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United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1982
Designates the week beginning October 1, 1982, as National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1982
Designates the week beginning October 1, 1982, as National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1982
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1967 to revise the enforcement procedures under the Act. Allows for a person claiming to be aggrieved under the Act to institute a civil action for equitable relief. Removes the upper age ceiling (70 years) on the protections afforded by the Discrimination in Employment Act. Restores the exemption from the ban on mandatory retirement for tenured faculty members.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1982
Designates the week beginning on October 24, 1982, as National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982
Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan Amendments of 1982 - Prohibits the Office of Personnel Management from entering into a contract for a Federal employee health benefits plan, unless the plan: (1) is nondiscriminatory; and (2) (excluding comprehensive medical plans) provides equal coverage for each type of benefit offered, provides for the payment of reasonable expenses for the treatment of mental disorders, and establishes a peer review system for determining whether a type of prescribed treatment is necessary medically or as treatment for a mental disorder. Requires the service benefit plan and the indemnity benefit plan to include, in addition to all types of benefits currently authorized: (1) nervous and mental disorder benefits; and (2) alcoholism and substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation benefits. Requires all Federal employee health benefit plans to include benefits for costs for general hospital care and health services of a catastrophic nature.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1982
Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Block Grant Act - Establishes the Ocean and Coastal Development Impact Assistance Fund in the Treasury. States that four percent of all bonus revenues and six percent of all royalty revenues from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases shall be deposited in such Fund. Provides block grants from such Fund to coastal States and territories for ocean and coastal energy impact assistance and resource management. Sets forth an allocation formula based upon oil or gas production, coastal population, and shoreline. Requires a State to give at least 40 percent of such grant to local coastal communities. Provides for assessment and audit of such block grants.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1982
Major League Sports Community Protection Act of 1982 - Declares that it shall not be unlawful under any antitrust law for a professional sports league and its member clubs to enforce rules: (1) authorizing the league membership to decide that a member club shall not be relocated; or (2) providing for the division of league or member club revenues that promote comparable economic opportunities for member clubs. Prohibits any State or local government from imposing any limitation on the collective conduct of sports leagues or member teams authorized by this Act. Specifies the applicability of this Act to actions commenced under the antitrust laws before its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1982
Authorizes the erection of a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and commemoration of members of the armed forces who served in the Korean War. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to select, with the approval of the National Commisson of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, a suitable site on public grounds for such memorial. Subjects the design and any plans for the memorial to the approval of the Secretary, the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the National Capital Planning Commission. Declares that no moneys belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia shall be expended for the erection of such memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1982
Designates certain lands in the Hoosier National Forest in Indiana as the Charles C. Deam Wilderness. Requires that the right of public access to the Terril Cemetery and the right of adequate access to privately owned lands within the areas designated as wilderness by this Act be protected. Prohibits the condemnation of private property pursuant to this Act without the owner's consent. States that the second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) final environmental statement (dated January 1979) shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to national forest system lands in Indiana. Provides that: (1) the RARE II study of national forest system lands in Indiana shall be considered an adequate consideration of the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) the Department of Agriculture shall not be required to review the wilderness option before the revision of the initial land management plans, required for such lands by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Requires that areas in Indiana reviewed in the RARE II final environmental statement and not designated as wilderness by this Act be managed for multiple uses other than wilderness. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Indiana to determine their suitability as wilderness without express congressional authorization.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1982
Health Planning Deregulation Act of 1982 - Replaces existing title XV (National Health Planning and Development) of the Public Health Service Act with a new title XV (Health Planning Deregulation). Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983. Bases State allotments on population, with a minimum allotment of $100,000. States that funds may be used for: (1) State or local health planning; and (2) experiments designed to promote competition in health care financing and delivery. Requires States to: (1) provide at least 25 percent funding; and (2) file audits and reports.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of August 1, through 7, 1982, as National Purple Heart Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1982
Disability Amendments of 1982 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the termination of disability benefits on the grounds that the physical or mental impairment on which such benefits were based has ceased or did not exist (unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds that there has been medical improvement in the beneficiary's condition or that the initial disability determination was clearly erroneous under the disability standards in effect at the time). Requires that a preliminary disability decision by a State agency, or the Secretary, which is unfavorable to the disability benefit applicant contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence, the basis for such decision, the right of the applicant to a review of the decision, and the right to submit additional medical evidence prior to such review. Entitles the applicant or the applicant's spouse, former spouse, surviving spouse, surviving divorced mother, child or parent to a review of the premliminary decision (including the right to make a personal appearance and submit additional medical evidence), upon a showing that his or her rights may be prejudiced by such decision and upon timely request. Sets forth the procedural requirements for a review of a preliminary disability decision. Provides that a preliminary disability decision may be affirmed, modified, or reversed on the basis of the review. Authorizes the State agency which made the initial disability determination to make any new disability determination required during review of the case after notification to the Secretary and in accordance with the rules governing such determinations. Requires that a decision by the Secretary after review which is unfavorable to the individual requesting the review contain a statement of the case with a discussion of the evidence and the basis for the Secretary's decision. