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United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1983
Designates the week of January 22 through January 28, 1984 as National Meat Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
Designates October 16 through October 22, 1983, as National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) urge the Council of European Community Ministers to reject their Commission's proposals that seek to shift to other countries the financial burden of disposing of their agricultural surpluses; and (2) continue to oppose proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) modifications that would adversely affect the access of U.S. agricultural exports to European Community markets. States, also, that if the European Community adopts such proposed CAP modifiestions, then it is the House's sense that measures should be implemented to protect U.S. trade interests.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Condemns the Soviet Union's systematic disregard for human life and liberties and urges the President to: (1) proclaim May 28, 1984, as a day to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the original resolution on the Ukrainian famine in the House of Representatives; (2) call the attention of the world to the Soviet policies which caused Ukrainian deaths by famine during 1932 through 1933; and (3) urge the Soviet Union to remove restrictions on the shipment of food and other necessities to Soviet citizens by private individuals and charitable organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Requires that use of the nine-digit ZIP code remain voluntary. Allows the United States Postal Service to offer a voluntary rate incentive for use of a nine-digit ZIP code in efforts to hold down postal costs through automated processing of mail using such code. Prohibits the Postal Service from: (1) publicly urging household mailers to use such codes; or (2) making any mass mailing to advise household addresses of their nine-digit codes. Directs the Postal Service to maintain systems to enable mailers to obtain information about such codes. Requires the Postal Service to: (1) strive to maintain the same speed of mail service for mail bearing the five-digit ZIP code as obtained for mail bearing the nine-digit code; and (2) maintain public information to monitor any difference in service speed.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Designates July 20, 1984, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Requests the President to designate October 2 through 9, 1983 National Schoolbus Safety Week of 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Expresses Congress' outrage over the assassination of Benigno Aquino and conveys its sympathy to the Aquino family and Philippine people. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the restoration of democracy and human rights in the Philippines would be the most fitting memorial to Benigno Aquino and urges the United States to support Filipinos who share his commitment to peaceful change; and (2) the President should not visit the Philippines until there has been an accounting of the Aquino assassination and until his security can be guaranteed.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1983
Requests the President to proclaim the month of September 1983 National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow income tax deductions for contributions to private foundations on the same basis as contributions to public charities (deductible up to 50 percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income). Redefines "lineal descendants" to include only children and grandchildren, for purposes of private foundation penalty tax rules dealing with substantial contributors. Provides that private foundation gifts to public charities do not forfeit their tax deductibility due to the disqualification of the charity's tax exemption if: (1) the gift is made before the Secretary of the Treasury publishes a notice of disqualification or before the foundation receives actual notice of disqualification; (2) and the foundation was not responsible or aware of the charity's change in status. Exempts a private foundation from expenditure responsibility requirements if such foundation and all related foundations contribute no more than $25,000 in grants during a taxable year. Permits the Secretary to abate first tier penalty taxes on private foundations if it is determined that a violation of private foundation rules was due to a reasonable cause and not to intentional disregard to rules and regulations, and was corrected within the statutory correction period.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1983
Designates the week of April 15 through April 21, 1984, as National Child Abuse Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983
Title I: Short Title - Declares that this Act may be cited as the National Productivity and Innovation Act of 1983. Title II: Joint Research and Development Ventures - Provides that no joint research and development program shall be deemed illegal per se in any action under the antitrust laws. Limits to actual damages, interest thereon, and the cost of suit the amount that any person or State may recover in an antitrust action based on conduct that is part of such a program and that has been disclosed to the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission. Authorizes any individual participating in such a program to file with the Attorney General and the Commission a notification describing the program and specifying conduct to be performed under the program. Directs the Commission to publish in the Federal Register a notice of each such notification, including a description of the participants, the program, and its objectives. Declares that material submitted as part of such notification shall be available to the public upon request, unless the Attorney General or the Commission determines that the individual who submitted the notification shows good cause for not