (2) the party performing the contract is a small business which has furnished an adequate performance bond.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1981
Fiscal Prudence and Small Business Representation Act of 1981 - Assures the American people that the deficit for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 will not exceed specified amounts and that outlays will not exceed revenues by the first day of fiscal year 1984. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, not later than November 15, 1981, to prepare and transmit to Congress a full and complete list of all reductions in budget authority and outlays and increases in revenues for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984 which would be necessary to meet the President's objective that the deficit for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 not exceed specified amounts and that outlays not exceed revenues by the first day of fiscal year 1984. Directs the President to nominate an individual whose background is nonbanking, but who is representative of small business, to fill the first vacancy occurring on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System after the enactment of this Act.
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