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United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983
Designates 1984 as the Year of Water. Requests the President to welcome the delegates of the International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage in Fort Collins, Colorado.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983
Grants a Federal charter to the organization known as the National Academy of Public Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to delay until after December 31, 1985, mandatory coverage under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program for employees of tax-exempt religious or apostolic organizations which do not have in effect on January 1, 1984, a waiver certificate (which waives such an organization's exemption from taxation for purposes of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program).
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983
States that the Congress: (1) holds Iran responsible for upholding the rights of the Baha'is; (2) condemns Iran's decision to destroy the Baha'i faith; and (3) calls upon the President to work with appropriate foreign governments to form an appeal to Iran concerning the Baha'is, to cooperate with the United Nations in its efforts on behalf of the Baha'is, and to provide humanitarian assistance for Baha'is who flee Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Energy Information Administration Reports Reduction Act - Amends the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 to repeal requirements that the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration promulgate rules requiring reports by persons engaged in the production, processing, refining, transportation by pipeline, or distribution of energy sources. Repeals the quarterly reporting requirements imposed on the Administrator with respect to energy imports, domestic energy reserves and production, refinery activities, and energy inventories as well as reporting requirements imposed by the Administrator on persons engaged in crude oil or natural gas production. Repeals the requirement under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 that the Administrator maintain a file on U.S. exports of coal and refined petroleum products. Repeals requirements imposed upon the Energy Information Administration under the Department of Energy Organization Act for financial reports from major energy-producing companies and for annual reports to the Department of Energy. Repeals coal reserve disclosure requirements imposed on persons or governmental entities holding such reserves under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. Repeals the middle distillate monitoring program under the Emergency Conservation Act of 1979. Amends the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to require that reports on energy supply and consumption done by the Administrator are less detailed than those required under current law.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1983
Designates November 20 through November 26, 1983, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1983
Dependent Care Resource and Referral Act of 1983 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a block grant program for States for the development of resource and referral programs for dependent care services. Requires the programs to provide information on: (1) the types of dependent care services available; (2) the cost of available dependent care; (3) the location of dependent care; (4) transportation to such locations; (5) the hours such care is available; and (6) enrollment eligibility. Makes appropriations. Requires States to make applications and submit assurances in order to receive funds under this program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983
Extends the gratitude of the Senate to America's teachers.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1983
Social Security Benefits Disallowance Act of 1983 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual can receive title II benefits only if such individual can show that he or she: (1) is a U.S. citizen or was a U.S. citizen but has voluntarily relinquished such status; or (2) is an alien legally admitted to work or was an alien legally admitted to work but has voluntarily relinquished such status. Prohibits the payment of title II benefits to any individual who: (1) is subject to a final order of exclusion, a final order of departure, or a voluntary departure in lieu of deportation; or (2) is not legally permitted to work in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1983
Trademark Clarification Act of 1983 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to state that a registered trademark has not become a generic (common descriptive name) and therefore cancellable because such mark is also used as a proper name or to identify a unique product or service. Makes the primary significance of the mark to the purchasing public rather than purchaser motivation the test for whether or not the mark has become a generic.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1983
Amends the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 to authorize an additional $600,000,000 for assistance to non-Federal organizations in developing reclamation projects.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1983
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend until June 30, 1985: (1) the authority for oil companies to carry out voluntary agreements for implementing the allocation and information provisions of the international energy program; and (2) the antitrust exemption for oil companies participating in such program.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Alternative Energy Tax Incentives Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the residential energy income tax credit for renewable energy sources for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reduces the qualifying percentage for energy source expenditures by specified increments between 1985 and 1990. Increases from 15 percent to 20 percent the investment tax credit for solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal property. Extends such tax credit for five years from 1985 to 1990. Extends the investment tax credit for hydroelectric generating property and biomass property for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reestablishes the credit for cogeneration property until 1990. Qualifies until 1995 affirmative commitments for solar, wind, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, and cogeneration projects begun by December 31, 1990. Eliminates the 20 percent limitation for oil and natural gas used in cogeneration facilities. Qualifies as biomass property methane-containing gas produced by anaerobic digestion from nonfossil waste materials. Revises the definition of geothermal deposit to lower the required temperature to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (Present regulations require a temperature of 122 degrees Fahrenheit.) Includes shale oil property and tar sands equipment as energy property for purposes of the investment tax credit. Grants a 15 percent depletion allowance for tar sands. Allows an investment tax credit for photovoltaic energy property. Defines photovoltaic property.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Renewable Fuels Tax Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the exemption from the excise tax on gasoline for gasoline mixed with alcohol. Extends such exemption to diesel fuels and special fuels which contain at least 10 percent alcohol. Increases from 50 cents per gallon to 90 cents per gallon the amount of the income tax credit for alcohol used as fuel. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the tariff on alcohol imported for use as a fuel from 50 cents per gallon to 90 cents per gallon. Provides for the transfer of certain windfall profit tax revenues to the Highway Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress should encourage the establishment of the National Museum of the United States Army.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
Designates October 16 through October 22, 1983, as National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 672 (dam safety).
