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Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 132 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should maintain effective programs to assist in providing disabled persons with opportunities for full, productive lives and to protect such persons from unfair discrimination in Federal and Federal-assisted programs and activities and that disabled persons should receive fair treatment in the administration of disability benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal programs providing educational and rehabilitation services for disabled Americans should be maintained and funded at their current levels. States that changes in permanent regulations implementing Federal laws about the education and civil rights of handicapped individuals should not lessen the rights and protections provided under current regulations. States that reviews of social security eligiblity should be conducted in a manner ensuring fair treatment. States that the level of veterans disablity compensation benefits for service-connected conditions should be maintained.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 503 (97th)passed

A resolution to establish the United States Senate Productivity Award.

United States · United States Congress · 7 December 1982

Establishes the United States Senate Productivity Award. Allows each Senator to select an award recipient under guidelines established by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Directs the Committee to enter into a contract for the design and striking of suitable medallions for such award.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 500 (97th)passed

A resolution commending the Government of Zimbabwe.

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1982

Commends the Government of Zimbabwe for its efforts to protect the lives of two Americans, two Australians, and two British citizens who were kidnapped in Zimbabwe in July 1982. Urges the President to continue to support Zimbabwe in this matter.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 131 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Americans missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1982

Reaffirms the commitment of Congress to locating and repatriating Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Expresses congressional appreciation to the Lao Government for its expressed willingness to help. Supports the President's actions to locate and return missing Americans. Urges the President to respond to the indicated willingness of the Lao Government to cooperate in this effort.

Bill· SS. 3060 (97th)open

A bill to amend section 7(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1982

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to extend for not more than three years, beginning October 1, 1982, the additional period for congressional consideration of portions of the following rivers which have been designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system: (1) the Illinois River in Oregon; (2) the Pine Creek River in Pennsylvania; (3) the Youghiogheny River in Maryland and Pennsylvania; (4) the Encampment River in Colorado; (5) the Kettle River in Minnesota; (6) the Owyhee River, South Fork, in Oregon; (7) the Shepaug River in Connecticut; (8) the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota; (9) the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin; and (10) the Housatonic River in Connecticut. Provides that the additional period for congressional consideration of portions of the Tuolumne River in California designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system may be extended beginning October 1, 1982, for an additional period of not more than one year.

Bill· SS. 3061 (97th)referred

A bill to repair and rehabilitate America's highways, roads, bridges, mass transit systems, sewers, and water supply systems; to put Americans back to work carrying out needed public works repairs; and to develop a long-term national public works investment plan.

United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1982

Title I: Public Improvements Repair Act - Public Improvements Repair Act of 1982 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for projects to repair, rehabilitate, or replace existing interstate highways, primary, secondary, or urban roads, bridges, mass transit systems, and sewer and water supply lines. Title II: Rebuilding of America Act - Rebuilding of America Act of 1982 - Directs the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America, established by this Act, to conduct an inventory of existing major public improvements (highways, roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems) by region, State, and major metropolitan areas of the United States. Requires the Commission to develop a National Public Improvements Plan listing in priority order maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of public improvements which will be necessary in each region, to sustain regionally balanced national economic development. Requires the Commission, as a part of the plan, to suggest specific revisions in Federal laws, regulations, and policies that may be necessary to reverse the pattern of disinvestment in national public improvements. Sets forth procedures for the submission of such plan to Congress and for review and implementation of the plan. Establishes the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America to assess the condition of the national public works infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees model unified budgets for the year of enactment of this Act and the preceding fiscal year that distinguish Federal civilian capital investment outlays from other Federal outlays. Requires the Comptroller General to include with such budgets a report on their usefulness.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 128 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution relating to monetary policy.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982

Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee should take actions to achieve a level of interest rates low enough to generate economic growth and reduce the current level of unemployment.

Bill· SS. 3034 (97th)open

Social Security Equity Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Social Security Equity Act of 1982 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the combined earnings of a married couple, which are attributable to the period of their marriage, shall be shared equally between them for purposes of determining the eligibility for, and amount of, OASDI benefits to which each spouse is or may become separately entitled. Credits the survivor of the marriage with 100 percent of the combined total wages for the period of the marriage. Declares that this Act shall not apply in specified cases where it would result in a reduction of OASDI benefits. Sets forth certain age and marriage requirements with which married couples must comply in order for this Act to apply.

