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-s-3124,97,s,3124,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit qualified pension funds and certain educational organizations to invest in working interests in oil and gas properties without incurring unrelated business taxable income.,Taxation,1982-12-21,1982-12-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO]",CO,R,A000219,2,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified pension funds and certain educational organizations to invest in working interests in oil and gas properties without incurring unrelated business taxable income.,2023-05-11T13:18:25Z,
97-s-3120,97,s,3120,A bill to repeal employer reporting requirements with respect to tips,Taxation,1982-12-20,1982-12-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,0,Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal the employer reporting requirements with respect to tips.,2023-05-11T13:18:24Z,
97-s-3121,97,s,3121,Joint Research and Development Ventures Act,Commerce,1982-12-20,1982-12-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO]",CO,D,H000287,0,"Joint Research and Development Ventures Act - Allows U.S. firms to conduct cooperative research and development programs by establishing qualified joint research and development ventures which shall be exempt from the antitrust laws. Includes as a U.S. firm any entity controlled by foreign firms or citizens if their nation provides U.S. firms and citizens equivalent access to research and development efforts in that nation. States the requirements for qualified ventures, including:  (1) the use of identical terms for the same levels of participation by firms; (2) the identification of each research and development program to be conducted, and the contributions required, for a firm's participation in each program; and (3) a finding by the Department of Commerce that the participation of any firm that accounts for a large specified percentage of worldwide industry sales of a product is critical to the program's success, is in the national interest, and will not directly affect future production of such product; and (4) the notification of the Attorney General and the Department of Commerce of the formation of a venture, the parties to the venture, the programs to be conducted, the participants in the programs, and agreements under the venture. Limits a venture's activities to conducting one or more research and development programs (including programs in which universities participate) which are projected to be completed within ten years after their inception. Declares that a participant in a venture shall not be subject to restrictions on its own research and development activities or its exploitation of inventions resulting from the venture's findings. Vests authority for the management of a venture in a management board composed of one representative of each venture participant and at least three U.S. citizens representing nonparticipants. Directs each board to establish criteria for the selection of research and development programs, the admission or withdrawal of participants, and the licensing of venture technology.  Specifies information to be considered by the board in establishing such criteria. Declares that the venture shall retain title to all inventions, patents, and know-how. Entitles any firm that is a participant in a program when an invention is discovered to irrevocable, nonexclusive, and equivalent licenses to all patents and know-how. Provides for rewarding participants according to the risks each assumed.  Requires licenses to be made available to nonparticipant firms after the participants have held their licenses for three years.  Directs the venture to collect any royalties on behalf of the participants.  Permits the venture to retain part of the royalties as may be agreed to by the participants. Requires a venture to update its notice of formation annually if necessary. Grants qualified ventures, participants, and employees thereof immunity from Federal and State antitrust laws.  Directs a court to award a defendant the costs of defending against a claim brought under the antitrust laws against a venture if the venture meets the requirements of this Act or the alleged conduct does not violate antitrust laws. Provides for the investigation of ventures by the Attorney General.  Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) notify a venture of the actions, if any, it must take to meet the requirements of this Act; and (2) commence a court action to dissolve a venture that fails to take such actions.  Permits an aggrieved party to appeal an adverse court determination.  Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act any information generated under such investigation or court action.  Declares that a determination by the Attorney General, or by the district court, or by the court of appeals shall not be admissible as evidence in an administrative or judicial proceeding in support of any claim under the antitrust laws.",2025-08-29T19:51:54Z,
97-s-3122,97,s,3122,Tax Funded Advocacy Act of 1982,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-20,1982-12-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA]",IA,R,J000101,0,"Tax Funded Advocacy Act of 1982 - Prohibits:  (1) the disbursement of Federal funds to any person who engages in advocacy or who is allied with any nonprofit corporation which engages in advocacy; and (2) the use of Federal funds for lobbying or advocacy. Defines ""advocacy"" as any activity intended to influence public policy formation or to advance particular viewpoints with Congress or any legislative body, administrative office or individual, litigation, or the general public. Conditions eligibility for Federal funds on the certification by recipients that they do not and will not engage in advocacy.  Makes it the responsibility of anyone disbursing Federal funds to establish that all applicants do not and will not engage in advocacy. Grants the United States a civil cause of action against persons who spend or receive money in violation of this Act.  Entitles the Government to recover three times the amount so spent or received. Sets forth penalties for officers or employees of Federal agencies, Government corporations, or nonprofit corporations who violate this Act. Entitles any interested person to sue any violator of this Act and recover:  (1) actual damages, but not less than specified liquidated damages; (2) equitable relief; (3) an order barring a recipient from receiving Federal funds; (4) legal expenses; (5) punitive damages; and (6) in the case of a person suing on behalf of the Government, ten percent of all moneys recovered for the Government. Requires self certification by recipients as to noninvolvement in advocacy prior to any renewal or extension of noninvolvement in advocacy prior to any renewal or extension of funding. Establishes intentional misrepresentation as a felony offense. Prescribes a penalty for failure by a person to comply with an order of the Department of Justice to appear and testify as a witness or to provide information in a proceeding arising under this Act. Directs Federal agencies which disburse funds to require that:  (1) recipients certify that they will not engage in advocacy; (2) agency officers establish procedures necessary to guarantee that no recipient is engaged in advocacy; (3) recipients submit compliance reports; and (4) fund applications contain information necessary to insure compliance with this Act.  Directs such agencies to conduct audits to insure compliance with this Act. Declares that any violation of this Act shall be the basis for total exclusion of Federal benefits.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3123,97,s,3123,Anadromous Fish Conservation and Protection Act of 1982,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-20,1982-12-20,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME]",ME,R,C000598,0,"Anadromous Fish Conservation and Protection Act of 1982 - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, the Salmon and Steelhead 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, 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.",2025-08-29T19:51:52Z,
97-s-3119,97,s,3119,"A bill to extend until October 1, 1988, the authority for advances to the migratory bird conservation fund.",Environmental Protection,1982-12-19,1982-12-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000556,0,"Extends through September 30, 1988, (currently, September 30, 1983) the authority for advances to the migratory bird conservation fund.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3115,97,s,3115,Congressional Pay Reform Act of 1982,Congress,1982-12-18,1982-12-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,0,"Congressional Pay Reform Act of 1982 - Declares that the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress shall be the rate payable on the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to revise the method of adjusting such pay. Requires a recorded vote on a concurrent resolution in each House for such adjustments. Sets forth the required wording for such resolutions.  Sets forth the formula for determining the date on which any change in the rate of pay shall be effective under the Federal Salary Act of 1967. Prohibits either House from considering legislation which carries appropriations for compensation of Members, if such legislation carries appropriations for any other purpose.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3116,97,s,3116,Joint Research and Development Ventures Act of 1982,Commerce,1982-12-18,1982-12-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,1,"Joint Research and Development Ventures Act of 1982 - Allows U.S. firms to conduct cooperative research and development programs by establishing qualified joint research and development ventures which shall be exempt from the antitrust laws. Includes as a U.S. firm any entity controlled by foreign firms or citizens if their nation provides U.S. firms and citizens equivalent access to research and development efforts in that nation. States the requirements for qualified ventures, including:  (1) the use of identical terms for the same levels of participation by firms; (2) the identification of each research and development program to be conducted, and the contributions required, for a firm's participation in each program; and (3) a finding by the Department of Commerce that the participation of any firm that accounts for a large specified percentage of worldwide industry sales of a product is critical to the program's success, is in the national interest, and will not directly affect future production of such product; and (4) the notification of the Attorney General and the Department of Commerce of the formation of a venture, the parties to the venture, the programs to be conducted, the participants in the programs, and agreements under the venture. Limits a venture's activities to conducting one or more research and development programs (including programs in which universities participate) which are projected to be completed within ten years after their inception. Declares that a participant in a venture shall not be subject to restrictions on its own research and development activities or its exploitation of inventions resulting from the venture's findings. Vests authority for the management of a venture in a management board composed of one representative of each venture participant and at least three U.S. citizens representing nonparticipants.  Directs each board to establish criteria for the selection of research and development programs, the admission or withdrawal of participants, and the licensing of venture technology.  Specifies information to be considered by the board in establishing such criteria. Declares that the venture shall retain title to all inventions, patents, and know-how. Entitles any firm that is a participant in a program when an invention is discovered to irrevocable, nonexclusive, and equivalent licenses to all patents and know-how. Provides for rewarding participants according to the risks each assumed.  Requires licenses to be made available to nonparticipant firms after the participants have held their licenses for three years.  Directs the venture to collect any royalties on behalf of the participants.  Permits the venture to retain part of the royalties as may be agreed to by the participants. Requires a venture to update its notice of formation annually if necessary. Grants qualified ventures, participants, and employees thereof immunity from Federal and State antitrust laws.  Directs a court to award a defendant the costs of defending against a claim brought under the antitrust laws against a venture if the venture meets the requirements of this Act or the alleged conduct does not violate antitrust laws. Provides for the investigation of ventures by the Attorney General.  Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) notify a venture of the actions, if any, it must take to meet the requirements of this Act; and (2) commence a court action to dissolve a venture that fails to take such actions.  Permits an aggrieved party to appeal an adverse court determination.  Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act any information generated under such investigation or court action.  Declares that a determination by the Attorney General, the district court, or the court of appeals shall not be admissible as evidence in an administrative or judicial proceeding in support of any claim under the antitrust laws.",2025-08-29T19:51:54Z,
97-s-3117,97,s,3117,Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1982,Commerce,1982-12-18,1982-12-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,0,"Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1982 - Extends copyright protection to mask works.  Defines a mask work as a series of related images:  (1) having the predetermined, three-dimensional pattern of metallic, insulating, or semiconductor material present or removed from the layers of a semiconductor chip product; and (2) in which series the relation of the images to one another is that each image has the pattern of the surface of one form of the chip product. Excludes masks and mask works from the pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works categories. Sets forth the exclusive rights the owner of copyright holds, including the right to:  (1) embody the mask work in a mask, a two-dimensional partially transparent and opaque sheet; (2) distribute a mask embodying the mask work; (3) reproduce such work on material intended to be part of the semiconductor chip product; and (4) manufacture and distribute semiconductor chip products incorporating such masks. Sets forth limitations on such exclusive rights, including compulsory licensing, as specified. Sets the copyright term for masks at ten years from first authorized distribution, use, or manufacture. Excludes an innocent purchaser in good faith of a semiconductor chip product from infringement liability. Permits the impoundment and seizure of masks made or used in violation of the copyright owner's exclusive rights.",2025-08-29T19:51:54Z,
97-s-3118,97,s,3118,Non-Immigrant Visa Waiver Act of 1982,Immigration,1982-12-18,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,0,Non-Immigrant Visa Waiver Act of 1982 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to establish a three-year pilot visa waiver program for up to eight countries providing a similar benefit to the United States.  Sets forth program provisions.,2025-08-29T19:51:54Z,
97-s-3109,97,s,3109,Sentencing Improvement Act of 1982,Crime and Law Enforcement,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA]",GA,D,N000171,1,"Sentencing Improvement Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal criminal code to declare that imprisonment is an appropriate sanction for offenders who demonstrate by their offense or by their criminal history that they present a danger to society.  States that imprisonment is inappropriate where the court finds that the offense does not involve the threat or use of force, endanger national security or threaten or cause serious physical harm to others. Requires a court, when imprisonment, fine, and probation are inappropriate, to direct the defendant to make restitution or perform community service.  Entitles the ascertainable victim to receive restitution, or if no victim is known, allows the defendant to contribute to the Treasury an amount not exceeding the value of his or her gain from the commission of the crime.  Authorizes the Treasurer of the United States to hold such moneys in a Victim Fund. Defines the nature of the sentence of community service.  Allows the defendant to perform a specified number of hours of free service to governmental, charitable, or volunteer agencies. Allows for the modification or waiver of payment or performance of an alternative sentence upon petition by the defendant or a victim. Establishes a list of considerations the court must make in determining restitution or community service, such as:  (1) the amount of the victim's loss; (2) the defendant's ability to pay; and (3) the defendant's criminal history.",2025-08-29T19:51:54Z,
97-s-3110,97,s,3110,Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act of 1982,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]",SC,D,H000725,1,"Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act of 1982 - Establishes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC). Sets forth the composition of the Board of Directors of the RFC. Sets forth the general powers of the RFC. Authorizes the RFC to provide assistance, in the forms and under the terms and conditions set forth in this Act, to any eligible business concern. Defines ""business concern"" as any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or other concern that is engaged in the manufacture or production of goods and services in the United States. Makes a business concern eligible for assistance when the Board of Directors has certified that the concern is likely to become insolvent, that its closure would adversely and severely affect the economy of the United States or any sizable region thereof, and that credit is not otherwise available to the concern on terms and conditions that are conducive to its survival. Sets forth the conditions under which the RFC may make loans to any eligible business concern, or guarantee the payment, in whole or in part, of interest, principal, or both, on loans made by non-Federal lenders. Authorizes the RFC to extend aid, under the terms and conditions set forth in this Act, to any eligible municipality. Declares that a municipality is eligible for aid if the Board has certified that the municipality is effectively unable to bring all of its expenditures, other than capital items, into balance with its revenues and to obtain credit in the public credit markets or elsewhere in amounts and terms sufficient to meet the municipality's financing needs. Sets forth the conditions under which the RFC may, in the discretion of its Board, lend money to any eligible municipality, or guarantee the payment, in whole or in part, of interest, principal, or both, on loans made by non-Federal lenders to such municipality. Limits the aggregate amount of assistance provided under this Act to any one business concern and its subsidiary or affiliated business entities, or any one municipality.  Sets forth the terms and conditions for loans and loan guarantees under this Act. Prohibits any fee or commission from being paid by any applicant for a loan or a guarantee under this Act or in connection with any such application or any loan or a guarantee made under this Act. Prohibits any of the loans guaranteed under this Act from being eligible for purchase by sale or issuance to the Federal Financing Bank or any other Federal agency or department or concern owned in whole or in part by the United States. Provides for the capitalization of the RFC. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the deposit of RFC moneys not otherwise employed; (2) the issuance of notes, debentures, and bonds; and (3) the sales of RFC obligations to the Treasury and public-debt transactions. Exempts any and all obligations issued by the RFC both as to principal and interest from all taxation (except surtaxes, estate, inheritance, and gift taxes). Exempts the RFC, including its franchise, its capital, reserves, and surplus, and its income from all taxation, except that any real property of the RFC shall be subject to State and local real property tax. Permits the RFC, when designated for that purpose by the Secretary: 1) to be a depository of public money; (2) to be employed as a  financial agent of the government; and (3) to perform all such reasonable duties as may be required of it. Authorizes various Federal agencies to cooperate with the RFC in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the RFC to make and publish a quarterly report, the first of which shall be made not later than January 1, 1984, of its operations to Congress.  Sets forth the information to be included in such report. Provides for audits of the financial transactions of the RFC. Sets forth criminal provisions concerning: (1) willful misrepresentations to the RFC; (2) counterfeiting and other mishandling of RFC obligations; (3) defrauding the RFC, its auditors, or the public; and (4) use of the words ""Reconstruction Finance Corporation"" by others. Authorizes appropriations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.",2025-08-29T19:51:52Z,
97-s-3111,97,s,3111,A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to prohibit ambassadors and ministers from making political contributions and taking part in political campaigns.,International Affairs,1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,Amends the Hatch Act to prohibit ambassadors and ministers from making political contributions and taking part in political campaigns.,2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3112,97,s,3112,National Art Bank Act of 1983,"Arts, Culture, Religion",1982-12-17,1982-12-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,1,"National Art Bank Act of 1983 - Establishes within the National Endowment for the Arts an Art Bank headed by a Director chosen by the Chairman of the Endowment. Authorizes the Director to:  (1) appoint ad hoc juries of artists and art experts to assist in the selection of visual works of art;  (2) select works of art with such juries' assistance;  (3) provide for their safety; (4) make them available for loan to Federal supervisory authorities and to museums;  (5) require those who receive fellowships in the visual arts from the Endowment to donate one of their works to the Art Bank;  and (6) sponsor exhibitions. Requires the Director, when selecting work for purchase, to consider the quality of the work and the need to encourage unknown and geographically disparate artists. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984-1986.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3113,97,s,3113,A bill to make certain minor and technical amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act.,Labor and Employment,1982-12-17,1982-12-31,Became Public Law No: 97-404.,Senate,"Sen. Quayle, Dan [R-IN]",IN,R,Q000007,0,"Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to make certain technical and other revisions. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act (Federal Employment Service) to prohibit the use of funds paid under such Act by any State for advertising in newspapers for high paying jobs, unless the State submits an annual report to the Secretary of Labor (beginning in 1984) concerning such advertising and its justification (which may include that such jobs are part of a State industrial development effort).",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
97-s-3114,97,s,3114,"A bill to amend the Act of March 3, 1869, incorporating the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia, now known as Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Acts amendatory thereto.",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-17,1982-12-20,Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,"Revises provisions governing the meetings, officers, and board of directors of the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, a federally-chartered corporation.",2023-05-11T13:18:24Z,