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to the submission of documentary evidence relating to disability on or after the date of the decision made after review. Requires that individuals requesting a review be informed of the requirements under this Act and of their right to representation at the review. Provides for reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing for disability benefit applicants who show that their rights may be prejudiced by a decision after review. Provides that the hearing decision may affirm, modify, or reverse the Secretary's findings of fact and the decision after review. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to the submission of additional documentary evidence relating to disability on or after the date of the decision after review and before the commencement of the hearing on such decision. Requires the Secretary to prescribe a period of time after hearing decisions during which the Secretary, upon his or her own motion or at the request of the individual who requested the hearing, may review the hearing decision and affirm, modify, or reverse it. Makes such a review the final review of the decision. Provides that the decision shall be considered final if it is not so reviewed. Requires the Secretary to notify the individual involved with respect to a case where the Secretary initiates a review. Provides that an application for disability benefits filed before the first month in which the applicant satisfies the requirements for such benefits shall be considered valid only if: (1) the applicant satisfies such requirements before the Secretary makes a final decision on the application and no request for review has been made; or (2) the applicant satisfies such requirements before a decision on review is made in any case where review is requested. Requires that hearings on disability decisions after review be conducted on the record. Subjects such hearings to Federal law governing administrative hearings. Requires the Secretary to appoint administrative law judges to conduct such hearings. Entitles any individual who is dissatisfied with the final hearing decision to judicial review of that decision. Entitles an individual who shows that his or her rights may be prejudiced by a determination with respect to his or her continuing eligibility for disability benefits to the same type of review and hearing as is permitted in the case of an initial disability determination. Specifies the cases with respect to which State agencies may make new disability determinations for purposes of review under this Act. Permits an individual who has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits, and who has requested a hearing on such determination, to elect to have the payment of such benefits continued during the period of appeal. Provides that if the decision upon appeal affirms the determination that the individual is not entitled to such benefits, any benefits paid pursuant to such election shall be considered overpayments. Requires the Secretary to provide uniform standards which shall be applied at all levels of disability determinations. Provides that except in certain cases, if an individual has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits, the termination month for such benefits shall be the month in which: (1) a decision affirming such benefit termination has been made after review of the preliminary decision to this Act; or (2) the time for requesting such a review has expired. Sets forth evidentiary requirements with respect to disability determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a defense to a Federal prosecution that the defendant, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked the state of mind required as an element of the offense (current law contains no statutory insanity defense). Transfers the burden of proof to the defendant to establish the defense of insanity by a preponderance of the evidence. Authorizes a verdict of "guilty but mentally ill", for any criminal defendant who raises the issue of insanity by notice as provided by Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Requires that any person found guilty but mentally ill, be sentenced in the same manner as a defendant found guilty of the offense. Requires the court to commit such person to the custody of the Attorney General upon a finding by the preponderance of the evidence that the person is currently suffering from a mental disease or defect and his release would create a substantial danger to himself or to the person or property of another. Requires the court to release such person or to hold a hearing, upon the certification by the director of the facility that such person's release will no longer create significant risk of injury or property damage. Directs the court to order the discharge of a person who is found to have recovered.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Product Liability Act - Preempts State product liability laws. States that this Act governs any civil action for harm caused by a product which would have been based on: (1) strict or absolute liability in tort; (2) negligence or gross negligence; (3) breach of express or implied warranty and; (4) failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct. Makes a manufacturer liable if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that a product was unreasonably dangerous: (1) in construction or design; (2) because the manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings of danger; or (3) because the product did not conform to an express warranty. Specifies the requisite findings which must be made for such proof of unreasonable danger to be determined. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the claimant's harm was proximately caused by such seller's failure to use reasonable care with respect to the product. Enumerates circumstances under which such a seller is also subject to the liability of a manufacturer. Provides that all claims, under this Act shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Sets forth rules with respect to conduct affecting comparative responsibility, including misuse, alteration or modification of a product. Specifies the manner in which damages are to be apportioned. Requires that damages in any product liability claim be reduced by an amount paid as workers' compensation benefits. Prescribes statutes of limitation for recovery. Allows punitive damages to be awarded if the claimant proves by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of the product manufacturer's or sellers's reckless disregard for the safety of product users, consumers, or others who might be harmed by the product. Provides that evidence of corrective measures taken by a product seller after a harm has occurred would not be admissible in court to prove liability.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make technical changes in the language of provisions governing work activities programs for severely handicapped individuals to provide for the integration of such individuals with less handicapped persons working in sheltered workshops.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments equivalent to the child's insurance benefit under the Social Security Act before the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to certain children between the ages of 18 and 22 attending institutions of higher learning. Limits eligibility for such payments to children of veterans who died on active duty or from a service-connected disability. Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to make monthly payments to the surviving spouse of such veteran in the amount such spouse would have received under the Social Security Act were she caring for a child under 16 (when such child is actually between 16 and 18 years of age). Directs the Secretary to make a lump-sum payment to persons who would have been entitled to such payments one month before the effective date of this Act. Directs the Secretary concerned to notify each member of the armed forces that his or her dependents will be ineligible for such benefits should the member die after the applicable date, in no case later than August 13, 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide the Secretary concerned with information necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