disclosing certain material. Allows an individual to withdraw a filed notification before it is published and accompanying material is made publicly available. Exempts actions and determinations of the Attorney General or the Commission concerning such notifications or antitrust actions or investigations from judicial review. Title III: Intellectual Property Licensing Under the Antitrust Laws - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that agreements to convey rights to use, practice, or sublicense patented inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, know-how, or other intellectual property shall not be deemed illegal per se in actions under the antitrust laws. Limits to actual damages, interest thereon, and the cost of suit the amount that any person or State may recover in an antitrust action based on such an agreement. Title IV: Patent and Copyright Misuse - Prohibits a patent or copyright owner who is entitled to relief for patent or copyright infringement from being denied relief or being deemed guilty of misuse or illegal extension of the patent right or copyright by reason of doing any of the following, unless such conduct violates the antitrust laws: (1) licensing the patent or copyright under terms that affect commerce outside the scope of its claims; (2) restricting a licensee in the sale of a patented or copyrighted product; (3) obligating a licensee to pay excessive royalties, royalties that differ from those paid by other licensees, or royalties not related to a licensee's sale of the patented or copyrighted product; (4) refusing to license a patent or copyright to any person; or (5) otherwise using the patent or copyright allegedly to suppress competition. Title V: Process Patents - Requires a process patent to grant the patentee the right to exclude others from using or selling products produced by that process. Includes as patent infringement the unauthorized use or sale of a product of a patented process. Places the burden of proving that a product was not produced by the patented process on the defendant in a patent infringement action if the court finds that: (1) a substantial likelihood exists that the product was produced by that process; and (2) the claimant has exhausted all reasonable means of determining the process used and was unable to make such determination.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
Designates the week of October 17 through October 24, 1983, as National Adult Continuing Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
States that the United States: (1) condemns the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 7 and calls for an explanation from the Soviets; (2) extends its sympathies to the families who lost loved ones and supports their rights to obtain compensation from the Soviets; (3) calls on the Soviets to assist in the recovery of the remains of the victims; (4) reaffirms the actions against Aeroflot and calls for an international investigation by the International Civil Aviation Organization; (5) urges the international community to demand that the Soviets modify its air defense procedures to assure the safety of commercial airliners; (6) urges other nations to join the United States in applying sanctions against Soviet civil aviation; (7) notes that Soviet refusal of responsibility raises doubts among the world community over the Soviet's willingness to behave as a responsible member of the international community; and (8) urges our allies to cooperate with the United States in implementing additional sanctions against the Soviet's until certain conditions are met.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Grants a Federal charter to the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual having a terminal illness shall begin with the first month during which such individual has such illness.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Designates November 14, 1983, as National Retired Teachers Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Designates the week of May 6 through May 12, 1984, as Batten's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
State and Local River Conservation Act of 1983 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to States for: (1) the establishment of State and local programs to conserve the natural environmental values of rivers; (2) conservation by the States, local governments, or private organizations of lands near rivers which are included in State, local, or Federal river programs; (3) the development of river management plans, technical assistance documents, or river regulations; and (4) projects demonstrating river conservation methods. Specifies restrictions on the use of such grants. Sets forth grant allocation requirements. Authorizes appropriations for the grants and for the administration of this Act. Conditions such grants upon the establishment of a State river conservation program or upon the development of an assessment of the river related resources of the State. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States for the development of such assessments. Specifies restrictions on such grants. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage volunteers and volunteer organizations to conserve, maintain, and manage rivers throughout the United States. Requires each State with a river conservation program to establish review procedures in connection with applications for a Federal permit or license to conduct activities affecting land or water uses near any river included in the State program. Requires State concurrence with the granting of any such licenses by the Federal agencies with licensing authority. Authorizes landowners to make contributions of real property interests to tax-exempt organizations in order to conserve or enhance the values of rivers included in State, local, or Federal river programs. Requires that the agency responsible for the management or supervision of the river involved to concur in the donation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Accounting Cost Recovery Simplification Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a recovery account system for calculating the depreciation deduction under the accelerated cost recovery system for three and five year personal property. Determines the recovery deduction each year by computing a percentage of the amount in the recovery account. Sets forth rules and guidelines for the maintenance and operation of the recovery accounts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a domestic trade or business whose equity capital does not exceed $25,000,000 to reduce the value of a portion of excess inventory items held for more than 12 months. Permits a taxpayer who is required to change his method of accounting pursuant to Revenue Ruling 80-60 (inventory valuation) and Revenue Procedure 80-5 to effect such a change only for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant tax-exempt status to a physicians' and surgeons' mutual protection association established to provide malpractice insurance to its members. Characterizes payment for malpractice insurance made to such an association by its physician or surgeon members as a deductible business expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Amends the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 to make permanent the provisions of title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act concerning benefits for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Repeals a provision of Federal law prohibiting appropriations for the support of U.S. diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Regulatory Policy Act of 1983 - Establishes a Regulatory Cost Information Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee to advise the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (the Director) regarding: (1) standards for the compilation of information concerning compliance costs and the microeconomic effects of such costs; (2) methods of evaluating the benefits of Federal regulatory activities; and (3) methods of preparing the regulatory budgets in accordance with specified guidelines. Requires the Director, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, to prescribe standards for data collection to be used by agencies to provide estimates of: (1) costs incurred by economic sectors for complying with Federal regulations; and (2) the microeconomic effects of such costs. Requires the Director to: (1) provide guidelines to evaluate the benefits of Federal regulatory activities; and (2) revise such standards as needed to reflect social, economic and technological changes. Sets forth the general contents of such standards and guidelines. Requires the annual submission of regulatory budget information by each agency head to the Director, with estimates of compliance costs incurred by specified economic sectors under the laws administered by the agency. Requires the President to submit an annual regulatory budget to the Congress by a specified date. Sets forth the recommendations, estimates and compliance costs to be included in such budget. Sets forth the proceedings for congressional consideration of the regulaotyr budget. Specifies sectors of the economy (including State and local government offices engaged in certain activities) which shall be addressed by the Presidents regulatory budget periodically in successive fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Designates May 6 through May 13, 1984, as National Tuberous Sclerosis Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Designates the week of September 25 through October 1, 1983 as National Rehabilitation Facilities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Designates the week of October 2 through October 8, 1983, as National Port Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 1090 (outdoor recreation policies).
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
Designates the week of October 3 through October 9, 1983, as National Productivity Improvement Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1983
Child Support Enforcement Act of 1983 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to state that the purpose of part D is to assure that all children in the United States who are in need of assistance in securing financial support from their parents will receive such assistance regardless of the economic status of their parents and that parents will prevent their children from becoming a burden on taxpayers by fulfilling to the best of their ability their financial obligations on behalf of their children. Revises provisions relating to incentive payments under part D. Provides that incentives will be computed and paid quarterly beginning in FY 1986. Provides generally that as the amount of support collected increases, the incentive payment will increase. Repeals the present incentive system as of October 1, 1985, but assures a State of receiving at least 80 percent in FY 1986, 60 percent in FY 1987, and 40 in FY 1988, of what the State would have received under the repealed incentive system. Provides for the collection of past-due support from Federal tax refunds in non-Aid to Families With Dependent Children (part A of title IV) cases, (currently, this is done for AFDC cases). Requires a State under part D to implement procedures providing for: (1) the withholding of child support from wages if a support order has been entered by a State; (2) quasi-judicial or administrative procedures for entering child support orders which have the same force and effect as orders entered by a court; (3) the collection of past-due support from State tax refunds; (4) placing liens on real property for amounts of past- due support; (5) the sharing of information regarding amounts of past-due support owed by absent parents with consumer credit bureau organizations; and (6) seeking employment-related health care or health insurance from the absent parent for children for whom the State is seeking financial support when such care or insurance would be available at a reasonable cost and such care or insurance could not be provided by the custodial parent. