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United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1983
Designates the week of November 7 through November 13, 1983, as National Reye's Syndrome Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 1983
Designates the week beginning February 20, 1983, as Clergy Appreciation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Amends the Hobbs Act to redefine "extortion" to mean obtaining property from another with consent by use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear thereof, or wrongful use of fear not involving force or violence, or under color of official right. Expresses congressional intent: (1) not to exclude Federal jurisdiction on the ground that conduct involving force, violence, or fear thereof, takes place in the course of a legitimate business or labor dispute, or on the ground that the conduct violates State or local law; or (2) not to chill legitimate labor activity by authorizing Federal prosecution for offenses occurring during a labor dispute not involving extortion. Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant's conduct: (1) was incidental to peaceful picketing in the course of a legitimate labor dispute; (2) consisted solely of minor bodily injury or property damage; or (3) was not intended to extort property.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Directs the Comptroller General to ascertain and compile statistics on cost increases for each civil acquisition program that is financed entirely with Federal funds at an estimated cost exceeding $50,000,000. Requires the head of each Federal agency conducting such a program to report to the Comptroller General on such program, including the reasons for: (1) any delay exceeding six months in the program completion date; (2) any changes in the quantity or size of property to be acquired; and (3) any actual or projected cost increases of 25 percent or more. Directs the Comptroller General to notify an agency and report to Congress concerning any determination of such a cost increase for a program. Prohibits any obligation or expenditure of funds on such program after an agency receives such notice unless new program authority is specifically authorized, for no longer than one year, by a subsequently enacted law. Directs the Comptroller General to implement procedures applicable to all agencies for reflecting the effects of general economic inflation on cost data.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for taking or attempting to take property by force, violence, or intimidation from either a pharmacy or a person registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Increases the penalties if any person's life is endangered by use of a dangerous weapon or if any person is assaulted or killed during the commission of such offense. Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on the enforcement of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Upper Mississippi River System Management Act - Grants congressional approval of the Comprehensive Master Plan for the Management of the Upper Mississippi River System as a guide for future water policy on such system. Defines the Upper Mississippi River System as those river reaches having commercial navigation channels on certain rivers in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Grants congressional consent to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin (or any two or more of such States) to: (1) enter into agreements for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the planning for the use, protection, growth, and development of the System; and (2) form agencies for effecting such agreements. Authorizes officers or employees of the United States, who are responsible for management of any part of the System, to assist such agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to provide for the engineering, design, and construction of a second lock at locks and dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois and Missouri. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to monitor traffic movements on the System to verify the need for future capacity expansion of the System and the future need for river rehabilitation and environmental enhancement. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in concert with any appropriate State agency, to undertake with respect to the System: (1) a habitat rehabilitation and enhancement program; (2) the implementation of a long-term resource monitoring program; and (3) the implementation of a computerized inventory and analysis system. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to implement a program of recreational projects for the System and to assess the economic benefits generated by recreational activities in the System. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that the Master Plan for the System has reasonably complied with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for taxpayers who receive agricultural commodities under a Federal payment-in-kind program: (1) no income shall be treated as realized by receipt of such commodities; but, (2) any gain realized from the sale or exchange of such commodities shall be included in gross income and shall be treated as ordinary income. Treates such commodities as commodities produced on acreage divested from agricultural use for purposes of the estate tax valuation of farm property.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Respect Human Life Act of 1983 - Prohibits Federal involvement in the performance of abortions, except when the life of the mother would be endangered if the child were carried to term. Includes the following activities within the scope of this prohibition: (1) performance of an abortion by a Federal agency; (2) use of appropriated funds to perform or reimburse or refer for abortions; (3) promotion or assistance in the performance of abortions abroad; (4) contracting for insurance which pays or reimburses for abortions; (5) discrimination against an individual on the basis of that person's opposition to abortions; and (6) the withholding from a handicapped infant of nutritional sustenance, medical or surgical treatment by an institution receiving Federal assistance. Provides for expedited Supreme Court review of State laws restricting abortions or infanticide whenever such laws have been invalidated by a lower court.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 23, 1983, as Army Reserve Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Directs the President to designate May 1983, as National Arthritis Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of March 13 through 19, 1983, as National Employ the Older Worker Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should propose to the Soviet Union immediate adherence by both countries to the principle of a guaranteed strategic build-down of nuclear forces, subject to agreed upon procedures of verification and compliance.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983
