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Bill· SS. 2300 (97th)open

Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982

Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act - Title I: Domestic Content Requirements for Motor Vehicles - Sets forth for all motor vehicle manufacturers which produce over 100,000 motor vehicles for ultimate retail sale in the United States "minimum domestic content ratios" (the domestic value, including labor and parts, of the manufacturer's production costs of all automotive products sold in the United States). Requires all vehicle manufacturers producing more than 50,000 motor vehicles for sale in the United States to provide information to the Secretary of Transportation for the purpose of administering this requirement. Authorizes the imposition of import restrictions on manufacturers violating such standards. Title II: Unfair Actions Affecting Domestic Parts Manufacturers - Makes it unlawful for any vehicle manufacturer to refuse to determine whether parts produced in the United States by a parts manufacturer satisfy reasonable replacement part standards established by the vehicle manufacturer. Makes violators civilly liable to the United States.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 352 (97th)open

A resolution to oppose the elimination of or reduction in the cost-of-living adjustments (COLA's) in Social Security benefits prior to the time that the National Commission on Social Security Reform has reported its findings and recommendations.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982

Expresses the sense of the Senate that cost of living adjustments in social security benefits should not be eliminated or reduced before the findings and recommendations of the National Commission on Social Security Reform have been considered by the President and Congress.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 353 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing support for preventive health programs.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982

Expresses the sense of the Senate that preventive child and maternal health care programs should be adequately funded to ensure their continued effectiveness.

Bill· SS. 2284 (97th)open

Federal Radiation Protection Management Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982

Federal Radiation Protection Management Act of 1982 - Title I: Federal Council on Radiation Protection - Establishes a Federal Council on Radiation Protection, to be composed of the heads of specified Federal agencies, one representative of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, and two presidentially appointed public members. Directs the Council to: (1) advise the President on radiation matters affecting health and safety; (2) review the authority of Federal agencies to regulate radiation-related activities; (3) make recommendations to the President and Congress concerning changes in the authority granted to such agencies; (4) identify the research needed by such agencies to meet their regulatory responsibilities and to transmit to the Federal Conference on Research into the Biological Effects of Radiation (established by this Act) a list of such research needs; (5) develop and recommend public education programs concerning radiation health and safety; (6) review State and local radiation control programs; and (7) keep the Congress and appropriate congressional committees advised as to the Council's activities. Directs the Chairman of the Council to establish, for at least one year, a working group on the reduction and control of occupational exposure to radiation, to be composed of the heads of specified Federal agencies and one Council member. Requires such working group, in consultation with concerned labor and management representatives and other qualified industries, to: (1) review the need for reduction or increased control of occupational exposure to radiation and suggest means for meeting any such needs, including specified reductions and improvements; and (2) study the feasibility of establishing a system for recording occupational doses of radiation received by individual workers and other occupational radiation information. Directs the Chariman to establish, for at least one year, a working group on protection from exposure to medical radiation, to be composed of the heads of specified Federal agencies and two Council members. Requires such working group to: (1) review the incidence of unnecessary patient exposure to X-rays and suggest ways of reducing such unnecessary exposure; (2) suggest means to increase practitioner and patient awareness of the utility, limitations, and risks of diagnostic X-rays and of alternative diagnostic procedures; and (3) study the use of administrative controls and reimbursement incentives to reduce unnecessary exposure to medical X-rays. Provides for such working group on protection from exposure to medical radiation to be assisted by an advisory group appointed by the Chairman and composed of seventeen people from specified professions and backgrounds. Directs such working group, within one year after its establishment, to report its activities and recommendations to the Council. Transfers to the Council all functions of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to radiation matters covered by the reorganization plan establishing the Environmental Protection Agency. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the operation of the Council, including the authority to hold public hearings and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of specified documents. Authorizes criminal fines and imprisonment for failure to obey such subpoenas. Directs the Council to submit to Congress an annual report that: (1) identifies inadequate Federal statutes and information programs concerning radiation safety and health; and (2) includes plans for the phased reduction of occupational radiation exposure and of radiation exposure from medical and other sources to the public. Directs the President, by July 31, 1988, to transmit to Congress a reorganization plan which transfers the functions of the Council to other Federal agencies. Terminates the Council when such plan or a succeeding plan becomes effective. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through FY 1988 to carry out this title. Title II: Federal Conference on Research into the Biological Effects of Radiation - Establishes the Federal Conference on Research into the Biological Effects of Radiation, to be composed of representatives of the heads of specified Federal agencies and two presidentially appointed public members. Sets forth the functions of such Conference, including: (1) to advise the President on Federal research activities concerning the biological effects of radiation; (2) to formulate an annual comprehensive Federal agenda for research into such effects; (3) to recommend to the President and Congress: (a) uniform standards for Federal agency peer review of such research; (b) information dissemination procedures for informing the public, Federal agencies, and State and local governments of the results of such research; (c) guidelines for public oversight of such research; and (d) any needed transfer of research capability between Federal agencies; (4) to assist the Federal Council on Radiation Protection in developing public education programs concerning radiation health and safety; and (5) to keep the Congress and appropriate congressional committees advise as to such Federal research activities. Permits the Conference to review Federal agency radiation research requests, according to specified criteria, to decide the scientific merit of such projects and whether they should be conducted by the agency or by an outside entity provided with financial assistance. Requires each Federal agency conducting or providing assistance for such research to conduct similar reviews. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the operations of the Conference, including the authority to hold public hearings and to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of specified documents. Authorizes criminal fines and imprisonment for failure to obey such subpoenas. Directs the President, by July 31, 1988, to transmit to Congress a reorganization plan which transfers the functions of the Conference to other Federal agencies. Terminates the Conference when such plan or a subsequent plan becomes effective. Requires expenses of the Conference to be paid from funds available for the administrative expenses of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health.