Violent Crime and Drug Enforcement Improvements Act of 1982 - Title I: Bail Reform - Bail Reform Act of 1982 - Repeals the Bail Reform Act of 1966 and sets forth new bail procedures. Retains execution of a money bond as a condition for pretrial release. Authorizes a judicial officer to consider the safety of any person or the community when making a pretrial release determination. Establishes as a mandatory release condition that the person not commit a Federal, State, or local crime during release. Expands the discretionary release conditions to include that the defendant: (1) maintain employment or an educational program; (2) avoid contact with an alleged victim or potential witness; (3) report to a law enforcement or pretrial service agency; (4) comply with a curfew; (5) refrain from possessing a firearm or using alcohol or narcotic drugs; (6) undergo medical treatment; (7) agree to forfeit designated property, including money, upon failure to appear; and (8) return to custody at specified hours. Prohibits a judicial officer from imposing financial conditions that result in the pretrial detention of a person. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the detention for up to ten days of a person who is presently on pretrial release for a felony under Federal, State, or local law or on probation or parole or release pending sentencing or appeal for any offense, upon a determination that such person may flee or pose a danger to any person or the community. Requires that a detention hearing be held in any case involving: (1) a crime of violence; (2) any offense punishable by life imprisonment or death; (3) a narcotics offense punishable by at least ten years' imprisonment; (4) a serious risk of flight or obstruction of justice; or (5) any felony committed after the person has been convicted of two or more offenses for which a hearing is mandated. Authorizes a judicial officer after such a hearing to order the pretrial detention of a person upon finding that no condition will reasonably assure such person's appearance and the safety of any other person and the community. Creates certain rebuttable presumptions with regard to absence of such conditions. Enumerates additional factors to be considered by the judicial officer in making a release determination, including the defendant's past conduct, history of drug or alcohol abuse, criminal history, and the nature and seriousness of the danger to the community or any person. Requires the detention of a person who has appealed his conviction unless the judicial officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) such person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to another person or property; and (2) the appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact. Requires the detention of a person awaiting sentencing unless the officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to any other person or the community. Authorizes a U.S. attorney to appeal a release order. Makes a person guilty of an offense for failing to appear after having been released. Provides increased penalties for persons charged with more serious offenses. Makes it an affirmative defense to such crime that uncontrollable circumstances prevented the person from appearing. Establishes mandatory additional penalties for commission of an offense while on pretrial release. Subjects a person who has been conditionally released and violates a condition of release to revocation of release and prosecution for contempt of court. Authorizes a surety to arrest a person charged with an offense who is released upon execution of an appearance bond with such surety. Requires such person to be delivered promptly to a judicial officer for a revocation determination. Grants new authority to law enforcement officers to arrest a person who violates pretrial release conditions. Title II: Witness-Victim Protection - Witness Victim Protection Act of 1982 - Amends rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require that presentence reports contain information assessing the impact upon and cost to any person who was the victim of the offense. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as offenses "tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant" and "retaliating against a witness or an informant." Amends the Bail Reform Act of 1966 to require as a condition of pretrial release that the defendant not commit these offenses. Grants general authority to the Attorney General to relocate or protect Government witnesses. Authorizes the Attorney General to initiate civil proceedings to restrain tampering with a witness or victim. Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Federal courts over civil claims against the United States for damages caused by dangerous offenders who are released or escape from the lawful custody of a U.S. employee as a result of such employee's gross negligence. Directs the Attorney General to develop Federal guidelines for the fair treatment of crime victims to ensure all victims of crime are justly compensated. Title III: Controlled Substances Penalties - Controlled Substances Penalties Amendments Act of 1982 - Increases the fine levels for drug trafficking. Increases the penalties for trafficking in large amounts of controlled substances. Title IV: Protection of Federal Officials - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal crime to kill, assault, or kidnap a cabinet officer or second ranking official in each executive department, Director or Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, U.S. Supreme Court justice or nominee, or senior presidential or vice presidential adviser. Includes as a Federal crime any attempt or conspiracy to commit such offenses. Title V: Sentencing Reform - Sentencing Reform Act of 1982 - Sets forth a new sentencing structure applicable to a defendant who is found guilty of an offense under any Federal statute. Permits an individual to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment or probation and a fine, and to receive additional sanctions, including: (1) forfeiture for certain racketeering crimes and drug-related offenses; (2) an order of notice to victims of crimes in cases involving fraud or deceptive practices; or (3) an order of restitution in cases involving bodily injury or property damage. Permits an organization to receive these penalties, with the exception of imprisonment. Creates the United States Sentencing Commission. Specifies factors to be considered by a sentencing court, including the guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission. Requires the court to impose a sentence within the range set forth by the Commission unless aggravating or mitigating circumstances exist that were not adequately considered by the Commission in formulating the guidelines. Requires