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United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Amends title VI (also known as the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to extend the Federal supplemental unemployment compensation program through weeks beginning on or before September 30, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of June 26 through July 2, 1983, as National Safety in the Workplace Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Designates April 1983 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1982
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the national security policy should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. Sets forth the principles and goals of such a policy.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate condemns and abhors the suppression of civil liberties and human rights by the Polish martial law government; (2) Americans respect the commitment to ideals manifested by the Polish people and Lech Walesa in particular; (3) Americans hope that Polish authorities will take steps to return to the Polish people their rights and liberties; and (4) the President is urged to proclaim December 12, 1982, as a national day of solidarity and prayer for Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1982
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to extend until 1987 the exclusion from gross income of the cancellation of certain student loans.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982
Title I: Armed Forces, Soldiers' Home, Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service, and Merchant Marine - Amends Federal Military laws dealing with the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard to eliminate gender-based distinctions. Title II: Elimination of Gender-Based Distinctions Under the Old Age, Surviviors, and Disability Insurance Program, Railroad Retirement and the Work Incentive Program - Eliminates gender-based distinctions in the social security and railroad retirement programs. Title III: Amendments to United States Code - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Walsh-Healey Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Federal Criminal Code and other Acts dealing with Indian affairs, transportation, public lands and provisions relating to Saint Elizabeth Hospital and contract law to eliminate gender-based distinctions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982
Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1982 - Establishes the position of Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation of the Department of Defense to be the principal adviser to the Secretary on such matters. Requires the Director to report directly to the Secretary and to have access to all records of the Department. Authorizes the Director to require designated observers during the testing part of any operational testing and evaluation. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to report all results of all operational testing and evaluation to the Director. Prohibits the expenditure of test funds without the Secretary's prior approval. Denies funding for any testing and evaluation that violates specified scope and conditions. Requires the President to include in each budget a separate budget authority for the Director. Grants the Comptroller General access to all records in the Department.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1982
Designates 1983 as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America". Expresses congressional support for the President's Youth Exchange Initiative, and especially the concept of a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Bundestag.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt vehicles which are used exclusively in the collection and transportation of blood (bloodmobiles) from the manufacturers excise tax on motor vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982
Directs the Postal Service to issue a postage stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the merit system in Federal employment. Requires the Postal Service to determine an appropriate design for such stamp after consultation with the directors of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. Requires that the stamp be placed on sale on January 16, 1983, the 100th anniversary of the Civil Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1982
Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982
Humane Care and Development of Substitutes for Animals in Research Act - Title I: Development of Improved Research and Testing Methods - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make awards to sponsor research and development of scientific testing methods which eliminate the use of live animals, reduce the number of live animals required, or limit animal pain and distress. Requires that applications and proposals for such awards be assessed through peer review procedures. Requires the Secretary to designate an Advisory Panel to: (1) give advice on his or her responsibilities under this Act; (2) make recommendations on specific opportunities or problems regarding research support of nonanimal testing; and (3) set up a system for insuring that applications or proposals meeting the requirements of ths title receive full consideration for funding by the Department or for funding under this title. Requires the Panel to report to the Secretary three years after enactment of this Act on the impact of this Act on industry costs, research, product prices, and progress in labor accreditation. Makes funds for making awards under this title available through the allocation of research resources within the Department. Provides that the Secretary, consulting with the Environmental Protection Agency and other regulatory and scientific research agencies, shall direct the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Toxicology Program to: (1) promote new nonanimal testing methods; (2) evaluate existing nonanimal methods; (3) enhance and integrate data systems for more efficient use of test data involving animals; and (4) develop new methodologies for the toxicology data systems. Requires the Secretary to report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on progress under this Act within two years after enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter. Title II: Federal Award Requirements - Requires that a research entity be accredited by a recognized accrediting agency in order to be eligible to receive a Federal award for testing involving a large number of animals. Requires the Secretary to designate accrediting agencies which: (1) are able to ascertain the qualifications of research entities to conduct testing involving animals; (2) have an accreditation system; (3) have a system for routine inspection of laboratory animal facilities at accredited research entities; (4) have established a set of standards for acceptable animal care, treatment, and use in experimental procedures; and (5) have established a mechanism for liaison with the institutional animal studies committees in accredited research entities and for the involvement of such committees in monitoring compliance with the accreditation standards. Requires research entities to comply with accreditation standards ten years after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes provisional accreditation in the interim period. Provides for the establishment of a Federal accreditation mechanism if there are no private agencies to carry out such functions. Provides that in order to be eligible for a Federal award for testing involving large numbers of animals, a research entity must provide to the responsible Federal agency a statement of assurances that: (1) the research entity has established an institutional animal studies committee; (2) the committee will meet regularly, make periodic inspections of all animal study areas and facilities of the research entity, review research methods and practices, and file with the responsible Federal agency certification that such inspections and reviews have occurred and reports on deficient animal care or treatment conditions; (3) the committee will maintain complete records of its activities; (4) committee members will be encouraged to notify the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, the responsible Federal agency, and the applicable accrediting agency of any unacceptable animal care conditions with respect to the research entity; and (5) the committee will establish courses for personnel involved with animal care and use on humane animal maintenance and experimentation and on research or testing methods that minimize animal use and animal distress. Requires that Federal support be withheld where animal care conditions are unacceptable despite notification to the research entity. Requires research entities to inform their employees of the provisions under this title and to instruct employees to report violations to the animal studies committee. Authorizes the Secretary to waive accreditation requirements under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary to facilitate agency compliance with this title through the establishment of an information clearinghouse on animal research methods and models. Title III: Special Procedures - Prohibits Federal agency approval of a research proposal involving animal use, unless such proposal justifies any anticipated animal distress in terms of research benefits and provides for the consulting services of a veterinarian, the proper use of tranquilizers, analgesics, anesthetics, and paralytics, appropriate pre- and postsurgical care, and the limited use of animals in major operations. Makes regulations promulgated under this Act ineffective if disapproved by either House of Congress within 60 days after proposal. Title IV: Exemption - Exempts from the requirements of this Act activities intended to improve animal health, breeding, or management or wild animal conservation and specific experiments or research programs for which such requirements would present national security risks or risks to the safety of manned space flight. Title V: Termination - Terminates all authority conferred by this Act ten years after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) national efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition should continue; (2) a national commitment to vital nutrition programs should continue; and (3) the Federal Government should retain primary responsibility for child nutrition programs.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1982
Designates January 17, 1983, as Public Employees' Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1982
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to relocate the site of disposal for dredge spoil from the Christina River, Wilmington, Delaware, from its current location at Cherry Island to a Delaware River site between the Wilmington Marine Terminal and Pigeon Point.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should submit a comprehensive review of the nation's nuclear weapons policies to Congress at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 1, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1982
Designates February 12, 1983, as Georgia Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1982
Wilderness Protection Act of 1982 - Withdraws from disposition under all laws pertaining to oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite, and geothermal leasing: (1) wilderness areas; (2) lands recommended for wilderness designation, until Congress determines otherwise or until the lands concerned are recommended for other uses; (3) wilderness study areas, for the period of interim wilderness protection and management required by law; and (4) lands identified for further planning in Executive Communication 1504, 96th Congress, until one year after the final approval and implementation of an initial forest plan covering the further planning area. Exempts from the withdrawal pursuant to this Act: (1) national forest system land released to management for nonwilderness uses; (2) lands designated as congressional wilderness study areas in Colorado and New Mexico and certain lands within the River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho; (3) Bureau of Land Management wilderness study areas; and (4) lands in Alaska. Permits activities compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment for the purpose of inventorying energy, mineral, and other resource values in areas withdrawn by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to augment recurring surveys