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist in the development or improvement of clearinghouses and other information management systems to aid in the enforcement of support by facilitating the collection and exchange, both within a State or locality and among States and localities, of child support information. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for FY 1984 through FY 1989. Requires that there be filed annually with the Secretary, or the designee of the Secretary, data showing the number of cases by State filed on behalf of children seeking support in which all support owed was fully paid in each of the proceding 12 months, the number of such cases in which at least 80 percent of the support owed was paid in each of the preceding 12 months, the number of such cases in which less than half the support owed was paid, and the number of such cases in which no support was paid. Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Act to require the reporting (at least quarterly), of the name, address, and wages paid to each individual with respect to whom an unemployment contribution has been made. Requires a State unemployment compensation agency to disclose to any State or local child support enforcement agency and to any State agency administering a State AFDC plan any information it has regarding an individual's: (1) wages; (2) unemployment compensation; (3) address; and (4) employment opportunities. Makes conforming amendments to sections of the Internal Revenue Code, Wagner-Peyser Act, and Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1983
Designates the week of October 2 through October 8, 1983, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1983
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of hepatitis B vaccination and its administration for end stage renal disease patients.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1983
Designates April 7, 1984 as World Health Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983
Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1983 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments, in addition to those already provided under part D, to any State whose part D program is found to be exemplary in the amount of collections made, the cost efficiency with which the program is operated, or the magnitude of the costs to other assistance programs that could reasonably have been expected to occur but for the operation and the effective performance of the State's program. Repeals the present provisions for incentive payments to States and localities. Reduces Federal funding to States under part D. Eliminates funding for the planning, design, development, installation, or enhancement of an automatic data processing and information retrieval system under part D. Revises provisions of part D relating to the distribution of the amounts collected as child support by a State. Provides: (1) that amounts collected by a State under part D as support for families receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children (part A of title IV of the Act) shall be paid to the family to the extent that such amounts exceed the amount of AFDC paid to the family but do not exceed the amount of required court ordered support; (2) that amounts in excess of those required to be paid to the family shall be retained by the State to the extent they do not exceed the total amount of AFDC previously paid to the family; and (3) that any balance shall be paid to the family. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to assist in the development or improvement of clearinghouses and other information management systems to aid in the enforcement of support by facilitating the collection and exchange, both within a State and among States, of child support information. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires charging an application fee of at least $25 for child support or paternity determination services furnished under part D to individual's not otherwise eligible. Provides that the costs of providing collection services may range from three to ten percent of the amount collected. Requires a State under part D to implement procedures providing for: (1) the withholding of child support from wages if a support order has been entered by a State; (2) quasi-judicial or administrative procedures for entering child support orders which have the same force and effect as orders entered by a court; (3) the collection of past-due support from State tax refunds; (4) placing liens on real property for amounts of past-due support. Requires a designee of the Secretary to conduct a review of each State's part D program at least once every three years in order to determine the program's effectiveness and compliance with part D requirement. Requires a State under part A of title IV to have in effect a plan under part D and operate a child support program in substantial compliance (currently, in conformity) with the part D plan. Provides for reduced Federal funding under part A for any State whose part D program is not in compliance. Eliminates the requirement that before a State agency can request information from the Secretary the agency must have determined that the absent parent cannot be located through procedures under the control of the agency. Makes provisions of part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act relating to demonstration project authority applicable to part D. Makes modifications in the timing and content of the Secretary's annual part I report to Congress. Requires child support collected by a State on behalf of a child for whom a public agency is making foster care payments under part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Act to be paid to the public agency responsible for supervising placement of the child, to the extent that the amounts collected exceed the monthly foster care maintenance payments but not the monthly amount required by a court of administrative order to be paid on behalf of the child or agreed to by both parents of such child. Requires a State plan under part E to provide that all steps will be taken to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of each child receiving part E foster care maintenance payments.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983
