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Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]

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Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 128 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution relating to monetary policy.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982

Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee should take actions to achieve a level of interest rates low enough to generate economic growth and reduce the current level of unemployment.

Bill· SS. 3040 (97th)referred

A bill establishing a new G.I. Education Program.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1982

Establishes a peacetime veterans' educational assistance program for persons who served on active duty or in the Selected Reserve after August 31, 1983. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for such assistance based on period and type of service. Creates a basic entitlement of 24 months of assistance for the first 24 months of service with an additional month of assistance for each additional month of service, up to a total of 36 months. Establishes a delimiting period for the use of such assistance of ten years after discharge. Excepts those suffering from a physical or mental disability which prevented their completing their education and persons held as prisoners of war. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in specified amounts. Permits educational benefits to be transferred by the eligible person to a spouse or child. States that appropriations for this program be considered as made for the functions of the Department of Defense rather than for the functions of the Veterans Administration. Prohibits persons eligible for this program from participating in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on whether the program should be expanded to attract and retain certain qualified persons. Permits the Secretary concerned to grant educational leave for up to 12 months if the person concerned agrees to serve two months for each month off. Sets forth other conditions of such leave, including pay and eligibility for retired pay. Permits such Secretary to cancel this leave in time of war or national emergency or if he determines the member is not pursuing his education satisfactorily. States that there shall be no increase in pay for members in pay grade E-1 in FY 1983 and 1984 unless an increase becomes unavoidable through the general pay increase requirements.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 260 (97th)enacted

A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America".

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982

Designates 1983 as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America". Expresses congressional support for the President's Youth Exchange Initiative, and especially the concept of a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Bundestag.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 126 (97th)open

A concurrent resolution calling upon the United States Government to support the people of Afghanistan with material assistance in their struggle to be free from foreign domination.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982

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.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 253 (97th)referred

A joint resolution to assure that regulations governing the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) enhance the health status of participants in the program.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982

Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating any regulation which would not maintain or enhance the nutritional integrity of supplemental foods made available under the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Prohibits the Secretary, after September 23, 1982, from modifying any regulation governing such program, unless a finding is made that the modification will be beneficial to the health status of program participants. Requires the Secretary to submit such finding to the appropriate congressional committees prior to its publication in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to implement specified regulations concerning the program no later than December 31, 1982.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 478 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the need to maintain guidelines which ensure equal rights with regard to education opportunity.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1982

Expresses the sense of the Senate that guidelines relating to title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Education Amendments of 1972 should not be repealed or altered in a manner which will deny any person equal access to education.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 122 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution relating to the processed product share of U.S. agricultural exports.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take action to encourage increasing the processed product share of farm exports, including but not limited to: (1) urging U.S. negotiators to try to include a quantity of value-added processed farm products in grain agreements with the Soviet Union or other nonmarket economy countries; (2) seeking elimination of unfair trade practices by foreign competitors by pursuing international trade negotiations; (3) using the authority of Public Law 480 to encourage inclusion of more processed products under both concessional sales and food aid programs; and (4) using authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Export- Import Bank to ensure that credit arrangements for farm exports and farm product exports are on terms equal to those offered by other countries.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 121 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should maintain Federal involvement in, and support for, the child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) national efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition should continue; (2) a national commitment to vital nutrition programs should continue; and (3) the Federal Government should retain primary responsibility for child nutrition programs.

Bill· SS. 2909 (97th)open

National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1982

National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act - Establishes the National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Board in the Department of Education. Requires that the functions of the Secretary of Education under this Act be carried out through the Board. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education for continuing education programs designed to improve the skills of secondary school teachers of science and mathematics and to help such teachers qualify for certification in science, mathematics, or both. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for related administrative expenses. Sets forth application requirements for program participation by institutions of higher education. Limits to 25 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this Act the amount that shall be available for full-time summer workshops. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a single institution of higher education to $200,000. Sets forth provisions for payments to institutions of higher education under this Act.

Bill· SS. 2902 (97th)open

A bill to define the affirmative defense of insanity and to provide a procedure for the commitment of offenders suffering from a mental disease or defect, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1982

Amends the Federal criminal code to make it an affirmative defense to a Federal prosecution that at the time of the offense the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked entirely the ability to understand the nature and the quality of his acts and to distinguish right from wrong. Places the burden of proving insanity on the defendant. Requires the court to hold a hearing to determine the present mental condition of the defendant. Directs the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect, rendering him mentally incompetent. Directs the Attorney General to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Provides that when the defendant has recovered and is able to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him, the court will order his release and set a date for trial. Authorizes a special verdict of "not guilty only by reason of insanity" for any criminal defendant who raises the issue of insanity by notice as provided by Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Provides for the hospitalization of persons found not guilty only by reason of insanity, convicted persons, imprisoned persons, and persons due for release who are found to suffer from mental disease or defect. Allows for discharge when such person is found to have recovered. Requires reimprisonment of any such person for whom a term of prison sentence has not yet expired.

