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United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should allow Vladimir Feltsman to travel with his family to perform in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1983
Colorado National Forest Wilderness Act of 1983 - Designates the following lands in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Service Creek Wilderness Area in the Routt National Forest; (2) the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests; (3) the Cannibal Plateau Wilderness Area in the Uncompaghre National Forest; (4) lands in the Routt National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area; (5) the Fossil Ridge Wilderness Area in the Gunnison National Forest; (6) the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Area in the San Isabel National Forest; (7) lands in the Pike National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Lost Creek Wilderness Area; (8) lands in the Grand Mesa National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Raggeds Wilderness Area; (9) the Piedra Wilderness Area in the San Juan National Forest; (10) the St. Louis Peak Wilderness Area in the Arapahoe National Forest; (11) the Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area in the Arapahoe National Forest; (12) the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area in the San Isabel National Forest; (13) lands in the San Juan National Forest which shall be incorporated in the South San Juan Wilderness Area; (14) the Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area in the San Isabel National Forest; (15) lands in the White River National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Area; (16) lands in the San Juan National Forest which shall be incorporated in the Weminuche Wilderness Area; (17) the Wheeler Geologic Wilderness Area in the Rio Grande National Forest; and (18) lands in the Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Basin Resource Area which shall be incorporated in the Big Blue Wilderness Area. Requires that the Williams Fork Further Planning Area in the Arapahoe National Forest be managed to maintain its present wilderness character.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1983
Requires that the U.S. Embassy in Israel and the residence of the American Ambassador to Israel shall be located in Jerusalem.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983
Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to establish and maintain a national toll-free telephone line for reporting information regarding the location of missing children. Directs the Administrator to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to: (1) provide technical assistance to State and local governments and agencies in locating missing children; (2) coordinate public and private efforts to recover missing children; and (3) disseminate information on innovative missing childrens' programs, services, and legislation. Requires the Administrator to publish an annual summary of research on missing children and prepare a comprehensive plan for coordinating activities of all agencies and organizations responsible for missing children. Authorizes the Administrator, in consultation with the Advisory Board on Missing Children, to make grants for research or demonstration or service programs designed to: (1) educate parents and community agencies on ways to prevent the abduction of children; (2) assist in the recovery or tracking of missing children; (3) aid communities in collecting material to assist parents in the identification of their children; (4) demonstrate the psychological consequences of a child's abduction; and (5) collect data on investigative practices utilized by law enforcement agencies. Requires the Administrator to appoint an Advisory Board on Missing Children to assist the Administrator in coordinating programs and activities relating to missing children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983
Establishes the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument in Colorado. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should fulfill its obligations to promote respect for human rights and freedoms in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (Baltic States); and (2) the President, acting through specified officials, should take the necessary steps to bring the question of self-determination of the Baltic States before appropriate forums of the United Nations. Suggests that such forums discuss a specified list of topics, including human rights violations in the Baltic States and the withdrawal of Soviet troops.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983
Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Act of 1983 - Amends the Clean Water Act ("the Act") (also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act) to provide for a nonpoint source pollution management program. Requires each State, by itself or in combination with other States and after notice and opportunity for public comment, to submit a proposed nonpoint source pollution management program to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency within 18 months after the enactment of the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1983. Requires that such proposed State program: (1) identify waters within State boundaries which, without additional action to control nonpoint sources of pollution, cannot be reasonably expected to attain or maintain applicable water quality standards or the goals and requirements of the Act; (2) designate categories or subcategories of nonpoint sources of pollution or, where appropriate, particular nonpoint sources, that contribute significant pollution loadings to such identified waters; (3) identify best management practices which will be undertaken to reduce pollutant loadings resulting from each designated category, subcategory, or particular nonpoint source; (4) identify programs to achieve implementation of such best management practices; (5) include a schedule containing annual milestones for utilization of program implementation methods and implementation of best management practices at the earliest practicable date; (6) include a statement by the State attorney general, or attorney for the State water pollution control agency, that State laws provide adequate authority to carry out the program, or a schedule and commitment by the State to seek such authorities as expeditiously as practicable; and (7) include an indentification of Federal financial assistance programs and Federal development projects for which the State will review individual assistance applications or development projects for their effect on water quality, pursuant to specified procedures, to determine whether such applications or projects would be consistent with and further the purposes and objectives of the program. Allows the State, in developing such program to rely upon specified information and utilize appropriate elements of waste treatment management plans. Allows the State, in developing and implementing such program, to make use of local agencies or organizations. Sets forth procedures and deadlines for revisions and approval or disapproval by the Administrator of such proposed or revised State programs. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on actions taken with regard to any State which fails to submit a program which meets specified requirements. Directs the Administrator to award grants to assist States in the implementation of approved management programs. Limits such grants to 75 percent of program implementation costs in any fiscal year. Requires that non-Federal sources provide at least 25 percent of such costs. Provides that two-thirds of the funds appropriated in any fiscal year for such grants shall be allotted among States according to a specified table of percentage allotments. Provides that one-third of such appropriations shall be made available to the Administrator who shall make grants in response to applications from States if the Administrator determines such grants are necessary and appropriate to assist such States in: (1) controlling particularly difficult or serious nonpoint source pollution problems, including those resulting from mining; (2) implementing innovative methods or practices for controlling nonpoint sources of pollution, including both regulatory or nonregulatory programs where appropriate; (3) controlling interstate nonpoint sources pollution problems; or (4) providing financial assistance, limited to a specified amount, for approved management program implementation by an Indian tribe within the reservation. Sets forth provisions for reallotment of State allotments. Permits States to use such grant funds for financial assistance to persons only to the extent that such assistance is related to the cost of demonstration projects. Prohibits such a grant to any State unless the Administrator determines that the State is implementing such program satisfactorily. Authorizes the Administrator to request information, data, and reports necessary for determination of continuing eligibility for such grants. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the nonpoint source pollution management program for FY 1985 through 1987. Requires each State to report annually to the Administrator on: (1) its progress in meeting the schedule of milestones; and (2) where appropriate information is available, reductions in nonpoint source pollutant loadings and improvements in water quality resulting from implementation of the management program. Directs the Administrator to transmit to the Office of Management and Budget and the appropriate Federal departments and agencies a list of those assistance programs and development projects identified by States for which individual assistance applications and projects will be reviewed. Requires each Federal department and agency, within 60 days after receiving such notification, to: (1) modify existing regulations to allow States to conduct such review; and (2) accommodate the concerns of the State regarding the consistency of such applications or projects with the State program. Directs the Administrator to collect and make available information pertaining to management practices and implementation methods. Directs the Administrator, within 36 months of enactment of the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1983, to report on: (1) management programs being implemented by the States by types and amount of affected waters, categories and subcategories of nonpoint sources, and types of best management practices being implemented; (2) State experiences in adhering to schedules and implementing best management practices; (3) the amount and purpose of grants awarded; (4) progress in reducing pollutant loads and improving water quality in the waters of the United States; and (5) what further actions need to be taken to attain and maintain in those waters applicable water quality standards and the goals and requirements of the Act. Revises provisions relating to agreements among Federal agencies to include a reference to approved nonpoint source pollution management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983
States that on October 25, 1983, the U.S. armed forces were introduced into "hostilities" for purposes of the War Powers Resolution. Requires the President, no later than October 27, 1983, to submit a report to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate which states the: (1) circumstances necessitating the use of U.S. armed forces in Grenada; (2) constitutional and legislative authority for such action; and (3) estimated scope and duration of the involvement of U.S. forces there. Specifies other matters which should be included in such report. Requires the President, within 60 days after such report is submitted to Congress, to terminate the use of U.S. forces in Grenada unless Congress has: (1) declared war or has enacted authorization for such use of U.S. forces; or (2) extended by law the 60 day period.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) provide protection and security for U.S. Forces in Lebanon; (2) pursue, in coordination with our allies in the Multinational Peacekeeping Force, the transferral of the peacekeeping responsibilities in Lebanon to a United Nations peacekeeping presence or to other forces from neutral countries; and (3) prepare and transmit to the Congress a report setting forth the measures that have been taken to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983
Commission on Civil Rights Resolution - Establishes within the legislative branch an eight member Commission on Civil Rights (Commission). Provides rules of procedure for Commission hearings. Requires the Commission to: (1) investigate allegations of citizens' being denied their right to vote by reason of their color, religion, sex, age, handicap or national origin; (2) study and collect information concerning discrimination or a denial of equal protection; (3) appraise Federal laws and policy with respect to discrimination and the denial of equal protection; and (4) serve as a national clearinghouse for such information. Prohibits the Commission from investigating any membership practice or internal operation of any fraternal organization, college or university fraternity or sorority, private club or religious organization. Prohibits the Commission from collecting or studying information with respect to abortion. Directs the Commission to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government with respect to denials of equal protection involving Americans who are members of eastern - and southern - European ethic groups.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1983
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional approval to the Rocky Mountain Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact which provides for cooperation among the States of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming in the management of low-level radioactive waste on a continuing basis.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1983
Confirms and defines the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. Declares that Federal and tribal jurisdiction under specified law over non-Indian persons and their property applies only on Indian trust land. Declares that Federal law relating to alcoholic beverages or to trading with Indians shall apply, with respect to the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, only on Indian trust land. Confers upon the State of Colorado the same criminal and civil jurisdiction over municipalities incorporated within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation as the State would have assumed under the Act of April 11, 1968.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1983
Drought Relief Act of 1983 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit farmers and ranchers to qualify for disaster assistance whether or not their counties have been designated as disaster areas. Permits family farmers to request economic hardship loan repayment and foreclosure deferrals through FY 1984. Requires a showing of: (1) good management; (2) temporary inability to repay because of circumstances beyond one's control; (3) reasonable chance of repayment; and (4) no available loan-servicing alternatives. Provides for loan consolidation and rescheduling at the end of such deferral period. Requires the Secretary to notify borrowers regarding such deferral and rescheduling programs. Requires deferred or rescheduled loan interest rates to be at the lower of either original or current rates. Amends the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978 to extend the economic emergency loan program through FY 1984. Gives preference to farmers affected by the 1983 drought. Limits interest rates to eight percent. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase insured and guaranteed operating loan limits. Extends the maximum payment period from seven to 15 years. Requires that at least 20 percent of FY 1984 farm ownership and operating loans be for limited-resource farmers. Requires the Secretary to notify all farmers about such program. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary to make advance deficiency payments to 1984 wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice producers. Requires the Secretary to make low-grade Commodity Credit Corporation corn available (at 75 percent of the local loan rate) to poultry and livestock producers in areas affected by the 1983 drought. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make emergency business loans available to small rural businesses in areas adversely affected by the drought or payment-in-kind program. Requires the Secretary to provide for a graduated scale of rural water and waste disposal grants based on income and population levels. Restricts the maximum rate to projects in communities with populations of 1500 or less and a median income level below 80 percent of the statewide nonmetropolitan median income level. Directs the Secretary to establish a project selection system based on income, population, and health hazards due to lack of potable water or inadequate waste disposal. Authorizes predevelopment grants and technical assistance. Revises the standard for five percent loans from one based on the Federal poverty line to one based on the statewide nonmetropolitan median income level. Establishes a seven-percent loan for communities with median incomes of between 80 and 100 percent of such statewide income level.