97-s-3105,97,s,3105,"A bill to modify the judicial districts of West Virginia, and for other purposes.",Law,1982-12-16,1983-01-14,Became Public Law No: 97-471.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,1,"Transfers Wood and Wirt Counties to the Southern Judicial District of West Virginia and Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster Counties to the Northern Judicial District of West Virginia. Provides that Parkersburg shall be a location for the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (currently, Parkersburg is a location for the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia).",2023-05-11T13:18:23Z,
97-s-3106,97,s,3106,Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Introduced in the Senate and ordered to be held at the desk pending further disposition.,Senate,"Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR]",OR,R,P000009,0,"Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982 - Requires the United States to be represented by three U.S. Commissioners on the Council and Commissions established under the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean, signed at Reykjavik, Iceland, on March 2, 1982 (the Convention). Authorizes the Secretary of State to receive, on behalf of the United States, communications of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization, to deal with regulatory measures proposed in accordance with the Convention, and to act upon other communications of the Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of the Convention and this Act. Makes it unlawful for any individual, or any vessel, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States: (1) to conduct directed fishing for salmon within specified areas of the Atlantic Ocean; or (2) to violate any provision of the Convention or this Act.  Subjects any individual who commits such an unlawful act to both civil and criminal penalties. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enforce the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-29T19:51:50Z,
97-s-3107,97,s,3107,"Board for International Broadcasting Supplemental Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1983",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 1018.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,0,"Board for International Broadcasting Supplemental Authorization Act, fiscal year 1983 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize additional appropriations for FY 1983.",2025-08-29T19:51:52Z,
97-s-3108,97,s,3108,A bill to clarify the eligibility of small agricultural cooperatives for assistance under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act.,Commerce,1982-12-16,1982-12-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.,Senate,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",TX,D,B000401,1,"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.",2025-01-14T17:16:56Z,
97-s-3103,97,s,3103,"A bill to amend section 1304 (e) of Title 5, United States Code.",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-15,1983-01-03,Became Public Law No: 97-412.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,0,"Requires fees collected for private sector participation in the exchange program of the President's Commission on Executive Exchange to be credited to a revolving fund of the Office of Personnel Management and made available for:  (1) education and travel costs of exchanged executives;  (2) printing costs;  and (3) entertainment expenses.  Terminates such requirements on December 31, 1983.",2023-05-11T13:18:23Z,
97-s-3104,97,s,3104,Imported Liquefied Natural Gas Policy Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-15,1982-12-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,1,"Imported Liquefied Natural Gas Policy Act of 1982 - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that the just and reasonable rate for the acquisition of regasified imported liquefied natural gas by any natural gas company shall not exceed the average price for number six fuel oil during the most recent 90 day period.  Authorizes the establishment of a just and reasonable rate for such gas in excess of the above rate (the average price for number six fuel oil) upon a determination that:  (1) alternative domestic supplies of natural gas are not available in the market to which such liquefied natural gas is proposed to be delivered at the required price;  (2) the source of supply of such liquefied natural gas is reasonably secure from interruption;  and (3) the agreement under which such liquefied natural gas is supplied includes a provision for reducing the quantity or price, or both, of such imports, if circumstances change such that alternative domestic supplies at reduced supplies become available.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3097,97,s,3097,Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982,Housing and Community Development,1982-12-14,1982-12-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,Temporary Emergency Shelter Demonstration Program Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a demonstration program under which grants will be provided to assist communities or nonprofit organizations to provide shelter for people subject to life-threatening situations because of their lack of housing.  Requires the Secretary to make such grants on a competitive basis according to the need for emergency housing.  Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such program and to use a specified amount of the funds appropriated for additional authority for annual contributions for lower income housing projects during FY 1983 to carry out this Act.,2025-08-29T19:51:51Z,
97-s-3098,97,s,3098,A bill for the relief of James A. Ferguson.,Private Legislation,1982-12-14,1982-12-20,Referred to Subcommittee on Agency Administration.,Senate,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",TX,D,B000401,0,Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a certain sum to a named individual in complete or partial satisfaction of a claim against the United States.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3099,97,s,3099,"A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release certain restrictions contained in a previous conveyance of land to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make certain land transfers.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-14,1982-12-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"Title I: Release of Restrictions on Albuquerque Land Transfer - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to release patent restrictions on certain land conveyed to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, which require that the land be used for approved public purposes, and which prohibit transfer of title or control.  Conditions such release upon an exchange of the land for other lands in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.  Requires the city to use the Bernalillo County lands for public purposes and retain their title and control.  Reserves mineral interests in such lands to the United States. Title II:  National Forest Land Transfer - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell, exchange, or interchange certain National Forest System lands which are:  (1) 40 acres or less and interspersed with or adjacent to mineral patents; (2) ten acres or less and have been used or improved upon as a result of an erroneous Federal survey; and (3) road rights-of-way substantially surrounded by lands not owned by the United States. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this title. States that nothing in this title authorizes conveyance of Federal lands within the National Wilderness Preservation System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, or National Monuments.  States that nothing in this title authorizes the sale of Federal lands within National Recreation Areas. Includes lands proposed for exchange by State, county, or municipal governments among those whose exchange may be facilitated by the Secretary of Agriculture.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-s-3100,97,s,3100,"A bill to modify the authority for the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1982-12-14,1982-12-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,1,"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.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3101,97,s,3101,A bill to amend Section 103 (b) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.,Taxation,1982-12-14,1982-12-17,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Provides that a State's private utility companies shall be treated as ""exempt persons"" when remarketing power and when using a public utility's generating facilities, for purposes of the tax exclusion of interest on industrial development bonds used to finance generating facilities.",2023-05-11T13:18:23Z,
97-s-3102,97,s,3102,Cultural Property Repose Act of 1982,"Arts, Culture, Religion",1982-12-14,1982-12-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",TX,D,B000401,0,Cultural Property Repose Act of 1982 - Prohibits a foreign state from bringing an action in any U.S. or State court to recover possession of or obtain damages related to any archaeological or ethnological material or any article of cultural property which has been in the United States for five years. Applies such prohibition to pending court proceedings.,2025-08-29T19:51:54Z,
97-s-3095,97,s,3095,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit certain cooperative housing corporations to replace conventional financing with tax-exempt financing.,Taxation,1982-12-13,1982-12-15,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt mortgage subsidy bond issues used to refinance mortgages on buildings used by qualified cooperative  housing corporations from the three-year non-ownership, targeted areas, and original mortgages requirements of such bond issues.",2023-05-11T13:18:22Z,
97-s-3096,97,s,3096,"A bill to permit the Securities and Exchange Commission to accept reimbursement for certain expenditures, and for other purposes.",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-13,1982-12-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,"Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to permit the Securities and Exchange Commission to accept reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by Commission members and employees in attending meetings and conferences. Requires any registered broker or dealer in securities (other than exempted securities or commercial paper, bankers' acceptances or commercial bills) to join a registered securities association, unless such broker or dealer effects securities transactions solely on a national securities exchange of which it is a member. Permits the Commission to exempt any broker or dealer or class of brokers or dealers from such requirement. Amends Federal law to permit participants in the professional fellows programs of the Securities and Exchange Commission to accept the payment of relocation expenses.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
97-s-3092,97,s,3092,A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for temporary borrowing authority for the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds.,Social Welfare,1982-12-10,1982-12-14,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.,Senate,"Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL]",FL,R,H000374,0,"Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to extend the authorization for interfund borrowing among the social security trust funds (the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund) through 1984. (Currently, interfund borrowing is permitted at any time prior to January 1983.) Permits the Managing Trustee of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to finance the benefit payments from such trust funds by borrowing money from the general fund of the Treasury at any time before October 1989.  Sets the maximum amount which may be borrowed under this Act at $80,000,000,000. Sets forth interest and loan repayment requirements for such loans. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds, notes, or other obligations if a loan made under this Act requires an increase in the amount required to be borrowed by the United States to cover its expenditures.",2023-05-11T13:18:22Z,
97-s-3093,97,s,3093,A bill to allow the adjudication for 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,1982-12-10,1982-12-15,Referred to Subcommittee on Agency Administration.,Senate,"Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO]",MO,D,E000004,0,"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.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3094,97,s,3094,Bonneville Power Administration Regional Accountability Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-10,1982-12-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,0,"Bonneville Power Administration Regional Accountability Act of 1982 - Requires the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to annually submit the Administration's draft budget for each fiscal year to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council for review, beginning in calendar year 1983.  Directs the Administrator to inform the Council of any budget modifications proposed by the Administrator, the Secretary of Energy, or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.  Requires the Administrator to submit a report to the Council and to Congress whenever the Administrator finds an alternative budget proposal by the Council unacceptable.  Provides that the Administrator shall cooperate with and assist the Council in order to facilitate the Council's review of the draft budget and modifications.  Requires the Administrator to conform the budget to the requirements of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act and to the regional electric power and conservation plan and the fish and wildlife program adopted pursuant to such Act. Amends the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act to require the Council to:  (1) review, and report to Congress on, the initial budget proposal plus any budget modifications for the Bonneville Power Administration; and (2) submit to Congress an alternative budget or alternative figures for parts of the budget.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3089,97,s,3089,"A bill entitled the ""ConRail ESOP Vesting Act of 1982.""",Labor and Employment,1982-12-09,1982-12-09,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA]",LA,D,L000428,0,Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to remove the conditions preventing immediate vesting of participant rights in the employee stock ownership plan of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail).,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
97-s-3090,97,s,3090,A bill to amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to exempt bicycle component parts which are not re-exported from the exemption from the customs laws otherwise available to merchandise in foreign trade zones.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-12-09,1982-12-13,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department.,Senate,"Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY]",KY,D,H000905,1,Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to provide that bicycle component parts shall not be exempt under the customs exemption provided by such Act unless the parts are re-exported from the United States.,2023-05-11T13:18:22Z,
97-s-3091,97,s,3091,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage contributions of equipment to postsecondary vocational education programs and to allow a credit to employers for vocational education courses taught by an employee without compensation and for temporary employment of full-time vocational educational instructors.,Taxation,1982-12-09,1982-12-14,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the reduction required in computing the tax deduction for corporate charitable contributions, in the case of contributions of property used in postsecondary vocational education programs. Allows employers a nonrefundable tax credit for a specified dollar amount per course for vocational education courses taught by an employee without compensation and for employment of full-time vocational education instructors.",2023-05-11T13:18:22Z,
97-s-3087,97,s,3087,Hazardous Waste Identification Improvement Act,Environmental Protection,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,0,"Hazardous Waste Identification Improvement Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to revise provisions relating to criteria for identification and listing of hazardous waste. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), when evaluating a petition to exclude a waste generated at a particular facility from being listed as a hazardous waste, to consider criteria other than those for which the waste was listed if the Administrator has a reasonable basis to believe that such additional criteria could cause such waste to be listed as a hazardous waste. Directs the Administrator to grant or deny such petition only after the petitioner and all interested parties have been given notice and opportunity for public hearing with respect to such additional criteria and to demonstrate whether such waste meets such criteria. Directs the Administrator to develop, and submit to the Congress by July 1, 1983, a two-year plan for:  (1) revising or adding new characteristics for identifying hazardous waste; and (2) the listing of those hazardous wastes which are not so listed on the date of enactment of this Act, with a determination with respect to the listing of dioxin and certain organic and inorganic waste streams (described in a specified document) to be made prior to March 1, 1983; and (3) an evaluation of possible determinations as to the levels of certain hazardous constituents which may cause wastes to be hazardous per se.  Directs the Administrator to submit progress reports on such program on January 1, 1984, and January 1, 1985, in conjunction with the submittal of the proposed budget for EPA, to the appropriate congressional committees. Provides that such amendments shall become effective on the date of enactment of this Act, and required regulations shall be promulgated within 180 days after such date.",2025-08-29T19:51:51Z,
97-s-3088,97,s,3088,A bill to create competitive conditions in natural gas pricing by prohibiting certain anticompetitive clauses in natural gas contracts.,Energy,1982-12-08,1982-12-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,1,"Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to declare against public policy and unenforceable any provision of any contract for the first sale of natural gas which includes: (1) a take-or-pay clause which commits the purchaser to take delivery of a minimum volume of natural gas for a period of more than one year; or (2) an indefinite price escalator clause.  Excludes from the above any contract with a take-or-pay clause for the first sale of natural gas committed or dedicated to interstate commerce on November 8, 1978, and for which a just and reasonable rate under the Natural Gas Act was in effect on such date.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-s-3081,97,s,3081,"A bill to modify the judicial districts of West Virginia, and for other purposes.",Law,1982-12-07,1982-12-20,Other Measure S.3105 Passed House in Lieu.,Senate,"Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]",WV,D,B001210,1,"Transfers Wood and Wirt Counties to the Southern Judicial District of West Virginia and Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster Counties to the Northern Judicial District of West Virginia.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3082,97,s,3082,"A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from rules relating to foreign conventions all conventions, etc., held on cruise ships when cruises on such ships originate and terminate in United States ports.",Taxation,1982-12-07,1982-12-09,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY]",KY,D,F000268,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow the deduction of expenses incurred in attending a convention, seminar, or other meeting held on a cruise ship unless the point of origin and termination is located in the United States, its possessions or its territories.",2023-05-11T13:18:21Z,
97-s-3083,97,s,3083,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to lower the limitation on defined benefit plans established for policemen and firemen.,Labor and Employment,1982-12-07,1982-12-09,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that early retirement benefits of a defined benefit plan established for policemen and firemen shall be limited by actuarial adjustments made by reference to age 55 (instead of age 62).,2023-05-11T13:18:21Z,
97-s-3084,97,s,3084,A bill to establish a cap on the pay of certain Federal officers and employees for the fiscal year 1983.,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-07,1982-12-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]",OK,R,N000102,0,"Prohibits the use of FY 1983 appropriations to pay:  (1) any officer or employee of the Federal or District of Columbia government at a rate exceeding the rate for such individual's position on September 30, 1982, if the salary for such position is equal to or greater than the basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule; or (2) performance awards to more than 20 percent of the members of the Senior Executive Service or any comparable personnel system established on or after October 13, 1978. Declares that the pay rates payable after enactment of this Act shall be the rates used in the administration of provisions providing retirement, life insurance, or other employee benefits.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3085,97,s,3085,A bill to amend the 1954 Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for charitable contributions to fraternal organizations for the purpose of constructing and maintaining their buildings.,Taxation,1982-12-07,1982-12-10,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate, gift and income tax deduction for charitable contributions to fraternal organizations used for the construction or maintenance of their buildings.",2023-05-11T13:18:21Z,
97-s-3086,97,s,3086,"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,1982-12-07,1982-12-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]",MD,R,M000241,0,Provides for a limited waiver of the executive level pay cap for 13 Government physicians.,2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3076,97,s,3076,Temporary Natural Gas Market Correction Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-06,1982-12-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,4,"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 of 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 a 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 similar grounds for purposes of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reviewing 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.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3077,97,s,3077,"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,1982-12-06,1982-12-21,Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.,Senate,"Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO]",MO,D,E000004,1,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) 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.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-s-3078,97,s,3078,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from the windfall profit tax certain charitable organizations which provide assistance to patients.,Taxation,1982-12-06,1982-12-09,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV]",NV,R,L000148,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the windfall profit tax economic interests in crude oil held by charitable organizations which provide medical care to patients with lengthly or terminal illnesses or which provide financial assistance to medical research.,2023-05-11T13:18:21Z,