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Condemns the Soviet Union's systematic disregard for human life and liberties and urges the President to: (1) proclaim May 28, 1984, as a day to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the original resolution on the Ukrainian famine in the House of Representatives; (2) call the attention of the world to the Soviet policies which caused Ukrainian deaths by famine during 1932 through 1933; and (3) urge the Soviet Union to remove restrictions on the shipment of food and other necessities to Soviet citizens by private individuals and charitable organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1983
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) to declare that contributions, gifts, or payments by union members to a separate fund which is used by the union for political purposes must be voluntary and unrelated to moneys required as a condition of employment. Declares it to be unlawful to use moneys paid to an organization as a condition of employment for any type of election or campaign activities by such organization.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) U.S. negotiators, in negotiations with Japan, should insist that Japan dismantle all nontariff barriers to imports of beef; and (2) if progress is not made toward the dismantling of such nontariff barriers by a specified time, the U.S. Trade Representative should seek appropriate relief under U.S. and international trade law.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Proclaims the English language to be the official language of the United States. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1983
Calls for special recognition during 1987, the bicentennial year of the United States Constitution, of the constitutional foundation for patent and copyright laws.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983
Title I: Short Title - Declares that this Act may be cited as the National Productivity and Innovation Act of 1983. Title II: Joint Research and Development Ventures - Provides that no joint research and development program shall be deemed illegal per se in any action under the antitrust laws. Limits to actual damages, interest thereon, and the cost of suit the amount that any person or State may recover in an antitrust action based on conduct that is part of such a program and that has been disclosed to the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission. Authorizes any individual participating in such a program to file with the Attorney General and the Commission a notification describing the program and specifying conduct to be performed under the program. Directs the Commission to publish in the Federal Register a notice of each such notification, including a description of the participants, the program, and its objectives. Declares that material submitted as part of such notification shall be available to the public upon request, unless the Attorney General or the Commission determines that the individual who submitted the notification shows good cause for not disclosing certain material. Allows an individual to withdraw a filed notification before it is published and accompanying material is made publicly available. Exempts actions and determinations of the Attorney General or the Commission concerning such notifications or antitrust actions or investigations from judicial review. Title III: Intellectual Property Licensing Under the Antitrust Laws - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that agreements to convey rights to use, practice, or sublicense patented inventions, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, know-how, or other intellectual property shall not be deemed illegal per se in actions under the antitrust laws. Limits to actual damages, interest thereon, and the cost of suit the amount that any person or State may recover in an antitrust action based on such an agreement. Title IV: Patent and Copyright Misuse - Prohibits a patent or copyright owner who is entitled to relief for patent or copyright infringement from being denied relief or being deemed guilty of misuse or illegal extension of the patent right or copyright by reason of doing any of the following, unless such conduct violates the antitrust laws: (1) licensing the patent or copyright under terms that affect commerce outside the scope of its claims; (2) restricting a licensee in the sale of a patented or copyrighted product; (3) obligating a licensee to pay excessive royalties, royalties that differ from those paid by other licensees, or royalties not related to a licensee's sale of the patented or copyrighted product; (4) refusing to license a patent or copyright to any person; or (5) otherwise using the patent or copyright allegedly to suppress competition. Title V: Process Patents - Requires a process patent to grant the patentee the right to exclude others from using or selling products produced by that process. Includes as patent infringement the unauthorized use or sale of a product of a patented process. Places the burden of proving that a product was not produced by the patented process on the defendant in a patent infringement action if the court finds that: (1) a substantial likelihood exists that the product was produced by that process; and (2) the claimant has exhausted all reasonable means of determining the process used and was unable to make such determination.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
