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United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to apply duty-free treatment to certain athletic footwear imported for use in the Special Olympics program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) express to the Soviet Union the United States' deep concern about the Soviet Union's depriving the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families of religious freedom and refusing them permission to emigrate; (2) ensure that such families may reside in the U.S. embassy in Moscow until the Soviet Union authorizes their emigration; and (3) ensure provision of assistance for such families during their residence in the embassy.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include coverage for the services of a mental health specialist. Defines mental health specialists to mean a: (1) clinical psychologist; (2) clinical social worker; (3) psychiatric nurse specialist; or (4) psychiatrist.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment under the supplementary insurance program for dental care including dentures, eye examinations including eyeglasses, and hearing examinations including hearing aids.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Designates the week of April 18, 1982, as National Architecture Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982
Designates the week of November 7, 1982, through November 14, 1982, as National Hospice 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
Reaffirms that deposits, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, in federally insured depository institutions are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1982
Grants a Federal charter to the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Incorporated.
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
Designates April 28, 1982, as National Nursing Home Residents Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that no action be taken to terminate or otherwise weaken the community service employment program for senior citizens under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that any tax increases or tax benefit decreases enacted during 1982 shall not have retroactive application.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the forced exile of Ida Nudel; (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide her with adequate medical care and allow her to emigrate; and (3) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will consider the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law when evaluating U.S. relations with such countries.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1982
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit estimates to the Secretary of the Treasury on the number of new automobile sales in the United States. Requires such estimates to be made at the beginning of each calendar quarter between the date of enactment and the quarter ending January 1, 1986. Requires the estimates to cover projected sales during: (1) during the subsequent six quarters; and (2) the calendar year during which the estimate is being made. Limits the number of Japanese automobile imports to 14 percent of sales estimates for each of calendar years 1982-1985. Requires quarterly revisions of the estimates to reflect any changes in the estimate of auto sales for the calendar year.
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 · 10 March 1982
States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1982
Grants a Federal charter to the organization known as American Ex-Prisoners of War.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1982
War Powers Resolution Amendments of 1982 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to prohibit the use of U.S. armed forces in El Salvador for combat, unless: (1) Congress has declared war or enacted specific authorization for such use of U.S. armed forces; (2) the armed forces are necessary to meet a clear and present danger of attack upon the United States; or (3) they are necessary to meet a clear and present danger to U.S. citizens and to evacuate the U.S. citizens. Requires the President to describe in a report to Congress the grounds for sending the troops into El Salvador if they were not sent pursuant to a declaration of war or a specific congressional authorization.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1982
Declares it the sense of the Senate that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the FY 1983 budget should not be implemented.
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 · 4 March 1982
Designates April 9, 1982, as POW-MIA Commemoration Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) should not sell advanced weapons to Jordan; and (2) should ensure that Israel retains its qualitative military edge in the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take no action to accelerate the decontrol of wellhead natural gas prices.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Title I: Incentive Grants for States with Strict Driving While Intoxicated Statutes - Amends the highway safety programs uniform standards to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make incentive grants to States that have specified statutes concerning driving while intoxicated. Title II: National Driver Register - National Driver Register Act of 1982 - Eliminates the register in the Department of Commerce that lists the names of persons who have had their motor vehicle operator's licenses revoked. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing officials of participating States in exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Prohibits the Secretary from maintaining information in such Register for more than a seven-year period from the date of its entry. Allows any State to participate in such Register system. Directs the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to transmit to the Secretary specified information on certain drivers (including reversals of previously transmitted traffic offense convictions). Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and other specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to implement a pilot test program to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of a system for electronic referral and relay of information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Describes State participation in such program. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the program. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information from the National Driver Register. Establishes a National Driver Register Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of the Register system. Directs the Committee to report at least annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, within nine years of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the level of State participation in and the effectiveness of the Register system. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1983 through 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the February meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to tell the Commission that the Soviet Union should stop harassing Soviet Jews and should allow its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate. Urges the Soviet Union to comply with its human rights obligations. Urges the President to: (1) express to the Soviet Union U.S. opposition to harassment of Soviet citizens and to prohibitions of emigration; and (2) reiterate that the United States will consider the extent to which other nations honor their commitments under international law when evaluating its relations with such nations.
