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Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]

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Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 221 (98th)referred

A joint resolution to honor the contribution of blacks in the American Revolution.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984

Expresses the appreciation of Congress to the descendants of blacks who contributed to American independence. Encourages State and local governments and private organizations to conduct activities during Black History Month 1985 in honor of black involvement in the American Revolution.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 223 (98th)referred

A joint resolution relating to the rehabilitation of shelters for the homeless.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984

Requires the appropriation of funds authorized under the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 for the rehabilitation of structures for use as shelters for the homeless and for demonstration projects coordinating local efforts to assist families trying to locate affordable housing.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 329 (98th)open

A resolution expressing the support of the Senate for the expansion of confidence building measures between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., including the establishment of nuclear risk reduction centers, in Washington and in Moscow, with modern communications linking the centers.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984

Commends the President for his support for specified confidence building measures between the United States and the Soviet Union. Urges the President to pursue negotiations with the Soviet Union concerning such measures, adding to such negotiations the establishment of nuclear risk reduction centers in both countries.

Bill· SS. 2218 (98th)referred

A bill to continue in effect the certification requirements with respect to El Salvador until the Congress enacts new legislation providing conditions for United States military assistance to El Salvador or until the end of fiscal year 1984, whichever occurs first.

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1984

Continues to apply after FY 1983 the certification requirements of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 which relate to El Salvador until Congress enacts new legislation providing conditions for U.S. military assistance to El Salvador or until September 30, 1984, whichever occurs first.

Bill· SS. 2205 (98th)referred

A bill to amend section 2511 of Title 18, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984

Amends the Federal criminal code to eliminate the provision allowing for one-party consent to certain interceptions of wire and oral communications by requiring consent by all the parties.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 87 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution relating to the dismantling of nontariff trade barriers of the Japanese to the import of beef.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) U.S. negotiators, in negotiations with Japan, should insist that Japan dismantle all nontariff barriers to imports of beef; and (2) if progress is not made toward the dismantling of such nontariff barriers by a specified time, the U.S. Trade Representative should seek appropriate relief under U.S. and international trade law.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 306 (98th)open

A resolution to preserve the Food Stamp Program and other food assistance programs.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1984

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the food stamp plan as well as other food assistance programs should remain national programs and the block grant concept proposed by the President's Task Force on Food Assistance Programs should not be adopted.

Bill· SS. 2193 (98th)open

A bill to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency to consider reciprocity among other factors in acting on an application by a foreign bank to establish a Federal branch or agency, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 to direct the Comptroller of the Currency, in considering a foreign bank's application to establish a Federal branch or agency, to consider whether or not U.S. banks are permitted to conduct business in the applicant's country.

Bill· SS. 2182 (98th)open

Wine Equity Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Wine Equity Act of 1983 - Requires the President to direct the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to negotiate the harmonization of tariff and nontariff barriers on wine with each designated major trading country. Requires negotiations with designated major trading countries which do not export wine to the United States in order to eliminate all tariff and nontariff trade barriers of such countries to the importation of U.S. wine. Requires the President to impose tariff and nontariff trade barriers equal or substantially equivalent to the barriers applied by a designated major trading country if such country does not provide harmonization to U.S. produced-wine within 180 days of the country's designation as a designated major trading country. Provides for removing such U.S. tariff and nontariff barriers. Requires the USTR to report to specified congressional committees at the beginning and end of each negotiation. Requires the USTR to consult with such committees to identify further tariff and nontariff barriers to and potential markets for U.S. wine. Provides for assistance for the USTR from other Federal agencies.

Bill· SS. 2184 (98th)passed

Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to prohibit the rejection of financial assistance solely on the grounds that the request serves Indians or an Indian organization in a nonreservation area. Requires that programs under this Act be administered within the Department of Health and Human Services (currently they may be delegated to other Federal departments and agencies). Prohibits any transfer of such administration outside of the Department. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue the administration of grants through the Administration for Native Americans (the Administration). Requires the Commissioner of such Administration to delegate all functions within the Administration. Restricts the delegation and redelegation of functions by the Secretary to personnel within the Department. Permits interagency funding agreements between the Administration and other Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1987. Specifies the percentage of appropriated funds which shall be used for financial assistance under this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 294 (98th)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of the Soviet Union should allow Igor V. Ogurtsov to be released from exile and allowed to emigrate to the West without renouncing his views, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the exile of Igor Ogurtsov; and (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide Igor Ogurtsov with medical care, grant his release from exile, and accept his application for an exit visa and allow him to emigrate without forcing him to renounce his views (in accordance with a specified international treaty).

