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| 97-hjres-635 | 97 | hjres | 635 | A joint resolution establishing the dates for submission of the Budget and Economic Report. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-12-20 | 1983-01-14 | Became Public Law No: 97-469. | House | Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12] | TX | D | W000763 | 0 | Requires the President to submit to Congress the budget for FY 1984 and the Economic Report, not later than January 31, 1983. Sets forth dates for submission of related reports by the President and the Joint Economic Committee. | 2023-05-11T13:01:46Z | |
| 97-hjres-636 | 97 | hjres | 636 | A joint resolution directing the completion of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-12-20 | 1982-12-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Bailey, Donald A. [D-PA-21] | PA | D | B000037 | 1 | Directs all pertinent parties to approve the inclusion in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia of the flag, inscription, and statue as agreed upon in October 1982 by certain organizations and interested parties. | 2025-01-14T17:21:40Z | |
| 97-hjres-634 | 97 | hjres | 634 | A joint resolution to disapprove the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and Korea. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1982-12-17 | 1982-12-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment. | House | Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] | LA | D | B000780 | 9 | Disapproves the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Korea transmitted by the President to Congress on August 11, 1982. Terminates the existing agreement between such countries. | 2023-05-11T13:01:46Z | |
| 97-hjres-632 | 97 | hjres | 632 | A joint resolution requiring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to commence a rulemaking relating to natural gas pipeline rate designs, and to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations. | Energy | 1982-12-13 | 1982-12-21 | Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels. | House | Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | D000373 | 0 | Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) begin a rulemaking relating to natural gas pipeline rate designs; and (2) report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations (based on such rulemaking) to the President and the appropriate congressional committees. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 97-hjres-633 | 97 | hjres | 633 | A joint resolution designating the week of January 16 through January 22, 1983, as "National Jaycee Week". | Education | 1982-12-13 | 1982-12-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2] | OK | D | S001139 | 0 | Requests the President to designate January 16 through January 22, 1983, as National Jaycee Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-629 | 97 | hjres | 629 | A joint resolution amending Public Law 97-276 to make continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-12-10 | 1982-12-10 | Referred to House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 0 | Extends, until September 30, 1983, the continuing appropriations made by Public Law 97-276 for specified Federal projects and activities which have not yet received funds beyond FY 1982. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-630 | 97 | hjres | 630 | A joint resolution to commemorate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Greene County, Missouri. | Social Sciences and History | 1982-12-10 | 1983-01-04 | Became Public Law No: 97-421. | House | Rep. Taylor, G. [R-MO-7] | MO | R | T000075 | 0 | Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating January 3, 1983, as the 150th anniversary of the founding of Greene County, Missouri. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-631 | 97 | hjres | 631 | Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 1983 | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-12-10 | 1982-12-21 | Became Public Law No: 97-377. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | (Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 97-980) Title I: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 1983 - Appropriates such amounts as may be necessary in FY 1983 for projects or activities in specified appropriations Acts. Funds such activities to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriation Act. States that if the Senate and the House of Representatives have both passed appropriations for an activity but in differing amounts, the lesser amount or more restrictive authority shall apply in the continuing appropriations. States that where an activity is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one version, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by such version, whichever is lower. Declares that if an appropriation Act has been reported to a House but not passed by that House as of December 17, 1982, it shall be deemed as having passed that House. States that if an appropriation Act has been passed by only the House as of December 17, 1982, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the authority granted by that House, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of that House, whichever is lower. Prohibits any provision which is included in an appropriation Act but which was not included in the applicable appropriation Act of 1982, and which by its terms is applicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority, from applying to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in this joint resolution unless such provision is passed in identical form by both Houses. Provides continuing appropriations for activities of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act of 1982. Sets forth specified limitations on certain programs and activities. Suspends the availability of certain funds to Honduras until that country meets the final terms of a binding ar… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 97-hjres-628 | 97 | hjres | 628 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to contributions and expenditures intended to affect Congressional, Presidential, and State elections. | Government Operations and Politics | 1982-12-08 | 1982-12-08 | Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 16 | Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in Federal and State elections, respectively. | 2023-05-11T13:01:45Z | |
