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Bill· SS. 2026 (98th)referred

Great Lakes Water Diversion Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1983

Great Lakes Water Diversion Act - Provides that Great Lakes water shall not be diverted for use outside a Great Lakes State unless such diversion is approved by all eight Great Lakes States (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin) and the International Joint Commission. Prohibits any Federal study of Great Lakes water diversion unless such study is undertaken by the Corps of Engineers under the direction of the International Joint Commission in accordance with the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.

Bill· SS. 2014 (98th)open

Missing Children's Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983

Missing Children's Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to establish and maintain a national toll-free telephone line for reporting information regarding the location of missing children. Directs the Administrator to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to: (1) provide technical assistance to State and local governments and agencies in locating missing children; (2) coordinate public and private efforts to recover missing children; and (3) disseminate information on innovative missing childrens' programs, services, and legislation. Requires the Administrator to publish an annual summary of research on missing children and prepare a comprehensive plan for coordinating activities of all agencies and organizations responsible for missing children. Authorizes the Administrator, in consultation with the Advisory Board on Missing Children, to make grants for research or demonstration or service programs designed to: (1) educate parents and community agencies on ways to prevent the abduction of children; (2) assist in the recovery or tracking of missing children; (3) aid communities in collecting material to assist parents in the identification of their children; (4) demonstrate the psychological consequences of a child's abduction; and (5) collect data on investigative practices utilized by law enforcement agencies. Requires the Administrator to appoint an Advisory Board on Missing Children to assist the Administrator in coordinating programs and activities relating to missing children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 81 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the urgency of extending the Japanese automobile export restraints beyond March 31, 1984, at the current level of one million six hundred eighty thousand vehicles, to foster recovery and reduce high unemployment in the American automobile industry.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in order to reduce high unemployment and to foster the recovery of the U.S. automobile industry and to avoid the further deterioration of U.S. trade, the President should urge the Japanese to extend beyond March 31, 1984, the present automobile export restraints.

Bill· SS. 1992 (98th)open

Life Insurance Tax Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983

Life Insurance Tax Act of 1983 - Title I: Life Insurance Provisions - Subtitle A: Taxation of Life Insurance Companies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set the rate of tax on a life insurance company at the corporate rate on its life insurance company taxable income (LICTI). Sets forth an alternative tax in the case of capital gains. Defines life insurance company taxable income as life insurance gross income reduced by life insurance deductions. Defines life insurance gross income as the sum of: (1) premiums; (2) decreases in certain reserves; and (3) other amounts generally includible by a taxpayer in gross income. Allows three types of deductions: (1) general life insurance deductions; (2) the special life insurance deduction; and (3) the small life insurance company deduction. Sets forth definitions and special rules for each type of deduction. Sets forth rules for the calculation of net increases and decreases in reserves. Requires life insurance companies to use either the accrual method of accounting or a method permitted under regulations which combines an accrual method with another recognized method. Sets forth rules for the amortization of premiums and accrual of discount. Sets forth rules for the computation of a company's share and the policyholders' share of investment income. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of foreign life insurance companies. Requires an adjustment to LICTI where a required surplus held in the United States is less than a specified amount. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of contiguous country branches of domestic life insurance companies. Provides that life insurance company taxable income which has an existing policyholders surplus account shall be increased by any direct or indirect distribution to shareholders from such account. Defines "life insurance company" as an insurance company which is engaged in the business of issuing life insurance and annuity contracts or noncancellable contracts of health and life insurance if its life insurance reserves plus unearned premiums and unpaid losses comprise more than 50 percent of its total reserves. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of variable contracts. Sets forth rules relating to capital gains and losses of a life insurance company. Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this Act. Provides transitional rules. Subtitle B: Taxation of Life Insurance Products - Redefines "life insurance contract" for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code. Defines such a contract as any contract, which is a life insurance contract under applicable State or foreign law, but only if the contract meets either of two alternatives: (1) a cash value accumulation test; or (2) a test consisting of a guideline premium requirement and a cash value corridor requirement. Specifies requirements of each such test. Sets forth rules for contracts not meeting the life insurance definition. Sets forth transitional rules. Treats as distributed to a contract holder any amount of an annuity contract held by an individual who dies before the annuity starting date. Exempts any such amounts from the five-percent penalty tax on a premature distribution from an annuity. Limits the amount of the interest deduction allowed in the case of life insurance loans. Sets forth rules for the calculation of such limit. Extends to former employees and key employees the limitations on group-term life insurance purchased for employees. Subtitle C: Nondeductible Contributions to Individual Retirement Plans - Allows certain nondeductible contributions to individual retirement accounts and annuities. Limits such contributions to the least of: (1) $1,750; (2) the excess of compensation includible in gross income over the amount allowable as a deduction under present rules; or (3) an amount designated by the taxpayer as a nondeductible contribution. Subtitle D: Studies - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to specified committees of the Congress on the revenues received by this Act and to compare the amount of such revenues and the amount anticipated by reason of changes made by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and this Act. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports in the years 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989 concerning the impact of this Act on specified segments and products of the life insurance industry.