of mineral values of wilderness areas and to acquire information on the areas withdrawn by this Act by conducting mineral inventories of such areas. Authorizes the President to recommend to Congress that minerals exploration, development, or extraction be permitted in specified areas withdrawn under this Act if: (1) there is an urgent national need for the mineral activity; and (2) the need outweighs the public values of the wilderness lands involved and the potential adverse environmental impacts likely to result. Makes such a recommendation effective only upon enactment of a joint resolution by Congress approving such recommendation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases for the subsurface of national forest or public land wilderness areas that are immediately adjacent to oil and gas producing fields or areas that are prospectively valuable. Prohibits surface occupancy under such leases and provides that such leases may be entered only by directional drilling from outside the wilderness or by other nonsurface disturbing methods.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1982
Federal Motor Vehicle Expenditure Control Act of 1982 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to direct the head of each executive agency, with specified exceptions, to: (1) designate an office or employee to operate a central monitoring system for the oversight of agency motor vehicle operations; and (2) develop a system to collect data on the costs to the agency of operating motor vehicles. Requires each agency to include with its request for FY 1984 appropriations a statement: (1) specifying its total motor vehicle acquisition, maintenance, leasing, and operating costs incurred in FY 1982 and estimated for FY 1983 and 1984; and (2) describing why its motor vehicle requirements cannot be met through the Interagency Motor Pool System. Directs the President to include an analysis of such statements with the FY 1984 budget transmitted to Congress. Requires the Director to direct agency heads to: (1) review the possibilities of consolidating motor vehicle facilities within and among agencies and to consolidate such facilities when consolidation would be cost-effective; (2) explore the feasibility of interagency consolidation of motor vehicle leasing requirements; and (3) reduce nontactical motor vehicle operation, maintenance, leasing, and acquisition activities in FY 1983 to reduce the total amount expended for such activities by all agencies to a specified amount below the total estimated expenditures for such fiscal year. Requires the Administrator of General Services to reduce motor vehicle storage and disposal costs. Requires the Director, the Administrator, and the Comptroller General to report to Congress on activities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1982
Increases the limitation on expenditures by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs for the training of its professional staff.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1982
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1982 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to enable the United States to give effect to the Nairobi protocol to the Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials. Directs the President to proclaim changes in the Tariff Schedules of the United States to implement temporarily the duty-free treatment provided under this Act for certain articles for the blind or other handicapped persons. Authorizes the President to implement temporarily the duty-free treatment provided under this Act for certain: (1) books, publications, and documents; (2) visual and auditory materials; and (3) tools for scientific instruments or apparatus. Authorizes the President to limit the duty-free treatment or temporary duty-free treatment accorded under this Act for certain tools for scientific instruments or for certain articles for the blind or other handicapped persons if the duty-free treatment of the article: (1) has significant adverse impact on a competing domestic industry; and (2) is not provided for in the Florence agreement or the Nairobi protocol. Authorizes the President to reinstate the duty-free treatment of such articles if it would no longer cause such adverse impact. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for: (1) catalogs of educational, scientific, or cultural visual and auditory material; (2) architectural, engineering, industrial, or commercial drawings and plans; (3) certain illustrations and proofs used for the production of books; (4) developed photographic film and similar articles; (5) motion picture films on which pictures or sound and pictures have been recorded; (6) magnetic video tape on which pictures or pictures and sound have been recorded; (7) other sound recordings, combination sound and visual recordings, and magnetic recordings; (8) certain educational, scientific, or cultural models; (9) tools specially designed for maintaining certain scientific instruments or apparatus that are used by nonprofit institutions; and (10) articles specially designed or adapted for use by blind or other handicapped persons.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982
Educational Opportunity and Equity Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit in an amount equal to 50 percent of the tuition paid to an elementary or secondary educational institution for any dependents who have not attained the age of 20. Limits such credit to: (1) $100 in 1983; (2) $300 in 1984; and (3) $500 in 1985 and thereafter. Reduces such limits by specified percentages of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $50,000 ($25,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). Reduces such limits by any amounts paid to the taxpayer or his dependents as scholarships or other financial assistance. Disallows such credit for tuition paid to schools found to maintain racially discriminatory policies. Requires all educational institutions which receive tuition payments for which such credit is taken to file with the Secretary of the Treasury a statement, subject to the penalties for perjury, declaring that the institution does not follow a racially discriminatory policy. Requires a taxpayer claiming such credit to attach a copy of such statement to the income tax return. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon the filing of a petition alleging racial discrimination, to bring an action for declaratory judgment against an educational institution to determine whether the institution has followed a racially discriminatory policy.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