the court to state in open court at the time of sentencing the reason for imposing a sentence at a point within the prescribed range, or the specific reason for imposing a sentence outside of such range. Authorizes the imposition of a term of probation, unless specifically prohibited, for all but the most serious class of felonies. Requires as a mandatory condition of probation that a defendant not commit another crime. Enumerates 20 discretionary conditions. Sets forth a fine schedule for the categories of offenses generally at higher levels than current law. Includes higher maximums for organizational defendants. Directs the court to consider the defendant's financial status in determining the amount of a fine and the method of payment. Sets maximum terms of imprisonment for five classes of felonies (A to F), three classes of misdemeanors (A to C), and an infraction (five day maximum). Allows the court, in imposing a sentence of imprisonment for a felony or misdemeanor, to include a term of supervised release after imprisonment. Eliminates the special sentencing provisions under current law for dangerous special offenders, youth offenders, young adult offenders, and drug addicts, but provides for these categories of offenders under the proposed sentencing guidelines. Excludes capital punishment as an authorized penalty, but leaves unaffected the current death penalty and procedures for aircraft hijacking. Eliminates the parole system. Permits a defendant to petition for a sentence reduction upon a showing of extraordinary and compelling reasons. Limits this motion for defendants who are sentenced to six or more years of imprisonment. Allows the defendant or the government to file a notice of appeal in the district court for review of a final sentence. Title VI: Criminal Forfeiture - Comprehensive Criminal Forfeiture Act of 1982 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to specify that property subject to forfeiture for racketeering activity includes: (1) all proceeds obtained directly or indirectly from racketeering activity; (2) real and tangible and intangible personal property; and (3) positions, offices, appointments, and benefits obtained through illegal activity. Makes property forfeitable to the United States upon the commission of the act giving rise to forfeiture. Permits the forfeiture of property which has been transferred to a third party, but includes a provision protecting innocent bona fide purchasers. Authorizes a court to order the forfeiture of substitute assets of the defendant where the original property cannot be located or traced. Authorizes a court to take appropriate action preserving the availability of property during the pre-indictment period effective for up to 90 days. Specifies the circumstances under which a temporary restraining order may be issued without notice to the affected party. Authorizes the Attorney General to grant petitions for remission or mitigation of forfeiture. Directs the Attorney General to establish regulations governing the restitution and disposition of forfeited property. Amends the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 to establish general criminal forfeiture provisions for felony violations under titles II and III. Includes provisions similar to the RICO amendments of this Act, relating to property subject to forfeiture, third party transfers, asset substitution, pre-indictment orders, and remission. Authorizes a court to issue a warrant authorizing the seizure of property subject to forfeiture in the same manner provided for a search warrant, if other injunctive relief would not assure the availability of the property. Provides that a criminal forfeiture proceeding shall stay any civil forfeiture proceeding with respect to the same property. Authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration to set aside 25 percent of the amounts realized from forfeitures under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 for payment for information or assistance leading to forfeiture. Terminates this program on September 30, 1984. Title VII: Offenders With Mental Disease or Defect - Authorizes a special verdict of "not guility only by reason of insanity" for any criminal defendant who raises the issue of insanity by notice as currently provided. Establishes a new civil commitment procedure for persons found not guilty only by reason of insanity. Title VIII: Surplus Federal Property Amendments - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration to transfer to any State or local government surplus property determined by the Attorney General to be required for correctional facility use. Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress on the acquisition cost of all donated personal property and real property disposed of during the preceding fiscal year. Title IX: - Miscellaneous Criminal Justice Improvements - Makes it a Federal offense to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. Increases penalties for violent crimes committed in aid of racketeering activities. Expands explosives offenses to cover arson. Permits administrative forfeiture procedures for property valued at less than $100,000. Extends kidnapping jurisdiction to protect certain Federal officials if the crime is committed while the victim is engaged in his official duties. Extends Federal jurisdiction over the robbery of a pharmacy. Increases the penalties for distributing controlled substances in or on or within 1,000 feet of, an elementary or secondary school. Revises the provisions relating to offenses against families of Federal officials, currency and foreign transactions, truck theft, felony-murder, the Federal juvenile justice system, and emergency electronic surveillance. Urges the President to promote a declaration by the United Nations of an International Year Against Drug Abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to pursue vigorously and promptly conclude certain countervailing duty and antidumping duty investigatons and the pending steel unfair trade practices investigation; and (2) Congress should consider legislation to strengthen U.S. trade laws.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1982
SELF-Tax Plan Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal all the income tax tables. Provides for an income tax rate of 18 percent for earnings between $17,500 and $50,000 and 25 percent for earnings over $50,000. Imposes a flat tax rate of 20 percent on the income of all corporations. Repeals all specific exclusions from gross income, all deductions and all credits except the following: (1) the credit for tax withheld on wages; (2) the credit for tax withheld on nonresident aliens; (3) the tax exclusion of gifts and inheritances; and (4) the tax exclusion of the income of States and municipalities. Decreases the amount of each personal exemption to $600. States that: (1) deductions shall be allowed for business expenses and capital cost recovery; (2) income earned by a trade or business shall be taxed only once; (3) married individuals may file a joint return but the marriage penalty shall be eliminated; and (4) no one shall be taxed twice on social security contributions.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1982
Urges the President to promote a declaration by the United Nations of an International Year Against Drug Abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to eliminate price supports for the 1982 through 1985 sugar crops.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of May 2 through May 8, 1982, as National Clean Air Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the month of May 1982 should be appropriately observed as Older Americans Month.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the special provisions allowing Members of Congress an increased business expense deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of November 21 through 27, 1982, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Requests the President to designate May 25, 1982, as Missing Children Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1982