Bill· SS. 2281 (97th)open

Technology Education Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982

Technology Education Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase for one year the maximum allowable charitable contribution income tax deduction for corporations which donate computers to primary and secondary schools. Increases the income tax deduction from 10 to 30 percent of a corporation's taxable income.

Bill· SS. 2283 (97th)open

High Technology Trade Negotiations Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1982

High Technology Trade Negotiations Act of 1982 - Directs the President to negotiate with foreign governments and instrumentalities to obtain and preserve the maximum openness of international trade and investment in high technology goods and services. Authorizes the President to enter into bilateral and multilateral agreements to achieve such openness. Authorizes the President, in order to carry out an agreement concluded under this Act, to: (1) proclaim the necessary modification or continuance of any existing duty free or excise treatment, or the necessary additional duties; and (2) use the procedures contained in the sections of the Trade Act of 1974 dealing with nontariff trade barriers if changes in U.S. law are needed. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a method to monitor high technology trade and investment in foreign markets, to evaluate the openness of trade and investment opportunities in these markets, and to further the objectives of this Act. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and to Congress on the results of the monitoring.

Bill· SS. 2267 (97th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to waive the interest penalty for failure to pay estimated income tax, for elderly and retired persons, in certain situations.

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.

Bill· SS. 2256 (97th)open

Research and Development Tax Planning Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1982

Research and Development Tax Planning Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax credit for increased research activities. Requires the allocation of all expenditures made for research and experimentation conducted in the United States to United States source income, for income tax purposes.

Bill· SS. 2158 (97th)passed

National Driver Register Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982

Title I: Incentive Grants for States with Strict Driving While Intoxicated Statutes - Amends the highway safety programs uniform standards to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make incentive grants to States that have specified statutes concerning driving while intoxicated. Title II: National Driver Register - National Driver Register Act of 1982 - Eliminates the register in the Department of Commerce that lists the names of persons who have had their motor vehicle operator's licenses revoked. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing officials of participating States in exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Prohibits the Secretary from maintaining information in such Register for more than a seven-year period from the date of its entry. Allows any State to participate in such Register system. Directs the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to transmit to the Secretary specified information on certain drivers (including reversals of previously transmitted traffic offense convictions). Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and other specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to implement a pilot test program to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of a system for electronic referral and relay of information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Describes State participation in such program. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the program. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information from the National Driver Register. Establishes a National Driver Register Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of the Register system. Directs the Committee to report at least annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, within nine years of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the level of State participation in and the effectiveness of the Register system. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1983 through 1985.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 154 (97th)open

A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the thirty-eighth meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express to the Soviet Union U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to prohibitions of emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.

Bill· SS. 2149 (97th)open

A bill to provide for deferrals on repayment, and a moratorium on foreclosures, of Farmers Home Administration farm loans for borrowers temporarily unable to make payments due to circumstances beyond their control.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982

Provides for deferrals on repayment of specified farm loans and a moratorium on foreclosures through FY 1983 for borrowers suffering economic hardship. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan rescheduling procedures available.

