bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
97-hr-7454,97,hr,7454,"A bill making appropriations to provide for productive employment for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.",Labor and Employment,1982-12-21,1982-12-21,Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.,House,"Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1]",MS,D,W000428,0,"Makes appropriations for FY 1983 for specified purposes to provide for productive employment. Directs the appropriate congressional committees to:  (1) study the current economic crisis with emphasis on long-term recovery and a strong private sector based a cooperative Government/industry partnership; and (2) present such study findings to the Congress by March 15, 1983, for appropriate action. Appropriates specified amounts for:  (1) payment to the ""Federal Buildings Fund,"" General Services Administration, for alterations and repairs; (2)interstate transfer grants-highways, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; (3) interstate transfer grants-transit, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation; (4) rehabilitation of highway bridges which cross over specified Northeast corridor rail transportation properties; (5) improvement of railroad rights-of-way (directs the Secretary of Transportation to make capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for such purpose); (6) medical care and facilities, Veterans Administration; (7) public housing modernization (increases specified budget authority for such purpose); (8) urban community development grants (an additional amount to be made available in accordance with specified provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974); (9) a world market competition study, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce (directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce to carry out such study); (10) economic development assistance programs, Economic Development Administration (an additional amount to be used in accordance with the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and other specified laws); (11) loans to small businesses for employment of additional personnel additional capital for the ""Business loan and investment fund"" authorized by the Small Business Act); (12) grants to States and public institutions of higher education for small business oriented employment or natural resources development programs (an additional amount for the ""Business Loan and Investment Fund,"" pursuant to the Small Business Act); (13) rehabilitation and innovation grants, ""Urban Parks and Recreation Fund,"" under the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978; (14) park service road, trail, and facility improvement and maintenance, ""Operation of the National Park System,"" National Park Service; (15) forest road, trail, and facility improvement and maintenance, ""National Forest System""; (16) construction, Forest Service; (17) Indian health facilities construction, repair, and improvement; (18) maintenance of wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, and research facilities, ""Resource Management,"" U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; (19) ""Rural Water and Waste Disposal Grants,"" Farmers Home Administration (FHA) Department of Agriculture; (20) loans for rural water and waste disposal systems, ""Rural Development Insurance Fund,"" Farmers Home Administration; (21) Farmers Home Administration salaries and expenses; (22) ""Resource Conservation and Development,"" Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; (23) additional amounts for the Corps of Engineers -Civil, Department of the Army for ""Construction, general"" (for soil conservation, watersheds, and hydroelectric power), ""Operation and maintenance, general: (for navigable waterway and flood control), and ""Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries"" (for construction, maintenance, repair, and rescue work); (24) reclamation and irrigation projects, Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture; (25) additional loans under the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administration; (26) Federal, State, and local prison modernization, ""Buildings and facilities,"" Federal Prison System, Department of Justice (with a specified portion to be transferred to ""Support of United States Prisoners,"" Legal Activities of the Cooperative Agreement Program for State and local facilities confining Federal prisoners); (27) flood control, shore protection, water resources, and hydroelectric power, ""Construction program,"" Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; (28) hydrogenerator uprating, soil and moisture conservation, levee construction, and recreation area improvement, ""Operation and Maintenance,"" Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; (29) an emergency productive jobs program, administered by the Department of Labor, for temporary employment of unemployed individuals in repair, maintenance, and rehabilitation of public facilities and in conservation, rehabilitation of public lands (sets forth requirements for program eligibility, fund allocation, and administration); (30) employment and training assistance (with a portion for carrying out specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act); (31) administrative costs for grants to States for unemployment insurance and employment services, Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund; (32) State allotments for child day care services under the Social Security Act; (33) home health care services at community and migrant health centers under the Public Health Service Act; (34) an emergency food and shelter program, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Requires that a special board of private voluntary organizations determine program fund distribution.  Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to process and distribute surplus food in cooperation with FEMA); (35) construction, maintenance, and modernization of housing units for military familites, to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force; military families, to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force; (36) low-income weatherization activities, ""Energy conservation,"" Department of Energy; and (37) Federal motor vehicle procurement, General Supply Fund, General Services Administration. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided.",2024-02-05T11:50:03Z,
97-hr-7455,97,hr,7455,Agricultural Commodities Export Act,Agriculture and Food,1982-12-21,1982-12-21,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1]",MS,D,W000428,0,Agricultural Commodities Export Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to sell U.S. farm products competitively on the world market. Defers the fifty-cent per hundredweight milk charge unless surplus U.S. dairy products are sold competitively on the world market. Eliminates 1983 through 1985 land diversion payment limitations. Provides for the replacement of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) officers and directors for failure to sell commodities competitively on the world market.  Repeals CCC charter restrictions on domestic sales.,2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7456,97,hr,7456,Anadromous Fish Conservation and Protection Act of 1982,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-21,1982-12-21,Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.,House,"Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7]",WA,D,L000486,3,"Anadromous Fish Conservation and Protection Act of 1982 - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, the Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act of 1980, the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act, the Dingell-Johnson Fish Restoration Act, the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964, the Sikes Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, and other Federal laws to provide for the conservation and protection of naturally spawning anadromous fish populations.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7457,97,hr,7457,Social Security Miscellaneous and Technical Improvements Act of 1982,Social Welfare,1982-12-21,1982-12-21,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10]",TX,D,P000328,0,"Social Security Miscellaneous and Technical Improvements Act of 1982 - Title I: Cash Management - 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 12 months 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 Trust Fund for the total amount of unnegotiated benefit checks. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury to jointly undertake a study on the maintenance and adjustment of the float periods (time periods) between the issuance of title II benefit checks from the general fund in the Treasury and the transfer of amounts to reimburse the general fund from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, whichever is appropriate.   Requires the Secretaries to report their findings to the President and Congress. Provides for the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust procedures with respect to the float periods based upon the study. Amends title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the interest rate on late payments by States pursuant to State agreements for coverage of State and local employees under the old age, survivors and disability insurance program shall be at a rate equal to the coupon equivalent of the average yield in the 91-day Treasury bill auction most recently preceding the due date of the payments involved.  (Currently, the interest rate on such late payments is six percent per annum.) Title II:  Elimination of Gender-Based Distinctions - Enables a divorced man to qualify for husband's insurance benefits under title II on the same basis as a divorced woman may qualify for wife's benefits. (Currently, a man's entitlement to husband's benefits ceases upon his divorce.) Enables a widower to qualify for survivor's benefits based upon a deceased first wife's earnings if he remarries before age 60 but is widowed or divorced from his second wife when he applies for benefits. (Currently, a widower cannot qualify for widower's benefits based on a first wife's earnings if he has remarried.) Permits methods used to establish paternity to be used to establish maternity in order to determine whether an applicant for benefits qualifies as a child of the insured. Enables husbands and widowers of women who have transitional insured status to receive benefits based on their wives' records.  (Currently, only wives and widows of men who have such status may receive such benefits.) Equalizes benefit amounts for husbands and wives who both qualify for the special benefits for individuals who reached age 72 before 1968. Extends benefits to a widowed or surviving divorced father while caring for a child. Repeals the requirement that an individual's wife's, child's, widow's, mother's, or parent's insurance benefit entitlement be terminated if such individual marries a person entitled to child's insurance benefits and such person ceases to be so entitled. Permits widowers of veterans to waive payment of a civil service survivor's annuity based on credit for military service which may be used to enable such widowers to qualify for survivor's benefits. (Currently, only widows may waive such payment.) Requires deductions from old age and survivors insurance benefits in the case of husbands or widowers who do not have children in their care.  (Currently, deductions from benefits are made only in the case of wives or widows who do not have children in their care.) Title III:  Coverage - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II of the Social Security Act to permit domestic corporations to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend social security coverage to U.S. citizens employed by foreign affiliates of such corporations. (Currently, such social security coverage may be extended only to U.S. citizens employed by foreign subsidiaries of domestic corporations.) Reduces the stock ownership requirement which qualifies a foreign trade or business as a foreign affiliate for purposes of such Act. Includes as ""employment"" for purposes of title II any service which is designated as employment or recognized as the equivalent of employment under an international social security agreement pursuant to which an individual may be entitled to social security benefits based on periods of coverage under both the U.S. social security system and under the social security of a foreign country.  Provides social security coverage for non-resident aliens who are covered under such an agreement. Makes the foreign earned income exclusion from gross income inapplicable in the determination of the net earnings from self-employment with respect to a U.S. citizen or resident whose tax home is in a foreign country and who is present in a foreign country or countries for at least 330 full days of a 12-month period.  (Currently, such exclusion does not apply in the case of an individual who has been a resident of the United States during the entire taxable year.) Includes as ""wages"" for purposes of title II coverage:  (1) payments to a trust which are part of a qualified cash or deferred arrangement; and (2) payments made to an employee after he or she reaches age 62. Excludes from ""wages"" for purposes of title II coverage payments under a simplified employee pension if, at the time of the payments, the employee will be entitled to a deduction for retirement contributions. Prohibits the social security coverage of State and local employees in Utah from being affected by any change in the name of an employee group. Revises the effective date for international social security agreements. Title IV:  Miscellaneous and Technical Amendments - Amends title II of the Social Security Act to revise the method for computing maximum insurance benefits. Amends the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America to revise the date upon which the social security program shall apply to the Northern Mariana Islands. Amends title II of the Social Security Act to require exclusion from the trust fund reimbursement computation of amounts attributable to benefits paid during the fiscal year to an individual who also received benefits attributable to wage credits for military service. Reduces from 72 to 70 the age beyond which no increases in old age insurance benefits on account of delayed retirement shall be made. Revises the insured status requirements for disability insurance benefit applications. Provides that an acknowledgment, court decree, or court order with respect to illegitimate children of disabled beneficiaries shall be treated as occurring on the first day of the month in which it actually occurs for purposes of determining eligibility for disability benefits. Provides for the continued payment of widow's or widower's benefits to a widow or widower who marries an individual entitled to old age or disability insurance benefits. Permits entitlement to widow's and widower's benefits for the month immediately preceding the month of application if the insured individual died in that preceding month. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which States voluntarily contract with the Secretary to periodically furnish the Secretary with information on the death certificates filed with them so that necessary corrections may be made to the beneficiary records maintained under the social security program. Permits the Secretary, in the case of individuals whose benefits are provided by a Federal or State agency other than under the Social Security Act, to provide such agency with the corrected beneficiary records from the social security program.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7449,97,hr,7449,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for the expense of altering or improving the principal residence of a taxpayer to remove or mitigate the effect of any architectural or other feature which limits the mobility of the taxpayer or a member of his family because such taxpayer or family member is disabled.,Taxation,1982-12-20,1982-12-20,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21]",PA,D,B000037,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a disabled taxpayer or a taxpayer with a disabled family member an income tax deduction for unreimbursed expenditures for removing architectural barriers.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7450,97,hr,7450,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the normalization rules of the investment tax credit shall apply to natural gas pipelines without regard to the additional restriction imposed where there is a Federal determination that natural gas is in short supply.,Taxation,1982-12-20,1982-12-20,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Evans, Cooper [R-IA-3]",IA,R,E000259,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the normalization rules of the investment tax credit shall apply to natural gas pipelines without restrictions imposed in the case where there is a Federal determination that natural gas is in short supply.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7451,97,hr,7451,A bill to establish fees for recreation residence on National Forest System Lands.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-20,1982-12-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.,House,"Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2]",ID,R,H000171,2,"Sets annual special use permit fees for all recreation residences on national forest system lands. Sets such fees at four percent of the value of the recreational residence, on the site under permit, as established by the county or other local tax assessing authority within which the property is located.  Provides for Forest Service valuation of such residences where the county elects not to establish and furnish such valuation.  Limits such annual fees to no less than $200 and no more than $3,000. Provides that:  (1) 50 percent of such fee be credited to the local property assessing authority; (2) 25 percent be available for Forest Service recreation programs in the national forest where the permit is situated; and (3) 25 percent be deposited in the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury. Requires that such fees for new and reissued permits, issued after enactment of this Act, be determined according to this Act.  Allows other permittees to voluntarily request to go under the fee system provided for in this Act or to remain under the existing fee system established by the Secretary of Agriculture. Provides for a five-year period of no increase in fees for permittees who volunteer to go under the new system. Provides that the amount of such a fee shall not be subject to administrative appeal before the Secretary or the Forest Service, if the fee is determined by the local tax assessing authority.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
97-hr-7452,97,hr,7452,Social Security Reform Act of 1983,Social Welfare,1982-12-20,1982-12-20,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,0,"Social Security Reform Act of 1983 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to treat as separate functional categories in the U.S. budget: (1) those disbursements from the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund which are not intragovernmental transfers within the Government; and (2) employment related social security taxes. Amends titles II and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to consolidate the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund by creating the Federal Disability and Health Insurance Trust Fund.  Appropriates to such Fund annually, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 100 percent of: (1) the disability and hospital insurance tax on employers, employees, and the self-employed established by this Act; and (2) the taxes imposed on married individuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses. Appropriates to the Federal Disability and Health Insurance Trust Fund, upon the depletion of such fund, such sums as may be necessary to assure that payments are made promptly for hospital insurance benefits, wife's insurance benefits, husband's insurance benefits, and child's insurance benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax rates for employment related social security taxes.  Imposes a disability and health insurance surtax of five percent of an individual's income taxes. Links cost of living increases to increases in the hourly earnings index for private nonfarm workers. Provides for the coverage of Federal employees under the Social Security Act.  Exempts from such coverage Federal employees who have attained, as of enactment, a nonforfeitable right to accrued benefits under any Federal retirement system. Provides for the coverage of employees of religious, charitable, educational, and other tax exempt organizations under the Social Security Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7453,97,hr,7453,A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the determination of acreage bases to be used under acreage reduction programs for the 1983 crop of wheat and feed grains.,Agriculture and Food,1982-12-20,1982-12-20,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7]",MN,R,S000795,0,Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to set 1983 acreage reduction bases for wheat and feed grains for farms that had no 1982 acreage limitation.,2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
