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United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1983
Designates the week beginning November 6, 1983, as National Meals-on-Wheels and Congregate Meal Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1983
Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to add this Act as part A (Gifted and Talented Children) of title IX (Additional Programs) of ESEA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for programs for gifted and talented children. Directs the Secretary of Education to reserve 25 percent of such appropriations or $5,000,000, whichever is less, for carrying out discretionary programs. Requires that the remainder of such appropriations be available for State programs. Sets forth provisions for State programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for the Federal share of the costs of planning, developing, operating, and improving programs to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Permits such programs to include inservice training of personnel to teach such children. Directs the Secretary, in any fiscal year in which appropriations for such State programs are less than $15,000,000, to distribute such funds so that each SEA with an approved application receives at least $50,000. Provides for ratable reductions when appropriations are not sufficient to pay such required minimum amount to each SEA. Directs the Secretary, in any fiscal year in which such appropriations equal or exceed $15,000,000, to follow specified State allotment provisions. Requires SEA applications for such grants to contain specified assurances, including the assurance that appropriate consideration will be given to the particular educational needs of disadvantaged gifted and talented children. Prohibits a SEA from reserving more than ten percent of grant funds for program administration, technical assistance, coordination, and statewide planning. Requires a SEA to distribute, on a competitive basis, at least 90 percent of grant funds to local educational agencies (LEAs) which apply, with due regard for the quality of the proposed activities. Requires a SEA to use at least 50 percent of grant funds for programs and projects which include a component for the identification and education of disadvantaged gifted and talented children from low-income families. Permits use of grant funds for instructional equipment only if such equipment will enhance the program or project. Prohibits SEA approval of an LEA application unless the needs of children in nonprofit private elementary and secondary schools have been taken into account. Requires the SEA to provide technical assistance for proposals and programs of LEAs which are unable to compete due to smaller size or lack of financial resources. Requires that an opportunity for a hearing be afforded before the Secretary may disapprove an application which does not meet specified requirements. Sets forth provisions for discretionary programs relating to education of gifted and talented children. Authorizes the Secretary, from amounts reserved for discretionary programs, to pay the Federal share of the costs of grants or contracts to SEAs, LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public or private organizations for: (1) projects designed to meet the educational needs of such children; (2) personnel training and supervision; (3) model projects for identification and education of such children; (4) an information clearinghouse; (5) statewide planning, development, operation, and improvement of projects and programs; and (6) research, evaluation, and related activities. Permits transfer to the National Institute of Education (NIE) of up to 20 percent of funds for such discretionary programs. Limits to 20 percent that portion of such funds which may be used for grants to institutions of higher education for the training of national leadership personnel. Sets forth application requirements for discretionary program grants and contracts. Applies specified ESEA requirements relating to private school pupil and teacher participation in such discretionary programs, unless such requirements cannot be legally met in the State. Permits NIE to carry out a program of research and related activities, including experimental and model schools, pertaining to the education of gifted and talented children from funds transferred for such purpose, notwithstanding specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Sets forth provisions for State allotments in any fiscal year in which appropriations for gifted and talented children programs equal or exceed $15,000,000. Directs the Secretary to allot up to one percent of such appropriations, in accordance with their respective needs, among: (1) specified territories and possessions of the United States; (2) programs in schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior; and (3) programs in overseas dependent schools of the Department of Defense. Directs the Secretary to allot the remainder among applicant States on the basis of numbers of children aged five through 17, with a $50,000 minimum allotment to each State. Sets forth provisions for reallotment of any State allotment exceeding the amount a State needs and will be able to use in a fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to administer and coordinate programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that any Indian tribe which operates schools for its children shall be deemed an LEA for purposes of this Act. Limits financial assistance to any LEA to a five-year period, except assistance extended prior to the date of enactment of the Education Amendments of 1978. Makes the Federal share for any fiscal year 90 percent, but 100 percent for: (1) clearinghouse activities; (2) research, evaluation, and related activities; and (3) programs and projects involving participation of private school students. Makes conforming amendments to the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Makes a technical amendment to ESEA. Directs the Secretary of Education to reestablish the Office of Gifted and Talented in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1983
Congratulates the Baltimore Orioles for winning the 1983 World Series.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983
Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should appoint a special envoy to investigate and report on how the United States could assist Ireland, Great Britain, and communities in Northern Ireland to arrive at a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1983
