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Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]

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Resolution· SRESS.Res. 501 (97th)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the American people continue to protest martial law repression in Poland and wish to see it ended, remaining detainees released, and full and free dialogue resumed with the Church and Solidarity; and urging the President to proclaim a national day of solidarity and prayer with the Polish people on the first anniversary of the imposition of martial law.

United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1982

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate condemns and abhors the suppression of civil liberties and human rights by the Polish martial law government; (2) Americans respect the commitment to ideals manifested by the Polish people and Lech Walesa in particular; (3) Americans hope that Polish authorities will take steps to return to the Polish people their rights and liberties; and (4) the President is urged to proclaim December 12, 1982, as a national day of solidarity and prayer for Poland.

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. 3072 (97th)open

Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1982

Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from making a discretionary capital grant or loan unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan. Sets forth the Federal share for grants to assist projects under this Act, including projects for the construction of certain fixed guideway systems. Prohibits alteration of Federal share commitments before enactment of this Act, including projects within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area transit system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 for: (1) grants or loans to States and local public agencies; (2) long-range planning and technical studies; (3) grants and loans to meet the needs of the elderly and handicapped; and (4) the grant program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 for: (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems; and (4) the establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Limits the amounts available for appropriations under this Act for FY 1983 and 1984. Establishes a formula capital and operating assistance program to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, and operating costs of facilities, equipment, and maintenance items in mass transportation service. Sets forth the apportionments of such funds for urbanized areas, and the Federal share payable for such projects. Allows States to transfer apportionments between urbanized areas of different sizes. Sets forth requirements for entities to receive such grants. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees before issuing letters of intent to obligate funds under this Act. Directs the Secretary to give priority to such commitments approved before enactment of this Act. Makes funds available under the urban mass transit program available for expenditure through 1985. Revises the definition of construction to include any bus rehabilitation project which extends the economic life of a bus by five or more years. Revises the definition of fixed guideway to include any transportation facility which utilizes a right-of-way rail usable by other forms of transportation and a public transit facility which utilizes a fixed catenary system. Repeals the intercity bus service/terminal development program and safety authority provisions of the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974. Terminates funding for the waterborne transportation demonstration project. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 for the transit capital infrastructure program. Sets forth requirements for receiving grants under such program.

Bill· SS. 3048 (97th)referred

Federal Anti-Tampering Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982

Federal Anti-Tampering Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to maliciously cause or attempt to cause injury or death to any person, or injury to any business' reputation, by adulterating a food, drug, cosmetic or other product. Provides for a prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of up to $20,000 if personal injury results, or a prison term of up to life if death results. Establishes a separate offense, with similar penalties, for any person who willfully or maliciously conveys false information concerning an attempt at such adulteration, if injury or death results.

Bill· SS. 3008 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the laws of the United States to eliminate gender-based distinctions.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Title I: Armed Forces, Soldiers' Home, Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service, and Merchant Marine - Amends Federal Military laws dealing with the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard to eliminate gender-based distinctions. Title II: Elimination of Gender-Based Distinctions Under the Old Age, Surviviors, and Disability Insurance Program, Railroad Retirement and the Work Incentive Program - Eliminates gender-based distinctions in the social security and railroad retirement programs. Title III: Amendments to United States Code - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Walsh-Healey Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Federal Criminal Code and other Acts dealing with Indian affairs, transportation, public lands and provisions relating to Saint Elizabeth Hospital and contract law to eliminate gender-based distinctions.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 260 (97th)enacted

A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America".

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Designates 1983 as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America". Expresses congressional support for the President's Youth Exchange Initiative, and especially the concept of a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Bundestag.

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. 2957 (97th)open

A bill to repeal the denial of the use of the accelerated cost recovery system with respect to tax-exempt obligations, and the expiration of the authority to issue such obligations.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1982

Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which disallow the accelerated cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt industrial development bonds. Repeals the 1986 expiration date for the authority to issue such tax-exempt obligations.

Bill· SS. 2924 (97th)referred

Fire Island National Seashore Amendments Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1982

Fire Island National Seashore Amendments Act of 1982 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to sell any property within the boundaries of the Fire Island National Seashore in New York which is acquired by condemnation under this Act (except for certain undeveloped tracts within the Dune District, certain beach areas, property within a specified eight-mile park area, and any property acquired before October 1, 1982, which the Secretary determines should be retained to further the purposes of this Act). Requires that the Secretary sell the property: (1) to the highest bidder; (2) at not less than fair market value; and (3) subject to covenants or restrictions to ensure that the use of the property conforms to standards protecting the national seashore and to any approved zoning ordinance to which the property is subject. Provides that money from such sales shall be available to the Secretary only for purposes of acquiring property within the seashore. Authorizes the Secretary, upon or after the commencement of any condemnation action, to apply for a temporary restraining order or injunction to prevent any use of, or construction upon, the property involved that would fail to conform to the standards protecting the seashore or that would result in undeveloped tracts in the Dune District not being maintained in their natural state. Provides for the termination of the suspension of the Secretary's authority to acquire property within the seashore boundaries by condemnation because of nonconforming variances and uses with respect to any property, including improved property but excluding undeveloped property in the Dune District, which becomes subject to such a variance or use after the enactment of this Act. (Currently, the suspension of the Secretary's authority to acquire property by condemnation because of non-conforming variances and uses is terminated with respect to any improved property which becomes subject to such a variance or use.)