97-s-3079,97,s,3079,"Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1983",Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-06,1982-12-06,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 971.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,0,"Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1983 - Title I: Department of Energy - Appropriates specified sums for FY 1983 for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment expenses of the Department of Energy for: (1) energy supply, research, and development activities; (2) nuclear fuel cycle activities, including uranium supply and enrichment activities, the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project, and nuclear waste management activities; (3) general science and research activities; and (4) national security programs.  Appropriates funds for Department of Energy departmental administration expenses. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Alaska Power Administration; (2) the Southeastern Power Administration; (3) the Southwestern Power Administration; (4) the Western Area Power Administration; and (5) the Emergency Fund of the Western Area Power Administration. Approves expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund for: (1) construction of Boundary Integration and Colville Valley Support; and (2) official reception and representation expenses. Appropriates funds for borrowing authority of the Bonneville Power Administration Fund for conservation and renewable resource loans and grants.  Limits the aggregate principal amount of such borrowing and gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans.  Makes appropriated funds available for Colorado River Storage Project construction. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (2) the Geothermal Resources Development Fund; and (3) motor vehicles, aircraft, uniforms, and security guard services for the Department of Energy. Prohibits the reprogramming of more than five percent of the funds appropriated for the current fiscal year for Department of Energy activities funded in this Act. Prohibits the increase or decrease of any such appropriation by more than five percent by such reprogramming. Title II: Department of Defense-Civil - Appropriates specified sums for FY 1983 for the Department of the Army for: (1) general investigations pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects; (2) construction of such projects; (3) flood control work, including bank stabilization measures for the Yazoo Basin; (4) general operation and maintenance of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works; (5) emergency flood control, hurricane, and shore protection activities; (6) general administration in the office of the Chief of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers, activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and the Coastal Engineering Research Center, commercial statistics, and miscellaneous investigations; (7) construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees; and (8) expenses of attendance at certain military meetings, uniforms and allowances, printing of survey reports authorized by law, official reception and representation expenses, and the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (out of the revolving fund of the Corps of Engineers).  Limits the total expenditures of the capital investment program of the Corps of Engineers' revolving fund to $70,000,000 in FY 1983. Makes funds available for channel clearing of Bayou Rigolette in the project Aloha-Rigolette Area in Louisiana. Requires the modification of the Wallisville Reservoir project in Texas in accordance with the recommendation in the Wallisville Lake, Texas, Post Authorization Change Report.  Requires the cost-sharing provisions to be as provided in the contract for Water Storage, Salinity Control and Recreation in Wallisville Reservoir between the United States and the city of Houston, the Trinity River Authority of Texas, and the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District. Requires that architect and engineering service contracts and surveying and mapping service contracts be awarded in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Makes funds available for the maintenance and operation of the Control Structure and Lock in the Chicago River and other facilities necessary to sustain navigation from Chicago Harbor on Lake Michigan to Lockport on the Des Plaines River. Title III: Department of the Interior - Appropriates specified sums for FY 1983 for the Bureau of Reclamation for: (1) engineering and economic investigations of Federal reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and development plans and activities; (2) construction and rehabilitation of projects and transfers to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; (3) operation and maintenance of reclamation projects and a soil and moisture conservation program on lands under the Bureau's jurisdiction; (4) loans to irrigation districts and other public agencies for construction of distribution systems on Federal reclamation projects and loans and grants to non-Federal agencies for such construction projects; (5) general administration in the Offices of the Commissioner and regional offices of the Bureau; and (6) the emergency fund which is available to assure continuous operation of irrigation and power systems maintained by the Bureau. Prohibits the determination of the final discharge point for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit in California until development of a plan to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for construction or operation of facilities to prevent the waters of Lake Powell from entering any national monument. Makes appropriated funds available to the Bureau for: (1) passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; (2) certain safety modifications for Bureau offices in Lakewood, Colorado; (3) payment of damage claims against the Bureau; (4) compensation of Bureau employees appointed as U.S. representatives to interstate compact negotiations; (5) experts and consultants; (6) rewards for information on property violations; (7) operation and maintenance functions; (8) preparation and dissemination of useful information; and (9) studies of recreational uses of reservoir areas and investigation and recovery of archeological and paleontological remains in such areas. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for the benefit of lands in an irrigation district or lands owned by any member of a water users' organization or any individual if such district, organization, or individual is in arrears for more than 12 months in the payment of charges under a contract with the United States. Makes the Department of the Interior appropriations in this title available for: (1) emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, facilities, or equipment; (2) suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires; (3) operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities; and (4) aircraft, passenger motor vehicles, reprints, telephone services in private residences in the field, and dues for library membership in certain societies and associations. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for: (1) salaries and expenses and the Federal share of expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) Appalachian Regional Development programs; (3) expenses of the U.S. member of the Delaware River Basin Commission and payment of the U.S. share of current expenses of such Commission; (4) expenses of the U.S. member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and payment of the U.S. share of the current expenses of such Commission; (5) the Federal contribution toward certain expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (6) salaries and expenses of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and (7) the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund. Makes funds available for: (1) experts and consultants; (2) publication and dissemination of atomic information; (3) employment of aliens; (4) uniforms; (5) official representation expenses; (6) security guard services; and (7) motor vehicles and aircraft. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated in this Act to implement the Uranium Mill Licensing Requirements, to require any State to adopt such requirements in order for the State to continue to exercise authority for uranium mill and mill tailings licensing, or to allow Federal exercise of regulatory authority over uranium mill and mill tailings licensing in a State.  Authorizes the Commission to use appropriated funds to continue to regulate byproduct material to the same extent permitted before October 3, 1980. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the obligation of any funds appropriated by this Act beyond the current fiscal year, except as provided in this Act. Prohibits the use of any such funds to pay the expenses of parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.  Limits the use of any such funds for consulting services through procurement contract to contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record.  Prohibits the use of such funds to reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of Standard Level User Charges in excess of the FY 1982 level. Prohibits the use of such funds to conduct studies with respect to changing from the currently required ""at cost"" to a noncost-based method for the pricing of hydroelectric power by the six Federal public power authorities or by other Government agencies, except with express congressional authorization.",2025-08-29T19:51:51Z,
97-s-3080,97,s,3080,A bill to require the Administrator of General Services to convey at no cost certain surplus real property for public park or public recreational use to State and local governments.,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-06,1982-12-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI]",RI,D,P000193,1,Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to donate certain surplus real property to State and local governments for public park or public recreational use.,2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3073,97,s,3073,"A bill to provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled ""Dumas Malone:  A Journey with Mr. Jefferson"".",International Affairs,1982-12-03,1982-12-23,Became Public Law No: 97-388.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,4,"Directs the Administrator of General Services to obtain and provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film ""Dumas Malone:  A Journey with Mr. Jefferson.""",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
97-s-3074,97,s,3074,Agricultural Act of 1982,Agriculture and Food,1982-12-03,1982-12-14,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 1010.,Senate,"Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]",MS,R,C000567,2,"(Reported to Senate from Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition and Forestry with amendment(without written rept)) Agricultural Act of 1982 - Title I:  Special Payment-In-Kind Land Conservation Program - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a payment-in-kind land conservation program for 1983 and 1984.  Uses Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) stocks to compensate participating farmers. Requires that not more than 50 percent of a county's acreage be diverted in order to minimize the adverse effect on local economies. Requires that all producers of a particular crop have an equal opportunity to participate in 1983.  Authorizes future participation through bids or otherwise as the Secretary determines. Permits base acreage consolidation to encourage program participation. Sets forth payment provisions, including a requirement that the value of a commodity received by a producer be at least 75 percent of the basic county loan rate for such commodity. Requires safeguards to protect affected tenants and sharecroppers. Title II:  Expansion of Markets For, And the Disposition of, United States Agricultural Commodities - Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to authorize the Secretary to give excess CCC stocks free to U.S. processors and exporters, and to foreign nations to encourage U.S. commodity exports. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) use such stocks to make additional sales or to offset foreign export subsidies; (2) prevent the resale or transshipment of such stocks; and (3) provide subsidies to domestic industries hurt by imports made in whole or in part from such stocks. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit CCC commodity and dairy stocks to be donated abroad through foreign governments and humanitarian organizations.  Coordinates such donations through the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (P.L. 480).  Permits such stocks to be used to expand the foreign exports under such Act. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide that whenever a commodity is made available without charge or credit, the Secretary shall encourage its consumption through agreements with private companies under which the commodity is processed into end products for use by eligible recipients, with the expense to be borne by the recipients. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the Secretary to sell CCC stocks of long staple cotton for unrestricted use at appropriate price levels. Encourages the Secretary to donate or sell abroad excess CCC dairy stocks during FY 1983 through 1985.  Requires a semi-annual report to Congress. Directs the President to report to Congress by December 31, 1982, respecting a new long-term grain sale agreement with the Soviet Union.",2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
97-s-3075,97,s,3075,"Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1983",Economics and Public Finance,1982-12-03,1982-12-03,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 966.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,0,"Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1983 - Title I: Multilateral Economic Assistance - Appropriates FY 1983 funds to the President for the U.S. contributions to the:  (1) Inter-American Development Bank; (2) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank); (3) International Development Association; (4) Asian Development Bank; and (5) African Development Fund.  Specifies the maximum amount of callable capital stock to which the U.S. Governors of such Banks may subscribe. Appropriates a specified sum for international organizations and programs. Title II:  Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes FY 1983 appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to:  (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition; (2) voluntary population planning; (3) health programs; (4) education and human resources development; (5) energy and selected development activities; (6) science and technology; (7) loan allocation (with specified repayment periods for loan recipients based on a country's per capita gross national  product); (8) American schools and hospitals abroad; (9) international disaster assistance (with a specified amount earmarked for earthquake relief and reconstruction in southern Italy); (10) the Sahel development program (with a prohibition against the United States providing more than ten percent of the total contributions to the program); (11) overseas training and special development activities (foreign currency programs); (12) the Economic Support Fund (with specified sums earmarked for Egypt and for Israel); (13) peace keeping operations; (14) the operating expenses of the Agency for International Development; (15) trade and development programs; (16) housing and credit guaranty and credit guaranty programs; and (17) international narcotics control. Appropriates a specified sum to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Limits the amount of funds appropriated for voluntary population planning that can be used for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.  Prohibits using any such funds for the World Health Organization's Special Program of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction. Makes appropriations for FY 1983 for the Inter-American Foundation and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), with limitations on OPIC's direct and guaranteed loans. Appropriates FY 1983 funds for the Peace Corps. Appropriates FY 1983 funds to the Department of State for migration and refugee assistance. Appropriates FY 1983 funds for anti-terrorism assistance programs. Title III:  Military Assistance - Appropriates fiscal year 1982 funds to the President for:  (1) military assistance; (2) international military education and training; (3) foreign military credit sales (with limitations on the amounts of direct and guaranteed loans); and (4) the Special Defense Acquisition Fund. Title IV:  Export-Import Bank of the United States - Authorizes, with specified exceptions, the Export-Import Bank to make expenditures without regard to fiscal year limitations.  Prohibits expenditures, during the current fiscal year, for nuclear exports to any country, other than a nuclear weapons State, that has detonated a nuclear explosive device after enactment of this Act.  Limits, during specified fiscal years, the amounts of direct and guaranteed loans and administrative expenses. Title V:  General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for:  (1) financing construction of any water or related land resource development project which has not met specified standards; (2) pensions for persons who have served in the armed forces of any recipient country; (3) procurement contracts which do not permit termination for U.S. convenience; (4) dues of any member of the United Nations; (5) the transfer of appropriated funds among international lending organizations; (6) financing nuclear export or providing nuclear training assistance to foreign nationals; (7) assisting countries to violate human rights; (8) assistance to Mozambique (unless it would further U.S. foreign policy interests); (9) assistance to Libya, Iraq, South Yemen, Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, or Syria; (10) obligation under an appropriations account to which they were not appropriated, without prior congressional approval; (11) unauthorized publicity purposes within the United States; (12) obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless otherwise permitted; (13) assistance to countries which are more than one year in default on loan payments to the United States; (14) international financial institutions which do not make available to the U.S. representatives information concerning loans or management documents; (15) any government which aids or abets international terrorism; (16) assisting the production of commodities for export, if such commodities will likely be in surplus on world markets and will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers; and (17) the obligation of specified funds for programs not justified or in excess of the amount justified, without prior congressional notification; (18) lobbying for abortion; (19) financing the operating expenses for the Agency for International Development (AID) with funds other than funds earmarked for AID; and (20) assisting any country during any three month period immediately following a Presidential certification to Congress that such country is not cooperating sufficiently with the United States in preventing narcotic drugs and other controlled substances which are produced, processed, or transported in such country from entering the United States unlawfully. Limits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) obligation during the last month of availability; and (2) residence expenses, entertainment expenses, and representation allowances of AID. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose assistance for the production of export commodities in surplus on world markets and which will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers.",2025-08-29T19:51:51Z,
97-s-3062,97,s,3062,A bill for the relief of Thomas Hulmut Hofmann.,Private Legislation,1982-12-02,1982-12-03,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]",MS,R,C000567,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3063,97,s,3063,Health Insurance for Unemployed Workers Act of 1982,Health,1982-12-02,1982-12-10,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.,Senate,"Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]",MI,D,R000249,2,"Health Insurance for Unemployed Workers Act of 1982 - Permits States to establish and regulate reinsurance pools providing three or more qualified pool health options for unemployed individuals.  Requires each State reinsurance pool to offer three or more health plan options to any unemployed individual and his family, at a monthly rate which is discounted from the average premium amount. Authorizes the State insurance commissioner or other official having jurisdiction over group health plans to be responsible for establishing and overseeing the operation of the pool. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify whether a State reinsurance pool meets all the stipulated requirements. Allows for private reinsurance pools in States which do not establish a State reinsurance pool. Directs the Secretary to carry out the duties of the State insurance commissioner in such instances. Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal pool in States where there is no State or private reinsurance pool. Waives participation in a pool by any group health plan provider which extends coverage under a group plan for covered employees after involuntary termination or layoff, at a level equal to or surpassing the minimum extended coverage required by a qualified pool health plan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disqualify for income tax deductions an employer's premium payments to any group health plan that does not provide coverage according to this Act.  Requires qualifying group health plans to provide for the continuation of health insurance coverage following an employee's involuntary severance. Makes qualified unemployed individuals in States without pool health plans eligible to enroll in the hospital insurance program and in the supplementary medical insurance program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.  Directs the Secretary to establish expedited enrollment procedures.  Provides for conversion from such Social Security coverage to pool health plan coverage.",2025-08-29T19:51:50Z,
97-s-3064,97,s,3064,"A bill to amend the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to extend, for an additional 4 years, the exclusion from gross income of the cancellation of certain student loans.",Taxation,1982-12-02,1982-12-10,Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,1,Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to extend until 1987 the exclusion from gross income of the cancellation of certain student loans.,2025-01-03T20:56:15Z,
97-s-3065,97,s,3065,A bill to establish in the Department of State the position of Under Secretary of  State for Agricultural Affairs.,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-02,1982-12-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000556,3,Establishes in the Department of State the position of Under Secretary of State for Agricultural Affairs to deal with agricultural issues including U.S. policy toward farm exports.,2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
97-s-3066,97,s,3066,A bill with regard to Presidential certifications on conditions in El Salvador.,International Affairs,1982-12-02,1982-12-16,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 1019.,Senate,"Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]",OH,D,G000236,12,"Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 to allow the President to make the second and succeeding certification, which are required before the President can continue giving aid to El Salvador, only if the certifications include a determination by the President that El Salvador: (1) has made good faith efforts since the last such certification to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the murders of six U.S. citizens; and (2) has taken all reasonable steps to investigate the disappearance of journalist John Sullivan.",2025-01-14T19:00:46Z,