| 97-hjres-627 | 97 | hjres | 627 | A joint resolution to designate the year 1983 as the Bicentennial of Air and Space Flight. | Science, Technology, Communications | 1982-12-06 | 1982-12-06 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 3 | Designates 1983 as the Bicentennial of Air and Space Flight. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-626 | 97 | hjres | 626 | A joint resolution Recommendations on the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War. | International Affairs | 1982-12-01 | 1982-12-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Declares that a central goal of U.S. international security policy should be to achieve a mutually verifiable agreement for the curbing of the development, production, testing, and deployment of nuclear weapons and for their reduction and ultimate elimination. Requests the President to consider the facts presented and steps recommended in the Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War, which was issued by scientists who met at an assembly convened by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Requests the President to report on the Declaration to the Congress and the American people. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-625 | 97 | hjres | 625 | A joint resolution to designate the week beginning January 2, 1983, as "National Buy American Products Week". | Commerce | 1982-11-29 | 1982-11-29 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 0 | Designates the week beginning January 2, 1983, as National Buy American Products Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-620 | 97 | hjres | 620 | A joint resolution calling on the United States and the Soviet Union to give first priority in START to eliminating the fear of a nuclear first-strike. | International Affairs | 1982-10-01 | 1982-11-08 | Executive Comment Requested from Arms Control & Disarm Agcy, State, DOD. | House | Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-4] | TN | D | G000321 | 27 | States that as part of the strategic arms reduction negotiations (START) the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) place the highest priority on eliminating the fear of a first-strike by either nation; and (2) seek a verifiable agreement that produces a stable strategic relationship by ensuring that a first-strike would not give the attacking nation even a hypothetical advantage. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-621 | 97 | hjres | 621 | A joint resolution to designate October 9, 1982, as "Asbestos Victims of America Day". | Health | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 0 | Designates October 9, 1982, as Asbestos Victims of America Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-622 | 97 | hjres | 622 | Federal Motor Vehicle Expenditure Control Act of 1982 | Government Operations and Politics | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Federal Motor Vehicle Expenditure Control Act of 1982 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to direct the head of each executive agency, with specified exceptions, to: (1) designate an office or employee to operate a central monitoring system for the oversight of agency motor vehicle operations; and (2) develop a system to collect data on the costs to the agency of operating motor vehicles. Requires each agency to include with its request for FY 1984 appropriations a statement: (1) specifying its total motor vehicle acquisition, maintenance, leasing, and operating costs incurred in FY 1982 and estimated for FY 1983 and 1984; and (2) describing why its motor vehicle requirements cannot be met through the Interagency Motor Pool System. Directs the President to include an analysis of such statements with the FY 1984 budget transmitted to Congress. Requires the Director to direct agency heads to: (1) review the possibilities of consolidating motor vehicle facilities within and among agencies and to consolidate such facilities when it would be cost-effective; (2) explore the feasibility of interagency consolidation of motor vehicle leasing requirements; and (3) reduce nontactical motor vehicle operation, maintenance, leasing, and acquisition activities in FY 1983 to reduce the total amount expended for such activities by all agencies to a specified amount below the total estimated expenditures for such fiscal year. Requires the Administrator of General Services to reduce motor vehicle storage and disposal costs. Requires the Director, the Administrator, and the Comptroller General to report to Congress on activities under this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:47:42Z | |
| 97-hjres-623 | 97 | hjres | 623 | A joint resolution to designate the week of March 13, 1983, as National Children and Television Week. | Science, Technology, Communications | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] | CO | D | W000647 | 0 | Designates the week of March 13, 1983, as National Children and Television Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-624 | 97 | hjres | 624 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal budget procedures. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Conable, Barber B., Jr. [R-NY-35] | NY | R | C000666 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing, and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal. | 2023-05-11T13:01:45Z | |
| 97-hjres-617 | 97 | hjres | 617 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal Budget procedures. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-09-30 | 1982-10-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-22] | OH | D | E000031 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to submit and Congress to adopt, before each fiscal year, a statement for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote of each House directed solely to that subject. Requires that the names of those voting be entered into the journal of each House. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act in any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect or a national emergency exists. Prohibits reductions in outlays in such statement resulting from any amendment to the Social Security Act which reduce entitlement benefits. States that outlays for social insurance and national defense shall take priority and grants to governmental entities with taxing power shall be reduced before other outlays. Allows Congress to establish a separate statement of outlays for capital expenditures, which may be financed through the issuance of bonds. Limits judicial power with respect to actions arising under this Act. | 2023-05-11T13:01:45Z | |
