United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983
Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims Settlement Act - Establishes the Mashantucket Pequot Settlement Fund (the Fund) in the Treasury and directs the Secretary of the Interior to act as trustee for the benefit of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (the Tribe). Directs the Secretary to spend, upon the Tribe's request, the principal and income accruing to the Fund. Specifies the amounts available to the Secretary for acquisition of private settlement lands. Directs the Tribe to submit economic development plans subject to the Secretary's approval, and establishes guidelines for the disbursement of trust funds under such plans. Establishes guidelines reducing the Government's trust responsibility to the Tribe as the Fund is disbursed. Specifies lands to be held by the United States as trustee. Provides formulae for land acquisition and condemnation proceedings by the Secretary. Deems transfers of specified private settlement lands as involuntary conversions for Internal Revenue Code purposes. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Approves transfers of land or natural resources executed by the Tribe prior to the Act. Extinguishes Tribal or Indian claims to such lands based upon rights, interests, or aboriginal title. Directs the Secretary to publish notice in the Federal Register when the statutory appropriation has been deposited into the Fund. Declares the extinguishment provisions effective upon such appropriation. Declares the Tribe's reservation is Indian country, subject to State jurisdiction under specified Federal law. Sets limitations on actions regarding the constitutionality of the Act. Vests exclusive original jurisdiction over such actions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Permits removal from State courts to such District Court. Permits the Tribe to lease lands for any term of years to the Mashantucket Pequot Housing Authority or to its successor in interest. Extends Federal recognition to the Tribe. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indians. Subjects the Tribe to generally applicable Federal laws.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Amends the Small Business Act to eliminate from the exceptions to the requirement that notice of Government procurement actions be published in the Commerce Business Daily those procurement actions which: (1) involve perishable subsistence supplies; (2) are of such emergency that the Government would be seriously injured if bids were made more than 15 days after the invitation to bid was issued; (3) are made by an order placed under an existing contract; (4) are for personal or professional services; or (5) are for services from educational institutions. Prohibits procuring activities, when required to publish notice of procurement actions, from: (1) issuing a solicitation for a procurement action until 15 days after publication of such a notice; (2) foreclosing competition under a procurement order until 30 days after the issuance of the solicitation or, in the case of orders under a basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or similar arrangement, after publication of intent to place the order; or (3) commencing negotiations for the award of a sole source contract until 30 days after the publication of a notice of intent to contract. Exempts from compliance with such time periods procurement actions which: (1) are made by an order placed under an existing contract; (2) are of such emergency that the Government would be seriously injured if such time periods were complied with; or (3) involve perishable subsistence supplies. Prohibits a procuring activity from entering into negotiations for the award of a sole source contract for more than $100,000 unless: (1) the head of the activity has approved the proposal for such negotiation; and (2) the activity has considered all responses to the notice of the procurement action. Provides for the application of this Act to the Tennessee Valley Authority only to the extent it deems practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act of 1983 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the President to designate, within 60 days of the enactment of this Act, the agency (other than the Department of Defense) with which a Government procurement contract shall be made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the provisions pursuant to which contracts are performed through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses. Prohibits the SBA from entering into such a contract after the 18-month period following the enactment of this Act. (Under current law, such contracts must have been entered on or before September 30, 1981.)