97-s-3067,97,s,3067,"A bill to limit the use of appropriated funds to increase the pay of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.",Congress,1982-12-02,1982-12-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD]",SD,R,A000009,0,"Prohibits appropriated funds from being obligated or expended to increase the pay, rate of compensation, or other emoluments of Members of Congress, unless previously authorized by a law specifying the precise amount of such increase.  Prohibits such increase from taking effect for the Congress authorizing it.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3068,97,s,3068,A bill to establish a cap on the pay of certain Federal officers and employees for the fiscal year 1983.,Government Operations and Politics,1982-12-02,1982-12-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN]",MN,R,B000647,1,"Prohibits the use of FY 1983 appropriations to pay:  (1) any officer or employee of the Federal or District of Columbia government at a rate exceeding the rate for such individual's position on September 30, 1982, if the salary for such position is equal to or greater than the basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule; or (2) performance awards to more than 20 percent of the members of the Senior Executive Service or any comparable personnel system established on or after October 13, 1978. Declares that the pay rates payable after enactment of this Act shall be the rates used in the administration of provisions providing retirement, life insurance, or other employee benefits.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3069,97,s,3069,"A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to prohibit increases in the wellhead prices of natural gas, and for other purposes.",Energy,1982-12-02,1982-12-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO]",MO,D,E000004,6,"Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that the maximum lawful price applicable to the first sale of natural gas from December 2, 1982, through December 31, 1984, shall be the maximum lawful price applicable to such sale on August 31, 1982, under the Act.  Provides that in the case of any first sale of natural gas from a well the surface drilling of which began prior to December 2, 1982, and for which there was no applicable maximum lawful price for such sale on December 2, 1982, through December 31, 1984, shall be the contract price specified for deliveries of such natural gas on August 31, 1982. Provides that the maximum lawful price applicable to the first sale of natural gas on August 31, 1982, shall be increased for any month beginning on or after January 1, 1985, at the rate specified for such gas. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study concerning the profitability of natural gas production under the Act. Extends for two years the expiration date of (1) price controls; and (2) standby authority.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-s-3070,97,s,3070,Natural Gas Competition Act of 1982,Energy,1982-12-02,1982-12-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,1,"Natural Gas Competition Act of 1982 - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to declare against public policy and unenforceable any provision of any contract for the first sale of natural gas which includes: (1) a take-or-pay clause which commits the purchaser to take delivery of a minimum volume of natural gas; or (2) an indefinite price esculator clause as defined in the Act.  Excludes from the above any contract with a take-or-pay clause for the first sale of natural gas committed or dedicated to interstate commerce on November 1, 1978, and for which a just and reasonable rate under the Natural Gas Act was in effect on such date. Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) upon application by the buyer or seller, to permit any take-or-pay clause in effect on or before December 1, 1982, to remain effective if: (1) it is necessary to prevent default by the seller; or (2) it is necessary to prevent a taking without fair compensation of the seller's property. Requires each natural gas company to file a quarterly statement of actions with FERC of actions taken to achieve the lowest possible weighted average acquisition cost of natural gas.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3071,97,s,3071,A bill to increase the funding authorization for low-income home energy assistance.,Energy,1982-12-02,1982-12-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO]",MO,R,D000030,12,Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to increase for FY 1983 and 1984 the funding authorization for low-income home energy assistance grants to States.,2025-04-21T12:24:17Z,
97-s-3072,97,s,3072,Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982,Transportation and Public Works,1982-12-02,1982-12-03,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 967.,Senate,"Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]",IN,R,L000504,4,"Federal Public Transportation Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from making a discretionary capital grant or loan unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan.  Sets forth the Federal share for grants to assist projects under this Act, including projects for the construction of certain fixed guideway systems. Prohibits alteration of Federal share commitments before enactment of this Act, including projects within the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area transit system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 for:  (1) grants or loans to States and local public agencies; (2) long-range planning and technical studies; (3) grants and loans to meet the needs of the elderly and handicapped; and (4) the grant program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 for:  (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems; and (4) the establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Limits the amounts available for appropriations under this Act for FY 1983 and 1984. Establishes a formula capital and operating assistance program to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, improvement, and operating costs of facilities, equipment, and maintenance items in mass transportation service. Sets forth the apportionments of such funds for urbanized areas, and the Federal share payable for such projects.  Allows States to transfer apportionments between urbanized areas of different sizes.  Sets forth requirements for entities to receive such grants. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees before issuing letters of intent to obligate funds under this Act.  Directs the Secretary to give priority to such commitments approved before enactment of this Act. Makes funds available under the urban mass transit program available for expenditure through 1985. Revises the definition of construction to include any bus rehabilitation project which extends the economic life of a bus by five or more years.  Revises the definition of fixed guideway to include any transportation facility which utilizes a right-of-way rail usable by other forms of transportation and a public transit facility which utilizes a fixed catenary system. Repeals the intercity bus service/terminal development program and safety authority provisions of the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974. Terminates funding for the waterborne transportation demonstration project. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1985 for the transit capital infrastructure program.  Sets forth requirements for receiving grants under such program.",2025-08-29T19:51:51Z,
97-s-3055,97,s,3055,"A bill to authorize improved flood protection on the main stem of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and environs.",Emergency Management,1982-12-01,1982-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement the project for flood damage prevention at Wyoming Valley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3056,97,s,3056,"A bill to authorize improved flood protection on portions of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and environs.",Emergency Management,1982-12-01,1982-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement the project for flood damage prevention on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3057,97,s,3057,"A bill to authorize improved flood protection on the main stem of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and environs.",Emergency Management,1982-12-01,1982-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement the project for flood damage prevention on the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3058,97,s,3058,"A bill to authorize funds for beach erosion at Presque Isle Peninsula, Pennsylvania.",Transportation and Public Works,1982-12-01,1982-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement the project for beach erosion control at Presque Isle Peninsula, Pennsylvania.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3059,97,s,3059,A bill to effectuate the Congressional directive that accounts established under Section 327 of the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 be directly equivalent and competitive with money market mutual funds.,Finance and Financial Sector,1982-12-01,1982-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.,Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,0,"Amends the Federal Reserve Act to permit the payment of interest on reserves held by any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or mutual savings bank against accounts which are equivalent to and competitive with money market mutual funds under the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982.",2025-01-14T18:20:21Z,
97-s-3060,97,s,3060,A bill to amend section 7(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1982-12-01,1982-12-14,Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,15,"Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to extend for not more than three years, beginning October 1, 1982, the additional period for congressional consideration of portions of the following rivers which have been designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system:  (1) the Illinois River in Oregon;  (2) the Pine Creek River in Pennsylvania;  (3) the Youghiogheny River in Maryland and Pennsylvania; (4) the Encampment River in Colorado;  (5) the Kettle River in Minnesota; (6) the Owyhee River, South Fork, in Oregon;  (7) the Shepaug River in Connecticut; (8) the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota;  (9) the Wisconsin River in Wisconsin;  and (10) the Housatonic River in Connecticut.  Provides that the additional period for congressional consideration of portions of the Tuolumne River in California designated for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system may be extended beginning October 1, 1982, for an additional period of not more than one year.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-s-3061,97,s,3061,"A bill to repair and rehabilitate America's highways, roads, bridges, mass transit systems, sewers, and water supply systems; to put Americans back to work carrying out needed public works repairs; and to develop a long-term national public works investment plan.",Transportation and Public Works,1982-12-01,1982-12-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,16,"Title I:  Public Improvements Repair Act - Public Improvements Repair Act of 1982 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for projects to repair, rehabilitate, or replace existing interstate highways, primary, secondary, or urban roads, bridges, mass transit systems, and sewer and water supply lines. Title II:  Rebuilding of America Act - Rebuilding of America Act of 1982 - Directs the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America, established by this Act, to conduct an inventory of existing major public improvements (highways, roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems) by region, State, and major metropolitan areas of the United States. Requires the Commission to develop a National Public Improvements Plan listing in priority order maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of public improvements which will be necessary in each region, to sustain regionally balanced national economic development. Requires the Commission, as a part of the plan, to suggest specific revisions in Federal laws, regulations, and policies that may be necessary to reverse the pattern of disinvestment in national public improvements. Sets forth procedures for the submission of such plan to Congress and for review and implementation of the plan. Establishes the National Commission on the Rebuilding of America to assess the condition of the national public works infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees model unified budgets for the year of enactment of this Act and the preceding fiscal year that distinguish Federal civilian capital investment outlays from other Federal outlays.  Requires the Comptroller General to include with such budgets a report on their usefulness.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3045,97,s,3045,A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow home equity conversions through sale-leaseback arrangements.,Taxation,1982-11-30,1982-12-07,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]",PA,R,S000709,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the one-time exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence by a 55-year-old individual in transactions in which the seller retains a life estate and the proceeds are used to purchase a qualified joint and survivor annuity. Revises rules for depreciation in the case of life tenants and beneficiaries of trusts and estates to allow the depreciation deduction by the remainderman in the case of the above transactions.,2023-05-11T13:18:18Z,
97-s-3046,97,s,3046,A bill for the relief of Mrs. Spyros Agriopoulos.,Private Legislation,1982-11-30,1982-12-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,0,Declares a named individual to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3047,97,s,3047,"A bill to repeal the withholding of tax from interest and dividends and to require statements to be filed by the taxpayer with respect to interest, dividends, and patronage dividends.",Taxation,1982-11-30,1982-12-07,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department.,Senate,"Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI]",WI,R,K000019,10,Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends. Requires persons paying or receiving interest payments of $10 or more a year to file an information return.  Requires statements to be furnished to persons with respect to whom an information return is filed. Requires such statements to be included in the return of a person with respect to whom information is furnished regarding dividends and patronage dividends.,2023-05-11T13:18:18Z,
97-s-3048,97,s,3048,Federal Anti-Tampering Act,Health,1982-11-30,1982-12-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,50,"(Measure passed Senate, amended) 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's reputation, by adulterating a food, drug, cosmetic or other products. 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 similiar penalties, for any person who willfully or maliciously conveys false information concerning an attempt at such adulteration, if injury or death results. Authorizes a prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of up to $20,000 or both for an individual whose conduct causes any person to be in sustained fear for his or another person's safety, or causes a government agency, or product seller to direct a sale prohibition or recall of any food, drug, device or cosmetic.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3049,97,s,3049,A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make available stocks of corn of the Commodity Credit Corporation to poultry and egg producers in the United States in order to encourage the development of export markets for poultry.,Agriculture and Food,1982-11-30,1982-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA]",GA,R,M000257,0,Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make Commodity Credit Corporation corn stocks available to U.S. poultry and egg producers in order to encourage poultry exports.,2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
97-s-3050,97,s,3050,"A bill to limit the use of appropriated funds to increase the pay of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.",Congress,1982-11-30,1982-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]",NC,R,H000463,1,"Prohibits appropriated funds from being obligated or expended to increase the pay, rate of compensation, or other emoluments of Members of Congress, unless previously authorized by a law specifying the precise amount of such increase.  Prohibits such increase from taking effect for the Congress authorizing it.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3051,97,s,3051,A bill for the relief of John Smitherman.,Private Legislation,1982-11-30,1982-12-02,Referred to Subcommittee on Agency Administration.,Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,0,Declares a named individual to have incurred a disability resulting from an injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty in the 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.,2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3052,97,s,3052,"Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983",Government Operations and Politics,1982-11-30,1982-12-14,Committee on Foreign Relations. Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S.3107) in lieu of this measure.,Senate,"Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL]",IL,R,P000222,0,"Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize additional appropriations for FY 1983.",2025-08-29T19:51:52Z,
97-s-3053,97,s,3053,A bill to amend the Agriculture Act of 1949 to modify the dairy price support program.,Agriculture and Food,1982-11-30,1982-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,14,"Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, to eliminate the 50-cent producer assessment from the dairy price support program.",2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
97-s-3054,97,s,3054,"A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and for other purposes.",Energy,1982-11-30,1982-11-30,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS]",KS,R,K000017,1,"Amends the  Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that the maximum lawful price applicable to any first sale of any natural gas in effect on October 1, 1982, shall continue to be the maximum lawful price applicable to such sale for the period starting October 1, 1982, through January 1, 1985. Permits increases (but not above the maximum lawful price in effect on October 1, 1982) on the first sale of natural gas which has a price lower than the applicable maximum lawful price on October 1, 1982, but limits any such increase to the lesser of: (1) the rate provided in the sales contract; or (2) the annual inflation adjustment factor. Provides that the maximum lawful price for the period beginning October 1, 1982, and ending January 1, 1985, for any first sale of natural gas from a well the surface drilling of which began by October 1, 1982, and for which there was no applicable maximum lawful price on October 1, 1982, shall be the contract price specified for deliveries of such natural gas on October 1, 1982. Provides that following the expiration of the price freeze imposed by this Act, the maximum lawful price is specified on October 1, 1982, shall increase from the October 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. Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take such action as is necessary, including  rescission or modification of a contract, whenever it finds that any gas sales or purchase contract contains a provision determined to prevent the purchaser from responding to customer demands or market forces by requiring the purchaser to pay for a minimum contract quantity of gas whether or not  such gas is taken. Directs the Commission to devise and put into effect an incentive procedure to determine the appropriate rate of return that a pipeline company may earn under the Natural Gas Act.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-s-3042,97,s,3042,"A bill to establish the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress at the rate of pay paid for Members on September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.",Congress,1982-11-29,1982-11-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE]",NE,D,E000284,2,"Establishes the annual pay rate for Members of Congress as the pay rate for such offices on September 30, 1982 (until superseded by another law or by action of the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries). Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to repeal provisions setting forth a formula for the adjustment of Members' pay. Eliminates authority for permanent appropriations for compensation for Members. Requires that the annual pay rate for congressional employees be computed without regard to the annual rate for Members.",2025-01-14T19:03:55Z,