Designates the week of October 17 through October 24, 1983, as National Adult Continuing Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Fringe Benefits Tax Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any fringe benefit which qualifies as a: (1) no-additional-cost service or discount property; (2) working condition fringe; or (3) de minimis fringe. Provides definitions and sets forth special rules for such tax exclusion. Excludes from gross income reductions in tuition provided by an employer to employees, their spouses and dependent children. Excludes from gross income the value of lodging furnished by certain educational institutions to employees, their spouses and dependent children.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual having a terminal illness shall begin with the first month during which such individual has such illness.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Designates November 14, 1983, as National Retired Teachers Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Designates the week of September 25 through October 1, 1983 as National Rehabilitation Facilities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
Food Stamp Reform Act of 1983 - Title I: Definitions - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for charging households for allotments, except households containing an elderly or disabled member and households with less than a specified income. Provides for the deposit of such charges in a separate account maintained by the Treasury. Requires State agencies to institute procedures for the deduction of household allotment charges from payments a household receives under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) of the Social Security Act and to have allotments distributed with such payments. Grants State agencies the option of determining whether or not individuals who live with others constitute a separate household. Removes provisions for adjusting the thrifty food plan and the excess shelter expense deduction after October 1, 1983. Title II: Eligible Households - Makes certain households ineligible for the food stamp program if such household's income exceeds a specified poverty line. (Currently such households cannot exceed the poverty line by more than 30 percent.) Includes nonrecurring lump-sum payments and energy assistance payments as household income. Decreases the monthly household income standard deduction from $85 to $60. Permits States to establish resource limitations comparable to eligibility determinations under the Social Security Act for the AFDC program and the supplemental security income program. Title III: Eligibility Disqualifications - Reduces from six to three years the maximum age of a dependent child which exempts an individual from work registration. Continues such exemption for any individual caring for a child between three and six where adequate child care is not available. Title IV: Issuance and Use of Coupons - Prohibits the issuance of cash change from purchases made with food stamp coupons. Requires coupon users to pay cash for amounts which exceed the value of the lowest coupon denomination. Title V: Value of Allotment - Eliminates the $10 minimum value of allotments. Title VI: Administration - Grants States the option of providing expedited service to certain families in immediate need of coupons. (Currently States are required to provide such service.) Requires the issuance of photographic identification cards to all household members to present to receive coupons (currently, such cards are required only in certain areas). Requires a household member to countersign coupons at the times of issuance and use. Authorizes the utilization of Internal Revenue Service information on the interest and dividend income of food stamp households. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to conform to this provision. Title VII: Collection and Disposition of Claims - Sets forth procedures for the collection of an overissuance of food stamp coupons through unemployment compensation benefits and through interception of Federal tax refunds. Title VIII: Administrative Cost-Sharing and Quality Controls - Revises State agency liability provisions to make such agencies liable for payment error rates above three percent. Title IX: Effective Date - Declares the amendments made by this Act effective on October 1, 1983, unless otherwise provided.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1983
Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments of 1983 - Title I: Transitional Price and Contract Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to set forth transitional price provisions applicable to first sales for resale of natural gas, from the date of enactment of this Act until price controls are no longer applicable. Excludes from such provisions: (1) first sale gas, where the sale contract was executed after enactment; (2) gas subject to a first sale contract that was renegotiated after enactment, if the renegotiated contract expressly provides that wellhead price controls shall not apply; or (3) released or take or pay gas. Provides that the transitional provisions shall be applicable only at the election of either party to a contract. Establishes the options available for non-electing parties, including termination. Exempts from the transitional provisions a contract containing a clause that may be exercised at the option of the purchaser, which enables the purchasers to adjust the contract price but does not prohibit the purchaser from adjusting the price to a price equal to the applicable price indicator (as set forth in