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1983
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Small Business, from March 1, 1983, through February 29, 1984, to: (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund; (2) employ personnel; and (3) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of department or agency personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Product Liability Act - Preempts State product liability laws. States that this Act governs any civil action for harm caused by a product which would have been based on: (1) strict or absolute liability in tort; (2) negligence or gross negligence; (3) breach of express or implied warranty and; (4) failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct. Makes a manufacturer liable if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that a product was unreasonably dangerous: (1) in construction or design; (2) because the manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings of danger; or (3) because the product did not conform to an express warranty. Specifies the requisite findings which must be made for such proof of unreasonable danger to be determined. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the claimant's harm was proximately caused by such seller's failure to use reasonable care with respect to the product. Enumerates circumstances under which such a seller is also subject to the liability of a manufacturer. Provides that all claims under this Act shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Sets forth rules with respect to conduct affecting comparative responsibility, including misuse, alteration or modification of a product. Specifies the manner in which damages are to be apportioned. Requires that damages in any product liability claim be reduced by an amount paid as workers' compensation benefits. Precribes a statute of limitation for recovery. Allows punitive damages to be awarded if the claimant proves by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of the product manufacturer's or sellers's reckless disregard for the safety of product users, consumers, or others who might be harmed by the product. Provides that evidence of corrective measures taken by a product seller after a harm has occurred would not be admissible in court to prove liability.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1983
Trade Reorganization Act of 1983 - Establishes the Department of Trade, to be administered by a Secretary of Trade appointed by the President. Directs the Secretary, among other things, to: (1) coordinate U.S. policies for promoting beneficial international trade relationships; (2) negotiate U.S. international trade agreements; (3) protect American industry, agriculture, and labor from unfair or injurious foreign competition; (4) develop trade monitoring systems; (5) develop and implement U.S. policies concerning foreign investments; and (6) administer the U.S. Customs Service and maintain the U.S. tariff schedules. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the U.S. Trade Representative and of the Secretary of Commerce which relate to international trade and investment and to specified agencies and offices of the Department of Commerce. Transfers to the Department of Trade the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Amends the Trade Expansion Act to establish a Trade Policy Committee, chaired by the President, to assist the President in carrying out the functions vested in the President relating to trade agreements and import relief (replaces an interagency trade organization). Designates the Secretary of Trade as the Vice Chairman and specifies other committee members. Establishes a Trade Negotiating Subcommittee to advise the Secretary on management of international trade and investment. Designates the Secretary of Trade as the President's chief spokesman on trade and requires the Secretary to report directly to the President on all trade policy matters. Sets forth administrative provisions applicable to the Department of Trade. Directs the Secretary to submit a report annually to the President for submission to the Congress on the Department's activities. Provides for the transfer of personnel, assets, records, and funding to correspond with the transfers of functions, offices, and agencies made by this Act. Terminates: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Administration; (3) the Bureau of Industrial Economics; (4) the Bureau of Economic Analysis; (5) the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration; and (6) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Makes certain technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts so that the provisions of such Acts reflect the executive reorganization made by this Act. Designates the Secretary as the chief representative of the United States for trade negotiation. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report directly to the President and the Congress and to be responsible to both for the administration of trade agreements under this Act and other specified Acts; (2) advise the President and Congress on matters related to trade agreement programs; and (3) be responsible for specified reports to Congress and for such other functions as the President may direct.
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
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 · 1 December 1982
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to extend for not more than three years, beginning October 1, 1982, the additional period for congressional consideration of portions of the following rivers which have been designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system: (1) the Illinois River in Oregon; (2) the Pine Creek River in Pennsylvania; (3) the Youghiogheny River in Maryland and Pennsylvania; (4) the Encampment River in Colorado; (5) the Kettle River in Minnesota; (6) the Owyhee River, South Fork, in Oregon; (7) the Shepaug River in Connecticut; (8) the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota; (9) the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin; and (10) the Housatonic River in Connecticut. Provides that the additional period for congressional consideration of portions of the Tuolumne River in California designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system may be extended beginning October 1, 1982, for an additional period of not more than one year.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1982
Federal Anti-Tampering Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to maliciously cause or attempt to cause injury or death to any person, or injury to any business' reputation, by adulterating a food, drug, cosmetic or other product. Provides for a prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of up to $20,000 if personal injury results, or a prison term of up to life if death results. Establishes a separate offense, with similar penalties, for any person who willfully or maliciously conveys false information concerning an attempt at such adulteration, if injury or death results.