Small Issue Industrial Development Bond Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disqualify industrial development bonds (IDBs) for the small issue tax exemption if more than 25 percent of the proceeds of such bonds are used to finance automobile sales and service facilities, restaurants, or entertainment or recreation facilities. Requires bond issuing authorities to conduct public hearings prior to the approval and issuance of any small issue industrial development bond. Requires the Governor of a State to report to the Secretary of the Treasury annually beginning in 1984 on bonds issued during the preceding year. Requires that an elected official of the municipality approve bond issues. Increases to $25,000,000 the amount of industrial development bonds used for economically distressed areas which qualify as tax-exempt small issues. Specifies requirements relating to average income, housing stock, out migration, and tax base for designation as a qualified distressed area. Provides that research and experimental expenditures shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the aggregate face value of industrial development bonds which otherwise qualify for the small issue exemption. Excludes from gross income interest received on industrial development bonds used to finance a qualified Federal facility in an economically distressed area or an area eligible for urban development action grants. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to specified congressional committees on the use of small issue industrial development bonds and the operation of this Act. Permits separate treatment of portions of certain issues if the separate face amount of each portion is determinable, for purposes of the restrictions on pooled issues contained in Revenue Ruling 81-216. Sets forth effective dates for this Act. Includes as an exempt activity, the acquisition of an existing air or water pollution control facility with the proceeds of an obligation issued by a qualified regional pollution control authority.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982
Budget Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish a two-year budget process. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for a two-year reporting requirement by the Congressional Budget Office. Changes the fiscal year to a fiscal period beginning on January 1 of even-numbered years and extending for the next two years. Provides for one concurrent resolution setting forth the Federal budget to be agreed on in the first session of Congress. Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution providing new budget authority for a two-year fiscal period other than an omnibus appropriation bill. Sets forth deadlines for the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate to report on an omnibus appropriation bill for a two-year fiscal period. Allows the House or the Senate to consider a supplemental appropriation bill for a two-year fiscal period at any time after the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution on the budget or the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such two-year fiscal period. Prohibits amendments providing new budget authority unless such an amendment is an amendment to an omnibus appropriation bill or a supplemental appropriation bill. Provides for reconciliation at any time after the consideration of the concurrent resolution is passed. Prohibits the enrollment of any bill or resolution which would cause the budget levels agreed to in the budget resolution to be exceeded. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to revise the requirements for the submission of the President's budget. Provides for the submission of proposed spending, including proposed budget authority, direct loans and commitments to guarantee loans, and estimates of outlays and receipts for all activities. Amends accounting procedures to conform them to the two-year fiscal period. Amends the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act to convert such Act to a two-year fiscal period. Makes the two-year fiscal period effective on January 1, 1984. Makes transition provisions for FY 1983 with respect to the Impoundment Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1982
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Defense to allocate surplus personal property of the Department of Defense, which is usable and necessary for civil defense or educational purposes, to the Administrator of General Services for transfer to appropriate State agencies. Requires the Secretary to confer with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency when determining which property is usable for civil defense or educational purposes. Requires the Director to review the available property continuously and to notify the Secretary upon identifying property appropriate for civil defense. Directs the Director to notify Congress whenever the Secretary has refused to accept the Director's recommendation concerning the allocation of such property. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to require the Administrator to: (1) to notify the Director whenever an agency other than the Department of Defense informs the Administrator that it has excess property; (2) consult with the Director concerning the suitability of such property for civil defense purposes; and (3) transfer suitable property to the appropriate State agency for distribution to the civil defense organizations identified by the Director. Requires the Director to notify Congress whenever the Administrator has refused to accept the Director's recommendations to transfer any such property.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982
Designates June 14, 1982, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) should not sell advanced weapons to Jordan; (2) should ensure that Israel retains its qualitative military edge in the Middle East; and (3) should focus its efforts on bringing Jordan into direct peace negotiations with Israel.