97-s-3043,97,s,3043,Federal-Aid Highway Improvement Act of 1982,Transportation and Public Works,1982-11-29,1982-12-09,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 988.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,7,"(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Environment and Public Works with amendment, S. Rept. 97-676) Federal-Aid 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. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1987 for:  (1) the Federal-aid primary program; (2) the Federal-aid rural program; (3) the Federal-aid urban program; (4) forest highways; (5) public lands highways; (6) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (7) highway safety improvements; and (8) parkways and park highways. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987 for Indian reservation highways. Rescinds specified unapportioned or unallocated sums authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982. Prohibits any State from receiving less than one-half of one percent of the total apportionment for the Interstate System for FY 1984 through 1988. Revises apportionments for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Requires that not less than 60 percent of apportioned funds for the Federal-aid primary, rural, and urban programs be spent on projects for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating roads for the purpose of preserving or enhancing the operational integrity, efficiency, and safety of existing highways. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop a selection process for discretionary bridges according to certain criteria. Revises the apportionment ratio for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing the Interstate System.  Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the distribution of Federal financial assistance for such activities. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 to extend the authorization of appropriations from FY 1983 through 1988 for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating and reconstructing specified lanes on the Interstate System. Authorizes appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for FY 1983 through 1987 for substitute highway and mass transit projects. Repeals provisions concerning priority primary routes. Revises procedures concerning the Federal-aid urban and rural programs. Directs the Secretary,  in consultation with the States, to establish a highway safety improvement program for projects on public roads including:  (1) specified highway safety improvement projects; (2) railway-highway crossing projects; (3) highway-related safety requirements and guidelines; and (4) evaluation of the highway safety improvement program.  Sets forth procedures for the implementation of such program. Revises the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Revises provisions concerning the Federal lands highways program including forest highways and park roads.  Requires the Secretary, before approving a project on an Indian reservation road or bridge, to determine that funds obligated for such project are supplementary to and not in lieu of a fair and equitable share of funds apportioned to the applicable State. Repeals provisions concerning:  (1) economic growth center development highways; (2) the national scenic and recreational highway; (3) access highways to certain public recreation areas; and (4) highway crossings. Directs the Secretary to expend such sums as are necessary (up to 100 percent of costs) for carpool and vanpool projects. Authorizes the Secretary to approve financial assistance for acquisition or construction of preferential parking facilities for carpools. Prohibits the use of emergency relief funds for the repair or reconstruction of certain bridges that have been permanently closed to vehicular traffic. Requires that emergency relief funds be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund.  Revises the Federal share payable for emergency repairs or reconstruction. Allows Federal-aid highway projects to include nonconstruction programs or projects which enhance the safety and use of bicycles. Increases to 100 percent the Federal share for bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 to allow limited truck traffic on the Highland Scenic Highway in West Virginia. Allows States to transfer funds allocated for a particular urbanized area to another such area. Authorizes the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities relative to the physical construction phase of Interstate projects using established certification acceptance procedures.  Eliminates the requirement for the Secretary to make a final inspection of each such project. Requires defense access roads to be funded from monies appropriated for defense maneuvers and exercises. 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). Requires each State on January 1 of each year to certify to the Secretary that it has a program for the Interstate Highway System in accordance with the Secretary's guidelines. Requires the Secretary to insure that all laborers and mechanics performing construction work on Federal highway projects are paid wages in accordance in the Davis-Bacon Act. Combines highway planning and research funds into a single fund for administration by the Secretary.  Establishes the Federal share for any project financed by such fund. Authorizes the use of funds apportioned for research and planning to include the study, research, and training on engineering standards and construction materials (including evaluation and accreditation of inspection and testing). Requires provision 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. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with other Federal agencies to minimize duplication, paperwork, and delays in the development of Federal highway projects. Sets forth limitations on obligations and State allocations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for FY 1983 through 1987.  Requires the Secretary to give priority, in revising distributions, to States which have experienced substantial proportional reductions in apportionments and allocations because of statutory changes. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the State of Vermont, to carry out a project to demonstrate the feasibility of reducing the time required to complete highway projects by extending the coverage of State certifications to any Federal law, regulation, or policy applicable to such project.  Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for such project. States that the Federal share of any such project shall be 100 percent of the total cost and that authorized funds shall remain available until expended.  Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation and report to Congress within six months of the project's  completion. Allows the State of Alaska to expend Federal-aid highway funds on portions of an Alaskan highway that extend into Canada. Repeals the Territorial Highway Program. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of l978 to repeal the acceleration of the bridge projects program. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects in and around Devils Lake, North Dakota, to demonstrate construction techniques to prevent wave erosion on closed basin lakes with grade level highway crossings.  Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 for such projects. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse North Dakota for funds previously expended on such projects.  Sets forth the Federal share for the demonstration projects and makes authorized funding available until expended. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the State of Idaho, to conduct a demonstration project to study factors contributing to truck accidents.  Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out such project.  States that the Federal share of the project shall be 100 percent of the total cost and that authorized funds shall remain available until expended.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the results of such project not later than 180 days after its completion. Includes in the definition of the term ""construction"" the costs incurred by a State in performing Federal-aid project related audits which directly benefit the Federal-aid highway program. Requires the Secretary to report biennially, beginning in January 1983, on estimates of the future highway needs of the Nation. Authorizes the Secretary to pay States the Federal share of construction costs in advance of apportionments under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to conduct a design and construction quality assurance study for submission to Congress within one year of enactment of this Act. Authorizes States to permit the placement of vending machines in rest and recreation areas and in safety rest areas of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Authorizes the Secretary to participate when a State relocates utilities to eliminate highway hazards, if such relocation facilitates the State's safety improvement program. Authorizes a temporary matching fund waiver for FY 1983 to States which certify that sufficient funds are not available to pay their costs of a Federal project. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987 out of the Highway Trust Fund to insure that a State's apportionment for certain highway programs shall not be less than 85 percent of the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in that State paid into the Fund, excluding the Mass Transit Account. Revises the commercial motor vehicle size and weight limitations for the Interstate System. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the Federal share for projects which use certain innovative technologies for highway and bridge surfacing, resurfacing, and restoring. Authorizes State highway departments to give priority to projects to reconstruct, resurface, restore, or rehabilitate energy impacted roads.  Declares the Federal share for such projects to be 85 percent of costs. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a demonstration project to show relief of downtown congestion by construction of a bridge which serves a major port.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3044,97,s,3044,Surface Transportation Act of 1982,Transportation and Public Works,1982-11-29,1982-12-08,Committee on Finance. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.,Senate,"Sen. Baker, Howard H., Jr. [R-TN]",TN,R,B000063,6,"Surface Transportation Act of 1982 - Title I: Highway Revenue Act of 1982 - Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to extend the period for which taxes may go into the Highway Trust Fund until April 1, 1990.  Makes expenditures available from such Fund until October 1, 1991, to meet obligations of the Federal-aid highway program.  Makes conforming amendments to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. Establishes a Transit Account within the Highway Trust Fund to consist of amounts attributable after March 31, 1983, to one cent per gallon user fees on diesel fuel, special motor fuels, and gasoline under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.  Requires such amounts to be spent according to provisions of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Extends the authority for the user fees transferred into the Fund from October 1, 1984, until April 1, 1990. Increases the rate of tax on gasoline, diesel and special motor fuels from four cents per gallon to nine cents per gallon. Repeals the tax on diesel and special motor fuel which is used in off-highway vehicles. Increases the manufacturers' excise tax on trucks and trailers from ten percent to 12 percent.  Increases the taxable threshold weight from 10,000 pounds to 33,000 pounds.  Increases the manufacturers' excise tax on truck parts and accessories from eight percent to 12 percent. Repeals the excise tax on highway tires weighing less than 100 pounds and on inner tubes.  Changes the manufacturers' excise tax on tires from 9.75 cents a pound for all tires to 25 cents a pound for tires weighing more than 100 pounds.  Increases the manufacturers' excise tax on tread rubber from five cents a pound to 25 cents a pound. Repeals the manufacturers' excise tax on lubricating oil. Revises the heavy vehicle use tax to provide a graduated rate of tax for vehicles weighing 55,000 pounds and up.  Exempts vehicles which travel less than 2,500 miles on Federal-aid highways. Provides a tax credit for gasoline used for nonhighway uses. Imposes a floor stocks tax on specified products held by dealers for sale. Provides that certain exemptions from user fees expire on April 1, 1990. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study alternatives to the heavy vehicle user fees and report to Congress within two years of enactment of this title.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to permit States to assist in the collection or enforcement of such tax. Title II: Federal- Aid Highway Reauthorization Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to revise the authorization of appropriations for the Interstate Highway System for FY 1984 through 1991. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion for FY 1985 and 1986 the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways according to specified factors. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1988 for:  (1) the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas; (2) the Federal-aid urban system; (3) forest highways; (4) public lands highways; (5) parkways and park highways; (6) Indian reservation highways; (7) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (8) the highway safety improvement program; and (9) substitute highway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the interstate system resurfacing for FY 1984 through 1989.  Sets aside funding for the rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Virginia. Revises the definition of the term construction to include costs incurred by States in performing Federal-aid project related audits which directly benefit the Federal-aid highway program. Allows Federal participation in the relocation of utilities for the purpose of eliminating hazards on the Federal-aid system. Revises the interstate withdrawal and substitution process for the Federal-aid system.  Makes any route or segment added to the Interstate System after March 7, 1978, ineligible for withdrawal or substitution. Eliminates the priority primary program and the connector primary demonstration program. Sets forth provisions to assure a State's FY 1984 and 1985 apportionments for resurfacing and construction notwithstanding enactment of this Act. Repeals requirements for specified reports under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978.  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress in January 1983, and biennially thereafter, on estimates of the future highway needs of the Nation. Eliminates the requirement for the Secretary to establish guidelines for the Federal-aid system to conform to provisions of the Clean Air Act. Permits vending machines on the interstate system without cost to the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the inspection and approval of construction on Federal-aid projects.  Eliminates requirements for a final inspection of such projects. Permits construction by States of highway substitute and bridge projects in advance of such apportioned funds. Repeals provisions requiring payments to States for bond retirement. Permits the Secretary to withhold project approval for projects in specific areas within a State, or for the entire State, where the Secretary finds that a project is not being properly maintained.  (Present law requires the Secretary to withhold funds for the entire State). Revises the certification acceptance program to eliminate the requirement for the Secretary to make final inspections. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate to State highway departments any of his responsibilities under any Federal law, except those involving civil rights and authority over bridges over navigable waters. Revises the Interstate Discretionary Fund to authorize the Secretary to give priority to interstate projects of unusually high cost in relation to a State's apportionment, and to projects which contribute to the completion of an Interstate segment. Sets forth provisions for program consolidation. Revises provisions for emergency relief due to natural disasters or catastrophic failures to limit the amounts payable for emergency relief. Requires each State to establish commercial motor vehicle weights in accordance with weights specified in Federal law. Allows toll financing of new highway construction projects.  Eliminates the toll road provisions under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978. Amends the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 to change references to historic sites to references to National Historic Landmarks. Requires equal employment opportunities for highway projects without regard to sex.  Authorizes the Secretary to conduct and finance training and assistance programs for socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.  Makes funds available for such purposes. Authorizes the withholding of apportioned funds from any State which does not enforce the heavy vehicle use tax. Sets forth apportionment formulas for the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Allows States to transfer funds allocated to one urbanized area to another such area within the State. Revises the highway safety improvement program by combining existing safety categories. Requires the Secretary to conduct an interagency environmental process review. Establishes a Federal Lands Highways Program for oversight of forest highways, park roads, parkways, Indian reservation roads, and public lands highways. Revises apportionments for research and planning projects and sets forth the Federal share payable for such projects. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with State highway and transportation departments and certain organizations without regard to provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Establishes the obligation limitation for FY 1983 Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs.  Exempts from such limitation emergency relief projects, certain bridge demonstration projects, and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Union Station projects. Allows light truck traffic and limited commercial truck traffic on the Highland Scenic Highway in West Virginia. Transfers the functions, powers, and duties of the Appalachian Regional Commission that relate to the Appalachian Development Highway System to the Secretary of Transportation. Eliminates the authority of the Federal Highway Administrator to regulate the rate of tolls on bridges. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects for the reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.  Prohibits the Secretary from approving any such project until the three jurisdictions accept title to their portions of the bridge without monetary consideration. Title III:  Amendments to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 - Transit Assistance Authorization Act of 1982 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to prohibit a discretionary capital grant or loan from being made by the Secretary of Transportation unless the applicant has sufficient capability to maintain the facilities and equipment purchased with such grant or loan.  Decreases the Federal share of such grants and loans. Authorizes appropriations, beginning in FY 1983, for administrative costs necessary to carry out the functions of such Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 for the: (1) discretionary capital grant program; (2) innovative methods and techniques program; (3) planning program; (4) urbanized area capital formula program; (5) program to meet special needs of the elderly and handicapped; (6) formula grant program for other than urbanized areas; and (7) capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1988 for: (1) research, development, and demonstration projects; (2) grants for managerial, technical and professional training programs; (3) grants for research and training in urban transportation problems; and (4) grants for the establishment and operation of transportation centers at nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Authorizes appropriations for formula grants for FY 1982 through 1984 for: (1) urban mass transit; (2) construction or operating assistance; and (3) commuter rail and fixed guideway systems. Provides that any such unobligated or deobligated funds shall be added to amounts available for certain other capital grant programs. Declares that apportionments for FY 1975 shall lapse on September 30, 1977, and apportionments for FY 1976 shall lapse on September 30, 1978. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project for the payment of operating expenses of urban mass transit services after September 30, 1984. Repeals provisions that require that rates charged elderly and handicapped persons for transportation during non-peak hours be no more than one-half of peak hour full fares. Establishes a capital formula program for urbanized areas to finance the planning, acquisition, construction, and improvement of facilities, equipment, and spare parts for transit vehicles in mass transportation service.  Prohibits the use of such grants for the construction or extension of fixed-guideway systems other than exclusive facilities for buses.  Exempts from such prohibition projects already agreed upon for the District of Columbia metropolitan area.  Provides a procedure for receiving and distributing assistance under such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish a benchmark price representing the maximum Federal participation for the acquisition of buses. Transfers the enforcement of labor standards for construction projects funded by the Department of Transportation from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Transportation. Includes the capital formula programs for urbanized areas and for non-urbanized areas within the reporting system and uniform system of accounts. Makes technical amendments to formula grants for nonurbanized areas to parallel the operation of formula grants for urbanized areas. Establishes a capital formula program for areas other than urbanized areas consistent with provisions of formula grant programs for nonurbanized areas.  Authorizes Governors to transfer funds between the two programs under certain circumstances. Authorizes appropriations out of the Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1983 through 1988 to finance grants for urban transit capital infrastructure development projects. Amends the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 to prohibit the authorization of appropriations for a specified waterborne transportation demonstration project after September 30, 1983. Amends the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 to repeal provisions dealing with the investigation of safety hazards in urban mass transportation systems. Title IV:  Highway Safety - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1985 through 1988 for specified highway safety programs. Eliminates exceptions for apportionments for the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Revises the vehicle weight and width limitations for the Interstate System to make the maximum width of a commercial motor vehicle 102 inches. Sets forth provisions to ensure that certain trucks are allowed to operate on the Interstate System in every State. Establishes a working group in the Department of Transportation to develop uniform State procedural standards for vehicle registration, fuel tax, and third structural tax requirements.  Authorizes the Secretary to initiate rulemaking to implement acceptable recommended standards. Sets forth minimum financial responsibilities for motor carriers transporting hazardous wastes in interstate, foreign, and intrastate commerce. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to States to assist in implementing programs for the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1988 for such purpose. Sets forth civil penalties and injunctive relief for the enforcement of violations of motor carrier safety regulations.",2025-08-29T19:51:52Z,