Bill· SS. 2144 (97th)open

Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982

Appalachian Transition Assistance Act of 1982 - Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add as a purpose of such Act the orderly transition from special Federal assistance to increased State, local, and private investment in Appalachian regional development. Authorizes appropriations to the President and the Appalachian Regional Commission through FY 1987. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1990 for the Appalachian development highway system. Increases the Federal share of specified construction costs of such system. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to States and other entities to assist in: (1) the creation or retention of permanent private sector jobs; (2) aiding severely distressed and underdeveloped counties; and (3) providing reasonable access to primary health care for residents of the region. Specifies restrictions on funds authorized by this Act, including limiting the Federal share of any project approved under this Act (except highway systems) to 50 percent of its costs. Extends certain programs under such Act to October 1, 1987.

Bill· SS. 2130 (97th)open

Orphan Drug Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982

Orphan Drug Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to exempt from such Act drugs intended solely for drug treatment investigations. Defines "drug treatment investigation" as an investigation of a drug which involves human participants with a rare disease or condition. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an interagency committee known as the Committee on Orphan Drug Development. Makes it the function of such committee to promote the development of drugs for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drugs). Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to the Committee an annual report on the rare disease and condition research activities of NIH. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to the Committee an annual report on the use of the tax credit for experimental expenses. Requires the Committee to report by June 1 of each year to the appropriate congressional committees on its activities and the results of its evaluations, including the report submitted by NIH and the Secretary of the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified experimental expenses incurred while researching orphan drugs.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 146 (97th)open

A joint resolution to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare and transmit to the Congress a report specifying the geographic distribution in the United States of outlays by the Government.

United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a report specifying the geographic distribution of Government outlays within the United States for each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982 and to transmit a summary to Congress. Requires the Director to make available the fiscal year 1981 report within 90 days after enactment of this joint resolution, and the fiscal year 1982 report by the 90th day after the first meeting of the 98th Congress.

Bill· SS. 2094 (97th)open

Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982

Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1982 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit to the President an annual study of the practices of each designated major trading country that: (1) deny benefits to the United States under a trade agreement; or (2) deny to the United States substantially equivalent commercial opportunities with respect to U.S. products that are internationally competitive. Directs the President to submit such study to the appropriate congressional committees and to propose actions to redress any imbalance caused by such practices. Directs Federal agencies to furnish information and other assistance to carry out such study. Adds to the findings upon which the President can base U.S. responses to foreign trade practices. Directs the President to act upon finding that a foreign practice denies to the United States commercial opportunities substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Authorizes the President to take action against the foreign entity's investments. (Current law limits the President to taking action against the foreign entity's products or services.) Requires the President to take into account U.S. trade agreement obligations in determining whether to take any action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to a foreign trade practice. Includes foreign direct investment by U.S. citizens or nationals within the definition of commerce and commercial opportunites. Authorizes the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee to file a resolution with the USTR requesting the President to take action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to foreign trade practices. Directs the USTR to consult with the International Trade Commission (ITC) on: (1) the economic impact of the USTR's legislative recommendations; and (2) the foreign practices which caused the USTR to investigate. (Current law authorizes the USTR to consult with the ITC on the economic impact of proposed action with respect to the foreign product or service.) Directs the USTR to make preliminary recommendations to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on the options the President is considering if dispute settlement procedures fail. Requires such recommendations to be made within 180 days of a finding that presidential action is needed to enforce U.S. trade rights or to respond to a foreign trade practice. Directs the President to negotiate international agreements to end restrictions on foreign direct investment. Includes restrictions on foreign direct investment among the barriers to international trade that may authorize the President to enter trade agreements.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 144 (97th)open

A joint resolution declaring that it should be the policy of the United States Government to encourage unconditional negotiations for the purpose of achieving a cease-fire and a political settlement to the conflict in El Salvador.

United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982

States that U.S. policy should encourage parties to the El Salvadoran conflict to: (1) begin cease-fire negotiations under international supervision; and (2) pursue a political settlement that would include open and free elections under international supervision.