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Federal Employees' Family Equity Act of 1983 - Entitles the former spouse of a Federal employee who is retired to an annuity: (1) equal to 50 percent of the Federal employee's annuity if such former spouse was married to such employee throughout such employee's period of Federal service; or (2) equal to a pro rata share of 50 percent of such annuity if such former spouse was not married to such employee throughout such employee's period of Federal service. Provides that a former spouse shall not be qualified for an annuity if before the commencement of such annuity the former spouse remarries before becoming 60 years old. Prohibits a spousal agreement or a court order involving any Federal employee which provides for an annuity or combination of annuities which exceeds the employee's annuity. Provides that a court order with respect to an annuity may not be given effect if it is issued more than 12 months after the divorce or annulment becomes final. Entitles the former spouse of a Federal employee who has died to a survivor annuity: (1) equal to 55 percent of such Federal employee's annuity if such former spouse was married to such employee throughout such employee's period of Federal service; or (2) equal to a pro rata share of 55 percent of such annuity if such former spouse was not married to such employee through out such employee's period of Federal service. Provides that a former spouse shall not be qualified for an annuity if before the commencement of such annuity the former spouse remarries before becoming 60 years old. Prohibits a court order which adjusts the amount of the annuity of any former spouse after the death of a Federal employee. Permits a Federal employee to elect a spousal agreement or court order to provide for an additional survivor annuity for any other former spouse or spouse surviving such employee if such employee passes a physical examination prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Sets the maximum survivor annuity or annuities under this Act at 55 percent of the full amount of a Federal employee's annuity. Provides that a former spouse of a Federal employee shall not be entitled to an annuity unless such spouse elects to receive it instead of any other annuity to which such spouse may be entitled on the basis of a marriage to someone other than such Federal employee. Sets forth requirements for determining whether a Federal employee's Federal service constitutes creditable service for purposes of this Act. Provides that the amount of a Federal employee's lump-sum credit payable to a former spouse shall be: (1) 50 percent of the lump-sum credit to which such Federal employee is entitled if the former spouse was married to such employee throughout the period of creditable Federal service; or (2) a pro rata share of 50 percent of such lump-sum credit if such former spouse was not married to such employee throughout such time period. Permits a Federal employee and his or her spouse, at the time of retirement, to jointly elect to waive a survivor annuity for such spouse or to reduce such survivor annuity by designating a portion of such employee's annuity as the base for the survivor benefit. Requires that such base be retained in calculating such spouse's annuity in the event of a dissolution of the marriage. Permits a Federal employee and his or her former spouse to jointly elect by spousal agreement to waive a survivor annuity under this Act for such former spouse if such election is made before the end of the 12-month period after their divorce or annulment becomes final or at the time of retirement, which ever occurs first. Requires OPM, on an annual basis, to inform Federal employees and, to the maximum extent practicable, spouses and former spouses of Federal employees of their rights under this Act. Provides that in the case of a former spouse of a Federal employee who is covered by a court order or who is a party to a spousal agreement, such former spouse's rights to an annuity, a survivor annuity, or a lump-sum credit pursuant to this Act shall be determined in accordance with such court order or spousal agreement to the extent expressly provided for in such order or agreement. Sets forth requirements applicable to annuities under this Act in the case of divorces and retirements which occur before the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Renewable Fuels Tax Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the exemption from the excise tax on gasoline for gasoline mixed with alcohol. Extends such exemption to diesel fuels and special fuels which contain at least 10 percent alcohol. Increases from 50 cents per gallon to 90 cents per gallon the amount of the income tax credit for alcohol used as fuel. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the tariff on alcohol imported for use as a fuel from 50 cents per gallon to 90 cents per gallon. Provides for the transfer of certain windfall profit tax revenues to the Highway Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should appoint a special envoy to investigate and report on how the United States could assist Ireland, Great Britain, and communities in Northern Ireland to arrive at a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1983
States that Congress: (1) deplores assassination of Benigno Aquino; and (2) expresses its condolences to his family and to all Filipinos. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) steps should be taken to achieve an independent investigation of the Aquino assassination and to bring to justice those responsible for his death; and (2) the President should not visit the Philippines until there has been an accounting of the assassination and until the President's security can be guaranteed. States that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support fair elections to the National Assembly in May 1984; and (2) urge the Philippine Government to take steps to secure the full participation of the opposition parties in those elections, including the reconstitution of an impartial electoral commission and the restoration of freedom of the press. Urges the United States in conducting its relations with the Philippine government to take into account the investigation and the fairness of the 1984 National Assembly elections.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase Federal school meal (lunch and breakfast) reimbursement. Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide funds to the States for donated commodity storage and transportation. Eliminates the tie between eligibility for such program and for the food stamp program. Delays the requirement that local school authorities verify application information until the completion of an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 pilot study. Excludes certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Lowers the student cost of reduced-price lunches. Increases the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Amends such Acts to eliminate private school tuition eligibility limits. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit all kindergarten children in nonprofit schools to participate in the special milk program. Increases reimbursement amounts for breakfast nutrition improvement. Lowers the student cost of reduced-price breakfasts. Makes the existing nutrition education authorization permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Condemns the Soviet Union's systematic disregard for human life and liberties and urges the President to: (1) proclaim May 28, 1984, as a day to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the original resolution on the Ukrainian famine in the House of Representatives; (2) call the attention of the world to the Soviet policies which caused Ukrainian deaths by famine during 1932 through 1933; and (3) urge the Soviet Union to remove restrictions on the shipment of food and other necessities to Soviet citizens by private individuals and charitable organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1983
Deisgnates the Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine as the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should use his authority to designate farming communities especially hard-hit by the current drought as eligible for Federal disaster assistance. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration should use their existing authorities to assist farmers in drought areas and to strengthen U.S. agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983
Amends the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary on-farm salinity control program in cooperation with private landowners to reduce watershed erosion on both non-Federal and Department of Agriculture lands in order to protect the water quality of the Colorado River. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) identify salt sources; (2) reduce salt levels through improved farm irrigation and watershed management practices; (3) provide technical, monitoring, and cost-sharing assistance; and (4) carry out research, demonstration, and education activities. Requires the Secretary to describe proposed measures in reports to the appropriate congressional committees, the Advisory Council, and the Governor of any affected State. Prohibits fund expenditures until 60 days after any such report is filed. Authorizes the Secretary to use Department of Agriculture agencies, including the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), or to authorize participating agencies to make grants or enter into contracts, to carry out such program. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the CCC from making any disbursements unless such amounts are covered in advance by appropriations Acts. Requires a program report to Congress by January 1, 1988, and at five-year intervals thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
