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United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should submit a comprehensive review of the nation's nuclear weapons policies to Congress at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 1, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1982
States that the President, at the earliest possible date, should: (1) request Senate consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaties; and (2) resume trilateral test ban treaty negotiations.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Designates the week beginning March 6, 1983, as Women's History Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1982
Designates the week beginning September 5, 1982, as National Adult Day Care Center Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of August 1, through 7, 1982, as National Purple Heart Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Ethiopians who have lived in the United States for a substantial period of time should not be forced to return to Ethiopia; and (2) the Secretary of State should recommend to the Attorney General that extended voluntary departure status be continued for Ethiopians who have continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) should not sell advanced weapons to Jordan; (2) should ensure that Israel retains its qualitative military edge in the Middle East; and (3) should focus its efforts on bringing Jordan into direct peace negotiations with Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
Violent Crime and Drug Enforcement Improvements Act of 1982 - Title I: Bail Reform - Bail Reform Act of 1982 - 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. 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) a serious risk of flight or obstruction of justice; or (5) any felony committed after the person has been convicted of two or more offenses for which a hearing is mandated. 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. 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. Title II: Witness-Victim Protection - Witness Victim Protection Act of 1982 - Amends rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require that presentence reports contain information assessing the impact upon and cost to any person who was the victim of the offense. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as offenses "tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant" and "retaliating against a witness or an informant." Amends the Bail Reform Act of 1966 to require as a condition of pretrial release that the defendant not commit these offenses. Grants general authority to the Attorney General to relocate or protect Government witnesses. Authorizes the Attorney General to initiate civil proceedings to restrain tampering with a witness or victim. Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Federal courts over civil claims against the United States for damages caused by dangerous offenders who are released or escape from the lawful custody of a U.S. employee as a result of such employee's gross negligence. Directs the Attorney General to develop Federal guidelines for the fair treatment of crime victims to ensure all victims of crime are justly compensated. Title III: Controlled Substances Penalties - Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1982 - Increases the fine levels for drug trafficking. Increases the penalties for trafficking in large amounts of controlled substances. Title IV: Protection of Federal Officials - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal crime to kill, assault, or kidnap a cabinet officer or second ranking official in each executive department, Director or Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, U.S. Supreme Court justice or nominee, or senior presidential or vice presidential adviser. Includes as a Federal crime any attempt or conspiracy to commit such offenses. Title V: Sentencing Reform - Sentencing Reform Act of 1982 - Sets forth a new sentencing structure applicable to a defendant who is found guilty of an offense under any Federal statute. Permits an individual to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment or probation and a fine, and to receive additional sanctions, including: (1) forfeiture for certain racketeering crimes and drug-related offenses; (2) an order of notice to victims of crimes in cases involving fraud or deceptive practices; or (3) an order of restitution in cases involving bodily injury or property damage. Permits an organization to receive these penalties, with the exception of imprisonment. Creates the United States Sentencing Commission. Specifies factors to be considered by a sentencing court, including the guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission. Requires the court to impose a sentence within the range set forth by the Commission unless aggravating or mitigating circumstances exist that were not adequately considered by the Commission in formulating the guidelines. Requires the court to state in open court at the time of sentencing the reason for imposing a sentence at a point within the prescribed range, or the specific reason for imposing a sentence outside of such range. Authorizes the imposition of a term of probation, unless specifically prohibited, for all but the most serious class of felonies. Requires as a mandatory condition of probation that a defendant not commit another crime. Enumerates 20 discretionary conditions. Sets forth a fine schedule for the categories of offenses generally at higher levels than current law. Includes higher maximums for organizational defendants. Directs the court to consider the defendant's financial status in determining the amount of a fine and the method of payment. Sets maximum terms of imprisonment for five classes of felonies (A to F), three classes of misdemeanors (A to C), and an infraction (five day maximum). Allows the court, in imposing a sentence of imprisonment for a felony or misdemeanor, to include a term of supervised release after imprisonment. Eliminates the special sentencing