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 · 25 May 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow disclosure of returns or return information to an officer or employee of any Federal agency for use in preparing any administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceeding involving the enforcement of a specific Federal criminal statute (but not involving tax administration) or in an investigation which may result in such a proceeding. Authorizes such disclosure only by ex parte order of a Federal district court judge or magistrate. Sets forth grounds for the granting of such order. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose return information upon written request of the head or the Inspector General of a Federal agency or the Attorney General or his designee, to such officers and employees as are directly engaged in, and solely for use in or preparation for, any administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceeding involving the enforcement of a specific Federal criminal statute (but not involving tax administration) or in an investigation which may result in such a proceeding. Prohibits the disclosure of returns or return information which would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a tax investigation. Authorizes the Secretary to disclose return information (other than information which would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a tax investigation) which may constitute evidence of a violation of Federal criminal laws to the extent necessary to apprise the head of the appropriate Federal agency responsible for enforcing such laws. Permits the Secretary or his designee, in specified emergency circumstances, to disclose information to the extent necessary to apprise the appropriate Federal agency of such emergency. Allows information disclosed pursuant to this Act to be entered into evidence in a proceeding not involving tax administration or in an ancillary proceeding to which the United States is a party. Limits such disclosure to the extent required by applicable discovery requirements. Prohibits admission of such information into evidence if the Secretary determines that it would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a tax investigation. Permits the disclosure of returns and return information to Federal agencies by order of a Federal district judge if necessary to locate fugitives from justice. Permits an individual to bring an action for civil damages for the unauthorized disclosure of returns or return information by Federal officers or employees or others. Provides that an individual shall not be liable for a disclosure that results from a good faith but erroneous interpretation of the law. Limits the amount of recoverable damages. Allows the disclosure of returns or return information by Federal agencies or by the Secretary for use in certain audits by the General Accounting Office.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1982
Federal Energy Reorganization Act of 1982 - Title I: Findings and Purposes; Definitions - Sets forth the findings and purposes of this Act and the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Transfers of Functions - Transfers to the Secretary of Commerce specified functions of the Secretary of Energy and the Department of Energy, including functions with respect to: (1) nuclear energy; (2) geothermal energy; (3) solar energy; (4) electric and hybird vehicle research and development; (5) automotive propulsion research and development; (6) magnetic fusion engineering; (7) wind energy; (8) ocean thermal energy conversion; (9) methane transportation; (10) university coal research laboratories and energy resource graduate fellowships; (11) naval petroleum reserves; (12) energy conservation; (13) a medical care program for certain Marshall Islanders; (14) a comprehensive energy plan for insular areas; (15) regulation of public utilities; (16) fuel supplies; (17) import and export of natural gas; (18) oil pipelines; (19) establishment and implementation of international energy policies; and (20) integration of foreign and domestic energy policy. Transfers to the Secretary of the Interior all functions of the Secretary of Energy and the Department of Energy with respect to: (1) the sale of electric power from reservoir projects; (2) the Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, the Alaska Power Administration, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Western Area Power Administration; (3) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments and any other authority of the Secretary of Energy relating to the award or administration of Federal leases; (4) the confirmation and approval of rates for the sale of Federal power; (5) authorities formerly exercised by the Bureau of Mines relating to research and development of increased efficiency of production technology of solid fuel minerals; and (6) research and development of alternative coal mining technologies. Transfers to the Secretary of Agriculture all functions of the Secretary of Energy and the Department of Energy with respect to biomass energy development and the tax on special fuels. Transfers to the Attorney General all functions of the Secretary of Energy and the Department of Energy