Presidential Advisory Panel for Coordination of Government Debt Collection and Delinquency Prevention Activities - Establishes a Presidential Advisory Panel for Coordination of Government Debt Collection and Delinquency Prevention Activities to: (1) evaluate Federal policies on debt collection and delinquency prevention; (2) develop and recommend new policies and procedures; and (3) establish training manuals to increase the efficiency of employees involved in collection activities. Directs the Panel to submit a final report to the President and Congress within 18 months after its first meeting. Terminates the Panel 30 days after submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the deduction for charitable contributions by taxpayers who do not itemize deductions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983
Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Adjustment Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the highway use tax on highway motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 33,000 pounds or more. Sets forth tax rates based on gross weight to be phased in over three years from 1984 to 1986 and thereafter. Reduces the maximum possible tax from $1,900 per year to $1,200 per year. Provides for the refundability of any use tax in cases where a motor vehicle on which such tax has been paid is sold, traded, or otherwise disposed of before the close of the taxable period.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call for a domestic economic and trade summit to shape trade policy for U.S. farmers, industries, and trading partners in the 1980's. Declares that such summit should be comprised of a bipartisan group from the government, business, labor, farm, and academic communities.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries age 65 and over may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983
Uniformed Services Pay Adjustment Act of 1983 - Increases by four percent the monthly basic pay of certain members of the uniformed services.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Bail Reform Act of 1983 - Repeals the Bail Reform Act of 1966 and sets forth new bail procedures. Retains execution of a money bond as a condition for pretrial release. Authorizes a judicial officer to consider the safety of any person or the community when making a pretrial release determination. Establishes as a mandatory release condition that the person not commit a Federal, State, or local crime during release. Expands the discretionary release conditions to include that the defendant: (1) maintain employment or an educational program; (2) avoid contact with an alleged victim or potential witness; (3) report to a law enforcement or pretrial service agency; (4) comply with a curfew; (5) refrain from possessing a firearm or using alcohol or narcotic drugs; (6) undergo medical treatment; (7) agree to forfeit designated property, including money, upon failure to appear; and (8) return to custody at specified hours. Prohibits a judicial officer from imposing financial conditions that result in the pretrial detention of a person. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the detention for up to ten days of a person who is presently on pretrial release for a felony under Federal, State, or local law or on probation or parole or release pending sentencing or appeal for any offense, upon a determination that such person may flee or pose a danger to any person or the community, or for deportation or exclusion purposes. Requires that a detention hearing be held in any case involving: (1) a crime of violence; (2) any offense punishable by life imprisonment or death; (3) a narcotics offense punishable by at least ten years' imprisonment; (4) any felony committed after the person has been convicted of two or more offenses for which a hearing is mandated; or (5) upon motion that a serious risk of flight or obstruction of justice exists. Authorizes a judicial officer after such a hearing to order the pretrial detention of a person upon finding that no condition will reasonably assure such person's appearance and the safety of any other person and the community. Creates certain rebuttable presumptions with regard to absence of such conditions. Enumerates additional factors to be considered by the judicial officer in making a release determination, including the defendant's past conduct, history of drug or alcohol abuse, criminal history, and the nature and seriousness of the danger to the community or any person. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations governing custody of persons detained pending trial. Requires the detention of a person who has appealed his conviction unless the judicial officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) such person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to another person or property; and (2) the appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact. Requires the detention of a person awaiting sentencing unless the officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to any other person or the community. Authorizes a U.S. attorney to appeal a release order. Makes a person guilty of an offense for failing to appear after having been released. Provides increased penalties for persons charged with more serious offenses. Makes it an affirmative defense to such crime that uncontrollable circumstances prevented the person from appearing. Establishes mandatory additional penalties for commission of an offense while on pretrial release. Subjects a person who has been conditionally released and violates a condition of release to revocation of release and prosecution for contempt of court. Authorizes a surety to arrest a person charged with an offense who is released upon execution of an appearance bond with such surety. Requires such person to be delivered promptly to a judicial officer for a revocation determination. Grants new authority to law enforcement officers to arrest a person who violates pretrial release conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act to define the term "abuse" to include not only misrepresentation but also include imprudence on the part of the company and any pipeline company-producer contract which materially prevents the pipeline from responding to changes in customer demand or other market forces. Sets forth contract clauses which if found in a producer-pipeline contract will give rise to a rebuttable presumption that a contract materially prevents a pipeline from responding to changes in customer demand or other market forces.