Bill· SS. 1978 (98th)reported

Retirement Equity Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983

Retirement Equity Act of 1983 - Title I: Amendments Relating to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to lower the age requirement for participation in a tax- deferred retirement plan from 25 to 21. Lowers the minimum age at which years of employment begin to be credited for retirement plan vesting purposes from 22 to 18. Provides that nonvested participants in a retirement plan with a break in service of up to five years will not lose credit for pre-break periods of service. Permits limited breaks in service for paternity or maternity leave without loss of vesting credits. Requires tax-deferred retirement plans to offer survivor benefits to plan participants who have attained age 45 and have ten years of creditable service. Requires spousal consent in order for a retirement plan participant to elect not to take a joint and survivor annuity. Requires that such consent must be in writing and must be witnessed by either a plan representative or a notary public. Allows the assignment of the benefits of a retirement plan in the case of a judgment, decree or order relating to child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights pursuant to a State's domestic relations law. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of retirement plan distributions pursuant to a divorce decree. Increases the amount of allowable mandatory distributions from a retirement plan from $1,750 to $3,500. Requires that a plan participant must be notified that benefits under the plan may be forfeited if the participant dies before a certain date. Title II: Amendments Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to incorporate into such Act the changes made by Title I of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1976 (98th)referred

Criminal Fine Collection Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983

Criminal Fine Collection Act of 1983 - Amends the Federal criminal code with respect to the imposition, payment, and collection of fines. Lists factors that the court must consider in determining whether to impose a fine, including: (1) the ability of the defendant to pay; (2) the burden that payment will impose on the defendant; and (3) any restitution or reparation made by the defendant. States that payment of a fine is due immediately unless the court requires payment by installment or by any date certain. Permits a sentence to pay a fine to be stayed while an appeal is taken. Makes a fine delinquent if any portion of such fine is not paid within 30 days of when it is due. Provides that a fine is in default if it is more than 90 days delinquent. Allows for the modification or remission of a sentence to pay a fine. Requires the clerk to forward each fine payment to the U.S. Treasury and notify the Attorney General of its receipt. Requires the court to certify to the Attorney General when a fine exceeding $100 is imposed, modified, or remitted. Makes the Attorney General responsible for the collection of any unpaid fine for which certification has been issued. Allows the court to impose interest and monetary penalties for any willful nonpayment. Establishes civil remedies for the satisfication of an unpaid fine. Provides that a judgment imposing a fine may be enforced by execution against the property of the person fined as are judgments in civil cases. Allows the court to resentence a person upon willful failure to pay a fine to any sentence which might originally have been imposed. Provides for a statute of limitations on the liability to pay a fine of 20 years or upon death of the person fined. Provides penalties for criminal default of a fine. Makes payment of a fine a condition of probation or parole in certain circumstances. Requires the Attorney General to include in the annual crime report steps taken to implement this Act and any progress achieved in criminal fine collection.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 241 (98th)open

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the foreign policy of the United States should take account of the genocide of the Armenian people, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President and the Secretary of State should, in formulating U.S. foreign policy, recognize and take into account the genocide of the Armenian people; and (2) the President should direct his representatives to communicate in international forums the U.S. abhorrence to the genocide of the Armenian people.

Bill· SS. 1942 (98th)referred

Lowest Cost Cargo Transport Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Lowest Cost Cargo Transport Act of 1983 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 to require that all government-generated cargoes be transported at the lowest cost and whenever possible at the lowest landed cost. Requires Federal agencies to establish a competitive bidding system for the transport of such cargo. Directs the General Accounting Office, within 36 months of enactment of this Act, to review such system and report to Congress on its findings and recommendations. Requires that U.S.-flag vessels transporting government-generated cargoes or export shipments financed by the U.S. not exceed 25 years of age or be substantially rebuilt and certified as having a useful life of at least five years after such rebuilding. Makes an exception to the requirement that 50 percent of government-generated cargo be transported on U.S.-flag commercial vessels from specified geographic areas, when such vessels are unavailable.