this Act). Sets forth provisions applicable to high priced gas and low priced gas which basically provide for: (1) lowering of the price of high priced gas, but not below the applicable price indicator; and (2) raising the price of low priced gas, but not above the applicable price indicator. Repeals provisions relating to contract duration, offers, and rights of first refusal. Permits a purchaser not to take delivery of the following amounts of gas contracted for, in the case of any contract in effect as of enactment: (1) 50 percent of deliverability in the first year following enactment; (2) 60 percent of deliverability in the second year following enactment; and (3) 70 percent of deliverability in the third year following enactment. Permits the sale of gas volumes not taken to any other purchaser as released take or pay gas and provides that such gas: (1) shall not be subject to the abandonment requirements of the Natural Gas Act; (2) shall not be committed or dedicated to interstate commerce under the Natural Gas Act; and (3) shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the maximum lawful price. Permits either party to a contract for the purchase of natural gas to have the right to terminate the contract providing proper notice is given and the terminating party offers the other party an unconditional release. Establishes a purchasers' right of first refusal or right of first offer. Imposes an obligation on a pipeline purchaser that was a party to a contract terminated under the transitional price or market out provisions of this Act to transport natural gas for a seller that was a party to such terminated contract. Authorizes a limitation of the obligation if construction of new facilities is required or the pipeline's ability to serve its existing customers is impaired. Establishes the consideration to be paid. Provides that the price established by the free market price indicator in effect on the first full day of the 44th month following enactment: (1) shall operate as a permanent reference for any area rate clause defined in this paragraph; and (2) shall be the reference price for natural gas under any contract subject to the transitional pricing provisions for low priced gas, if such price would otherwise be below the price level established by the free market price indicator on that date. Defines an area rate clause as a clause which establishes a contract price for the sale of gas by reference to a federally established rate. Title II: Removal of Wellhead Price Controls and Repeal of Jurisdiction Over Certain First Sales - Provides for the immediate deregulation of: (1) any gas subject to a first sale contract executed after enactment; (2) any gas subject to a first sale contract renegotiated after enactment, if the renegotiation expressly provides that wellhead price controls shall not apply; (3) released take or pay gas; and (4) certain low and high priced gas. Provides for the deregulation of all natural gas by the first day of the 41st month following enactment, subject to certain exceptions. Repeals the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over sales of certain committed or dedicated natural gas. Repeals provisions permitting the reimposition of price controls. Title III: Limitations On Passthrough of Certain Purchased Gas Costs - Prohibits denying any interstate pipeline recovery of the amounts paid for natural gas purchases under first sale contracts entered into or renegotiated during the three year period beginning on the first day of the eighth full month following enactment on the grounds that the amounts paid were excessive due to abuse or similar grounds, if such amounts are prudent. Declares a purchase prudent if: (1) the weighted average for purchase during a month does not exceed 110 percent of the free market price indicator; or (2) the amount paid either matches the term of an offer made where a pipeline purchaser has a right of first refusal or is paid pursuant to a right of first offer. Authorizes FERC during any month in which the weighted average paid for natural gas entered into or renegotiated during the three year period specified in this paragraph exceeds 110 percent of the free market price indicator to determine that any amount paid in excess of 110 percent of the free market price indicator may be recovered by the pipeline. Requires any increase in pipeline rates recovered under this paragraph to go into effect upon the date of filing subject to a refund with interest. Requires FERC to promulgate rules providing for the automatic passthrough of any reductions in amounts paid for natural gas purchases realized by an interstate pipeline as a result of: (1) take or pay reductions; (2) transitional pricing provision reductions; or (3) any other reductions in amounts paid for natural gas. Title IV: Removal of Impediments to Interstate Movements of Gas - Requires an interstate pipeline (or intrastate pipeline, or local distribution company) to transport natural gas if: (1) a seller or purchaser of natural gas requests an interstate pipeline (or intrastate pipeline, or local distribution company) to transport natural gas; (2) the pipeline has available capacity; and (3) the seller or purchaser certifies that at least 45 days in advance it notified the interstate pipeline (or intrastate pipeline, or local distribution company) of its intent to request transportation, it made a good faith attempt to negotiate continued service, and it has been unable to conclude any other satisfactory transportation agreement. Requires in the