States that Congress: (1) deplores assassination of Benigno Aquino; and (2) expresses its condolences to his family and to all Filipinos. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) steps should be taken to achieve an independent investigation of the Aquino assassination and to bring to justice those responsible for his death; and (2) the President should not visit the Philippines until there has been an accounting of the assassination and until the President's security can be guaranteed. States that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support fair elections to the National Assembly in May 1984; and (2) urge the Philippine Government to take steps to secure the full participation of the opposition parties in those elections, including the reconstitution of an impartial electoral commission and the restoration of freedom of the press. Urges the United States in conducting its relations with the Philippine government to take into account the investigation and the fairness of the 1984 National Assembly elections.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1983
Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase Federal school meal (lunch and breakfast) reimbursement. Amends the National School Lunch Act to provide funds to the States for donated commodity storage and transportation. Eliminates the tie between eligibility for such program and for the food stamp program. Delays the requirement that local school authorities verify application information until the completion of an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 pilot study. Excludes certain medical expenses from household income for program eligibility purposes. Lowers the student cost of reduced-price lunches. Increases the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the child care food program. Amends such Acts to eliminate private school tuition eligibility limits. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit all kindergarten children in nonprofit schools to participate in the special milk program. Increases reimbursement amounts for breakfast nutrition improvement. Lowers the student cost of reduced-price breakfasts. Makes the existing nutrition education authorization permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1983
Condemns the Soviet Union's systematic disregard for human life and liberties and urges the President to: (1) proclaim May 28, 1984, as a day to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the original resolution on the Ukrainian famine in the House of Representatives; (2) call the attention of the world to the Soviet policies which caused Ukrainian deaths by famine during 1932 through 1933; and (3) urge the Soviet Union to remove restrictions on the shipment of food and other necessities to Soviet citizens by private individuals and charitable organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1983
Designates July 20, 1984, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the transfer of ownership or management of any civil meteorological satellite system and associated ground system equipment to the private sector is not presently appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1983
States that on August 28, 1983, the U.S. armed forces in Lebanon were introduced into "hostilities" for purposes of the War Powers Resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1983
States that until Chile returns to democracy the United States should deny all military and economic assistance, including guarantees and loans from the Export- Import Bank and the Commodity Credit Corporation. Urges the United States to oppose all loans and grants to Chile by the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Development Association, unless such assistance is directed to programs which serve the basic human needs of the people.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1983
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to extend by three months the cutoff date for disability determinations which will be subject to provisions allowing the continued payment of disability benefits during an administrative appeal.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1983
Authorizes the Veterans Administration to furnish each veteran who has a compensable service-connected disability such drugs and medicines as may be prescribed by any licensed physician for treatment of the disability.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1983
Designates the week of October 17 through October 24, 1983, as National Adult Continuing Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Grants a Federal charter to the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Textile Fiber and Wool Product Identification Improvement Act - Amends the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to require a textile fiber or wool product to be so labeled if it has been processed or manufactured in the United States. Requires the product, as well as the package in which it is contained, to be labeled as to country of origin. Requires catalog sales descriptions and other advertisements for textile and wool products to contain country of origin information. Requires that the identification label on imported textile fiber or wool products be affixed to the most conspicuous place on the inner side of the product.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual having a terminal illness shall begin with the first month during which such individual has such illness.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the nonrecognition of gain from the sale of farmland development rights under a qualified State farmland preservation program if the taxpayer purchases qualified farming property within 18 months of such sale. Excludes from gross income up to $100,000 of gain from the sale of farmland development rights by an individual who is age 55 or older. Allows a charitable contribution deduction for gain from the sale of farmland development rights to a State to the extent that the fair market value of such rights exceeds the amount actually received by the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for anesthesia services and related care provided by a registered nurse anesthetist.