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Bill· HRH.R. 6778 (97th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore the provisions thereunder providing for rounding of benefits to the law as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1982

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that maximum benefit amounts and primary insurance amounts which are not multiples of $0.10 shall be raised to the next higher multiple of $0.10. (Currently, title II benefits are rounded to the next lower multiple of $0.10.)

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 535 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Congressional budget procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1982

Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, before each fiscal year, to adopt a statement for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Directs Congress and the President to insure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays contained in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the nominal rate of increase in personal income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect, or by a resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds of those present in each House. 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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 374 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should make no further awards of implementation of contracts pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 until October 1, 1983.

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1982

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense, for the remainder of FY 1983, should not award contracts or conduct cost studies pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the performance by contractors of commercial and industrial-type functions of the Department.

Bill· SS. 2664 (97th)open

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to impose limits on the amount of total budget outlays contained in concurrent resolutions on the budget.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit, for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1982, the amount of total budget outlays set forth in any concurrent resolution on the budget from exceeding an amount equal to the greater of: (1) an amount in the same ratio to the gross national product (GNP) for such fiscal year as the total budget outlays to the GNP of the preceding fiscal year, minus one percent of the GNP for such fiscal year; or (2) 18 percent of the GNP for such fiscal year. Permits an increase in such limitation if two-thirds of the whole number of both Houses of Congress pass a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill becomes law.

Bill· HRH.R. 6615 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 respecting the rescission of budget authority.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1982

Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to redefine the term 'rescission resolution' to mean a concurrent resolution (not, as currently, a bill or resolution which actually rescinds funds) which only expresses the disapproval of the Congress of a proposed rescission of budget authority set forth in a special message transmitted by the President. Provides that any amount of budget authority proposed to be rescinded or reserved shall be made available for obligation if, within the prescribed 45- day period, Congress passes a rescission resolution disapproving such proposed rescission or reservation (currently, permits obligation of the funds in question unless Congress, within the 45 day period, completes action on a bill rescinding or reserving such funds).

Bill· SS. 2629 (97th)open

Budget Reform Act of 1982

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.

Bill· SS. 2630 (97th)referred

Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982

Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1982 - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 to require the President to include with each Budget submitted on or after January 1, 1983, a special analysis, for the ensuing fiscal year, which shall identify and summarize for each function, category, agency, and program of appropriation and expenditure in the Budget the amount of appropriations and expenditures which may be classified as public infrastructure investments. Sets forth other information to be included in such analysis. Requires the President also to include with each Budget, on or after January 1, 1984, a capital investment budget which shall identify by State the amount of appropriations and expenditures classifiable as public infrastructure investments. Declares that any appropriation or expenditures shall be classified as a public infrastructure investment to the extent that it will be used for the construction, rehabilitation or repair of any civilian public facility in the United States. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prepare an inventory of civilian public facilities in the United States and an assessment of their physical condition. Requires the Secretary to make a report of such inventory and assessment to Congress not later than January 1, 1984, and to update such report annually.

Bill· HRH.R. 6594 (97th)open

A bill to repeal the change made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 in the eligibility requirements for receipt of unemployment benefits by ex-service members.

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982

Includes an individual's military service as Federal service for purposes of provisions concerning unemployment compensation eligibility if the individual: (1) was released from such military service under conditions other than dishonorable; and (2) was not given a bad conduct discharge or, if an officer, did not resign for the good of the service. Eliminates provisions excluding military service as Federal service for such purposes if the individual: (1) left the service voluntarily; or (2) was released or discharged for cause.

Bill· HRH.R. 6591 (97th)open

Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1982

Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1982 - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 to require the President to include with each Budget submitted on or after January 1, 1983, a special analysis, for the ensuing fiscal year which shall identify and summarize for each function, category, agency, and program of appropriation and expenditure in the Budget the amount of appropriations and expenditures which may be classified as public infrastructure investments. Sets forth other information to be included in such analysis. Requires the President also to include with each Budget, on or after January 1, 1984, a capital investment budget which shall identify by State the amount of appropriations and expenditures classifiable as public infrastructure investments. Declares that any appropriation or expenditure shall be classified as a public infrastructure investment to the extent that it will be used for the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of any civilian public facility in the United States. Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to require the Economic Development Administration to prepare an inventory of civilian public facilities in the United States and an assessment of their physical condition. Requires the Secretary to make a report of such inventory and assessment to Congress not later than January 1, 1984, and to update such report annually.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 497 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives opposing any increased expenses for the elderly or disabled as a result of budget or reconciliation reductions in outlays in the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries should not have to pay more out-of-pocket costs for health care under the Medicare program; and (2) any Medicare savings from budget cuts should not cause an increase in out-of-pocket Medicare expenses.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 499 (97th)referred