97-s-3041,97,s,3041,Clean Air Act Amendments of 1982,Environmental Protection,1982-11-15,1982-11-15,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 957.,Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,0,"Clean Air Act Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Clean Air Act (""the Act""). Title I:  Amendments Relating Primarily to Stationary Sources - Amends title I of the Act (Air Pollution Prevention and Control). Indian Tribes - Amends the definition of ""air pollution control agency"" to provide that any single agency designated by the tribal governing body of a federally recognized Indian tribe shall be eligible for grants for support of air pollution planning and control programs within an Indian reservation. Provides that specified funding level requirements for such grants to other agencies in each State shall not apply to grants to tribal agencies. Information for Technology Requirements - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make available to State agencies administering permit programs, and to other interested persons, guidance documents to assist such agencies in implementing requirements regarding:  (1) best available control technology (BACT) for proposed new and modified major stationary sources; and (2) reasonably available control technology (RACT) for existing sources.  Requires publication of such documents within one year after enactment of this Act and updating every year thereafter. Requires that such documents describe, in detail and with specified distinctions, BACT and RACT determinations made by the Administrator and State air pollution control agencies. Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards - Makes a technical revision of requirements for national secondary ambient air quality standards (secondary NAAQS). Implementation Plan Revisions - Directs the Administrator to announce a 60-day public comment period after receipt of any State implementation plan (SIP) revision.  Provides for automatic approval of SIP revisions if the Administrator does not disapprove the revision within 120 days after the end of such public comment period.  Authorizes the Administrator to extend the disapproval deadline for 60 days if the State submits additional information after the close of the public comment period. Directs the Administrator, within the 120-day period after the close of the public comment period to:  (1) review any objections filed during the public comment period which were also filed during State proceedings; and (2) either disapprove or determine not to disapprove the revision based on such review. New Source Permits and Operating Permits - Revises SIP requirements relating to new source permits and operating permits. Provides that a modification of an existing source shall be subject to a new source review only if such modification increases emissions or potential emissions by 100 tons or more per year (the same level as that which applies to new sources). Prohibits the Administrator from requiring major stationary sources which comply with BACT requirements to adopt more stringent emission limitation or standard during the ten-year period after the new source permit is issued, except in cases of previously unregulated pollutants or hazardous pollutants or public health emergencies. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring a proposed major emitting facility to comply with any administrative or procedural requirements for permit issuance or emissions calculation which are adopted or modified after the date on which the permit application has been deemed complete, until final action on such application. Allows a State to adopt a program for establishing or modifying emission limitations and schedules and timetables for compliance for all or any class of sources in such State, through operating permits, general source-specific regulations, or other means. Excludes from coverage under such State program emission limitations established for a new source by a State pursuant to specified provisions relating to new source performance standards, national emission standards for hazardous pollutants, prevention of significant deterioration of air quality, and nonattainment areas. Sets forth requirements for any such State program.  Provides for EPA review of:  (1) any new or modified emission limitation which involves a potential net increase in emissions of 100 tons or more per year for a particular source or class of sources; or (2) any action delaying compliance with an emission limitation for a particular source or class of sources which would reduce emissions by 100 tons or more per year. Hazardous Air Pollutants - Directs the Administrator, within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, to identify at least 20 substances or materials for which the Administrator intends to decide, within two years after such enactment date, whether or not to include such substances in the list of hazardous air pollutants (the NESHAPs list). Requires that such identification include:  (1) each substance or material for which the EPA is projected to have completed a health assessment within two years of such enactment date; and (2) each other substance or material under EPA evaluation for inclusion on the NESHAPs list for which EPA has positive data from one or more tests indicating carcinogenicity in humans or other mammals.  Directs the Administrator, within one year of such enactment date, to identify at least 20 additional substances or materials for which an inclusion decision will be made within five years of such enactment date.  Requires that first consideration, in both such identifications, be given to specified substances and materials which the EPA has been evaluating. Directs the National Toxicology Program, through its Director, to recommend substances or materials which should be so identified, and to continue to recommend substances and materials which may be appropriate for inclusion on the NESHAPs list. Directs the Administrator, at the time the additional substances or materials are identified, to also identify what additional research, study, or evaluation is necessary for a determination. Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with the National Toxicology Program, to:  (1) establish a schedule for initiating and completing such research, study, or evaluation; (2) identify the agency which will undertake it; and (3) identify the source and amount of funding for it, if such funding is not provided through the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund. Directs the Administrator to establish a docket for each substance identified and provide opportunity for submittal of information by interested parties.  Directs the Administrator, within two years in the case of those substances in the first identification and within five years in the case of the additional substances identified, to publish the determination of whether each substance or material is a hazardous air pollutant to be included on the NESHAPs list, with the basis and the available information for such determination. Requires that a substance or material be included on the NESHAPs list by operation of law if the Administrator fails to make a determination by the appropriate deadline.  Provides for removal from the list if the Administrator, within 180 days of such inclusion and upon petition by an interested party, makes a determination that such substance or material is not a hazardous air pollutant. Provides that neither the identification for determination purposes nor the automatic listing due to failure to meet the deadline shall be deemed a presumption that a substance or material is a hazardous air pollutant. Directs the Administrator to specify the chemical forms of a substance or material which are determined to be hazardous air pollutants when including such substance or material on the NESHAPs list. Directs the Administrator to identify the categories of sources which emit each hazardous air pollutant on the NESHAPs list in significant amounts. Extends from 180 days to one year the period after proposal of emission standards during which the Administrator must establish final emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs).  Requires that NESHAPs be established at a level requiring the greatest degree of emission reduction of such pollutant through the application of the best system of continuous emission reduction available for the class or category of source, taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health or environmental impacts (BACT - the Best Available Control Technology).  Directs the Administrator to determine whether such emission standard is adequate to protect the public health from such hazardous air pollutant with an adequate margin of safety, and, if not, to establish such standard at a more stringent level.  Requires that NESHAPs be at least as stringent as the most stringent emission limitation shown by an adequate operating history to have been achieved in practice by a source of the same class or category (LAER-the Lowest Achievable Emission Rate). Authorizes the Administrator to distinguish among classes, types, sizes, and periods of remaining useful life for sources within a category of sources for purposes of establishing NESHAPs. Directs the Administrator to establish for each class or category of existing source deadlines which provide for NESHAP compliance as expeditiously as possible, but not later than two years after the effective date of the NESHAP. Provides that such NESHAPs amendments shall not affect any NESHAP promulgated prior to the enactment of this Act. Primary Nonferrous Smelter Orders - Extends the date by which primary nonferrous smelter orders must require final compliance with applicable sulfur oxides emission limitations from January 1, 1988, to January 1, 1993. Permits determinations of such compliance to take into account the effect of the de-minimis use of supplementary controls (up to five percent of any calendar year). Noncompliance Penalties - Requires that noncompliance penalties be reduced by the amount of any expenditures used to achieve interim reductions of the pollutant, by a method approved by the Secretary (or the State, as appropriate). Ozone Protection - Directs the Administrator to give priority in ozone protection studies and research to increasing actual measurements of stratosphere ozone and improving methods of identifying potential trends in such measurements. Directs the Administrator to contract annually with the National Academy of Sciences to:  (1) continue review and research; (2) determine the extent, nature, and causes of changes in stratosphere ozone concentration; (3) investigate probable or possible effects on health and the environment; and (4) report all findings and associated uncertainties. Directs the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to report, within two years after enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, all findings concerning actual or potential alteration of the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere, its causes, and associated implications and uncertainties.  Requires that such report be made to the Administrator and to to the Congress, with copies available to the public. Requires that research and monitoring programs be continued and expanded to determine the extent, nature, causes, effects, and associated uncertainties of stratospheric ozone changes. Directs the President, within two years after enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, to report to the Congress and the public on efforts to reach international agreements among the major free-world producing countries of chlorofluorocarbons as to the nature, extent, and implications of any threat to the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere and as to the appropriate regulatory action to be taken. Directs the Administrator, in proposing further regulations for the control in the United States of any chlorofluorocarbon under the Act or the Toxic Substance Control Act, to first:  (1) determine that chlorofluorocarbons are contributing to depletion of the stratospheric ozone which is occurring, or is likely to occur, at a rate that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger the public health or welfare; or (2) report that international agreement has been reached as to the nature, extent, and implications of any threat to the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere and as to the appropriate regulatory action to be taken. Directs the Administrator, in promulgating such regulations to:  (1) take into account any unresolved scientific questions and the availability of suitable alternative products; and (2) specifically consider the health implications of chlorofluorocarbon chemical substitutes and implications of ozone depletion for the public health and welfare. Prevention of Significant Deterioration - Revises provisions for Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD).  (PSD provisions currently specify allowable short-term and long-term ""increments"" of emissions of sulfur oxide and particulate matter--regulations for other pollutants are not yet final--in areas with cleaner air than that required by NAAQS.  Currently, the smallest increments are allowed in ""class I"" areas, which include ""statutorily designated"" large national parks and wilderness areas, with larger increments in ""class II"" areas, and the largest increments in ""class III"" areas). Makes a technical amendment relating to the purpose of the PSD program. Eliminates the tracking of the short-term (three-hour and 24-hour for sulfur dioxide and 24-hour for particulate matter) increments in class II areas, by providing that the owner or operator of a major emitting facility must only demonstrate that such facility will not cause such maximum allowable increases to be exceeded during one such period per year. Exempts class II areas within the State of Alaska from compliance with the three-hour maximum allowable increase for sulfur dioxide. Eliminates provisions for class III areas (both for incremental limits and area redesignation purposes). Permits States to designate a PSD area as ""unclassified"" instead of class I or class II.  Provides that unclassified areas (unlike the replaced class III area designation) shall not be subject to PSD increment limits.  Permits States to eliminate the PSD increment system anywhere except on national lands which are mandatory class I or ""mandatory"" class II areas. Requires each State, within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to submit an area classification plan to the Administrator.  Requires that such plan:  (1) list all areas in the State which are federally mandatory class I or class II or which the State has determined warrant class I or class II designation; and (2) identify all ""unclassified"" areas within such State to which PSD provisions apply and which are not listed as class I or class II.  Provides that unclassified areas shall not be subject to the PSD increment system.  Sets forth plan requirements for unclassified areas, including:  (1) comprehensive assessment of air quality; (2) long-term (at least 20 years) air quality goals and a procedure for periodic review of such goals; (3) emissions growth projections consistent with attainment of such goals; (4) a requirement that all proposed major emitting facilities which will emit or have the potential to emit 500 tons or more per year of particulate matter or 1,000 tons or more per year of any air pollutant be subject to review and be determined to be consistent with such goals prior to the issuance of a PSD construction permit; and (5) any other requirements the State deems necessary to attain such goals. Subjects area classification plans and revisions to specified requirements for SIP revisions. Requires that all areas which are class II areas immediately prior to enactment of this Act continue to be subject to class II increment limits until the area classification plan is approved.  Requires that:  (1) notice be afforded and public hearings conducted in at least three different locations in the State prior to submittal of such plan; (2) prior to such hearings, the proposed plan be available for inspection; and (3) affected local officials and Federal Land Managers be notified and provided with opportunity to comment. Eliminates area redesignation provisions requiring preparation of an analysis of the effects of a proposed redesignation and local government concurrence in the redesignation. Revises PSD preconstruction requirements to shorten the period (from one year to six months) during which a PSD permit application must be granted or denied, in the case of a facility emitting less than 500 tons per year of particulate matter and less than 1,000 tons per year of every other pollutant regulated under the Act. Requires that all PSD permit applicants be notified whether the application is complete, within two months after filing.  Requires States to notify the Administrator only of applications and final actions on permits for facilities which will emit or have the potential to emit:  (1) 500 tons or more per year of particulate matter and 1,000 tons or more per year of any other air pollutant; or (2) pollutants affecting air quality in any class I area. Provides that Federal Land Managers have a responsibility to:  (1) identify (as well as protect) air quality related values of Federal class I areas (including visibility within such area); and (2) file a notice, and supporting information, to the permitting authority where emissions from a proposed major facility may have an adverse impact on such values; and (3) monitor and gather other information on air quality to assist in determining baseline concentrations and carrying out other responsibilities. Allows States to make ""integral vista"" determinations as to whether a proposed facility outside a Federal class I area will impair the vista within such area.  Requires States, in any case in which the Federal Land Manager files such an allegation, to provide a public hearing with opportunity for the Federal Land Manager and other interested persons to comment on such impact. Allows a permit to be issued if the State determines that:  (1) the facility would not cause a significant impairment of visibility within the integral vista; or (2) such issuance would be in the public interest notwithstanding any such significant impact. Requires the Administrator to follow any recommendations of the Governor, consistent with other requirements of the Act, when the Administrator is the PSD permitting authority for an integral vista determination. Eliminates the requirement that an air quality analysis include continuous air quality monitoring data gathered over a specified period. Allows a State to determine whether such monitoring data is necessary or appropriate for making a construction permit decision. Redefines ""construction"" for PSD permit purposes, to exclude modifications of existing facilities that will increase or have the potential to increase emissions of any pollutant by less than 100 tons per year. Requires the PSD permitting authority, before determining the ""best available control technology"" (BACT) to be achieved by a proposed major facility which will emit 500 tons or more per year of particulate matter or 1,000 tons or more per year of any other air pollutant regulated under the Act, to:  (1) review the emission limitations with respect to such pollutant achieved in practice by or required under the Act for major emitting facilities of the same size, type, and class; and (2) identify the most stringent of such emission limitations and first consider these before determining the BACT to be achieved; and (3) provide information to the public regarding any decision to require a less stringent limitation. Requires that such review consider only emissions limitations:  (1) for facilities within the same State (or EPA administrative region, if appropriate) as the proposed facility; (2) described in specified guidance documents; or (3) of which actual notice has been received by the permitting authority. Redefines ""baseline concentration"" to specify that this term refers to the ambient concentration levels in all PSD areas where such levels have been or will be affected by a facility which is applying for a permit. Includes data submitted by a Federal Land Manager among the data to be used in determining baseline concentration.  Provides for updating of baseline concentrations following the redesignation of an area as class I. Fugitive Dust - Allows the Governor, in determining PSD increment consumption by a new source, to exclude concentrations of particulate matter attributable to emissions composed of soil which is uncontaminated by pollutants resulting from industrial activity. Requires that the State have an approved SIP for carrying out the PSD program and that there be notice and opportunity for public hearing before the Governor makes such exclusion.  Provides, in any State where the Administrator is the permitting authority, that the Administrator may (and must, if petitioned by the Governor) make such exclusion of uncontaminated soil. Visibility - Revises provisions for the visibility protection program in mandatory class I areas to specify that such program is intended to prevent significant impairment of visibility in such areas. Prohibits the Administrator from requiring any existing source to procure, install, or operate any retrofit technology to prevent or remedy impairment of visibility outside the boundaries of a mandatory class I Federal area, unless the appropriate Governor has been notified and has not determined within a reasonable time that such action would not be in the public interest notwithstanding such impairment.  Adds a definition of ""integral vista"" as ones included in a specified list published by the Department of the Interior for public comment. International Pollution - Discounts emissions from an immediately adjacent area in a foreign country which does not allow the United States to seek specified emissions reductions, in determining whether nonattainment provisions apply to an area in the United States that is exceeding a national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS).  Declares the sense of the Congress that the President shall undertake negotiations with any foreign country from which emissions would cause an area in the United States to be a nonattainment area except for such discount, with the purpose of having such foreign country give the United States essentially the same rights to seek emissions reductions given other countries under the Act. Technology Requirements for Nonattainment Areas - Deletes provisions for a ""lowest achievable emission rate"" (LAER) from nonattainment area requirements.  Requires new or modified sources constructed in nonattainment areas to adopt ""best available control technology"" (BACT). Requires, further, for any major stationary source emitting a pollutant (or pollutant precursor) for which the area is nonattainment, the permitting authority to establish an emission limitation for such pollutant at least as stringent as the more stringent of the most stringent limitation:  (1) shown by an adequate operating history to have been achieved in practice by a major stationary source of the same size, type, and class within the same Federal administrative region; or (2) included in a permit issued for such an existing source before the permit application for the proposed source is complete, unless the permitting authority determines that such emission limitation in the issued permit is not achievable for the proposed source. Requires the permitting authority to review emission limitations and identify most stringent limitations only if:  (1) the sources are in the same State (or EPA administrative region) as the proposed source; (2) specified guidance documents describe the emission limitation; or (3) the permitting authority has received actual notice of the emission limitation. Revises permit issuance requirements for nonattainment areas to subject a proposed source to BACT (rather than LAER). Nonattainment Definitions - Provides, for nonattainment area purposes, that ""major stationary source"" includes each discrete operation, unit, or other activity which produces or may produce emissions of 100 tons or more per year of a pollutant or pollutant precursor for which the area is a nonattainment area. Defines ""vehicle inspection and maintenance programs"" (I/M programs) to require:  (1) areas which are nonattainment for carbon monoxide to have a program that is as effective in reducing vehicle emissions as specified programs fully approved by the EPA; and (2) areas which are nonattainment only for photochemical oxidant and in which motor vehicle emissions contribute less than one-third of the total hydrocarbon emissions to have a program that requires annual emissions testing or direct inspection of control equipment and that provides for attainment of the photochemical oxidant standard by the applicable deadline. Construction in Nonattainment Areas - Provides for an alternative to specified construction bans in nonattainment areas. Allows construction of a new or modified source, under specified circumstances, if offsets equal to twice the emissions from the new or modified source are obtained from existing sources. Nonattainment Plan Provisions - Extends to December 31, 1984, a State's deadline for attaining any primary ambient standard (primary NAAQS) if the State:  (1) certifies that attainment could not be achieved by the December 31, 1982, deadline despite implementation of all measures in an approved or promulgated SIP; and (2) agrees not to relax any emission limitation in an approved SIP.  Requires States to submit by December 31, 1984, any SIP revision providing for extensions of attainment deadlines to:  (1) December 31, 1985, for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter; or (2) December 31, 1987, for photochemical oxidants and carbon monoxide.  Permits areas, if the Administrator determines they cannot meet the 1987 deadline despite implementing all reasonably available control technologies, an offset or equivalent program, and a vehicle I/M program, to extend the deadline:  (1) for photochemical oxidants or carbon monoxide until December 31, 1992, if 1979 or 1980 levels for such pollutant were at least twice the primary NAAQS; or (2) for photochemical oxidants until December 31, 1990, if such levels were less than twice the primary NAAQS. Requires SIPs to provide for operation of a vehicle I/M program in any urbanized area with greater than 200,000 population which is seeking a deadline extension beyond 1982 for:  (1) carbon monoxide; or (2) photochemical oxidants, if the 1979 and 1980 level exceeded the primary NAAQS by 50 percent or more.  