case of an intrastate pipeline or local distribution company, in addition to the above requirements: (1) that FERC first consult with the Governor of the affected State; and (2) that after the pipeline has received the request it files the request with the State agency and the State agency has not taken a final action within 90 days of receipt of the request. States that no intrastate pipeline or local distribution company shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the FERC under the Natural Gas Act by virtue of transporting gas pursuant to the above requirements. Exempts an intrastate pipeline or local distribution company from the above requirements if a State agency certifies that: (1) it has authority to require an intrastate pipeline (or a local distribution company) to transport natural gas for a seller or purchaser of natural gas requesting such transportation; and (2) pursuant to such authority, it is required to take final administrative action within a certain time. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the determination of a pipeline's capacity; (2) protection for a pipeline's high priority users; (3) carriage compensation; (4) construction of new facilities; (5) a pipeline's service obligation to a customer purchaser; (6) termination of required transportation; (7) issuance of regulations; (8) administrative procedures; and (9) definitions. Provides: (1) for the coordination of the above provisions with the Natural Gas Policy Act; and (2) that the effective date for the above provisions shall be 120 days after enactment. Authorizes FERC, in general, by rule or order, to: (1) authorize any intrastate pipeline or local distribution company to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; and (2) authorize any pipeline or local distribution company to sell natural gas to any pipeline or local distribution company. Requires an intrastate pipeline or local distribution company buying natural gas outside the State of receipt in a covered transaction to file for and obtain express authorization from the Commission for such sale. Provides that, in general, no intrastate pipeline or local distribution company shall be subject to FERC's jurisdiction under the Natural Gas Act by reason of purchasing natural gas in a covered transaction regardless of whether the purchase occurs in the State of receipt. Title V: Additional Authorities and Requirements - Prohibits an interstate pipeline from selling in interstate commerce during any month to an affiliated intrastate pipeline a percentage of available natural gas which is greater than the percentage of available lower average-priced natural gas which the affiliate is purchasing during the same month from nonaffiliate interstate pipelines. Prohibits FERC from issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity under the Natural Gas Act for the off-system sale of natural gas if such sale is to occur at a price less than the temporary price indicator or the free market price indicator, plus the just and reasonable rate for the transportation of such gas to the purchaser. Provides a defense to any antitrust suit with respect to any actions taken to develop cooperative associations of independent producers or actions taken by such cooperative associations to carry out any voluntary agreement or plan of action to market released natural gas, provided that the action: (1) is necessary to market the gas; and (2) the action is not taken to reduce competition. Provides that for purposes of determining a royalty under any oil or gas lease that bases royalty on market value, any price paid for natural gas either under any contract in effect as of enactment such gases subsequent contracts shall be considered or under market value if the price was established: (1) pursuant to the provisions of this Act; or (2) pursuant to the renegotiation of that contract if that renegotiation occurred after enactment of this Act. Title VI: Repeal of Certain Restrictions On Natural Gas and Petroleum Use and Pricing - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal: (1) prohibitions on the use of natural gas and petroleum as a primary energy source in new electric powerplants and new major fuel-burning installations; (2) the prohibition on the construction of new powerplants without alternate fuel capability; (3) the authority of the Secretary of Energy to prohibit the use of natural gas in certain boilers used for space heating; (4) the prohibition on the use of natural gas for decorative outdoor lighting; and (5) the authority of the Secretary to restrict increased uses of petroleum by existing powerplants. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals the incremental pricing provisions of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1983
Authorizes the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to enter into contractual agreements to pay the costs associated with the Federal Columbia River Power System hydroelectric projects, power resources acquired under long-term contracts, and replacement power resources directly to the appropriate entities, to the primary obligees of such entities, or to their trustee.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1983
Designates April 7, 1984 as World Health Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983