Bill· SS. 1936 (98th)open

A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize making available to adversely affected workers covered by a certification of eligibility for adjustment assistance: job training, counseling, testing, placement services, and job search allowances. Requires such services and allowances to be provided subject to the terms and conditions of discretionary funds under title III of the Job Training Partnership Act. Requires the States, under agreements with the Secretary of Labor, to receive applications for and provide payments for trade adjustment assistance and to otherwise cooperate in providing payments under the trade adjustment assistance provisions. (Current law requires the State, where appropriate, to provide certain services for adversely affected workers.)

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 74 (98th)passed

A concurrent resolution to encourage and support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination.

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.

Bill· SS. 1921 (98th)open

A bill to allow the President to veto items of appropriation.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983

Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills except any item of appropriation for the legislative branch or the judicial branch. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the house in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 233 (98th)passed

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate concerning the adverse effect on United States agricultural exports of proposals to modify the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community.

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) urge the Council of European Community Ministers to reject their Commission's proposals that seek to shift to other countries the financial burden of disposing of their agricultural surpluses; and (2) continue to oppose proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) modifications that would adversely affect the access of U.S. agricultural exports to European Community markets. States, also, that if the European Community adopts such proposed CAP modifiestions, then it is the House's sense that measures should be implemented to protect U.S. trade interests.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 70 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding actions the President should take to commemorate the anniversary of the Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933.

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.

Bill· SS. 1882 (98th)referred

A bill relating to the suspension of trunkline LNG import authorization

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1983

Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to suspend the authorization to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Algeria by Trunkline LNG Company. Authorizes the Commission to lift the suspension after 18 months if the Commission finds that the resumption of imports of this LNG will be consistent with the public interest.

Law· SS. 1841 (98th)enacted

National Cooperative Research Act of 1984

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.

Bill· SS. 1838 (98th)open

Legal Services Corporation Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983