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 · 24 September 1982
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Title I: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies - Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Department of Commerce and related agencies, including: (1) general administration; (2) the Bureau of the Census; (3) economic and statistical analysis; (4) the Economic Development Administration (including a transfer of funds); (5) the International Trade Administration; (6) the Minority Business Development Agency; (7) the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration; (8) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (9) coastal zone management (including a transfer of funds); (10) the Fishing Vessel and Gear Damage Compensation Fund; (11) the Fishermen's Contingency Fund; (12) the Foreign Fishing Observer Fund; (13) the Fishermen's Guaranty Fund; (14) the Patent and Trademark Office; (15) the National Bureau of Standards; and (16) the National Telecommunications and Information Service. Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for: (1) the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation for ship construction, operating-differential subsidies, research and development, and operations and training. Appropriates funds for Fiscal Year 1983 for: (1) administrative expenses of the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Program of the Department of the Treasury; (2) the Federal Communications Commission; (3) the Federal Maritime Commission; (4) the Federal Trade Commission; (5) the International Trade Commission; (6) the Marine Mammal Commission; (7) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (8) the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (9) the Small Business Administration (including a transfer of funds). Appropriates funds for FY 1983 to the Business Loan and Investment Fund and the Pollution Control Equipment Contract Guarantee Revolving Fund. Title II: Department of Justice and Related Agencies - Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Department of Justice and related agencies, including: (1) general administration; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) general legal activities; (4) the Antitrust Division; (5) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (6) U.S. Attorneys, Marshals, and Trustees; (7) support of U.S. prisoners in non-Federal institutions; (8) fees and expenses of witnesses; (9) the Community Relations Service; (10) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (11) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (12) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (13) the Federal Prison System; and (14) the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics. Makes a specified amount of funds appropriated in this title available for official reception and representation expenses in accordance with distributions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attorney General. Permits funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title to be expended for assistance to Cuban-Haitian entrants. Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and (3) the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). Imposes additional restrictions on the Legal Services Corporation. Delineates the eligibility of aliens to receive legal assistance. Requires at least 60 percent of the governing body of any legal assistance organization receiving a grant or contract from the Corporation to be attorneys admitted to practice in the State concerned and appointed by the governing bodies of bar associations the membership of which represents a majority of the attorneys practicing in the locality. Includes additional restrictions against use of Corporation funds for lobbying purposes. Prohibits class action suits against the Federal, State, or local governments. Title III: Department of State and Related Agencies - Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Department of State and related agencies, including: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) acquisition, operation, and maintenance of buildings abroad; (3) special foreign currency program; (4) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (5) buying power maintenance; (6) payment to the American Institute in Taiwan; (7) payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (8) international organizations and conferences; (9) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; (10) international commissions; (11) International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (12) American sections, international commissions; (13) international fisheries commissions; (14) U.S. bilateral science and technology agreements; and (15) the Asia Foundation. Prohibits the use of any of the funds appropriated in this title for: (1) paying the United States contribution to any international organization which engages in the direct or indirect promotion of the principle or doctrine of one world government or of one world citizenship; or (2) the promotion by any means of such principle or doctrine. Permits the availability of funds appropriated under this title for: (1) expenses of binational arbitrations arising under treaties or other international agreements; and (2) salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980. Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for: (1) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (2) the Board for International Broadcasting; (3) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (4) the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians; (5) the International Communication Agency (including the special foreign currency program); (6) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West; and (7) the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. Title IV: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Judiciary, including: (1) the Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services; (5) public defender services; (6) fees of jurors and commissioners; (7) expenses of operation and maintenance of the courts; (8) Bankruptcy courts; (9) services for drug dependent offenders; (10) space and facilities; (11) court security; (12) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; and (13) the Federal Judicial Center. Declares that the position of trustee coordinator in the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States shall not be limited to persons with formal legal training. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of any appropriation for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress. Prohibits the use of any appropriation to administer any program funded in whole or in part from foreign currencies or credits for which specific dollar appropriation has not been made. Prohibits any part of any appropriation from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act. Limits any expenditure for consulting services through procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection. Prohibits the use of any of the funds appropriated under this Act for: (1) the implementation, administration, or enforcement of any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval; or (2) any action by the Attorney General or by the Secretary of State which is not in compliance with the provisions of the Refugee Act of 1980. Sets forth five conditions under which the reprogramming of funds shall be prohibited without prior notification of the congressional appropriations committees. Applies this requirement, in addition, to any reprogramming in excess of $250,000 or ten percent of funds.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982
