United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Loans in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should consider making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Labor for the restoration of employment services for FY 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Acid Precipitation Accelerated Review and Reporting Act - Amends the Energy Security Act (title VII provisions also known as the "Acid Precipitation Act of 1980") to reduce the period covered by a comprehensive research plan from ten years to five years. Makes conforming amendments relating to implementation of, and authorization of appropriations for, the comprehensive research plan. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force to submit a final report, with detailed recommendations, within five years of enactment of the Energy Security Act. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to submit recommendations, to accompany the final report of the Task Force, for specific changes in law supported by scientific findings of the Task Force. Prohibits the Administrator from proposing or promulgating any rule to control sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide emissions if such rule would expand the Administrator's existing regulatory authority, before the final report is transmitted. Directs the Task Force to: (1) study fuel precombustion treatment and low-polluting combustion processes for reduction of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions; and (2) solicit information from State agencies conducting acid deposition research.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Urgent Coast Guard Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982 - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Transportation for the operating expenses of the Coast Guard for FY 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend from August 6, 1982, to August 6, 1984, the current preclearance requirements (under which jurisdictions covered through the triggering mechanism must submit proposed electoral changes to the Department of Justice). Establishes a new standard for jurisdictions to "bail-out" of these requirements effective August 6, 1984. Permits political subdivisions of covered States to bail-out independently of the State. Conditions a declaratory judgment for bail-out on the jurisdiction's showing that it and all its political subdivisions have met the bail-out requirements for a ten-year period prior to the filing of the suit. Includes among the requirements for bail-out that: (1) no test or device has been used to discriminate on account of race, color, or language; (2) no actions alleging voting discrimination are pending or have gone to final judgment; (3) no Federal examiner has served in the jurisdiction seeking bail-out; (4) the jurisdiction and all its subdivisions have complied with the preclearance requirements; and (5) the jurisdiction and its subdivisions have taken affirmative steps to protect voting rights. Stipulates that lawsuits filed during pendency of the bail-out litigation will not bar bail-out. Subjects the jurisdiction to the preclearance requirements if any such lawsuit alleging voting violations is successful after bail-out. Restates the prohibition against voting discrimination to include as a violation conduct which has the effect of discrimination. Stipulates that the failure of a minority to be proportionately represented does not itself constitute a violation. Extends the bilingual election requirements from August 6, 1985, to August 6, 1992. Declares that nothing in the Voting Rights Act shall be construed to permit assistance within the voting booth, unless the voter is blind or physically incapacitated.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Recognizes the "Great Friendship Run" as an event that will promote international good will. Commends the participants. Urges the expeditious completion of details of the event.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Americans want an early, peaceful, and popularly supported resolution of the issues that led to the imposition of martial law in Poland; (2) Americans deplore the imposition of martial law in Poland, the suspension of workers' rights, and the arrests of Solidarity leaders; (3) recent events call into question the suitability of further assistance for Poland: (4) the Polish people have the right to resolve their problems without outside interference; (5) the support of Americans for continued U.S. dealings with Poland's present government will relate to the degree to which that government avoids violence and demonstrates its respect for Solidarity and its commitment to continuing reforms; (6) the President and the Secretary of State should continue to stress this U.S. position; and (7) the Administration should consult with our allies to develop a concerted and sustained response to the threat to the democratization process in Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
States that the Federal Government should promote energy conservation through low-income weatherization assistance, energy conservation information programs, and funding of energy conservation research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to direct the President to appoint individuals to the National Transportation Safety Board on the basis of technical qualification, professional standing, and demonstrated knowledge in the fields of accident reconstruction, safety engineering, human factors, transportation safety, or transportation regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Expresses the sense of Congress that members of the National Guard and Reserve should be granted time off from their jobs for military training, exclusive of earned vacation, and given equal consideration for job benefits and promotions as other employees.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1981
Repeals provisions of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 which set forth special rules for the leasing of depreciable business property between corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1981
Permits Indian tribes to enter into certain agreements for the disposition of tribal mineral resources, upon approval by the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth approval procedures. Grants tribes an opportunity for Presidential review of disapprovals of such agreements. Grants the Secretary discretionary authority to approve such agreements for individual Indians owning trust or restricted minerals.