Bill· SS. 2130 (98th)open

Secondary Mortgage Market Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Secondary Mortgage Market Equity Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act and the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to set forth a formula for increasing the maximum mortgage limitation for a one- to four- family residence in certain areas where high prevailing housing sales prices have limited housing opportunities.

Law· SS. 2129 (98th)enacted

Rural Health Clinics Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Rural Health Clinics Act of 1983 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that small rural health clinics (as defined by this Act) using National Health Service Corps personnel shall have to repay the Public Health Service for such services only if actual revenues exceed their estimated budget. Authorizes: (1) an additional payback waiver if such clinics demonstrate need or service improvement plans; and (2) an entity which is not a small health center to qualify for such payback waiver.

Bill· SS. 2116 (98th)open

Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Title I: Recognition of Injustice and an Apology on Behalf of the Nation - States that the Congress accepts the findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and recognizes that a grave injustice was done to both citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry by the evacuation, relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II. Title II: United States Citizens of Japanese Ancestry and Resident Japanese Aliens - Requests the President to offer pardons to those convicted of violating laws during the internment period whose violation was based on a refusal to accept racially or ethnically discriminatory treatment. Provides that Federal departments and agencies that review application for restitution of positions, status, or entitlement lost during the internment period shall review such applications giving full consideration to the findings of the Commission. Establishes within the Treasury a Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Requires the Attorney General to pay $20,000 from the Fund in compensation to surviving internees. Establishes a Board of Directors which shall be responsible for making disbursements from the Fund. Provides that disbursements from the Fund shall be used to: (1) sponsor research and public educational activities dealing with the internment; (2) fund studies of similiar civil liberties abuses; (3) prepare and distribute hearings and findings of the Commission; and (4) promote the general welfare of the ethnic Japanese community in the United States. Title III: Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution - Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act - Establishes within the Treasury the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Fund. Directs the Administrator of the Fund (the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association) to make restitution for certain Aleut losses sustained in World War II. Requires the Administrator to establish a trust of $5,000,000 and to distribute the interest of such trust for: (1) the benefit of the elderly, disabled, or seriously ill; (2) students in need of scholarship assistance; (3) preservation of Aleut cultural heritage and historical records; (4) the improvement of community centers of affected Aleut villages; and (5) other purposes to improve Aleut life. Authorizes the Administrator to rebuild and restore churches and church property damaged or destroyed in Aleut villages during World War II. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments of $12,000 from the fund to eligible Aleuts for any uncompensated personal property losses. Provides that such payments shall not be considered income or receipts for purposes of Federal taxes or determining eligibility for Federal benefits or assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to implement a program for the removal and disposal of live ammunition, obsolete buildings, abandoned machinery, and other hazardous debris remaining in populated areas of the lower Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Aleut Corporation all right, title, and interest of the United States in Attu Island, Alaska. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that all documents, personal testimony, and other material collected by the Commission shall be deposited in the National Archives of the United States.

Bill· SS. 2128 (98th)open

Employee Stock Ownership Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Employee Stock Ownership Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the nonrecognition of gain on stock sold to: (1) an employee stock ownership plan; (2) a tax credit employee stock ownership plan; or (3) an eligible worker-owned cooperative, if within a specified period of time qualified replacement property is purchased by the taxpayer. Defines "qualified replacement property" as any security issued by a domestic corporation: (1) which does not have passive investment income in excess of a specified limitation; and (2) the equity capital of which does not exceed $10,000,000. Allows an income tax deduction for cash dividends paid with respect to employer stock which is held by a tax credit employee stock ownership plan or an employee stock ownership plan which is a stock bonus plan. Extends the partial exclusion for dividends received to such amounts. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of interest received by a bank, an insurance company, or other lender on loans used by an employee stock ownership plan to acquire employer securities. Provides for a reduction in the capital gains tax with respect to sales of stock in employee-owned corporations. Sets forth special rules for the calculation of such reduction. Relieves an estate of liability for payment of the estate tax to the extent that amounts of the tax are attributable to employer securities transferred to an employee stock ownership plan pursuant to a written agreement guaranteeing that the tax will be paid by the plan in an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the amount of the tax imposed upon the acquired employer securities; or (2) the amount of the tax imposed on the gross estate reduced by the sum of allowable credits. Permits the payment of such tax in installments. Exempts such transfers from the tax on prohibited transactions. Treats as charitable contributions certain contributions to an employee stock ownership plan. Specifies a qualification test for contributions to receive such treatment. Allows certain small business corporations (subchapter S corporations) to maintain a tax credit employee stock ownership plan or an employee stock ownership plan. Permits recaptured employee stock ownership plan investment tax credits to be used to reduce contributions to payroll based tax credit employee stock ownership plans.

