United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982
Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make loans for the removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from residences. Limits each such loan to a maximum of $10,000. Makes such loans available only to the extent that loss or damage with respect to urea-formaldehyde foam insulation removal is not covered by insurance. Authorizes the SBA to make $10,000,000 in direct and immediate participation loans to manufacturers and installers of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation in each of FY 1983 and 1984. Provides that the dollar limitation with respect to the residential energy credit shall not be reduced by energy conservation expenditures by a taxpayer for urea-formaldehyde foam insulation. Allows a medical expense deduction for the costs associated with removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from a taxpayer's residence.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from terminating disability benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) or title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act on the basis of continuing disability investigations. Exempts from such prohibition those cases where an initial disability benefit termination is based on a finding: (1) that the individual involved is able to engage in substantial gainful activity; (2) of fraud; or (3) based on a scheduled review of which such individual was notified at the time of his or her initial entitlement. Requires the Secretary to notify individuals who have been or will be notified of a continuing disability investigation that no further decision will be made with respect to their cases during the period in which this Act is in effect.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1982
Health Planning Deregulation Act of 1982 - Replaces existing title XV (National Health Planning and Development) of the Public Health Service Act with a new title XV (Health Planning Deregulation). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983. Bases State allotments on population, with a minimum allotment of $100,000. States that funds may be used for: (1) State or local health planning; and (2) experiments designed to promote competition in health care financing and delivery. Requires States to: (1) provide at least 25 percent funding; and (2) file audits and reports.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax exclusion of interest on industrial development bonds. Increases to $10,000,000 the amount of bonds which qualify as tax-exempt small issues or tax-exempt pollution control bonds. Exempts issues from such limitation if substantially all of the proceeds are used to provide facilities located in economically distressed areas or adjacent areas. Specifies requirements relating to poverty and population for designation as a distressed area. Disqualifies industrial development bonds from the small issue exemption if ten percent or more of the proceeds are used to finance certain private or commercial recreation facilites. Requires bond issuing authorities to conduct public hearings prior to the approval and issuance of any small issue industrial development bond. Requires the Governor of a State to report to the Secretary of the Treasury annually beginning in 1984 on bonds issued during the preceding year. Requires that elected officials in the local jurisdiction approve bond issues. Provides that property financed with tax-exempt industrial development bonds shall not be eligible for accelerated cost recovery. Requires that such property be depreciated using the straight line method over specified recovery periods. Provides that in-house research and experimental expenditures shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the aggregate face value of industrial development bonds which otherwise qualify for the small issue exemption. Treats composite issues of bonds as a single issue of obligation separate from other obligations if the other obligations are issued separately. Limits arbitrage rules for small issues and pollution control bonds. Permits the financing of district heating or cooling facilities with tax- exempt bonds. Specifies that interest on certain industrial development bonds may be excluded from gross income if such bonds are used for the local furnishing of gas (previously just electric) energy.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1982
Amends the Small Business Act to treat businesses owned by Indian tribes as socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses for purposes of the Small Business Administration's business development program.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1982
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to enable the United States to give effect to the Nairobi protocol to the Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials. Directs the President to proclaim changes in the Tariff Schedules of the United States to implement temporarily the duty-free treatment provided under this Act for certain articles for the blind or other handicapped persons. Authorizes the President to implement temporarily the duty-free treatment provided under this Act for certain: (1) books, publications, and documents; (2) visual and auditory materials; and (3) tools for scientific instruments or apparatus. Authorizes the President to limit the duty-free treatment or temporary duty-free treatment accorded under this Act for certain tools for scientific instruments or for certain articles for the blind or other handicapped persons if the duty-free treatment of the article: (1) has significant adverse impact on a competing domestic industry; and (2) is not provided for in the Florence agreement or the Nairobi protocol. Authorizes the President to reinstate the duty-free treatment of such articles if it would no longer cause such adverse impact. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for: (1) catalogs of educational, scientific, or cultural visual and auditory material; (2) architectural, engineering, industrial, or commercial drawings and plans; (3) certain illustrations and proofs used for the production of books; (4) developed photographic film and similar articles; (5) motion picture films on which pictures or sound and pictures have been recorded; (6) magnetic video tape on which pictures or pictures and sound have been recorded; (7) other sound recordings, combination sound and visual recordings, and magnetic recordings; (8) certain educational, scientific, or cultural models; (9) tools specially designed for maintaining certain scientific instruments or apparatus that are used by nonprofit institutions; and (10) articles specially designed or adapted for use by blind or other handicapped persons.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Adds three members to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Directs the President to appoint the three members from a panel of at least six elected town officials submitted by the National Association of Towns and Townships.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Disability Amendments of 1982 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the termination of disability benefits on the grounds that the physical or mental impairment on which such benefits were based has ceased or did not exist (unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds that there has been medical improvement in the beneficiary's condition or that the initial disability determination was clearly erroneous under the disability standards in effect at the time). Requires that a preliminary disability decision by a State agency, or the Secretary, which is unfavorable to the disability benefit applicant contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence, the basis for such decision, the right of the applicant to a review of the decision, and the right to submit additional medical evidence prior to such review. Entitles the applicant or the applicant's spouse, former spouse, surviving spouse, surviving divorced mother, child or parent to a review of the premliminary decision (including the right to make a personal appearance and submit additional medical evidence), upon a showing that his or her rights may be prejudiced by such decision and upon timely request. Sets forth the procedural requirements for a review of a preliminary disability decision. Provides that a preliminary disability decision may be affirmed, modified, or reversed on the basis of the review. Authorizes the State agency which made the initial disability determination to make any new disability determination required during review of the case after notification to the Secretary and in accordance with the rules governing such determinations. Requires that a decision by the Secretary after review which is unfavorable to the individual requesting the review contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to the submission of documentary evidence relating to disability on or after the date of the decision made after review. Requires that individuals requesting a review be informed of the requirements under this Act and of their right to representation at the review. Provides for reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing for disability benefit applicants who show that their rights may be prejudiced by a decision after review. Provides that the hearing decision may affirm, modify, or reverse the Secretary's findings of fact and the decision after review. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to the submission of additional documentary evidence relating to disability on or after the date of the decision after review and before the commencement of the hearing on such decision. 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. Requires the Secretary to notify the individual involved with respect to a case where the Secretary initiates a review. Provides that an application for disability benefits filed before the first month in which the applicant satisfies the requirements for such benefits shall be considered valid only if: (1) the applicant satisfies such requirements before the Secretary makes a final decision on the application and no request for review has been made; or (2) the applicant satisfies such requirements before a decision on review is made in any case where review is requested. Requires that hearings on disability decisions after review be conducted on the record. Subjects such hearings to Federal law governing administrative hearings. Requires the Secretary to appoint administrative law judges to conduct such hearings. Entitles any individual who is dissatisfied with the final hearing decision to judicial review of that decision. 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 review and hearing as is permitted in the case of an initial disability determination. Specifies the cases with respect to which State agencies may make new disability determinations for purposes of review under this Act. Permits 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. Requires the Secretary to provide uniform standards which shall be applied at all levels of disability determinations. Provides that except in certain cases, if an individual has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits, the termination month for such benefits shall be the month in which: (1) a decision affirming such benefit termination has been made after review of the preliminary decision to this Act; or (2) the time for requesting such a review has expired. Sets forth evidentiary requirements with respect to disability determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1982