97-hr-7448,97,hr,7448,Multiemployer Pension Plan Equity Act of 1982,Labor and Employment,1982-12-18,1982-12-18,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]",WI,R,P000265,0,"Multiemployer Pension Plan Equity Act of 1982 - Title I:  Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to add special funding rules for multiemployer plans. Revises provisions relating to risk-related premiums.  Requires that a single standard premium rate be prescribed for all multiemployer plans, with specified exceptions. Revises provisions for an annual premium rate payable for any plan year to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation by all plans for guaranteed basic benefits. Revises provisions relating to the sale of assets. Provides an exemption for employers from liability for withdrawals from fully funded plans. Provides an exemption for certain involuntary withdrawals. Revises provisions relating to payment of liability. Revises provisions relating to dispute resolution. Revises provisions for deadlines for either party's initiation of arbitration. Permits the parties to jointly agree in writing to extend the time limits for initiating arbitration. Requires that arbitration proceedings be conducted under specified rules until certain regulations are promulgated.  Declares that arbitrators shall not be liable for arbitration decisions under such dispute resolution provisions. Provides that, where the employer and plan sponsor disagree on the choice of an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be chosen by the plan sponsor and the employer alternately striking names from a list of arbitrators.  Sets a 15-day deadline for payments after the employer's receipt of a final decision of the arbitrator. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add special funding rules for multiemployer plans.",2025-08-29T19:50:20Z,
97-hr-7439,97,hr,7439,A bill to improve programs for the stabilization of agricultural prices and production and for other purposes.,Agriculture and Food,1982-12-17,1982-12-19,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 1029.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,0,"Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 regarding the 1983 through 1985 crops of wheat, feed grains, rice, and upland cotton to exempt payments-in-kind from specified payment limitation and sales price restrictions.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
97-hr-7440,97,hr,7440,A bill to make technical corrections to 12 U.S.C. 371 (c)(c)(5).,Finance and Financial Sector,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,"Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10]",GA,D,B000153,0,Amends the Federal Reserve Act to exempt from the collateral requirements of such Act extensions of credit by a member bank to an affiliate which is an export trading company.,2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
97-hr-7441,97,hr,7441,"A bill to modify the authority for the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.,House,"Rep. Derrick, Butler C. [D-SC-3]",SC,D,D000267,0,"Modifies the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project in South Carolina and Georgia to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to provide such power to the city of Abbeville, South Carolina, as may be necessary to mitigate the reduction in hydroelectric power produced at the city-owned hydroelectric power plant caused by the construction and operation of such project.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
97-hr-7442,97,hr,7442,"A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that disability retirement annuitants who recover from their disability be given reemployment and retention rights comparable to those provided to similarly situated persons under chapter 81 of such title.",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,H000449,0,"Requires Federal disability annuitants who recover from their disability to be given the same reemployment, retention, and promotion rights as are provided to Federal employees who recover after receiving workers' compensation.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
97-hr-7443,97,hr,7443,"A bill to recognize the organization known as ""Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc."".",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-17,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,House,"Rep. Nelligan, James L. [R-PA-11]",PA,R,N000027,0,"Grants a Federal charter to the ""Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.""",2023-05-11T13:12:23Z,
97-hr-7444,97,hr,7444,"A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that certified public accountants and enrolled agents may represent taxpayers in certain Tax Court cases involving $5,000 or less.",Taxation,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certified public accountants and enrolled agents authorized to practice before the Internal Revenue Service to represent taxpayers in certain Tax Court cases involving $5,000 or less.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7445,97,hr,7445,Income Maintenance Fraud and Overpayment Control Act of 1982,Labor and Employment,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]",CA,D,S000810,0,"Income Maintenance Fraud and Overpayment Control Act of 1982 - Amends title III (Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act to prohibit payments to a State for administration of the State's unemployment compensation law, unless such State's law requires individuals paying remuneration subject to contributions, under such State's law, to submit reports, at least quarterly, to the State agency administering the State law. Requires such reports to which show:  (1) the name and address of each individual to whom remuneration is paid; (2) the amount of the remuneration; and (3) such other information as deemed necessary by the State agency. Requires the State agency to disclose, upon request and on a reimbursable basis, to a child support enforcement agency or to the administrators of a State's AFDC program (part A, Aid to Families With Dependent Children, of title IV of the Social Security Act): (1) wage information; (2) whether an individual is receiving or has applied for unemployment compensation; (3) the address of an individual; and (4) whether an individual has refused an offer of employment.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7446,97,hr,7446,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code,  to provide for improved control of excess profits on negotiated defense contracts.",Armed Forces and National Security,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20]",TX,D,G000272,0,"Requires that profits on negotiated contracts of the Department of Defense be reasonable.  Uses the same factors set forth in the Renegotiation Act of 1951 to determine when profits are excessive. Directs the Comptroller General to examine each such contract in excess of $10,000,000 and to certify to Congress whether the amount of profit allowed is reasonable.  Requires the Comptroller General to examine the contract again upon its completion and to certify to Congress whether the amount of profit actually paid was reasonable. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress annually on the reasonableness of profits paid on such contracts during the preceding fiscal year.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
97-hr-7447,97,hr,7447,A bill for the relief of Dorothy L. Yuen.,Private Legislation,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,H000449,0,Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full satisfaction of a claim against the United States.,2023-05-11T13:12:24Z,
97-hr-7429,97,hr,7429,"A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that information concerning an applicant for or recipient of aid to families with dependent children must be made available (by the applicable State agency) to any Federal, State, or local law enforcement authority who requests such information for use in a felony investigation or prosecution.",Social Welfare,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10]",NY,D,B000432,0,"Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require information concerning an AFDC applicant or recipient which is in the possession of the State agency administering the AFDC program to be made available to any Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, if such information is needed for a felony investigation or prosecution.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7430,97,hr,7430,Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Act of 1982,International Affairs,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,For Previous Action See H.R.6032.,House,"Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22]",NY,D,B000472,13,"Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Act of 1982 - Title I: Authorizations by the Secretary of Energy for Certain Activities Outside the United States - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the publication in the Federal Register of authorizations for the production of special nuclear materials outside the United States.  Provides that such an authorization will not become effective until at least 15 days after its publication. Requires reports submitted by the President to the Congress pursuant to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to identify activities so authorized during the preceding year.  Directs the Secretary of Energy to require persons who are engaged in activities requiring such authorization but who are not required to apply for authorization to report to the Secretary regarding such activities. Makes authorizations for the production of special nuclear material outside the United States effective with respect to a non-nuclear-weapon state only if the Secretary of Energy determines that such state adheres to the criteria governing U.S. nuclear exports for peaceful uses.  Requires the Secretary to publicly issue and submit to the President any recommendation for such an authorization with respect to a non-nuclear-weapon state which does not adhere to such criteria. Title II: Highly Enriched Uranium - Authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue export licenses for highly enriched uranium for nuclear reactors only if: (1) there is no alternative nuclear reactor fuel available; (2) the proposed recipient of the uranium has indicated that it will use an alternative nuclear reactor fuel when one becomes available; and (3) the executive branch is developing an alternative nuclear reactor fuel. Requires the NRC to determine a kilogram limit on the amount of highly enriched uranium of U.S. origin that will be allowed at any one time in each foreign country and at each reactor site in each such country. Requires the NRC and the executive branch to support efforts to improve physical security arrangements for exports of highly enriched uranium. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan for the development of alternative nuclear reactor fuels for use in foreign reactors. Title III: Arrangements Involving Reprocessing - Requires a determination by the NRC (currently only the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State) that a significant increase of the risk of proliferation will not result from the Secretary of Energy entering into a subsequent arrangement for: (1) reprocessing of special nuclear material in a foreign facility which has not processed power reactor fuel assemblies or been the subject of such an arrangement prior to enactment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978; or (2) retransfer to a non-nuclear-weapon state of plutonium, resulting from such reprocessing, in quantities greater than 500 grams. Requires a new or amended agreement for cooperation before approval is given to a nation or group of nations for: (1) retransfer to a third country for reprocessing of special nuclear material, in quantities greater than 31 metric tons, exported by the United States or produced through the use of nuclear material and equipment or sensitive nuclear technology exported by the United States; or (2) reprocessing of special nuclear material in quantities greater than 31 metric tons or the subsequent retransfer of plutonium, resulting from such reprocessing, in quantities greater than 240 kilograms. Title IV:  Special Functions of the Secretary of Defense in Nuclear Nonproliferation Matters - Requires the approval of the Secretary of Defense for international cooperation agreements, export licenses, and subsequent arrangements with respect to nuclear material. Title V: Exports of Reprocessing Components and Technology - Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the exportation under a cooperation agreement of: (1) any component part or group of component parts determined by the President to be essential to the operation of a complete facility for nuclear fuel reprocessing; (2) any information, excluding Restricted Data, which is not available to the public and which is important to the design or operation of such a facility; or (3) other assistance essential to nuclear fuel reprocessing. Title VI: Exports Licensed by the Department of Commerce - Prohibits the issuance by the Secretary of Commerce of a validated license under the Export Administration Act of 1979 for the export to a non-nuclear-weapon state of goods or technology to be used in a production or utilization facility, unless the Secretary of Energy determines that such state adheres to the criteria governing U.S. nuclear exports for peaceful uses. Requires the Secretary of Energy, in the event a determination is made to issue a license prohibited under this provision, to publicly issue such decision and to submit the license application in question to the President.  Authorizes the President to allow the issuance of such a license by executive order if withholding it would jeopardize the common defense and security, unless Congress, after reviewing such an order, adopts a concurrent resolution opposing the order. Provides that conduct which results in the termination of U.S. nuclear exports to another nation shall result also in the prohibition of the issuance of a license for the export of goods or technology to be used in any production or utilization facility.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7431,97,hr,7431,Railroad Retirement Amendments Act of 1982,Labor and Employment,1982-12-16,1982-12-21,"Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.",House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,1,"Railroad Retirement Amendments Act of 1982 - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to require the Railroad Retirement Board to report to the President and Congress for any fiscal year during which benefits must be reduced and taxes raised (currently, when benefits must be reduced). Repeals provisions excluding tips and voluntary tax payments by employers as compensation under such Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Eliminates the time limitations on judicial review of Board decisions respecting personnel rights and liabilities.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7432,97,hr,7432,Regulatory Procedure Act of 1982,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Referred to House Committee on Rules.,House,"Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4]",GA,D,L000265,2,"Regulatory Procedure Act of 1982 - Title I:  The Analysis, Management, and Organization of Agency Functions - Requires each executive agency and each independent regulatory agency to include in the notice of a proposed rule an explanation of the agency's determination as to whether the rule is a major rule. Directs each agency, before or upon publishing notice of a proposed rulemaking proceeding for a major rule, to issue statements concerning:  (1) the need for the rule;  (2) the reasonable alternative approaches;  (3) regional differences; (4) the benefits, costs, and effectiveness of the proposed rule and alternatives; (5) the advantages and disadvantages of adopting performance standards rather than design standards;  (6) the technical information the agency will rely on in making the rule;  and (7) the statutory authority of the agency to regulate any areas previously regulated only by State law. Requires that each agency issue additional statements upon providing notice of the promulgation of a major rule, including an analysis of the extent to which benefits of the rule justify its costs and an explanation of the selection of the rule over less costly alternatives. Directs each agency to:  (1) include in the notice of each proposed and final major rule, instructions on how the public may obtain copies of agency statements on such rule;  (2) send a copy of all statements required at the notice and publication of a major rule to the President;  and (3) include such statements and any technical information considered in the rulemaking file. Requires agencies to provide for oral presentations at informal public hearings as part of the rulemaking proceedings for major rules. Directs agencies to allow cross-examination of persons presenting information if necessary to resolve significant issues of fact.  Directs agencies to regulate such public hearings so as to ensure orderly and expeditious proceedings. Allows an agency to delay completing the rulemaking requirements of this Act if it publishes a finding that complying with such requirements before making the rule would be impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.  Requires an agency to complete such requirements as soon as practicable after promulgating the rule unless the rule will expire within two years. Sets forth provisions governing the judicial review of agency compliance with rulemaking and rule review requirements of this Act and the President's compliance with oversight requirements. Directs the President to:  (1) establish procedures for agency implementation of the requirements of this title;  (2) afford the public an opportunity to comment on such procedures before adoption;  and (3) monitor, review, and comment on agency compliance with such requirements.  Permits the Comptroller General to review agency compliance with this Act. Requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register, semiannually, a regulatory agenda containing a list of all rules the agency expects to propose, promulgate, repeal, modify, or review in the next year and specified information concerning such rules.  Requires publication of the agendas of all agencies in a single issue of the Federal Register. Directs each agency to publish for public comment a proposed schedule for the review over a ten-year period of its existing major rules and other rules that may be added by the agency or the President.  Directs each agency to publish its responses to public comments upon publishing the final schedule.  Requires an agency to include with the publication of a major rule the date, within ten years, by which the rule must be reviewed.  Requires agencies to review rules according to such schedule, excluding rules that are no longer considered to be major rules as of the review date.  