Lebanon Peacekeeping Resolution - Authorizes the President to maintain U.S. armed forces in Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force for 120 days from the expiration of the 60 day period authorized under the War Powers Resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not export nuclear reactor components for the nuclear power station at Tarapur, India, unless India provides stronger nuclear nonproliferation guarantees. Specifies what guarantees should be included.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Expresses gratitude to Doctor Alice Mitchell Rivlin for her dedicated service as Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Peace-Time Veterans' Educational Assistance Act - Establishes a new educational assistance program for the peace-time force. Excludes graduates of service academies from eligibility for such assistance. Entitles veterans who are graduates of a secondary school and who have served in the armed forces on continuous active duty for at least three years to basic educational assistance. Entitles veterans of the Selected Reserve who are graduates of secondary schools and who have served at least two years of continuous active duty in the Selected Reserve to basic educational assistance. Sets forth the formula for determining the length of such assistance based on the length of time served. Entitles such veterans to a monthly assistance allowance of $300 for a full-time approved program of education. Permits enrollment, if eligible, in a program of education while an individual continues to perform his duties. Entitles veterans who have served three or more consecutive years of active duty in addition to those required for basic educational assistance to supplemental educational assistance. Entitles such veterans to a monthly supplemental assistance allowance of $300 a month. Permits the provision of basic or supplemental assistance at a higher rate to any individual entitled to supplemental educational assistance who has a skill or specialty in which there is a critical shortage of personnel. Establishes a ten year delimiting period for educational assistance. Excludes time spent as a prisoner of war subsequent to discharges and time spent physically or mentally disabled. Excludes time an individual was in an alcohol or drug dependence or drug abuse condition if recognized treatment has been sought and the condition is under control. Directs the Administrator to suspend payment of an educational assistance allowance for any reservist failing to fullfill Reserve obligations. Prohibits participation in more than one program of educational assistance. Allocates the administration and costs of such programs to the Veterans Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator to submit to Congress an annual report on the operations of such programs. Establishes a Career Members' Contributory Educational Assistance Program for members of the armed forces serving on active duty who have completed ten years of service. Allows such members to enroll in such educational benefits program by contributing a monthly deduction to the Career Member Education Account. Limits such contributions to not less than $25 but not more than $100. Authorizes the Secretary to match such contributions at a two for one rate after 24 months of participation by any member and to contribute additional amounts he deems necessary to encourage persons to remain in the armed forces. Provides procedures for refunds of contributions due to: (1) disenrollment from such program; (2) death of a participant; and (3) discharge of release under conditions which would bar the use of educational benefits. Sets forth the formula for determining the amount of entitlement and the methods of payments of benefits to eligible members who pursue a program of education. Authorizes eligible veterans to transfer their educational benefits to their spouses or children in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Limits educational assistance under such program to the date ten years beyond an eligible veteran's discharge or release date. Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Administrator each month on deductions made from the military pay of program participants. Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation to transfer funds for administrative costs to the Administrator. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to grant leaves of absence (not to exceed 24 months) to eligible members of the armed forces to pursue a program of education. Requires members granted such leave to agree in writing to extend their active duty service for a period of two months for each month of leave of absence. Allows payment to such members of basic allowance for quarters and subsistence while on such leave. Sets forth the circumstances under which the Secretary may cancel such leaves of absence. Requires the Secretary concerned to provide individual predischarge counseling which includes a discussion of educational benefit entitlements. Makes persons who enter the military service after December 31, 1980, ineligible for participation in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program. Eliminates the delimiting period for the Veterans' educational assistance program for veterans who enlisted or served before January 1, 1977. Requires the Secretaries of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Transportation to transfer payment and administrative funds to the Administrator for such program. Sets forth effective dates.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Amends the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 to make permanent the provisions of title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act concerning benefits for individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Prohibits sending combat troops into Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua for training exercises or any other purposes unless: (1) Congress has authorized their presence in advance by a joint resolution signed by the President; or (2) the presence of such troops is necessary to provide for the immediate evacuation of U.S. citizens, or to respond to a clear and present danger of military attack on the United States. Declares that, in either case, the President should advise and, to the extent possible, consult in advance with the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1983
Authorizes the President to designate the week of September 25, 1983, through October 1, 1983, as Carrier Alert Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983
Prohibits increasing the numbers of U.S. armed forces in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua above the number in those countries as of August 1, 1983, unless: (1) Congress has declared war or enacted specific authorization for an increase of U.S. armed forces; or (2) the armed forces are necessary to meet a clear and present danger of attack upon the United States or to meet a clear and present danger to, and to provide essential and immediate evacuation of, U.S. citizens.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Voting Rights for the Handicapped and the Elderly Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals. Sets forth minimum requirements for these guidelines. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General and aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that it should not be U.S. foreign policy to overthrow governments with which the United States disagrees politically. Urges the President to indicate U.S. support for the Contadora Group initiative by endorsing specified proposals of the Group. States that the United States should: (1) announce its willingness to pursue negotiations with all Central American nations and to stop U.S. arms shipments; (2) offer technical assistance to the Group to assist in the verification of such a freeze on arms traffic in the region; (3) stop funding guerrilla forces seeking to overthrow Nicaragua; and (4) exert diplomatic efforts to persuade other involved governments to cease activities aimed at destabilizing the existing Central American governments.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that travel by Senators to the Soviet Union serves the interests of the United States and that such travel is encouraged.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1983
Sentencing Improvement Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code to declare that imprisonment is an appropriate sanction for offenders who demonstrate by their offense or by their criminal history that they present a danger to society. States that imprisonment is inappropriate where the court finds that the offense does not involve the threat or use of force, endanger national security or threaten or cause serious physical harm to others. Requires a court, when imprisonment, fine, and probation are inappropriate, to direct the defendant to make restitution or perform community service. Entitles the ascertainable victim to receive restitution, or if no victim is known, allows the defendant to contribute to the Treasury an amount not exceeding the value of his or her gain from the commission of the crime. Authorizes the Treasurer of the United States to hold such moneys in a Victim Fund. Defines the nature of the sentence of community service. Allows the defendant to perform a specified number of hours of free service to governmental, charitable, or volunteer agencies. Allows for the modification or waiver of payment or performance of an alternative sentence upon petition by the defendant or a victim. Establishes a list of considerations the court must make in determining restitution or community service, such as: (1) the relative seriousness of the offense; (2) the defendant's employment obligations; and (3) the defendant's criminal history. Requires either the United States Sentencing Commission or the General Accounting Office to report to Congress on the effectiveness of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1983