Requests the President to designate March 1, 1983, as National Recovery Room Nurses Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should notify the Common Market's Council of Ministers that: (1) renegotiation of the Common Market's tariff on corn gluten feed is not in the best interests of the United States; and (2) the imposition of any trade restriction on corn gluten feed would seriously impede U.S. relations with the Common Market. Urges the President to take all other appropriate steps to protect U.S. exports of corn gluten feed.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1982
Prohibits the Government from imposing export restrictions on agricultural commodities which interfere with valid export contracts if: (1) the contracts were entered into before the imposition of such restrictions; and (2) the contracts provide for the delivery of such commodities for export within 180 days of the date the restrictions are imposed.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Voting Rights for the Handicapped and the Elderly Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals. Sets forth minimum requirements for these guidelines. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General and aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982
Designates September 19 through September 25, 1982, as National Cystic Fibrosis Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Grants a Federal charter to the National Federation of Music Clubs.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982
Requests the President to designate April 25 through May 2, 1982, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Enterprise Zone Tax Act of 1982 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by this Act. Specifies that State and local governments shall nominate areas for such designation. Limits the designation of enterprise zones to 25 nominated areas per year. Limits the period during which such designations shall remain in effect. Specifies that the Secretary may designate such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area (with a population of at least 50,000) or 2,500 otherwise, or is within an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on December 31, 1985 or three years after publication of regulations pertaining to such zones, whichever is later. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Requires that any property tax reduction effected by a local government under the terms of this Act be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. States that designation of an enterprise zone shall not give displaced persons from such an area any rights or benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives Subtitle A - Credits for Employers and Employees - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a nonrefundable income tax credit for ten percent of the increase in payroll for all employees, taking into account a maximum of $15,000 in wages per employee. Allows such credit only for wages paid to employees who perform 90 percent of their services in work directly related to the conduct of the taxpayers' business located in the enterprise zone and who perform 50 percent of their services within such zone. Phases out such credit in the last three years of the enterprise zone designation. Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit for employers equal to 50 percent of the wages paid to certain disadvantaged workers for the first three years of the enterprise zone designation. Phases out such credit by ten percent a year beginning in the forth year after such designation. Requires a recapture of such credit for the early termination of such employees. Disallows a deduction for the portion of wages or salaries subject to such credit. Requires employers to furnish to each employee a written statement showing the amount of wages paid to such employee. Provides an income tax credit for enterprise zone employees equal to five percent of the first $9,000 of wages received each year. Phases out such credit in the last four years of the enterprise zone designation. Subtitle B: Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for certain tangible property located in enterprise zones. Limits such credit to five percent for zone personal property and ten percent for new zone construction property, including rental property. Requires that the property subject to such credit be predominantly used in the zone, be purchased after zone designation, and not be acquired from relatives or related corporations. Requires the recapture of such credit upon early disposition of the property. Subtitle C: Reduction in Capital Grain Tax Rates - Eliminates the capital gains tax on property of corporations acquired after the enterprise zone designation and used in a zone business. Qualifies certain low-income rental housing located in an enterprise zone for such treatment. Permits property to remain qualified for purposes of the revised capital gains treatment after a designation of an enterprise zone has terminated. Exempts gain from the sale or expenses of property used in a business in an enterprise zone from the computation of the minimum tax. Expresses the sense of Congress that if the minimum tax is modified, enterprise zone capital gain will be excluded in computing minimum taxable income. Subtitle D: Extension of Carryover Periods - Extends the net operating loss and investment tax credit carryover period to the longer of 15 years or the duration of the enterprise zone designation for businesses operating in such zones. Subtitle E: Rules Relating to Industrial Development Bonds - Provides that rules relating to small issue tax-exempt industrial development bonds now in effect shall apply to bonds used to finance land or other depreciable property located in an enterprise zone, even if such rules are subsequently changed. Subtitle F: Sense of the Congress With Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions, to include qualified businesses (as defined in Title II of this Act), designating governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations which pertain to the carrying out of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve such request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in continuation of the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement (including the Davis-Bacon Act and Fair Labor Standards Act) or which would present a danger to the public health and safety. Provides that such waivers or modifications of rule shall remain in effect as long as the zone designations. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Title IV: Establishment of Foreign Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Zone Board to consider on a priority basis and expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to and expedite applications for the establishment of parts of entry necessary to establish such zones. States that to the maximum extent practicable foreign-trade zones should be established within enterprise zones.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from amassing nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1982
