United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1982
International Telecommunications Deregulation Act of 1982 - Title I: General - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set forth a new title of such Act to deal with international telecommunications. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enforce such title. States that the title applies to international telecommunications, all radio transmissions that originate or are received outside the United States, and all persons engaged in the United States in such international telecommunications or such radio transmissions. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in the new title. Directs the FCC to establish a plan to carry out the provisions of the international telecommunications title to foster marketplace competition and to implement deregulation within a specified time. Expresses the U.S. policy to rely on marketplace competition and on the private sector to provide international telecommunications services and to encourage the development of effective competition. Establishes a presumption that there are no basic technological, operational, or economic factors which would preclude the provision of international telecommunications service under competitive conditions. Directs the FCC to deregulate international telecommunications services or carriers as competition develops, unless the deregulation may result in a significant adverse impact upon the national defense and security or emergency preparedness or upon the competitiveness of U.S. businesses with foreign competitors. Grants the FCC authority over regulated international telecommunications services and over dominant carriers and their affiliates (other than fully separated affiliates) for specified purposes. Prohibits the FCC, consistent with the purposes of the new title, from preventing or limiting the use of any technology or improvement in international telecommunications services. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report periodically to Congress on U.S. competitiveness with foreign telecommunications suppliers, foreign investment in the U.S. industry, and U.S. access to foreign markets. Directs the FCC to publish a list, within 30 days of enactment, of those services which are fully subject to regulation by the FCC. Authorizes the FCC to classify or reclassify as a regulated international telecommunications service any service or facilities where the FCC determines that: (1) such services or facilities are not subject to effective competition; (2) Federal regulation of such services is required to accomplish the purposes of the new title; and (3) the benefits of such regulation outweigh the costs. Sets forth the factors the FCC shall consider in making such determination. Directs the FCC to classify or reclassify as a dominant carrier any carrier which is dominant in the provision of regulated international telecommunications services in a substantial percentage of the relevant markets. Authorizes the FCC to classify as dominant any foreign telecommunications carrier or carrier owned by a foreign government. Authorizes the FCC to reclassify a dominant carrier as an unregulated carrier. Requires each international telecommunications service which is being provided on the date of enactment to continue to be provided under tariff, on an unbundled basis, for at least one year. Directs the FCC to determine within one year of enactment which of such international telecommunications services must continue to be regulated. Directs the FCC to review biennially any determination that such a service must be regulated. Prohibits the FCC, except as specifically provided, from regulating or prohibiting the resale or shared use of an international telecommunications service. Prohibits carriers from establishing or enforcing restrictions on the resale or other use of any regulated service provided by the carrier. Sets forth the authority of the FCC to prescribe requirements for carriers. Requires every telecommunications carrier to establish, upon reasonable request, interconnection of its regulated service with: (1) a telecommunications carrier; (2) a telecommunications facility or private telecommunications system; and (3) any customer premises equipment which is owned or leased by a customer of such carrier and which meets certain standards. Prohibits the charges for such interconnection from being imposed in a discriminatory or anticompetitive manner. Requires such charges to be based upon the costs of the regulated service or facilities. Grants the FCC authority to approve the rates charged for: (1) regulated international telecommunications services or facilities; and (2) interconnection with such services. Grants the FCC authority to prohibit discrimination by carriers in providing regulated international telecommunications services. Imposes a fine for violations of the section dealing with interconnection. Requires every carrier providing regulated international telecommunications service to furnish such service upon reasonable request. Directs such carriers, if the FCC orders them, to establish through routes and facilities and regulations for operating such through routes. Requires the tariffs for such service to be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory. Requires every carrier to file with the FCC and to make public its tariffs for regulated international telecommunications services. Prohibits carriers from providing such services unless the tariffs have been filed and published. Prohibits carriers from: (1) charging amounts different than those listed in the tariffs; (2) refunding any portion of the amount charged; or (3) extending any privileges or facilities or employing or enforcing any regulations or practices affecting such charges except as specified in the tariffs. Requires each carrier providing a regulated international telecommunications service to file a new or revised tariff for such service. Requires such tariffs to take effect on the date specified in the filing, unless the FCC specifies a later date. Sets forth the procedure for challenging such tariff. Requires all agreements related to any regulated international telecommunications service to be filed with the FCC. Authorizes the FCC to: (1) require such carriers to file other contracts; (2) exempt such carriers from filing agreements; and (3) vacate or modify an agreement related to regulated international telecommunications service. Authorizes the FCC to evaluate carrier property used to provide regulated international telecommunications service. Authorizes the