Nonpartisan Scientific Advisory Committee Act - Amends the Federal Advisory Committee Act to prohibit the selection of any candidate for appointment to a scientific advisory committee on the basis of such candidate's political affiliation. Prohibits any person in the executive branch who has authority affecting such appointment from inquiring about such candidate's political affiliation. Requires an appointing authority to: (1) nullify the appointment of all members of any scientific advisory body to which a candidate is appointed or denied appointment because of his or her political affiliation; and (2) appoint new members without regard to political affiliation. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action in a U.S. district court, regardless of the amount in controversy, against any Federal agency whose employee is alleged to have violated this Act. Permits a court to award litigation costs to any party to such action.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1983
Urges the President to seek an agreement with the Soviet Union to: (1) declare a verifiable and limited moratorium on the testing in space of antisatellite weapons; (2) resume negotiations on a verifiable ban on the testing, production, deployment, and use of any antisatellite weapon; and (3) seek a verifiable treaty prohibiting any space-directed or space-based weapons system which is designed to cause damage on earth, in the atmosphere, or on objects placed in space. Declares that such agreements should not restrict non-weapons operations in space, such as the U.S. space shuttle program.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1983
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for outpatient occupational therapy services.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983
Amends existing law to convey to Olathe, Colorado, full title to certain lands, including reversionary interests in such lands. States that if specified lands are sold by Olathe prior to January 1, 1994, the town shall pay the United States either the proceeds of such sale, or the fair market value of such lands. Specifies exceptions to such requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983
Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate jointly to present, on behalf of the Congress, a bronze medal to families of American personnel missing or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983
Urges the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries possessing the technology to produce separated plutonium for military or civil purposes to begin negotiations leading to a verifiable halt in the production of separated plutonium and in the export of technology for such production. Calls for the United States and other nuclear supplier and consumer nations to begin negotiations leading to an agreement to: (1) reject the commercial use of separated plutonium as a nuclear power reactor fuel; (2) base civilian nuclear power technology only on nonweapons usable fuel; and (3) make available reliable supplies of natural and low-enriched uranium.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1983
School Facilities Child Care Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public agencies and private nonprofit organizations having the capacity to furnish school-age child care services in order to assist such agencies and organizations to establish and operate such services in public schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986. Sets forth information which must be included in applications by such agencies or organizations to the Secretary for such grants. Requires the Secretary, in approving the applications, to: (1) assure that there is an equitable distribution of approved applications; (2) give priority to applications from applicants in communities with the greatest need and a shortage of economic resources for such services; and (3) give consideration to applications who can illustrate an identifiable base of community support. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of collecting data from recipients of assistance under this Act designed to provide a national-needs assessment for child care services of school-age children in the United States. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on activities under this Act together with a needs assessment of child care services for school-age children in each State. Requires the Secretary to operate a clearinghouse on school-age child care programs. Sets forth general administrative provisions with respect to carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1983
Amends the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 to provide for the establishment of the Russell Lakes Waterfowl Management Area as a replacement for the Mishak National Wildlife Refuge. Incorporates the findings of the Revised Fish and Wildlife Coordination Report for the San Luis Valley project into the administration of the Russell Lakes Area. Provides for the operation of the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge and the Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area. Limits the amount of water to be delivered to such refuge areas.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1983
Civilian Nuclear Power Regulation Improvement and Safety Incentives Act of 1983 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to eliminate the ceiling on the aggregate liability for a single nuclear incident of persons indemnified. Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), with respect to nuclear incidents, to incorporate provisions in indemnity agreements with licensees and contractors and to require provisions to be incorporated in insurance policies or contracts furnished as proof of financial protection which waive: (1) issues or defenses as to conduct of the claimant or fault of the persons indemnified; (2) issues or defenses as to charitable or governmental immunity; or (3) issues or defenses based upon any statute of limitations. Eliminates the requirement that a suit be filed within ten years after a nuclear incident in order for a waiver of a defense based upon a statute of limitations to be effective. (Under current law, the NRC may incorporate such waiver provisions and may require the incorporation of such provisions with respect to extraordinary nuclear occurrences.)
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should convene a national, bipartisan commission to address the problems in Central America. Suggests certain requirements for the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1983
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1969 to exempt from private foundation divestiture rules a certain private foundation owning 100 percent of the stock of a hotel corporation on May 26, 1969. Specifies additional requirements which the foundation and corporation must meet to qualify for the exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1983
Fair Tax Act of 1983 - Title I: Reduction of Individual and Corporate Tax Rate - Subtitle A: Reduction of Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise individual tax rates. Imposes a flat tax rate of 14 percent on the taxable income of individuals. Imposes a surtax of between 12 and 16 percent of the amount by which adjusted gross income exceeds specified levels. Imposes a flat tax rate of 30 percent on the taxable income of estates and trusts. Imposes a flat tax rate of 30 percent on the taxable income of corporations. Subtitle B: Increase in Personal Exemption for Taxpayer and Standard Deduction - Increases the personal exemption for an individual taxpayer and spouse to $1,600 and $1,800 for an individual who is a head of a household. Raises the standard deduction to $6,000 in the case of a joint return or a surviving spouse or $3,000 in the case of an individual, or a married individual filing a separate return. Subtitle C: Repeals Related to Reduction in Rates - Repeals provisions relating to: (1) tax tables for individuals; (2) minimum tax for tax preferences; (3) personal service corporations; (4) special averaging rules for lump-sum distributions; (5) accumulated corporate surplus; (6) personal holding companies; (7) income averaging; and (8) graduated corporate tax rates. Repeals the indexing of tax rates. Applies the trust throwback rules only to amounts