A joint resolution to amend the Social Security Act to restore the treatment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, in relation to the budget of the United States, to the treatment of such Trust Funds before their inclusion in the unified budget of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1982

Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of the disbursements from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and of the receipts from the old age, survivors and disability insurance taxes and the hospital insurance taxes on self-employment income, employees, and employers in the totals of the Federal budget. Exempts such disbursements and receipts from any general statutory limitation on Federal budget outlays.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 352 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1982 and setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1982

Title I: Revision of the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Year 1982 - Sets the level of Federal revenues in FY 1982 at $623,000,000,000 and the net amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased at $0. States that the level of total budget authority for FY 1982 is $764,500,000,000 and that the level of total budget outlays is $738,300,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $115,300,000,000. States that the level of public debt is $1,143,100,000,000 with an increase of $63,300,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. States that the level of total obligations for the principal amount of new direct loans is $62,450,000,000. Sets the level of total new primary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $73,850,000,000 and the level of total new secondary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $48,700,000,000. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1982. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for fiscal year 1982 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $62,450,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $73,850,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $48,700,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1982. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1982: (1) $30,250,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $32,200,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $73,850,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $48,700,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Title II: Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Years 1983, 1984, and 1985 - Sets a level of Federal revenues in FY 1983 of $657,100,000,000 and the aggregate level of Federal revenues increased by $12,100,000,000. States that the level of total new budget authority is $806,050,000,000. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $779,300,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $122,200,000,000. Sets the level of public debt for FY 1983 at $1,290,200,000,000 with an increase of $890,200,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1983. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for FY 1983 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $50,800,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $91,550,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $38,400,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1983. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1983: (1) $28,350,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $22,450,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $91,550,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $38,400,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $720,600,000,000 in FY 1984 and $798,800,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $18,600,000,000 in FY 1984 and $18,800,000,000 in FY 1985. States that the level of total new budget authority for FY 1984 is $869,650,000,000 and $952,550,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $830,100,000,000 for FY 1984 and $888,200,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the amount of deficit in the budget at $109,500,000,000 in FY 1984 and $89,400,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the level of the public debt at $1,426,600,000,000 and $1,551,100,000,000 in FY 1984 and 1985, respectively. Sets forth the increase in the temporary statutory limit on such debt at $1,026,600,000,000 in FY 1984 and $1,151,100,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1984 and FY 1985. Title III: Providing Reconciliation Instructions and Other Enforcement Measures - Requires the appropriate committees of the House and the Senate to report changes in laws within their respective jurisdictions sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 1983 in amounts consistent with reductions in entitlement programs assumed in this resolution and to increase revenues in 1983 in amounts consistent with the assumptions in this resolution. Declares that, in the House of Representatives, no bill or resolution providing new budget authority for FY 1983, or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 which exceeds the appropriate allocation or subdivision of such new discretionary budget authority or new spending authority shall be enrolled until after Congress has completed action on the second concurrent resolution on the budget. Makes it out of order in either House to consider any bill or resolution or amendment thereto providing new budget authority for FY 1983 or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 within the jurisdiction of any of its committees unless and until such committee makes the allocations or subdivisions required by the Budget Act. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that if Congress acts to restore fiscal responsibility and reduces projected budget deficits in a substantial and permanent way, then the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee shall reevaluate its monetary targets in order to assure that they are fully complementary to a new and more restrained fiscal policy.