FCC to require such a carrier to file: (1) an inventory with the FCC; and (2) a statement showing the original cost of such property. Directs the FCC to keep itself informed on changes in carrier property used to provide regulated international telecommunications services. Authorizes any person except a dominant carrier to: (1) undertake construction of new, or extension of existing, international transmission facilities; (2) acquire or operate any such facility or extension; or (3) engage in international telecommunications over such new facility or extension. Authorizes the FCC to require a dominant carrier to obtain a certificate of necessity from the FCC before undertaking such construction or extension. Authorizes the FCC to grant a long-term construction plan for a dominant carrier (in which case the dominant carrier would not need to receive a separate certificate for new construction or extension of international transmission facilities.) Authorizes the FCC to prohibit a carrier from discontinuing or reducing regulated international telecommunications service to a community unless it obtains a certificate of public convenience from the FCC. Requires the FCC to notify the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State (concerning service to foreign points), and the Secretary of Commerce whenever an application is made to construct new or extend existing international transmission facilities. Authorizes the FCC to issue a certificate for such construction or extension or place conditions on the issuance of such a certificate. Requires dominant carriers, upon order of the FCC, to file with the FCC a description of the operational protocols and technical interface requirements for connection with or use of any regulated international telecommunications services. Requires the dominant carriers to report regularly to the FCC on changes in the requirements and construction. Requires such report to be available to the public unless furnishing such information would be detrimental to national security, emergency preparedness, or the competitiveness of the U.S. telecommunications industry. Authorizes the FCC to prescribe procedures to assess U.S. carriers' proposals for the construction and utilization of international telecommunications facilities. Directs the FCC to consult with affected U.S. carriers and appropriate Federal agencies to develop planning guidelines. Authorizes the FCC or any of the FCC Commissioners to meet under specified conditions, to exchange information with representatives of foreign telecommunications entities responsible for facilities planning in their home countries. Authorizes the FCC to require annual reports from all carriers providing services subject to this new title and from persons controlling or controlled by such carriers. Sets forth the contents and filing requirements for such reports. Authorizes the FCC to prescribe the forms of accounts, records, and memorandums to be kept by carriers which provide regulated international telecommunications services subject to the new title. Directs the FCC to establish: (1) the classes of property used by any carrier to provide the regulated international telecommunications services which are subject to the regulatory authority of the FCC under the new title; and (2) the methods by which investments in such classes of property may be recovered. Grants the FCC the right to inspect all accounts, records, and memoranda kept by such carriers. Sets forth fines for failure to keep or failure to provide the FCC with accurate records. Defines a fully separated affiliate of a dominant carrier. Sets forth the restrictions on business transactions between a fully separated affiliate and a dominant carrier or an affiliate of a dominant carrier. Authorizes fines for violations for such restrictions. Provides for the transition from an affiliate of a dominant carrier to fully separate affiliate. Requires a dominant carrier to submit a plan to demonstrate that the dominant carrier and any affiliate have an accounting system which ensures a complete separation between the provision of regulated and unregulated services. Authorizes the President to require appropriate Federal agencies and any telecommunications carrier subject to the provisions of the new title to develop emergency backup arrangements to ensure the continuity of essential telecommunications. Authorizes the President to require carriers subject to the provisions of the new title or any fully separated affiliate to furnish international telecommunications services facilities or customer premises equipment to any Federal agency if the services, facilities or equipment are necessary for the national defense, security, or emergency preparedness and: (1) there is a war, a threat of war, or a national emergency; or (2) there is an immediate need for such services, facilities, or equipment which cannot be met otherwise. Directs the President to coordinate any Government program for enhancing the survivability of such facilities. Directs the Chairman of the FCC to designate one of the FCC Commissioners to serve as the National Security Emergency Preparedness Commissioner. Directs the President to appoint an advisory council to: (1) examine the needs of Federal telecommunications management for national security and emergency preparedness under deregulation; and (2) ensure that the United States shall have a technologically advanced and economically viable telecommunications industry. Prohibits the FCC or any State from regulating customer premises equipment used for international telecommunications services except as provided in the new title. Authorizes the FCC to establish and enforce certain technical standards, labeling requirements, and certification requirements applicable to customer premises equipment. Authorizes the FCC to conduct inquiries and establish policies applicable to the entry of foreign carriers or persons supplying telecommunications, information services, or facilities into domestic U.S. telecommunications markets upon terms comparable to the terms under which U.S. persons are permitted entry into: (1) the foreign nation in which the operations of such foreign persons are based; and (2) the foreign nation under the laws of which such foreign telecommunications or information services or facilities are established. Directs the FCC to consult with the International Task Force on Telecommunications and Information before exercising any of its powers concerning market access. Title II: International Telecommunications - International Telecommunications and Information Coordination