Directs each agency to:  (1) publish a notice of the initiation of the review of a rule;  (2) describe the costs, benefits, problems, and alternatives to the rule; (3) provide a period for public comment;  and either (4) conduct a rulemaking proceeding to repeal or amend the rule;  or (5) publish a justification of its decision to continue the rule.  Permits the President to extend the review period to 15 years. Allows agencies to alter review schedules if the President agrees. Title II:  Reorganizing and Improving Agency Proceedings - Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to eliminate the exemption of rules concerning loans, grants, and benefits from notice and comment rulemaking requirements. Requires that the notice of a proposed rulemaking include:  (1) a statement of the objectives of the rule;  (2) a statement that the agency seeks proposals from the public of alternative methods;  and (3) a statement of where the file of the rulemaking proceeding may be inspected or how file copies may be obtained. Requires an agency to:  (1) provide a period of at least 60 days after publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking for the public to submit comments on a proposed rule;  and (2) include the agency's response to such comments in the statement published with the adopted rule. Prohibits an agency from relying on any material of central relevance in a rulemaking if the material is not included in the rulemaking file or the public has not had an opportunity to comment on the material. Directs each agency to maintain a public file on each rulemaking proceeding. Allows an agency to exclude from such file any material relied upon which is exempt from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, if a statement of the basis for such exclusion is included. Requires a court reviewing an agency action:  (1) not to accord any presumption in favor of or against agency action;  (2) in determining questions of law other than statutory jurisdiction, to give the agency's interpretation such weight as it warrants considering the agency's authority under law;  (3) in making determinations concerning statutory jurisdiction, to determine whether the action is within the agency's jurisdiction on the basis of the statutory language or other indications of legislative intent;  and (4) in determining whether the adoption of a rule is in accordance with law, to consider whether there is substantial support in the rulemaking file for the agency's factual determinations. Declares that when proceedings for review of the same agency action are instituted in two or more courts of appeals within ten days, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall select, by a system of random selection, the court in which the record shall be filed.  Authorizes the courts to postpone the effective date of the agency action as necessary to permit designation of the court of record. Prohibits agencies from paying expenses of persons participating or intervening in agency proceedings except as specifically authorized by statute. Requires each agency to submit a copy of each newly promulgated rule (with specified exceptions) to each House of Congress.  Prohibits the rule from taking effect if:  (1) either House adopts a resolution disapproving it within 60 legislative days after the date the rule is submitted;  and (2) the other House does not disagree to such resolution within 65 legislative days after such date.  Provides that a rule shall take effect the day after either House disagrees to a resolution disapproving it within such periods.  Prohibits an agency from promulgating a new rule identical to a disapproved rule unless a statute is enacted that affects the agency's authority over the subject matter. Authorizes either House to adopt a resolution directing an agency to reconsider an existing rule.  Requires an agency to respond to such a resolution by:  (1) publishing a notice that the agency reviewed the rule and found that no action is necessary; or (2) initiating appropriate rulemaking proceedings concerning the rule.  Provides that a rule which was excluded from congressional review when promulgated must be subjected to congressional review if Congress adopts a resolution for reconsideration of such rule.  Exempts rules promulgated pursuant to resolutions of reconsideration from certain rulemaking requirements for major rules under title I of this Act. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for considering such resolutions of disapproval or reconsideration.  Amends the rules of the House to establish a Regulatory Review Calendar to which all such resolutions shall be referred. Terminates the force and effect of any existing law governing procedures for the congressional review of agency rules with respect to rules promulgated after enactment of this Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7433,97,hr,7433,"A bill to repeal section 278 of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which imposes the hospital tax on Federal employment.",Taxation,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7]",KY,D,P000230,0,Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which impose the hospital insurance tax on Federal employees.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7434,97,hr,7434,"A bill to repeal certain changes made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to the extended unemployment compensation program, and for other purposes.",Labor and Employment,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Washington, Harold [D-IL-1]",IL,D,W000180,0,Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to repeal specified changes to the extended unemployment compensation program. Repeals provisions of such Act relating to:  (1) elimination of the national trigger; (2) exclusion of claims for extended or additional compensation in the determination of the insured unemployment rate; and (3) changes in the State trigger.  Provides that the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 shall be applied as if the above provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act had not been enacted. Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to increase (from 50 to 75 percent) the percentage of sharable extended compensation and sharable regular compensation paid to individuals under State law which is reimbursed to States by the Federal Government.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7435,97,hr,7435,A bill to extend the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 and to increase the number of weeks for which compensation is payable under such Act.,Labor and Employment,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Washington, Harold [D-IL-1]",IL,D,W000180,0,"Amends the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 to extend to September 30, 1983, the period during which Federal supplemental unemployment compensation is payable under such Act. Raises the amount which must be established in a Federal supplemental compensation account for an eligible individual applicant's benefit year.  Requires that such amount be reduced by the aggregate amount of extended compensation paid for such benefit year.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7436,97,hr,7436,A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949.,Agriculture and Food,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Whitley, Charles O., Sr. [D-NC-3]",NC,D,W000419,0,"Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the No Net Cost Tobacco Program of 1982, to clarify that all tobacco lessors are liable for the No Net Cost Tobacco Fund assessments.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
97-hr-7437,97,hr,7437,A bill to require that the United States Government oppose the furnishing of assistance by the International Monetary Fund to any country which practices apartheid.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,"Referred to Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy.",House,"Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28]",CA,D,D000373,33,Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to require the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to oppose any credit drawing on the Fund by any country which practices apartheid.,2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
97-hr-7438,97,hr,7438,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that interest on certain real estate mortgages made by savings and loan institutions and mutual savings banks will be exempt from Federal income tax.,Taxation,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Trible, Paul S., Jr. [R-VA-1]",VA,R,T000367,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that interest on certain real estate mortgages made by savings and loan institutions will be exempt from Federal income tax.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7422,97,hr,7422,A bill to provide that any policy change which is adopted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or by the Federal Open Market Committee and which will affect interest rates or the supply of money shall be subject to a Congressional disapproval procedure.,Finance and Financial Sector,1982-12-15,1982-12-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,0,Amends the Federal Reserve Act to provide for congressional review of any policy change affecting interest rates or the money supply which is adopted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or by the Federal Open Market Committee. Allows either House of Congress to veto such policy by adoption of a resolution of disapproval within 60 days after notification of such policy.,2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
97-hr-7423,97,hr,7423,A bill to recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress.,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-15,1983-01-08,Became Public Law No: 97-427.,House,"Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1]",TX,D,H000070,0,(Measure passed House) Grants a Federal charter to the organization known as the Former Members of Congress.,2023-05-11T13:12:22Z,
97-hr-7424,97,hr,7424,A bill to establish a hydrogen research and development program.,Health,1982-12-15,1982-12-20,"Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials.",House,"Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1]",HI,D,H000449,0,"Title I: Hydrogen Production and Utilization - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time.  Requires the Secretary to send Congress annual reports which include any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Requires that the areas to be addressed in such program include production, liquefaction, transmission, distribution, storage, and utilization.  Requires priority to be given to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and  nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology and to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen demonstration plan. Requires the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive technology application plan which shall include: (1) the potential applications for the use of hydrogen; (2) technical market and economic readiness assessments for such potential applications; (3) an assessment of Government actions needed to develop such applications; and (4) an analysis of the impact of such applications on domestic energy supplies. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out this program. Requires the establishment of a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program.  Requires the Panel to submit an annual report on the program to the Energy Research Advisory Board which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Title II: Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Research and Development - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive program management plan for a research and development program for the development of a domestic hydrogen-fueled aircraft capability within the shortest practical time. Requires the Administrator to transmit to Congress annual reports which include any necessary modifications with respect to the plan. Requires the Administrator to establish such program within NASA and to prepare and transmit to Congress a comprehensive flight demonstration plan which shall confirm the technical feasibility, economic viability, and safety of liquid hydrogen as a fuel for commercial transport aircraft. Provides that the research and development program under this title shall include, at a minimum, the development of the systems associated with the production, transportation, storage, and handling of liquid hydrogen for commercial aircraft application. Provides for the Administrator to consult with other Federal agencies and departments in carrying out the program. Establishes a Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the programs established by this title.  Requires the Committee to report annually to the Administrator on its activities and on the status of such programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
97-hr-7425,97,hr,7425,A bill to increase temporarily the duty on certain wool that is the product of Argentina or Uruguay.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-12-15,1982-12-15,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21]",TX,R,L000396,5,Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase for one year the duty on certain wool that is the product of Argentina or Uruguay.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7426,97,hr,7426,Job Opportunity and Business Stimulation Act,Labor and Employment,1982-12-15,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.,House,"Rep. Martin, Lynn M. [R-IL-16]",IL,R,M000195,0,"Job Opportunity and Business Stimulation Act - Establishes a program under which the Secretary of Labor shall make payments to States and U.S. territories for job opportunities and business stimulation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for such payments. Sets forth formulas for allocation of such appropriations to specified territories of the U.S. on the basis of population and to States on the basis of population and of relative economic indicators derived from income growth factors. Requires that the Secretary's payment to a State be made available to the Governor for specified authorized uses that the Governor determines will contribute most to the creation of jobs for the unemployed.  Directs the Governor to ensure that such expenditures are distributed geographically in a specified manner. Requires that funds be distributed to county areas based on unemployment factors and revenue sharing amounts.  Directs the Governor, in determining fund allocation and uses, to:  (1) consult with the State job training coordination council established pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) provide for public hearings; and (3) publish an expenditure plan. Permits funds made available under this Act, under specified conditions, to be used for any program, project, or activity with the principal purpose of increasing available jobs in the area served. Limits use of such funds to activities which are in addition to those which would otherwise be available in the area.  Limits training of dislocated workers with such funds to programs and projects established in accordance with the Job Training Partnership Act. Prohibits use of such funds to duplicate facilities or services available in the area from Federal, State, or local sources. Sets forth program requirements relating to conditions of employment and training, health and safety standards, workers' compensation benefits, and job benefits and working conditions.  Prohibits use of funds under this Act for contributions on behalf of any participant to retirement systems or plans. Prohibits displacement of any currently employed worker by participants in programs funded under this Act.  Prohibits such programs from impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements. Requires the written concurrence of the labor organization and the employer concerned before any such program which would be inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining agreement may be undertaken.  Prohibits program participants from being employed or job openings being filled when:  (1) any other individual is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job; or (2) the employer has terminated the employment of any regular employee or otherwise reduced its work force with the intention of filling the vacancy by hiring a participant whose wages are subsidized under this Act.  Prohibits creation of jobs in a promotional line that will infringe in any way on the promotional opportunities of currently employed individuals. Requires States receiving funds under this Act to provide the Secretary with assurances that none of such funds will be used to assist, promote, or deter union organizing.  Requires that an opportunity for comment be provided for any labor organization representing a substantial number of employees engaged in similar work or training in the same area as that proposed to be funded under this Act. Applies the wage rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in works federally assisted under this Act, with specified exceptions for bona fide trainees. Sets forth program requirements relating to:  (1) monitoring; (2) fiscal controls and sanctions; (3) reports, recordkeeping, and investigations; (4) nondiscrimination; and (5) administrative provisions. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on programs under this Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:20Z,
97-hr-7427,97,hr,7427,Agricultural Export Subsidy Offset Act of 1982,Agriculture and Food,1982-12-15,1982-12-15,Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.,House,"Rep. Martin, Lynn M. [R-IL-16]",IL,R,M000195,0,"Agricultural Export Subsidy Offset Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an export subsidy program, under which agricultural commodities acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through price support operations are given to U.S. exporters, U.S. processors, or foreign countries to encourage additional export sales of such commodities. Directs the Secretary to ensure that:  (1) export sales of such commodities and of products of such commodities do not displace usual U.S. marketings;  (2) such commodities and products are not exported to any country which is not eligible for most-favored nation treatment;  and (3) such commodities and products after export are not resold or transhipped to another nation or used for purposes other than domestic purposes of such country. Requires the Secretary, if the program places U.S. processors at a disadvantage, to give to such processors the agricultural commodities acquired by the Corporation through price support operations. Terminates the Secretary's authority under this Act after December 31, 1985.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7428,97,hr,7428,A bill for the relief of Kirsten Rytgaard.,Private Legislation,1982-12-15,1982-12-15,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Hubbard, Carroll, Jr. [D-KY-1]",KY,D,H000878,0,Authorizes the classification of a named individual as a nonimmigrant alien for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2023-05-11T13:12:22Z,
97-hr-7414,97,hr,7414,A bill to transfer management of the National Defense Stockpile to the Secretary of Defense.,Armed Forces and National Security,1982-12-14,1982-12-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials.,House,"Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3]",FL,D,B000371,0,"Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to transfer the functions, duties, and responsibilities of the President under such Act to the Secretary of Defense.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
97-hr-7415,97,hr,7415,A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote the matching of lists of defaulting borrowers of student loans with lists of public employees.,Education,1982-12-14,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10]",NY,D,B000432,0,"Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to promote the use of data processing equipment by each State and nonprofit institution and organization which has an agreement relating to Federal payments to reduce student interest costs to identify public employees in such State served by such State, institution, or organization who have defaulted on any loan covered by such agreement. Directs the Secretary to consider the volume of loans covered and the need for State legislation, in determining the action to be taken for such promotion.  Prohibits any such action which would impair the contractual rights of any person, as against the United States, to payments under provisions for Federal, State, and private programs of low-interest insured loans to students in institutions of higher education.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