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Designates August 4, 1984, as Coast Guard Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Designates the week beginning November 6, 1983, as National Disabled Veterans Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Designates November 14, 1983, as National Retired Teachers Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Congratulates the people of the County of New York on the occasion of the tricentennial of its founding.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should seek to: (1) urge other governments to conduct their own investigations of suspected chemical warfare; (2) help the United Nations gain access for U.N. investigators to areas where chemical and toxin weapons use is suspected; and (3) negotiate with the Soviet Union on strengthening existing agreements on chemical, biological, and toxin weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should take steps to ascertain the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and to secure his freedom.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Republic of South Africa should cease its "blackspot" policy and allow relocated South Africans to remain on or return to their legally acquired lands; (2) U.S. nonrecognition of South African "homeland" sovereignty should continue; (3) travel to the United States should be denied to "homeland" officials who seek to enter this country unless they hold a valid passport recognized by the United States; and (4) the President should send a copy of this resolution to the Republic of South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Declares that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should develop and present to Congress a plan to correct the benefit disparity caused by the 1977 changes in the social security retirement benefit formula.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1983
Expresses gratitude to Doctor Alice Mitchell Rivlin for her dedicated service as Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Small Business Competition in Contracting Act of 1983 - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit Government procurement officers from using qualified bidders or similar lists to preclude small businesses from being awarded contracts without referring the matter for final disposition to the Small Business Administration (SBA). Requires the SBA to certify small businesses as eligible to perform specific Government subcontracts if the contract involved exceeds $100,000 or the approved limits of a contractor's procurement system, whichever is greater. Provides that a Government procurement officer may not refuse to include a product of a small business concern or group of small business concerns on a qualified products list without referring the matter for final disposition to the SBA. Prohibits the SBA from: (1) establishing an exemption from the requirements that Government procurement officers refer questions as to a small business' eligibility as a Government contractor to the SBA for disposition; or (2) refusing to accept such a referral. Requires prime contractors on Government procurement contracts (in excess of $500,000 or $1,000,000 for construction) to develop and submit a plan to Government agencies for placing subcontracts in designated areas of high unemployment. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the award of Government prime contracts and subcontracts for appropriate portions of component systems, spare parts, and services for major weapon systems. Provides that during the planning for contracts for the procurement and performance of services or for the production or assembly of goods for major weapon systems, the head of each Federal agency shall maximize competition for such components or services so as to insure to the maximum extent practicable that small and small disadvantaged businesses are not precluded from performing as prime contractors and subcontractors on such contracts. Requires Federal agencies to publicly post and make available to small businesses information concerning the agencies' solicitations, unless such disclosure of information would be a breach of security or would disclose the Government's cost estimate for the procurement. Directs the Department of Defense to use funds appropriated for the development or production of any major weapon system to acquire manufacturing data relating to such system. Requires contracts entered into by any military department for the development or production of any major weapons system to contain provisions insuring the Government's acquisition of such manufacturing data, including conditions under which the contractor waives proprietary rights with respect to data necessary for the performance of such contracts. Provides waiver authority upon notification to specified congressional committees in instances where the military department determines that manufacturing technical data is not necessary. Directs each military department, within a specified time, to complete an inventory of the manufacturing technical data which the Government has in its possession or to which it has access. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to transmit to Congress, within three years after enactment of this Act, a report evaluating each military department's efforts to compile an inventory of the manufacturing data in its possession or to which it has access. Provides that the exclusive remedy for the violation of protected information by the Government is a suit in the United States Claims Court for damages. States that Federal procurement rulemaking is to be covered under the Administrative Procedure Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Designates March 23, 1984, as National Energy Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Designates the week of October 2 through October 8, 1983, as National Port Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1983
Urges the Secretary of Education to postpone further action on the reorganization of certain programs in the Department of Education until a study by the General Accounting Office determines that such reorganization would not reduce the ability of the Department to achieve the goals intended by Congress when it authorized the affected programs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, upon producer request and under specified circumstances, to purchase in cash or in-kind commodities stored in an insolvent warehouse.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1983