Designates August 20, 1983, as National Volunteer Firefighters Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Designates the week of November 27 through December 3, 1983, as National Entomology Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Energy Emergency Preparedness Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the President to establish and employ volunteers (who shall as far as possible be salaried full-time Federal employees) in the Emergency Petroleum and Gas Executive Reserve, the Emergency Solid Fuels Executive Reserve, and the Emergency Electric Power Executive Reserve to assist in implementing the Comprehensive Energy Emergency Response Procedures Plan. Authorizes the President to consult with representatives of the energy industry, energy consumers, and others, with a view to encouraging the making by such persons of voluntary agreements and plans of action which would be in the public interest and contribute to energy emergency preparedness by facilitating preparation for, or a response to, a domestic or international energy emergency. Directs the President to prescribe standards and procedures by which persons may develop and carry out such voluntary agreements and plans. Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to participate in the development, and when practicable, in the carrying out of voluntary agreements and plans. Prohibits carrying out such an agreement or plan unless it is approved by the Secretary of Energy or by the Attorney General, after consultation with the Federal Trade Commission. Requires the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to report, at least once annually, to the President on the impact on competition and on small business of actions authorized by this Act. Extends, until June 30, 1985, the authority for international voluntary agreements under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Revises provisions relating to the storage of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Requires the minimum required fill rate to be 145,000 (currently either 220,000 or 300,000, discretionary with the President) barrels per day. Preempts any State law or regulation to the extent it provides for the pricing or allocation of residual fuel oil or any other petroleum product, except that exemptions may be granted to a State: (1) to preserve a significant State interest; (2) if interstate commerce would not be unduly burdened; (3) if energy emergency preparedness would not be hindered; and (4) for a State set-aside program. Amends the Energy Emergency Preparedness Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) undertake actions which are necessary to strengthen and improve the energy emergency preparedness policies of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; and (2) report to Congress on any such actions taken.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Designates the week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act of 1983 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a system of exchange access charges in order to: (1) achieve equal treatment among all inter-local access and transport area (LATA) carriers and other customers using the services of exchange companies through direct or indirect connection; (2) assure that payments and assignments of costs relating to exchange access are carried out in a manner which is open for public examination; (3) achieve flexibility in accommodating changes in market conditions and technology; (4) establish incentives for efficient investment decisions and technological choices; and (5) ensure that exchange carriers are compensated for their costs of providing exchange access. Directs the Universal Telephone Service Joint Board (established by this Act) to establish a universal service charge schedule to insure that basic telephone service will be available at reasonable rates throughout the United States. Requires such schedule to designate universal service costs to be allocated to a Federal jurisdiction and to provide for their collection by means of a universal service charge that is payable by any interLATA carrier or any provider of interLATA services or any private system that connects directly or indirectly to any exchange carrier or any local exchange switched network used to provide basic telephone service. Entitles each exchange company qualifying for payments to 90 percent of its reasonably incurred universal service costs which are directly related to the efficient and economic provision of such service. States that universal service costs shall consist of an exchange company's costs for basic intraLATA telephone service to any points within a LATA which exceed 110 percent of the average cost of providing comparable basic intraLATA telephone service throughout the United States. Provides that, notwithstanding the above provisions, any company which qualifies for payments and whose costs for basic intraLATA telephone service to any points exceed 250 percent of the average cost of providing comparable basic intraLATA telephone service throughout the United States shall be entitled to receive 100 percent of its reasonably incurred universal service costs over 250 percent of the national average. Defines: (1) "basic telephone service" as residential service; (2) "basic intraLATA telephone service" as that portion of basic telephone service provided within a local access and transport area, including access to such service; and (3) "exchange company" as a company that offers basic telephone service and other services within one or more service areas recognized by any State regulatory commission. Authorizes the Commission to assert jurisdiction over all nontraffic sensitive subscriber loop costs to a Federal jurisdiction, in order to achieve