Bill· SS. 2917 (97th)open

District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1983

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1983 - Appropriates specified sums to the District of Columbia for FY 1983 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia; (2) a Federal contribution to aid in the detection and prevention of crime; and (3) the Federal loans to the District for capital outlay. Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice, with a specified amount earmarked for the settlement of claims and suits; (4) public education; (5) human support services; (6) transportation services and assistance; (7) environmental services and supply; (8) personal services; (9) repayment of specified loans and interest; (10) repayment of the general fund deficit; (11) reduction of the energy budgets of various agencies; (12) capital outlay; (13) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water projects; (14) the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund; and (15) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, provided no Federal funds shall be used to support the lottery activities. Sets forth general provisions covering spending limitations on the appropriations made by this Act, including prohibitions against using such funds for: (1) abortions, except where the mother's life is endangered or where necessary for victims of rape or incest; (2) transportation of municipal waste to new landfills outside the District without the required permits; and (3) concerts, athletics events, or similar entertainment activities at the Washington Convention Center unless specified conditions are met. Authorizes the Mayor to establish the salary of the City Administrator and the per diem compensation of the board members of the Redevelopment Land Agency. Declares that the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act shall apply with respect to the compensation of District employees. Changes the effective date of the Foreign Missions Act contained in Public Law 97-241.

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.

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.

Bill· SS. 2845 (97th)open

A bill to amend Section 202 (7) (c) of Title III, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1982

Includes among the duties of the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division the protection of motorcades and other places associated with visits to certain foreign diplomatic missions in the United States. Authorizes additional appropriations for reimbursements to State and local governments for use of their services, personnel, equipment, or facilities by the Secret Service in protecting certain foreign missions. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to consult with the Secretary of the Navy and report to Congress on the use of marine security guard services in the U.S. mission to the United Nations.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 446 (97th)open

A resolution to honor Michael R. Masone.

United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1982

Declares that the Senate honors Michael R. Masone on the 50th anniversary of his service as a member of the Island Park Fire Department and for his service to the community of Island Park, New York.

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. 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. 2742 (97th)referred

A bill to establish the United States Capitol Page Board for supervision and education of congressional pages, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Establishes the United States Capitol Page Board for the supervision and education of congressional pages. Repeals the eligibility of Supreme Court pages for attendance and residence at the John W. McCormack Residential Page School. Requires the Board to provide for personnel to perform duties with respect to such school.