under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Reserves the conduct of litigation arising from any function or authority transferred under this Act to the Department of Justice. Title III: Organization of Energy and Defense Program Functions - Establishes within the Department of Commerce a Deputy Secretary for Defense Programs and a Deputy Secretary for Energy. Requires the Deputy Secretary for Defense Program to perform nuclear-related functions that support the Department of Defense in meeting its defense objectives, including: (1) defense-related intelligence activities; (2) management and implementation of the national security and nuclear weapons programs; and (3) functions of the Department of Energy with respect to the Military Liaison Committee. Requires that such Deputy Secretary advise the President on all matters related to nuclear weapons which are the responsibility of the Department of Commerce. Provides that the Deputy Secretary for Energy shall perform functions relating to: (1) domestic and international energy policy formulation and implementation; (2) energy emergency planning; (3) energy planning and analysis; (4) regulatory functions transferred to the Department of Commerce by this Act; (5) nuclear nonproliferation responsibilities transferred by this Act; (6) civilian nuclear power; (7) naval nuclear propulsion; (8) long-term basic and applied energy research, development, and demonstration; (9) energy conservation; (10) alternate or renewable energy sources; and (11) fossil fuel technology. Provides for the appointment of two Associate Deputy Secretaries and six Assistant Secretaries to assist the Deputy Secretary for Defense Programs and the Deputy Secretary for Energy in performing their functions. Establishes within the Department a Division of Naval Reactors which shall perform the research, design, development, health, and safety functions relating to naval nuclear propulsion and assigned civilian power reactor programs vested in the Secretary by this Act. Provides that the Division of Military Application, which shall perform functions relating to nuclear weapons research, development, testing, and production, shall be in the Department. Title IV: Energy Information and Strategic Planning - Establishes within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information which shall carry out a comprehensive energy data and information program. Requires that information collected by the Bureau be catalogued and made available to the public upon request. Requires that the Secretary of Commerce give the highest priority to collection of energy information requested by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Provides for the appointment of an Assistant Secretary for Strategic Planning who shall be responsible for Department activities relating to strategic materials and industrial mobilization that were under the Department's authority before the enactment of this Act. Title V: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Act - Provides for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to continue as an independent regulatory agency. Transfers to the Commission specified functions of the Secretary of Energy and the Department of Energy under or with respect to: (1) the Federal Power Act; (2) the Natural Gas Act; (3) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978; (4) the establishment of rates for pipeline transportation of oil or the valuation of such a pipeline; and (5) the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. Gives the Commission jurisdiction over any other matter which, after public notice, the Secretary of Commerce may assign to the Commission pursuant to this Act. Sets forth the Commission's authority under this Act. Provides for judicial review of Commission actions. Title VI: Administrative Provisions-Subtitle A: Personnel Provisions - Sets forth the authority of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the appointment of officers and employees necessary to carry out the functions transferred to the Secretary by this Act. Subtitle B: General Administrative Provisions - Sets forth the authority which the Secretary of Commerce may exercise in carrying out the functions transferred to him or by this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the transfers authorized by this Act. Title VII: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Sets forth the requirements for the transfer and allocations of appropriations and personnel in connection with the functions of the Department of Energy and the Secretary of Energy transferred by this Act. Sets forth savings provisions and makes technical and conforming amendments. Repeals the Department of Energy Organization Act. Title VIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointment - Sets forth the effective date of this Act. Provides for the interim appointment of officers until offices required by this Act have been filled.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1982
Sets forth Senate procedures for the consideration of nominees for the positions of Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1982
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to require that imported potatoes certified as seed potatoes must be imported for use as seed (not for human consumption).