Bill· HRH.R. 6488 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to direct the Federal Reserve Board to increase the money stock at an annual rate not to exceed the historic growth rate of the real gross national product, to bring the activities of the Federal Finance Bank and other off-budget entities within the unified budget, to eliminate budget deficits, to limit the levels of total budget outlays, and to allow for the gradual elimination of the public debt.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1982

Title I: Growth of Money Supply - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to govern all purchases and sales of paper with a view to maintain a constant level of domestic prices and avoid destabilizing changes in total purchasing power. Limits the growth in the money supply at an amount of not more than 3.5 percent per year. Provides a procedure for an additional one percent increase which shall go into effect unless vetoed, within 90 days after publication in the Federal Register, by a concurrent resolution passed by both Houses of Congress. Title II: Off-Budget Federal Entities - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to bring their fiscal activities within the Federal budget. Provides that all transactions of the Postal Service Fund, The Federal Financing Bank, and the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation shall be included in the totals of the unified budget. Title III: Expenditures May Not Exceed Revenues - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit Federal expenditures during any fiscal year from exceeding revenues for that year. Prohibits Congress from authorizing budget authority in excess of revenues except in time of declared war or upon the adoption of a concurrent resolution which passed each House by the vote of at least two-thirds of the members present and voting. Title IV: Limitation on Total Budget Outlays - Amends the Congressional Budget Act to prohibit either House from adopting the first concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal year if the level of budget for any fiscal year if the budget outlays contained in it exceed for the fiscal year an amount equal to 20 percent of the estimated gross national product. Allows the President and the House and Senate to agree to suspend such requirement. Title V: Retirement of the Public Debt - Expresses the sense of Congress that, after the adoption of the first concurrent resolution on the budget for any fiscal year with respect to which expenditures by the United States government are not in excess of its revenues for that year, the public debt of the United States should be systematically retired by the Board of governors of the Federal Reserve System acting through the Federal Open Market Committee. Title VI: Effective Dates - Establishes effective dates for the titles in this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 480 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to changes in the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the President's budget for fiscal year 1983.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that changes to the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (relating to the railroad retirement system and the Railroad Retirement Board) proposed in the President's budget for FY 1983 should not be implemented.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 478 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to changes in the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the President's budget for fiscal year 1983.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the President's proposed restructuring of the railroad retirement system and abolition of the Railroad Retirement Board. States that no action should be taken that would undermine the retirement security of railroad workers or their beneficiaries.

Bill· HRH.R. 6400 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make basic modifications in the congressional budget process to improve its effectiveness so that it will better reflect the economic realities facing the Nation.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to repeal the requirement for a Second Concurrent Resolution on the Budget. Requires the First (and only) Concurrent Resolution on the Budget to set forth appropriate ranges of levels of total outlays, budget authority, and the public debt, as well as reconciliation instructions. Permits revision of such ranges by a new concurrent resolution in light of unexpected changes in economic conditions. Directs the congressional budget committees to report periodically to their respective Houses on such economic conditions.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 469 (97th)referred

A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to impose additional reporting requirements on committees reporting bills or resolutions involving violations of the Congressional Budget Act.

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1982

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require committee reports on bills or joint resolutions of a public character to contain a statement of any violation of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and specify any waiver of its provisions. Requires the Committee on Rules, when reporting a resolution waiving a provision of such Act, to include a statement of explanation on the necessity of such waiver.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 345 (97th)failed

A concurrent resolution revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1982 and setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985.