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Defense to allocate surplus personal property of the Department of Defense, which is usable and necessary for civil defense or educational purposes, to the Administrator of General Services for transfer to appropriate State agencies. Requires the Secretary to confer with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency when determining which property is usable for civil defense or educational purposes. Requires the Director to review the available property continuously and to notify the Secretary upon identifying property appropriate for civil defense. Directs the Director to notify Congress whenever the Secretary has refused to accept the Director's recommendation concerning the allocation of such property. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to require the Administrator to: (1) to notify the Director whenever an agency other than the Department of Defense informs the Administrator that it has excess property; (2) consult with the Director concerning the suitability of such property for civil defense purposes; and (3) transfer suitable property to the appropriate State agency for distribution to the civil defense organizations identified by the Director. Requires the Director to notify Congress whenever the Administrator has refused to accept the Director's recommendations to transfer any such property.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Prohibition of Mandatory Retirement and Employment Rights Act of 1982 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate the upper age limitation of the class of persons to whom such Act applies.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1982
Synthetic Fuels Corporation Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Energy Security Act to authorize the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation to make loans, loan and price guarantees, and purchase agreements and to enter into joint ventures for district heating or cooling projects. Authorizes the Corporation to make price support loans for municipal waste energy projects which produce and sell biomass energy. Requires the Corporation to solicit proposals and provide financial assistance for district heating or cooling projects and municipal waste energy projects. Requires that the synthetic fuel production strategy established by the Corporation address the types of district heating or cooling projects and municipal waste energy projects the Corporation intends to assist. Requires the Corporation's Board of Directors to assure that the Corporation is organized to evaluate, process, and review proposed and funded district heating or cooling projects and municipal waste energy projects.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1982
Small Business Debt-Equity Relief Act of 1982 - States that no Intenal Revenue Service regulations determining whether an interest in a corporation is to be treated as stock or indebtedness shall apply to an instrument issued before 180 days after the regulations are submitted to Congress. Requires that any such proposed regulations shall be consistent with the findings of Congress set forth in this Act if the Secretary of the Treasury chooses to adopt them.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) should not sell advanced weapons to Jordan; (2) should ensure that Israel retains its qualitative military edge in the Middle East; and (3) should focus its efforts on bringing Jordan into direct peace negotiations with Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to pursue vigorously and promptly conclude certain countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigatons and the pending steel unfair trade practices investigation; and (2) Congress should consider legislation to strengthen U.S. trade laws.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to add to current penalties for killing officers and employees of the United States penalties for: (1) attempting to kill; and (2) killing, or attempting to kill, any officer or employee of any department or agency within the Intelligence Community. Establishes as new offenses the murder, manslaughter, assault, threat against, extortion, or kidnapping of: (1) persons given entry into the United States for permanent residence pursuant to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949; and (2) persons present in the United States under intelligence auspices.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from 1982 to 1985 the energy tax credit for certain cogeneration equipment. Extends such credit to equipment using oil and gas for more than 20 percent of the energy consumed by the system.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and of the receipts from the taxes on self- employment income, employees, and employers in the totals of the Federal budget. Exempts such receipts and disbursements from any general statutory limitation on Federal budget outlays and from the provisions of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (other than certain impoundment control provisions).
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Soviet Union should permit Abe Stolar and his family to emigrate to Israel and that the President should express U.S. opposition to the forced captivity of the Stolar family by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy should take immediate action to carry out the provisions of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act with respect to the simplification of all Government procurement procedures and forms.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1982
Urges the Soviet Union to facilitate the emigration of certain named Soviet citizens who are married to citizens of Western countries and who have begun a hunger strike to protest the Soviet refusal to allow them to emigrate. Expresses U.S. support and sympathy for the families of the hunger strikers and for the families of others who have attempted to obtain and been denied exit visas.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Extends the congratulations of the Senate to the people and leaders of Greater Miami and Dade County, Florida, for their efforts in the production of the New World Festival of the Arts. Acclaims the Festival as a major cultural and artistic event.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that certain indebtedness incurred by qualified educational organizations in acquiring or improving real property shall not be treated as acquisition indebtedness for purposes of the tax on unrelated business taxable income.