97-hr-7416,97,hr,7416,Polygraph Control and Privacy Protection Act of 1982,Labor and Employment,1982-12-14,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.,House,"Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1]",MI,D,C000714,0,"Polygraph Control and Privacy Protection Act of 1981 - Prohibits any person engaged in interstate commerce from:  (1) requiring any employee, officer, or applicant for employment to take a polygraph test in connection with such individual's employment; (2) denying employment or disciplining an employee by reason of such individual's refusal to submit to such a test; or (3) using the results of such a test in connection with such individual's employment. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of such provisions.  Authorizes civil actions in U.S. district courts on behalf of aggrieved individuals.",2025-08-29T19:50:20Z,
97-hr-7417,97,hr,7417,A bill to repeal the withholding on interest and dividends enacted by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.,Taxation,1982-12-14,1982-12-14,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26]",NY,R,G000212,0,Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7418,97,hr,7418,"A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to double the investment tax credit for American-made automobiles and certain light-duty trucks and to provide that the investment tax credit shall not be recaptured with respect to such vehicles by reason of any disposition, etc., after the second year of use.",Taxation,1982-12-14,1982-12-14,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22]",CA,R,M000926,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 10 percent to 20 percent the investment tax credit for the purchase of American-made automobiles and certain light-duty trucks. Provides that such tax credit shall not be recaptured by reason of any disposition of a qualified vehicle after the second full year of use.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7419,97,hr,7419,"A bill to increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable under the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982, and for other purposes.",Labor and Employment,1982-12-14,1982-12-14,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Williams, Lyle [R-OH-19]",OH,R,W000528,0,Amends the Federal Supplemental Compensation Act of 1982 to increase the number of weeks for which supplemental unemployment compensation benefits are payable.  Raises the amount which must be established in a Federal supplemental unemployment compensation account for an eligible individual applicant's benefit year. Increases by one cent per gallon the rate at which tax is imposed on any sale of gasoline during 1983 by specified Internal Revenue Code provisions.  Provide that such increase in gasoline tax shall not be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7420,97,hr,7420,"A bill to name the fish hatchery at the Warm Springs Dam component of the Russian River, Dry Creek, California project as the Don H. Clausen Fish Hatchery.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-14,1983-01-04,Became Public Law No: 97-422.,House,"Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12]",TX,D,W000763,4,"Names the fish hatchery at the Warm Springs Dam component of the Russian River, Dry Creek, California project, as the Don H. Clausen Fish Hatchery.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-hr-7421,97,hr,7421,"A bill to suspend the final decision of the Federal Communications  Commission in Docket Number 20868 (Second Computer Inquiry) to the extent it prohibits the provision, installation, and maintenance of telephones and other customer-premises equipment by regulated communications carriers.","Science, Technology, Communications",1982-12-14,1982-12-21,"Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.",House,"Rep. Sharp, Philip R. [D-IN-10]",IN,D,S000294,0,"Declares that a specified decision of the Federal Communications Commission shall not, prior to January 1, 1984, prohibit regulated communications common carriers from providing, installing, or maintaining telephones and other customer-premises equipment.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
97-hr-7410,97,hr,7410,"A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to transfer responsibility for the quarterly financial report from the Federal Trade Commission to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other purposes.",Economics and Public Finance,1982-12-13,1983-01-12,Became Public Law No: 97-454.,House,"Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-21]",NY,D,G000047,10,"Transfers to the Secretary of Commerce all functions, rights, and responsibilities relating to the quarterly financial statistics report program currently vested in the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, a statement of the policy and practices of the Bureau of the Census in appointing temporary staff to perform confidential census work.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
97-hr-7411,97,hr,7411,Space Commerce Act,"Science, Technology, Communications",1982-12-13,1982-12-20,Referred to Subcommittee on Space Science Applications.,House,"Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2]",HI,D,A000069,50,"Space Commerce Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue licenses for launching private sector space objects.  Sets forth the conditions for issuing a license, including the ability to meet liability insurance requirements. Establishes criminal penalties for launching private space objects without such a license. Directs the Secretary to establish requirements for liability insurance to be carried by any licensee. Permits the Administrator to suspend or revoke a license for failure to comply with applicable regulations. Excludes from this Act space objects launched by or on behalf of the United States Government. Establishes the Commercial Space Study Commission to study the direction of future Government involvement and regulation of private sector commercial activity in outer space. Directs the Commission to report to Congress within a specified time.  Terminates the Commission 60 days after its final report.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7412,97,hr,7412,Natural Gas Price Relief and Market Correction Act,Energy,1982-12-13,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.,House,"Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6]",MO,R,C000618,0,"Natural Gas Price Relief and Market Correction Act - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to set the maximum lawful price on any first sale of natural gas from December 13, 1982, through January 1, 1985, at the maximum lawful price applicable to such sale on October 1, 1982. Provides that the maximum lawful price from December 13, 1982, through January 1, 1985, for any first sale of natural gas from a well the surface drilling of which began prior to December 13, 1982, and for which there was no maximum lawful price on October 1, 1982 (because of the elimination of price controls) shall be the contract price specified for deliveries of such natural gas on October 1, 1982. Declares that any contract for the first sale of natural gas shall be deemed to include a volume adjustment option with respect to any natural gas the first sale delivery of which could occur pursuant to such contract at any time after the effective date of this Act. Defines ""volume adjustment option"" as a contract provision under which the purchaser may elect to refuse to take delivery under such contract of any volume of natural gas without incurring an obligation to pay any fee or charge with respect to the natural gas not delivered pursuant to such election. Defines ""abuse"" under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to include, but not be limited to, the purchase by any natural gas pipeline company of any natural gas delivered on or after the effective date of this Act at an excessive price, unless the purchase of such gas is necessary to prevent waste.  Considers the price of natural gas delivered to any natural gas pipeline company on any day excessive if that price exceeds the price of any other natural gas not delivered to such pipeline company on that day but which could have been acquired by such pipeline company for delivery on that day under any contract to which the pipeline is a party. Requires every natural gas pipeline company to file every three months with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:  (1) a statement concerning the volume adjustment clause, as well as steps it has taken to avoid the acquisition of natural gas at an excessive price;  and (2) a modification of the costs to be recovered by the pipeline under a purchased gas adjustment clause by reason of steps taken by such pipeline to comply with this Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7413,97,hr,7413,A bill for the relief of Katsuhito Nakaji.,Private Legislation,1982-12-13,1982-12-13,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19]",PA,R,G000291,0,Authorizes the granting of a visa and admission to the United States for permanent residence to a named individual.,2023-05-11T13:12:21Z,
97-hr-7404,97,hr,7404,National Social Security Lottery Act,Social Welfare,1982-12-10,1982-12-17,"Executive Comment Requested from Postal Service, Treasury, Justice.",House,"Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7]",IL,D,C000634,0,"National Social Security Lottery Act - Title I: The National Lottery - Establishes the National Lottery Commission to establish and operate a national lottery on an annual basis. Requires that lottery tickets be sold at U.S. post offices and any other places specified by the Commission.  Prohibits the sale of any tickets and the awarding of any prize to any person under the age of 21.  Sets the minimum amount of lottery prizes to be awarded in any fiscal year at 40 percent of the lottery revenues in such fiscal year.  Exempts lottery prize money from Federal, State, and local taxation. Sets forth criminal penalties for:  (1) the sale of forged or stolen national lottery tickets; (2) fraud with respect to the national lottery; (3) unauthorized sales of national lottery tickets; (4) sales of such tickets at unauthorized prices; and (5) sales of such tickets to persons under the age of 21. Declares the sale of lottery tickets under this Act to be a Federal function for the purpose of raising revenue.  Permits the sale of national lottery tickets anywhere under U.S. jurisdiction.  Requires the Commission to consult and cooperate with appropriate State and local authorities in order to facilitate the operation of the national lottery and to minimize its impact in any area where it is permitted. Title II:  Use of Lottery Revenues in Financing of Social Security Program - Requires that the lottery revenues not used for the operation of the national lottery or for lottery prizes be deposited periodically in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Sets the minimum amount to be deposited in any fiscal year in such funds at 40 percent of the total lottery revenues for such fiscal year.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7405,97,hr,7405,Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1982,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-12-10,1982-12-10,Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,F000215,0,"Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Commerce Department a service industries development program.  Sets forth the purposes of the program, including development of a data base on issues related to service industries and development of policies to strengthen the export competitiveness of U.S. service industries.  Authorizes the Secretary to request persons to submit to the Secretary information which the Secretary deems necessary.  Authorizes the Secretary to subpoena such information.  Sets forth the procedure for issuing a subpoena and the penalties for failing to comply. Directs the Secretary to provide State and local governments, upon request, aid and information concerning U.S. policies on foreign commerce in services. Requires the Secretary to prepare a biennial report to Congress containing:  (1) an analysis of the activities of foreign suppliers within the various service industries in the U.S. market; (2) an analysis of Federal, State, and local regulation of such foreign supplies and the potential effect of such regulation on trade relationships and negotiations; (3) an analysis of the activities of U.S. suppliers of services in foreign countries; and (4) a study and analysis of the impact during such year of any act, policy, or practice of each designated major trading country that limits the access of U.S. suppliers of services to markets in that country in a manner that is unjustifiable, unreasonable, or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce. Authorizes the President to impose any limitations that the President deems appropriate upon the eligibility of foreign suppliers to engage in U.S. interstate commerce.  Directs the President, within 120 days of the Secretary's report on service industries, to review the report and publish the President's determinations on whether to impose limitations on foreign suppliers.  Prohibits the President from imposing any limitation on foreign suppliers until after the timely comments of interested persons have been considered.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7406,97,hr,7406,"A bill to designate a certain Federal building in Springfield, Illinois the ""Paul Findley Building"".",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-10,1983-01-04,Became Public Law No: 97-423.,House,"Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18]",IL,R,M000692,18,"Designates the Federal building in Springfield, Illinois, the Paul Findley Building.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-hr-7407,97,hr,7407,Fair Trade Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-12-10,1982-12-10,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-22]",PA,D,M001088,0,"Fair Trade Act - Limits the total imports of steel products if the Secretary of Commerce finds that the U.S. capacity for the production of steel products is only utilized at 85 percent or less during any calendar quarter. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine, for each calendar quarter, the percentage of utilization of the U.S. steel products manufacturing capacity; (2) estimate the domestic consumption of steel products for each calendar quarter for which an import limitation is required; (3) compute the total quantity of permissible imports of steel products during each quarter for which an import limitation is required; (4) apportion the total of permissible imports among the supplying foreign countries on the basis of past participation in the U.S. market. Directs the Secretary to certify the computation and apportionment of permissible imports to the Secretary of the Treasury who shall ensure that the steel products are imported in conformity with such computations and apportionments. Establishes the President's Commission on Basic Metals.  Requires the Commission to review the performance of the U.S. steel products manufacturing industry and to make recommendations to the President and the Congress regarding actions which should be taken to strengthen the industry.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7408,97,hr,7408,"A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to define abuse for purposes of determining whether pass-throughs of amounts paid to interstate pipelines for natural gas should be denied, and to deny pass-throughs to interstate pipelines for actions which are imprudent.",Energy,1982-12-10,1982-12-13,Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.,House,"Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9]",MO,D,V000112,0,"Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to prohibit cost passthroughs by an interstate pipeline for imprudent actions on the part of the pipeline. Defines ""abuse"" and ""imprudence"" for the purpose of determining whether or not cost passthroughs should be denied.  Defines ""abuse"" to include: (1) take-or-pay clauses;  and (2) indefinite price escalator clauses which meet specified criteria. Defines ""imprudence"" as any action which:  (1) is not in the public interest;  or (2) materially prevents a pipeline from responding to changes in customer demands or other relevant market factors.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
97-hr-7409,97,hr,7409,Armed Robbery and Burglary Prevention Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,1982-12-10,1982-12-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3]",OR,D,W000779,0,"Armed Robbery and Burglary Prevention Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for not less than 15 years and a fine of not more than $10,000 for a third or subsequent armed robbery or burglary.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7397,97,hr,7397,Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-12-09,1982-12-21,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 1031.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7]",FL,D,G000153,8,"(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Finance with amendment (without written report)) Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act - Title I: Duty-Free Treatment - Authorizes the President to proclaim duty-free treatment for all eligible articles from Caribbean countries that the President designates as beneficiary countries. Requires the President to notify Congress before making such a designation.  Prohibits the President from terminating such a designation unless both Houses of Congress are notified 60 days before the termination. Requires the President to consider only specified countries and territories as beneficiary countries. Prohibits the President from designating a country as a beneficiary country:  (1) if it is a Communist country; (2) if it has nationalized or seized control, or effectively nationalized or seized control, of U.S. property, unless the President determines that a good faith effort is being made to compensate for such seizure; (3) if it fails to act in good faith in recognizing as binding or in enforcing arbitral awards in favor of U.S. citizens or corporations; (4) if it grants preferential treatment to the products of a developed country other than the United States which may have a significant adverse effect on U.S. commerce, unless the President reports to Congress that certain assurances have been made; (5) if it has a government-owned entity engaged in broadcasting copyrighted material belonging to U.S. copyrighted owners without their express consent; or (6) unless an extradition treaty exists between the United States and such country. Permits the President to designate as a beneficiary country a Communist country, an expropriating country, or a country that fails to act in good faith with respect to an arbitral award if the President determines and reports to Congress that such designation will be in the national interest. Lists factors the President should consider in determining whether to grant beneficiary designation. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to grant to imports from U.S. insular possessions, subject to specified provisions of this Act, duty treatment no less favorable than the treatment afforded such imports from a beneficiary country. Directs the President to withdraw or suspend a country's beneficiary designation, if the President determines that changed circumstances in such country would prohibit such designation under the guidelines in this title. Requires duty-free treatment to apply to any article imported from a beneficiary country, unless otherwise excluded from eligibility, if:  (1) the article is imported directly from such country into U.S. customs territory; and (2) the sum of specified costs of the article is not less than 35 percent of its appraised value at the time of its entry. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations governing articles eligible for such duty-free treatment, including the requirement that such articles must be wholly the product of a beneficiary country or must be a new or different article of commerce which has been produced in the beneficiary country. Prohibits this duty-free treatment from applying to:  (1) textile and apparel articles which are subject to tariff agreements; (2) certain footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel; (3) tuna prepared or preserved in airtight containers; or (4) petroleum or certain petroleum products. Directs the President to suspend duty-free treatment of sugar and beef products that are the products of a beneficiary country if:  (1) the beneficiary country, within 90 days of its designation as a beneficiary country, does not submit a Stable Food Production Plan to the President for evaluation; (2) the President determines that the Plan of a beneficiary country does not meet specified criteria; or (3) as a result of the monitoring of the operation of the Plan, the President determines that a beneficiary country is not making a good faith effort to implement its Plan, or that the Plan, although being implemented, is not achieving its purposes. Requires the President, before suspending such duty-free treatment, to offer to consult with the country to formulate appropriate remedial action. Requires the President, biennially, to monitor the operation of the Plans implemented by beneficiary countries and to report to Congress. Sets forth the manner of governing the importation and duty-free treatment of certain sugars, sirups, and molasses. Authorizes the President to suspend the duty-free treatment provided by this title and to proclaim a duty for an eligible article if such action is taken pursuant to certain import relief or national security provisions. Requires the International Trade Commission (ITC), in any report on a petition for import relief under the Trade Act of 1974, to state how its findings and recommendations apply to any duty-free article imported from beneficiary countries. Authorizes the President to reduce or end the application of import relief measures which apply to articles imported from beneficiary countries earlier than otherwise scheduled. Requires the suspension of duty-free treatment provided by this title to be treated as an increase in duty for purposes of the import relief section of the Trade Act of 1974. Prohibits such a suspension of duty-free treatment unless the ITC finds that the harm caused by the imports results from its duty-free treatment by this title. Authorizes the filing of petitions for import relief with the Secretary of Agriculture (the ""Secretary""), as well as with the ITC, for injury from imports of perishable products from beneficiary countries.  Directs the Secretary to recommend the granting or denying of such petition within 14 days of its filing.  Requires the President to take emergency action or to publish a notice of determination not to take emergency action within seven days of receiving the Secretary's recommendation. Sets forth the limits on the duration of the emergency action. Defines perishable products to include certain live plants, certain fresh or chilled vegetables, fresh mushrooms, fresh fruit, and fresh cut flowers. Exempts from proclamations under this title certain fees imposed pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Provides for duty-free treatment of articles imported directly from Puerto Rico and the U.S. insular possessions, so long as foreign materials do not account for more than 70 percent of the total value of the articles (or more than 50 percent of the total value with respect to articles excluded from duty-free treatment under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act). Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase to five liters (currently, four liters) the amount of duty-free liquor that may be brought into the United States.  Requires that not more than four liters, of such five liter limit, may have been produced outside American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Authorizes the President to withdraw duty-free treatment on rum if the amount of excise taxes on rum that is paid into the treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands falls below the amount that would have been paid if the rum had been produced in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. Amends the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to repeal the provision for protecting U.S. possessions against revenue losses caused by concessions granted by the United States in the Tokyo Round of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations. Prohibits any action under this title from affecting a tariff imposed by Puerto Rico on coffee imported into Puerto Rico. Exempts from specified sections of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act certain discharges from sources in the U.S. Virgin Islands which are attributable to the manufacture of rum. Requires the ITC to report to Congress and the President on the economic impact of this Act on U.S. industries and consumers during:  (1) the two year period beginning with January, 1983; and (2) each year afterwards, until duty-free treatment under this title is terminated. Sets forth assessments that the ITC shall make and factors to be considered in making those assessments. Terminates duty-free treatment to beneficiary countries under this title after September 30, 1994. Title II:  Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require excise taxes on rum imported into the United States to be paid to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate and conclude an agreement for the exchange of information with any beneficiary country. Requires such exchange to consist of such information as may be necessary to carry out and enforce the tax laws of both the United States and the beneficiary country.  Provides that such agreements shall be treated as income conventions for purposes of disclosures of tax return information. Allows a tax deduction for attending a convention held in a beneficiary country, if such beneficiary country has a tax information agreement in effect with the United States.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7398,97,hr,7398,"A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make unlawful the adulteration of any food, drug, or cosmetic carried out with knowledge that it is probable that the death or injury of a person will be caused by such adulteration.",Health,1982-12-09,1982-12-13,Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]",CA,D,P000047,8,"Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to maliciously cause injury or death to any person by adulterating a food, drug or cosmetic product. Provides for a prison term of up to 20 years if personal injury results, or up to life if death results.",2023-05-11T13:12:20Z,
97-hr-7399,97,hr,7399,Federal Anti-Tampering Act,Health,1982-12-09,1982-12-13,Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12]",NJ,R,R000262,0,"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.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7400,97,hr,7400,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the treatment of the deduction for circulation expenditures as an item of tax preference.,Taxation,1982-12-09,1982-12-09,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12]",NJ,R,R000262,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the treatment of newspaper, magazine, or other periodical circulation expenditures as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7401,97,hr,7401,"A bill to delay until January 1, 1984, the effect of any regulation issued by the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the establishment of a viticultural area if the name provided for such area contains the term ""Shenandoah Valley"".",Taxation,1982-12-09,1982-12-09,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Robinson, J. Kenneth [R-VA-7]",VA,R,R000337,0,"Prohibits the establishment of any viticultural area from December 1, 1982, through December 31, 1983, if the name for such area contains the term ""Shenandoah Valley"".",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7402,97,hr,7402,A bill to clarify the eligibility of small agricultural cooperatives for assistance under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act.,Commerce,1982-12-09,1982-12-13,"Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems.",House,"Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17]",TX,D,S000851,16,"Amends the Small Business Act to define ""small agricultural cooperative"", for purposes of eligibility for disaster loans under such Act, as an association: (1) acting pursuant to the Agriculture Marketing Act; (2) whose receipts do not exceed the size standard established for other agricultural small business concerns; and (3) whose board members or governing members each qualify as a small business concern.",2024-02-07T15:46:26Z,
97-hr-7403,97,hr,7403,"A bill for the relief of certain Government physicians who were paid basic pay, performance awards, and physicians comparability allowances in aggregate amounts exceeding the limitation set forth in section 5383(b) of title 5, United States Code.",Private Legislation,1982-12-09,1982-12-09,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Bolling, Richard [D-MO-5]",MO,D,B000605,0,Provides for a limited waiver of the executive level pay cap for 13 Government physicians.,2023-05-11T13:12:20Z,
97-hr-7383,97,hr,7383,Japanese American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Community Redress Act,"Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues",1982-12-08,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31]",CA,D,D000592,0,Japanese American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Community Redress Act - Establishes a Community Fund to aid in the restoration of the economic and social well-being of communities of Japanese-Americans and Aleut-Americans who were relocated or interned during World War II by the Government. Establishes a Community Fund National Board of Directors and eight regional Community Fund Local Review Boards to establish an application and distribution system for such funds. Authorizes appropriations.,2025-08-29T19:50:20Z,
97-hr-7384,97,hr,7384,Japanese-American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Individual Redress Act,"Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues",1982-12-08,1982-12-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,House,"Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31]",CA,D,D000592,0,"Japanese-American and Aleut-American Relocation and Internment Individual Redress Act - Entitles to a $25,000 benefit payment each Nikkei, Aleut, or other individual who, as a result of Executive Order Numbered 9066 or related Government actions: (1) was detained in a relocation camp during World War II; (2) was forced to evacuate the west coast of the United States; or (3) suffered certain specified losses.  Entitles such individuals who suffered losses exceeding $25,000 to payment of such amount as determined by the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to:  (1) identify individuals who are eligible for such benefits; (2) notify such individuals of their eligibility; (3) determine the amount exceeding $25,000 which is sufficient to compensate an individual; and (4) direct the U.S. Treasurer to make the payments required by this Act. Requires all benefits to be paid within three years and six months after enactment of this Act. Declares that benefits paid under this Act shall not be included as gross income for purposes of any Federal or State tax or eligibility for any Federal or State social security or benefit program. Declares that the United States waives its sovereign immunity for any claim for losses described in this Act and its defenses of res judicata and collateral estoppel on account of any settlement under an earlier specified act.  Waives the statute of limitations for civil actions or tort claims against the United States with respect to actions commenced under this Act. Requires the Treasurer and the Attorney General to report to Congress on activities conducted pursuant to this Act.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7385,97,hr,7385,"A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide that emergency loans not to exceed $5,000 may be made and insured under such Act on the basis of estimated losses caused by disasters.",Agriculture and Food,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-4]",TN,D,G000321,0,"Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit emergency disaster loans of up to $5,000 to be made and insured on the basis of estimated losses.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
97-hr-7386,97,hr,7386,"A bill to amend the laws of the United States to eliminate gender-based distinctions, and for other purposes.","Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues",1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Green, S. William [R-NY-18]",NY,R,G000417,43,"Title I:  Armed Forces, Soldiers' Home, Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service, and Merchant Marine - Amends Federal Military laws dealing with the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard to eliminate gender-based distinctions. Title II:  Elimination of Gender-based distinctions under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program, Railroad Retirement and the Work Incentive Program - Eliminates gender-based distinction in the social security and railroad retirement programs. Title III:  Amendments to United States Code - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Walsh-Healey Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Federal criminal code and other acts dealing with Indian affairs, transportation, public lands and provisions relating to Saint Elizabeth Hospital and contract law to eliminate gender-based distinctions.",2023-05-11T13:12:19Z,
97-hr-7387,97,hr,7387,"A bill to authorize the transfer of certain property to the town of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina to provide for the ownership by the town of a Federal desalting facility, to authorize the transfer of certain property to the city of a Federal desalting facility, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-08,1982-12-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources.,House,"Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7]",NC,D,R000436,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the town of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, all right, title, and interest in the Wrightsville Beach Test Facility and adjacent lands. Directs the Secretary to convey, without consideration to the city of Roswell, New Mexico, all right, title, and interest in the Roswell Test Facility and the Roswell site lands. Requires the Secretary to make such conveyances within one year of enactment of this Act. Conditions such conveyances upon the town's or city's agreement to:  (1) operate and maintain the facility for desalinization and other related research for a period of five years; (2) insure that the facility is maintained in working order; and (3) enter into contracts for the appropriate use of such facilities.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
97-hr-7388,97,hr,7388,Real Dollar Mortgage Demonstration Act of 1982,Housing and Community Development,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.,House,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-16]",NY,D,S000148,1,Real Dollar Mortgage Demonstration Act of 1982 - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure mortgages and loans with monthly payments and loan balances that are adjusted to reflect changes in a selected index which measures the inflation rate or changes in wages or consumer disposable income. Requires the Secretary to insure such a loan or mortgage upon determining that:  (1) the principal obligation of the mortgage or loan does not exceed a specified percentage of the appraised value of the attached property; and (2) the monthly payments and principal obligation of the loan or mortgage will not be increased at a rate greater than the percentage change in the selected index.  Directs the Secretary to give priority to such mortgages executed by mortgagors who have not owned a home in the preceding three years. Directs the Secretary to conduct and report to Congress on a demonstration program to insure such loans and mortgages.,2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7389,97,hr,7389,A bill to freeze natural gas prices.,Energy,1982-12-08,1982-12-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.,House,"Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9]",MO,D,V000112,0,"Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that the maximum lawful price applicable to any first sale of natural gas from December 8, 1982 through January 1, 1985, shall be the maximum lawful price applicable to such sale on September 1, 1982. Provides that the maximum lawful price from December 8, 1982 through January 1, 1985, for any first sale of natural gas from a well the surface drilling of which began prior to December 8, 1982, and for which there was no applicable maximum lawful price on September 1, 1982, solely because of the elimination of price controls pursuant to the Act, shall be the contract price specified for deliveries of such natural gas on September 1, 1982. Provides that following the expiration of the price freeze imposed by this Act, the maximum lawful price for any first sale of natural gas on September 1, 1982, shall increase from the September 1, 1982 level at the rate specified for that category of natural gas. Extends for two years the expiration date of:  (1) price controls;  and (2) standby authority.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
97-hr-7390,97,hr,7390,A bill to allow the adjudication of claims against the United States for damages arising from the activities of the Army Corps of Engineers at the Clarence Cannon Dam project on the Salt River in the State of Missouri.,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-08,1982-12-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,House,"Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9]",MO,D,V000112,0,"Permits any person who suffered crop or building damage on or after January 1, 1981, due to the activities of the Army Corps of Engineers at the Clarence Cannon Dam project on the Salt River, Missouri, to file a claim against the United States in accordance with this Act.",2023-05-11T13:12:19Z,
97-hr-7391,97,hr,7391,"A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary concerned to transport to the place of burial the remains of a member of the uniformed services entitled to retired or retainer pay who dies in a military medical facility.",Armed Forces and National Security,1982-12-08,1982-12-13,Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.,House,"Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large]",GU,D,W000686,0,Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to transport to the decedent's place of burial the remains of a member of the uniformed services entitled to retired or retainer pay who dies in a military medical facility.,2023-05-11T13:12:19Z,
97-hr-7392,97,hr,7392,"A bill to eliminate Coast Guard responsibilities regarding marine sanitation devices on small vessels, and for other purposes.",Environmental Protection,1982-12-08,1982-12-20,Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]",AK,R,Y000033,0,Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to declare that no vessel having a length of 65 feet or less shall be required to have in operation a marine sanitation device.  Sets forth provisions of State regulation of such vessels and devices.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
