United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Education Gateway City Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) conduct a study, in consultation with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and concerned city officials and individuals, to assess Department of Education efforts in response to the unique educational needs in areas of high immigrant concentration; and (2) report to the Congress within one year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Native Hawaiian and Native American Pacific Islanders Health Care Needs Act of 1983 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare a report for Congress within one year on the physical and mental health care needs of native Hawaiians and other native American Pacific Islanders.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII for community mental health services and to require such services under a State's Medicaid plan.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include professional nurse services. Defines professional nurse services to mean services performed by or under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to provide outpatient dental services to any war veteran with an 80 percent or more service-connected disability.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends titles XVIII and XIX (Medicare and Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for psychiatric nurse specialist services under Medicaid and part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare. Increases to $1,000 the amount which may be considered as expenses incurred in connection with the outpatient treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders under part B.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include coverage for the services of a mental health specialist. Defines mental health specialist to mean a: (1) clinical psychologist; (2) clinical social worker; (3) psychiatric nurse specialist; or (4) psychiatrist. Increases to $1,000 the amount which may be considered as expenses incurred in connection with the outpatient treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders under Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Requires skilled nursing facilities to be adequately equipped with wheelchairs and other appropriate equipment and supplies under the Medicare and Medicaid programs (titles XVIII and XIX) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for services furnished by a clinical psychologist when furnished by a health maintenance organization.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Grants a Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice. States that the purpose of the academies shall be to: (1) honor persons who have made significant contributions to the practice of health care professions; and (2) improve the practices in these professions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Entitles former members of the armed forces who are totally disabled as a result of a service-connected disability to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract for eye examination services for spouses and children of members of the uniformed services under the CHAMPUS program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1983 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for demonstration programs for children's emergency medical services. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress by January 1, 1987, regarding such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Permits the Secretary of the Army, with the officer's consent, to retain any reserve officer in an active status until such officer reaches the age of 60.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
GI Bill Benefits Increase Act of 1983 - Title I: GI Bill Rate Increases - Increases the rates for veterans' educational assistance. Title II: Rehabilitation Subsistence Allowance Rate Increases - Increases the rates for veterans' vocational rehabilitation. Title III: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Veterans' Programs Improvement Act of 1983 - Title I: Definition of Vietnam Era - Redefines the Vietnam era to include the period July 8, 1959, through May 7, 1975, for veterans who served in the Republic of South Vietnam during that period. Title II: Women Veterans - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to advise the Administrator on the administration of benefits for and needs of women veterans. Directs the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on the activities of the Veterans Administration pertaining to women, together with assessments of needs and recommendations for future action. Directs the Administrator to submit such report to Congress. Makes women veterans eligible for outpatient treatment at private facilities for medical conditions relating to gender. Title III: Veterans Administration Health-Care Programs - Extends through FY 1985 a Vietnam era veteran's eligibility for readjustment counseling. Makes the Preventive Health-Care Services Pilot Program a permanent program. Title IV: Veterans Administration Health-Care Personnel - Permits the Administrator to appoint licensed practical or vocational nurses, physical therapists, and certified or registered respiratory therapists for the medical care of veterans. Requires such personnel to have such medical, scientific, or technical qualifications as the Administrator shall prescribe. Sets forth the period of appointments and the probationary period for such personnel. Establishes wage scales and other terms and conditions of employment. Requires the Administrator and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit a joint report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees concerning the conversion of selected health care occupations to title 38 (Veterans), U.S. Code. Title V: Status and Role of Administrator of Veterans' Affairs - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Administrator should be made a fully participating member of the Cabinet. Title VI: Health Hazards Studies and Report - Directs the Administrator to provide for an epidemiological study of the long-term adverse health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation from the detonation of a nuclear device, either in connection with a test or with the American occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, following World War II. Directs the Administrator to conduct a comprehensive review of scientific analysis of the literature covering studies relating to such effects. Directs the President and the Administrator to make several reports to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning the steps taken and the results of the literature review. Requires, after two years, an annual report from the Administrator to the appropriate committees concerning the epidemiological study. Directs the Administrator, within 90 days of submitting such report, to set forth in the Federal Register what action he proposes to take concerning Veterans Administration programs in response to such report. Directs the Administrator to report to Congress within 180 days of enactment on alternative approaches to providing benefits to veterans and the natural children of veterans who were exposed during service to either such radiation or to dioxins (Agent orange) used in Vietnam. Title VII: Technical Amendments - Makes various technical amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to establish the position of Associate Director for Minority Concerns within the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Requires such Associate Director to develop policies and programs to assure increased emphasis on the alcohol and alcohol-related needs of minority populations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for any person who takes, by force, violence or intimidation, a controlled substance from a pharmacy or a person registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to include Native Hawaiians within the category of "underserved populations" for purposes of treatment and prevention services.