Act of 1981 - Establishes for three years an International Telecommunications and Information Task Force (Task Force) to be the principal coordinating body for the development of U.S. telecommunications and information policies. Authorizes the President to extend the existence of the Task Force for another three years. Directs the Task Force to: (1) coordinate policies of all Federal agencies involving international telecommunications and information; (2) review all significant policy determinations and statements of Federal agencies relating to international telecommunications and information (except for the rulemaking and adjudicating provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act); (3) conduct a study of the long range telecommunications and information goals of the United States, policies necessary to promote those goals, and strategies to ensure that the United States achieves them; and (4) review the procedures used by the United States to develop telecommunications and information policy. Directs the Task Force to make recommendations to appropriate Federal agencies, congressional committees, and the President in accordance with the findings of the review. Requires the Task Force to make recommendations and reports regularly to the President and Congress. Transfers the functions of the Departments of State and Commerce and the International Communication Agency relating to international telecommunications and information to the Task Force. Authorizes the Task Force to utilize the services, personnel, and facilities of other Federal agencies and to accept voluntary uncompensated services to carry out its functions under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State to designate personnel to serve as staff to the Task Force. Directs the Task Force to establish an Advisory Committee on International Telecommunications and Information to provide overall policy guidance to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to consult with the Committee before approving any statement of new U.S. policy relating to international telecommunications and information. Requires the Task Force to adopt procedures for consulting with the Committee on a continuing and timely basis. Title III: Miscellaneous - States that the provisions of this Act shall apply only to the provision of international telecommunications services or facilities. Requires the Department of Commerce to analyze the effect of any significant rule or order of the FCC on international competition and the viability of the U.S. telecommunications industry. Amends the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to delete specified limitations on the Communications Satellite Corporation. Establishes within the Department of State a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation and Telecommunications Affairs. Directs the Secretary of State, when selecting delegates to conferences involving international telecommunications, to select representatives of affected Federal agencies and representatives from the private sector. Exempts representatives from the private sector from certain conflicts of interest provisions of the Criminal Code. Requires all such representatives to maintain financial disclosure statements with the Department of State.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Private Satellite Launching Authorization Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a license for launching a space object. Sets forth the conditions for issuing a license. Makes such license nontransferable. Prohibits the launching of private space objects without such a license. Directs the Administrator to establish guidelines for the design and construction of space launch vehicles in the interest of public safety. Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to give technical assistance. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to establish requirements for liability insurance to be carried by any licensee. Permits the Administrator to suspend or revoke a license for failure to comply with applicable regulations. Excludes from this Act space objects launched by or on behalf of the United States Government.
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 · 21 April 1982
Amends Federal judicial procedure provisions relating to venue to provide that: (1) if proceedings have been instituted in two or more courts of appeals with respect to the same agency action and the first such proceeding was instituted more than five days before the second, the record shall be filed in that court in which the proceeding was first instituted; and (2) if the first such proceeding was not instituted more than five days before the institution of a later proceeding with respect to the same agency action and the agency has received written notice from the parties instituting each of these proceedings, the agency shall advise the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, with respect to the first proceeding and all proceedings instituted within five days after the first proceeding, that such multiple proceedings have been instituted and shall identify each court for which it has notice that such proceedings are pending. Directs the Administrative Office, pursuant to a system of random selection, to select the court in which the record shall be filed from those identified by the agency, in the situation where the first proceeding was not instituted more than five days before the institution of a later proceeding. Requires all proceedings to be transferred to the court of appeals in which the record has been filed. Authorizes any court in which a proceeding with respect to any agency action is pending, including a court selected pursuant to a system of random selection, to transfer such proceeding to any other court of appeals in which the action under review would have a substantially greater impact, unless the interests of justice require the court to: (1) retain such proceedings; or (2) transfer the proceedings to a circuit other than one in which the impact would be substantially greater. Directs the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to administer the system of random selection. Prohibits a civil action in which the defendant is a Federal officer or employee, a Federal agency, or the United States from being brought in a judicial district in which a defendant resides or the plaintiff resides if no real property is involved, unless the action that is the subject of the lawsuit would substantially affect the residents of that judicial district. Requires that in any action of a local environmental nature brought against the United States in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia the plaintiff must forward a copy of the complaint to the attorney general of each affected State (but not more than five States). Requires a district court, in any civil action in which a defendant is a Federal officer or employee, a Federal agency, or the United States, upon motion of any party, to transfer an action to a district where the action might have been brought, and in which the action would have substantially greater impact, unless the interests of justice require the court to: (1) retain the action; or (2) transfer the action to a district other than one in which the impact would be substantially greater.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1982