97-hr-7393,97,hr,7393,Tax Credit for Older American Workers Act of 1982,Taxation,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1]",MA,R,C000709,6,"Tax Credit for Older American Workers Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for social security taxes paid by individuals between the ages of 62 and 70. Defines ""social security taxes"" as those taxes imposed:  (1) on wages of employees under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act; and (2) on self-employment income under the Self-Employment Contributions Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7394,97,hr,7394,A bill for the relief of John Smitherman.,Private Legislation,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-4]",TN,D,G000321,0,Declares a named individual to have incurred a disability resulting from an injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty in active naval service during a period of war. Declares that the receipt of benefits by reason of enactment of this Act shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States based on such injury or disease.,2023-05-11T13:12:20Z,
97-hr-7395,97,hr,7395,"A bill for the relief of Richard S. Young, Jr.",Private Legislation,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-4]",TN,D,G000321,0,Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full satisfaction of a claim against the United States.,2023-05-11T13:12:20Z,
97-hr-7396,97,hr,7396,A bill for the relief of Dr. Mario J. Wexu.,Private Legislation,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2]",RI,R,S000136,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2023-05-11T13:12:20Z,
97-hr-7377,97,hr,7377,"A bill to designate the Lakeview Lake project, Mountain Creek, Texas, as the ""Joe Pool Lake"".",Water Resources Development,1982-12-07,1982-12-31,Became Public Law No: 97-400.,House,"Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12]",TX,D,W000763,1,"Designates the Lakeview Lake project, Mountain Creek, Texas, as the Joe Pool Lake.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
97-hr-7378,97,hr,7378,A bill to codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and to improve the United States Code.,Finance and Financial Sector,1982-12-07,1983-01-12,Became Public Law No: 97-452.,House,"Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10]",NJ,D,R000374,0,Codifies without substantive change recent laws relating to money and finance.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-hr-7379,97,hr,7379,Natural Gas Import Policy Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-07,1982-12-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.,House,"Rep. Corcoran, Tom [R-IL-15]",IL,R,C000773,6,"Natural Gas Import Policy Act of 1982 - Prohibits the importation of natural gas into the United States from a foreign country unless:  (1) a new price for natural gas imported to the United States has been established by the government of such foreign country (or, if no such price is established by such government, by the producer or exporter of such natural gas);  (2) such price has been agreed to by the Secretary of Energy on behalf of the United States; and (3) the contract or contracts applicable to such importation have been renegotiated to conform to such new price and tariff adjustments to reflect the cost savings achieved by the renegotiation and have been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by the importer. Provides that in the case of any terminal or attendant facility located in the United States and constructed for the importation of Algerian natural gas (the authority for which is supended by this Act), FERC shall permit recovery of the costs prudently incurred in connection with the construction of such facility to the same extent and in the same manner as if such facility were used and useful for the importation and transportation of natural gas (without regard to the suspension under this Act of importation authority).  Prohibits FERC from permitting any rate of return on such costs. Includes ""liquefied natural gas"" within the term ""natural gas"" for purposes of this Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7380,97,hr,7380,"A bill to repeal sections 301 through 308 of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which impose withholding on interest and dividends.",Taxation,1982-12-07,1982-12-07,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1]",RI,D,S000762,0,Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7381,97,hr,7381,"A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from wages, for purposes of computing benefits and taxes under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, the quarterly cash remuneration for the services of a domestic employee in a private home of the employer if such quarterly cash remuneration is less than $200 or the employee has not attained age 19 before the beginning of the quarter.",Social Welfare,1982-12-07,1982-12-07,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14]",OH,D,S000230,0,"Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from wages, for purposes of computing benefits and taxes under the old age, survivors and disability insurance program, a quarterly cash remuneration paid to a domestic employee in a private home if such remuneration is less than $200 or if the employee has not reached age 19 before the beginning of the quarter. (Currently, quarterly cash remunerations paid to domestic employees are excluded from wages for purposes of title II benefits and taxes if they are less than $50.)",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7382,97,hr,7382,"A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to expand the circumstances where relief from liability for income tax (and penalties and interest with respect thereto) is provided to a spouse for a deficiency with respect to a joint return, and to provide similar relief with respect to certain separate returns of married individuals.",Taxation,1982-12-07,1982-12-07,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]",CA,D,S000810,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules relating to an innocent spouse who files a joint return in which there is a substantial understatement of tax attributable to grossly erroneous items of the other spouse. Relieves from tax liability for items of community income a taxpayer who is living apart from a spouse and who files a seperate return which does not include an item of community income attributable to the taxpayer's spouse.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7368,97,hr,7368,Highway Revenue Act of 1982,Taxation,1982-12-06,1982-12-06,Reported to House by House Committee on Ways and Means.  Report No: 97-945.,House,"Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8]",IL,D,R000458,1,"Highway Revenue Act of 1982 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and special motor fuels from four cents per gallon to nine cents per gallon.  Exempts methanol and ethanol fuels from such tax.  Exempts fuels consumed in off-highway business use. Imposes a five cent per gallon tax on gasohol.  Taxes gasoline or other fuels used in taxicabs at four cents per gallon.  Allows a refund of motor fuel taxes to aerial and other applicators of agricultural substances. Revises the existing manufacturers excise tax on heavy trucks.  Excludes from such tax trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 33,000 pounds or less and trailers with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less. Repeals the tax on truck and bus parts and accessories.  Terminates the manufacturers excise tax on trucks and buses on April 1, 1983.  Imposes a 12 percent retail tax on the sale of heavy trucks and trailers as of April 1, 1983. Revises the highway-use tax for heavy trucks. Exempts trucks with a taxable gross weight of less than 33,000 pounds.  Provides for a graduated tax on trucks based on weight beginning at 33,000 pounds.  Exempts from such tax trucks used for less than 2,500 miles on public highways.  Requires the Secretary of Transportation (in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury) to conduct a study of alternatives to the highway-use tax on heavy trucks. Repeals the excise tax on tires and tubes except for the tax on heavy truck tires. Increases the tax on tires weighing more than 100 pounds from 9.75 cents per pound to 25 cents per pound.  Increases the tax on tread rubber from five cents to 25 cents per pound. Repeals the excise tax on lubricating oil. Treats as a corporation for tax purposes certain motor carrier operating authorities acquired by taxpayers other than corporations. Imposes a floor stock tax on gasoline, tires and tread rubber held by a dealer for sale. Extends for four years until 1988 the Highway Trust Fund (Trust Fund).  Transfers statutory authority for such Trust Fund to the Internal Revenue Code.  Sets forth administrative provisions for such Trust Fund.  Appropriates to such Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes on:  (1) diesel fuel and special motor fuels; (2) heavy trucks and trailers; (3) trucks and truck parts; (4) tires and tread rubber; (5) gasoline; (6) lubricating oil; and (7) highway use. Allows expenditures from such Trust Fund for the Federal-Aid Highway Program in accordance with specified authorizations. Establishes within such Trust Fund a Mass Transit Account (Account).  Transfers to such account one-ninth of the amounts appropriated to the Trust Fund which are attributable to the excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuels and special motor fuels.  Authorizes expenditures from such Account.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7369,97,hr,7369,Infrastructure Revitalization Act of 1982,Transportation and Public Works,1982-12-06,1982-12-20,Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Development.,House,"Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-13]",CA,D,M000794,0,"Infrastructure Revitalization Act of 1982 - Title I: Capital Investment Budget - Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1982 - Requires the President to include with each budget on or after January 1, 1984, a special analysis of Federal capital investments. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to promulgate regulations providing for the consistent classification of Federal capital investment spending. Title II:  Dedicated Revenue Incentives - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order for either the House or the Senate to consider any budget legislation which includes or assumes budget process enforcement devices restricting or impeding any legislation in which the spending authority or budget authority is derived from any trust fund where the amount of anticipated receipts (dedicated revenues) or the budget authority estimated to result exceeds the estimated amount of total new obligational authority. Title III:  National Commission on the Rebuilding of America - Establishes the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America to study and report on the state of the Nation's infrastructure. Directs the Commission to submit its final report to the Congress and the President within one year of its first meeting. Terminates the Commission six months after the submission of such report. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.",2025-08-29T19:50:19Z,
97-hr-7370,97,hr,7370,A bill to prohibit any individual who has diplomatic immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the United States from possessing a handgun without the approval of the Secretary of State.,International Affairs,1982-12-06,1982-12-15,Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.,House,"Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-19]",MI,R,B000890,0,Prohibits an individual who is entitled to immunity from the criminal laws of the United States from possessing a handgun without the Secretary of State's approval.  States that failure to comply with this requirement shall be grounds for declaring an individual persona non grata.,2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
97-hr-7371,97,hr,7371,A bill to amend the Diplomatic Relations Act to limit immunity from criminal prosecution for families of foreign diplomats.,International Affairs,1982-12-06,1982-12-15,Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.,House,"Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1]",TX,D,H000070,11,Amends the Diplomatic Relations Act to declare that no law shall be construed to provide the families of foreign diplomats immunity from prosecution for violent crimes.,2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
97-hr-7372,97,hr,7372,A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude certain amounts in the computation of the offset against benefits which is presently provided in the case of spouses and surviving spouses receiving government pensions.,Social Welfare,1982-12-06,1982-12-06,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,2,"Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to decrease the reduction in title II benefits required of spouses, surviving spouses, and mothers receiving Government pensions.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7373,97,hr,7373,Temporary Natural Gas Market Correction Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-06,1982-12-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,47,"Temporary Natural Gas Market Correction Act of 1982 - Declares that any contract for the first sale of natural gas shall be deemed to include a volume adjustment option with respect to any natural gas the first sale delivery of which could occur pursuant to such contract at any time after the effective date of this Act and before November 1, 1983.  Defines ""volume adjustment option"" as a contract provision under which the purchaser may elect to refuse to take delivery under such contract of any volume of natural gas without incurring an obligation to pay any fee or charge with respect to the natural gas not delivered pursuant to such election. Provides, subject to certain exceptions, that the purchase by any natural gas pipeline company of any natural gas which is delivered on any day after the effective date of this Act and before November 1, 1983, at an excessive price, shall be considered as fraud, abuse, or as similar grounds for purposes of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) review of cost passthroughs. Considers the price of natural gas delivered to any natural gas pipeline company on any day excessive if that price exceeds the price of any other natural gas not delivered to such pipeline company on that day, but which could have been acquired by such pipeline company for delivery on that day under any contract to which the pipeline is a party. Requires every natural gas pipeline company to file monthly with FERC:  (1) a statement concerning the volume adjustment clause, as well as steps it has taken to achieve the lowest possible weighted average acquisition cost of natural gas; and (2) a modification of the costs to be recovered by the pipeline under a purchased gas adjustment clause (as defined in the Natural Gas Act), if the weighted average acquisition cost of natural gas by the pipeline is lower because of the volume adjustment option or because of other steps taken by the pipeline.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7374,97,hr,7374,Iran Claims Act,International Affairs,1982-12-06,1982-12-07,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Zablocki, Clement J. [D-WI-4]",WI,D,Z000001,3,"Iran Claims Act - Authorizes the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to determine the validity of claims by U.S. nationals against Iran within:  (1) the jurisdiction of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; or (2) the terms of an agreement for an en bloc settlement. Requires the Commission to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury any awards made.  Authorizes the Secretary to make payments of the lesser of $10,000 or the principal amount of an award. Deducts two percent of the amount of an award as reimbursement to the U.S. Government, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and other agencies for expenses incurred in the arbitration of the claim. Declares that such deduction shall not apply to an amount awarded for an en bloc settlement. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for expenses incurred in the settlement or arbitration of such claims.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7375,97,hr,7375,A bill to freeze for fiscal year 1983 the rate of salary payable to Members of Congress.,Congress,1982-12-06,1982-12-06,Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.,House,"Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20]",PA,D,G000105,0,"Prohibits the salary for Members of Congress from exceeding the salary payable for such office on September 30, 1982.",2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
97-hr-7376,97,hr,7376,Weatherization and Employment Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-06,1982-12-06,Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-24]",NY,D,O000134,0,"Weatherization and Employment Act of 1982 - Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 (which is title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 through 1993 for the Part A program of weatherization assistance for low-income persons. Directs the Secretary of Energy to allot at least ten percent of such appropriations to a performance fund to assist States which have demonstrated the best performance in the weatherization program. Makes individuals who have been unemployed for 17 weeks or more eligible for employment under the weatherization program. Revises provisions relating to maximum allowable expenditures per dwelling under the weatherization program. Revises provisions relating to deadlines for assistance to States under the weatherization program. Declares that no Part A provision shall be construed to limit the eligibility of low-income persons for weatherization program assistance to elderly or handicapped low-income persons. Requires that weatherization program regulations permit States to use program funds to provide information, education, and technical assistance to residents of low-income dwellings in which weatherization materials have been installed under the program. Authorizes the Secretary to use program funds to disseminate information on successful programs for the weatherization of existing multifamily dwellings. Includes furnace efficiency modifications under the definition of ""weatherization materials,"" for purposes of such program. Requires weatherization program grant applicants to submit an appropriate plan for the training of weatherization workers, crew supervisors, and field staff.  Permits technical assistance funds to be used for such training.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7357,97,hr,7357,Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-12-03,1982-12-18,Considered by House Unfinished Business.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,1,"Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 - Title I:  Control of Illegal Immigration - Part A:  Employment - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it unlawful for a person to knowingly hire, maintain in his or her employment, or refer or recruit for a fee any alien not authorized to work.  Makes it unlawful for an employer of four or more persons to hire anyone without complying with the verification procedure set forth in this Act.  Makes following such procedure an affirmative defense for an employer so charged. Requires an employee to attest to his citizenship or legal work status. Requires an employer to:  (1) attest, under penalty of perjury, that he has examined an employee's identification papers; (2) list (on or appended to the verification form) the names and addresses of all persons who applied in writing for a position within 90 days of such position's being filled; (3) keep such records for three years or one year after an employee leaves, whichever is longer; and (4) make these records available to the Department of Justice, the Civil Rights Commission, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Requires the President to implement a secure verification system within three years.  Prohibits the use of this system or any required identification document for other law enforcement purposes. Sets forth graduated civil and criminal penalties for hiring violations. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enjoin persons systematically violating such hiring or verification provisions.  Subjects employers to graduated civil penalties for verification and recordkeeping violations.  