Legal Services Corporation Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974 to add as a criterion for membership to the Board of Directors (the Board) that prospective members: (1) be knowledgeable of the legal needs of the poor; and (2) support the principle that it is in the national interest that eligible clients have equal access under the law to effective legal services under this Act. Requires that at least two Board members shall be eligible clients at the time of their nomination. Restricts to 60 days the time in wich an outgoing Board member must remain in office: (1) while Congress is in session and a successor is sought; or (2) after the indefinite adjournment of the Senate session in which the successor's nomination was submitted. Computes the term of each member from the termination date of the preceding term. Directs the Board biannually to elect a chairperson from its membership. Provides that in the case of disruptive conduct by the public at a Board meeting, a majority of the members may vote to close the meeting. Prohibits the employment of Corporation personnel by any grantee or contractee for a maximum of two years after the end of such person's employment with the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to provide financial assistance and enter into grants and contracts with: (1) qualified nonprofit organizations chartered under State or local laws; (2) private attorneys; (3) bar associations; and (4) educational institutions with a demonstrated capability of implementing programs which involve the private bar in furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients. Applies criminal sanctions under certain Federal law to Corporation personnel who lobby with appropriated moneys. Prohibits class action suits against any government entity unless: (1) the recipient's project director has expressly given approval; (2) the class relief is for the primary benefit of eligible clients; and (3) the project director has concluded that the government practice or policy will continue to affect clients adversely and that out-of-court settlement would be adverse to the clients' interests. Requires notice to the government entity of the impending class action. Authorizes a court to award reasonable expenses and legal fees incurred by a defendant against the Corporation (or a recipient) if the court finds the action commenced by the Corporation had no reasonable basis. Requires the Corporation (or the recipient) to pay such fees directly. Prohibits a recipient from requesting attorneys' fees from a governmental unit in any litigation or administrative matter. Direct the Corporation to distribute attorney's fees among its grantees for the direct delivery of legal assistance with due consideration to the State from which the fees were derived. Requires the Corporation to establish an Office of Inspector General which conforms to the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Requires the Corporation to: (1) make funds available for legal assistance by the private bar to eligible clients; (2) develop criteria for reasonable reduced attorneys fees; and (3) issue regulations which limit compensation to private attorneys to reasonable reduced attorneys' fees. Requires the Corporation to insure that its funds will not be used to pay for the costs of: (1) influencing legislation pending before any legislative body; or (2) the maintenance of an office or ongoing activity intended to influence legislation. Prohibits commingling Corporation funds with funds of another organization if the purpose or effect of such commingling is to circumvent provisions of this Act. Directs the Corporation to: (1) require recipients to attempt negotiation of controversies before filing suit; and (2) insure that Corporation funds will not be used to pay dues or membership fees to private organizations. Prohibits the use of Corporation funds for legal assistance to illegal aliens including aid in determining the legality of such an alien's presence in the United States. Prohibits the use of Corporation funds for the purchase of real estate by recipients unless Board members approve it by two-thirds vote. Requires the Corporation to insure that: (1) a majority of a recipient's governing body is appointed by a bar association whose membership represents a majority of the attorneys practicing law in the area in which the recipient provides legal assistance; (2) the membership of a recipient's governing body is not in excess of 50 percent plus one from the same political party; and (3) membership on a governing body is limited to five years. Directs the Corporation to issue regulations which require each recipient to maintain specified documentation. Requires the Corporation to include in its annual report a summary of each recipient's authorized activities, as well as the degree of compliance with specified law by such recipients. Requires the Corporation to insure that legal representation under its aegis is limited to the financial eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984-1986. Prohibits any entity receiving financial assistance under this Act from carrying over unobligated amounts exceeding 15 percent from one fiscal year to the next without Corporation approval. Authorizes the Board to adopt specified enforcement procedures. Amends the Act's enforcement provisions to authorize the Board immediately to suspend financial assistance to grantees or recipients for specified violations. Requires the Corporation to insure that clients of such grantees are not adversely affected by the termination of financial assistance. Repeals the requirement that the Corporation insure the interim funding of entities which file a timely refunding application. Authorizes the Corporation to bring an action in Federal district court to compel: (1) specific performance of agreements with recipients for the provision of legal services; or (2) compliance by a recipient with the rules promulgated under the Act. Directs the court to attempt to make equitable arrangements for the provision of legal services to eligible clients adversely affected by a judgment which interrupts such services. Imposes a maximum fine and prison term for specified violations, including the impairment of Corporation documents. Requires the Board to prepare and submit to the President and each member of Congress a study on whether copayment should be required of legal services clients based upon such a client's ability to contribute to his or her legal representation. Directs the Corporation to establish procedures by which State advisory councils can experiment with alternative systems for providing legal services to eligible clients. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include as a "charitable contribution" a contribution of legal services to an eligible client as defined by the Legal Services Corporation Act. Limits the amount of a legal services charitable contribution to a maximum of $250.00 within the taxable year.

Bill· SS. 1766 (98th)referred

A bill to amend Section 706 to Title 5, United States Code, to strengthen the judicial review provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act by giving courts more authority to overturn unfair agency action.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983

Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to direct a court reviewing an agency action to: (1) set aside an agency rule the asserted or necessary factual basis of which is found to be without substantial support in the rulemaking file; (2) determine whether the action is within the scope of agency jurisdiction or authority on the basis of the language of the authorizing statute or, in the event of ambiguity, other ascertainable legislative intent; and (3) not accord any presumption in favor of or against agency action in determining any other questions of law.

Bill· SS. 1778 (98th)referred

Health Planning Block Grant Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983

Health Planning Block Grant Act of 1983 - Repeals the current health planning law, Title XV of the Public Health Service Act, and replaces it with the Health Planning Block Grant Act of 1983. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984-1986. Provides formulae for the allotment of appropriated funds to the States. Establishes a minimum allotment of $100,000 for each State. Enumerates the purposes for which the states may use allotments at their discretion. Details the application procedures and grant requirements. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from prescribing for a State the manner of compliance with such requirements. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to: (1) describe the purposes for which the State intends to use the block grant; and (2) facilitate public comment upon such purposes. Repeals this Act as of October 1, 1986.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 207 (98th)referred

A resolution condemning the governments of the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Laos for using, or condoning the use of, chemical and toxin weapons and expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the pursuance of a policy for a comprehensive and effectively verifiable ban on chemical weapons, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983