Bill· SS. 3010 (97th)open

Employment Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Employment Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 1982 - Title I: Amendments to Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate the upper age limitation (70 years of age) of the class of persons to whom such Act applies. Repeals specified provisions allowing mandatory retirement at age 65 in certain professions. Prohibits any employee benefit plan from requiring or permitting the suspension of an employee's benefit accrual because of age before accruing the maximum normal retirement benefit. Title II: Pension Accrual for Older Workers - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit specified types of plans under such Acts from suspending or reducing the rate of an employee's benefit accrual or employer contributions to the employee's account solely because of age. Revises ERISA to prohibit an employer from withholding plan benefits because of any increase in the income of the participant due to employment for less than 1,000 hours during a calendar year. Title III: Further Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include low-income older workers (who are members of economically disadvantaged families and who are at least 65 years of age) as members of targeted groups for purposes of the tax credit for employment of certain new employees. Provides for a tax credit for certain older workers. Allows a tax credit for individuals 62 years of age and older by an applicable percentage of the amount by which old-age benefits otherwise payable to such individuals are reduced on account of income from work by such individual. Reduces the rates of the employment (FICA) taxes on employees and on employers by one-half in the case of workers 65 years of age or older. Makes similar reductions in the case of older workers in the rates of Railroad Retirement Act taxes on employees, employee representatives, and employers. Title IV: Amendments to the Social Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Benefits) of the Social Security Act to revise formulas relating to the reduction of old age insurance benefit amounts for early retirees. Provides for a graduated increase in old age insurance benefits for individuals who delay retirement until after they reach or exceed age 65. Title V: Amendments to the National Apprenticeship Act - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary to ensure that no program of apprenticeship discriminates because of age against any individual in admission or employment.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 266 (97th)referred

A joint resolution on the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Declares that a central goal of U.S. international security policy should be to achieve a mutually verifiable agreement for the curbing of the development, production, testing, and deployment of nuclear weapons and for their reduction and ultimate elimination. Requests the President to consider the facts presented and steps recommended in the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War which was issued by scientists who met at an assembly convened by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Requests the President to report on the Declaration to the Congress and the American people.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 126 (97th)open

A concurrent resolution calling upon the United States Government to support the people of Afghanistan with material assistance in their struggle to be free from foreign domination.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.

Bill· SS. 2953 (97th)open

Education for Economic Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982

Education for Economic Security Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening instruction in mathematics, science computer education, foreign languages, and vocational education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986. Directs the Secretary to allot to each State from such appropriations for each fiscal year an amount based on the relative number of children aged five through 17 in such state. Provides that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent in of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year. Provides for reallotments, based on the Secretary's estimates, of sums exceeding a State's needs. Authorizes additional appropriations for allotment to: (1) Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; (2) the Secretary of the Interior for programs in schools operated for Indian children; and (3) the Secretary of Defense for programs in overseas dependent schools. Apportions 65 percent of each State's allotment to elementary, secondary, and vocational education programs and 35 percent to higher education programs. Directs State educational agencies to distribute a specified percentage of the elementary, secondary, and vocational education apportionment to local educational agencies for mathematics and science instruction, foreign language instruction, and computer education programs, together with related instructional materials. Bases such distribution upon the relative numbers of children aged five through 17 in the schools and upon the size of the proposed programs. Bases renewals of such payments upon such criteria and upon a determination that the local program serves substantial numbers of students and involves several grade levels. Requires each State education agency to: (1) distribute a specified percentage of its apportionment for foreign language instruction; and (2) use a specified percentage for exemplary programs, instructional materials, technical assistance, and information. Requires the State agency responsible for vocational education to use a specified percentage of the apportionment for vocational education employment-based programs. in new and emerging technologies, including computer learning and instruction, (with a specified portion to be used for programs in correctional institutions) and for foreign language instruction. Requires that such funds be distributed among vocational education schools and area vocational schools. Directs the State agency for higher education to distribute the higher education programs apportionment among institutions of higher education, with specified percentages to be used for: (1) elementary and secondary school teacher training, retraining, and inservice training in mathematics, science, and computer education; (2) employment-based programs equipment, in new and emerging technologies, including computer learning and instruction and basic engineering instruction; and (3) foreign language instruction. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this Act. Sets forth provisions for Federal matching payments of 50 percent of the costs of programs under this Act.