distributed from foreign trusts. Title II: Base Broadening-Subtitle A: Credits - Repeals the general tax credit, the investment tax credit, the possessions tax credit and the income tax credits relating to: (1) the elderly and the permanently and totally disabled; (2) contributions to candidates for public office; (3) home purchases; (4) residential energy conservation; (5) producing fuel from a nonconventional source; (6) alcohol used as fuel; (7) increasing research activities; (8) employee stock ownership; and (9) clinical testing for certain drugs. Allows an income tax deduction for household and dependent care expenses necessary for employment. (Present law allows an income tax credit for such expenses.) Subtitle B: Exclusions - Repeals the partial income tax exclusion for interest and dividends. Repeals the exclusion for: (1) qualified transportation furnished by an employer; (2) cafeteria plans furnished by an employer; (3) dependent care assistance programs; (4) dividend reinvestment in public utilities; (5) payments to encourage mining for defense purposes; (6) earned income of citizens living abroad; (7) certain allowances; (8) income from sources within the United States; and (9) income from sources within Puerto Rico. Treats as taxable income: (1) tier two railroad retirement benefits; (2) amounts paid by an employer for group-term life insurance; (3) unemployment compensation; (4) the annual increase in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies; (5) interest on industrial development bonds and mortgage subsidy bonds; and (6) amounts contributed by an employer to accident and health plans. Provides that the transfer of a corporation's stock in satisfaction of indebtedness will be treated as having satisfied the indebtedness with money equal to the fair market value of the stock. Provides a limited exclusion from income for scholarships and fellowships. Imposes the surtax on the gain from the sale of a principal residence. Amends the Merchant Marine Act to repeal the tax exemption for deposits into, and withdrawals from, a capital construction fund. Subtitle C: Deductions - Repeals the deduction for two-earner married couples, and the deduction for adoption expenses. Limits the amount of the interest deduction for individuals. Repeals the deduction for State and local personal property and sales taxes. Restricts the charitable contribution for corporations to 50 percent of the charitable contributions during the year. Increases the floor on the deduction for medical and dental expenses from five percent to 10 percent. Subtitle D: Repeal of Special Capital Gains Treatment - Repeals the alternative tax on capital gains for corporations, and the deduction for individuals for capital gains. Limits the amount of the capital loss deduction without regard to distinctions between short term and long term capital losses. Eliminates the distinction between short-term and long-term gains and losses. Title III: Capital Cost Recovery-Subtitle A: Simplified Cost Recovery Systems - Allows individuals and corporations a deduction from gross income for a percentage of the balance in a recovery account for each year. Includes in the recovery account the cost of recovery property which is depreciable property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income which is placed in service after December 31, 1984. Establishes six classes of recovery property and specifies a class life for each. Assigns property to each class according to the class life of the property. Sets forth rules for the calculation of the recovery percentage on the basis of the class life of the property. Allows individuals and corporations a deduction for depletable property determined as a percentage of the balance in a recovery account for each year. Establishes six classes of depletable property and assigns a class life to each. Assigns a ten year class life for oil, gas, and geothermal wells. Subtitle B: Other Changes - Repeals the income tax deductions for: (1) intangible drilling and development costs for oil, gas, and geothermal wells; (2) depreciation; (3) amortization of pollution control facilities; (4) improvements made by a leasee on a lessor's property; (5) certain depreciable assets; (6) amortization of reforestation expenditures; (7) percentage depletion; (8) development expenditures; and (9) mining and exploration expenditures. Allows a ten year period for the amortization of construction period interest and taxes. Allows a deduction of circulation expenses for a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical ratably over a ten-year period. Excludes amounts chargeable to a capital account from such treatment. Provides for the deduction of 50 percent of tertiary injectant expenses in the taxable year and 50 percent of such expenses in the succeeding taxable year. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Foreign Income - Requires an individual who owns stock in a corporation which is a controlled foreign corporation to include in income a pro rata share of the corporations's earnings and profits for such year. Reduces such amount by any amount required to be included in in income by reason of the amount being foreign personal holding company income. Repeals the domestic international sales corporations (DISC) provisions for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1984. Subtitle B: Other Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the tax exemption for credit unions. Reduces the limit on benefits which may be paid to a participant under defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans. Repeals the cost-of-living adjustment for defined benefit plans. Continues the cost-of-living adjustment for purposes of calculating a participant's average compensation for his high three years. Requires farmers to compute their taxable income using the accrual method of accounting with the capitalization of preproduction expenses. Exempts taxpayers who do not have gross receipts exceeding $1,000,000. Requires farming syndicates to use the accrual method of accounting without regard to gross receipts. Provides that farmers who must use the accrual method cannot expense the following: (1) soil and water conservation expenditures; (2) fertilizer; and (3) expenses for clearing land. Requires that the deferral of income or loss must be taken into account in determining tax liability under completed contract method of accounting. Requires that the taxpayer with adjusted gross income in excess of $100,000 must make estimated payments equal to 90 percent of current year tax. Requires the recognition of the gain or loss on distributions of property by corporations. Eliminates the special bad debt reserves of financial institutions. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983
Child Care Information and Referral Services Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner of the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, to establish a grant program to assist public or private nonprofit organizations in the establishment or operation of community-based child care information and referral centers. Sets forth grant application requirements. Limits the duration and amount of grants to a center. Sets reporting requirements for centers receiving such grants. Directs the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1983
Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1983 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act ("the Act") (as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) to revise findings, objectives, and definitions. Revises provisions for identification and listing of hazardous waste under the Act to add requirements with respect to specified wastes. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where appropriate, to list as subject to hazardous waste management provisions: (1) within two months after enactment of this Act, additional wastes containing chlorinated dioxins or-dibenzofurans; and (2) within six months after such enactment wastes containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), containing remaining halogentated dioxins and-dibenzofurans, and other specified wastes (or publish reasons for not listing such wastes). Directs the Administrator, within six months after the enactment date of this Act, to submit to the Congress a work plan: (1) for developing regulations identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste, including measures or indicators for toxicity; (2) identifying those particular wastes on which the Agency intends to decide whether to list as a hazardous waste within two years after such enactment date; and (3) for cooperating with officials of the National Toxicology Program to evaluate the feasibility of identifying or listing hazardous waste based on the presence of certain constituents (such as known carcinogens, mutagens, or teratogens) at levels which cause such wastes to be hazardous per se. Directs the Administrator, within two years after the enactment date of this Act, to: (1) promulgate regulations identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste; (2) either promulgate, with respect to each waste identified