provisions under current law for dangerous special offenders, youth offenders, young adult offenders, and drug addicts, but provides for these categories of offenders under the proposed sentencing guidelines. Excludes capital punishment as an authorized penalty, but leaves unaffected the current death penalty and procedures for aircraft hijacking. Eliminates the parole system. Permits a defendant to petition for a sentence reduction upon a showing of extraordinary and compelling reasons. Limits this motion for defendants who are sentenced to six or more years of imprisonment. Allows the defendant or the government to file a notice of appeal in the district court for review of a final sentence. Title VI: Criminal Forfeiture - Comprehensive Criminal Forfeiture Act of 1982 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to specify that property subject to forfeiture for racketeering activity includes: (1) all proceeds obtained directly or indirectly from racketeering activity; (2) real and tangible and intangible personal property; and (3) positions, offices, appointments, and benefits obtained through illegal activity. Makes property forfeitable to the United States upon the commission of the act giving rise to forfeiture. Permits the forfeiture of property which has been transferred to a third party, but includes a provision protecting innocent bona fide purchasers. Authorizes a court to order the forfeiture of substitute assets of the defendant where the original property cannot be located or traced. Authorizes a court to take appropriate action preserving the availability of property during the pre-indictment period effective for up to 90 days. Specifies the circumstances under which a temporary restraining order may be issued without notice to the affected party. Authorizes the Attorney General to grant petitions for remission or mitigation of forfeiture. Directs the Attorney General to establish regulations governing the restitution and disposition of forfeited property. Amends the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 to establish general criminal forfeiture provisions for felony violations under titles II and III. Includes provisions similar to the RICO amendments of this Act, relating to property subject to forfeiture, third party transfers, asset substitution, pre-indictment orders, and remission. Authorizes a court to issue a warrant authorizing the seizure of property subject to forfeiture in the same manner provided for a search warrant, if other injunctive relief would not assure the availability of the property. Provides that a criminal forfeiture proceeding shall stay any civil forfeiture proceeding with respect to the same property. Authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration to set aside 25 percent of the amounts realized from forfeitures under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 for payment for information or assistance leading to forfeiture. Terminates this program on September 30, 1984. Title VII: Offenders With Mental Disease or Defect - Authorizes a special verdict of "not guility only by reason of insanity" for any criminal defendant who raises the issue of insanity by notice as currently provided. Establishes a new civil commitment procedure for persons found not guilty only by reason of insanity. Title VIII: Surplus Federal Property Amendments - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration to transfer to any State or local government surplus property determined by the Attorney General to be required for correctional facility use. Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress on the acquisition cost of all donated personal property and real property disposed of during the preceding fiscal year. Title IX: - Miscellaneous Criminal Justice Improvements - Makes it a Federal offense to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. Increases penalties for violent crimes committed in aid of racketeering activities. Expands explosives offenses to cover arson. Permits administrative forfeiture procedures for property valued at less than $100,000. Extends kidnapping jurisdiction to protect certain Federal officials if the crime is committed while the victim is engaged in his official duties. Extends Federal jurisdiction over the robbery of a pharmacy. Increases the penalties for distributing controlled substances in or on or within 1,000 feet of, an elementary or secondary school. Revises the provisions relating to offenses against families of Federal officials, currency and foreign transactions, truck theft, felony-murder, the Federal juvenile justice system, and emergency electronic surveillance. Urges the President to promote a declaration by the United Nations of an International Year Against Drug Abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1982
Extends the congratulations of the Congress to Thailand on its bicentennial.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1982
Designates the week of October 17 through October 23, 1982, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1982
Extends the congratulations of the Senate to the people and leaders of Greater Miami and Dade County, Florida, for their efforts in the production of the New World Festival of the Arts. Acclaims the Festival as a major cultural and artistic event.