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1982

Title I: Revision of the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Year 1982 - Sets the level of Federal revenues in FY 1982 at $622,800,000,000 and the net amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased at $200,000,000. States that the level of total budget authority for FY 1982 is $784,500,000,000 and that the level of total budget outlays is $743,900,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $121,100,000,000. States that the level of public debt is $1,147,700,000,000 with an increase of $747,700,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. States that the level of total obligations for the principal amount of new direct loans is $63,400,000,000. Sets the level of total new primary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $74,850,000,000 and the level of total new secondary commitments to guarantee loan principal at $68,950,000,000. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1982. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for fiscal year 1982 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $63,400,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $74,850,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $68,950,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1982. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1982: (1) $30,200,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $33,200,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $74,850,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $68,950,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Title II: Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the Fiscal Years 1983, 1984, and 1985 - Sets a level of Federal revenues in FY 1983 of $676,700,000,000 and the aggregate level of Federal revenues increased by $31,700,000,000. States that the level of total new budget authority is $828,000,000,000. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $780,550,000,000. Sets forth a budget deficit of $103,850,000,000. Sets the level of public debt for FY 1983 at $1,285,550,000,000 with an increase of $885,550,000,000 in the statutory limit on such debt. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1983. Establishes a Congressional Federal credit budget for FY 1983 with appropriate levels of: (1) new direct loan obligations at $60,900,000,000; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $99,100,000,000; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $68,250,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity, new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for each functional category for FY 1983. Expresses the sense of Congress that the following ceilings should be applied in FY 1983: (1) $31,050,000,000 for off-budget lending activities; (2) $29,850,000,000 for on-budget lending activities; (3) $99,100,000,000 for new primary loan guarantee commitments; and (4) $68,250,000,000 for new secondary loan guarantee commitments. Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $753,650,000,000 in FY 1984 and $846,550,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $51,650,000,000, in FY 1984 and $66,550,000,000 in FY 1985. States that the level of total new budget authority for FY 1984 is $888,400,000,000 and $952,850,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the level of total budget outlays at $826,400,000,000 for FY 1984 and $881,200,000,000 for FY 1985. Sets the amount of deficit in the budget at $72,750,000,000 in FY 1984 and $34,650,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the level of the public debt at $1,404,450,000,000 and $1,490,800,000,000 in FY and 1985, respectively. Sets forth the increase in the temporary statutory limit on such debt at $1,004,450,000,000 in FY 1984 and $1,090,800,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets forth the levels of new budget authority and outlays under each major functional category of the budget for FY 1984 and FY 1985. Title III: Providing Reconciliation Instructions and Other Enforcement Measures - Requires specified House and Senate committees to recommend program changes in laws within their respective jurisdictions to reduce budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 by specified amounts. Requires such committees to submit their recommendations to the Committees on the Budget of their respective Houses. Requires the Committees on the Budget to report to the House and the Senate a reconciliation bill or resolution or both carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision. Declares that, in the House of Representatives, no bill or resolution providing new budget authority for FY 1983, or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 which exceeds the appropriate allocation or subdivision of such new discretionary budget authority or new spending authority shall be enrolled until after Congress has completed action on the second concurrent resolution on the budget. Makes it out of order in either House to consider any bill or resolution or amendment thereto providing new budget authority for FY 1983 or new spending authority first effective in FY 1983 within the jurisdiction of any of its committees unless and until such committee makes the allocations or subdivisions required by the Budget Act. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that if Congress acts to restore fiscal responsibility and reduces projected budget deficits in a substantial and permanent way, then the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee shall reevaluate its monetary targets in order to assure that they are fully complementary to a new and more restrained fiscal policy.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 466 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that social security benefits to be provided in fiscal year 1983 should not be reduced and that removal of the receipts and disbursements of the social security trust funds from the unified budget should be actively considered by the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the House should not consider legislation which would reduce benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to be paid in FY 1983; and (2) the House should actively consider legislation to remove the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund from the totals of the Federal budget.

Bill· HRH.R. 6355 (97th)failed

A bill to make technical corrections in health and other laws amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982

Makes technical and conforming amendments to: (1) the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981; (2) the Public Health Service Act; (3) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970; (4) the Controlled Substances Act; (5) the Consumer Product Safety Act; (6) the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970; and (7) the Health Planning and Resources Development Amendments of 1970. Amends the Public Health Service Act, effective as of October 1, 1982, to include specified mental health demonstration funds in the block grant retraining allocation formula. Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to provide that for purposes of remedies respecting banned hazardous substances: (1) the term "manufacturer" includes an importer for resale; and (2) a dealer who sells an article or substance wholesale shall be considered the distributor for such sale. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1984 for nurse anesthetist training. Requires a baccalaureate degree (currently a postbaccalureate degree is required) for specified nonpublic health school graduate health traineeships. Provides that funds appropriated under title VIII (Nurse Training) of such Act may be used to provide technical assistance for any authority under such title. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell real property pledged as security on specified medical facility loans. Eliminates the requirement that the National Center for Health Statistics serve as a clearinghouse for guideline information on the health effects of working conditions and the environment. Permits grants to community health centers serving underserved populations for the purpose of repaying certain Farmers Home Administration loans. Permits Public Health Service appointments in the field of psychology.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 483 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Congressional budget procedures and procedures affecting the compensation of Members of Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982

