United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the International Committee on the Red Cross should recognize the Red Shield of David of the Magen David Adom as an emblem: (1) meeting the membership requirements of the International Committee on the Red Cross; and (2) conforming with the appropriate Geneva Conventions.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to: (1) promulgate standards for the collection and reporting by all Federal agencies of information on the geographic distribution of Federal funds; and (2) review agency compliance with such standards. Prohibits such standards from becoming effective until 30 days after they are transmitted to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 to the Comptroller General to carry out such duties. Directs the President to designate a Federal agency to: (1) receive and review agency reports on Federal funds; (2) establish and maintain an information system on the geographic distribution of Federal funds; (3) and generate reports for users of such system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 to conduct such activities. Requires the President to designate a Federal agency to create and operate five regional data analysis centers which shall provide public policy analyses of information on the distribution of Federal funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 to such designated agency to perform such functions.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Amends the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 to make the appointments (by the President) of the Chief Forester of the Forest Service and the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires such persons to be knowledgeable in their respective areas.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to specified congressional committees on the advisability of replacing the Federal individual income tax or such income tax and the Federal corporate income tax with a simplified income tax on gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1982
Independent Contractor Tax Classification and Compliance Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify standards for determining whether certain individuals qualify as independent contractors for purposes of the tax on employment income. Treats an individual as an independent contractor if such individual: (1) controls the total number and scheduling of his work hours; (2) has no principal place of business provided rent-free by the service-receipient; (3) has substantial investment in his business (excluding vehicles) and earns income based upon sales or output rather than upon number of hours worked; and (4) performs services under a written contract and is provided written notice of his responsibilities with respect to income and self-employment taxes. Provides that the criteria established by this Act shall not be applicable to agent-drivers, commission-drivers, full-time life insurance salesmen, home workers, and traveling or city salesmen who are statutorily designated as employees for purposes of social security taxation. Sets forth special rules for: (1) contracts entered into before January 1, 1983; and (2) determining control of scheduling work hours. Provides that the failure of an individual claiming independent contractor status to meet the criteria established by this Act shall not create an inference that such an individual is an employee or that the recipient of his service is an employer. Limits the applicability of the criteria established by this Act to questions of employment status arising under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, self-employment tax provisions, and withholding requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires a recipient of an independent contractor's services to file an information return disclosing payments made to such individual in excess of $600 per year. Requires persons who sell over $5,000 in consumer products to buyers on a buy-sell deposit-commission, or similar basis, to file a similar return. Requires individuals who file such information returns to furnish written statements to persons with respect to whom such information is reported which indicate the amount of payment reported. Provides penalties for failure to furnish information returns or statements. Requires the payment of a surcharge for multiple violations. Requires the withholding of tax on certain persons where the identifying number is incorrect or missing on any return filed by a service-recipient. Sets forth effective dates and transitional rules for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1982
Prohibits the Government from imposing export restrictions on agricultural commodities which interfere with valid export contracts if: (1) the contracts were entered into before the imposition of such restrictions; and (2) the contracts provide for the delivery of such commodities for export within 180 days of the date the restrictions are imposed.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1982
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act Amendments of 1982 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act to expand the definition of the term "State agency" for purposes of such Act to include any entity having eminent domain authority under State law, except public utilities, unless specifically exempted from such Act. Revises the definition of "Federal assistance" to provide that a person shall be considered displaced as a result of a project undertaken with Federal assistance only where the Federal Government has direct control over the project site or approval decisions. Revises the definition of "displaced person" to provide that persons displaced as a direct result of Federal or federally assisted rehabilitation or demolition projects shall be entitled to moving expenses and relocation advisory services under such Act. Title II: Uniform Relocation Assistance - Requires the payment to displaced persons of actual expenses, not exceeding $10,000, necessary to reestablish a displaced business at its new site. Removes the limitation on the moving expense allowance and the fixed amount of the dislocation