Bill· SS. 2061 (97th)open

Public Lands Conservation, Rehabilitation, and Improvement Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982

Public Lands Conservation, Rehabilitation, and Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish and administer a public lands conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement program. Requires the Secretary to provide assistance to program agencies (any Federal or State agency responsible for the management of public lands) to establish and operate residential and nonresidential conservation centers to implement program projects. Describes the types of projects which will receive program preference. Limits program projects to those benefitting public or Indian lands, except where projects on nonpublic lands benefit associated public or Indian lands or provide significant public benefits. Sets forth requirements for establishing conservation centers and eligibility criteria for enrollees in the program. Makes persons eligible for enrollment and employment in the program if they are: (1) unemployed; (2) between the ages of 16 and 25 years; and (3) citizens, lawful permanent residents, or lawfully admitted alien parolees or refugees. Provides that in the selection of enrollees for the program, preference shall be given to economically, socially, physically, and educationally disadvantaged youth and youth residing in areas having substantial unemployment. Requires program agencies to provide services, facilities, supplies, and equipment for conservation centers as the Secretary deems necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to, or enter into agreements with, program agencies for the funding and operation of conservation centers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1989. Requires such appropriations to be credited from specified Treasury receipts. States that program enrollees shall not be deemed Federal employees, except as provided in specified provisions of law. Makes the Secretary responsible for the pay of enrollees and coordination of the program with related Federal, State, local, and private activities. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress, within one year of enactment of this Act, on the feasibility of allowing enrollees who have completed two years in the program an exemption from training and service under the Military Selective Service Act. Directs the Secretary to make arrangements with educational institutions for the award of academic credit to enrollees for competencies developed under this Act. Authorizes program agencies to make arrangements with such institutions for academic study by enrollees during nonworking hours. Requires program agencies to provide certification of skills acquired by program participants and to provide job guidance and placement information as may be necessary. Directs the Secretary to report to the President and Congress by March 1 of each year on the activities carried out under this Act.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 59 (97th)open

A concurrent resolution concerning tax-exempt status of private schools.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that current Federal law authorizes and requires the Internal Revenue Service to deny tax-exempt status and deductibility of contributions to private schools that practice racial discrimination.

Bill· SS. 2013 (97th)open

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish a temporary program under which heroin would be made available through qualified hospital pharmacies for the relief of pain of cancer patients.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a temporary heroin program under which confiscated heroin shall be made available to pharmacies of qualified hospitals for dispensing to cancer patients for the relief of pain. Sets forth application requirements for such program for qualified hospitals designed to protect against the diversion of distributed heroin into illicit channels. Authorizes the Secretary to import opium to manufacture heroin, if amounts confiscated are insufficient to meet the needs of qualified hospitals. Amends specified provisions of law to conform to provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources within specified time periods on the activities under the temporary heroin program. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to secure an exemption from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for heroin to be used in certain investigations by the Institute.

Bill· SS. 1992 (97th)open

Voting Rights Act Amendments of 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.

Bill· SS. 1958 (97th)open

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of hospice care under the Medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual to elect hospice care, in lieu of certain other benefits, during two periods of 180 days each during the individual's lifetime. Provides for full reimbursement of reasonable costs to a hospice program, subject to a ceiling. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the hospice reimbursement method. Defines hospice care as including items and services furnished to the terminally ill in their homes, on an outpatient basis, and on a short term inpatient basis.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 268 (97th)passed

A resolution on the Imposition of Martial Law in Poland.

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.

Bill· SS. 1939 (97th)passed

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases.

United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981

Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases. Sets forth the Institute's research and training functions and arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases program plan. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Institute, to operate multipurpose arthritis and musculoskeletal disease research centers. Requires annual evaluations of such centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for such centers for fiscal years 1983-1985. Directs the Secretary to establish an arthritis and musculoskeletal disease Coordinating Committee, which shall meet at least four times a year.

Bill· SS. 1931 (97th)open

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to entitle Civil Air Patrol cadets eighteen years of age and older to compensation available to Civil Air Patrol senior members in event of disability or death, and to increase the level of compensation available to both.

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981

Entitles Civil Air Patrol Cadets 18 years of age or older to the same compensation for disability or death which is available to Civil Air Patrol senior members. Increases the amount of such compensation available to both.

Bill· SS. 1888 (97th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the tax treatment of variable annuity contracts.

United States · United States Congress · 24 November 1981

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax deferral of amounts received under variable annuity contracts. Permits the use of an independent investment manager of such annuities. Allows the like-kind exchange of one annuity contract for another. Provides that the tax treatment of any payment made by a contract holder on or before September 25, 1981 shall be determined without regard to Revenue Ruling 81-225 (disallowing tax deferral of amounts received under certain variable annuity contracts).

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 46 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the mutual security efforts of the United States and Japan.

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.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 120 (97th)referred

A joint resolution directing the President to assure an adequate flow of affordable credit to small borrowers.

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.