Bill· SS. 2131 (98th)referred

A bill to provide for the temporary suspension of deportation for certain aliens who are nationals of El Salvador, and to provide for Presidential and Congressional review of conditions in El Salvador and other countries.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Directs the President to investigate and report to the Congress within 18 months concerning the living conditions and available assistance for El Salvadorans displaced inside and outside their country. Requires such investigation to report on the fate of El Salvadoran deportees. Requires the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to hold hearings within two years to consider appropriate U.S. steps to assure the personal safety and equitable distribution of assistance to such displaced El Salvadorans. Provides for a three-year moratorium on specified categories of El Salvadoran deportations.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 283 (98th)open

A resolution relating to chemical weapons.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) be commended for his efforts to negotiate a multilateral agreement banning chemical weapons; and (2) propose the resumption of negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve a verifiable ban on chemical weapons.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 285 (98th)open

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Medicare reimbursement for hospital care be at reasonable levels.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) reimbursement rates for hospices not be lowered below those published August 22, 1983, in the Federal Register; (2) the Health Care Financing Administration should begin to collect reliable data on cost experiences of hospices participating in the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) so that future rate changes will reflect the accurate cost of service which terminally ill patients require; and (3) no further delay in publishing the final regulations implementing the Medicare hospice benefit will be tolerated.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 277 (98th)referred

An executive resolution expressing the advice of the Senate to the President relative to the nomination of William P. Clark of California to be Secretary of the Interior.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate that, upon confirmation, the new Secretary of the Interior should act to insure that the policies and programs of the Department of the Interior conform with the expressed will of the Congress and regain public support and confidence.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 86 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the persecution of members of the Baha'i religion in Iran by the Government of Iran.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1983

States that the Congress: (1) holds Iran responsible for upholding the rights of the Baha'is; (2) condemns Iran's decision to destroy the Baha'i faith; and (3) calls upon the President to work with appropriate foreign governments to form an appeal to Iran concerning the Baha'is, to cooperate with the United Nations in its efforts on behalf of the Baha'is, and to provide humanitarian assistance for Baha'is who flee Iran.

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. 2024 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the system under which communities pay the United States for the services of National Health Service Corps personnel.

United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1983

Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise community pay-back provisions for National Health Service Corps personnel services to provide that the pay-back amount for an eligible entity shall be the difference between expected annual fees and other revenues and expected costs. Sets forth entities required to use the old method. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow such an entity to use the new method under this Act under specified conditions. States that in order to make such annual computation, an entity shall submit to the Secretary of a description of needed primary and supplemental health services and an expected budget. States that from such submission the Secretary shall determine needed health services and anticipated revenues and costs, which shall be used to determine community pay-back amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such pay-back in whole or in part if an entity demonstrates it needs such money to: (1) expand services; (2) increase patient capacity; (3) construct or modernize facilities; (4) improve administration; or (5) establish a financial reserve. Requires any excess revenues to be used to recruit or retain health care professionals or for other specified purposes.

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.

Bill· SS. 2018 (98th)open

National Organ Transplant Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983

National Organ Transplant Act - Title I: Amendment to Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make planning and operations grants for local organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1989. Directs the Secretary to establish a private nonprofit United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish in the office of the Assistant Secretary for Health a National Center for Organ Transplantation to coordinate Federal organ transplantation activities; and (2) appoint an advisory council for such Center. Requires the Secretary to publish an annual organ transplantation report. Title II: Medicare and Medicaid Amendments - Amends the Social Security Act to permit Medicare organ transplantations at specified centers. Exempts organ procurement activities from specified cost limits. Requires States to develop written Medicaid payment polices for organ transplants. Requires State Medicaid plans to participate in any transplant program established under Medicare. Requires designated Medicare transplant centers to serve Medicaid patients. Title III: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the sale of human organs. Subjects violators to maximum penalties of $50,000 or five years in prison, or both.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 80 (98th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should take all steps necessary to bring the question of self-determination of the Baltic States before the United Nations, and for the other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should fulfill its obligations to promote respect for human rights and freedoms in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (Baltic States); and (2) the President, acting through specified officials, should take the necessary steps to bring the question of self-determination of the Baltic States before appropriate forums of the United Nations. Suggests that such forums discuss a specified list of topics, including human rights violations in the Baltic States and the withdrawal of Soviet troops.

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.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 253 (98th)open

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the replacement of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon with a United Nations presence or other forces from neutral countries.