allowance that a person displaced from a dwelling may elect to receive in lieu of itemized expenses. Declares that such allowances shall be determined according to a schedule established by a lead agency designated by the President. Increases the maximum and decreases the minimum limitations on the payment a person displaced from a business or farm operation may elect to receive in lieu of itemized deductions. Declares that such amount shall be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency. (Currently, such amount is based on the annual earnings of the farm or business.) Excludes from entitlement to such payment a displaced person whose sole business was the rental of the real property. Revises the method of computing the payment to a displaced homeowner for increased mortgage costs with respect to a suitable (currently comparable) replacement dwelling. Requires payment of an amount that would reduce the principal and interest on the replacement dwelling to the same level as the payments on the displaced dwelling. Authorizes a displacing agency to extend the one-year period, following payment for an acquired home, during which the displaced person must purchase and occupy a replacement dwelling in order to qualify for housing replacement payments, but limits such payments to the costs of relocating such person within that one-year period. Decreases the ceiling (currently $4,000) on the amount of rental housing replacement assistance provided to displaced tenants to the lesser of: (1) $3,000; or (2) 24 times the difference between the monthly cost of suitable replacement housing and 30 percent of the tenant's monthly income. Permits eligible displaced tenants to elect to: (1) receive Federal, State, or local low- income housing assistance in lieu of such rental housing replacement assistance; or (2) apply such rental assistance toward the downpayment on a suitable replacement dwelling. Declares that displaced homeowners who meet the residency requirement for rental housing replacement assistance but not for homeowner's housing replacement assistance shall qualify for rental assistance. Permits a displacing agency, with the consent of the displaced person, to waive the requirement that suitable replacement housing be decent, safe, and sanitary, under unique circumstances. Prohibits the payment of rental housing replacement assistance to any person who: (1) occupied the displacement dwelling principally to obtain such assistance; or (2) has received such assistance during the two preceeding years. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to give to displaced persons priority for assistance under public housing programs. Directs the Small Business Administration and other Federal agencies to provide technical assistance to such persons in applying for other assistance programs. Requires that all relocation assistance advisory programs: (1) provide information on suitable locations for displaced farming operations; and (2) assure that no person is required to move before being given a reasonable choice of suitable replacement dwellings. Provides for the designation of a single, cognizant Federal agency to establish procedures to be used by a non-Federal displacing agency to implement related activities funded by two or more Federal agencies. Permits States to enact equitable standards to implement provisions authorizing a displacing agency to use project funds to provide dwellings for displaced persons if such project would be delayed because suitable replacement housing is not otherwise available. Directs the head of the lead agency to certify such standards or, in the absence of such standards, to provide that assistance for replacement housing may exceed payment ceilings only on a case by case basis. Authorizes a displacing agency to provide replacement housing for persons eligible for low-income housing assistance through a Federal low-income housing assistance program. Provides that any payment a displaced person receives under State law shall replace a housing replacement or real property acquisition payment for substantially the same purpose under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act. Directs a displacing agency to: (1) use government or private entities to carry out any relocation assistance services under such Act; and (2) incorporate competition among private alternative service providers. Requires the President to designate a lead agency which shall: (1) promulgate rules to carry out such Act; (2) coordinate relocation assistance activities with Federal and federally-financed low-income housing programs; (3) monitor the implementation of such Act; and (4) report any major problems under such Act to Congress. Requires a State agency to pay the United States all net amounts (currently all amounts) received from the sale of surplus Federal property transferred to the agency for the purpose of providing replacement housing. Repeals the authority of any displacing agency to make loans to various organizations for planning and obtaining federally insured mortgage financing for housing for displaced persons. Title III: Uniform Real Property Acquisition Policy - Authorizes a displacing agency acquiring real property to forego an appraisal of donated property, or property voluntarily for sale for $700 or less, if the seller agrees. Requires that the owner, at his or her election, be provided with a written justification of the amount determined to be just compensation. Permits a displaced person to donate the real property being acquired or any of the compensation paid for such property to the displacing agency. Prohibits the preemption of any State law when a Federal agency directly acquires land within a State, except as required for national security or as provided by Congress. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of specified provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth special temporary rules for the taxation of life insurance companies for 1982 and 1983. Revises provisions relating to policies reinsured under modified coinsurance contracts. Specifies that prescribed policy and other contract liability requirements shall not include interest payable after enactment of this Act by a reinsured to a reinsurer in connection with a coinsurance contract. Revises the method of computing the tax deductions for: (1) dividends to policyholders; (2) certain nonparticipating contracts; and (3) certain accident, health insurance, and group life insurance plans. Revises the method of determining adjusted life insurance reserves. Revises the method of computing the policyholder's shared investment yield, life insurance company taxable income, and net capital gain for companies filing consolidated returns. Specifies that the above method shall not apply to certain contract computation in effect before 1982. States that the determination for taxable years before 1982 as to whether a contract is a coinsurance contract shall be made solely by reference to the terms of the contract.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify multiple lot issues of industrial development bonds for the small issue exemption for purposes of the tax exclusion of interest on such bonds. Requires that such multiple lots be sold at the same time, at the same interest rate, and under a common marketing plan. Requires that a common or pooled security be used to pay debt service on such obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
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 · 31 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the aggregate amount of appropriations for conservation and renewable energy for FY 1983 should not be less than the amount appropriated for FY 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should resume negotiations with the Soviet Union to extend the duration of the existing long-term grain sales agreement and to require the Soviet Union to purchase a minimum amount of grain annually at a level not less than the level required by the existing agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting retirees or individuals over age 65 from interest penalties with respect to any underpayment of estimated tax. Requires that such underpayment be due to reasonable cause (defined to include mistake or ignorance of the law) and not to willful neglect.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit entitlement to title II benefits in the case of an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national if such individual: (1) is not a permanent resident of the United States; or (2) is outside the United States. Prohibits the payment of title II benefits to any dependent or survivor of such an individual on the basis of such individual's wages and self-employment income. Makes such prohibition inapplicable if the benefit involved is payable to such an individual as the dependent or survivor of: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a permanent resident of the United States; or (3) a U.S. citizen or national residing outside the United States if the relationship required for such individual's entitlement already existed at the time such national or citizen reached age 50. Authorizes the payment of title II benefits to an individual who is not entitled to benefits pursuant to this Act until the total amount of such benefits equals the total amount of any taxes paid on the wages and self-employment income on which the benefits are based.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Inspector General Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General in the Departments of Defense, Justice, and the Treasury. Transfers to such Offices the functions of specified existing audit and investigation offices of such Departments. Specifies duties of each Inspector General which are in addition to duties prescribed under such Act. Prohibits any such Inspector General from including in a semiannual report to Congress information which is: (1) prohibited from disclosure by any law; (2) protected from disclosure by executive order; or (3) part of an ongoing criminal investigation that has not been included in a public record. Declares that no member of the Armed Forces shall be appointed as Inspector General of the Department of Defense. Places such Inspector General under the control of the Secretary of Defense. Requires the Secretary to transmit to Congress an explanation of any determination to prohibit the Inspector General from conducting an investigation or audit or from issuing a subpoena. Declares that the Inspector General of the Department of Justice is not authorized to conduct audits or reviews concerning policy decisions of Department officials with respect to law enforcement, litigation, legal advice, and corrections. Requires such Inspector General to inform the Attorney General before issuing a subpoena. Prohibits the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury, except when requested by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, from reviewing policy decisions concerning law enforcement, banking regulatory, financial, monetary, tax, or international activities of the Department. Establishes the compensation for all Inspectors General at level IV of the Executive Schedule. Amends the Energy Security Act to change the compensation of the Deputy Inspector General of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation from level IV to level V of the Executive Schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish enhanced penalties for distributing a controlled substance on or adjacent to public or private elementary or secondary school property. Increases any special parole terms granted to such offenders. Establishes a mandatory, minimum three-year prison sentence for repeat offenders.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply duty-free treatment to certain athletic footwear imported for use in the Special Olympics program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980 to establish the Nongame Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund. Provides for voluntary contributions of $1.00 or more to such Fund through a check-off system on a taxpayer's income tax return.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, through the Government National Mortgage Association, to assist middle- and lower-income families in acquiring a home or membership in a cooperative housing association by making periodic interest reduction payments on behalf of such families to mortgagees and lenders. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into contracts to provide interest reduction payments during any month unless the Federal Home Loan Bank Board's home mortgage interest rate index for the most recent two-month period exceeds 12.5 percent per year. Conditions eligibility for interest reduction payments on the insurability of the first mortgage or loan secured by such property. Sets forth the qualifications for insurance, which include requirements that: (1) the loan be executed by a borrower who has an annual income of less than $30,000; (2) the loan involve a one- to four-family dwelling the construction of which was completed on or after March 6, 1982; (3) the loan be amortized over 30 years; and (4) beginning with the second year, the loan payments be increased by a specified amount which shall be applied to the principal obligation until it is paid off. Limits the duration of the interest reduction payments to five years. Declares that the amount of all such payments shall constitute a second lien on the property. Requires repayment of such amount, not to exceed 60 percent of the homeowner's net equity: (1) upon the sale or disposition of the property; (2) upon the refinancing of the loan; or (3) when the owner ceases to occupy the property as a principal residence for a period exceeding nine months. Limits the amount of interest reduction payments to the difference between the amount of the monthly principal and interest payment under the terms of the loan and the amount such payment would be if the interest rate on the loan were: (1) 11 percent per year; or (2) four percentage points less than the rate specified in the loan, whichever rate is higher. Requires the Secretary to: (1) allocate the amount available to carry out this Act on the basis of the population, number of housing starts, and unemployment in each State relative to all States; and (2) assure that the allocated amounts are made available in a manner which maximizes participation by eligible lenders and borrowers. Declares that any mortgage insured or assisted under this Act shall be eligible for purchase by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association Corporation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should invite the Soviet Union to begin nuclear arms negotiations regarding: (1) current or proposed strategic arms; and (2) control of nuclear proliferation.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Condemns the religious persecution by Iran of persons of the Baha'i faith. Holds Iran responsible for upholding the rights of all its citizens. Expresses the hope that the discrimination against and executions of the Baha'is will cease. Urges Iran to end the executions.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Refinancing Act of 1982 - Amends the Act establishing the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to require such Corporation to pay excess revenues into the general fund of the Treasury. Cancels the balance owed by the Corporation on revenue bonds issued to the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires user charges and tolls that will generate revenues sufficient to pay into the Treasury an amount to be fixed by the Secretary of Transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the forced exile of Ida Nudel; (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide her with adequate medical care and allow her to emigrate; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and special motor fuels any such fuels sold for use in certain taxicabs. Imposes requirements of registration for such exemption. Makes permanent the provision for refund of taxes paid on the sale of fuel for taxicabs. Amends the definitions of qualified taxicab services and qualified taxicab.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Volunteering in Government Act of 1982 - Authorizes the head of each U.S. department or agency to recruit, train, accept, and enter into an agreement with any volunteer organization to obtain their services for any activity of the department or agency. Directs the head of a department or agency to give priority to any activity relating to health clinics, maintenance of trails and related facilities in national parks and forests, schools, prisons, veterans services, customs or immigration centers, treatment centers, housing, financial counseling, emergency services, or law enforcement. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to report to Congress biennially on the progress achieved in implementing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Declares that if Israel or any other democratic state is denied its rights and privileges in the United Nations' General Assembly the United States will suspend its participation in the General Assembly and will withhold its contribution to the United Nations until the action is reversed.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of June 20 through June 27, 1982, as National Safety in the Workplace Week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the American Society of Safety Engineers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
White House Conference on Productivity Act - Title I: Findings - States the findings of Congress concerning U.S. productivity. Title II: The White House Conference on Productivity - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Productivity, within one year, to develop recommendations to stimulate the U.S. productivity improvement rate. Lists the policy options the Conference shall consider. Requires the Conference to submit a report to the President. Requires the report to be made public. Directs the President to transmit to the Congress recommendations for legislative action to implement recommendations in the report. Title III: Administration - Provides for the administration of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take no action to accelerate the decontrol of wellhead natural gas prices.
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