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1982
Amends the Federal criminal code to add to current penalties for killing officers and employees of the United States penalties for: (1) attempting to kill; and (2) killing, or attempting to kill, any officer or employee of any department or agency within the Intelligence Community. Establishes as new offenses the murder, manslaughter, assault, threat against, extortion, or kidnapping of: (1) persons given entry into the United States for permanent residence pursuant to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949; and (2) persons present in the United States under intelligence auspices.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1982
Provides general authority for Federal agencies to appoint and fix the pay of experts and consultants for temporary or intermittent services. Eliminates current provisions which allow agencies to procure expert and consultant services by contract when authorized by a Federal law. Establishes the pay rate for GS-18 as the maximum pay rate for all agencies for experts and consultants. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations governing the employment of, and reporting requirements with respect to, experts and consultants.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1982
Furniture Purchase Reimbursement Act of 1982 - Requires all furniture and decorative accessories for any office of any Federal officer appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to be procured by the Administrator of General Services, unless such items can be supplied from: (1) excess property available through the Federal Property Resources Service or from another agency; or (2) sources maintained by the Federal Supply Service. Permits the Administrator to authorize the competitive procurement of such items by an agency after approving the specific requirement for such items. Declares that any officer who procures such items in violation of this Act shall be personally liable for the Government's procurement expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982
Entitles United States Postal Service employees who are promoted or transferred to other Federal agencies to reimbursement for their travel, transportation, and relocation expenses in accordance with provisions governing transferred Federal employees generally.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Soviet Union should permit Abe Stolar and his family to emigrate to Israel and that the President should express U.S. opposition to the forced captivity of the Stolar family by the Soviet Union.
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 · 3 May 1982
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) propose at the June 1982 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting that the NATO allies should pool their resources for their common defense; and (2) present the implementing agreements to Congress for approval.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Freedom of Information Protection Act of 1982 - Amends the classified information exemption under the Freedom of Information Act to require that matters withheld from disclosure: (1) be reasonably expected to cause "identifiable damage" to national security; and (2) satisfy a balancing test so that "the need to protect the information outweighs the public interest in disclosure." Limits Federal court review of an agency's decision to withhold classified information based on the balancing test.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate in support of "Solidarity Sunday" (relating to the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union).
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982 - Title I: Eliminations - Repeals specified provisions of Federal law requiring certain Federal agencies, States, or the President to submit reports to Congress, the President, or the public. Title II: Modifications - Amends specified provisions of Federal law: (1) to discontinue requirements for reports to Congress; (2) to combine such reports; (3) to reduce the frequency or the contents of such reports; (4) to change the dates for transmission of such reports; and (5) to make technical changes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to: (1) authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to use the General Supply Fund to pay costs such as wages, space, and other personnel costs related to contracting, procurement, inspection, storage, management, distribution, and accountability of supplies and materials; and (2) require the Administrator to fix the prices of supplies and materials at levels necessary to recover such costs. Directs all executive agencies to requisition from GSA all personal property items and nonpersonal services managed by GSA unless otherwise authorized by GSA.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1982
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the tax exclusion of interest on mortgage subsidy bonds. Revises the arbitrage requirements to increase the amount by which interest rates on tax-exempt mortgage subsidy bonds may exceed the interest rates on mortgages financed with such bonds. Specifies that issuers are not required to dispose of any investment and realize a loss in order to satisfy arbitrage restrictions. Increases the amount by which the acquisition cost of a residence financed with such bonds may exceed the average area purchase price. Revises prior residency requirements for mortgagors. Repeals the registration requirements for bond issues. Revises requirements for residential rental property bond issues relating to the median income level of occupants and the term of the low-income occupancy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1982
Requests the President to designate May 25, 1982, as Missing Children Day.