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Designates the week of November 7 through November 13, 1982, as National Respiratory Therapy Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Omnibus Victims Protection Act of 1982 - Title I: Victims Impact Statement - Amends rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require that presentence reports contain information assessing the impact upon and cost to any person who was the victim of the offense. Title II: Protection of Victims and Witnesses from Intimidation - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as offenses "tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant" and "retaliating against a witness or an informant." Amends the Bail Reform Act of 1966 to require as a condition of pretrial release that the defendant not commit these offenses. Grants general authority to the Attorney General to relocate or protect Government witnesses. Authorizes the Attorney General to initiate civil proceedings to restrain tampering with a witness or victim. Title III: Restitution - Authorizes a sentencing court to order the defendant to make restitution for any offense. Requires the court to state for the record the reasons for not ordering restitution. Directs the Attorney General to recommend to Congress laws necessary to compensate victims of crimes where restitution is not possible. Title IV: Federal Accountability for Escape or Release of a Federal Prisoner - Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Federal courts over civil claims against the the United States for damages caused by dangerous offenders who are released or escape from the lawful custody of a U.S. employee as a result of such employee's gross negligence. Title V: Federal Guidelines for Fair Treatment of Crime Victims and Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System - Directs the Attorney General to develop Federal guidelines for the fair treatment of crime victims and witnesses. Requires the Attorney General to consider certain objectives in preparing the guidelines, including: (1) ensuring that victims receive prompt social and medical services; (2) giving victims and witnesses notice of important criminal justice proceedings and scheduling changes; (3) arranging for the prosecution to obtain the nonbinding views of victims of serious crimes during such stages as plea bargaining and pretrial release; (4) encouraging employers to continue to pay victims and witnesses for work absences to assist investigations and prosecutions; and (5) training law enforcement personnel in victim assistance. Title VI: Profit by a Criminal from Sale of his Story - Directs the Attorney General to recommend to Congress any laws that are necessary to ensure that no Federal felon derives any profit from the sale of his or her story until any victim of the offense receives restitution.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to extend until September 30, 1986, the authorization for the Secretary of Transportation to issue and sell anticipation notes for the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund. Authorizes appropriations for such Fund for FY 1983 to remain available until October 1, 1986. Sets forth limitations on authorized expenditures from the Fund. Provides that funds appropriated for the preference share program (a program which provides low interest loans for the rehabilitation and acquisition of railroad facilities) before October 1, 1982, shall remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Requests the President to designate May 25, 1982, as Missing Children Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Requests the President to designate March 1, 1983, as National Recovery Room Nurses Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1982
Independent Contractor Tax Classification and Compliance Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify standards for determining whether certain individuals qualify as independent contractors for purposes of the tax on employment income. Treats an individual as an independent contractor if such individual: (1) controls the total number and scheduling of his work hours; (2) has no principal place of business provided rent-free by the service-receipient; (3) has substantial investment in his business (excluding vehicles) and earns income based upon sales or output rather than upon number of hours worked; and (4) performs services under a written contract and is provided written notice of his responsibilities with respect to income and self-employment taxes. Provides that the criteria established by this Act shall not be applicable to agent-drivers, commission-drivers, full-time life insurance salesmen, home workers, and traveling or city salesmen who are statutorily designated as employees for purposes of social security taxation. Sets forth special rules for: (1) contracts entered into before January 1, 1983; and (2) determining control of scheduling work hours. Provides that the failure of an individual claiming independent contractor status to meet the criteria established by this Act shall not create an inference that such an individual is an employee or that the recipient of his service is an employer. Limits the applicability of the criteria established by this Act to questions of employment status arising under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, self-employment tax provisions, and withholding requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires a recipient of an independent contractor's services to file an information return disclosing payments made to such individual in excess of $600 per year. Requires persons who sell over $5,000 in consumer products to buyers on a buy-sell deposit-commission, or similar basis, to file a similar return. Requires individuals who file such information returns to furnish written statements to persons with respect to whom such information is reported which indicate the amount of payment reported. Provides penalties for failure to furnish information returns or statements. Requires the payment of a surcharge for multiple violations. Requires the withholding of tax on certain persons where the identifying number is incorrect or missing on any return filed by a service-recipient. Sets forth effective dates and transitional rules for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1982