Requests the President to designate the week beginning May 9, 1982, as National Small Business Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, through the Government National Mortgage Association, to assist middle- and lower-income families in acquiring a home or membership in a cooperative housing association by making periodic interest reduction payments on behalf of such families to mortgagees and lenders. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into contracts to provide interest reduction payments during any month unless the Federal Home Loan Bank Board's home mortgage interest rate index for the most recent two-month period exceeds 12.5 percent per year. Conditions eligibility for interest reduction payments on the insurability of the first mortgage or loan secured by such property. Sets forth the qualifications for insurance, which include requirements that: (1) the loan be executed by a borrower who has an annual income of less than $30,000; (2) the loan involve a one- to four-family dwelling the construction of which was completed on or after March 6, 1982; (3) the loan be amortized over 30 years; and (4) beginning with the second year, the loan payments be increased by a specified amount which shall be applied to the principal obligation until it is paid off. Limits the duration of the interest reduction payments to five years. Declares that the amount of all such payments shall constitute a second lien on the property. Requires repayment of such amount, not to exceed 60 percent of the homeowner's net equity: (1) upon the sale or disposition of the property; (2) upon the refinancing of the loan; or (3) when the owner ceases to occupy the property as a principal residence for a period exceeding nine months. Limits the amount of interest reduction payments to the difference between the amount of the monthly principal and interest payment under the terms of the loan and the amount such payment would be if the interest rate on the loan were: (1) 11 percent per year; or (2) four percentage points less than the rate specified in the loan, whichever rate is higher. Requires the Secretary to: (1) allocate the amount available to carry out this Act on the basis of the population, number of housing starts, and unemployment in each State relative to all States; and (2) assure that the allocated amounts are made available in a manner which maximizes participation by eligible lenders and borrowers. Declares that any mortgage insured or assisted under this Act shall be eligible for purchase by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association Corporation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress supports the President's decision to prohibit imports of Libyan oil and to deny licenses for the export of certain oil and gas equipment to Libya.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Cancels all revenue bonds issued by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Refinancing Act of 1982 - Amends the Act establishing the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to require such Corporation to pay excess revenues into the general fund of the Treasury. Cancels the balance owed by the Corporation on revenue bonds issued to the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires user charges and tolls that will generate revenues sufficient to pay into the Treasury an amount to be fixed by the Secretary of Transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President and the Congress must work together to reduce substantially the budget deficits projected for fiscal year 1983 and following years; (2) the President and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System must take action to assure that interest rates remain at a level commensurate with a vigorous and stable economic recovery; and (3) the goal of monetary policy must be to stabilize interest rates at a level close to the historical average relationship between nominal interest rates and the rate of inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Requests the President to designate 1983 as Year of the Bible.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Declares that if Israel or any other democratic state is denied its rights and privileges in the United Nations' General Assembly the United States will suspend its participation in the General Assembly and will withhold its contribution to the United Nations until the action is reversed.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1982
Job Training Act of 1982 - Sets forth the purposes of this Act: (1) to establish programs of job training for private sector employment for those with special needs, especially welfare recipients and economically disadvantaged out-of-school youths; (2) to strengthen private sector involvement in planning and delivery of such training; (3) to give States primary responsibility for program design and operation; (4) to concentrate on job training rather than income maintenance; (5) to establish performance standards measuring results; and (6) to integrate job training with related State and local programs. Authorizes appropriations in a specified amount for FY 1983 to carry out the purpose of title I (Job Training Grants to States), specified provisions of title II for research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance, and title IV (National Commission on Training and Employment) of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 to carry out the purposes of part B (Secretary's Program Responsibilities) of title II of this Act (in a specified amount less any amounts appropriated to carry out training under the Trade Act of 1974). Authorizes appropriations in a specified amount for FY 1983 to carry out the purposes of title III (Job Corps) of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of necessary sums for FY 1983 through 1987 for Federal administrative expenses under part A (Secretary's Management Responsibilities) of title II and title IV (National Commission on Training and Employment) of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of necessary sums for FY 1984 through FY 1987 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title I: Job Training to States - Part A: Financial Assistance Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Labor, for FY 1983, to allocate 97 percent of funds made available for this title in accordance with specified allocation of funds provisions under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in effect prior to enactment of this Act. Authorizes Governors to use funds received under this allocation to plan to implement the job training program authorized by this title. Requires that the remaining three percent be used to carry out the purposes of title IV (National Commission on Training and Employment) and to carry out title II provisions for research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance, but prohibits its use for Federal personnel. Directs the Secretary, for FY 1984 through FY 1987, to allocate title I funds according to specified formulas. Provides for allocation among States of 97 percent of such funds in FY 1984, and of at least 72 percent of such funds in FY 1985 through FY 1987, according to the relative numbers of: (1) recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); (2) youths age 16 through 24 with family incomes at or below the poverty level or the "lower living standard income level" (half the U.S. median income level, as determined by the Secretary); and (3) persons unemployed for at least 15 weeks. (Allocates a specified amount to U.S. territories and possessions.) Provides, for FY 1985 through 1987, that up to 25 percent of title I funds shall be allocated to those States which the Secretary determines have successfully met performance standards established under this Act. Provides that the remainder of such funds be used for the National Commission on Training and Employment and for research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance. Authorizes each State job training council established under this Act, with the approval of the Governor, to designate one or more substate service delivery areas to receive job training