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 the revision of such statement. Permits an excess of outlays over receipts when approved by a vote of three-fifths of both Houses of Congress directed solely to that subject. Requires Congress and the President to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. 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 a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts is passed by a majority of both Houses. Permits a waiver of such prohibitions for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Prohibits Congress from requiring States to engage in additional activities without compensation equal to the additional costs. Requires that any amount of total receipts which exceeds total outlays be applied to repayment of the public debt. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays except those for repayment of debt principal. Directs that changes in the following matters relative to Members of Congress be determined by procedures by recorded vote: (1) compensation for services; (2) treatment under the tax laws; and (3) rules of either House with respect to limitations on earned income.

Bill· SS. 2514 (97th)open

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the removal of the OASI, DI, and HI trust funds from the unified budget.

United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1982

Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and of the receipts from the taxes on self- employment income, employees, and employers in the totals of the Federal budget. Exempts such receipts and disbursements from any general statutory limitation on Federal budget outlays and from the provisions of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (other than certain impoundment control provisions).

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 92 (97th)passed

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the recommended congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985, and revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1982.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1982

Recommends levels of Federal revenues of $623,000,000,000 in FY 1982, $667,000,000,000 in FY 1983, $739,000,000,000 in FY 1984, and $822,000,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the amount by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be increased at $22,000,000,000 in FY 1983, $37,000,000,000 in FY 1984, and $42,000,000,000 in FY 1985. States that the appropriate levels of total new budget authority are $777,600,000,000 in FY 1982, $831,700,000,000 in FY 1983, $892,300,000,000 in FY 1984, and $966,000,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the appropriate levels of total budget outlays at $740,700,000,000, in FY 1982, $779,100,000,000, in FY 1983, $825,000,000,000 in FY 1984, and $878,500,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the appropriate reductions of outlays or increases of revenues, or a combination thereof, to assure the solvency of the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund at $6,000,000,000 in FY 1983, $17,000,000,000 in FY 1984, and $17,000,000,000 in FY 1985. States that the amounts of the deficits in the budget which are appropriate in light of economic conditions and other relevant factors are $117,700,000,000 in FY 1982, $106,100,000,000 in FY 1983, $69,000,000,000 in FY 1984, and $39,500,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the appropriate levels of public debt at $1,144,200,000,000 in FY 1982, $1,290,000,000,000, in FY 1983, $1,414,600,000,000 in FY 1984, and $1,522,900,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets forth the increase in the temporary statutory limit on such debt at $64,400,000,000 in FY 1982, $145,800,000,000 in FY 1983, $124,600,000,000 in FY 1984, and $108,300,000,000 in FY 1985. Sets the appropriate levels of total Federal credit activity for: (1) new direct loan obligations at $67,300,000,000 for FY 1982 and at $63,600,000,000 for FY 1983; (2) new primary loan guarantee commitments at $93,000,000,000 for FY 1982 and at $102,500,000,000 for FY 1983; and (3) new secondary loan guarantee commitments at $69,000,000,000 for FY 1982 and at $68,300,000,000 for FY 1983. Sets forth the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays, for FY 1982 through 1985, and the appropriate levels of new direct loan obligations, new primary loan guarantee commitments, and new secondary loan guarantee commitments for FY 1982 and FY 1983 for each major functional category. Requires specified House and Senate committees to recommend program changes in laws within their respective jurisdictions to reduce budget authority and outlays for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 by specified amounts. Requires such committees, not later than June 18, 1982, to submit their recommendations to the Committees on the Budget of their respective Houses. Requires the Committees on the Budget to report to the House and the Senate a reconciliation bill or resolution or both carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision. Requires the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means to report to their respective Houses, by June 11, 1982, changes in laws within the jurisdiction of such committees: (1) which provide spending authority sufficient to reduce budget authority and outlays by specified amounts through FY 1985; (2) sufficient to increase revenues by specified amounts through FY 1985; and (3) sufficient to increase receipts from user fees authorized by those committees by specified amounts through FY 1985. Requires such committees to also report, by December 1, 1982, changes in laws within the jurisdiction of such committees so as to reduce outlays or increase revenues, or a combination thereof, by specified amounts for FY 1983 through 1985, in order to insure the solvency of the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Requires such reports to take into account the recommendations of the National Commission on Social Security Reform. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the National Commission on Social Security Reform to report its recommendations to Congress not later than November 11, 1982. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that Senate committees instructed in this resolution should begin deliberations on the legislation those committees are required to report under this resolution as soon as this resolution is agreed to in the Senate. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the President should limit total Federal Financing Bank origination of direct loans guaranteed by other Federal agencies and purchases of loan assets from Federal agencies to specified amounts in FY 1983, and that direct borrowing transactions of Federal agencies should be, to the maximum extent possible, restricted to the Federal Financing Bank. Declares that it shall not be in order in either the House or the Senate during FY 1982 and FY 1983 to consider any bill, resolution, or amendment, except proposed legislation reported in response to reconciliation instructions, authorizing new direct loan obligations or new loan guarantee commitments unless that bill, resolution, or amendment also provides that the authority to make or guarantee such loans shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are contained in appropriation Acts. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that it is urgent that effective budgetary control be established over all types of Federal direct loans and Federal loan guarantees. Prohibits any bill or resolution providing new budget authority for fiscal year 1983 or providing new spending authority in excess of the reconciliation proposals of a committee or subcommittee from being enrolled until Congress has completed action on the Second Budget Resolution for that fiscal year. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the new spending and revenue levels for fiscal year 1982, adopted by the Senate, shall be the ceilings against which the spending and revenue actions of the Senate will be measured pending final agreement with the House on the revision of the Second Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 1982. Declares that it is also the sense of the Congress that if Congress acts to restore fiscal responsibility and reduces projected budget deficits in a substantial and permanent way, then the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee shall reevaluate its monetary targets in order to assure that they are fully complementary to a new and more restrained fiscal policy.