United States · United States Congress · 24 November 1981
United States Academy of Peace Act - Establishes the United States Academy of Peace as an independent nonprofit corporation. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Academy, including establishment of an Endowment of the United States Academy of Peace. Authorizes the Academy to establish: (1) a Center for International Peace; and (2) a United States Medal of Peace and other medals or honors. Subjects the Academy to specified freedom of information requirements. Provides that, with certain exceptions, the Academy shall not be considered a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government. Prohibits the use of any political test or political qualification with respect to personnel actions of the Academy or financial assistance by the Academy. Authorizes appropriations in a specified amount for an Academy buildings and grounds capitalization fund. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal years 1983 and 1984 for Academy programs and administration.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1981
Directs the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee to: (1) review its rule creating a new IRA-Keogh account with a minimum maturity of one and one-half years; (2) refrain from all further actions which increase the cost of funds to depository institutions until it unanimously finds that stability is restored to financial markets, or until December 31, 1982, whichever is earlier; and (3) work toward establishing a deregulation framework conducive to the long-term viability of all depository institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the withholding of tax requirements with respect to gambling winnings. Requires information returns for gambling winnings for payment of $10,000 or more. Defines "gambling winnings" as the proceeds of: (1) a State lottery; (2) a parimutuel pool, if the amount of proceeds is at least 300 times as large as the amount wagered; (3) keno; (4) bingo; or (5) slot machines. Provides a three year carryover and carryback for net gambling losses.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should exert maximum efforts to resist Soviet challenges to Asia; (2) Japan should make a greater contribution to its own defense; and (3) Japan's defense expenditures should be at least one percent of its gross national product.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1981
Directs the President in cooperation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to exercise appropriate authorities to assure an adequate flow of credit to small borrowers at affordable prices. Directs the President to take appropriate actions to limit the large-scale diversion of credit to nonproductive uses. Directs the President in cooperation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to take noninflationary actions necessary to reduce interest rates. Directs the President to report to Congress within 30 days concerning the effect of his actions in protecting an adequate flow of affordable credit to small borrowers and reducing excessive interest rates.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1981
Fiscal Prudence and Small Business Representation Act of 1981 - Assures the American people that the deficit for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 will not exceed specified amounts and that outlays will not exceed revenues by the first day of fiscal year 1984. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, not later than November 15, 1981, to prepare and transmit to Congress a full and complete list of all reductions in budget authority and outlays and increases in revenues for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984 which would be necessary to meet the President's objective that the deficit for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 not exceed specified amounts and that outlays not exceed revenues by the first day of fiscal year 1984. Directs the President to nominate an individual whose background is nonbanking, but who is representative of small business, to fill the first vacancy occurring on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which provide incentives for energy conservation and development of renewable energy sources should not be repealed or amended to reduce such incentives.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1981
Declares that the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) should refrain from using "retention contracts" to pay senior TVA employees salaries in excess of the statutory Federal pay cap. Directs the Board to report to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget to formally request any amendments to law relating to compensation of employees.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981
Missing Children Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to collect and exchange information which would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased individuals, and the location of missing persons, including missing children.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, AIM- 9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1981
Budget and Oversight Improvement Amendments of 1981 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to establish a more thorough and timely process for the adoption of the Federal budget. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the timetable with respect to the congressional budget process to provide for a two-year budget cycle, beginning with the Ninety-eighth Congress. Defines the term '2-fiscal-year budget period' to be the period of 2 fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any even-numbered year. Requires all bills and resolutions providing budget or spending authority, with certain exceptions involving supplemental appropriations, for any 2-fiscal-year budget period to be reported to the House of Representatives and the Senate no later than April 1 of the year in which such period begins. Requires the Congress to complete action on all bills and resolutions directly or indirectly authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for a 2-fiscal-year budget period not later than October 1 of the year preceding the year in which such period begins. Declares that it is essential to provide for the congressional determination biennially of the appropriate level of gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans and the appropriate level of commitments to guarantee loan principal. Includes within the definition of 'budget authority' the authority to make direct loans. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide to the Budget committees information with respect to direct loans and loan guarantees. Requires the following information to be included within the first concurrent resolution on the budget: (1) the appropriate level of total gross obligations for direct loans and loan guarantees; and (2) an estimate of gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans and an estimate of commitments to guarantee loan principal for each major functional category. Makes it out of order in the Senate or the House to consider any first concurrent resolution on the budget if such resolution includes any other matter other than that specified by such Act. Requires the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to submit to the Budget Committees its recommendations as to the appropriate level of total gross obligations for direct loans and loan guarantees. Requires the Committee on Appropriations of each House to subdivide among its subcommittees the allocation of gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans and the allocation of commitments to guarantee loan principal allocated to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the first concurrent resolution on the budget. Makes it out of order in either House to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget revising a concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal year which is adopted before the adoption of the second concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year if the revising resolution includes any matter other than matters specified by such Act. Requires either House, when reporting a bill or resolution providing new budget authority or new or increased tax expenditures, to report on how the level of gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans and the level of commitments to guarantee loan principal provided in that bill or resolution compare with such information set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires the up to date tabulation of Congressional budget actions by the Congressional Budget Office to compare the gross obligations for direct loans and loan guarantees for such fiscal years on which Congress has completed action to the gross obligations set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget. Limits the enrollment of bills and resolutions providing new budget or new spending authority for any 2-fiscal-year budget period until the concurrent resolution for such 2-fiscal-year period has been agreed to. Makes it out of order in either House to consider any bill or resolution which provides, extends, or enlarges authority to incur obligations for direct loans or loan guarantees unless that bill, resolution, or amendment also provides that such authority is to be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent as provided in appropriation Acts. Sets forth the information to be included in the budget of the United States Government submitted pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, for the 2-fiscal-year budget period beginning on October 1, 1984. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the President to transmit to the Congress, by January 10, of the first session of each Congress beginning with the 98th Congress, the budget for the 2-fiscal-year budget period beginning on October 1 of the succeeding calendar year. Requires that all essential facts regarding direct loans and loan guarantees be included within such report. Requires the President to transmit revisions in the budget by January 10 of the second session of such Congress. Requires the President to include in such budget: (1) proposed budget authority; (2) direct loans and commitments to guarantee loan principal; and (3) estimates of outlays and receipts for all activities of all departments and instrumentalities of the Federal Government, except Government sponsored corporations to the extent financed by wholly private funds. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to require the standing committees of the Senate and the House (except specified committees), during the period beginning on the 15th day after the Congress meets in each odd-numbered year and ending October 1 of the following even-numbered year, to review and study: (1) the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee; and (2) the organization and operation of the Federal agencies and entities having responsibilities in or for the administration and execution thereof. Requires the findings to be reported to the House or the Senate no later than October 1 of such even-numbered year, and shall constitute the basis for such committee's legislative work during the succeeding Congress. Sets forth the effective dates for the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1981
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Southern States Energy Compact which provides for cooperation among Southern States in the development, production, and use of energy.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981
Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to undertake an aggressive campaign designed to encourage banks to: (1) cease providing loans or lines of credit for unproductive and speculative purposes, while increasing the supply of credit available for productive uses; and (2) ensure that thrift institutions, the housing industry, auto dealers, small business, farmers, and home buyers have access to the cheapest possible credit in order to avoid a recession.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1981
Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp to honor the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Provides that such stamp shall be issued in the denomination used for first-class mail up to one ounce in weight and shall be placed on sale on March 12, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) military personnel and native Americans on reservations should not have to pay tuition for their children's elementary and secondary public education; (2) local school districts with substantial percentages of students from homes where parents live and work on Federal property or live on Indian reservations should be financially assisted in meeting such students' educational needs; (3) negotiations between the Departments of Defense and Education and between the Senate Committees on Labor and Human Resources and on Armed Services are positive steps toward resolving impact aid difficulties caused by proposed budget cuts; (4) the Select Committee on Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior should take part in such negotiations; and (5) a compromise leading to an equitable solution to the impact aid dilemma is in the best interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981
National Port and Navigation Improvement Act of 1981 - Title I: Short Title: Findings and Purposes and Objectives; Definitions - Sets forth the findings of Congress concerning deep-draft commercial ports in the United States. Title II: Priority Navigation Projects - Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to prepare, maintain, and submit to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act, a deep- draft commercial port maintenance program. Specifies that such program shall include a schedule of required maintenance dredging projects. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to submit to Congress a programmatic environmental impact statement, including an analysis of the adequacy of deep-draft commercial ports to accommodate increasing import and export trade. Requires the Secretary to enter into memorandums of agreement with: (1) the Administrator in regard to the disposal of dredged and fill material into navigable waters; and (2) the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce concerning the environmental aspects of the maintenance and improvement of federally authorized channels in deep-draft commercial ports. Provides for veto of such maintenance program and environmental impact statement by concurrent resolution of Congress within 60 days. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, for a period of five years (subject to reapproval by resolution of specified congressional committees), to perform maintenance dredging of federally authorized channels. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress modifications of existing environmental impact statements for certain navigation improvement projects. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake navigation improvements in deep-draft commercial ports on a priority basis under specified circumstances. Sets forth procedures by which the Secretary shall submit feasibility studies, survey reports, and environmental impact statements to Congress. Declares that the absence of a concurrent congressional resolution of disapproval within 60 days following receipt of such study, report, or environmental impact statement shall constitute a determination by Congress that: (1) the navigation improvement project is in the national interest for purposes of the Federal consistency provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; (2) the final environmental impact statement is adequate; and (3) the project is in compliance with the Water Pollution Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Directs the Secretary to expedite construction and operation of marine cargo handling facilities at such deep-draft commercial ports. Exempts such environmental impact statements and other actions to carry out such projects from judicial review, with specified exceptions. Title III: Priority Navigation Project Financing - Requires that the Secretary and the port proposing such navigational improvements enter into an agreement which provides that such port pay no more than 40 percent of the project construction cost and no more than 25 percent of operation and maintenance costs. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit non-Federal public bodies from securing financing through means other than provided for in this Act. Authorizes an affected non-Federal public body to provide for recovery of its reimbursement obligations by the collection of user fees from vessels in commercial waterway transportation in such deep-draft ports. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretaries of Commerce, State, Transportation, Treasury, Energy, and Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to promulgate regulations and guidelines to govern such programs of non-Federal fee collection. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to prohibit the Department of the Army or other Federal authority to operate, maintain, or improve any deep-draft channel or deep-draft commercial port for purposes of Coast Guard navigation requirements or other national defense transportation requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate a cost allocation of or for national defense and noncommercial purposes of 60 percent for construction and 75 percent for operation and maintenance of deep-draft commercial port navigation improvement projects. Authorizes the Secretary to study, design, construct, rehabilitate, operate, and maintain such deep-draft ports without Federal contribution if the appropriate non-Federal public body agrees to reimburse the Federal Government for all related costs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from taxation the interest on obligations for such deep- draft commercial ports navigation improvement projects. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations. Allows the Secretary, upon congressional approval, to transfer funds from existing Department of the Army civil appropriations pending appropriation of such authorized sums. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on the actual and anticipated receipts of the United States pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that at least 15 percent of any business tax cut enacted by Congress should be specially designed for small and independent businesses.
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