Condemns the Soviet Union and its allies for using chemical and toxin weapons. Declares the Senate's support for: (1) the United Nations efforts to investigate activities that may constitute a violation of the Geneva Protocol of 1925; (2) the recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly that the parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention of 1972 hold a conference to strengthen such treaty's compliance procedures; and (3) the President to negotiate a comprehensive and verifiable multilateral treaty which bans the development and production of chemical weapons.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 183 (98th)referred

A resolution dealing with the prevention of arson.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that gratitude and commendation be extended to community arson prevention organizations and that the U.S. Fire Administration is to be encouraged to work to reduce the crime of arson and develop national fire prevention policy.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 54 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors should insure the compatibility of fiscal and monetary policy in order to achieve a stable and vigorous economic recovery and a significant reduction in the rate of unemployment.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1983

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers should ensure a stable and vigorous economic recovery, a significant reduction in the rate of unemployment, and the compatibility of fiscal and monetary policy. Directs the Chairman of the Board of Governors and the Secretary to report to Congress within 90 days what measures they are taking to achieve the goals set forth in this resolution.

Bill· SS. 1595 (98th)referred

Presidential Primaries Timing Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1983

Presidential Primaries Timing Act - Prohibits any State from conducting a Presidential primary election except in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Establishes four regional primaries to be held in each Presidential election year. Sets the dates for such primaries. Requires Presidential candidates in a primary, in order to be eligible to receive payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, to agree to enter at least one State primary in each of the four regions and to notify the Federal Election Commission which primaries will be entered.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 118 (98th)referred

Abraham Lincoln One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1983

Abraham Lincoln One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary Act - Establishes a Commission on the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary for Abraham Lincoln to plan and conduct activities to commemorate the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Authorizes appropriations. Designates the week of February 12-18, 1984, as National Recognition of Abraham Lincoln Week.

Bill· SS. 1475 (98th)open

Highway Use Tax Equalization Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1983

Highway Use Tax Equalization Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks. Increases the excise tax on diesel fuel from nine cents per gallon to 12 cents per gallon in 1983 and from 12 cents per gallon to 14 cents per gallon in 1984. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations exempting from such increases diesel fuel used in automobiles and light trucks.

Bill· SS. 1466 (98th)open

Education for Peace, Arms Control, and Conflict Resolution Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1983

Education for Peace, Arms Control, and Conflict Resolution Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish, strengthen, and operate graduate and undergraduate centers that will be national resources for academic and professional training and research in the disciplines of international affairs, in the study of international conflict, and in the techniques of conflict resolution, arms control, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Sets forth the primary criteria the director shall apply in allocating awards to institutions. Authorizes the Director to pay stipends to persons undergoing training at such centers. Authorizes the Director to make grants to U.S. public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations whenever the Director determines that such grants will make an especially significant contribution toward developing knowledge, resources, and trained personnel for fields requiring understanding in international affairs. Authorizes the Director to: (1) conduct conferences for practitioners, policymakers, and other qualified persons to develop their skills in international peace, conflict resolution, and arms control; (2) conduct research into the causes of war and the elements of peace and into the experiences of nations in ending conflicts and resolving disputes without violence; (3) establish a method for disseminating information; and (4) develop programs to make such research and educational activities more available and useful to persons in government, private enterprise, and voluntary associations. Requires the Director to publish an annual report on all such peace, arms control, and conflict resolution programs. Prohibits using any grant awarded under this Act to: (1) support or encourage intervention in any current or pending dispute or crisis, except for Federal employees who otherwise have the authority and responsibility to do so; or (2) influence the passage or defeat of any Federal, State, or local legislation, except that recipients of such funds may testify before legislatures. Prohibits using a political test or political qualification in selecting individuals and institutions for participation in, or awarding of any grant, under this Act or for participation in any public activities conducted under authority of this Act. Requires the Director to coordinate activities under this Act: (1) with the activities conducted under the international and foreign language studies provisions of the Higher Education Act; and (2) with programs of public research, development, and other studies carried out under the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. Establishes an Advisory Board on Peace, Arms Control, and Conflict Resolution to consider the grants made under this Act and to advise the Director on specified matters. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 1400 (98th)open

Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1983

Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1983 - Title I: Improved Identification for Motor Vehicle Parts and Components - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a Federal motor vehicle security standard applicable to parts used in the manufacture of motor vehicles, other than motorcycles, after the effective date of such standard, or manufactured as new replacement parts after such date. Directs the Secretary to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before promulgating such standard, which includes the effect on domestic motor vehicle production and sales. Stipulates that the standard shall not: (1) impose additional costs upon manufacturers in excess of $10 per motor vehicle; or (2) require the identification of more than 14 parts for any motor vehicle, nine parts for any truck, or four parts for any trailer. Declares that a Federal motor vehicle standard supercedes any State or local standard. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies on the development of security devices and systems. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such devices and systems within one year of enactment. Provides for repeal of this title on a specified date. Title II: Antifencing Measures - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for removing or altering any identification number of any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part required by regulation. Requires the forfeiture of any vehicle or part which has had such number removed, with specified exceptions. Applies to the seizure and forfeiture of motor vehicles and parts those provisions of law relating to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels and merchandise under the customs laws. Establishes penalties for anyone who buys, receives, possesses, or obtains control of, with intent to sell or otherwise dispose of, any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part knowing that such identification number has been removed or altered. Designates as nonmailable matter any manipulative type device which is designed or adapted to operate, circumvent, remove, or render inoperative the ignition switch or lock, or door or trunk lock of two or more motor vehicles, or any advertisement for the sale of such device. Title III: Importation and Exportation Measures - Establishes criminal and civil penalties for anyone who imports, exports, or attempts to import or export any motor vehicle, off-highway vehicle or vehicle part knowing that it has been stolen or that its identification number has been altered. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require persons who export or attempt to export a used motor vehicle or off- highway mobile equipment to present to the appropriate customs officers the vehicle and a document describing that vehicle. Title IV: Reporting Requirements - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a task force to study problems relating to motor vehicle titling and controls over motor vehicle salvage which may affect the motor vehicle theft problem. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Transportation and the Postmaster General, to report to Congress on the implementation of this Act.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 105 (98th)referred

A joint resolution calling upon the Department of Justice and all other appropriate Federal agencies to enforce Federal antitrust laws including the prohibition against vertical price restraints.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1983

Requires the Attorney General and all other appropriate Federal agencies and officials to enforce the antitrust laws, including the prohibition against vertical price restraints. Directs such officials and agencies to cease propounding arguments in court designed to weaken such prohibition, and to submit to Congress proposed legislation to make any desired changes in such prohibition.

Bill· SS. 1306 (98th)open

Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1983

Patent Term Restoration Act of 1983 - Amends the patent law to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or methods for using or producing a product, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a seven year limitation. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for products subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Act of March 4, 1913 (relating to virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products).

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 148 (98th)passed

A resolution expressing the support of the Senate on the decision of the Governments of Lebanon and Israel on agreeing to the arrangements for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1983

Expresses the support of the Senate for Lebanon's and Israel's agreement on arrangements for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon. Calls upon other nations to work toward the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon. Emphasizes the need of all nations to recognize the sovereignty of Lebanon. Urges Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization to agree to the arrangements for the withdrawal of their forces from Lebanon.