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine cost growth statistics and to compile status information on major civil acquisitions. Defines "major civil acquisitions" as all construction, acquisition, and procurement projects involving more than $50,000,000 in Federal funds. Directs OMB to require agencies to report, on a quarterly basis and for subsequent transmital to Congress, the data OMB needs to determine such statistics and compile such information, including: (1) the initial and current cost estimates of a project, with an explanation of any cost growth of 25 percent or more and a description of actions taken to control cost growth; (2) the originally estimated completion date and the actual or currently estimated date, with an explanation for any difference exceeding six months; and (3) any changes in the size or quantity of a project, with an explanation for the changes. Directs OMB to: (1) notify Congress whenever it determines that the cost of a project has increased or will increase by 25 percent or more (discounting inflation); and (2) provide Congress with certain information about project costs. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of additional funds for the project after such notification unless Congress enacts a joint resolution authorizing continued obligations and expenditures for one year.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Permits the adjustment of interest (currently limited to six percent per annum) paid on funds of the Smithsonian Institution which are deposited with the Treasury for the perpetual maintenance and support of the Smithsonian Institution. Requires investment of such funds in public debt securities with maturities bearing interest at rates which take into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Amends the National Museum Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations through FY 1985 for the purposes of the Director of the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish regulations to ensure reasonable access to telephone service by persons with impaired hearing. Directs the FCC to require that coin-operated public telephones be capable of coupling with hearing aids through the use of an inductive receptor. Permits the FCC to require that other telephones frequently used by the public have a similar capability. Authorizes the FCC to establish technical standards to ensure compatibility between telephones and hearing aids. Directs the FCC to establish the labeling requirements necessary to provide adequate information for consumers on the compatibility between telephones and hearing aids. Directs the FCC to consider in rulemaking decisions the costs and benefits to telephone users with and without hearing impairments. Directs the FCC to ensure that regulations adopted to implement this Act do not impair development of new technology.
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 · 30 March 1982
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in certain tracts of land known as David C. Porter Park and Show Low Municipal Airport to the city of Show Low, Arizona.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from amassing nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982
Amends the Clean Water Act to declare that "discharge of a pollutant or pollutants" does not include effects upon water quality resulting solely from the impoundment of waters, or the release of impounded waters, or the methods of such release.
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
Artist's Tax Equity and Donation Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for the current fair market value of a literary, musical, or artistic composition created by the taxpayer and contributed to a charitable organization. Disallows a fair market value deduction for a contribution of property which was produced while the taxpayer was a Government officer or employee if such property arose out of the performance of the taxpayer's duties.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Amends the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to declare that actions concerning water and related land resources projects upstream from the Imperial Dam shall not be governed by specified provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to give preference to those salinity control units that reduce the salinity of the Colorado River at the least cost per unit of salinity reduction. Deletes certain provisions of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act concerning agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture for the Grand Valley unit. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct and maintain the following salinity control units according to specified directions: (1) Stage I of the Lower Gunnison Basin, Colorado; (2) McElmo Creek, Colorado; (3) Stage I of the Uinta Basin, Utah; (4) Palo Verde Irrigation District, California; (5) saline water use and disposal opportunities, Colorado River Basin; and (6) Sinbad Valley, Colorado. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary cooperative program with private landowners to improve on-farm water management and reduce watershed erosion on non-Federal and Department of Agriculture lands. Directs the Secretary to issue reports to certain congressional committees and others. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for measures implementing such program until the lapse of 60 days following submission of such reports, and not then if any of the congressional committees or the others reported to veto it. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1989. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from assuming continuing operation and maintenance obligations for permanent salinity control measures constructed on non-Federal lands. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a program for minimizing salt contributions to the Colorado River from lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Authorizes appropriations for the administration of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for FY 1983. Directs the Secretary of State to select representatives from Federal agencies and from the private sector to represent the United States at international telecommunications conferences. Exempts representatives from the private sector from certain conflicts of interest provisions of the Criminal Code. Requires all such representatives to maintain financial disclosure statements with the Department of State.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1982