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Declares that the President should invite the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to participate in the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Resources for Handicapped Individuals Act - Title I: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults - Establishes a Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults to: (1) provide specialized intensive services for deaf-blind persons; (2) train personnel to provide such services; and (3) conduct applied research, development, and demonstrations relating to communication techniques, teaching methods, aids, and devices, and delivery of services. Requires an annual audit of the Center. Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that: (1) Center service and training programs are monitored regularly; and (2) Center operation is evaluated annually, with written reports to the President and the Congress submitted by specified deadlines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for Center operation and maintenance in accordance with guidelines or regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Defines "Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults" to mean that facility and its affiliated network established pursuant to an agreement approved in 1969 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and continued pursuant to specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (Repeals such provisions of such Act in title IV of this Act.) Provides that nothing in this Act shall in any way cause to affect or modify any existing or future agreement between any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality and the Industrial Home for the Blind, Inc., or its successors or assignees, with respect to the Helen Keller National Center for the Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Title II: Instructional Media for the Handicapped - Directs the Librarian of Congress to establish a loan service of capitioned films and educational media for handicapped individuals, their parents, and others directly involved in activities for the advancement of the handicapped. Authorizes the Librarian to: (1) acquire such films, educational media, and equipment; (2) provide, by grant or contract, for film captioning, for distribution of media and equipment to State schools and other appropriate local or regional agencies, for production and distribution of such media, and for research and training in their use; (3) utilize other governmental agencies' facilities and services; and (4) accept gifts, contributions, and voluntary and uncompensated services of individuals and organizations. Authorizes the Librarian to enter into specified types of agreements with institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, or other appropriate nonprofit agencies for the establishment and operation of centers on educational media and materials for the handicapped. Directs the Librarian to give preference to the proposals of institutions and agencies which: (1) have demonstrated the capabilities necessary for development and evaluation of such media; and (2) can serve the educational technology needs of the Model High School for the Deaf. Directs the Librarian to report annually to the Congress on the activities of the centers on educational media and materials for the handicapped. Authorizes appropriations in each fiscal year as necessary to carry out this title. Title III: Regional Postsecondary Educational Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts with institutions of higher education, including junior and community colleges, vocational and technical institutions, and other appropriate nonprofit educational agencies, for the development and operation of specially designed or modified programs of vocational, technical, postsecondary, or adult education for deaf or other handicapped indviduals. Directs the Secretary to give priority to programs: (1) serving multistate regions or large population centers; (2) adapting existing programs of vocational, technical, postsecondary,or adult education to the special needs of handicapped individuals; and (3) designed to serve areas where a need for such services is clearly demonstrated. Directs the Secretary to conduct, directly or by contract, a continuing evaluation of the effectiveness of each program assisted under this title. Authorizes appropriations in each fiscal year as may be necessary to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary, in each fiscal year after September 30, 1982, to assure that each recipient of funds in FY 1982 under regional educational program provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act which the Secretary determines will provide effective services for that fiscal year will continue to receive financial assistance for that fiscal year. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which relate to the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Repeals provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act which relate to instructional media for the handicpped and to regional education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1982
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the tariff on imported roses. (Makes the U.S. tariff consistent with the tariff imposed by the European Economic Community.)
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Small Business Procurement Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to include in the notice for bidding on a Government procurement action the basis for the limitation in any case where bidding on a procurement action is limited to one person, a particular area of the United States, or both. Requires the Secretary to publish timely notice of all awards of Government procurement contracts set aside for small businesses. Directs the Secretary to investigate, and authorizes the Secretary to implement alternative means of notifying small businesses of procurement actions. Prohibits a Federal agency from awarding a procurement contract for which a notice for bidding must be published until 45 days after the publication of such notice, or the closing date for bidding on the action specified in the notice, whichever is later. Requires each Federal agency, to the extent practicable, to subdivide large systems procurement contracts into smaller components on which small businesses can compete. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish Government procurement contract arbitration panels for resolving contract disputes between small businesses and Federal agencies. Makes the use of such a panel voluntary. Establishes a Small Business Procurement Advisory Committee to advise Congress and the Administrator on Government procurement contracts awarded to, or set aside for, small businesses. Requires the Committee to report annually to Congress and the Administrator on its activities and to make recommendations for increasing the number of Government procurement contracts awarded to small businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until December 31, 1987, the authority for the targeted jobs income tax credit. Extends the credit to all cooperative education students regardless of their economic status. Disallows the credit for employees who have worked for the same employer within the last 180 days. Limits the credit claimed on any individual to $4,500.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Freedom of Information Protection Act of 1982 - Amends the classified information exemption under the Freedom of Information Act to require that matters withheld from disclosure: (1) be reasonably expected to cause "identifiable damage" to national security; and (2) satisfy a balancing test so that "the need to protect the information outweighs the public interest in disclosure." Limits Federal court review of an agency's decision to withhold classified information based on the balancing test.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Omnibus Victims Protection Act of 1982 - Title I: Victims Impact Statement - Amends rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require that presentence reports contain information assessing the impact upon and cost to any person who was the victim of the offense. Title II: Protection of Victims and Witnesses from Intimidation - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as offenses "tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant" and "retaliating against a witness or an informant." Amends the Bail Reform Act of 1966 to require as a condition of pretrial release that the defendant not commit these offenses. Grants general authority to the Attorney General to relocate or protect Government witnesses. Authorizes the Attorney General to initiate civil proceedings to restrain tampering with a witness or victim. Title III: Restitution - Authorizes a sentencing court to order the defendant to make restitution for any offense. Requires the court to state for the record the reasons for not ordering restitution. Directs the Attorney General to recommend to Congress laws necessary to compensate victims of crimes where restitution is not possible. Title IV: Federal Accountability for Escape or Release of a Federal Prisoner - Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Federal courts over civil claims against the the United States for damages caused by dangerous offenders who are released or escape from the lawful custody of a U.S. employee as a result of such employee's gross negligence. Title V: Federal Guidelines for Fair Treatment of Crime Victims and Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System - Directs the Attorney General to develop Federal guidelines for the fair treatment of crime victims and witnesses. Requires the Attorney General to consider certain objectives in preparing the guidelines, including: (1) ensuring that victims receive prompt social and medical services; (2) giving victims and witnesses notice of important criminal justice proceedings and scheduling changes; (3) arranging for the prosecution to obtain the nonbinding views of victims of serious crimes during such stages as plea bargaining and pretrial release; (4) encouraging employers to continue to pay victims and witnesses for work absences to assist investigations and prosecutions; and (5) training law enforcement personnel in victim assistance. Title VI: Profit by a Criminal from Sale of his Story - Directs the Attorney General to recommend to Congress any laws that are necessary to ensure that no Federal felon derives any profit from the sale of his or her story until any victim of the offense receives restitution.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Spouses' Equity Act of 1982 - Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to include among the persons entitled to receive annuities from the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund a former spouse who was married, for at least ten years during periods of creditable service, to a Central Intelligence Agency employee entitled to such annuities (a participant). Provides that a retired participant who is married or has a former spouse who has not remarried before age 60 shall receive a reduced annuity and provide a survivor annuity for his or her spouse or former spouse. Permits a married participant and his or her spouse to elect jointly to waive a survivor annuity for such spouse or to reduce the amount of the survivor annuity. Permits a participant and his or her former spouse to elect jointly by spousal agreement to waive a survivor annuity for the former spouse if the election is made before the end of the 12-month period after the divorce or annulment involving the former spouse becomes final, or at the time of retirement, whichever occurs first. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence to prescribe regulations under which a participant may make such elections independently if the participant cannot discover the whereabouts of his or her spouse or former spouse. Limits the amount of the annuity for a surviving spouse in any case in which there is also a surviving former spouse of a participant. Requires that a survivor annuity which is terminated because of remarriage be restored, at the same rate, on the date such remarriage is dissolved if any lump sum paid upon termination of the annuity is returned to the fund. Prohibits the entitlement of a participant's surviving former spouse to a survivor annuity from the fund, unless the surviving former spouse elects to receive it instead of any other survivor benefits to which he or she may be entitled on the basis of another marriage. Requires a married annuitant who reverts to retired status with entitlement to a supplemental annuity pursuant to such Act to have the supplemental annuity reduced by ten percent to provide a supplemental survivor annuity for his or her spouse, unless the annuitant and his or her spouse jointly elect to the contrary at the time of reversion. Provides for such a supplemental survivor annuity in any case in which a participant has a former spouse who was married to the participant during a period of recall service and who qualifies for an annuity under this Act. Provides for the recomputation of an annuity which is reduced to provide a survivor benefit for a spouse if the participant's marriage to that spouse is dissolved. Permits a participant to elect irrevocably, within one year of a remarriage, to receive again a reduced annuity in order to provide a survivor annuity for the new spouse. Requires that such reduction be equal to the reduction in effect before the dissolution of the previous marriage. Makes such a reduction effective the first day of the first month one year after the date of the remarriage. Requires the Director, on an annual basis, to inform participants of their rights of election, and spouses and former spouses of participants of their rights, under this Act. Sets forth the rules for computation of annuities for former spouses of participants. Disqualifies a former spouse from receiving an annuity if before the commencement of that annuity the former spouse remarries before becoming 60 years of age. Provides for the commencement of an annuity for a former spouse on the later of: (1) the day the participant, upon whose service the annuity is based, becomes entitled to an annuity; or (2) the first day of the month in which the dissolution of the marriage becomes final. Provides for the termination of an annuity for a former spouse on: (1) the last day of the month before the former spouse dies or remarries before age 60; or (2) the date the participant's annuity terminates. Makes an annuity for a former spouse ineffective if it is issued more than 12 months after the dissolution of the marriage become final. Requires that a participant's annuity be reduced by the amount of the annuity paid to any former spouse. Provides that if a participant whose annuity is so reduced is recalled to service or reemployed, such person's salary shall be reduced by the same amount. Sets forth rules for the commencement and calculation of annuities for former spouses of disability annuitants. Sets forth the rules for the computation of survivor annuities for former spouses. Disqualifies a former spouse from receiving a survivor annuity if before the commencement of the annuity the former spouse remarries before becoming 60 years of age. Provides for the commencement of a survivor annuity for a former spouse on the day after the annuitant dies. Provides for its termination on the last day of the month before the former spouse's death or remarriage before age 60. Permits the restoration of a survivor annuity terminated because of remarriage on the date the remarriage is dissolved if any lump sum paid upon termination of the annuity is returned to the fund. Prohibits the adjustment by court order of the amount of a survivor annuity for a former spouse after the participant's death. Provides for the recomputation of an annuity which is reduced to provide a survivor annuity for a former spouse if the former spouse dies or remarries before age 60. Restricts the amount available for a survivor annuity for another individual once a survivor annuity has been provided for any former spouse. Permits a participant to elect, or agree to, an additional survivor annuity for other former spouses or a surviving spouse if the participant passes a physical examination. Limits the total amount of survivor annuities which a participant may provide from his or her annuity. Specifies the methods for providing survivor annuities for former spouses and spouses. Permits a participant to elect, by spousal agreement, to provide a survivor annuity for a former spouse who is not eligible for survivorship benefits under this Act. Requires the Director to make annuity payments to a former spouse according to the terms of any legally enforceable spousal agreement between, or court decree involving, the participant and that former spouse. Provides that any such payments shall bar recovery by any other person.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit for expenses incurred for qualified elderly care expenses for a qualifying family member. Allows an income tax credit of 30 percent of the expenses incurred for taxpayers with incomes of $10,000 or less. Reduces the rate of such credit, but not below 20 percent, by one percent for each $2,000 of taxpayer income in excess of $10,000. Limits such credit to taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than $50,000. Imposes a maximum $7,000 limit on the amount of elderly care expenses taken into account. Defines "qualified family member" as any individual who: (1) is related to the taxpayer by blood or marriage; (2) is at least 75 years of age (or diagnosed with senile dementia); and (3) has a family income of $15,000 or less. Defines "qualified elderly care expenses" as payments for: (1) home health agency services; (2) homemaker services; (3) adult day care; (4) respite care; or (5) certain health care equipment and supplies.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to prohibit the President from restricting the export of an agricultural commodity sought to be exported under an export sales contract: (1) entered into before the President announces an export restriction on the commodity; and (2) reported pursuant to a specified section of the Agricultural Act of 1970. Permits the President to restrict exports of such a commodity during a declared war or national emergency.
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