Bill· SS. 2942 (97th)open

A bill to provide that disability benefits under title II of the Social Security Act shall continue to be paid through the end of the administrative appeals process, and that periodic reviews of disability cases shall be carried out only to the extent determined to be appropriate.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual who has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits and who has requested a hearing on such determination to elect to have the payment of such benefits continued during the period of appeal. Provides that if the decision upon appeal affirms the determination that the individual is not entitled to such benefits, any benefits paid pursuant to such election shall be considered overpayments. Provides that such benefit payments shall not be considered overpayments if the individual's appeal was made in good faith and if treating such payments as overpayments would work an undue financial hardship on the individual. Makes the requirement that disability determinations under title II be reviewed at least every three years applicable only to the extent necessary to insure that the appropriate number of cases are reviewed. Requires the Secretary to determine the appropriate number of cases to be reviewed in each State. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees with respect to the Secretary's determinations.

Bill· SS. 2954 (97th)open

A bill to amend part E of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide cancellation of loans for certain teachers who enter the teaching profession in the field of mathematics, science, or computer education.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982

Amends title IV, part E (Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for cancellation of up to 75 percent of a direct student loan to an individual who enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Education to teach mathematics, science, or computer education in a nonprofit elementary or secondary school system for at least five consecutive years.

Bill· SS. 2926 (97th)referred

Rebuilding of America Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1982

Rebuilding of America Act of 1982 - Directs the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America, established by this Act, to conduct an inventory of existing major public improvements (highways, roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems) by region, State, and major metropolitan area of the United States. Requires the Commission to develop a National Public Improvements Plan listing in priority order maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of public improvements which will be necessary in each region, to sustain regionally balanced national economic development. Requires the Commission, as a part of the plan, to suggest specific revisions in Federal laws, regulations, and policies that may be necessary to reverse the pattern of disinvestment in national public improvements. Sets forth procedures for the submission of such plan to Congress and for review and implementation of the plan. Establishes the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America to assess the condition of the national public works infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

Bill· SS. 2919 (97th)open

Soviet-Bloc Research and Training Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Soviet-Bloc Research and Training Act of 1982 - Establishes the Soviet-Bloc Research and Training Trust Fund in the Treasury. Appropriates a specified amount for the Fund. Requires that the interest on any obligations held in the Fund shall be available for payments to the National Council for Soviet and East European Research. Requires the Council to use one-fourth of the payments made in each fiscal year to develop and publicize a research agenda at the postdoctoral level in the field of Soviet and East European studies and to award contracts for appropriate research projects. Requires the Council to use parts of the payments to: (1) establish and publish the findings of a fellowship program for advanced training in Soviet studies; (2) make payments to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to provide fellowship support and research facilities in Washington, D.C., for American specialists to conduct advanced research and to conduct workshops designed to facilitate research collaboration between Government and private specialists; and (3) make payments to the International Research and Exchanges Board to conduct specialized reciprocal programs in advanced training and research in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to facilitate access for American specialists to research resources in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Sets forth the method of submitting applications to the Secretary of the Treasury for payments from the Fund. Provides that the Secretary shall manage the Fund. Requires the Council to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities supported by this Act of the Council, the Board, and the Wilson Center.

Bill· SS. 2913 (97th)open

Veterans Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate - Increases and Program Improvement - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Entitles veterans with service-connected total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but because of error did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Supercedes specified provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982 concerning compensation. Title II: Amendments of Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Programs - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans benefits counselor's at locations other than Veterans' Administration offices including schools. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Increases from $75 to $100 the maximum monthly deduction from a person's military pay for contribution to a matching fund for educational assistance. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Secretary of a military department to the Administrator for the administration of an educational assistance program. Repeals the ten year delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December 31, 1979. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment . Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Prohibits the payment of anything but a books and supplies allowance for non-tuition courses. Permits the Administrator to discontinue educational assistance to eligible veterans and persons enrolled at institutions or in courses with uncorrected violations of specified requirements. Lessens the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Tolls the delimiting period for any veteran prevented from participating in a vocational rehabilitation program because of an alcohol or drug dependence or abuse condition. Requires (at present, only permits) the Administrator to provide educational assistance to Vietnam era veterans in apprenticeship or on-the-job training programs, orin courses with approval vocational objectives, unless a particular veteran does not need such a program or course to obtain suitable and stable employment. Requires publication in the Federal Register of proposed regulations implementing this requirement within 30 days after enactment of this Act. Title III: Veterans Employment Amendments - Requires that priorities in jobs training programs be given to disabled and vietnam era, veterans. Changes the position of State veterans' employment representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other speclified duties. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to supervise the use of funds in the disabled veterans' outreach program. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make annual reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the State veterans' employment director. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to assist in the placement of veterans using existing Federal and State agencies. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title IV: Miscellaneous Improvements - Sets forth the conditions under which the assignee of a beneficiary of a National Service Life Insurance policy or a U.S. Government Life Insurance policy may resolve disputes concerning the proceeds. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Permits the Administrator to guarantee a loan to refinance an existing loan for the purchase of a manufactured home or the lot on which such home will be placed. Requires applications for recovery of payments or over payments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years. Modifies the minimum service requirement for the receipt of veterans' benefits by a veteran or his survivor or dependent. Permits the pursuit of correspondence training as specified. Prohibits the contracting out of veterans' medical care unless a particular medical care activity is not a direct patient care activity or incident to direct patient care and to contract out would be more cost-effective. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for the provisions of this Act.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 121 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should maintain Federal involvement in, and support for, the child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) national efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition should continue; (2) a national commitment to vital nutrition programs should continue; and (3) the Federal Government should retain primary responsibility for child nutrition programs.