Bill· SS. 1285 (98th)open

Education for Economic Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1983

Education for Economic Security Act - Title I: National Science Foundation Mathematics and Science Programs - Part A: Teacher Institutes - Authorizes the National Science Foundation (the Foundation) to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education, applying jointly, for teacher institutes to enhance the subject matter skills of public and private elementary and secondary school teachers of mathematics and physical and life sciences. Sets forth application requirements for such grants. Directs the Director of the Foundation: (1) to assure an equitable distribution of such institutes among and within States; and (2) award at least one institute in each State. Limits any such grant to a single applicant to $200,000 in any fiscal year. Permits such institutes to involve the cooperation of advance technology and other businesses able to assist in mathematics and science teaching. Directs the Foundation to ensure that consideration is given to applications designed to meet the needs of underrepresented and underserved populations. Part B: Mathematics and Science Education Development Programs - Authorizes the Foundation to enter into agreements with institutions of higher education or LEAs for programs and materials for: (1) training, retraining, and inservice training of elementary and secondary school teachers in the fields of mathematics and science, including physical and life sciences; and (2) elementary and secondary school courses of study in such fields. Sets forth application requirements for grants and cooperative agreements under this part. Directs the Foundation to ensure that consideration is given to applications designed to meet the needs of underrepresented and underserved populations. Part C: Science and Mathematics Excellence in Teaching Awards - Authorizes the Foundation to make excellence in teaching mathematics and science awards of $5,000 each to elementary and secondary school teachers. Directs the Foundation to adopt selection procedures designed to assure that such awards will be equitably distributed among the States. Sets forth application requirements for such awards. Part D: Congressional Merit Scholarships - Congressional Merit Scholarships in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education - Authorizes the Foundation to award scholarships to individuals enrolled at institutions of higher education who demonstrate outstanding potential for, and who plan to pursue, careers in teaching mathematics or science in elementary or secondary schools. Limits the period of such a scholarship to: (1) four academic years at any institution of higher education offering educational activities designed to prepare individuals for such careers; and (2) periods of study commencing not sooner than the third undergraduate year. Requires such individuals to concentrate, at the undergraduate level, in: (1) mathematics or science, and indicate a serious intent to teach such subject at the elementary or secondary school level; or (2) engineering, and indicate a serious intent to teach such subject at the postsecondary level, in an engineering discipline which the Foundation has determined a shortage of qualified teachers. Authorizes the Foundation to establish criteria for the selection of merit scholars. Limits the number of scholars selected to two times the number of Members of Congress from each State (and ten individuals in the case of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). Requires each merit scholarship recipient to agree to pursue such a teaching career for at least two years for each academic year in which the scholarship is received. Sets each merit scholarship award at $5,000 for each academic year of study. Conditions scholarship payment upon the student's maintaining satisfactory progress and full-time study. Authorizes the Foundation to require reports on student progress. Part E: Discretionary Funds of the Director - Authorizes the Director of the Foundation, from funds available for this part, to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, any public agency or any private organization to carry out any activity authorized by this title. Authorizes the Director to conduct directly or by grant or contract: (1) a faculty exchange program between institutions of higher education (particularly institutions having established and nationally recognized research facilities) and eligible institutions; and (2) programs of national significance promoting the improvement of instruction in the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering. (Defines "eligible institutions," for such purposes, as institutions of higher education which demonstrate a commitment to meet the special educational needs of students who are members of a minority group or who are economically or educationally disadvantaged and which: (1) have an enrollment which includes a substantial percentage of such students; or (2) are located in a community that is not within commuting distance of a major institution of higher education.) Part F: General Provisions - Sets forth administrative provisions granting the Foundation specified powers to carry out this title. Directs the Foundation to report annually to the President and the Congress on its operations under this title. Makes specified provisions under title II of this Act relating to participation of children and teachers from private schools applicable to payments under this title. Applies to programs under this part specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act prohibiting Federal control of education. Authorizes appropriations to carry out: (1) part A for FY 1984 and 1985; (2) part B for FY 1985; (3) part D for FY 1984 and 1985; (4) parts C and E for FY 1985; and (5) the graduate fellowship program under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 for FY 1984 and 1985. Title II: Education for Economic Security - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States and discretionary grants to strengthen teacher skills and instruction in mathematics, science, computer learning, and foreign languages. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary to reserve ten percent of such appropriations for discretionary grants of national significance. Directs the Secretary to allot to each State from 90 percent of such appropriations for each fiscal year an amount based on the relative number of children aged five through 17 in such State. Provides that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year. Provides for reallotments, based on the Secretary's estimates, of sums exceeding a State's needs. Authorizes additional appropriations for allotment to: (1) Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior for programs in schools operated for Indian children. Apportions 70 percent of each State's allotment to elementary and secondary education programs and 30 percent to higher education programs. Sets forth requirements for the State education agency (SEA) distribution of such funds for elementary and secondary education programs to local education agencies (LEAs) based on public and private school enrollment and on public school enrollment of children from families below the poverty level. Sets forth the uses for which specified portions of such elementary funds are to be put, including: (1) inservice training of teachers, including vocational educational teachers, and other appropriate school personnel in the fields of mathematics and science; (2) computer learning and instruction, foreign language instruction, and instructional materials and equipment related to mathematics and science instruction; (3) purchase of computer