Education for Economic Security Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to States to pay the Federal share of the costs of strengthening instruction in mathematics, science computer education, foreign languages, and vocational education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986. Directs the Secretary to allot to each State from such appropriations for each fiscal year an amount based on the relative number of children aged five through 17 in such state. Provides that no State shall receive less than one-half of one percent in of the funds appropriated for any fiscal year. Provides for reallotments, based on the Secretary's estimates, of sums exceeding a State's needs. Authorizes additional appropriations for allotment to: (1) Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; (2) the Secretary of the Interior for programs in schools operated for Indian children; and (3) the Secretary of Defense for programs in overseas dependent schools. Apportions 65 percent of each State's allotment to elementary, secondary, and vocational education programs and 35 percent to higher education programs. Directs State educational agencies to distribute a specified percentage of the elementary, secondary, and vocational education apportionment to local educational agencies for mathematics and science instruction, foreign language instruction, and computer education programs, together with related instructional materials. Bases such distribution upon the relative numbers of children aged five through 17 in the schools and upon the size of the proposed programs. Bases renewals of such payments upon such criteria and upon a determination that the local program serves substantial numbers of students and involves several grade levels. Requires each State education agency to: (1) distribute a specified percentage of its apportionment for foreign language instruction; and (2) use a specified percentage for exemplary programs, instructional materials, technical assistance, and information. Requires the State agency responsible for vocational education to use a specified percentage of the apportionment for vocational education employment-based programs. in new and emerging technologies, including computer learning and instruction, (with a specified portion to be used for programs in correctional institutions) and for foreign language instruction. Requires that such funds be distributed among vocational education schools and area vocational schools. Directs the State agency for higher education to distribute the higher education programs apportionment among institutions of higher education, with specified percentages to be used for: (1) elementary and secondary school teacher training, retraining, and inservice training in mathematics, science, and computer education; (2) employment-based programs equipment, in new and emerging technologies, including computer learning and instruction and basic engineering instruction; and (3) foreign language instruction. Sets forth requirements for State applications for grants under this Act. Sets forth provisions for Federal matching payments of 50 percent of the costs of programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982
Amends title IV, part E (Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for cancellation of up to 75 percent of a direct student loan to an individual who enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Education to teach mathematics, science, or computer education in a nonprofit elementary or secondary school system for at least five consecutive years.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1982
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from promulgating any regulation which would not maintain or enhance the nutritional integrity of supplemental foods made available under the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Prohibits the Secretary, after September 23, 1982, from modifying any regulation governing such program, unless a finding is made that the modification will be beneficial to the health status of program participants. Requires the Secretary to submit such finding to the appropriate congressional committees prior to its publication in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to implement specified regulations concerning the program no later than December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that guidelines relating to title IX (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) of the Education Amendments of 1972 should not be repealed or altered in a manner which will deny any person equal access to education.
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 · 15 September 1982
National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Act - Establishes the National Science and Mathematics Teachers Development Board in the Department of Education. Requires that the functions of the Secretary of Education under this Act be carried out through the Board. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education for continuing education programs designed to improve the skills of secondary school teachers of science and mathematics and to help such teachers qualify for certification in science, mathematics, or both. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for related administrative expenses. Sets forth application requirements for program participation by institutions of higher education. Limits to 25 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this Act the amount that shall be available for full-time summer workshops. Limits the amount of any grant under this Act to a single institution of higher education to $200,000. Sets forth provisions for payments to institutions of higher education under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1982
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee shall investigate methods of strengthening the Export-Import Bank to ensure competitive financing for U.S. exports; (2) the Senate Appropriations Committee shall provide sufficient authority for the Export-Import Bank to enable U.S. exporters to compete in world markets; and (3) the Export-Import Bank shall provide U.S. exporters with competitive financial support.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1982
Title I - State of the Insular Areas Report Act - Directs the President to report to the Congress on the state of the insular areas on the first day of each session of Congress. Lists matters to be included in the report. Title II - Provides for the renovation, maintenance, and operation of the Guam Memorial Hospital and for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a health care facility in the northern part of Guam. Authorizes appropriations for grants to the Virgin Islands for improvements in the generation and distribution of water and power and for construction of two juvenile pretrial detention facilities. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to limit the amount of Federal funds for FY 1982 through 1985 that may be used for grants for water treatment works in Puerto Rico.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1982
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional consent and approval to an agreement by Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont regarding salmon restoration in the Connecticut River Basin. Authorizes the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior to participate as members in a Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission created by such agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1982
Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan Amendments of 1982 - Prohibits the Office of Personnel Management from entering into a contract for a Federal employee health benefits plan, unless the plan: (1) is nondiscriminatory; and (2) (excluding comprehensive medical plans) provides equal coverage for each type of benefit offered, provides for the payment of reasonable expenses for the treatment of mental disorders, and establishes a peer review system for determining whether a type of prescribed treatment is necessary medically or as treatment for a mental disorder. Requires the service benefit plan and the indemnity benefit plan to include, in addition to all types of benefits currently authorized: (1) nervous and mental disorder benefits; and (2) alcoholism and substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation benefits. Requires all Federal employee health benefit plans to include benefits for costs for general hospital care and health services of a catastrophic nature.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 29 July 1982