Bill· SS. 2801 (97th)open

Wilderness Protection Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982

Wilderness Protection Act of 1982 - Withdraws from disposition under all laws pertaining to oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite, and geothermal leasing: (1) wilderness areas; (2) lands recommended for wilderness designation, until Congress determines otherwise or until the lands concerned are recommended for other uses; (3) wilderness study areas, for the period of interim wilderness protection and management required by law; and (4) lands identified for further planning in Executive Communication 1504, 96th Congress, until one year after the final approval and implementation of an initial forest plan covering the further planning area. Exempts from the withdrawal pursuant to this Act: (1) national forest system land released to management for nonwilderness uses; (2) lands designated as congressional wilderness study areas in Colorado and New Mexico and certain lands within the River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho; (3) Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas; and (4) lands in Alaska. Permits activities compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment for the purpose of inventorying energy, mineral, and other resource values in areas withdrawn by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to augment recurring surveys of mineral values of wilderness areas and to acquire information on the areas withdrawn by this Act by conducting mineral inventories of such areas. Authorizes the President to recommend to Congress that minerals exploration, development, or extraction be permitted in specified areas withdrawn under this Act if: (1) there is an urgent national need for the mineral activity; and (2) the need outweighs the public values of the wilderness lands involved and the potential adverse environmental impacts likely to result. Makes such a recommendation effective only upon enactment of a joint resolution by Congress approving such recommendation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases for the subsurface of national forest or public land wilderness areas that are immediately adjacent to oil and gas producing fields or areas that are prospectively valuable. Prohibits surface occupancy under such leases and provides that such leases may be entered only by directional drilling from outside the wilderness or by other nonsurface disturbing methods.

Bill· SS. 2792 (97th)open

Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Block Grant Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982

Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Block Grant Act - Establishes the Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Fund in the Treasury. States that four percent of all bonus revenues and six percent of all royalty revenues from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases shall be deposited in such Fund. Provides block grants from such Fund to coastal States and territories for ocean and coastal energy impact assistance and resource management. Sets forth an allocation formula based upon oil or gas production, coastal population, and shoreline. Requires a State to give at least 40 percent of such grant to local coastal communities. Provides for assessment and audit of such block grants.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 114 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution to congratulate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and all persons involved in the success of the test flight phase of the Space Shuttle program.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1982

Sets forth the congratulations of Congress to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other organizations and persons who contributed to the successful completion of the Space Shuttle test flight period.

Bill· SS. 2737 (97th)open

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for such payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreements which require commitments to teach or commitments to repay such loans). Provides for cancellation of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled.

Bill· SS. 2738 (97th)open

Math and Science Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five hours of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.

Bill· SS. 2695 (97th)open

Federal Procurement Improvement Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1982

Federal Procurement Improvement Act of 1982 - Requires the head of each executive agency to designate at each purchasing and contracting office an advocate for competition who shall promote competition in the procurement of property and services. Directs each advocate of an office which expended more than $25,000,000 in the preceding fiscal year to: (1) review the purchasing and contracting activities of the office; (2) identify and report to the office head concerning opportunities to achieve price competition in purchases or contracts, solicitations that include unnecessarily detailed specifications or restrictive statements which may reduce competition, and other conditions or actions which unnecessarily restrict competition in procurement; and (3) transmit annual reports on his or her activities to the office head. Directs the head of each executive agency to report to specified congressional committees annually on: (1) the number and total value of purchases of and contracts for property or services awarded during the preceding fiscal year after formal advertising and after negotiations with various numbers and categories of sources and evaluations of proposals on the basis of various factors; (2) its policy with respect to the use of dual source procurement; (3) anticipated dual source procurements during the current fiscal year; (4) actions it intends to take to increase competition for agency contracts on the basis of price and to reduce the number and dollar value of contracts negotiated with only one source; and (5) the activities of its advocate. Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to promulgate relations governing the use of dual source procurement by executive agencies. Defines "dual source procurement" as the competitive procurement of identical property or services from each of two or more sources, with the largest share of the procurement given to the source that provides the product or service in the most cost-efficient manner and that has the best performance record.

Bill· SS. 2700 (97th)open

A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to exclude from resources burial plots and niches and certain funds set aside for burial or cremation expenses for purposes of the supplemental security income program.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1982

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude from an individual's resources in determining SSI eligibility: (1) any burial plot or niche; and (2) any funds set aside for burial or cremation.

Bill· SS. 2659 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide that disability benefits may not be terminated prior to completion of the reconsideration process including an evidentiary hearing, to provide that medicare entitlement shall continue through the administrative appeal process, and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make quarterly reports with respect to the results to periodic reviews of disability determinations.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the termination of disability benefits in the case of an individual who has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits and who has requested reconsideration of such determination. Provides for the continued payment of such benefits until the reconsideration has been completed and such determination has been upheld or until the end of the sixth month after the month in which the initial eligibility determination was made, whichever is earlier. Requires that an initial disability determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services which is unfavorable to the disability benefit applicant contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Entitles the applicant or the applicant's spouse, surviving spouse, former spouse, surviving divorced mother, child, or parent to reconsideration of such an initial determination upon request and upon a showing that his or her rights may be prejudiced by the determination. Entitles an individual who requests a reconsideration to a new disability determination. Authorizes the State agency which made the initial disability determination to make the new disability determination during the reconsideration process: (1) after notification to the Secretary; (2) in accordance with the rules governing disability determinations; and (3) after an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing at which the individual requesting the reconsideration and the individual (if different) whose disability is in question shall have a right to appear. Requires that a reconsideration by the Secretary which is unfavorable to the individual requesting the reconsideration contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Continues medicare entitlement for a disabled qualified railroad retirement beneficiary who is appealing the termination of his or her benefits until such individual has exhausted all possible administrative remedies. Requires the Secretary to transmit to Congress quarterly reports on: (1) the number of eligibility reviews carried out under title II; (2) the number of initial benefit termination decisions resulting from such reviews; (3) the number of benefit termination decisions with respect to which reconsideration or a hearing is requested; and (4) the number of benefit termination decisions which are overturned at the reconsideration or hearing level.