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee amounts paid by an employer to such employee's spouse or dependents under a qualified educational assistance program. Repeals provisions which prohibited employers from offering other benefits as an alternative to educational assistance. Allows the exclusion of meals, lodging, and travel provided as part of an educational assistance program. Repeals the termination date for the educational assistance exclusion.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit entitlement to title II benefits in the case of an individual who is not a .U.S. citizen or national if such individual: (1) is not a permanent resident of the United States; or (2) is outside the United States. Prohibits the payment of title II benefits to any dependent or survivor of such an individual on the basis of such individual's wages and self-employment income. Makes such prohibition inapplicable if the benefit involved is payable to such an individual as the dependent or survivor of: (1) a U.S. citizen or national; (2) a permanent resident of the United States; or (3) a U.S. citizen or national residing outside the United States if the relationship required for such individual's entitlement already existed at the time such national or citizen reached age 50. Authorizes the payment of title II benefits to an individual who is not entitled to benefits pursuant to this Act until the total amount of such benefits equals the total amount of any taxes paid on the wages and self-employment income on which the benefits are based.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends. Requires taxpayers to file information returns and statements on the interest, dividends, and patronage dividends they receive.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Federal nutrition programs, including the food stamp, child nutrition, and elderly feeding programs, should be protected from budget cuts; (2) the WIC (supplemental food program for women, infants, and children) should continue to be fully funded; and (3) the Federal Government should maintain primary responsibility for nutrition programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Collection of Student Loans in Default Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to assess and collect certain student loans found to be in default by the Secretary of Education. Requires the Secretary to give notice to any individual found to be in default. Sets forth requirements for the form and content of such notice. Requires any individual so notified to make required payments in connection with the filing of his tax return. Requires the Secretary to assess and collect any amounts not paid as required after such notice in the same manner, with the same powers, and subject to the same limitations, as if such amounts were a tax the collection of which would be jeopardized by delay. Amends title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to refer to the Secretary a list of all borrowers found to be in default for at least six months on student loans which are made, insured, or guaranteed by the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations to the U.S. Travel Service for FY 1984 through 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the continued issuance of mortgage revenue bonds after December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Declares that for the purposes of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, each human life exists from conception without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or conditions of dependency, and that "person" includes all human beings. Recognizes the compelling interest of each State to protect the lives of those whom the State regards as human beings, independent of the status of unborn children under the fourteenth amendment. Eliminates inferior Federal court jurisdiction to issue any order in any case involving a State or local law that: (1) protects the rights of persons between conception and birth; or (2) limits or regulates abortion or provides funding or other assistance for abortions. Declares that this shall not deprive the Supreme Court of the authority to render appropriate relief in any case.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Product Liability Act - Preempts State product liability laws. States that this Act governs any civil action for harm caused by a product which would have been based on: (1) strict or absolute liability in tort; (2) negligence or gross negligence; (3) breach of express or implied warranty and; (4) failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct. Makes a manufacturer liable if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that a product was unreasonably dangerous: (1) in construction or design; (2) because the manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings of danger; or (3) because the product did not conform to an express warranty. Specifies the requisite findings which must be made for such proof of unreasonable danger to be determined. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the claimant's harm was proximately caused by such seller's failure to use reasonable care with respect to the product. Enumerates circumstances under which such a seller is also subject to the liability of a manufacturer. Provides that all claims under this Act shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Sets forth rules with respect to conduct affecting comparative responsibility, including misuse, alteration or modification of a product. Specifies the manner in which damages are to be apportioned. Requires that damages in any product liability claim be reduced by an amount paid as workers' compensation benefits. Precribes a statute of limitation for recovery. Allows punitive damages to be awarded if the claimant proves by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of the product manufacturer's or sellers's reckless disregard for the safety of product users, consumers, or others who might be harmed by the product. Provides that evidence of corrective measures taken by a product seller after a harm has occurred would not be admissible in court to prove liability.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Soil and Water Conservation Incentives Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow farmers an investment tax credit for soil and water conservation expenditures not treated as deductible expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to increase the acreage of the following preserves in Alaska (thereby easing restrictions on hunting on certain lands): (1) the Katmai National Preserve; (2) the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve; (3) the Noatak National Preserve; (4) the Lake Clark National Preserve; (5) the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Preserve; (6) the Denali National Preserve; (7) the Kenai Fjords National Preserve; (8) the Glacier Bay National Preserve; and (9) the Aniakchak National Preserve.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the reduction required in computing the tax deduction for corporate charitable contributions, in the case of contributions of property used in postsecondary vocational education programs. Allows employers a nonrefundable tax credit for a specified dollar amount per course for vocational education courses taught by an employee without compensation and for employment of full-time vocational education instructors.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Declares that for the purposes of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, each human life exists from conception without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or conditions of dependency, and that "person" includes all human beings. Recognizes the compelling interest of each State to protect the lives of those whom the State regards as human beings, independent of the status of unborn children under the fourteenth amendment. Eliminates inferior Federal court jurisdiction to issue any order in any case involving a State or local law that: (1) protects the rights of persons between conception and birth; or (2) limits or regulates abortion or provides funding or other assistance for abortions. Declares that this shall not deprive the Supreme Court of the authority to render appropriate relief in any case.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to authorize a new plea of "guilty but insane" for any criminal defendant whose actions constitute all necessary elements of the offense charged but who lacks the requisite state of mind as a result of mental disease or defect. Adopts the current notice provisions for a defense of insanity for the new plea of guilty but insane. Provides for determination of a defendant's mental competency to stand trial. Permits the jury or the court in a non-jury trial to find a defendant guilty but insane. Requires the court in any such case to hold a hearing to determine the present mental condition of the convicted person. 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 as a result of which release would create a substantial danger to himself or to the person or property of another. Directs the Attorney General to release such person to a State which will assume responsibility for his custody and treatment or otherwise to hospitalize such person in a suitable facility. Requires the court to hold a hearing upon the certification by the director of the facility that such person's release will no longer create a substantial danger to himself or the person or property of another. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered. Provides for the hospitalization of persons found guilty, imprisoned persons, and persons due for release, who are found to suffer from mental disease or defect.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a soil tilth center at Iowa State University. Authorizes appropriations. Limits construction expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Tax Act of 1983 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by this Act. Specifies that State and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation. Limits the designation of enterprise zones to 25 nominated areas per year (one-third of which must be in rural areas). Limits the period during which such designations shall remain in effect. Specifies that the Secretary may designate such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area (with a population of at least 50,000) or 2,500 otherwise, or is within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamling regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on January 1, 1987 or three years after the publication of regulations pertaining to such zones, whichever is later. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. States that designation of an enterprise zone shall not give displaced persons from such an area any rights or benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Credit for Employers - Allows employers located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit for increased employment expenditures and employment of the disadvantaged. Allows a three year carryback and 15 year carryover of such credit. Sets the amount of such credit at ten percent of the increase in payroll (taking into account a maximum of $15,000 in wages per year per employee) plus 50 percent of the wages paid to certain disadvantaged workers for the first three years of the enterprise zone designation. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Disallows a deduction for the portion of wages taken into account for such credit. Subtitle B: Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for investment in certain tangible property located in enterprise zones. Limits such credit to five percent for zone personal property and ten percent for new zone construction property, including rental property. Requires that the property subject to such credit be predominantly used in the zone, be purchased after zone designation, and not be acquired from relatives or related corporations. Requires the recapture of such credit upon early disposition of the property. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Subtitle C: Reduction in Capital Gain Tax Rates - Eliminates the capital gains tax on property of corporations acquired after the enterprise zone designation and used in a zone business. Qualifies certain low-income rental housing located in an enterprise zone for such treatment. Permits property to remain qualified for purposes of the revised capital gains treatment after a designation of an enterprise zone has terminated. Exempts gain from the sale or exchange of property used in a business in an enterprise zone from the computation of the minimum tax. Allows noncorporate taxpayers to deduct from gross income 100 percent of any net capital gain from qualified enterprise zone property. Subtitle D: Rules Relating to Industrial Development Bonds - Provides that limitations on the cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt industrial development bonds shall not apply to enterprise zone property. Provides that the termination of the small issue exemption shall not apply to industrial development bonds the proceeds of which are used to finance facilities in such enterprise zones. Subtitle E: Deduction for Enterprise Stock - Allows a tax deduction up to a maximum of $100,000 per year for the purchase of stock originally issued by an enterprise zone small business having a net worth of less than $2,000,000. Taxes as ordinary income any amount previously taken as a deduction upon sale or disposition of such stock. Provides tax penalties if such stock is sold within three years. Subtitle F: Sense of the Congress with Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions, to include qualified businesses (as defined in Title II of this Act), to include governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations which pertain to the carrying out of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve such request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in continuation of the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement (including the Davis-Bacon Act and Fair Labor Standards Act) or which would present a danger to the public health and safety. Provides that such waivers or modifications of a rule shall remain in effect as long as the zone designations. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Title IV: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Board to consider on a priority basis and expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. States that to the maximum extent practicable foreign-trade zones should be established within enterprise zones.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Extends through FY 1986 the revenue sharing program for local governments.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Domestic Commodity Distribution and Food Assistance Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to distribute surplus Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) stocks to eligible agencies (as defined in this Act). Requires the CCC to pay for commodity processing with funds or with in-kind payments to the processor. Requires the Secretary to publish an annual announcement of such anticipated surplus stocks for the coming three-year period. Provides that up to 2,000,000 metric tons of wheat available under the Food Security and Wheat Reserve Act of 1980 may be used for domestic purposes. Requires the CCC to use any additional reserves to replenish such stocks. Provides for State distribution of commodities under this Act. States that if a State agency cannot meet the requests for a given commodity such agency shall give special consideration to organizations that serve low income and unemployed persons. Provides administrative money to the States to run such program. Prohibits States from charging recipient agencies for related program costs. Requires States to pay the distribution costs of organizations serving low income and unemployed persons. Requires the Secretary and the States to work with private companies and recipient agencies to make it easier for recipients to process such commodities into end use products. Directs the Secretary to use moneys saved on storage and spoilage to process commodities into food products for agencies serving low income and unemployed persons.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 1983 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and carry out a program under which agricultural commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation are made available, for export without charge, to domestic exporters, domestic processors (for export), and foreign purchasers. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that equal treatment is provided to domestic exporters and foreign purchasers and to domestic processors in cases where the importation of a manufactured product made from agricultural commodities, made available for export under this Act, would place domestic processors of such commodity at a competitive disadvantage; (2) give priority among foreign purchasers who have purchased U.S. agricultural commodities in the past and who continue to do so in increased quanities; (3) ensure that agricultural commodities, made available for export under this Act, are used to encourage increased use of such commodities and to avoid unnecessary market displacement of domestic agricultural commodities; and (4) take reasonable precautions to prevent resale, transshipment or any use of such commodities other than domestic use in the importing country. Authorizes the Secretary to make supplemental distributions of commodities to a foreign purchaser who uses funds realized from the sale of commodities made available under this Act to construct or rehabilitate facilities in the importing country for specified purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the intervals and quantities of such supplemental distributions. Requires the Secretary to carry out such program through the Commodity Credit Corporation. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to include specified agricultural commodities (currently only dairy products) acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation as donations for distributions to needy persons outside the United States. Provides for direct distribution, sale or barter of such commodities. Requires the proceeds realized from the sale or barter of such commodities to be used exclusively for assistance to needy persons. Prohibits the use of such proceeds to defray operating costs or overhead expenses. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary to adjust the established price for wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice in a specified manner. Directs the Secretary to estimate, for FY 1984-1986, the annual savings realized from such adjustment. Requires the Secretary to use an amount of funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation equal to the amount of annual savings to: (1) ensure that the cooperator programs of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture are funded at a level ten percent higher than FY 1983 funding level; and (2) provide any remaining funds for the Agricultural Export Promotion Revolving Fund established by this Act. Establishes the Agricultural Export Promotion Revolving Fund in the Treasury, to be used by the Commodity Credit Corporation (without fiscal year limitation) to finance: (1) commercial export sales of U.S. agricultural commodities, private or Corporation owned or controlled stock, on credit terms not to exceed three years; (2) export sales of specified U.S. breeding animals, including cost of freight; and (3) the establishment of facilities in importing countries to improve their capabilities to import U.S. agricultural commodities. Requires the Corporation to use the Fund only to extend credit for market development and expansion and only where there is a substantial potential for developing markets for U.S. agricultural goods. Requires the Secretary to use the Fund to finance sales to the greatest feasible number of countries. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires all money received by the Corporation in payment for the extension of credit for financing export sales using the Fund to be added back into the Fund. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress concerning the use of the Fund. Requires the Secretary to carry out such program through the Commodity Credit Corporation. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to use not less than 20 percent of funds appropriated for economic support programs to purchase domestic agricultural commodities, including one-half of such amount to purchase processed or value-added commodity products. Requires the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress describing all programs administered by the Secretary under which surplus agricultural commodities could be distributed. Requires the President to submit a written report to Congress by March 31, 1983, describing the negotiation of a long-term grain sales agreement with the U.S.S.R., providing a higher minimum purchase requirement than the present agreement. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress describing the growth of and prospects for bilateral agricultural trade agreements and the potential impact of such agreements on trade.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Child Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the distribution of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors even if the material is not found to be "obscene."
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Guaranteed Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1983 - Amends title IV, part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require eligible institutions to provide the lender with a statement evidencing a determination of need for a loan and the amount of such need in order for a student to qualify for a portion of an interest payment under the guaranteed student loan program. (Currently, such a statement of need is required only for a student whose family has an adjusted gross income greater than $30,000.) Repeals provisions which provide that an amount of need between $500 and $1,000 would qualify a student for a $1,000 loan under the guaranteed student loan program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to elect either an income tax credit of $250 or an income tax deduction of $1,000 for maintaining a household which includes as a member a dependent age 65 or over.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Capital Gains Tax Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the holding period for capital gains tax treatment from one year to six months.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to construct, operate, and maintain recreational facilities and streambank stabilization along the Des Moines River, Iowa. Empowers the Secretary to enforce certain limitations, including the protection of wild animals and birds. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire the necessary land and interests to carry out such project. States that the Federal share of such project shall be 100 percent. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Voluntary Prayer and Religious Meditation Act of 1983 - Grants every individual the right to participate in the free exercise of voluntary prayer or religious meditation in any public building or building supported by Federal funds. Prohibits any Federal or state agency from abridging such right. Authorizes aggrieved persons to bring an action in Federal court for damages or equitable relief.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Designates September 22, 1983, as American Business Women's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Designates April 1983 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should exercise his authority to issue an Executive Order disqualifying Japanese-manufactured, numerically-controlled machining centers and punching machines for the investment tax credit until Japan provides persuasive evidence to the President that certain unfair and discriminatory acts and policies restricting U.S. commerce have ceased.