services under this title. Provides that each such area should be related to a labor market area but need not be coterminous with the boundaries of substate political jurisdictions. Requires that any local government with a population of 500,000 or more be designated as a substate service delivery area. Directs the council to give strong consideration to designating any rural area served by a concentrated employment program as a substate service delivery area, after consultation with the prime sponsor who served the area under CETA. Authorizes combinations of, or additions to, substate service delivery areas. Requires that a specified portion of funds to such areas be allocated on the basis of relative numbers of: (1) AFDC recipients; (2) population, adjusted by per capita income differences; and (3) unemployed. Requires that due consideration be given, in suballocating specified funds, to subrecipients which have met State performance standards. Requires a State to establish a State job training council in order to receive funds under this title. Directs that council members be selected by the Governor. Requires that a majority be from the private sector, 20 percent be local government elected officials, and the remainder include one representative each from the State employment service agency and the State vocational education system, and representatives of organized labor, private nonprofit community-based organizations, and other interested groups. Requires the council to advise the State on all aspects of job training, information, and placement. Requires the council, subject to the Governor's approval, to: (1) designate substate service delivery areas; (2) provide management guidance and review for all title I programs in the State and approval of all substate area plans and activities; (3) develop linkages with other programs and coordinate activities with private industry councils (PICs); (4) plan resource allocations; and (5) develop State job training report and performance standards. Requires the council to also perform the functions previously performed by any State council established by any State law under the Wagner-Peyser Act (Federal Employment Service). Authorizes the State to consider having the council perform the functions of any State apprenticeship council established under the Apprenticeship Act. Requires the council to also review and comment on the State plan developed by the State employment agency under the Wagner-Peyser Act. Requires a State to submit a job training report in order to be allocated funds under this title. Requires that such report: (1) demonstrate State legal and fiscal responsibility for title I program administration; and (2) include (A) goals, objectives, needs, and performance standards; (B) types of activities, areas, and individuals to be served; and (C) fund distribution criteria and method. Requires, beginning in FY 1984, that such report describe how the State has met goals, objectives, needs, and performance standards set in the previous fiscal year. Provides for local government and public comment on such reports. Requires, to receive services under this title, that a private industry council (PIC) be established in each substate service delivery area. Directs the Governor to appoint PIC members after receipt of nominations from appropriate local private sector persons and public officials. Requires that a majority of PIC members be from the private sector, a significant percentage be local government elected officials, and the remainder be representatives from the State employment service agency, the public vocational education system, organized labor, private nonprofit community-based organizations, and other interested groups. Requires the PIC to plan the job training program for the area, subject to approval by the State job training council and the Governor. Requires the PIC to perform the functions previously performed in the area by any labor market advisory council under part C (Work Incentive-WIN-Program) of title IV of the Social Security Act. Directs the State to encourage coordination and integration of the work of the PIC with that of any job service employer committee. Part B: Job Training Program - Sets forth eligibility requirements for participation in a job training program under this title. Requires that a participant be a person who: (1) is at least 16 years old and a recipient or family member under AFDC or under the Bureau of Indian Affairs child welfare or general assistance program; or (2) an out-of-school youth age 16 through 25, who is economically disadvantaged (defined to include handicapped). Authorizes a State to use up to ten percent of its allocation under this title to serve other persons with special labor market disadvantages, including veterans, in-school youth, older workers, and displaced workers. Authorizes States with severe displaced worker problems to use up to an additional five percent of such funds to serve displaced workers if such States appropriate an equal amount of matching funds for such purpose. Allows training activities to include: (1) on-the-job training; (2) institutional or classroom training; (3) job placement assistance; (4) vocational education and other skill training in a classroom; (5) general equivalency degree (GED) preparation and other basic and remedial education; and (6) employability assessment and development planning. Permits training programs to include those: (1) operated by the private sector, including employers' consortia; (2) training participants alongside nonparticipants, with private and public funding and with an employer pledge to hire a proportion of qualified graduates; and (3) funded under performance-based contracts. Authorizes States to enter into agreements with the Secretary to operate for one year, with funds received under this title, Job Corps centers which are no longer funded by the Secretary, except that no such funds may be used to pay allowances. Allows States, in subsequent years, to use funds under this title to pay the tuition of individual corpsmembers, but requires that States use funds other than those under this Act to operate such centers. Permits training programs to include specified apprenticeship programs and specified veterans' on-the-job training programs. Requires all training agreements to contain standards on training content, quality, duration, and results. Permits purchase of commercially available training packages under specified conditions. Permits States and subrecipients to make training and placement agreements to assist employers in carrying out affirmative action program obligations. Limits to 15 percent the amount of the State allocation under this title which may be used for administrative costs. Directs States to allow subrecipients an adequate amount of administrative funds. Prohibits the use of funds under this title to pay to participants or to others on behalf of participants: (1) stipends, allowances, or other such payments; or (2) wages. Limits to ten percent the amount of funds under this title which may be used to pay for social or supportive services (including child care, health care, and transportation), unless the Secretary has approved a somewhat higher percentage for extraordinary reasons set forth in the State job training report. Provides that payments to employers under this title on behalf of participants in on-the-job training shall not average more than 50 percent of the wages paid during such training. Prohibits use of funds under this title to: (1) train for occupations without labor or skill shortages; or (2) pay fees for placement of participants in training programs or jobs. Sets forth State job training program operation requirements, including establishment of: (1) linkages with other programs; (2) procedures