Bill· HRH.R. 6163 (97th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the removal of the social security trust funds from the unified budget and to provide for crediting to the social security trust funds in the amount of unnegotiated social security checks.

United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1982

Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from the totals of the Federal budget. Directs the President to prepare and transmit to Congress requests for new budget authority and estimates of outlays and revenues for the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund which are separate from the requests for new budget authority and estimates of outlays and revenues included in the budget. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to implement procedures for identifying social security benefit checks issued under title II which have not been negotiated within one year and to credit the appropriate social security trust fund on a monthly basis for the amount of all unnegotiated benefit checks drawn on such trust fund. Requires the Secretary to pay a benefit check presented for payment after it has been credited to one of the trust funds if it is otherwise proper. Authorizes appropriations to reimburse the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for the total amount of unnegotiated benefit checks.

Law· SS. 2386 (97th)enacted

An act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an annual report consolidating the available data on the geographic distribution of Federal funds, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1982

Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to: (1) promulgate standards for the collection and reporting by all Federal agencies of information on the geographic distribution of Federal funds; and (2) review agency compliance with such standards. Prohibits such standards from becoming effective until 30 days after they are transmitted to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 to the Comptroller General to carry out such duties. Directs the President to designate a Federal agency to: (1) receive and review agency reports on Federal funds; (2) establish and maintain an information system on the geographic distribution of Federal funds; (3) and generate reports for users of such system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 to conduct such activities. Requires the President to designate a Federal agency to create and operate five regional data analysis centers which shall provide public policy analyses of information on the distribution of Federal funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 to such designated agency to perform such functions.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 356 (97th)passed

A resolution to permit certain members of Senate committees on Armed Services and Budget to provide written statements or testimony in connection with action by the Department of Defense with respect to Mr. John C.F. Tillson.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1982

Authorizes certain Senate employees to provide written statements or testimony in connection with a personnel action proposed by the Department of Defense with respect to Mr. John C.F. Tillson.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 409 (97th)referred

A resolution to restore balance in the Federal energy budget.

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1982

States that the Federal Government should restore balance to the Department of Energy's FY 1983 budget by maintaining funding for energy conservation, renewable energy, and weatherization programs and by distributing information on conservation and renewable energy.

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