Repeals provisions of the Energy Security Act which establish the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation. Requires that projects and funds transferred to the Corporation pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 be transferred back to the Department of Energy. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to terminate the affairs of the Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Grants a Federal charter to the National Federation of Music Clubs.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Requests the President to designate the second week of April 1983 as National Medical Laboratory Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Designates the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as National Hospice Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should invite the Soviet Union to begin nuclear arms negotiations regarding: (1) current or proposed strategic arms; and (2) control of nuclear proliferation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Designates April 28, 1982, as National Nursing Home Residents Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Requests the President to designate 1983 as Year of the Bible.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of June 20 through June 27, 1982, as National Safety in the Workplace Week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the American Society of Safety Engineers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Cable Telecommunications Act of 1982 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set forth provisions governing cable telecommunications. Grants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) jurisdiction over cable systems solely as specified in this Act. Makes Federal regulations that are inconsistent with this Act null and void. Grants State and local governments the authority to adopt or continue in force any regulation that is not inconsistent with the grants of authority in this Act and is not forbidden by this Act. Prohibits regulation of the ownership of cable systems. Excludes from such prohibition: (1) regulation by the Federal antitrust laws; (2) FCC regulation of foreign persons to ensure reciprocal market access for U.S. cable enterprises in foreign markets; (3) the prohibition against State or local agencies acquiring an ownership interest in a cable system at less than fair market value or controlling a cable system's programming; and (4) the prohibition against telecommunications carriers, except those serving rural areas, providing cable services in the same operating area without FCC permission. Directs the FCC to require cable systems with 20 or more television broadcast channels to set aside on a nondiscriminatory basis: (1) ten percent of such channels for use by public, educational, and governmental channel programers; and (2) ten percent of such channels for use by leased channel programers until the FCC determines that there are reasonably available alternatives for providing programming service in a particular geographic area or market. Authorizes each State or local government or cable franchising authority to fix the rates, on a nondiscriminatory basis, charged for: (1) basic services; and (2) the use or sale of cable channel capacity or time on channels set aside for public, educational, or governmental programming. Prohibits regulation of the rates charged by cable system operators for leased channels. States that cable operators have no liability for programs on public, educational, governmental, or leased channels or for programs originated by a channel programer that is not affiliated with the cable system operator. Authorizes the FCC to regulate the carriage of radio and television broadcast signals by cable system operators. Prohibits requiring a cable operator to comply with the fairness doctrine, equal time, and reasonable access provisions of the Communications Act. Directs the FCC to establish a reasonable ceiling for the franchise fees charged by States and local governments to cable system operators. Prohibits unauthorized interception or receipt of broadband telecommunications. Prohibits disclosure of any personally identifiable information with respect to the cable subscriber or to the services provided the subscriber, except pursuant to court order or prior written consent of the subscriber. Authorizes criminal and civil penalties for violations of the cable subscriber's privacy. Directs the FCC to ensure that cable system operators: (1) conform to certain technical standards; (2) maintain and submit to the FCC the records and reports required by this Act; and (3) provide equal employment opportunity. Prohibits cable systems from retransmitting into an area within 50 miles of the home stadium of a club that belongs to a professional sports league the broadcast of a game involving that club or a member of that league without the club's consent. Authorizes courts to grant injunctions to prevent signal piracy. Makes persons who violate signal piracy provisions liable for damages. Sets forth methods of computing such damages. Provides for criminal penalties for violations of signal piracy provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take no action to accelerate the decontrol of wellhead natural gas prices.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Title I: Incentive Grants for States with Strict Driving While Intoxicated Statutes - Amends the highway safety programs uniform standards to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make incentive grants to States that have specified statutes concerning driving while intoxicated. Title II: National Driver Register - National Driver Register Act of 1982 - Eliminates the register in the Department of Commerce that lists the names of persons who have had their motor vehicle operator's licenses revoked. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing officials of participating States in exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Prohibits the Secretary from maintaining information in such Register for more than a seven-year period from the date of its entry. Allows any State to participate in such Register system. Directs the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to transmit to the Secretary specified information on certain drivers (including reversals of previously transmitted traffic offense convictions). Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and other specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to implement a pilot test program to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of a system for electronic referral and relay of information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Describes State participation in such program. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the program. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information from the National Driver Register. Establishes a National Driver Register Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of the Register system. Directs the Committee to report at least annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, within nine years of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the level of State participation in and the effectiveness of the Register system. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1983 through 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Amends the Bankruptcy Act to provide that a debtor shall not be discharged from a judgment debt resulting from a liability based upon driving while legally intoxicated.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express to the Soviet Union U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to prohibitions of emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Requests the President to designate May 20, 1982, as Amelia Earhart Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Designates March 1982 as National Eye Donor Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Designates March 18, 1982, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982
Orphan Drug Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to exempt from such Act drugs intended solely for drug treatment investigations. Defines "drug treatment investigation" as an investigation of a drug which involves human participants with a rare disease or condition. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an interagency committee known as the Committee on Orphan Drug Development. Makes it the function of such committee to promote the development of drugs for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drugs). Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to the Committee an annual report on the rare disease and condition research activities of NIH. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to the Committee an annual report on the use of the tax credit for experimental expenses. Requires the Committee to report by June 1 of each year to the appropriate congressional committees on its activities and the results of its evaluations, including the report submitted by NIH and the Secretary of the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified experimental expenses incurred while researching orphan drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1982
Directs the classification of a named individual as an immediate relative of a citizen of the United States for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the production of lethal binary chemical munitions.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of May 2 through May 8, 1982, as the National Physical Fitness and Sports for All Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Declares two named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Requests the President to designate May 4, 1982, as International Franchise Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Budget and Oversight Reform Act of 1981 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to establish a more effective and comprehensive budget process. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the timetable with respect to the congressional budget process to provide for a two-year budget cycle, beginning with the Ninety-eighth Congress. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to define the term 'biennial fiscal period' to be a two-year period beginning on October 1 of any even-numbered year and ending on September 30 of the succeeding even-numbered year. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, on or before April 30 of each odd-numbered year, to submit to the congressional budget committees a fiscal policy report for the biennial fiscal period commencing on October 1 of the succeeding year. Requires the Director, on March 15 of each even-numbered year, to transmit to such committees any revisions to such report as may be necessary due to changing economic conditions or to any revisions in the President's budget. Requires Congress to complete action on the first concurrent resolution on the budget by July 31 of each odd-numbered year. Requires each standing committee of the House and the Senate, on January 15 of each odd-numbered year, to commence hearings and evaluations with respect to major Federal programs within its jurisdiction. Requires each such committee, on or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, to submit to the congressional budget committees its views and estimates concerning such programs. Requires the reporting of all bills and resolutions providing budget authority or spending authority to the House of Representatives no later than April 15 of the year in which a biennial fiscal period begins, and to the Senate no later than May 1 of such year. Provides for a waiver of such reporting requirements in the case of any bill or resolution providing supplemental appropriations. Requires the report accompanying any new bill or resolution providing new budget authority for a biennial fiscal period to include a projection of budget outlays for the period of four fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year. Requires the Congressional Budget Office's projection concerning congressional budget action to be for a period of four fiscal years (currently, five fiscal years). Changes to July 31 of each even-numbered year the date by which action must be completed on bills providing new budget authority and certain new spending authority. Prohibits the enrollment of legislation providing new budget or spending authority until the concurrent resolution for the biennial fiscal period has been agreed to, or until Congress has completed action on a reconciliation measure, if that is required. Makes August 15 of each even-numbered year the deadline for reporting the second concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires Congress to complete action on any reconciliation bill or resolution by October 1 of each even-numbered year. Requires Congress to complete action on all bills and resolutions directly or indirectly authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for a biennial fiscal period no later than December 15 of the odd-numbered year preceding the year in which such period begins. Requires the Comptroller General to report to each of the standing committees of the Senate and the House an evaluation of each major Federal program by March 1 of each odd-numbered year. Sets forth the information to be included in such evaluations. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require submission to Congress of the President's budget in each even-numbered year (beginning with 1982) for the biennial fiscal period beginning in the succeeding even-numbered year. Requires the President, on or before November 10 of each odd-numbered year (beginning with 1983), to submit revisions in the estimated outlays and proposed budget authority for the biennial fiscal period beginning in the succeeding even-numbered year. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1982, to require the President to transmit to Congress, by January 15 of the first session of each Congress beginning with the 98th Congress, the budget for the biennial fiscal period beginning on October 1 of the succeeding calendar year. Directs the President to transmit revisions of the budget by January 15 of the second session of each Congress. Requires the President, as soon as practicable, to prepare and transmit to Congress proposed legislation considered appropriate with respect to changes in law necessary to provide authorizations of appropriations for the biennial fiscal period beginning on October 1, 1984. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide for the orderly transition by all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government and the government of the District of Columbia from the use of the fiscal year in effect on the date of enactment of this Act to the use of the new biennial fiscal period. Sets forth the effective dates for the provisions of this Act. Requires the President to submit to Congress a budget for fiscal year 1984 and the estimates of outlays and proposed budget authority that would have been required under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Requires Congress to complete action on the concurrent resolutions on the budget that would have been required for fiscal year 1984 under the provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as such provisions were in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit to $3,000 the amount of living expenses which Members of Congress may deduct from their incomes. Repeals the provision allowing such tax deduction without substantiation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend from August 6, 1982, to August 6, 1984, the current preclearance requirements (under which jurisdictions covered through the triggering mechanism must submit proposed electoral changes to the Department of Justice). Establishes a new standard for jurisdictions to "bail-out" of these requirements effective August 6, 1984. Permits political subdivisions of covered States to bail-out independently of the State. Conditions a declaratory judgment for bail-out on the jurisdiction's showing that it and all its political subdivisions have met the bail-out requirements for a ten-year period prior to the filing of the suit. Includes among the requirements for bail-out that: (1) no test or device has been used to discriminate on account of race, color, or language; (2) no actions alleging voting discrimination are pending or have gone to final judgment; (3) no Federal examiner has served in the jurisdiction seeking bail-out; (4) the jurisdiction and all its subdivisions have complied with the preclearance requirements; and (5) the jurisdiction and its subdivisions have taken affirmative steps to protect voting rights. Stipulates that lawsuits filed during pendency of the bail-out litigation will not bar bail-out. Subjects the jurisdiction to the preclearance requirements if any such lawsuit alleging voting violations is successful after bail-out. Restates the prohibition against voting discrimination to include as a violation conduct which has the effect of discrimination. Stipulates that the failure of a minority to be proportionately represented does not itself constitute a violation. Extends the bilingual election requirements from August 6, 1985, to August 6, 1992. Declares that nothing in the Voting Rights Act shall be construed to permit assistance within the voting booth, unless the voter is blind or physically incapacitated.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to the rights of residents in nursing and intermediate care facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981
Requests the President to designate March 1, 1983, as National Day of the Seal.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that policies of Jewish emigration discrimination and anti-Semitism are morally reprehensible. Urges the President to tell the Soviet Union that the United States opposes these policies and wants emigration restrictions on Soviet Jews removed.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to direct the President to appoint individuals to the National Transportation Safety Board on the basis of technical qualification, professional standing, and demonstrated knowledge in the fields of accident reconstruction, safety engineering, human factors, transportation safety, or transportation regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Ziad Abu Eain should be remanded to the custody of Israeli officials and that the Secretary of State should take the actions necessary to ensure his extradition to Israel.