National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within 60 days a National Task Force on Organ Procurement and Transplant Reimbursement to develop a plan for a comprehensive organ donor network and organ procurement system. Sets forth membership and operating provisions. Authorizes the Task Force to submit interim reports to the President and each House of Congress, and a final report within six months after its establishment. Terminates such Task Force three months after submitting such final report.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1983
Public Safety Officers Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to include within the protected class, for purposes of the prohibition against arson, public safety officers injured or killed within the course of their duty.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1983
Authorizes the President to designate the week of September 25, 1983, through October 1, 1983, as Carrier Alert Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States shall call upon El Salvador to: (1) appoint a special prosecuting attorney to investigate those responsbile for the murders of four American churchwomen; and (2) bring the accused to trial by December 2, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1983
Designates the week of October 2 through October 8, 1983, as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1983
Designates August 20, 1983, as National Volunteer Firefighters Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1983
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that no antitrust law shall prohibit the importer, brewer, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in an area, from: (1) entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State; or (2) limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in such area. Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of State law.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Voting Rights for the Handicapped and the Elderly Act - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly individuals. Sets forth minimum requirements for these guidelines. Requires States to make available registration and voting aids for handicapped and elderly individuals in Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General and aggrieved persons to bring actions in Federal court to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that it should not be U.S. foreign policy to overthrow governments with which the United States disagrees politically. Urges the President to indicate U.S. support for the Contadora Group initiative by endorsing specified proposals of the Group. States that the United States should: (1) announce its willingness to pursue negotiations with all Central American nations and to stop U.S. arms shipments; (2) offer technical assistance to the Group to assist in the verification of such a freeze on arms traffic in the region; (3) stop funding guerrilla forces seeking to overthrow Nicaragua; and (4) exert diplomatic efforts to persuade other involved governments to cease activities aimed at destabilizing the existing Central American governments.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Designates the week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should enact legislation to control the rising cost of health care, without burdening the elderly and the poor, which: (1) uses the prospective payment method; (2) avoids additional cost sharing by Medicare and Medicaid (titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act) recipients; (3) does not increase out-of-pocket costs or reduce benefits for older Americans; (4) provides incentives for States to have their own health care cost containment programs; and (5) provides better coverage for preventive and chronic care, and provides alternatives to institutionalization under Medicare and Medicaid.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1983
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act of 1983 - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to state that the number of local agricultural stabilization and conservation committees in a county shall not be fewer than existed as of December 31, 1980. Requires with regard to such committees that: (1) all members, as of January 1, 1984, be elected to three-year terms; and (2) they meet at least four times a year. Sets forth committee duties and makes them effective as of January 1, 1984. Expands the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to use local and county committees. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to require the Secretary to pay: (1) travel expenses for members of State, county, and local committees; and (2) hourly compensation for work actually performed by county members (at GS-11 rate) and by local members (at GS-9 rate).
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1983
Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act - Creates, upon the appropriate findings by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, a presumption of service-connected disability for compensation purposes for any veteran who was exposed to radiation or toxic chemicals while actively serving in the armed forces under specified conditions and who is now suffering from a disability or disorder symptomatic of such exposure. Maintains such presumption even in the absence of records. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish guidelines and criteria for resolving claims for benefits resulting from a service-connected death or disability based on a veteran's exposure during service on active duty to: (1) herbicides containing dioxin in Vietnam during the Vietnam era; or (2) ionizing radiation from the detonation of a nuclear device, either in connection with testing or the American occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan, prior to July 1, 1946. Sets forth procedures for the development of such regulations, including: (1) opportunities for public hearings and comment; and (2) amendment of such regulations upon the annual reporting of the results of the epidemiological study on the effects of exposure to agent orange required by the Veterans' Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1983
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should convey U.S. concern for the welfare of Ethiopian Jews and seek ways to assist Ethiopian Jews to emigrate freely.