Bill· SS. 2909 (97th)open

National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1982

National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act - Establishes the National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Board in the Department of Education. Requires that the functions of the Secretary of Education under this Act be carried out through the Board. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education for continuing education programs designed to improve the skills of secondary school teachers of science and mathematics and to help such teachers qualify for certification in science, mathematics, or both. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for related administrative expenses. Sets forth application requirements for program participation by institutions of higher education. Limits to 25 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this Act the amount that shall be available for full-time summer workshops. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a single institution of higher education to $200,000. Sets forth provisions for payments to institutions of higher education under this Act.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 245 (97th)open

A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1982

Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Labor. Appropriates to the Department a sum equal to five percent of the latest estimated cost to the Government of unemployment compensation for the current fiscal year, to remain available until December 31, 1982. Requires that, of such sum: (1) 85 percent shall be available to provide productive jobs for unemployed individuals; and (2) 15 percent shall be available for the Department's youth and training programs. Prohibits individuals assisted with funds under this Act from being: (1) eligible for unemployment compensation during the period of productive job employment; or (2) paid except upon written certification by the supervisor that such job was performed. Sets forth requirements for individual eligibility, wage rates, and employment benefits and conditions with respect to such jobs. Prohibits any displacement of currently employed workers by individuals employed with funds under this Act. Limits the percentage of funds which may be used for administration and equipment costs. Permits funds to be used to provide unemployed individuals with temporary employment for not more than six months in repair, maintenance, and rehabilitation of public facilities and conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of public lands. Sets forth provisions for allocation of such funds. Allocates 83 percent of such funds among eligible entities with unemployment above the national average rate for the preceding three months. Provides that 50 percent of such allocation shall be based on the relative number of unemployed, 25 percent on the number of unemployed living in areas of substantial unemployment, and 25 percent on the number of unemployed in excess of four and one-half percent of the labor force. Allocates two percent of such funds among Native American tribes, bands, and groups. Allocates the remainder to specified entities to serve localities which have had: (1) a large scale loss of jobs caused by the closing of a facility, mass layoffs, natural disasters, or similar circumstances; or (2) a sudden or severe economic dislocation. Sets forth requirements for eligible entities, including States, local governments, and rural area concentrated employment program grantees. Directs the Secretary of Labor, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to: (1) notify recipients of the allocation of funds; and (2) promulgate necessary rules and regulations to carry out this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 458 (97th)open

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Export-Import Bank of the United States shall be given sufficient authority and shall provide competitive financing for American exports.

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee shall investigate methods of strengthening the Export-Import Bank to ensure competitive financing for U.S. exports; (2) the Senate Appropriations Committee shall provide sufficient authority for the Export-Import Bank to enable U.S. exporters to compete in world markets; and (3) the Export-Import Bank shall provide U.S. exporters with competitive financial support.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 117 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that September 4, 1982, the one-hundredth anniversary of Thomas Edison's Pearl Street central power station, should be commemorated as "Pearl Street Centennial Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1982

Expresses the sense of Congress that September 4, 1982, the 100th anniversary of Thomas Edison's Pearl Street central power station, should be commemorated as Pearl Street Centennial Day.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 444 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that President Reagan should submit to the United States Senate a clear and comprehensive report on the Administration's policy for minimizing the risk of nuclear war.

United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1982

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should submit a comprehensive review of the nation's nuclear weapons policies to Congress at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 1, 1982.