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1983

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) provide protection and security for U.S. Forces in Lebanon; (2) pursue, in coordination with our allies in the Multinational Peacekeeping Force, the transferral of the peacekeeping responsibilities in Lebanon to a United Nations peacekeeping presence or to other forces from neutral countries; and (3) prepare and transmit to the Congress a report setting forth the measures that have been taken to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 78 (98th)referred

Commission on Civil Rights Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1983

Commission on Civil Rights Resolution - Establishes within the legislative branch an eight member Commission on Civil Rights (Commission). Provides rules of procedure for Commission hearings. Requires the Commission to: (1) investigate allegations of citizens' being denied their right to vote by reason of their color, religion, sex, age, handicap or national origin; (2) study and collect information concerning discrimination or a denial of equal protection; (3) appraise Federal laws and policy with respect to discrimination and the denial of equal protection; and (4) serve as a national clearinghouse for such information. Prohibits the Commission from investigating any membership practice or internal operation of any fraternal organization, college or university fraternity or sorority, private club or religious organization. Prohibits the Commission from collecting or studying information with respect to abortion. Directs the Commission to appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government with respect to denials of equal protection involving Americans who are members of eastern - and southern - European ethic groups.

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. 1962 (98th)open

A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to information on physician assignment practices under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1983

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compile, annually, a list of physicians serving individuals enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act indicating the share of claims which each physician has accepted on an assignment basis in the preceding year. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish, annually, a list of all physicians who have agreed to accept payment on the basis of assignment for all services furnished under part B; and (2) provide enrollees, annually, a list of physicians in their area who have signed an agreement under which they agree to accept payment under part B on the basis of an assignment for all services furnished under part B.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 181 (98th)referred

A joint resolution to provide for the awarding of a gold medal to Lady Bird Johnson in recognition of her humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to the improvement and beautification of America.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1983

Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to Lady Bird Johnson in recognition of her humanitarian efforts and contributions to the beautification of America. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the striking of such medal and bronze duplication for sale to the public. Declares such medals to be national medals. Authorizes appropriations.

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. 1937 (98th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose an additional excise tax on the sale of certain imported automobiles in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on the sale of imported automobiles. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the amount of such tax based on a nontariff barrier equivalent amount. Defines "nontariff barrier equivalent amount" as the average addition to the price of U.S. automobiles sold in the country in which the automobiles are manufactured which is attributable to nontariff barriers to trade imposed by that country. Defines "nontariff barrier" as any practice or procedure which unreasonably burdens, restricts, or discriminates against U.S. automobiles, including: (1) commodity taxes; (2) inspection or testing procedures; (3) product approval requirements or standards; or (4) road or other excise taxes. Allows the President to waive such tax under specified circumstances. Requires the President to notify the Congress of any such waiver. Treats such waiver as a recommendation to the Congress. Allows for Congressional disapproval of such a waiver. Appropriates for deposit into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund raised by the excise tax imposed by this Act.

Bill· SS. 1939 (98th)open

Alternative Energy Tax Incentives Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Alternative Energy Tax Incentives Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the residential energy income tax credit for renewable energy sources for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reduces the qualifying percentage for energy source expenditures by specified increments between 1985 and 1990. Increases from 15 percent to 20 percent the investment tax credit for solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal property. Extends such tax credit for five years from 1985 to 1990. Extends the investment tax credit for hydroelectric generating property and biomass property for five years from 1985 to 1990. Reestablishes the credit for cogeneration property until 1990. Qualifies until 1995 affirmative commitments for solar, wind, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, and cogeneration projects begun by December 31, 1990. Eliminates the 20 percent limitation for oil and natural gas used in cogeneration facilities. Qualifies as biomass property methane-containing gas produced by anaerobic digestion from nonfossil waste materials. Revises the definition of geothermal deposit to lower the required temperature to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. (Present regulations require a temperature of 122 degrees Fahrenheit.) Includes shale oil property and tar sands equipment as energy property for purposes of the investment tax credit. Grants a 15 percent depletion allowance for tar sands. Allows an investment tax credit for photovoltaic energy property. Defines photovoltaic property.

Bill· SS. 1943 (98th)referred

A bill to eliminate the collection of tolls on the United States portion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to terminate the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and establish a Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Administration in the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Repeals the Act which created the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Establishes within the Department of Transportation the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Administration, headed by an Administrator. Requires such Administrator to: (1) operate and maintain the Saint Lawrence Seaway in coordination with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada; and (2) conduct plans and studies for improvements to the United States portion of the Seaway. Authorizes the Administrator to participate with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada in the operation and ownership of a toll bridge company. Requires that the United States portion of toll revenues be applied solely to the cost of the bridge and approaches. Declares that there shall be no authority to collect tolls or other charges on vessels or cargo for the use of portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway under the jurisdiction of the United States. Requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to negotiate with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada to reduce or eliminate all tolls on the Seaway. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after September 30, 1983. Transfers all property of the Corporation to the Administration.