Bill· SS. 2731 (97th)open

Disability Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982

Disability Amendments of 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 reconsideration of such determination to elect to have the payment of such benefits continued during the period of reconsideration. Provides that if the decision upon such reconsideration affirms the determination that the individual is not entitled to such benefits, any benefits paid pending such reconsideration shall be considered overpayments, except for benefits which are adjustment benefits. Amends titles II and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to entitle an individual who has received disability benefits for a period of not less than 36 consecutive months and who has been determined to be no longer eligible for such benefits on or after the enactment of this Act and before January 1, 1985, to adjustment benefits for two additional months after his or her entitlement ceases. Prohibits the payment of such benefits under certain circumstances. Provides that the date upon which a disability is determined to have ceased shall be no earlier than the date upon which notification is mailed to the individual receiving disability benefits. Makes such date inapplicable in cases where disability benefits are terminated because of a finding that the individual involved is able to engage in substantial gainful activity or because of a finding of fraud. Provides that hearings held with respect to disability determinations shall be conducted on the record. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint administrative law judges to conduct such hearings. Requires that an initial disability determination by the Secretary which is unfavorable to the disability benefit applicant contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Entitles the applicant or the applicant's spouse, surviving spouse, former spouse, surviving divorced mother, child, or parent to reconsideration of such an initial determination upon request and upon a showing that his or her rights may be prejudiced by the determination. Entitles an individual who requests a reconsideration to a new disability determination. Authorizes a State agency which made an initial disability determination in a case to make the new disability determination during the reconsideration process: (1) after notification to the Secretary; (2) in accordance with the rules governing disability determinations; and (3) after opportunity for a hearing which is reasonably accessible to the claimant and which is held by an adjudicatory unit of the agency other than the one that makes the disability determinations. Requires that a reconsideration by the Secretary which is unfavorable to the individual requesting the reconsideration contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Requires that an individual who requests a reconsideration be informed of: (1) the procedures for such reconsideration; and (2) his or her right to retain an attorney or representative during the reconsideration. Provides for reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing for disability benefit applicants who show that their rights may be prejudiced by a decision on reconsideration. Requires the Secretary to decide on such an individual's entitlement to benefits at such a hearing. Provides that the hearing decision may affirm, modify, or reverse the Secretary's findings of fact and the decision on reconsideration. Requires the Secretary to prescribe a period of time after hearing decisions during which the Secretary, upon his or her own motion or at the request of the individual who requested the hearing, may review the hearing decision and affirm, modify, or reverse it. Makes such a review the final review of the decision. Provides that the decision shall be considered final if it is not so reviewed. Entitles any individual who is dissatisfied with the final hearing decision to judicial review of that decision. Provides that disability determinations by the Secretary in the course of a reconsideration of a decision by the Secretary to terminate benefits shall be made after opportunity for an evidentiary hearing which is reasonably accessible to the claimant and which is not held by the same persons who made the original disability determination upon which the decision to terminate benefits was based. Entitles an individual who shows that his or her rights may be prejudiced by a determination with respect to his or her continuing eligibility for disability benefits to the same type of reconsideration and hearing as is permitted in the case of an initial disability determination. Amends title XVI of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary to provide reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to a disability benefit claimant who disagrees with a disability determination if the claimant requests a hearing within 180 days after notice of the determination is received. (Currently, such an individual has 60 days after notice of the determination is received within which to request such a hearing.) Specifies the requests for reconsideration of disability decisions by the Secretary to which this Act shall apply. Amends title II of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary to provide, by regulation, that uniform standards shall be applied at all procedural levels of disability determinations. Provides for periodic reviews of those cases where a disability has been found to be permanent or which were decided before June 9, 1980, only at such times and to the extent that sufficient personnel and processing time are available. Prohibits the termination of disability benefits on the grounds that the physical or mental impairment involved has ceased, did not exist, or is no longer disabling, unless: (1) there has been substantial medical improvement in the beneficiary's condition; or (2) medical and vocational evidence, not available at the time of the beneficiary's initial disability determination, shows that the beneficiary has the functional capacity to perform substantial gainful activity on a regular and sustained basis. Requires the Appeals Council, established by the Secretary, to make a disability determination with respect to medical and vocational evidence in those cases where an individual's initial disability determination was made by an administrative law judge appointed by the Secretary after a hearing, by the Appeals Council, or by a court after judicial review. Requires the Secretary to make all reasonable efforts to obtain complete medical evidence and medical history from an individual's treating physician or health care provider before terminating such individual's benefits. Exempts from the requirements above those cases involving a termination of benefits based upon a finding that services performed or earnings demonstrate an individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. Requires the Secretary to assist mentally impaired individuals in complying with the Secretary's instructions with respect to disability investigations involving them. Require the Commissioner of Social Security to determine: (1) whether State vocational rehabilitation services meet the requirements for reimbursement of costs to the State by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under title II of the Social Security Act; and (2) what the amount to be paid to a State for such services should be. (Currently, the amount of funds available for such reimbursement is limited to a specified percentage of benefits available under title II.) States the requirements which State plans for vocational rehabilitation services must meet in order for a State to be reimbursed. Authorizes the Commissioner (currently the Secretary) to provide vocational rehabilitation services in States through public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals, in the absence of an approved State plan. Authorizes the transfer of funds from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to pay the costs of vocational rehabilitation services provided through public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals (subject to the requirements which apply to State plans). Requires each State, public, or private recipient of vocational rehabilitation service payments to report periodically to the Commissioner on their program operation. Authorizes the transfer of funds for FY 1983 and 1984 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to enable the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration to pay the States for the costs of furnishing vocational evaluation and job placement services to individuals who were disabled but whose entitlement to benefits was terminated because of their recovery from the disability or a finding that the impairment has not existed. Sets a ceiling on the amount which may be paid to each State for each year. Requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration to determine the amount to be paid to a State. Requires each State agency receiving such payments to report periodically to such Commissioner on the operation of its program. Amends title XVI of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to determine: (1) whether State vocational rehabilitation services meet the requirements for reimbursement of costs to the State by the Secretary under title XVI of the Social Security Act; and (2) what the amount to be paid to a State for such services should be. States the requirements which State plans for vocational rehabilitation services must meet in order for a State to be reimbursed. Requires that payments to States be made in advance with necessary adjustments for overpayments and underpayments. Permits, alternatively, State agencies to elect to be reimbursed for their costs for such services. Authorizes the Secretary to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals age 16 or over by contract with other public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals (instead of referring such individuals to a designated State agency for such services). Amends the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 to require the Secretary, not later than 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to start at least ten demonstration projects dealing with the treatment of the work activity of disabled beneficiaries under the old age, survivors and disability insurance program. Requires that at least five States participate in such projects. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such projects by the end of the 18-month period. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on a quarterly basis on: (1) the number of continuing eligibility reviews carried out under title II; (2) the number of initial benefit termination decisions resulting from such reviews; (3) the number of termination decisions with respect to which reconsideration or a hearing (or both) is requested; and (4) the number of termination decisions which are overturned at the reconsideration or hearing level.