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Entitles any individual enrolled in a Federal employee health benefits plan which covers services of a nurse to: (1) unrestricted selection of, and access to, such nurse; and (2) direct reimbursement.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the services of a clinical psychologist under Medicaid and under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII. Increases coverage for outpatient treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders under part B to $1,000.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance to: (1) any woman whose resources do not exceed specified limitations, for care and services provided during pregnancy and during the 60-day period following the last day of such pregnancy; and (2) any child born as a result of such pregnancy, until the end of such 60 day period.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends titles XVIII and XIX (Medicare and Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for gerontological nurse practitioner services under Medicaid and part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends titles XVIII and XIX (Medicare and Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for clinical social worker services under Medicaid and part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare. Increases to $1,000 to amount which may be considered as expenses incurred in connection with the outpatient treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders under part B.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
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 · 26 January 1983
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that: (1) the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number is at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast; and (2) if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest numbers of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal programs providing educational and rehabilitation services for disabled Americans should be maintained and funded at their current levels. States that changes in permanent regulations implementing Federal laws about the education and civil rights of handicapped individuals should not lessen the rights and protections provided under current regulations. States that reviews of social security eligiblity should be conducted in a manner ensuring fair treatment. States that the level of veterans disablity compensation benefits for service-connected conditions should be maintained.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate condemns and abhors the suppression of civil liberties and human rights by the Polish martial law government; (2) Americans respect the commitment to ideals manifested by the Polish people and Lech Walesa in particular; (3) Americans hope that Polish authorities will take steps to return to the Polish people their rights and liberties; and (4) the President is urged to proclaim December 12, 1982, as a national day of solidarity and prayer for Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1982
Title I: Public Improvements Repair Act - Public Improvements Repair Act of 1982 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for projects to repair, rehabilitate, or replace existing interstate highways, primary, secondary, or urban roads, bridges, mass transit systems, and sewer and water supply lines. Title II: Rebuilding of America Act - Rebuilding of America Act of 1982 - Directs the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America, established by this Act, to conduct an inventory of existing major public improvements (highways, roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems) by region, State, and major metropolitan areas of the United States. Requires the Commission to develop a National Public Improvements Plan listing in priority order maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of public improvements which will be necessary in each region, to sustain regionally balanced national economic development. Requires the Commission, as a part of the plan, to suggest specific revisions in Federal laws, regulations, and policies that may be necessary to reverse the pattern of disinvestment in national public improvements. Sets forth procedures for the submission of such plan to Congress and for review and implementation of the plan. Establishes the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America to assess the condition of the national public works infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees model unified budgets for the year of enactment of this Act and the preceding fiscal year that distinguish Federal civilian capital investment outlays from other Federal outlays. Requires the Comptroller General to include with such budgets a report on their usefulness.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, to eliminate the 50-cent producer assessment from the dairy price support program.
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.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) begin talks with the Soviet Union and other countries with a view toward exploring the possibilities of a weapons-free international space station instead of competing armed space stations; and (2) report to Congress the steps taken in starting such talks.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1982
Amends the National Stolen Property Act to provide that no archaeological or ethnological material taken from a foreign government or country claiming ownership shall be considered stolen if such claim of ownership is based only upon an act or declaration by the foreign government meant to establish national ownership of the material.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1982
Hydrogen Research and Development Act - Title I: Hydrogen Production and Utilization - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time. Requires the Secretary to send Congress annual reports which include any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Requires that the areas to be addressed in such program include product, liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and utilization. Requires priority to be given to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology and to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen demonstration plan. Requires the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive technology application plan which shall include: (1) the potential applications for the use of hydrogen; (2) technical market and economic readiness assessments for such potential applications; (3) an assessment of Government actions needed to develop such applications; and (4) an analysis of the impact of such applications on domestic energy supplies. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out this program. Requires the establishment of a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program. Requires the Panel to submit an annual report on the program to the Energy Research Advisory Board which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Title II: Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Research and Development - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive program management plan for a research and development program for the development of a domestic hydrogen-fueled aircraft capability within the shortest practical time. Requires the Administrator to transmit to Congress annual reports which include any necessary modifications with respect to the plan. Requires the Administrator to establish such program within NASA and to prepare and transmit to Congress a comprehensive flight demonstration plan which shall confirm the technical feasibility, economic viability, and safety of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for commercial transport aircraft. Provides that the research and development program under this title shall include, at a minimum, the development of the systems associated with the production, transportation, storage, and handling of liquid hydrogen for commercial aircraft application. Provides for the Administrator to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out the program. Establishes a Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the programs established by this title. Requires the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on its activities and on the status of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce to ten percent the income tax rate on Virgin Islands source income and provide for corresponding reductions in tax withholding.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982