Marine Resource Management and Research Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Marine Resource Management and Research Fund. Provides revenues for such Fund from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (ten percent of the difference between the current fiscal year and FY 1981, with a $300,000,000 annual maximum). Allocates from such Fund beginning with FY 1984: (1) 30 to 40 percent for coastal zone management; (2) 15 to 25 percent for the sea grant program; and (3) ten to 20 percent for anadromous fish and commercial fisheries. Makes unallocated funds available for other State marine resource education, management, and research programs. Requires a State to have implemented a federally approved coastal zone management program and to have submitted a related report to the Secretary of Commerce to qualify for such coastal zone management grant. Requires the Secretary to submit to the President and the Congress within one year a National Coastal Zone and Fishery Management Research Plan. States that such Plan shall include measures for the conservation, management, and research of the entire coastal zone and of coastal dependent migratory fish. Requires public hearings before submittal. Makes the Plan effective on October 1, 1983, unless vetoed by a resolution of either House of Congress within 60 days after submittal.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Precollege Mathematics and Science Teacher Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of direct loans to students in institutions of higher education who are preparing to be precollege mathematics and science teachers. Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program of establishing and maintaining funds at institutions of higher education for making low-interest loans to students who: (1) pursue baccalaureate degree courses of study in mathematics and/or science and (2) intend to enter the precollege mathematics and science teaching profession. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through FY 1988 to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1988 through FY 1993 to enable students who have received loans for academic years ending prior to October 1, 1988, to continue or complete courses of study. Directs the Secretary to make payments to institutions of higher education on the basis of the estimated needs of such institutions for making such student loans. Sets forth conditions for such payments and for the agreements with the Secretary which such institutions must make in order to receive such payments. Sets forth the terms of such student loans. Sets forth eligibility requirements for students. Sets forth requirements for agreements between an institution and a student receiving such a loan from the student loan fund (including agreements which require commitments to teach or commitments to repay such loans). Provides for cancellation of such student loans at the rate of 25 percent for each complete year of service after the date of enactment of this Act as a full-time science or mathematics teacher in an elementary or secondary school academic year. Provides for cancellation of the entire amount of interest which accrues for any year in which a portion of the loan is cancelled.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982
Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five hours of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982
Title I : Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to permit prosecution in the district court of all offenses against Federal and local laws to be had by indictment by grand jury or by information. Authorizes the establishment of a local appellate court. Authorizes the legislature of the Virgin Islands to vest in the local courts jurisdiction over all cases in the Virgin Islands subject to the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. Grants to the district court the jurisdiction of a Federal bankruptcy court. Grants to the district court exclusive jurisdiction over all criminal and civil proceedings in the Virgin Islands with respect to the income tax laws applicable to the Virgin Islands, except certain laws enacted by the Virgin Islands legislature. Grants to the district court general original jurisdiction over all causes of action in the Virgin Islands the jurisdiction over which is not vested by local law in the local courts. Grants jurisdiction over certain minor civil and criminal cases to the local courts. Grants concurrent jurisdiction to the district court and the local courts over criminal offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands that are similar to statutes over which the district court has jurisdiction. Declares that relations between the Federal courts and the local courts shall be the same as relations between the Federal courts and State courts. Provides that, for 15 years following the establishment of a local appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (rather than the U.S. Supreme Court) shall have jurisdiction over appeals from all final decisions of the highest court of the Virgin Islands on Federal questions. Authorizes the appellate division of the district court to review, until the local appellate court is established, the judgments and orders of the local courts. Prohibits the Virgin Islands legislature from precluding the review of a judgment involving a Federal question. Sets forth the membership of the appellate division of the district court. Grants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit jurisdiction over appeals from all final decisions of the appellate division of the district court involving Federal questions. Prohibits the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from reviewing causes of action governed by the laws of the Virgin Islands unless Federal questions are involved. Changes the term of office for judges of the district court from eight years to ten years. Makes the Federal rules of civil and criminal procedure applicable, where appropriate, to the district court and to appeals from the district court. Sets forth the judicial divisions of the Virgin Islands. Repeals certain provisions of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands and specified sections of other Acts that have been replaced by later law. Title II : Amends the Organic Act of Guam to grant the District Court of Guam the jurisdiction of a Federal bankruptcy court. Requires the district court to determine the requirements of indictment by grand jury or trial by jury for local causes of action. Authorizes the Guam legislature to establish an appellate court on or after January 1, 1983. Authorizes the legislature to vest in the local courts jurisdiction subject to the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction of the district court over all causes of action in Guam. Declares that relations between the Federal courts and the local courts of Guam shall be the same as relations between the Federal courts and State courts. Provides that, for 15 years following the establishment of a local appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (rather than the U.S. Supreme Court) shall have jurisdiction over appeals from all final decisions of the highest court of Guam on Federal questions. Authorizes the appellate division of the district court to review, until the local appellate court is established, the judgments and orders of the local courts. Prohibits local law from precluding review of a judgment involving a Federal question. Sets forth the membership of the appellate division of the district court. Grants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit jurisdiction over appeals from all final decisions of the appellate division of the district court involving Federal questions. Prohibits the court of appeals from reviewing causes of action governed by Guam's laws unless Federal questions are involved. Makes the Federal rules of civil and criminal procedure applicable, where appropriate, to the district court and to appeals from the district court. Changes the term of office for judges of the District Court of Guam from eight years to ten years. Repeals a provision of the law relating to grand jury indictments on Guam that has been replaced by later law. Title III : Changes the term of office for judges of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands from eight years to ten years. Grants the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands the jurisdiction of a Federal bankruptcy court. Limits the jurisdiction of the district court with respect to the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Grants the district court authority to review, until the establishment of an appellate court for the Northern Mariana Islands, the judgments and orders of the local courts. Prohibits the laws of the Northern Mariana Islands from precluding the review of a judgment involving a Federal question. Grants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit jurisdiction over appeals from all final decisions of the appellate division of the district court involving Federal questions. Prohibits the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from reviewing causes of action governed by the laws of the Northern Mariana Islands unless a Federal question is involved. Title IV : Repeals specified sections of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 that are incorporated in this Act.