for fiscal control, accounting, audit, debt collection, subgranting, subcontracting, monitoring, correcting, and sanctioning; and (3) result-oriented performance standards and annual assessment. Title II: Secretary's Responsibilities - Part A: Secretary's Management Responsibilities - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish Federal performance standards to measure title I programs; and (2) annually assess each State program. Requires that such standards: (1) recognize different circumstances affecting States' performances; (2) be based on participant outcome measures; and (3) measure cost effectiveness and postprogram, compared to preprogram, earnings. Authorizes the Secretary to monitor, and investigate where necessary, to determine compliance by recipients of financial assistance under this Act. Sets forth provisions for: (1) auditing requirements; (2) corrective actions and sanctions; (3) administrative adjudications; (4) reallocation of funds; and (5) performance reports. Authorizes the Secretary to establish research and evaluation programs and to provide training and technical assistance. Part B: Secretary's Program Responsibilities - Authorizes the Secretary, from funds made available for this part, to provide financial assistance to recipients under this Act or to other agencies or organizations for job training programs designed to meet the needs of persons with special labor market disadvantages, including Native Americans, migrants and seasonal farmworkers, older workers, veterans, displaced homemakers, persons of limited English language proficiency, handicapped individuals, displaced workers, and offenders. Sets forth provisions for Native American programs (unlike CETA, this Act does not require minimum funding levels for such programs). Directs the Secretary to fund Native American Indian tribes, bands, or groups on Federal or State reservations having a governing body, including Alaska Native villages or groups and the Oklahoma Indians (unlike CETA, this Act provides for no special programs for Hawaiian natives or nonreservation Native Americans). Requires submission of plans to receive such funding. Requires, if the Secretary decides to use other public agencies or private organizations for such services, that these entities be approved by those to be served. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures and machinery (including personnel) to administer such programs. Sets title I program activities limits and conditions on such programs. Sets forth provisions for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs (unlike CETA, this Act does not require minimum funding levels for such programs). Directs the Secretary to meet the job training needs of migrants and seasonal farmworkers through public agencies and private organizations. Includes among such programs job training in agricultural or nonagricultural occupations and related assistance and supportive services. Directs the Secretary to: (1) use competitive procedures in awarding funds for such programs; and (2) consult with appropriate State and local officials on program operation. Applies title I program activities limits and conditions to such programs. Sets forth provisions for older Americans programs (unlike CETA, this Act does not require minimum funding levels for such programs). Authorizes the Secretary to financially assist job training programs for older Americans who are economically disadvantaged and aged 55 or over. Applies title I program activities limits and conditions to such programs. Authorizes the Secretary to financially assist job training programs for veterans which emphasize the needs of disabled, Vietnam era, and recently separated veterans. Applies title I program activities limits and conditions to such programs. Title III: Job Corps - Transfers from CETA to this Act the provisions of law authorizing the Job Corps. Title IV: National Commission on Training and Employment - Establishes a National Commission on Training and Employment to perform advisory functions similar to those of the National Commission on Employment Policy under CETA (adds membership positions for the Secretaries of Commerce and the Treasury and for two more private sector representatives). Requires that the Commission examine employment and training issues in conjunction with the National Commission on Vocational Education and include the comments of such Commission in any reports which it deems desirable to make. Requires, in addition, that the Commission perform Federal advisory functions previously required under the Wagner-Peyser Act (Federal Employment Service). Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) services and property; (2) utilization of services and facilities; (3) interstate agreements; (4) nondiscrimination; (5) judicial review; and (6) rules and regulations. Provides a transition period for CETA programs. Prohibits expenditure of Federal funds for Federal or State advisory councils under the Wagner-Peyser Act (Federal Employment Service) or for labor market advisory councils under the WIN program of title IV of the Social Security Act. Sets forth criminal penalties for theft or embezzlement of job training funds or obstruction of investigations under this Act. Provides that all references in any statute other than this Act to CETA shall be read to refer to this Act. Repeals the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Repeals a requirement, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments of 1978, that the Secretary develop methods to ascertain and report annually on energy development and conservation employment impact data by type and scale of energy technologies used. Repeals provisions for the Community Service Employment Pilot Program for Handicapped Individuals under the Rehabilitation Act. Repeals provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act (Federal Employment Service) relating to Federal and State advisory councils. Repeals provisions of the WIN program under the Social Security Act relating to labor market advisory councils.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1982
Designates the week commencing with the fourth Monday in June 1982 as National NCO/Petty Officer Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1982
Designates July 9, 1982, as National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, a specially struck gold medal to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in recognition of the bicentennial anniversary of diplomatic and trade relations between the Netherlands and the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
White House Conference on Productivity Act - Title I: Findings - States the findings of Congress concerning U.S. productivity. Title II: The White House Conference on Productivity - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Productivity, within one year, to develop recommendations to stimulate the U.S. productivity improvement rate. Lists the policy options the Conference shall consider. Requires the Conference to submit a report to the President. Requires the report to be made public. Directs the President to transmit to the Congress recommendations for legislative action to implement recommendations in the report. Title III: Administration - Provides for the administration of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Lech Walesa and others detained by Poland's government for political reasons should be released. Declares that Lech Walesa and other Solidarity members should be permitted to: (1) participate in negotiations concerning the future of Solidarity; (2) comment on the situation in Poland; and (3) travel freely.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Designates the week of June 6 through June 12, 1982, as National Child Abuse Prevention Week.