Bill· SS. 2801 (97th)open

Wilderness Protection Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Wilderness Protection Act of 1982 - Withdraws from disposition under all laws pertaining to oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite, and geothermal leasing: (1) wilderness areas; (2) lands recommended for wilderness designation, until Congress determines otherwise or until the lands concerned are recommended for other uses; (3) wilderness study areas, for the period of interim wilderness protection and management required by law; and (4) lands identified for further planning in Executive Communication 1504, 96th Congress, until one year after the final approval and implementation of an initial forest plan covering the further planning area. Exempts from the withdrawal pursuant to this Act: (1) national forest system land released to management for nonwilderness uses; (2) lands designated as congressional wilderness study areas in Colorado and New Mexico and certain lands within the River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho; (3) Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas; and (4) lands in Alaska. Permits activities compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment for the purpose of inventorying energy, mineral, and other resource values in areas withdrawn by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to augment recurring surveys of mineral values of wilderness areas and to acquire information on the areas withdrawn by this Act by conducting mineral inventories of such areas. Authorizes the President to recommend to Congress that minerals exploration, development, or extraction be permitted in specified areas withdrawn under this Act if: (1) there is an urgent national need for the mineral activity; and (2) the need outweighs the public values of the wilderness lands involved and the potential adverse environmental impacts likely to result. Makes such a recommendation effective only upon enactment of a joint resolution by Congress approving such recommendation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases for the subsurface of national forest or public land wilderness areas that are immediately adjacent to oil and gas producing fields or areas that are prospectively valuable. Prohibits surface occupancy under such leases and provides that such leases may be entered only by directional drilling from outside the wilderness or by other nonsurface disturbing methods.

Bill· SS. 2807 (97th)open

Balanced Monetary Policy Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Balanced Monetary Policy Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System to establish yearly targets for positive real short-term interest rates and for the growth or diminution of money and credit aggregates, consistent with the interest rate targets. Requires the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee to take necessary actions to assure that such targets are achieved, on average, on an annual basis. Requires a written report to specified congressional committees if such targets cannot or should not be achieved because of unfavorable economic conditions. Requires the Board of Governors to transmit specified information to Congress biannually. Requires the Board to announce publicly changes in objectives and plans at the time those changes are determined.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 224 (97th)referred

A joint resolution to prevent nuclear testing.

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1982

States that the President, at the earliest possible date, should: (1) request Senate consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaties; and (2) resume trilateral test ban treaty negotiations.

Bill· SS. 2792 (97th)open

Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Block Grant Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982

Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Block Grant Act - Establishes the Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Fund in the Treasury. States that four percent of all bonus revenues and six percent of all royalty revenues from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases shall be deposited in such Fund. Provides block grants from such Fund to coastal States and territories for ocean and coastal energy impact assistance and resource management. Sets forth an allocation formula based upon oil or gas production, coastal population, and shoreline. Requires a State to give at least 40 percent of such grant to local coastal communities. Provides for assessment and audit of such block grants.

Bill· SS. 2786 (97th)referred

A bill to disallow the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases, granting certain licenses and permits, and approving certain plans, with respect to a geographical area located in the Pacific Ocean off the coastline of the State of California, until January 1, 2000.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to specified submerged areas located in the Pacific Ocean off the California coastline, from: (1) issuing any oil and gas lease; (2) granting any license or permit for any activity which both affects the area and involves drilling for oil and gas; and (3) approving any exploration plan or any development and production plan which provides for such activities. Terminates the provisions of this Act on January 1, 2000.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 437 (97th)referred

A resolution relative to James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior.

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1982

Repudiates and denounces a statement by Secretary of the Interior James Watt concerning the effect on U.S.- Israeli relations of opposition by the American Jewish community to the Reagan administration's energy policies.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 114 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution to congratulate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and all persons involved in the success of the test flight phase of the Space Shuttle program.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982

Sets forth the congratulations of Congress to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other organizations and persons who contributed to the successful completion of the Space Shuttle test flight period.

Bill· SS. 2747 (97th)reported

Veterans Education and Employment Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1982

Veterans' Education and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Veterans Rehabilitation and Education - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account, a matching fund, to receive and disburse funds for the education assistance program sponsored by each of the military departments. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans' benefits counselors at locations other than Veterans Administration offices. Repeals the veterans' representatives program. Reduces from ten years to six years the delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December 31, 1989. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment. Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Prohibits the payment of anything but a books and supplies allowance for non-tuition courses taken by veterans in a penal institution. Lessens the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Title II: Veterans Employment - Requires that priority in jobs training programs be given to disabled, Vietnam era, and recently separated veterans. Changes the position of State Veterans' Employment Representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other specified duties. Requires that funds used to assist States in administering the disabled veterans' outreach program be monitored by the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists programs. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make annual reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the state veterans' employment director. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to assist in the placement of veterans using existing Federal and State agencies. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Dates - Requires applications for recovery of payments or overpayments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years.