for decision within two years, regulations listing such waste as a hazardous waste, or publish the reasons for the decision not to list such waste; and (3) report to the Congress on progress in evaluating the feasibility of identifying or listing hazardous waste based on the presence of certain hazardous constituents at levels which may cause such waste to be hazardous waste per se. Sets forth delisting procedures. Directs the Administrator, when evaluating a petition to exclude a waste generated at a particular facility, to: (1) consider factors, other than those for which the waste was listed, which could cause the waste to be hazardous; (2) provide notice and opportunity for comment on such additional factors before granting or denying such petition; and (3) make a final decision on each such petition within 18 months after granting a temporary exclusion from regulation of such waste. Sets forth national goals with respect to hazardous waste disposal under the Act. Prohibits the disposal into or on any land without certified prior treatment, of specified hazardous wastes within six months of the enactment of this Act, unless the Administrator determines the prohibition on one or more methods of land disposal is not required in order to protect human health and the environment for as long as the waste remains hazardous. Requires that such prohibition is to be applied, taking into account specified factors, to specified forms, compounds, and concentrations of the following hazardous wastes: (1) cyanides; (2) arsenic; (3) cadmium; (4) chromium; (5) lead; (6) mercury; (7) nickel; (8) selenium; (9) thallium; (10) highly acidic (having a pH of two or less) liquid wastes; (11) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and (12) halogenated organic compounds. Authorizes the Administrator to substitute: (1) more stringent concentration levels where necessary to protect human health and the environment; and (2) a later effective date of prohibition, if necessary to allow an alternative method of management to become available for a hazardous waste for which storage is not possible until such later date. Sets forth a schedule for additional prohibition determinations. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress a schedule for reviewing all hazardous wastes listed in specified Federal regulations which are not covered by a land disposal prohibition under this Act. Directs the Administrator to complete such review and promulgate regulations in accordance with a specified timetable with deadlines from 24 to 54 months after enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator, in the case of any hazardous waste identified or listed after such 54 months, to make such prohibition determination within six months. Sets forth criteria upon which such prohibition determinations are to be made. Prohibits land disposal of any identified or listed hazardous waste for which the Administrator has failed to make a determination within the specified deadline. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing best available management practices for each hazardous waste identified or listed under the Act. Sets forth a preferred hierarchy of management practices for such purposes. Sets forth a timetable for promulgation of such regulations, with deadlines from four years to ten years after the enactment of this Act. Sets forth requirements for review and revision of such regulations. Revises provisions for standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste. Adds requirements for: (1) reports for 1981, 1982, and 1983; (2) retention of records and manifests; and (3) small quantity generator waste. Requires, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, that any hazardous waste which is part of a total quantity generated by a generator generating less than 1,000 kilograms during a calendar month and which is shipped off the premises on which it is generated shall be accompanied by a copy of the EPA Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest form signed by the generator. Requires that such form contain specified information. Prohibits, effective two years after the enactment of this Act, exemption by reason of the small quantity generated of any hazardous waste generated by any generator in a quantity greater than 100 kilograms during any calendar month from hazardous waste management standards. Directs the Administrator, within 18 months of such enactment, to promulgate revised standards for hazardous waste generated in monthly quantities between 100 to 1,000 kilograms. Requires that small quantity generator hazardous waste standards at a minimum: (1) limit to 180 days on site storage without a permit; (2) require all other treatment, storage, or disposal at a facility with a permit; and (3) require that a manifest accompany any shipment of such waste off the premises on which it is generated (but allows specific requirements for entries on such manifest to vary from those applicable to the manifest required for larger quantity generators). Directs the Administrator to establish such standards of performance for larger quantity generators as may be necessary to achieve the national goals established by this Act and to otherwise protect human health and the environment. Authorizes the Administrator to establish small quantity generator waste standards of performance which vary from standards for larger quantity generators. Sets forth requirements for permits for generators of hazardous waste. Revises standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste to require retention of records and manifests. Revises standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to require the rention of records. Directs the Administrator to revise such standards within four years after the enactment of this Act. Establishes requirements with respect to liquids in landfills. Directs the Administrator, within one year after enactment of this Act, to promulgate final regulations which minimize the disposal of containerized liquid hazardous wastes in landfills. Makes such regulations effective immediately upon promulgation. Directs the Administrator to maintain specified requirements, pending promulgation of such regulations. Requires that revised standards specify criteria for the location of disposal facilities. Directs the Administrator to consider specified factors in determining such criteria. Requires that specified minimum standards for incinerators remain in effect. Requires that any modification of such standards provide for equivalent or greater hazardous waste containment, or destruction and removal. Sets forth requirements covering prior releases of hazardous wastes. Provides that hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility standards shall address releases of hazardous constituents attributable to the migration of waste from all solid waste management units at a facility, whether waste was placed in such units before or after the date of permit issuance. Requires that such standards provide for compliance schedules and financial assurances to ensure adequate cleanup of such releases. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring any facility operating under an interim status permit to obtain a final permit before expanding its capacity by more than ten percent (except capacity for storage or treatment in tanks or containers and enclosed waste piles). Authorizes the Administrator to establish standards for any interim status permit facility expanding its capacity by ten percent or less. Allows such standards for facilities expanding by ten percent or less to vary from the interim permit status standards for facilities which do not expand capacity. Requires landfill disposal facilities operating under an interim status permit to comply with monitoring and corrective action requirements applicable to facilities for which a final permit is issued. Requires any new, replacement, or laterally expanded unit of a landfill or surface impoundment operating under an interim status permit to be subject to requirements respecting liners and leachate collection systems or equivalent protection applicable to facilities for which a final permit is issued. Limits to ten years the duration of any permit for hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal. Allows renewals of such permits. Directs the Administrator to issue final permits or final denials of permit applications: (1) for land disposal facilities within four years of the enactment of this Act; (2) for incinerators within five years of such enactment; and (3) for any other treatment, storage, or disposal facilities within eight years of such enactment. Provides that such time periods shall also apply in the case of any authorized State hazardous waste program. Requires facilities operating under interim status permits to submit applications for final permit review within the applicable time period, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Administrator, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to promulgate permit application requirements and permit conditions applicable to owners and operators of a class of facilities, upon determination that facilities in the class should be subject to similar design, operating, and management requirements. Limits such classes to facilities which treat or store hazardous waste in containers, tanks, or enclosed piles. Authorizes the Administrator, after notice and opportunity for informal hearing, to issue a class permit for a facility which meets such conditions and requirements. Authorizes the Administrator, in establishing class permit requirements and conditions, to provide that certain conditions shall be established for each facility on a site-specified basis. Directs the Administrator (or the State, as appropriate), in the case of any permit (other than a class permit) issued or renewed after the enactment of this Act to require the facility to use methods at least as effective as the best available control technology to prevent a hazardous waste discharge. Directs the Administrator (or the State) to consider the costs and the health and environmental impacts in determining the best available control technology on a case-by-case basis. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing such standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste resource recovery facilities and to distributors of recovered material from hazardous waste as may be necessary to achieve the national goals established by this Act and to otherwise protect human health and the environment. Directs the Administrator, within two years after the enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations establishing health and environmental standards applicable to owners or operators of facilities producing fuel from hazardous wastes or burning hazardous wastes for energy recovery and to distributors or marketers of such fuels. Exempts from such requirements, and from labeling and other specified requirements, petroleum refinery wastes containing oil which are converted into petroleum coke at the same facility at which such wastes were generated, unless the resulting coke product would exceed one or more characteristic by which a substance would be identified as a hazardous waste. Prohibits producers, distributors, or marketers of fuels containing hazardous wastes to distribute or market such fuels unless the invoice or bill of sale bears a conspicuous warning and lists the hazardous wastes contained in such fuel. Directs the Administrator, within 12 months after the enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations requiring that any person who is required to file a notification in accordance with provisions for burning and blending hazardous wastes must maintain such records regarding fuel blending, distribution, or use as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Requires, within 12 months after enactment of this Act, notification to the Administrator by: (1) the owner or operator of any facility producing a fuel from any hazardous waste alone or with other material or from used oil alone or with other material; (2) the owner or operator of any facility burning fuel containing any hazardous waste or used oil; and (3) any person who distributes or markets fuel containing hazardous waste or used oil. Requires that such notification describe the location, the facility, the identified or listed hazardous waste involved, and the production or energy recovery activity. Exempts facilities, such as residential boilers, from such notification requirements where the Administrator determines that such notification is not necessary for obtaining sufficient information respecting current practices or facilities using hazardous waste for energy recovery. Establishes requirements for interim control of hazardous waste injection. Prohibits hazardous waste disposal by underground injection above or into a formation which contains, within one-quarter mile of the well used for injection, an underground source of drinking water. Provides for exemptions from such prohibition upon demonstration that such injection will not cause hazardous waste to endanger drinking water sources. Provides for State and Federal enforcement of such prohibitions and identical prohibitions under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Authorizes the Administrator, in authorizing a State Program, to base findings on the Federal program in effect one year prior to submission of a State's application or in effect on January 26, 1983, whichever is later. Requires that State programs, in order to be authorized by the Administrator, provide for public availability of information regarding hazardous waste treatment, storage, and distribution facilities and sites. Sets forth provisions for mandatory inspections at least every two years, beginning 12 months after enactment of this Act, at every facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste for which a permit is required. Directs the Administrator, after notice and opportunity for public comment, to promulgate the minimum frequency and manner of such inspections and maintenance of inspection records. Authorizes the Administrator to distinguish between classes and categories of facilities commensurate with the risks posed. Directs the Administrator, within six months after enactment of this Act, to report to the Congress on the potential for such inspections by nongovernmental officers as a supplement to EPA or State inspections. Revises provisions for Federal enforcement of hazardous waste management requirements under the Act to authorize the Administrator to assess a civil penalty for any past or current violation. Allows any person aggrieved by such a violation to intervene as a matter of right in actions for appropriate relief. Provides for criminal penalties for persons who knowingly: (1) cause specified hazardous waste to be transported; (2) treat, store, or dispose of such waste in violation of any material condition or requirement of specified permits or of any applicable interim status regulations or standards; (3) omit material information used for purposes of compliance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator (or by a State program); (4) fail to file any record, application, manifest, report, or other document required to be maintained or filed for purposes of such compliance; or (5) transports, or causes to be transported, without a manifest any hazardous waste required to be so accompanied. Raises the maximum criminal penalties for these and other violations, under specified conditions. Revises provisions relating to conditions for knowing endangerment. Raises the penalties for knowing endangerment. Revises provisions for review of certain actions of the Administrator relating to permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste and authorized State hazardous waste programs. Provides that action of the Administrator with respect to which review could have been obtained under such provisions of the Act shall not be subject to judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings for enforcement. Directs the Administrator to establish an Office of Ombudsman to receive individual complaints, grievances, and requests for information submitted by any person with respect to any program or requirement under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Directs the Ombudsman to render assistance with respect to such submissions and make appropriate recommendations to the Administrator. Provides that the establishment of such Office shall not affect any procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters. Revises provisions relating to imminent hazards to allow any person endangered by the action with respect to which the Administrator has brought suit to intervene as a matter of right in such suit. Makes technical corrections. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986 for: (1) general administration by the Administrator to carry out the Act (including funds for Resources Recovery and Conservation Panels, hazardous waste management, and support for State, regional, local, and interstate agency solid waste plans); (2) grants to State hazardous programs; (3) hazardous waste site inventory; (4) development and implementation of plans by State, local, regional, and interstate authorities; (5) implementation of State, local, and intermunicipal programs for solid waste management, resource recovery, resource conservation, and hazardous waste management; (6) special communities assistance; (7) assistance to States for recycled oil programs; and (8) the Secretary of Commerce to carry out resource and recovery duties.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws should develop a model State act (and interstate recognition and enforcement procedures) providing grandparents with adequate rights to petition in State courts for privileges to visit their grandchildren after a dissolution of the parents' marriage; (2) States should adopt such model State act; and (3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, should provide technical assistance to States in developing guidelines which help determine the best interests of the child in such cases and which take into account the ability of grandparents to help satisfy such child's need for continuity of care.