Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983

Summary

Makes appropriations for FY 1983 to provide emergency expenditures to: (1) meet specified urgent needs and protect and add to the national wealth, resulting in productive jobs; (2) help provide for the indigent and homeless; and (3) for other purposes. Title I: Meeting Our Economic Problems with Essential and Productive Jobs - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for administrative expenses for development of plans for: (1) a Reconstruction Finance Corporation type governmental entity to help meet business problems; (2) a Home Owners Loan Corporation type governmental entity for housing problems; and (3) a farm credit type agency to help avoid forced sale under mortgage. Requires that such plans be made within 30 days to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce, with the cooperation of the U.S. business community, to analyze and report on the current trade crisis, in order to keep U.S. exports competitive in world markets and strengthen the commitment to sell surplus to those in great need. Declares that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee should continue actions necessary to achieve and maintain a level of interest rates low enough to generate economic growth and reduce the current unemployment level. Makes appropriations to the Federal Buildings Fund, General Services Administration, for alterations and repairs for projects which do not require prospectuses. Makes supplemental appropriations for the demonstration of methods to accelerate the widening of existing highways. Raises the amount of the limitation on the total of all obligations for Federal-aid highways and Highway safety construction programs for FY 1983. Makes supplemental appropriations for Interstate transfer grants for transit and for urban discretionary grants to accelerate the construction and improvement of urban mass transportation systems. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for improvements of railroad rights-of-way. Requires that a specified amount be available only for improvements on the line between Attleboro and Hyannis, Massachusetts to insure that such line will meet minimum Federal standards. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Veterans Administration for medical care. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for administrative expenses to expedite the implementation of a program of emergency mortgage assistance for homeowners pursuant to legislation to be enacted by the 98th Congress. Makes supplemental appropriations for community development grants for local communities and for urban areas of high unemployment. Requires the Department of HUD to submit detailed quarterly reports to the appropriate congressional committees. Provides that the ten percent limitation on the amount of public services activities contained in specified provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act of 1981 shall not apply to the funds provided for community development grants under this Act. Disapproves the proposed deferral D83-32A relating to the Department of HUD, Community Planning and Development, Urban development action grants, and set forward in the presidential message of January 6, 1983. Disapproves the proposed deferral D83-54 relating to the Department of HUD, housing programs, annual contributions for assisted housing, as set forth in the presidential message of February 1, 1983. Requires that certain contract authority and budget authority be used to carry out a specified budget program for annual contributions for assisted housing - gross reservations, FY 1983. Increases the limitation on the Department of HUD's FY 1983 official reception and representation expenses. Requires that a specified minimum amount of research and technology funds available to the Department of HUD be made available to the Housing Assistance Council within 45 calendar days of enactment of this Act. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, for local economic development assistance programs throughout a wide geographic area as provided for by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and other specified Federal laws. Makes supplemental appropriations for additional capital for the business loan and investment fund authorized under the Small Business Act, for new direct loan obligations and to help small businesses employ additional personnel. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Small Business Administration for grants to any State government or agency or public institution of higher education for small business oriented employment or natural resources development programs for developing parks and recreation areas. Makes appropriations to the Urban Parks and Recreation Fund for rehabilitation and repairs. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for improvement and maintenance of roads, trails, and other existing facilities. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for restoration, repair, and provision of forest roads, trails, and other existing facilities of the National Forest System and for construction by the Forest Service. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, for construction, repair, and improvement of Indian health facilities and for other services to Indians. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of the Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, for rehabilitation and maintenance of wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, and research facilities. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, for programs to improve natural resources on Indian reservations. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture, Farmers Home Administration, for: (1) rural water and waste disposal grants; (2) loans under the Rural Development Insurance Fund; and (3) additional permanent full-time staff at the county office level to handle and supervise loans to avoid foreclosures. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, for: (1) assistance for area planning for resource conservation and development; and (2) watershed and flood prevention operations. Provides that an additional amount of loans may be sold or insured under the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Makes supplemental appropriations for emergency measures to repair flood damage. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for: (1) construction for flood control, shore protection, water resources, hydroelectric power, and emergency flood control work; (2) operation and maintenance of harbor channels, other navigable waterways, river and harbor and flood control measures, and emergency flood control work; and (3) flood control on the Mississippi River and tributaries, through planning, construction, maintenance, rescue work, repair and restoration including local roads and bridges, and cooperative projects for emergency flood control work. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for: (1) construction of industrial and municipal water, irrigation water, and hydroelectric capability projects; (2) operation and maintenance relating to hydrogenerator uprating, soil and moisture conservation operations or reclamation projects, levee construction, repair, and restoration, and recreation area improvement; and (3) loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects, and other loans and grants to non-Federal agencies. Makes supplemental appropriations for the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund for improved maintenance, renovation, construction, and repair of Tennessee Valley Authority facilities. Makes appropriations to the Department of Justice, Federal Prison System, for planning, site acquisition and remodeling, and equipping buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions. Provides for transfer of a specified amount for renovating, constructing, and equipping State and local jail facilities that confine Federal prisoners. Makes appropriations for construction and maintenance of military family housing for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Provides that funds appropriated by the Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1983, may be used to carry out projects otherwise authorized, notwithstanding specified provisions of such Act. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Energy for low-income weatherization energy conservation. Requires that such funds be expended according to specified regulations. Makes appropriations to the General Services Administration to increase the capital of the General Supply Fund for the purchase of domestically manufactured motor vehicles. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Labor for Employment and Training Assistance. Allocates specified amounts from such funds to the Job Corps, summer youth employment, and services for displaced workers under the Job Training Partnership Act. Requires written certification by the supervising official that the assigned job was performed before payment is made to any individual from such summer youth employment funds. Makes supplemental appropriations for national grants or contracts with public or private nonprofit organizations and for grants to States under the community service employment for older Americans program under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Services Administration, for community and migrant health centers under the Public Health Service Act. Allocates a specified amount of such funds for home health care services at such centers. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of HHS, Health Services Administration, for maternal and child health grants under the Social Security Act, to increase the availability of essential health services for disadvantaged children and mothers. Provides that such grants shall be available notwithstanding specified provisions of such Act for special grants to agencies in States experiencing high levels of unemployment. Requires State assurance that such grants will be used in addition to rather than in lieu of currently available funds for such purposes. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of HHS, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, to carry out the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Block Grant for community care prevention and treatment programs, especially to meet problems associated with extended unemployment. Requires State assurances that such grants will be used in addition to rather than in lieu of currently available funds for such purposes. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of HHS for Social Services Block Grants under the Social Security Act for social services to the unemployed and disadvantaged, which shall also include Expanded Food and Nutrition Education (Nutrition Aides). Allocates a specified amount of such funds for child day care services. Prohibits reduction of the State allotment for FY 1983 to offset any reduction in a prior year allotment made pursuant to specified HHS regulations. Requires State assurances that such grants shall be used in addition to rather than in lieu of currently available funds for such purposes. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of HHS, Office of Human Development Services, to carry out early childhood education programs for disadvantaged families under the Headstart Act of 1981. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of HHS to carry out the Community Services Block Grant for humanitarian assistance to the unemployed and disadvantaged, including those in rural towns and villages. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Education for school assistance in federally affected areas to construct or improve school facilities in school districts demonstrating an immediate and urgent need. Allocates specified amounts of such funds to carry out certain provisions of the Federally impact aid program. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, for administrative expenses to accelerate implementation of programs to provide emergency feeding for the truly needy pursuant to legislation subsequently enacted in response to the problem of malnutrition or undernutrition. Limits participation in such feeding programs to individuals certified by a local government or charitable organization. Requires that funds or commodities provided under this Act, except for the feeding program for women, infants, and children (WIC) be matched by a 25 percent non-Federal monetary or in-kind contribution. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for surplus removal operations in connection with perishable agricultural commodities. Requires that such funds be: (1) used to acquire and distribute surplus agricultural commodities in areas of high unemployment for use in cooperative emergency feeding facilities for indigent persons; and (2) accounted for separately and in addition to existing funds held in reserve to support the price of perishable commodities as the need may arise. Makes appropriations for a feeding program for women, infants, and children (WIC) to provide supplemental food to low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, their infants and young children up to age five who are at nutritional risk due to inadequate income resulting from the decline in the economy and the high levels of unemployment. Requires that such funds be made available to local health clinics through State departments of health and to Indian groups. Requires that such supplemental food be provided to such needy individuals upon determination of nutritional risk by health care professionals. Makes appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out an emergency food and shelter program. Directs the Director of FEMA to constitute a national board to determine how program funds are to be distributed to localities. Requires that specified charitable organizations be represented on the national board. Requires each locality receiving program funds to constitute a local board to determine its fund distribution. Requires that the same charitable organizations, if practicable, be represented on each local board. Requires the Director of FEMA to award a grant to the national board within 30 days after enactment of this Act to provide emergency food and shelter to the needy through private voluntary organizations which are nonprofit, have a voluntary board, have an accounting system, practice nondiscrimination, and are able to deliver such services. Limits total administrative costs to two percent of the total appropriation. Requires the Commodity Credit Corporation to process and distribute surplus food under such program in cooperation with FEMA. Title II: Supplemental Unemployment Appropriations - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, for advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds to remain available until September 30, 1984. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, for grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services, to remain available only to the extent necessary to meet: (1) increased administrative costs resulting from changes in a State law or increases in the number of unemployment insurance claims filed and paid; or (2) increased salary costs resulting from changes in State salary compensation plans embracing employees of the State generally over those upon whom the State's basic grant was based. Requires that any portion of the funds granted to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by such State in that year be returned to the Treasury and credited to the account from which it derived. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 25 March 1983

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• Senate receded and concurred with amendment

  summary · EN · 22 March 1983

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• House receded and concurred with amendment

  summary · EN · 22 March 1983

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 21 March 1983

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 17 March 1983

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 7 March 1983

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 3 March 1983

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 March 1983

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