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 · 1 July 1982
Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Connecticut Indian Claims Settlement Fund as compensation to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe for the extinguishment of any claim to specified lands. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) hold the Fund in trust for the Tribe; and (2) spend, at the request of the Tribe, the principal and income of the Fund to acquire land or natural resources for the Tribe or for similar purposes which promote the economic development of the Tribe. Provides that land or natural resources which are within specified settlement lands shall be held in trust by the United States. Provides that land or natural resources which are located outside such settlement land shall be held in fee by the Tribe, with the United States having no further responsibility, and shall not be subject to any restriction against alienation under Federal or State law. Provides that transfers of specified private settlement lands shall be deemend to be involuntary conversions for Internal Revenue Code purposes. Authorizes the appropriation of $900,000 to be deposited in the Fund. Sets forth provisions for approval of prior transfers of specified lands or natural resources and for the extinguishment of the Tribe's (or any other Indian) aboriginal title or claims to such lands or natural resources. Directs the Secretary to publish notice in the Federal Register of the deposit of the appropriation to the Fund. Makes the date of such deposit the effective date of such extinguishment provisions. Declares the Tribe's reservation and the settlement lands to be Indian country, subject to State jurisdiction to the maximum extent provided in specified Federal law. Sets limitations on actions questioning the constitutionality of this Act. Vests exclusive original jurisdiction of such actions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Permits defendants to remove such actions from State courts to such U.S. District Court. Subjects lands within the reservation and the settlement lands to Federal law relating to Indian lands, but permits the Tribe to lease lands for any term of years to the Mashantucket Pequot Housing Authority or to any successor in interest to such Authority. Extends Federal recognition to the Tribe. Provides that all Federal laws and regulations of general application to Indians or Indian nations, tribes, or bands of Indians which are not inconsistent with any specific provision of this Act shall be applicable to the Tribe. Makes the Tribe and members of the Tribe eligible for all Federal services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indians.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982
Student Loan Assistance Amendments of 1982 - Amends part B (Federal, State, and Private Programs of Low-Interest Insured Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education) of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide increased maximum student loans for certain students who lost benefits under the Social Security Act as a result of amendments made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. Conditions any students' eligibility for such additional maximum loan amount on the receipt by the lender of a statement from the student's institution verifying the student's need for such amount.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1982
National Diffusion Network Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to promote the spread of exemplary educational programs, products, and practices to interested elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretary to provide for evaluation, information, materials, training, and technical assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and contracts with, public and nonprofit private educational institutions and organizations to carry out such program. Declares that such program shall be deemed to be a continuation of the National Diffusion Network for which provision is made under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds available under such Act to such program. Authorizes additional appropriations, if necessary, to carry out such program in FY 1983 through FY 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982
Amends the Organic Act of Guam to direct the Governor of Guam to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior (currently such report is prepared by the comptroller general); (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations. Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for Guam to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the government of Guam. Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to direct the Governor of the Virgin Islands to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior (currently such report is prepared by the comptroller general); (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations. Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for the Virgin Islands to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the government of the Virgin Islands. Amends the Act relating to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to direct the chief excutives of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress, the Secretary of the Interior and the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations. Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for Guam to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the governments of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Directs the Governor of American Samoa to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior; (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations. Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for American Samoa to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the government of American Samoa.
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