Federal Employees Health Plan Improvement Act of 1983 - Amends provisions of Federal law governing the Federal employee health benefits programs. Changes certain health benefit plan requirements. Authorizes (currently requires) a carrier of a plan to reinsure with other companies which elect to participate or to allocate its rights and obligations among its affiliates which elect to participate. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to require that all plans include benefits which are at least actuarially equivalent to the lowest level of benefits offered by the indemnity benefit plan as of December 31, 1982. Permits the OPM to: (1) direct any carrier that the OPM finds does not meet the Government's requirements to include such findings in any information distributed concerning the carrier's plans; and (2) prohibit any such carrier from enrolling individuals not previously enrolled in the plan. Prohibits the OPM from contracting for or approving a plan unless: (1) the plan is offered by an organization which has successfully operated a similar plan; or (2) the plan assures, and achieves within five years, an enrollment of at least the lesser of 5,000 individuals or two-and-a-half percent of the potential enrollees in the area. Prohibits the OPM from requiring that a plan offer more than one level of benefits. Prohibits the OPM from contracting for a plan which permits any individuals (other than family members) who are not employees of specific agencies to become members of the employee organization in order to enroll in such plan, unless the plan also permits annuitants to become members of such organization for purposes of enrollment in such plan. Repeals specified provisions concerning the determination of rates under such plans. Exempts individual-practice payment plans from certain requirements concerning an enrollee's selection of, access to, and payment for services of a psychologist or an optometrist. Directs the OPM to contract for a comprehensive medical plan for Federal employees in any State which requires private employers to offer such plan to their employees. Permits the OPM to provide for administrative services associated with such plans under contract rather than directly. Authorizes the OPM to contract for more than one Government-wide service benefit plan and indemnity benefit plan. Repeals a requirement that the group of physicians under a group-practice payment plan must include physicians who represent at least three medical specialties and who receive a substantial part of their income from the prepaid funds. Allows the Government contribution for health benefits to equal up to 100 percent (currently, 75 percent) of the subscription charge for a plan. Directs the OPM to: (1) determine the maximum Government contribution per employee or annuitant for individual and family enrollment for 1983; (2) increase such amount for 1984 by the percentage increase in the medical care expenditure category (MCEC) of the Consumer Price Index; (3) adjust the allocation of the Government's total contribution to a plan so that the biweekly contribution for annuitants equals an appropriate percentage (determined by the Director of OPM) of the contribution for employees; (4) adjust the Government contribution for health benefits for employees and annuitants for years after 1984 by the percentage increase or decrease in the MCEC for the previous year; and (5) establish and publish a method for adjusting the portion of the Government contribution paid to a carrier for a particular plan to reflect differences in the need for, and cost of, health care services based on the age, sex, and place of residence of enrollees. Authorizes the President to prepare an alternative plan for adjusting the Government contribution for health benefits for employees and annuitants for years after 1984 (if necessary because of a national emergency or because of economic conditions). Provides that if an individual is entitled to enroll or continue enrollment in a health benefits plan and is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, then such individual shall elect to: (1) transfer enrollment to a medicare supplementary plan, but only if such individual is enrolled under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; (2) have the Government make a contribution toward the cost of enrollment with an eligible organization under title XVIII of such Act; or (3) have the Government make a contribution toward the cost of enrollment in a health plan for the spouse of such individual if such spouse exercises a conversion right. Sets forth requirements for determining the amount of the Government contribution with respect to individuals making such an election. Provides that an employee may enroll in a medicare supplementary plan only as an individual and only if the employee is 70 years of age or older. Requires the OPM to establish and publish a method for adjusting the portion of the Government contribution paid with respect to individuals making such an election in order to reflect differences in the need for, and cost of, health care services based on the age, sex, and place of residence of the enrollees. Permits an individual whose spouse is eligible for hospital insurance benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act but who is not eligible for such benefits to elect to continue coverage for self alone or for self and family under an approved health benefits plan. Allows an individual making such an election to change the level of benefits under the health benefits plan to a lower level. Grants a temporary extension of coverage, during which an individual may exercise the option to convert (without evidence of