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 · 1 March 1982
Provides for deferrals on repayment of specified farm loans and a moratorium on foreclosures through FY 1983 for borrowers suffering economic hardship. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan rescheduling procedures available.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional excise tax on the sale of certain imported automobiles in the United States. Provides that such additional tax shall be an amount equal to the average increase in the price of United States automobiles sold in the country in which the imported automobiles are manufactured where such increase in price is attributable to nontariff trade barriers. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make a determination of such amount on a calendar quarter basis. Restricts the application of such tax to those imported automobiles manufactured in a country whose automobiles, for any calendar quarter, account for more than ten percent of new automobiles sold in the United States during the most recent 12-month period. Sets forth special rules for the payment of such tax in the case of leased automobiles. Authorizes the President to waive such tax with respect to automobiles manufactured by any person if he determines that such person is making a good faith effort to ameliorate the imbalance of trade in automobiles between the United States and the country in which such person is located: (1) by limiting exports of automobiles manufactured by him to the United States; or (2) by manufacturing automobiles in the United States. Authorizes the President to waive such tax in whole or in part with respect to automobiles manufactured in any country if he determines that such country is in full compliance with all international agreements affecting trade in automobiles. Provides for congressional veto of a presidential waiver of such tax by enactment of a joint resolution of disapproval.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act regarding the Farmers Home Administration disaster loan program to: (1) lower the minimum loss requirement; (2) eliminate the "area" eligibility test; and (3) increase the percentage of covered losses.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Designates June 14 as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1982
Requests the President to designate May 20, 1982, as Amelia Earhart Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1982
Designates the week of June 6 through June 12, 1982, as National Child Abuse Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982
Orphan Drug Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to exempt from such Act drugs intended solely for drug treatment investigations. Defines "drug treatment investigation" as an investigation of a drug which involves human participants with a rare disease or condition. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an interagency committee known as the Committee on Orphan Drug Development. Makes it the function of such committee to promote the development of drugs for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drugs). Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to the Committee an annual report on the rare disease and condition research activities of NIH. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to the Committee an annual report on the use of the tax credit for experimental expenses. Requires the Committee to report by June 1 of each year to the appropriate congressional committees on its activities and the results of its evaluations, including the report submitted by NIH and the Secretary of the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified experimental expenses incurred while researching orphan drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to extend by five months (until September 30, 1982) the period within which an individual must have become a full-time student at a post secondary educational institution in order to receive, after July 1982, child's insurance benefits on the basis of student status under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Extends by one year (through August 1986) the period during which such benefits may be paid to an individual so qualified. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to notify all individuals who are entitled to child's insurance benefits for the month in which this Act is enacted of the changes made in the eligibility requirements and benefit amount by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1982
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a report specifying the geographic distribution of Government outlays within the United States for each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982 and to transmit a summary to Congress. Requires the Director to make available the fiscal year 1981 report within 90 days after enactment of this joint resolution, and the fiscal year 1982 report by the 90th day after the first meeting of the 98th Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1982 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit to the President an annual study of the practices of each designated major trading country that: (1) deny benefits to the United States under a trade agreement; or (2) deny to the United States substantially equivalent commercial opportunities with respect to U.S. products that are internationally competitive. Directs the President to submit such study to the appropriate congressional committees and to propose actions to redress any imbalance caused by such practices. Directs Federal agencies to furnish information and other assistance to carry out such study. Adds to the findings upon which the President can base U.S. responses to foreign trade practices. Directs the President to act upon finding that a foreign practice denies to the United States commercial opportunities substantially equivalent to those offered by the United States. Authorizes the President to take action against the foreign entity's investments. (Current law limits the President to taking action against the foreign entity's products or services.) Requires the President to take into account U.S. trade agreement obligations in determining whether to take any action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to a foreign trade practice. Includes foreign direct investment by U.S. citizens or nationals within the definition of commerce and commercial opportunites. Authorizes the House Ways and Means Committee or the Senate Finance Committee to file a resolution with the USTR requesting the President to take action to enforce U.S. trade rights or respond to foreign trade practices. Directs the USTR to consult with the International Trade Commission (ITC) on: (1) the economic impact of the USTR's legislative recommendations; and (2) the foreign practices which caused the USTR to investigate. (Current law authorizes the USTR to consult with the ITC on the economic impact of proposed action with respect to the foreign product or service.) Directs the USTR to make preliminary recommendations to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on the options the President is considering if dispute settlement procedures fail. Requires such recommendations to be made within 180 days of a finding that presidential action is needed to enforce U.S. trade rights or to respond to a foreign trade practice. Directs the President to negotiate international agreements to end restrictions on foreign direct investment. Includes restrictions on foreign direct investment among the barriers to international trade that may authorize the President to enter trade agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Requests the President to designate the week of June 13, 1982, as National Orchestra Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
States that U.S. policy should encourage parties to the El Salvadoran conflict to: (1) begin cease-fire negotiations under international supervision; and (2) pursue a political settlement that would include open and free elections under international supervision.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans under part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Loans in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the Interstate Commerce Commission should temporarily refrain from granting applications for motor carrier operating authority filed by foreign companies or by companies controlled by foreign nationals.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982
Royalty Collection Incentive Act of 1982 - Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate a principal lessee with respect to any oil or gas lease issued under such Act. Makes the principal lessee responsible for making all royalty and lease payments under such lease. Directs the Attorney General at the request of the Secretary of the Interior to bring a civil action to enforce any law governing any oil or gas lease or any term of such a lease. Sets forth a maximum penalty for failure to comply with such laws or lease terms. Sets an additional fine of a five percent interest payment above the current interest rate for any overdue royalty payments. Provides a maximum fine of $100,000, a maximum prison term of the ten years, or both for any person who knowingly and willfully, with respect to any oil or gas lease issued under such Act: (1) violates any lease term; (2) makes any false statement or representation; (3) falsifies or tampers with any record; or (4) reveals confidential information. Requires convictions for such willful violations to result in the forfeiture of the lease held by the person convicted. Makes officers and agents of corporations prosecuted for such activities subject to the same penalties and prison terms.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the production of lethal binary chemical munitions.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1982
Expresses the appreciation of the Senate to Doctor Arthur M. Bueche for his scientific and engineering contributions to society.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should consider making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Labor for the restoration of employment services for FY 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1982
States that the budget and appropriations for FY 1982 of the Internal Revenue Service's taxpayer's assistance program shall not be reduced below the level required to permit 100 percent response and service by the IRS to all taxpayers requesting such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1982
Congratulates Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, on the celebration of its 70th anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the credit against employment tax liability available to an employer shall not be reduced due to any unpaid balance of advances made to the unemployment account of a State under title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act. Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act to provide that interest shall not accrue on any advance made to a State during a specified period during which the rate of insured unemployment is equal to or greater than five percent. Provides that no repayment of any advance or of any interest on an advance shall be required during the same period. Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to include claims for regular, extended, and sharable regular compensation in the calculation of the "insured unemployment rate" (current law includes only claims for regular compensation).
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate relative to the safe rescue of Brigadier General James L. Dozier. Commends the General and his family and congratulates the Government of Italy for its successful rescue mission. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: (1) take measures to protect American diplomatic and military personnel serving abroad; and (2) work closely with its allies to combat international terrorism.