Requires that operation of such vehicle I/M programs begin as expeditiously as possible, but no later than January 1, 1985, for extensions requested after the enactment of this Act, and that such SIPs include reasonably available measures to assure continous compliance with SIP and permit requirements for major stationary sources. Prohibits relaxation or delay of any stationary source emission limitation or schedule of compliance in any area which receives a deadline extension under specified provisions of this Act for any primary NAAQS. Provides that an SIP establish the ""growth allowance"" (the allowance permitted for a pollutant, or precursor, for which an area is nonattainment from a new or modified major stationary sources) if: (1) there is an approved emissions inventory and allowable emissions from proposed new or modified stationary sources, in combination with all other increases in emissions of such pollutant (not offset by any reductions in emissions at any source) do not exceed one percent, in any calendar year, of the total annual emissions for such pollutant recorded in the inventory; (2) the State conducts a review prior to construction or modification and requires BACT for every new or modified source with potential emissions of 50 tons or more per year of such pollutant (without offsets); and (3) the SIP meets specified requirements, including the demonstration of reasonable further progress. Permit Requirements for Nonattainment Areas - Provides that any emissions reductions from existing sources required as a precondition for nonattainment area permit issuance may include any emissions reductions:  (1) from nonindustrial sources, inanimate natural sources, and mobile sources; or (2) achieved by a State or local government and paid for by the owner or operator of the proposed new or modified source. Limitations on Certain Federal Assistance - Authorizes the Administrator to determine the extent and categories of withholding grants and project approval under the Act and under the Federal aid to highways program. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from approving projects or making grants in nonattainment areas which are not planning or implementing required vehicle I/M programs by the established deadlines. Exempts from such prohibition highway grants for Interstate highway construction, landscaping, and noise attention barriers (as well as for safety, mass transit, and transportation projects related to air quality improvement or maintenance). Interstate Transport and Acid Precipitation Reduction - Establishes a new program entitled ""Interstate Transport and Acid Precursor Reduction."" Establishes a long-range transport corridor, the ""acid deposition impact region,"" consisting of 31 States (east of or bordering the Mississippi River) and the District of Columbia. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) conduct a study of air pollution problems associated with the long-range transport of pollutants in the portions of the continental United States not included in the acid deposition impact region; and (2) report the results to Congress within two years. Directs the Acid Precipitation Task Force established under the Energy Security Act to submit to the appropriate congressional committees two comprehensive reports, one by December 31, 1985, and one by December 31, 1987, on the specified research findings and recommendations for reducing acid deposition and its effects.  Authorizes additional appropriations for the Task Force for carrying out specified activities in FY 1983 through 1987.  Directs the Task Force to also conduct and support research on advanced flue-gas cleaning and precombustion fuel treatment technologies and inherently low-emission combustion processes (including atmospheric and pressurized fluidized bed combustion).  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1988 to a Task Force member for partial funding of a joint project among the Tennessee Valley Authority and other appropriate participants for a demonstration facility to generate electricity using an atmospheric fluidized bed combustion process. Establishes an Acid Precipitation Scientific Review Board, to be appointed by the National Academy of Sciences. Directs the Board to review:  (1) all available information on the causes, extent, and potential environmental impacts of acid deposition; and (2) all activities being performed by the Task Force.  Directs the Board to submit at least two comprehensive reports, one not later than June 30, 1986, and one not later than June 30, 1988, on the results of such reviews, including a review of the Task Force's reports and the Board's own recommendations for acid deposition reduction.  Authorizes appropriations for Board activities for FY 1983 through 1988. Directs the Administrator to report to the appropriate congressional committees on emission limitation and other enforceable measures for all States in the acid deposition impact region which are adopted, approved, or in effect under interstate transport and acid precursor reduction provisions.  Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to:  (1) analyze the control requirements of such reported enforceable measures in terms of environmental benefits, implementation costs, and potential effects on coal production or markets, on both aggregate regional and a State-by-State basis; and (2) report to the appropriate congressional committees. Requires such committees to conduct hearings on such acid deposition control matters. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) develop an inventory of sources of nitrogen oxides in the acid deposition impact region and each of its States; and (2) report within four years of enactment of this Act to the appropriate congressional committees on the inventory, control technologies and methods for new and existing nitrogen oxides sources, and recommendations for control requirements. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct, and report to the Congress on, a joint study of a fee system on energy generators in the acid deposition region to finance emission reductions. Authorizes the Administrator, directly or through grants to any State or interstate agency, to develop, refine, demonstrate, and implement methods of:  (1) neutralizing or restoring the buffering capacity of acid altered bodies of water that can no longer support game fish species; and (2) removing from bodies of water toxic metals or other toxic substances mobilized by acid deposition.  Permits inclusion in such grants of amounts necessary for reports, plans, and specifications. Prohibits such grants from being made for any project:  (1) in an amount exceeding 75 percent of costs; or (2) that involves bodies of water that did not contain game fish as established by State law prior to 1970.  Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1983 through 1985. Requires that annual emissions of sulfur dioxide in the acid deposition be reduced by 8,000,000 tons from the total 1980 level, through a phased reduction to be completed by January 1, 1995. Requires that post-1980 increases in sulfur dioxide emissions from major stationary sources be added to the amount which a State in the region is required to reduce.  Prohibits any major stationary source in the region from increasing its actual rate of sulfur dioxide over its 1980 level. Exempts from such requirement and such prohibition: (1) any State (and sources in such State) which had no 1980 utility boiler with annual average emissions greater than 1.2 pounds per million Btu; and (2) any utility boiler which converts to coal and emits no more than 1.5 pounds per million Btu. Prohibits any new major stationary source of sulfur dioxide from commencing operation in the region after January 1, 1995, unless there is an ""offset"" (a simultaneous net reduction in emissions of sulfur dioxide at one or more points in such region, which is:  (1) identified for the new source; (2) in excess of the potential emissions from the new source; and (3) not otherwise required under specified provisions of the Act).  Exempts from such prohibition any such source which:  (1) adopts BACT; and (2) attains the most stringent emission limitation achieved by any source of the same size, type, and class within the region. Prohibits any major stationary source of nitrogen oxides in the region which began operation before January 1, 1981, from increasing its actual rate of such emissions over 1980 levels or levels experienced during a thirty-day period immediately prior to enactment of this Act, unless there is an ""offset.""  Exempts from such prohibition utility boilers which convert to coal as a primary fuel. Requires the Governors of the 31 States within the region to negotiate the allocation of required reductions of sulfur dioxide among such States. Provides that any such allocation agreement shall be binding and enforceable upon each such State within 18 months after enactment of this Act upon notification to the Administrator by 75 percent of such Governors that such agreement has been reached.  Sets forth a formula to determine such allocation of State sulfur dioxide reduction requirements, if the Governors fail to make such agreement within such time period. Provides for reallotment agreements between the Governors of two or more States in the region. Requires each State in the region, within 42 months after enactment of this Act, to:  (1) adopt measures to achieve such sulfur dioxide emissions reductions, including emissions limitations and compliance schedules; and (2) submit such measures to the Administrator for review and approval and to the other Governors for comment. Subjects any major stationary source in the region which is not by December 31, 1985, in full compliance with the applicable SIP for sulfur dioxide in effect on January 1, 1981, to: (1) a 30-day average emission limitation of 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu for all sources owned by its owner; and (2) specified noncompliance penalties. Encourages each State in the region adopting, and the Administrator in reviewing, such measures to phase compliance dates so that significant emission reduction is achieved prior to January 1, 1995.  Requires each source which proposes to comply with such sulfur dioxide emission limitations by any means other than an innovative system of continuous emission reduction or the replacement of existing facilities with new facilities of substantially lower emissions to comply by January 1, 1993. Provides that, in States which have not adopted such measures within 42 months after enactment of this Act or which have not had such measures approved by the Administrator within six months after submission, each fossil-fuel-burning electric generating facility shall comply with an emission limitation for all such facilities owned or operated by the same entity in the region equivalent to a 30-day average of 1.2 pounds of sulfur dioxide per million Btu.  Requires owners or operators of such facilities to submit to the Administrator a plan and schedule for compliance not later than four years after enactment of this Act or six months after such owner or operator becomes subject to such emission limitation.  Directs the Administrator to approve any such plan and schedule if it contains requirements for continuous emission reduction and monitoring and achievement of compliance by January 1, 1995. Allows a State or source owner or operator to use specified methods or programs for net emission reduction required under the acid deposition region provisions in addition to enforceable continuous emission reduction measures, if such methods or programs are enforceable by the Federal Government, States other than those in which the emissions occur, and citizens.  Lists such methods and programs as:  (1) least emissions dispatch to meet electric generating demand at existing generating capacity; (2) early retirement of sources; (3) energy conservation investments; (4) trading emission reduction requirements and actual reductions on a State or regional basis; and (5) precombustion cleaning of fuels. Interstate Pollution - Requires SIPs to prohibit any stationary source from emitting any air pollutant in amounts which will: (1) interfere with attainment or maintenance by any other State of any primary or secondary NAAQS; or (2) contribute to atmospheric loadings of pollutants or their transformation products which may reasonably be anticipated to cause or contribute to an adverse effect on public health or welfare or the environment in any other State or foreign country. Revises provisions relating to stack heights to redefine ""good engineering practice"" to mean the height necessary to insure that stack emissions do not result in excessive air pollutant concentrations in the ""impact area"" of the source.  Authorizes the Administrator to prohibit increases in, or restrict, the stack height of any source.  Directs the Administrator, within one year of enactment of this Act, to complete a review of emission limits for all existing major sources which have come into existence since 1970, or raised stack heights since 1970, to determine if such limits are inappropriately based upon modeling credit for stack heights above good engineering practice.  Directs the Administrator to require States to correct inappropriately based emission limits within six months. Makes it the burden of the operator of each such source to demonstrate the correct stack height credit to be used. Makes emission of an air pollutant which, by itself or in combination, reaction, or transformation, adversely affects the public health or welfare of another State a violation of interstate pollution abatement provisions. Requires major existing sources to install reasonably available control technology (RACT) within two years of a finding of such violation. Requires SIPs to require each major proposed new (or modified) source which may significantly contribute to levels of air pollution in any air quality control region outside the State to notify all nearby States. Allows State or local governments to petition the Administrator for a finding that any major source or group of sources is in violation of specified SIP or interstate pollution abatement provisions. Provides that all language referring to welfare under the Act also includes, but is not limited to:  (1) effects on precipitation; and (2) specified effects whether caused by transformation, conversion, or combination with other air pollutants. Makes violations of the interstate pollution provisions subject to citizen suit provisions under the Act. Title II:  Amendments Relating Primarily to Mobile Sources - Amends part A (Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards) of title II (Emission Standards for Moving Sources) of the Act. Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions - Eliminates the authority of the Administrator to revise the heavy duty vehicle standards for emissions of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, which require a reduction of at least 90 percent.  Makes such standards applicable during and after model year 1984. Sets a four-model-year period ""lead time"" between promulgation (or revision) and effective date of heavy duty vehicle standards for particulate matter.  Provides that standards for particulate matter and for nitrogen oxides shall remain in effect for at least four model years.  Authorizes the Administrator to make appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to review the technological feasibility of any proposed standard for particulate matter. Directs the Administrator, in setting any heavy duty vehicle emission standard, to take into account the effect of attaining that standard on the attainment of other such existing or proposed emission standards for each other pollutant. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe heavy duty vehicle or engine standards for emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter for diesel-powered vehicles and engines which take effect in the same model year. Directs the Administrator to consider studies available from the Health Effects Institute, in conducting a continuing pollutant study concerning the effects of each air pollutant emitted from heavy-duty vehicles or engines and from other sources of mobile source related pollutants on the public health and welfare. Redefines ""useful life,"" for purposes of heavy-duty vehicle and engine regulations, as the greater of:  (1) one-half of the average time or use between first use and engine retirement or rebuild or any other measure of actual life determined by the Administrator; or (2) the duration or mileage of the published commercial warranty. Light Duty Vehicle Emissions - Sets a nitrogen oxides emissions limitation of 1.5 grams per vehicle mile for diesel-powered duty vehicles and engines manufactured during model years 1983 and 1984. Sets a particulate matter emissions limitation of 0.2 grams per vehicle mile for light duty vehicles and engines manufactured during model year 1986 and thereafter.  Provides for a waiver of such standard to O.6 gram per vehicle mile of particulate matter for any class or category of light duty vehicles or engines manufactured during the model years 1986 and 1987, under specified conditions.  Provides for a waiver of the 1986-1987 model year nitrogen oxides emissions standard to 1.5 grams per vehicle mile for diesel-powered light duty vehicles or engines, if such waiver will avoid granting the waiver with respect to particulate matter. Light Duty Truck Emissions - Sets low altitude emissions limitations for light duty trucks.  Sets such limits at the following grams per vehicle mile for:  (1) hydrocarbons, 1.7 in model year 1983 and 0.8 in model year 1984 and thereafter; (2) carbon monoxide; 18 in 1983 and ten in 1984 and thereafter; (3) nitrogen oxides, 2.3 in 1983 and 1984, 1.2 (for 6,000 pounds or less vehicle weights) in 1985 and thereafter, and 1.7 (for over 6,000 pounds vehicles) in 1985 and thereafter; and (4) particulate matter, 0.26 in 1986 and thereafter. Provides for waivers of such particulate matter standard to 0.6 grams per vehicle mile, under specified conditions. Provides for waiver of such nitrogen oxides standards to 1.7 (for 6,000 pounds or less vehicles) and 2.3 (for over 6,000 or less vehicles), if such waiver will avoid granting the waiver with respect to particulate matter. High Altitude Motor Vehicle Emissions - Eliminates the requirement that all model year 1984 and later light duty vehicles comply with national emission standards regardless of the altitude at which they are sold. Directs the Administrator to establish separate low altitude and high altitude emission standards for model year 1984 and later light duty vehicles and light duty trucks. Requires that the high altitude standards be equal in numerical value to the low altitude standards for emissions of:  (1) nitrogen oxides from all such model year 1984 and later vehicles; and (2) carbon monoxide from model year 1984 and later light duty vehicles and model year 1985 and later light duty trucks. Provides that high altitude emission standards for every other pollutant must require a percentage reduction at least equal to the percentage reduction which the corresponding low altitude standards require at low altitude. Prohibits such high altitude standards from being numerically more stringent than corresponding low altitude standards. Authorizes the Administrator to issue certificates of conformity for model year 1984 and later for light duty vehicles and light duty trucks if they comply under:  (1) low altitude conditions with low altitude standards, and are capable by design, or by approved adjustments or modifications, of complying under high altitude conditions with high altitude standards; (2) low altitude conditions with low altitude standards, and are subject to a specified exemption; or (3) high altitude conditions with high altitude standards, and the manufacturer demonstrates that virtually all such vehicles are intended for principal use at elevations of at least 4,000 feet above sea level. Directs the Administrator to determine the durability under high altitude conditions of the emission control performance of vehicles using data from tests conducted under low altitude conditions on the same or similar vehicles, unless the Administrator determines that it is necessary or appropriate to conduct separate tests under high altitude conditions. Sets forth requirements for adjustments and modifications to ensure adequate performance under high altitude conditions, and for readjustments or remodifications for such performance under low altitude conditions. Exempts, upon a manufacturer's application, motor vehicles for one model year from high altitude requirements if: (1) the Administrator has approved high altitude performance instructions for such vehicles; and (2) the number of such vehicles intended for principal use in designated high altitude areas represents not more than 15 percent of the manufacturer's anticipated combined sales in that model year of light duty vehicles and light duty trucks intended for principal use in designated high altitude areas. Requires exempted manufacturers to make all reasonable efforts to ensure that an individual vehicle has been adjusted or modified before sale or delivery to the ultimate purchaser in accordance with such approved instructions.  Requires exempted manufacturers to inform the Administrator of actual combined sales, and provides for appropriate reductions of future exemptions. Requires dealers to certify to purchasers that required adjustments or modifications have been performed on model year 1984 or later light duty vehicles or light duty trucks intended for principal use in a designated high altitude area. Permits manufacturer's instructions for high altitude performance adjustments or modifications (and readjustments and remodifications) to include changes in gear ratios.  Requires manufacturers to make such instructions and descriptions available to their authorized dealers, and upon request to service and repair establishments, in high altitude areas. Directs the Administrator, upon the request of a national association of motor vehicle dealers, to compile data on the availability and distribution of light duty vehicles and light duty trucks to dealers in designated high altitude areas.  Requires a report on such data to be submitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register within six months of such request.  Provides for a six-month extension of this deadline if there is also a request for data on high altitude emission standards compliance costs and effects on sales. Sulfur Emissions - Directs the Administrator to prohibit the sale of diesel fuel for use in motor vehicles with a sulfur content of more than 0.5 percent by weight or such lesser limit as is necessary to protect the public health or welfare.  Requires that regulations for such prohibition:  (1) be promulgated at such time as diesel-powered vehicles constitute ten percent of the total annual sales of light duty vehicles and light duty trucks; and (2) take effect within 48 months after January 1 of the first calendar year in which such a sales level is reached. Imported Vehicles - Revises the prohibition against importation of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines without a certificate of conformity with applicable emissions standards.  Limits the exemption from such prohibition, exemption under which an importer may furnish a bond to insure that such vehicle or engine will be brought into such conformity, to those vehicles or engines which are of a class for which application for a certificate is pending.  Exempts new vehicles or engines which are five model years old or older. Provides that an importer of vehicles who is not otherwise a manufacturer shall not be considered a small manufacturer for purposes of the small volume certification procedure. Vehicle Imports into Territories - Exempts from imported vehicle certification requirements of the Act vehicles imported for commercial or public transportation use, which would otherwise be unavailable, into and solely for use within a Territory of the United States which is not a nonattainment area and which imports fewer than 500 vehicles per year. Lead in Gasoline - Prohibits the Aministrator from allowing the average lead content per gallon of leaded gasoline to exceed, in future quarters, the average achieved during the quarter ending June 30, 1982.  Prohibits any amendment of specified EPA regulations in effect on July 1, 1982, which would allow any increase in the average lead content per gallon of gasoline. Definitions - Defines ""heavy duty vehicle"" and ""heavy duty vehicle and engine"" as a motor vehicle, including engine, with: (1) more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight; (2) more than 6,000 pounds vehicle curb weight; or (3) more than 45 square feet basic vehicle frontal area.  