good health) to a nongroup health benefits contract, to individuals who are eligible but fail to make such an election or who make the election but whose enrollment is subsequently ended. Prohibits the approval of employee organization health benefits plans by the OPM unless the employee organization has made adequate provision against the risk of insolvency with respect to the plan. Directs the OPM to implement an information program for Federal employees concerning health benefits plans. Requires agencies to distribute certain information on such plans to employees. Allows certain agencies to employ health benefits specialists. Directs the OPM to submit annual reports to Congress on: (1) the use of administrative funds for such activities; (2) evaluations of the Federal employees health benefits program; (3) the performance of Government agencies in meeting their responsibilities under such program; and (4) a summary of the recommendations of the advisory committee on Federal employee health benefits. Directs the President to appoint 12 members to such committee, three of which shall be annuitants. (Currently, the Director of the OPM is required to appoint five employees who are enrolled in health plans as members.) Requires that employees and annuitants : (1) be provided an annual period of not less than 30 days during which they may change health plan coverage or enrollment status; and (2) reaffirm or change coverage or enrollment status at least once every five years.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983
Designates August 20, 1983, as National Volunteer Firefighters Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Designates the week of November 27 through December 3, 1983, as National Entomology Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Public Lands Acquisition Alternatives Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 30 to 50 percent of adjusted gross income the ceiling for charitable contributions of capital gain property for conservation purposes. Treats a gift to a governmental entity to preserve open space as a contribution for conservation purposes. Repeals the restriction on surface mining on lands contributed for conservation purposes. Allows a charitable contribution deduction for the contribution of real property for conservation purposes with the retention of a mineral interest. Allows a credit against the estate tax for conservation contributions to the United States. Permits an estate tax deduction for the unused income tax deduction for contributions of conservation property. Provides for the nonrecognition of gain from the sale of real property to certain tax-exempt organizations other than the United States, exclusively for conservation purposes, if the taxpayer purchases investment property within three years of the sale. Increases to 70 percent the deduction for gain from the sale of property to a conservation organization.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Voting Rights for the Handicapped and the Elderly Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals. Sets forth minimum requirements for these guidelines. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General and aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Capital Formation Tax Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for net capital gains to 80 percent on the sale of stock if the following requirements are met: (1) the stock must be purchased through an initial stock offering; (2) the stock must be purchased from the initial offeror, underwriter, broker, or agent; (3) the stock must represent contributions to capital or paid-in surplus; and (4) the stock must have been held for at least five years at the time of the sale or exchange.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act of 1983 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a system of exchange access charges in order to: (1) achieve equal treatment among all inter-local access and transport area (LATA) carriers and other customers using the services of exchange companies through direct or indirect connection; (2) assure that payments and assignments of costs relating to exchange access are carried out in a manner which is open for public examination; (3) achieve flexibility in accommodating changes in market conditions and technology; (4) establish incentives for efficient investment decisions and technological choices; and (5) ensure that exchange carriers are compensated for their costs of providing exchange access. Directs the Universal Telephone Service Joint Board (established by this Act) to establish a universal service charge schedule to insure that basic telephone service will be available at reasonable rates throughout the United States. Requires such schedule to designate universal service costs to be allocated to a Federal jurisdiction and to provide for their collection by means of a universal service charge that is payable by any interLATA carrier or any provider of interLATA services or any private system that connects directly or indirectly to any exchange carrier or any local exchange switched network used to provide basic telephone service. Entitles each exchange company qualifying for payments to 90 percent of its reasonably incurred universal service costs which are directly related to the efficient and economic provision of such service. States that universal service costs shall consist of an exchange company's costs for basic intraLATA telephone service to any points within a LATA which exceed 110 percent of the average cost of providing comparable basic intraLATA telephone service throughout the United States. Provides that, notwithstanding the above provisions, any company which qualifies for payments and whose costs for basic intraLATA telephone service to any points exceed 250 percent of the average cost of providing comparable basic intraLATA telephone service throughout the United States shall be entitled to receive 100 percent of its reasonably incurred universal service costs over 250 percent of the