Requires the Attorney General to provide notice and hearing opportunity before assessing any civil penalties. Permits the Attorney General to sue in U.S. district court to collect outstanding penalties. Entitles persons claiming to have been improperly denied employment to an administrative hearing.  Authorizes appeals to: (1) the United States Immigration Board; and (2) within 60 days of a Board decision, to the U.S. court of appeals.  Authorizes a party to seek enforcement of an administrative judge's order in U.S. district court.  Sets forth judgment limits. States that the provisions of this Part preempt State and local sanctions regarding employment of unauthorized aliens. Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for verification system implementation and monitoring.  Requires the President to report to Congress every six months. Directs the Civil Rights Commission, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to monitor such program and investigate allegations of abuse.  Directs the Commission to report to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to inform employers, employment agencies, unions, and the public about these requirements.  Authorizes FY 1983 appropriations for such purposes. States that no penalties shall be imposed for the first six months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act to subject (beginning seven months after enactment) farm labor contractors to the requirements of this Act. Makes it illegal to fraudulently misuse or manufacture entry or work documents (up to $5,000 fine or two years' imprisonment or both). Part B:  Enforcement and Fees - Expresses the sense of Congress that:  (1) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) enforcement activities should be increased; and (2) such increase shall be provided for and monitored through the annual authorization of appropriations process. Eliminates the provisions preventing employment from being considered as harboring an alien. Makes it unlawful to knowingly or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien is not authorized to enter the United States bring such person into the country (up to $5,000 or one year's imprisonment with additional penalties for a subsequent offense). Requires the Attorney General to impose maintenance fees for an alien's use of border or other INS facilities. Part C:  Adjudication Procedures and Asylum - Directs immigration officers to exclude without hearing or further inquiry aliens without proper documents, or without any reasonable basis for legal entry or asylum.  Requires that such aliens be informed of their right to an expedited redetermination proceeding. Directs the Attorney General after consulting with the congressional judiciary committees to establish procedures to assure that aliens are not excluded without an inquiry into their reasons for seeking U.S. entry. States that if an alien claims asylum the exclusion hearing shall be limited to the asylum issue. Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Immigration Board to hear appeals from final decisions of immigration judges. States that the Board's determination shall be binding on all immigration judges, immigration officers, and consular officers unless modified by a court. Requires deportation or exclusion appeals to the Board to be filed within 20 days. Sets forth administrative and operating provisions. Replaces the existing special inquiry officer system with a system of immigration judges.  Provides for the appointment of up to 70 judges. Grants such judges responsibility for exclusion, deportation, asylum, and status rescission cases, as well as penalty assessments. Provides for judicial review of exclusion cases and those asylum cases encompassed within deportation or exclusion orders.  States that such final orders shall be reviewed in U.S. appeal courts.  Reduces the period for filing such appeals from six months to 30 days. Restricts judicial review of asylum determinations to questions of:  (1) jurisdiction; (2) compliance with laws and regulations; (3) constitutionality; and (4) arbitrary decisionmaking. Prohibits judicial review decisions from reopening:  (1) exclusion, deportation, or asylum determinations; (2) denials of stays of exclusion or deportation; or (3) expedited exclusions. States that such restrictions and prohibitions should not be construed as limiting habeas corpus. Revises asylum provisions to:  (1) require an alien under an exclusion or deportation order to apply for asylum within 14 days and to complete such application within 30 days after notice of such order unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (2) prohibit an alien from reapplying for asylum after having been denied such status unless such changes have occurred; (3) require asylum applications to be heard before administrative law judges having special training in international law; (4) permit legal counsel at asylum hearings; (5) require an alien to be an admissible refugee in order to be granted asylum; (6) place the burden of proof on the applicant; (7) prohibit the reopening of an application proceeding unless changed circumstances in the alien's country cause a change in asylum eligibility; (8) require application determinations to be made within 30 days after the hearing (which shall be held within 45 days of the application's filing); and (9) make asylum hearings open to the public unless the alien requests otherwise. Requires the President to nominate Board members within 45 days. Sets forth other administrative and operating provisions for the transfer of asylum proceedings from the existing special inquiry system to the administrative law judge system.  Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1983. Part D:  Adjustment of Status - Prohibits adjustment of status to permanent resident for violators of (nonimmigrant) visa terms. Title II:  Reform of Legal Immigration - Part A:  Immigrants - Revises labor certification provisions to:  (1) require the Secretary of Labor to consider national, rather than local, employment and wage data; (2) include a finding that sufficient American workers could not be trained within a reasonable time period; and (3) prohibit courts from overturning certifications without compelling evidence that the decision was arbitrary. Makes such changes effective October 1, 1983. Includes within the definition of ""special immigrant"":  (1) unmarried sons and daughters and surviving spouses of employees of certain international organizations (""J"" status); and (2) unmarried Amerasian children (under 21 years old) of U.S. servicemen (""I"" status). Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress by December 31, 1984, regarding Amerasian admissions. Grants nonimmigrant status to:  (1) parents of children receiving ""J"" status while they are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving ""J"" status spouse. Includes the relationship between an illegitimate child and its natural father within the definition of ""child"" for purposes of status, benefit, or privilege under such Act. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981 to:  (1) extend the numerical limitation waiver to certain self- supporting retirees; and (2) permit certain aliens already in the United States with labor certificates and priority dates up to October 1, 1984, to work at their jobs until their visas are available. Part B:  Nonimmigrants - Separates temporary agricultural labor from other temporary labor for purposes of nonimmigrant worker (H- 2 visa) provisions. Restricts the definition of agricultural labor or services to specified definitions in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Internal Revenue Code. Limits H-2 workers to an eight month stay in any calendar year.  Authorizes agricultural workers to remain longer if prior to enactment of this Act the Secretary of Labor has recognized an extension as necessary. Prohibits entry to workers who have violated entry conditions within the past five years. Prohibits entry to agricultural workers unless specified conditions have been met respecting housing, injury benefits, meals and transportation, and wage including piece rates, and recordkeeping. Requires an employer submitting an H-2 visa petition to certify that:  (1) there are not enough qualified U.S. workers for the job; and (2) similarly employed U.S. workers' wages will not be adversely affected. Makes such certification a prerequisite for the admission of H-2 workers. Prohibits the Attorney General from approving more H-2 petitions in any fiscal year than were approved in FY 1982 unless the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Attorney General and to Congress that sufficient enforcement funds are available. Permits the Secretary to charge application fees. Requires employers of H-2 agricultural workers to pay them an additional amount equal to the amount of FICA and unemployment taxes that would have been paid to U.S. workers. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a petition if:  (1) a job is open because of a strike or other labor dispute; or (2) the employer violated certification terms, including failure to pay penalties. Provides with regard to H-2 agricultural workers that:  (1) employers must submit petitions at least 80 days in advance of need; (2) the Secretary must respond promptly in writing regarding a disapproved petition, and within 20 days of need regarding an approved petition; (3) there must be a 60-day recruitment period before an employer may file a petition; (4) the Secretary shall establish expedited procedures for review of denied petitions or de novo administrative hearings; and (5) producer associations may file such petitions (individual members or users are still liable for any violations). Authorizes appropriations beginning with FY 1983 for recruitment of domestic workers, work program monitoring, and certification expenses. Provides a private right of action in U.S. district court for any person aggrieved by a violation of the H-2 provisions. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, to:  (1) promulgate implementing regulations; and (2) report to Congress within 18 months regarding improvements in the temporary worker program. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish an advisory commission to consult with Mexico and advise the Attorney General regarding such tempory worker program. Requires foreign students to return to their home country for two years before being eligible to apply for U.S. permanent residence.  Permits waiver of such requirement where a student:  (1) is an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen; or (2) has an American degree and a college teaching or research job offer.  Ends such waiver program as of September 30, 1989. Permits foreign students with degrees in specified fields to change their nonimmigrant classification to ""trainee."" States that time spent in student or trainee status shall not count for purposes of eligibility for suspension of deportation. Authorizes the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to five countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions. Authorizes a visa waiver program for Guam. Title III:  Legalization - Provides for the status adjustment of certain aliens who entered the United States before January 1, 1980. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to permanent resident status those aliens who:  (1) entered the United States illegally before January 1, 1977; (2) have since resided continuously in the country; (3) are otherwise admissible; and (4) apply for such adjustment in 1983.  Authorizes similar status adjustment for specified aliens who entered legally as nonimmigrants but whose period of authorized stay ended before January 1, 1977.  (Stipulates that in the case of exchange visitors the two-year foreign residence requirement must have been met or waived.) Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust to temporary resident status Cuban/Haitian entrants and specified undocumented aliens who have resided in the United States since January 1, 1980.  Requires such applications to be filed in 1983.  Permits such temporary resident aliens to: (1) work in the United States; (2) apply for permanent resident status after three years; and (3) travel abroad. Prohibits the legalization of persons:  (1) convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; or (2) who have taken part in political, religious, or racial persecution. Authorizes the Attorney General to terminate temporary resident status if an alien has not filed for adjustment to permanent status within three and one-half years. Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with designated voluntary agencies, to disseminate information about such status legalization program. Waives numerical limitations, labor certification, and other specified entry violations for such aliens.  Permits the Attorney General to waive other grounds for exclusion (except criminal, most drug-related, and security grounds) to assure family unity or when otherwise in the national interest. Requires the Attorney General to:  (1) issue implementing regulations by December 31, 1982; and (2) provide an alien otherwise eligible but unregistered who is apprehended before January 1, 1983, an opportunity to apply for the legalization program before deportation or exclusion proceedings are begun. Makes temporary resident (other than Cuban/Haitian entrants) and (for their first three years) permanent residents, ineligible for Federal public assistance (other than medical care, aid to the aged, blind, or disabled, and public health). Authorizes appropriations for such programs for FY 1983. Requires the President to report to Congress within 18 months on the impact of such program. Repeals Public Law 89-732 regarding status adjustment for certain Cubans who entered the United States before April 21, 1980. Updates the registry date for permanent entry admissions records from June 30, 1948 to January 1, 1973. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for State legalization assistance. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to available appropriations, to provide full reimbursement to States for costs incurred in providing specified services to aliens during the period they were ineligible for Federal assistance. Requires the Secretary of Education, subject to available appropriations, to assist States in meeting such aliens' added educational costs. Includes such legalized aliens under the coverage of titles I through IV of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.",2025-08-29T19:50:16Z,
97-hr-7358,97,hr,7358,Natural Gas Marketing Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-03,1982-12-10,Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.,House,"Rep. Byron, Beverly B. [D-MD-6]",MD,D,B001220,3,"Natural Gas Marketing Act of 1982 - Provides that whenever a gas distributing company, State commission, municipality, or State files a complaint under the Natural Gas Act alleging that any rate proposed by a natural gas company is not just and reasonable, and certifies that such proposed rate results in a retail price for natural gas that is in excess of the prices of a competing fuel available to existing retail customers served by any of the natural gas company's wholesale customers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) shall set the matter for hearing and decision.  Suspends any rate increase until issuance of a final appealable order upon completion of the hearing.  Places the burden of proof on the natural gas company. Directs FERC to prescribe an adjustment in the natural gas company's rates if the company does not discharge its burden of proof.",2025-08-29T19:50:12Z,
97-hr-7359,97,hr,7359,"A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to make unlawful the adulteration of food, drugs, and cosmetics carried out for the purpose of causing death or injury.",Health,1982-12-03,1982-12-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7]",IL,D,C000634,1,"Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to maliciously cause injury or death to any person, or injury to any business's reputation, by adulterating a food, drug, or cosmetic product. Provides for a prison term of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $100,000 for any person who adulterates a food, drug or cosmetic.  Allows for a prison term of up to life and a fine of up to $250,000, if death results from such adulteration.",2023-05-11T13:12:17Z,
97-hr-7360,97,hr,7360,Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982,Transportation and Public Works,1982-12-03,1982-12-16,Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.,House,"Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32]",CA,D,A000189,3,"Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 - Title I: Highway Improvement Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise the authorization of appropriations for FY 1984 through 1990 for the Interstate Highway System. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion, for FY 1984, the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways according to specified factors. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982 to conform to provisions of this Act. Sets forth limitations on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1983 through 1986. Excludes from such limitations obligations for emergency relief and certain accelerated bridge projects.  Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to conform to provisions of this title.  Prohibits the Secretary from distributing amounts for administrative expenses and forest highways. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1986 for: (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas; (3) the Federal-aid urban system; (4) forest highways; and (5) public lands highways. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for: (1) Indian reservation roads and bridges; (2) the territorial highway program in the Virgin Islands; and (3) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Repeals provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 which authorizes certain demonstration projects between the States of New Mexico and Texas. Requires States which receive funds for FY 1983 and 1984 in excess of FY 82 funds to give priority consideration to specified primary routes and railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to increase the authorized funding for FY 1984 for interstate resurfacing and authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through 1987. Makes funds available from the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1986 for substitute highway projects.  Authorizes sums as may be necessary from the general fund of the Treasury for substitute public mass transit projects.  Authorizes the Secretary to distribute 25 percent of both substitute project funds, and requires congressional approval of cost estimates for the remaining percentages before apportionment.  Requires reapportionment of unobligated funds which remain available for the fiscal year for which apportioned.  Makes any route statutorily designated after March 7, 1978, ineligible for substitute highway funding. Allows the Secretary to extend the approval deadline (September 30, 1983) for substitute projects and withdrawals for any route which on May 12, 1982, is under a judicial injunction prohibiting its construction. Extends the advance construction procedures and bond retirement provisions applicable to the Interstate System to substitute highway projects. Changes apportionment formulas for the Federal-aid primary system and interstate resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing. Requires, for purposes of primary apportionment, that the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa be considered as one State.  Makes the mileage limitations for the Federal-aid systems applicable to such territories. Increases the Federal share for interstate resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing for highways that the Secretary determines are energy-impacted roads. Requires a value engineering or other cost reduction analysis on Federal-aid system projects with construction costs in excess of a specified amount. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the safety cost-effectiveness of geometric design criteria of current standards for construction and reconstruction of certain highways.  Requires the Academy to propose standards to preserve and extend the service life of such highways and enhance highway safety.  