Residential Mortgage Investment Act of 1982 - Exempts any qualified mortgage transaction at arms-length engaged in by an employee benefit plan from specified prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that such exemption shall supersede any and all State laws as they relate to qualified mortgage transactions to the extent engaged in by employee benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982
Veterans' Compensation, Education, and Employment Amendments of 1982 - Title I: Compensation and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rate - Increases and Program Improvement - Increases the rates of: (1) disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses; (5) dependency and indemnity compensation for children; and (6) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for children. Entitles veterans with service-connected total blindness without light perception in both eyes to the same rate of monthly compensation as is paid for the anatomical loss of both eyes. Extends dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans who were entitled to but because of error did not receive service-connected disability compensation. Supercedes specified provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1982 concerning compensation. Title II: Amendments of Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Programs - Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to station veterans benefits counselor's at locations other than Veterans' Administration offices including schools. Permits the payment of a subsistence allowance to a veteran pursuing a rehabilitation program while residing in a halfway house or participating in a work-release program. Increases from $75 to $100 the maximum monthly deduction from a person's military pay for contribution to a matching fund for educational assistance. Provides for the transfer of funds from the Secretary of a military department to the Administrator for the administration of an educational assistance program. Repeals the ten year delimiting period for the use of educational assistance for veterans who are discharged or released from duty after December 31, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Administrator for educational assistance paid out after December 31, 1979. Eliminates the requirement that a vocational school prove 50 percent employment among its graduates to prevent the Administrator's disapproving a veteran's enrollment . Prohibits the Administrator from approving the enrollment of an eligible veteran or person in any sales or sales management course which does not provide specialized training. Prohibits the payment of anything but a books and supplies allowance for non-tuition courses. Permits the Administrator to discontinue educational assistance to eligible veterans and persons enrolled at institutions or in courses with uncorrected violations of specified requirements. Lessens the detail required in the Administrator's annual report to Congress on the default of educational loans. Tolls the delimiting period for any veteran prevented from participating in a vocational rehabilitation program because of an alcohol or drug dependence or abuse condition. Requires (at present, only permits) the Administrator to provide educational assistance to Vietnam era veterans in apprenticeship or on-the-job training programs, orin courses with approval vocational objectives, unless a particular veteran does not need such a program or course to obtain suitable and stable employment. Requires publication in the Federal Register of proposed regulations implementing this requirement within 30 days after enactment of this Act. Title III: Veterans Employment Amendments - Requires that priorities in jobs training programs be given to disabled and vietnam era, veterans. Changes the position of State veterans' employment representative to that of State Director for Veterans' Employment. Makes such directors functionally responsible for supervising the participation of veterans in Federal employment and training programs, job listings, discrimination complaints, and other speclified duties. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment to supervise the use of funds in the disabled veterans' outreach program. Permits a waiver of limitation on the percentage of outreach specialists which shall be stationed at local employment service offices in a State. Requires outreach specialists to develop programs with the Veterans Administration vocational rehabilitation staff and others to assure maximum assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to monitor the employment of such specialists. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate the funds necessary for the administration of the employment training and reemployment rights programs, including the amounts necessary to fund the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists. Requires the Secretary's annual report to include a report on activities under such program. Requires each Federal contractor who must take affirmative action to employ such veterans to make annual reports on the number and characteristics of new hires with the State veterans' employment director. Directs the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, to assist in the placement of veterans using existing Federal and State agencies. Repeals the exemplary rehabilitation certificates program. Title IV: Miscellaneous Improvements - Sets forth the conditions under which the assignee of a beneficiary of a National Service Life Insurance policy or a U.S. Government Life Insurance policy may resolve disputes concerning the proceeds. Eliminates the four year cut-off for payment of claims under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Prohibits the escheat of payments to the State. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay the burial expenses of certain veterans of war whose bodies are held by a State and not claimed. Permits the Administrator to guarantee a loan to refinance an existing loan for the purchase of a manufactured home or the lot on which such home will be placed. Requires applications for recovery of payments or over payments of benefits under laws administered by the Veterans Administration to be made within 180 days rather than within two years. Modifies the minimum service requirement for the receipt of veterans' benefits by a veteran or his survivor or dependent. Permits the pursuit of correspondence training as specified. Prohibits the contracting out of veterans' medical care unless a particular medical care activity is not a direct patient care activity or incident to direct patient care and to contract out would be more cost-effective. Title V: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for the provisions of this Act.
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