consistency and uniformity of policy in regard to interstate and intrastate access charges. Authorizes the Commission to delegate to a State commission some or all of the Commission's authority with respect to: (1) intrastate interLATA toll service; and (2) access charges for the interconnection of exchange communications service with interstate or intrastate interLATA toll service upon a finding that such delegation would promote the purposes of this Act. Directs the Universal Telephone Service Joint Board to establish guidelines binding a State commission in the exercise of any delegated authority. Directs the Commission to establish the Universal Telephone Service Joint Board which shall be composed of five commissioners of the Commission and four commissioners nominated by the national organization of State commissions. Directs the Commission to adopt as final any decisions of the Board. Establishes a fine applicable to anyone who, with the intent to deprive any exchange company of any revenue in connection with access charges, transmits telecommunications so as to avoid accessing a local exchange in order to avoid such charges. Directs the Commission and each State regulatory authority to take action to ensure access to basic telephone lifeline service.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1983
Designates October 22, 1983 as Metropolitan Opera Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a partial exclusion from gross income of interest and dividends, beginning in 1983. Limits the amount of such exclusion to 15 percent of the lesser of (1) $3,000 ($6,000 for joint returns) or (2) the excess of interest and dividend amounts received by a taxpayer during a taxable year over certain interest and penalty expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a farm truck from the heavy truck highway use tax where its use on the public highways is for the purpose of transporting farm commodities and such use does not exceed 10,000 miles.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1983
Designates the week of May 27, 1984, as National Tourism Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow, at the election of the taxpayer, an income tax deduction for foreign income, war profits, and excess profits taxes paid in connection with construction contract services rendered in the United States which are directly related to a construction project located in a foreign country. Requires that any amounts taken for such deduction shall not be taken into account for purposes of the foreign tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1983
Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to recruit the services of volunteers to facilitate the activities of the Bureau of Land Management. Prohibits the use of such volunteers in firefighting, law enforcement work, policymaking processes, or to displace an employee. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for costs incidental to the use of volunteers. Declares that such volunteers shall not be deemed Federal employees except for purposes of tort claims or compensation for work injuries.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1983
Designates November 1983 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 15, 1983, as National Ice Cream Day.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1983
Authorizes the President to designate September 1983 National Professional Security Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1983
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a tax-exempt housing opportunity mortgage equity account established for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the taxpayer's first home. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $1,000 ($2,000 for a joint return), with a maximum lifetime deduction of $10,000. Phases out the deduction for individuals or couples whose income exceeds $50,000. Recaptures as ordinary income the amount of the withdrawals from the account for a home purchase over a period of the greater of five years or the number of years contributions had been made to the account. Requires that contributions to a housing opportunity mortgage equity account must be used by the end of ten years after the initial contribution. Imposes a ten percent surtax on distributions not used for the purchase of a principal residence. Requires the trustee of a housing opportunity mortgage equity account to report on the maintenance of the account. Imposes a penalty for failure to file required reports.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1983
Proclaims the week of June 3 through June 9, 1984, National Theatre Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1983
Energy Security Tax Incentives Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for seven years from 1985 to 1992 the availability of the investment tax credit for affirmative commitments made for solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy property. Requires that such affirmative commitments must be made by specified dates. Extends for two years from 1990 to 1992 the availability of the investment tax credit for affirmative commitments for synthetic fuel energy property. Extends for five years from 1982 to 1987 the date by which such affirmative commitments must be made. Includes tar sands equipment, shale oil equipment and synthetic fuel production equipment as energy property for purposes of the investment tax credit. Allows an investment tax credit for affirmative commitments made for chlor-alkali electrolytic cells.