Provides for the submission of such report to Congress for approval. Permits States to place State-operated vending machines in rest and recreation areas and in safety rest areas located on rights-of-way of the Interstate System. Changes the circumstances for suspension of the general requirements of competitive bidding for contracts from a finding by the Secretary that some other method is in the public interest to a demonstration by the State highway department that some other method is more cost-effective. Changes from January 1, 1978, to January 1, 1983, the date governing the payment of bond interest as an eligible cost of construction for Interstate projects which are under construction in advance of apportionments.  Authorizes the Secretary to pay interest on bonds issued after enactment of this Act to the effect that proceeds from the sale of bonds are expended for construction costs. Extends the availability of advance construction funding to bridge projects under the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Authorizes the Secretary, if after 90 days following notification of a State highway department a project is still not being properly maintained, to withhold project funds for one or more of the other Federal-aid systems or programs in the State. (Presently the Secretary is required to withhold funds from all projects in the State.) Revises the method of distributing interstate discretionary funds and allows the Secretary to prioritize unobligated sums. Sets forth a procedure for the transfer of apportioned funds from the Federal-aid primary system to programs for interstate resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing. Establishes the Federal share payable for interstate resurfacing projects financed with primary funds.  Permits a Federal share of 100 percent for certain pavement markings projects. Sets forth congressional findings and procedures to deregulate provisions concerning the control of outdoor advertising.  Encourages States to make provisions for the control of such advertising and sets forth requirements to assure that control efforts are effective. Permits the payment of compensation for the necessary legal removal of any sign obscured by vegetation grown by a State or local government for the purpose of impairing the visibility of advertising signs. Allows the use of Federal funds for an approach to any toll road, bridge, or tunnel to a point where such approach enters the main lanes of the toll facility.  Prohibits the use of Federal funds for toll collection equipment. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects on the Interstate System for the construction of parking facilities for carpools and vanpools. Requires provisions of equal employment opportunities for highway projects without regard to sex. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct and finance training and assistance programs for minority business enterprises. Permits the cost of providing shuttle service to and from fringe and corridor parking facilities constructed with Federal funds to be included in the eligible fees that may be charged for the use of parking facilities. Revises the apportionment formula for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program.  Requires the placement of deficient bridges into specified categories.  Sets aside certain amounts from authorized funds for FY 1983 through 1986 for the use of the Secretary as discretionary funds.  Permits the allocation of discretionary bridge funds for the replacement of the LaSalle Peru bridge in Illinois and a certain bridge in the vicinity of Cloverdale, California. Sets forth the Federal share for carpool and vanpool projects. Allows States to transfer funds allocated for a particular urbanized area to another such area. Extends the eligibility of hazard elimination funds to highway safety improvement projects outside the Federal-aid systems. Establishes a coordinated Federal Lands Highways Program for the construction and improvement of forest highways, public lands highways, park roads, parkways, and Indian reservation roads and bridges. Sets forth an allocation formula for such program. Allows Federal-aid highway projects to include construction programs for bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways. Allows States to include the cost of certain parking ramp construction and frontage roads as part of the interstate cost estimate. Makes eligible for specified funding safety improvements near the inter-changes of certain Interstate System routes and Federal-aid primary routes not on the Interstate System. Requires the Secretary to establish alternative methods to accelerate the time required to complete highway projects. Authorizes payment of construction costs for certain two-lane bridges as four-lane bridges upon completion of certain substructures. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project in Los Angeles County, California, to demonstrate methods of improving the motor vehicle transportation of freight to and from areas for the transshipment of waterborne commerce. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 out of the Highway Trust Fund for such project. Requires the Secretary to carry out a highway project demonstrating state of the art technology connecting a city to the Interstate System using a toll road.  Sets forth a timetable for reports to Congress on the results of such project.  Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1985 for such project. Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project using state of the art methods of repairing damaged highways and preventing damage to highways resulting from shoreline erosion in the vicinity of Buhne Point, Humboldt Bay, California.  Authorizes funds out  the Highway Trust Fund for such project. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress not later than 180 days after such projects' completion. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project in the vicinity of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to demonstrate the efficacy of reducing traffic congestion by connecting a certain highway to the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for such project. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project in the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, to demonstrate methods of accelerating construction of high traffic sections of highways on the Federal-aid primary system which are directly connected to the Interstate System.  Requires a report to Congress not later than 180 days after such projects' completion the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 and FY 1984 for such project. Revises vehicle weight, length, and width limitations for the Interstate System.  Makes such revisions effective upon enactment of a more equitable allocation of the tax burden among classes of users of the highway system. Establishes criteria under which the Martin Luther King Bridge which crosses the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois will be eligible for assistance under the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Directs the Secretary to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of future transportation professional manpower needs.  Requests the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Secretary and the Congress not later than two years after enactment of this Act on the result of such study together with recommendations. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to conduct a comprehensive investigation and study of the feasibility of a highspeed ferryboat operation over the waters of the Caribbean Sea between Saint Croix and Saint Thomas.  Requires the Office to complete and transmit a report on such study to Congress not later than January 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress not later than one year after enactment of this Act on the need for including weather-related factors, particularly freezing and thawing, in the apportionment formulas for Federal-aid highways. Requires the Secretary, within one year of enactment of this Act, to submit a detailed report to Congress on the potential benefits and costs associated with the establishment of a national intercity truck route network for the operation of a special class of longer combination commercial motor vehicles. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a change in location of Interstate segments if the original location meets specified criteria. Extends the deadline for reports to Congress on specified access control demonstration projects from  September 30, 1983, to September 30, 1985. Authorizes the modification of a project agreement for a highway project in New Jersey to compensate businesses in the vicinity that have suffered economic losses as a result of such project. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the feasibility of incorporating rubber from recycled tires into materials used for roadway resurfacing. Prohibits the apportionment of highway funds to a State which does not require proof of payment of the heavy vehicle use tax before such vehicle can be registered in the State. Provides for a study by the National Academy of Sciences to monitor the effects on highways and highway safety from the use of double trailer combinations. Authorizes the advancement of non-Federal shares for qualifying highway projects to States which certify the lack of sufficient funds to meet their share of such projects. Prohibits California from imposing lane restrictions in certain areas of Alameda County. Makes California eligible for funds to upgrade certain interchanges. Prohibits the use of materials made by convict labor on Federal-aid highway projects. Requires the Secretary to insure the payment of the prevailing rate of wage for all construction work on highway projects. Title II: Highway Safety Act of 1982 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 out of the Highway Trust Fund for: (1) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; and (2) projects for elimination of hazards. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1985 and 1986 for highway safety programs administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Requires that specified amounts be obligated to enforce the 55 mph speed limit and requires States to expend specified amounts to encourage the use of safety belts in motor vehicles.  Sets forth limitations on amounts to be obligated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Highway  Administration for highway safety programs for FY 1983 through 1986. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to extend certain highway safety program authorizations until September 30, 1986. Makes a specified amount previously authorized under the Highway Safety Act of 1978, no longer available for obligation. Prohibits the Secretary from approving certain projects in any State whose laws do not constitute a substantial deterrent to violations of the maximum speed limit. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1973 to extend until September 30, 1986, the authorization to carry out projects for the elimination of hazards at rail-highway crossings. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to make certain of its provisions relating to highway safety and information applicable to certain authorization provisions of Federal-aid primary highway funds. Requires the Secretary to report annually, beginning on December 31, 1983, to Congress on the highway safety performance of each State in the preceding fiscal year. Eliminates provisions of the highway safety program which require a different apportionment for the territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Declares that Congress encourages each State to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons who are less than 21 years of age. Title III: Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for: (1) the discretionary capital grant program; (2) the innovative methods and techniques grant program; (3) the planning program; (4) the block grant program; (5) the program to meet the special needs of the elderly and handicapped; and (6) the formula grant program for other than urbanized areas. Requires that a specified percentage of such funding be available from the Public Transportation Trust Fund to carry out certain programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1986 for: (1) the research and development program; (2) the training grant program; (3) the university research grant program; (4) administrative expenses; and (5) the human resource grant program.  Requires research and development funding to remain available until expended. Creates a block grant program for mass transportation projects in urbanized areas.  Sets forth a formula for distribution of funds for such areas with populations of less than 200,000 and of more than 200,000. Provides certification procedures for persons in receipt of such grants. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees prior to the issuance of a letter of intent to obligate future Appropriation Act funds for a project. Extends the authorization for grants for research and training in urban transportation problems from FY 1982 until FY 1986.  Permits matching funds for university operating grants to consist of any non-Federal funds (in lieu of State funds). Permits contracts for the purchase of rolling stock to be based on a competitive procurement process.  Directs the Secretary to report to Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on any legislative or administrative revisions required to ensure that procurement procedures are fair and competitive. Revises the definition of ""fixed guideway"" to include a public transportation facility which uses a fixed catenary system and utilizes a right-of-way usable by other forms of transportation. Amends the Urban Mass  Transportation Act of 1965 to repeal provisions relating to bus seat specifications. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress in January 1984 and biennially thereafter on the current performance and condition of public mass transportation systems and an assessment of the future needs of such facilities. Sets forth conditions applicable for  Federal assistance to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Exempts the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority from repaying a certain percentage of a transit loan to acquire rail properties.  Grants the Secretary discretionary authority relative to the remaining percentage. Authorizes advance acquisition of transit rights-of-way. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to conduct a feasibility study of new transit technology. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the possibility of providing long-term contracts with local or State transit authorities for use in leveraging further capital assistance from State or local government or private sector sources. Title IV: Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to prohibit the Secretary from imposing limitations on assistance which restrict a State from imposing more stringent Buy America requirements, provided such requirements do not conflict with exceptions under such Act. Makes Buy America provisions inapplicable when the inclusion of domestic materials increases project contract costs by more than 20 percent (currently, ten percent).",2025-08-29T19:50:12Z,
97-hr-7361,97,hr,7361,A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land located in the State of Maryland to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-03,1982-12-07,Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.,House,"Rep. Holt, Marjorie S. [R-MD-4]",MD,R,H000747,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission all right, title, and interest in specified lands.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
97-hr-7362,97,hr,7362,Federal Anti-Tampering Act,Health,1982-12-03,1982-12-09,Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,51,"Federal Anti-Tampering Act - Amends the Federal Criminal Code to make it a Federal offense to maliciously cause bodily injury or death to any person by tampering with any article, product, or commodity which is produced or distributed for human use or consumption. 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.",2025-08-29T19:50:11Z,
97-hr-7363,97,hr,7363,Specialty Steel Fair Trade Act of 1982,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-12-03,1982-12-03,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-39]",NY,D,L000516,0,"Specialty Steel Fair Trade Act - Establishes quotas on imports of stainless steel and alloy tool steel.  Sets forth the method for calculating the quotas. Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements allocating portions of the U.S. imports of such steel products among supplying countries. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to administer the import limitations established by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take certain actions to avoid disruption of regional markets. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress four and one-half years after enactment of this Act on whether the quotas should be continued, modified, or revoked and on the effects of the quotas established by this Act on the: (1) economic soundness and employment opportunities in the speciality steel industry; (2) general economy; (3) U.S. balance of payments; and (4) national security. Requires the quotas to continue in effect for at least five years after enactment of this Act.",2025-08-29T19:50:17Z,
97-hr-7364,97,hr,7364,A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to interests in timeshare premises.,Finance and Financial Sector,1982-12-03,1982-12-08,Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.,House,"Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-5]",FL,R,M000350,0,"Amends the Bankruptcy Code to provide that if the trustee rejects a debtor's executory contract for the sale of an interest in a timeshare plan, where the purchaser has not given up his right to use the timeshare premises, such purchaser may treat the contract as terminated and receive a lien on the timeshare interest for any part of the price already paid (except payments in previous years).  Requires such election to take place within 45 days after entry of the order authorizing the rejection.  Permits the purchaser in the alternative, to continue to exercise his rights to use the timeshare premises if he continues to make installment and maintenance payments. Permits the purchaser to offset against such continued payments any damages occurring after the trustee's rejection caused by the nonperformance of any of the debtor's obligations. Permits the purchaser, where the trustee has assigned the contract to a  third party, to terminate his contract rather than participate with the assignee in the premises.",2023-05-11T13:12:17Z,
97-hr-7365,97,hr,7365,"A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to liberalize the earnings test for post-secondary students who have attained age 18, but who nevertheless continue to qualify for child's insurance benefits under section 202(d) of such Act (on a specially reduced basis) despite the general elimination of all benefits for such students in 1981, so that further reductions because of such students' outside earnings will not prevent them from continuing their education.",Social Welfare,1982-12-03,1982-12-03,Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14]",OH,D,S000230,1,"Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the outside earnings limitation for full-time students at postsecondary educational institutions who are entitled to child's insurance benefits under title II.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
97-hr-7366,97,hr,7366,"A bill to establish the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-03,1982-12-08,For Further Action See S.1661.,House,"Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]",MO,D,S000465,9,Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain real property in Missouri in order to establish the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. Authorizes the Secretary to make certain parts of such site available for the use of Margaret Truman Daniel. Authorizes appropriations.,2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,