and computer-related instructional equipment; (4) strengthening instruction in foreign languages; (5) SEA demonstration and exemplary programs, including special projects for historically underrepresented and underserved populations (females, minorities, handicapped individuals, individuals with limited English proficiency, and migrant students) and for gifted and talented students (including magnet schools for such students); (6) SEA technical assistance to LEAs, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations, including museums, libraries, and educational television stations in conducting programs for mathematics, science, languages, and computer learning; and (7) State assessment and administrative costs. Sets forth requirements for distribution of funds for higher education programs by State agencies for higher education. Requires that at least 75 percent of such funds be used for grants to private and public institutions of higher education for: (1) traineeship programs for new teachers who will specialize in teaching secondary school mathematics and science; (2) retraining secondary school teachers with other specialties to specialize in teaching mathematics, science, or computer learning (including providing stipends for participation in institutes under title I); and (3) inservice training for elementary, secondary, and vocational school teachers, and other appropriate school personnel to improve teaching skills in mathematics, science, and computer learning (including providing stipends for participation in institutes under title I). Requires each grant recipient to: (1) consider the needs of historically underrepresented and underserved groups and the gifted and talented; and (2) enter into an agreement with an LEA or LEA consortium to provide inservice training and retraining for elementary and secondary school teachers in the public and private schools of the LEA school district. Requires that the State agency for higher education use at least 20 percent of such funds for cooperative programs among institutions of higher education, LEAs, SEAs, private industry, and private nonprofit organizations, including museums, libraries, educational television stations, and professional mathematics, science, and engineering societies, for projects to improve student understanding and performance in science, mathematics, and critical foreign languages. Permits the State agency for higher education to use up to five percent of such funds for State assessment and administrative costs. Requires each State desiring to receive grants under this title to submit to the Secretary, within the first year for which such funds are available, an assessment of the status of mathematics, science, foreign language, and computer learning within the State. Sets forth requirements relating to such assessments. Sets forth requirements for State applications for funds under this title. Sets forth requirements for assessments by LEAs. Sets forth provisions for participation of children and teachers from private schools in programs under this title. Sets forth requirements for the use of the ten percent of appropriations for this title reserved in the Secretary's discretionary fund for programs of national significance. Directs the Secretary, from 75 percent of such funds, to make to SEAs and LEAs, institutions of higher education, and private nonprofit organizations for programs of national significance in mathematics and science instruction, computer learning, and foreign language instruction in critical languages. Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to assistance for: (1) magnet schools for gifted and talented students; and (2) special services to historically underserved and underrepresented populations in the fields of mathematics and science. Directs the Secretary to reserve a specified amount from such grant funds for the Director of the National Institute of Education to conduct evaluation and research. Directs the Secretary, from 25 percent of such funds, to make grants to institutions of higher education for instruction in critical foreign languages. Directs the Secretary to: (1) consult with the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Health and Human Services, and the Director of the National Science Foundation in determining which languages are critical to national security, economic, and scientific needs; and (2) publish a list of such languages in the Federal Register. Sets forth provisions for payments for programs under this title. Title III: National Science Foundation Program for Partnerships in Education for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering - Partnerships in Education for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Act - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of specified higher education programs and activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out this title. Sets forth authorized activities for which States may use partnership in education program grants. Includes among authorized higher education partnership programs: (1) improvement of postsecondary instruction in mathematics, science, computer science, and engineering; (2) scholarships for students in such fields; (3) faculty exchange programs by institutions of higher education and businesses within the State; (4) research in such fields; (5) instructional equipment for such fields; and (6) promotion of public understanding of science, mathematics, and computer science. Includes among authorized elementary and secondary school partnership programs (to be carried out by LEAs): (1) exchange programs between teachers of mathematics, science, or computer science and personnel of local businesses; (2) training and retraining of teachers in such fields under cooperative arrangements between State or LEAs and appropriate businesses; and (3) secondary school student observation, participation, and work in local businesses. Permits both higher education and elementary and secondary school partnerships to include institutions of higher education, businesses, nonprofit private organizations, local educational agencies, professional mathematics and scientific associations, museums, libraries, educational television stations, and States. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this title. Permits two or more States or a regional consortium of States to file a joint application. Sets forth requirements for applications by institutions of higher education and local educational agencies. Directs the Foundations to adopt approval procedures designed to assure equitable distribution of grants among the States. Makes specified provisions of title II of this Act relating to participation of children and teachers in private schools applicable to payments under this title. Sets the Federal share of the cost of programs under this title at 50 percent. Permits the non-Federal share of such costs to be in cash or inkind. Limits to 15 percent that portion of funds appropriated under this title in any fiscal year which may be paid to any single State. Title IV: Presidential Awards for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics and Science - Authorizes the President to make Presidential Awards for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics and Science to secondary school teachers. Authorizes the making of 100 such awards annually. Directs the President to: (1) select for such awards at least one secondary school teacher from each of the several States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and (2) carry out this title, including the establishment of selection procedures, after consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and other appropriate officials of Federal agencies.