national average. Defines: (1) "basic telephone service" as residential service; (2) "basic intraLATA telephone service" as that portion of basic telephone service provided within a local access and transport area, including access to such service; and (3) "exchange company" as a company that offers basic telephone service and other services within one or more service areas recognized by any State regulatory commission. Authorizes the Commission to assert jurisdiction over all nontraffic sensitive subscriber loop costs to a Federal jurisdiction, in order to achieve consistency and uniformity of policy in regard to interstate and intrastate access charges. Authorizes the Commission to delegate to a State commission some or all of the Commission's authority with respect to: (1) intrastate interLATA toll service; and (2) access charges for the interconnection of exchange communications service with interstate or intrastate interLATA toll service upon a finding that such delegation would promote the purposes of this Act. Directs the Universal Telephone Service Joint Board to establish guidelines binding a State commission in the exercise of any delegated authority. Directs the Commission to establish the Universal Telephone Service Joint Board which shall be composed of five commissioners of the Commission and four commissioners nominated by the national organization of State commissions. Directs the Commission to adopt as final any decisions of the Board. Establishes a fine applicable to anyone who, with the intent to deprive any exchange company of any revenue in connection with access charges, transmits telecommunications so as to avoid accessing a local exchange in order to avoid such charges. Directs the Commission and each State regulatory authority to take action to ensure access to basic telephone lifeline service.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within 60 days a National Commission on Neurofibromatosis which shall formulate a plan to identify the research needed to develop an effective treatment and a cure for neurofibromatosis. Sets forth operating and related provisions. Authorizes the Commission to transmit interim reports. Requires the Commission to make a final report to the President and to each House of Congress within two years. Terminates the Commission three months after submission of the final report.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Designates the week of September 18-24, 1983, as Cystic Fibrosis Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1983
Designates October 22, 1983 as Metropolitan Opera Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that the States should: (1) adopt the International Symbol of Access to identify vehicles carrying the physically handicapped and grant only to such vehicles access to special parking privileges; and (2) enter into agreements of reciprocity relating to special parking privileges granted to handicapped persons.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1983
Governmental Lease Financing Reform Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny property used by governments, tax-exempt foreign individuals, and other tax-exempt entities accelerated depreciation deductions. Requires that any deductions for depreciation of such property be calculated according to the straight line method. Exempts from such limitation short-term leases of personal property, short-lived property (property with a present class life of six years and subject to a lease which is 75 percent or less of such present class life), and property which is used in an unrelated trade or business. Denies the investment tax credit for property used by foreign governments and other foreign persons. Allows an investment tax credit for property used by governments or other tax-exempt entities which is subject to a short-term lease. Denies the investment tax credit for rehabilitation expenditures for property which is used by governments or tax-exempt entities. Requires the recapture of tax on rehabilitated buildings which become tax-exempt use property. States that the provisions of this Act shall be effective for property placed in service after May 23, 1983, with an exception for binding contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1983
Foreign Tax Credit Conformity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to recapture domestic losses in subsequent years in which it has domestic income by recharacterizing the subsequent domestic income as foreign source income, to the extent domestic losses have served to reduce the foreign tax credit available to the taxpayer. Extends the carryover period for excess foreign tax credits from five years to 15 years. Revises ordering rule provisions for foreign tax credits arising after 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1983
Work Opportunities and Renewed Competition Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect to treat an excess investment tax credit as a reinvestment tax credit. Requires a taxpayer to forfeit any investment tax credit carryover if the taxpayer elects to take a reinvestment tax credit. Sets the amount of such reinvestment tax credit at 85 percent of the taxpayer's qualified investment in reinvestment credit property. Terminates such credit after 1984. Makes such reinvestment tax credit refundable. Requires the recapture of the reinvestment tax credit under specified circumstances. Sets forth rules relating to such recapture.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1983
Basic Industries Reindustrialization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend the limitation on the investment tax credit for a period of seven years beginning with taxable years ending after January 1, 1983. Makes such credit refundable. Allows a tentative refund of tax under a claim of right adjustment in the case of investment tax credits. Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress by December 1, 1989, on whether or not such period should be extended further. Authorizes appropriations.