Amends the Colorado River Basin Project Act to adjust the authorization of appropriations to provide for cost indexing as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Cable Telecommunications Act of 1982 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set forth provisions governing cable telecommunications. Grants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) jurisdiction over cable systems solely as specified in this Act. Makes Federal regulations that are inconsistent with this Act null and void. Grants State and local governments the authority to adopt or continue in force any regulation that is not inconsistent with the grants of authority in this Act and is not forbidden by this Act. Prohibits regulation of the ownership of cable systems. Excludes from such prohibition: (1) regulation by the Federal antitrust laws; (2) FCC regulation of foreign persons to ensure reciprocal market access for U.S. cable enterprises in foreign markets; (3) the prohibition against State or local agencies acquiring an ownership interest in a cable system at less than fair market value or controlling a cable system's programming; and (4) the prohibition against telecommunications carriers, except those serving rural areas, providing cable services in the same operating area without FCC permission. Directs the FCC to require cable systems with 20 or more television broadcast channels to set aside on a nondiscriminatory basis: (1) ten percent of such channels for use by public, educational, and governmental channel programers; and (2) ten percent of such channels for use by leased channel programers until the FCC determines that there are reasonably available alternatives for providing programming service in a particular geographic area or market. Authorizes each State or local government or cable franchising authority to fix the rates, on a nondiscriminatory basis, charged for: (1) basic services; and (2) the use or sale of cable channel capacity or time on channels set aside for public, educational, or governmental programming. Prohibits regulation of the rates charged by cable system operators for leased channels. States that cable operators have no liability for programs on public, educational, governmental, or leased channels or for programs originated by a channel programer that is not affiliated with the cable system operator. Authorizes the FCC to regulate the carriage of radio and television broadcast signals by cable system operators. Prohibits requiring a cable operator to comply with the fairness doctrine, equal time, and reasonable access provisions of the Communications Act. Directs the FCC to establish a reasonable ceiling for the franchise fees charged by States and local governments to cable system operators. Prohibits unauthorized interception or receipt of broadband telecommunications. Prohibits disclosure of any personally identifiable information with respect to the cable subscriber or to the services provided the subscriber, except pursuant to court order or prior written consent of the subscriber. Authorizes criminal and civil penalties for violations of the cable subscriber's privacy. Directs the FCC to ensure that cable system operators: (1) conform to certain technical standards; (2) maintain and submit to the FCC the records and reports required by this Act; and (3) provide equal employment opportunity. Prohibits cable systems from retransmitting into an area within 50 miles of the home stadium of a club that belongs to a professional sports league the broadcast of a game involving that club or a member of that league without the club's consent. Authorizes courts to grant injunctions to prevent signal piracy. Makes persons who violate signal piracy provisions liable for damages. Sets forth methods of computing such damages. Provides for criminal penalties for violations of signal piracy provisions.
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 · 4 March 1982
Declares that the United States intends to continue its policy towards Cuba as expressed in a 1962 joint resolution which states that the United States is determined to: (1) prevent the Cuban regime from expanding; (2) prevent the creation in Cuba of an externally supported military capability endangering U.S. security; and (3) support Cuban self-determination.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Amends the Bankruptcy Act to provide that a debtor shall not be discharged from a judgment debt resulting from a liability based upon driving while legally intoxicated.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1982
Requires that the Internal Revenue Code be amended to provide that after 1985 all income should be taxed at a rate of 20 percent or less. Sets forth guidelines for a new income tax scheme. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to propose legislation to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to deliver water supplies to the Papago Tribe of Arizona and its members, in settlement of tribal and individual water rights claims in portions of the Papago reservations. Directs the Secretary, as soon as possible but not later than ten years after enactment of this Act and if the Tribes has agreed to specified conditions, to: (1) deliver, annually, specified amounts of water suitable for agricultural use from the main project works of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) to the San Xavier Reservation and to the Schuk Toak District of the Sells Papago Reservation; (2) construct facilities to convey and distribute such water; and (3) establish a water management plan for such areas. Directs the Secretary, upon request by the Tribe, to study the availability and suitability of water resources within the Sells Papago Reservation but outside the Tucson Active Management Area or the Upper Santa Cruz Basin. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such study. Declares that the Tribe shall have the right to withdraw ground water from beneath the San Xavier Reservation and the Schuk Toak District of the Sells Papago Reservation, subject to specified limitations. Declares that nothing in this Act shall diminish or abrogate any obligations of the Secretary to the Papago Tribe under the December 12, 1980, CAP water delivery contract. Requires that deliveries of water under this Act be in such amounts, and according to such terms and conditions as are set forth in the December 12, 1980, agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Directs the Secretary, whenever unable to deliver such amounts of water from the main project works of the CAP, to: (1) acquire and deliver an equivalent quantity of water from specified alternative supplies and sources; or (2) pay damages at the prevailing CAP rate for such quantities of municipal and industrial water. Sets forth conditions for acquisitions by the Secretary for purposes of fulfilling such water delivery obligations to the Tribe. Requires the owner's consent to the Secretary's acquisition of land, water rights, contract rights, or reclaimed water. Requires that any private lands acquired have a recent history of capacity to receive substantially all of the water right use and that preference in acquisition be given to lands upon which water has recently been put to beneficial use. Declares that nothing in this title shall authorize the Secretary to acquire or disturb the water rights of any Indian tribe, band, group, or community. Directs the Secretary, in meeting such water delivery obligations, to: (1) design, construct, operate, maintain, and replace appropriate facilities; and (2) deliver the water to suitable boundary points agreed to by the Tribe. Authorizes the Secretary, in facilitating water delivery under this Act, to: (1) enter into contracts for the exchange of water or for the use of water delivery facilities; and (2) use facilities constructed with Federal funds. Sets forth requirements concerning the purchase and delivery of reclaimed water or alternative water supplies by the Secretary, in accordance with a specified agreement and in specified amounts, to the San Xavier Reservation and to the Schuk Toak District of the Sells Papago Reservation. Requires the Secretary to carry out specified water delivery obligations only if the Tribe agrees to: (1) certain limitations on the pumping of ground water; and (2) compliance with the water management plan. Requires the Secretary to carry out specified distribution systems obligations only if the Tribe agrees to: (1) subjugate the land; and (2) assume responsibility for the systems. Sets forth the rights of the Tribe with respect to the use of water supplies under this Act. Requires the Secretary to carry out specified water delivery obligations under this Act only if, within a specified period of time: (1) the city of Tucson, the Secretary, and the Tribe agree that the city will make available and the Secretary will purchase a specified quantity of reclaimed water to be delivered annually to the Tribe; (2) the Tribe agrees to file a stipulation for voluntary dismissal with prejudice of a specified district court suit (and the suit is finally dismissed within an unspecified period of time); and (3) the Tribe executes a waiver and release of all of its claims concerning water rights within specified areas against the United States, the State of Arizona and its agencies and local governments, or any other person, corporation or municipal corporation, arising under U.S. or Arizona law. Provides that such waiver and release shall not take effect until a trust fund has been established and the full amount authorized to be appropriated to such trust fund under this Act has been appropriated by the Congress. Declares that the settlement under this Act fully satisfies all claims of water rights or injuries to water rights of all individual members of the Papago Tribe with a legal interest in specified lands. Provides that any entitlement to water of any individual member of the Papago Tribe shall be satisfied out of the water resources provided in this Act. Directs the Secretary to complete a study within one year to determine which lands within the Gila Bend Reservation have been rendered unsuitable for agriculture because of the operation of the Painted Rock Dam. Authorizes the Secretary to exchange such lands for an equivalent acreage, of like quality but suitable for agriculture. Authorizes the establishment of a trust fund of $15,000,000 for the benefit of the Papago Tribe. Directs the Secretary to invest such amount in interest bearing deposits and securities. Provides that the income thus accruing may only be used, pursuant to appropriations legislation, for the subjugation of land, development of water resources, and the construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement of related facilities on the Papago Reservations which are not the obligation of the United States. Provides that if a Federal entity is established to provide financial assistance for arid land renewable resources projects and investments, such entity shall: (1) give first priority to the needs of the Papago Tribe; and (2) make price guarantees, loan guarantees, purchase agreements, loans, and joint venture projects available to the Tribe. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Provides for compliance with the Budget Act. Declares that any provision of this Act which directly or indirectly authorizes the enactment of new budget authority shall be effective only for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the Interstate Commerce Commission should temporarily refrain from granting applications for motor carrier operating authority filed by foreign companies or by companies controlled by foreign nationals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Authorizes expenditures for investigations and studies by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from March 1, 1982, through February 28, 1983, including: (1) employment of personnel; (2) utilization of Federal agency personnel on a reimbursable basis; and (3) procurement of consultant services.
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 · 28 January 1982
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule relating to used motor vehicles submitted to Congress on January 28, 1982.
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.
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.
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