Defines ""light duty truck"" and ""light duty truck and engine"" as a vehicle, including engine, with gross vehicle and curb weight below the heavy duty vehicle level and which:  (1) is designed primarily for transportation of property or is a derivation of such vehicle; (2) is designed primarily for transportation of persons has a capacity of more than 12 persons; or (3) has special features enabling off-street or off-highway operation and use.  Authorizes the Administrator, notwithstanding such definitions, to define as a heavy duty vehicle instead of a light duty truck any vehicle with a gross weight more than 6,000 pounds but less than 8,500 pounds, and which is designed primarily for commercial (including agricultural) use and not for uses performed by light duty trucks.  Sets forth provisions for high altitude emission standards for such redefined vehicles. Defines ""light duty vehicle"" and ""light duty vehicle and engine"" as a motor vehicle, including engine, designed primarily for transportation of persons which has a capacity of 12 persons or less. Defines ""designated high altitude areas"" as all countries identified in high altitude emission standards regulations in effect on December 31, 1981, which are in a State in which one or more such countries was in whole or in part during calendar year 1981 a nonattainment area for carbon monoxide photochemical oxidants.  Defines ""high altitude conditions"" as an elevation of approximately 5,300 feet above sea level, or a barometric pressure corresponding to such elevation. Defines ""low altitude conditions"" by the definition given in regulations in effect on December 31, 1981, unless the Administrator by regulation promulgates another definition. Title III:  Other Amendments and Provisions - Judicial Review - Revises provisions governing judicial review of EPA final actions under the Act. Allows petitions for review of locally or regionally applicable actions to be filed only in the U.S. Court of Appeals for an appropriate circuit.  Allows petitions of review of nationally applicable actions to be filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia or in any U.S. Court of Appeals for a circuit in which the petitioner resides or transacts business. Establishes a random selection procedure, to be administered by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, to determine the court of appeals in which an EPA action is to be reviewed when petitions for review have been filed in two or more courts of appeals.  Directs the Administrator, following such determination, to promptly file the record in such court.  Directs other courts to promptly transfer such petitions to such court.  Provides that any court in which a petition has been filed, including any court selected by the random procedure, may transfer such petition to any other court of appeals for the convenience of the parties or otherwise in the interest of justice. Changes the period within which a petition for review of an EPA promulgation, approval, or action must be filed from 60 to 120 days after notice is published in the Federal Register, but requires petitions based solely on grounds arising after such 120-day period to be filed within 60 days after such grounds arise. Award of Fees - Limits the award of litigation costs, in proceedings for judicial review of EPA actions and citizen suits under the Act, to prevailing or substantially prevailing parties. Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through 1987 to carry out the Act, other than specified provisions for research and special studies under the interstate transport and acid precursor reduction program and other research, development, and demonstration activities. Wood Smoke Study - Directs the Administrator to:  (1) study the effects of wood combustion on ambient air quality; (2) research and monitor the direct or indirect effects of emissions associated with wood combustion on public health or welfare; (3) research and develop a uniform method to measure emissions from wood combustion devices, including testing and recommending designs for such devices; (4) report by December 31, 1984, to Congress on such study and research and on any regulatory action taken or proposed and any recommendations for legislation made; and (5) consider any appropriate use of specified provisions under the Act to control emissions associated with wood combustion. Allows such studies and research to be undertaken with cooperation and assistance from universities, private industries, and local and State governments.  Directs Federal agencies to assist the Administrator in carrying out such studies and research.  Limits the term ""wood combustion,"" for purposes of such requirements, to the burning of wood, wood by-products, or wood wastes to produce heat for residential, commercial, or institutional applications with a heat input of less than 5,000,000 Btu per hour. Indoor Air Pollution Study - Directs the Administrator to carry out a research program on indoor air quality designed to gather information on associated health problems and to coordinate Federal, State, local, and private research, development, and demonstration relating to indoor air quality improvement.  Authorizes the Administrator to establish:  (1) committees representing concerned Federal agencies; and (2) advisory groups representing science, industry, and public interest organizations.  Directs the Administrator to consult and coordinate with State and local officials and other interested parties.  Sets forth activities which the research program must include but not be limited to. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress:  (1) an implementation plan for such research program within one year after enactment of this Act; (2) a progress report within 36 months of such enactment; and (3) a final report within 54 months of such enactment. Requires the progress report and final report to be submitted to the National Academy of Science (NAS) before submittal to Congress, and to include any NAS comments. Declares that nothing in such indoor air quality research program provisions shall be construed to:  (1) authorize the Administrator to carry out any regulatory program or activity; or (2) limit the authority of the Administrator or any other Federal agency or instrumentality under any other authority of law. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 to carry out the indoor air quality research program. Cold Weather Carbon Monoxide Emissions Study - Directs the Administrator to:  (1) study the feasibility and benefits of requiring motor vehicle design modifications or engine adjustments, or both, to reduce emissions of carbon monoxide under cold weather conditions, while maintaining or improving vehicle performance and fuel economy; and (2) report to Congress the study's findings and recommendations within two years after enactment of this Act.",2025-08-29T19:51:51Z,
97-s-3039,97,s,3039,"A bill to provide for the use of certain fees collected from visitors to Grand Canyon National Park, and for other purposes.",Education,1982-10-02,1982-12-09,Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Treasury.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,"Permits the use of the visitors' fees collected at the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, to reimburse school districts through September 30, 1985, for educational expenses for pupils living on tax-exempt Federal property at or near the park.  Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in a special fund a portion of the park revenues for the maintenance and operation of federally owned school facilities and property.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
97-s-3040,97,s,3040,A bill establishing a new G.I. Education Program.,Armed Forces and National Security,1982-10-02,1982-10-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.,Senate,"Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO]",CO,R,A000219,13,"Establishes a peacetime veterans' educational assistance program for persons who served on active duty or in the Selected Reserve after August 31, 1983. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for such assistance based on period and type of service.  Creates a basic entitlement of 24 months of assistance for the first 24 months of service with an additional month of assistance for each additional month of service, up to a total of 36 months. Establishes a delimiting period for the use of such assistance of ten years after discharge.  Excepts those suffering from a physical or mental disability which prevented their completing their education and persons held as prisoners of war. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in specified amounts. Permits educational benefits to be transferred by the eligible person to a spouse or child. States that appropriations for this program be considered as made for the functions of the Department of Defense rather than for the functions of the Veterans Administration. Prohibits persons eligible for this program from participating in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program.  Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on whether the program should be expanded to attract and retain certain qualified persons. Permits the Secretary concerned to grant educational leave for up to 12 months if the person concerned agrees to serve two months for each month off. Sets forth other conditions of such leave, including pay and eligibility for retired pay.  Permits such Secretary to cancel this leave in time of war or national emergency or if he determines the member is not pursuing his education satisfactorily. States that there shall be no increase in pay for members in pay grade E-1 in FY 1983 and 1984 unless an increase becomes unavoidable through the general pay increase requirements.",2025-01-14T17:02:09Z,
97-s-3001,97,s,3001,Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1982,Armed Forces and National Security,1982-10-01,1982-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000556,2,Operational Testing and Evaluation Act of 1982 - Establishes the position of Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation of the Department of Defense to be the principal adviser to the Secretary on such matters. Requires the Director to report directly to the Secretary and to have access to all records of the Department.  Authorizes the Director to require designated observers during the testing part of any operational testing and evaluation. Directs the Secretaries of the military departments to report all results of all operational testing and evaluation to the Director. Prohibits the expenditure of test funds without the Secretary's prior approval. Denies funding for any testing and evaluation that violates specified scope and conditions. Requires the President to include in each budget a separate budget authority for the Director. Grants the Comptroller General access to all records in the Department.,2025-08-29T19:51:51Z,
97-s-3002,97,s,3002,"A bill to increase the authorization of appropriations for the Allen J. Ellender Fellowship Program, and for other purposes.",Education,1982-10-01,1982-11-29,"House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Perkins, Ford (MI), Andrews, Miller (CA), Corrada, Kildee, Williams (MT), Hawkins, Biaggi, Ratchford, Washington, Smith (IA), Goodling, Jeffords, Coleman, Erdahl, Petri, Roukema, DeNardis, Craig, Erlenborn, Fenwick.",Senate,"Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT]",VT,R,S000776,12,"(Measure passed House, amended) Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for law school clinical experience programs under part E of title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Amends the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 to place the law-related education program, formerly authorized by part G of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, among those programs which the Secretary of Education must first fund out of a discretionary reserve fund.  Requires that such program be funded at a specified level. Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for the Allen J. Ellender fellowship program for FY 1983, 1984, and 1985. Raises the limit on the authorization of appropriations for FY 1983 and 1984 for the General Daniel James Memorial Health Education Center, under subpart 2 of part H of title XIII of the Education Amendments of 1980.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
97-s-3003,97,s,3003,Organized Professional Team Sports Labor Dispute Resolution Act of 1982,Labor and Employment,1982-10-01,1982-10-19,Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department; OMB.,Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,0,"Organized Professional Team Sports Labor Dispute Resolution Act of 1982 - Amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, to establish a final offer arbitration procedure for the resolution of labor disputes involving the organized professional team sports of football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Authorizes the President, upon finding that a labor dispute involving such an organized professional team sport interferes with the normal flow of commerce, to direct each party involved in such dispute to submit a final offer to the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.  Permits the parties, if no agreement is reached on such offers, to select a panel to act as final offer arbitrator.  Directs the President to appoint such panel if the parties cannot agree on its composition.  Sets forth mediation and arbitration procedures and deadlines limiting the period for resolution of the dispute to 30 days after the President's order.  Provides for modifications and judicial review of the final offer selected by the panel. Directs the President, within five days of enactment of this Act, to direct the parties to the current dispute between the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association to submit final offers in accordance with this Act.",2025-08-29T19:51:53Z,
97-s-3004,97,s,3004,Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees Act of 1982,Agriculture and Food,1982-10-01,1982-10-19,Committee on Agriculture requested executive comment from Department of Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Zorinsky, Edward [D-NE]",NE,D,Z000013,10,"Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees Act of 1982 - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to provide that the number of local committees selected under such Act shall be not less than the number of such local committees on December 31, 1980. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide that the members of local, county, and State committees selected under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act shall be paid travel expenses.",2025-08-29T19:51:50Z,
97-s-3005,97,s,3005,"A bill to clear certain impediments to the licensing of the yacht ""Ellen Ruth"" for employment in the coastwise trade.",Private Legislation,1982-10-01,1982-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC]",SC,R,T000254,1,Directs the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to document a named vessel as a vessel of the United States.,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
97-s-3006,97,s,3006,Schmitt-Ritter Risk Analysis Research and Demonstration Act of 1982,"Science, Technology, Communications",1982-10-01,1982-12-07,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 974.,Senate,"Sen. Schmitt, Harrison H. [R-NM]",NM,R,S000132,0,"(Reported to Senate from Committee on Commerce,Science,and Transportation with amendment(without written rept.)) Schmitt-Ritter Risk Analysis Research and Demonstration Act of 1982 - Directs the President to establish and direct a coordinated program for the improvement and use of risk analysis within Federal agencies through research, interagency coordination and the development of comparative risk strategies.  Requires the Administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a plan which:  (1) reviews the extent, type, and quality of risk analysis presently being carried out within, by, and outside Federal agencies; (2) recommends specific areas for emphasis for research and funding; (3) recommends a coordinating mechanism to transmit and share research results among Federal agencies and other institutions; (4) plans for prototypical risk analysis demonstrations; and (5) recommends methods of increasing public awareness. Requires specified Federal agencies to recommend to the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy research that should be done by such agencies.  Directs the National Science Foundation to recommend a program of research to strengthen the basic and applied sciences required to support Federal agencies in utilizing risk analysis methods, including improved data gathering methods.  Requires the Director to coordinate such recommended research programs. Requires specified Federal agencies to undertake a prototypical risk analysis study:  (1) utilizing new developments when available; (2) comparing the risk of alternative courses of action; (3) delineating scientific from policy judgments; (4) identifying limits placed on the analysis due to relevant organizational and statutory constraints; and (5) identifying tradeoffs. Directs the Administrator to transmit a report to Congress summarizing the risk analysis being carried out and making recommendations for future research and legislative changes.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
97-s-3007,97,s,3007,A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.,Transportation and Public Works,1982-10-01,1982-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,Senate,"Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]",AK,R,M001085,0,Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Civil Aeronautics Board to permit foreign carriers to transport domestic passengers between specified airports on the east coast and Alaska until a domestic carrier initiates comparable nonstop service.,2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,
97-s-3008,97,s,3008,A bill to amend the laws of the United States to eliminate gender-based distinctions.,"Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues",1982-10-01,1982-10-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Courts.,Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,19,"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, Surviviors, and Disability Insurance Program, Railroad Retirement and the Work Incentive Program - Eliminates gender-based distinctions 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.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
97-s-3009,97,s,3009,A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose a one-tenth of one cent duty on apple and pear juice.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1982-10-01,1982-10-12,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; International Trade Commission; Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Treasury Department; State Department; Commerce Department; Agriculture Department.,Senate,"Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]",VA,R,W000154,0,Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose a one-tenth of a cent per gallon duty on apple or pear juice.,2023-05-11T13:18:15Z,
97-s-3010,97,s,3010,Employment Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 1982,Labor and Employment,1982-10-01,1982-10-13,Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department; Labor Department.,Senate,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",CA,D,C000877,0,"Employment Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 1982 - Title I: Amendments to Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate the upper age limitation (70 years of age) of the class of persons to whom such Act applies. Repeals specified provisions allowing mandatory retirement at age 65 in certain professions. Prohibits any employee benefit plan from requiring or permitting the suspension of an employee's benefit accrual because of age before accruing the maximum normal retirement benefit. Title II: Pension Accrual for Older Workers - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit specified types of plans under such Acts from suspending or reducing the rate of an employee's benefit accrual or employer contributions to the employee's account solely because of age. Revises ERISA to prohibit an employer from withholding plan benefits because of any increase in the income of the participant due to employment for less than 1,000 hours during a calendar year. Title III:  Further Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include low-income older workers (who are members of economically disadvantaged families and who are at least 65 years of age) as members of targeted groups for purposes of the tax credit for employment of certain new employees. Provides for a tax credit for certain older workers.  Allows a tax credit for individuals 62 years of age and older by an applicable percentage of the amount by which old-age benefits otherwise payable to such individuals are reduced on account of income from work by such individual. Reduces the rates of the employment (FICA) taxes on employees and on employers by one-half in the case of workers 65 years of age or older.  Makes similar reductions in the case of older workers in the rates of Railroad Retirement Act taxes on employees, employee representatives, and employers. Title IV:  Amendments to the Social Security Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Benefits) of the Social Security Act to revise formulas relating to the reduction of old age insurance benefit amounts for early retirees.  Provides for a graduated increase in old age insurance benefits for individuals who delay retirement until after they reach or exceed age 65. Title V:  Amendments to the National Apprenticeship Act - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary to ensure that no program of apprenticeship discriminates because of age against any individual in admission or employment.",2025-08-29T19:51:50Z,
97-s-3011,97,s,3011,A bill to amend the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to increase the aggregate amount of grants which may be made under such Act to any individual or family adversely affected by a major disaster.,Emergency Management,1982-10-01,1982-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,0,"Amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to increase from $5,000 to $10,000 the aggregate amount of grants which may be made under such Act to any individual or family adversely affected by a major disaster. Declares that such increase shall not apply with respect to major disasters declared before June 1, 1982.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
97-s-3012,97,s,3012,A bill to amend the Small Business Act to reduce the interest rate payable on the Federal share of certain disaster loans made under such Act.,Commerce,1982-10-01,1982-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.,Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,0,Amends the Small Business Act to reduce from eight percent to five percent the maximum interest rate on Small Business Administration disaster loans to homeowners and businesses unable to obtain credit elsewhere.,2025-01-14T17:16:56Z,
97-s-3013,97,s,3013,A bill to provide relief for certain desert land entrymen in Idaho.,Private Legislation,1982-10-01,1982-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]",ID,R,M000346,1,Provides for the reinstatement of specified desert land entries in Idaho.,2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
97-s-3014,97,s,3014,"A bill entitled ""The Small Business Emergency Assistance Act of 1982.""",Commerce,1982-10-01,1982-10-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,0,"Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide loans or loan guarantees to businesses affected by the economic dislocation resulting from the 1982 devaluation of the Mexican peso, at the interest rates prescribed for disaster loans to small businesses under the Small Business Act (i.e., at a rate not to exceed eight percent per annum).",2025-01-14T17:16:56Z,