| 97-hjres-618 | 97 | hjres | 618 | A joint resolution designating December 1982 as "National Closed-Captioned Television Month". | Science, Technology, Communications | 1982-09-30 | 1982-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] | IA | D | H000206 | 56 | Designates December 1982 as National Closed-Captioned Television Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-619 | 97 | hjres | 619 | A joint resolution designating January 17, 1983 as "Public Employees' Appreciation Day". | Labor and Employment | 1982-09-30 | 1983-01-04 | Became Public Law No: 97-420. | House | Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] | MD | D | H000874 | 75 | (Measure passed House) Designates January 17, 1983, as Public Employees' Appreciation Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-614 | 97 | hjres | 614 | A joint resolution to designate the period commencing January 1, 1983, and ending December 31, 1983, as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America". | Social Sciences and History | 1982-09-29 | 1982-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Dougherty, Charles F. [R-PA-4] | PA | R | D000446 | 17 | Designates 1983 as the Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America. Expresses congressional support for the President's Youth Exchange Initiative, and especially the concept of a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Bundestag. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-615 | 97 | hjres | 615 | A joint resolution commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Teamsters' Joint Council No. 7. | Labor and Employment | 1982-09-29 | 1982-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Burton, Phillip [D-CA-6] | CA | D | B001156 | 0 | Extends the congratulations of the Congress to the Teamsters' Joint Council Number 7 on its 75th anniversary. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-616 | 97 | hjres | 616 | A joint resolution designating the week beginning October 17, 1982, as "National Federal Retirees Week". | Government Operations and Politics | 1982-09-29 | 1982-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] | CO | D | W000647 | 152 | Designates the week beginning October 17, 1982, as National Federal Retirees Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-610 | 97 | hjres | 610 | A joint resolution to extend the Defense Production Act of 1950. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. | House | Rep. Blanchard, James [D-MI-18] | MI | D | B000538 | 0 | Extends from September 30, 1982, to December 15, 1982, the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hjres-611 | 97 | hjres | 611 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to prayer or other religious activity in public schools. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit prayer or other religious activity in public schools. States that neither the United States nor any State shall require any person to participate in prayer or other religious activity, or influence the form or content of any prayer or other religious activity in such public schools. | 2023-05-11T13:01:44Z | |
| 97-hjres-612 | 97 | hjres | 612 | A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes. | Housing and Community Development | 1982-09-28 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 2 | Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot and crime insurance programs. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend the period for which areas that qualified as metropolitan cities or urban countries prior to the 1980 decennial census shall retain such status for purposes of the allocation of funds under Federal community development block grants. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to permit the Corporation to have preferred stock. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hjres-613 | 97 | hjres | 613 | A joint resolution to congratulate the American Public Transit Association on a century of service to the transit industry. | Transportation and Public Works | 1982-09-28 | 1982-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4] | NY | R | L000243 | 4 | Congratulates the American Public Transit Association on a century of service to the transit industry. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-609 | 97 | hjres | 609 | A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes. | Housing and Community Development | 1982-09-24 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 1 | Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot and crime insurance programs. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend the period during which areas that qualified as metropolitan cities or urban counties prior to the 1980 decennial census shall retain such status for purposes of the allocation of funds under Federal community development block grants. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hjres-607 | 97 | hjres | 607 | A joint resolution calling for immediate negotiations for a ban on weapons of any kind in space. | International Affairs | 1982-09-23 | 1982-10-05 | Executive Comment Requested from State. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 50 | Directs the President to resume negotiations with the Soviet Union on a treaty prohibiting: (1) the testing, deployment, production, or use of any weapons system designed to damage or interfere with a spacecraft; and (2) the stationing in outer space of any weapon designed to inflict injury or damage on the Earth, in the atmosphere, or on objects placed in space. Requires such a treaty to provide for verifying compliance with its terms. Directs the President to seek the establishment of a working group within the United Nations to provide a forum for discussing a multilateral space treaty banning from space all weapons launched by any country. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-608 | 97 | hjres | 608 | A joint resolution to urge immediate reductions of strategic nuclear forces to equal and substantially reduced levels while awaiting a final outcome of the START negotiations. | International Affairs | 1982-09-23 | 1982-09-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 0 | States that the Congress recommends the immediate reduction of strategic nuclear forces by the Soviet Union and the United States while awaiting the outcome of the START negotiations. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-603 | 97 | hjres | 603 | A joint resolution directing the President to take every possible action to encourage increasing the processed product share of United States agricultural exports. | Agriculture and Food | 1982-09-22 | 1982-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | F000161 | 4 | Directs the President to take every possible action to encourage increasing the processed product share of farm exports including, but not limited to: (1) urging U.S. negotiators to try to include a quantity of value-added processed farm products in grain agreements with the Soviet Union or other nonmarket economy countries; (2) seeking elimination of unfair trade practices by foreign competitors by pursuing international trade negotiations; (3) using the authority of Public Law 480 to encourage inclusion of more processed products under both concessional sales and food aid programs; and (4) using authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Export-Import Bank to ensure that credit arrangements for farm exports and farm product exports are on terms equal to those offered by other countries. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hjres-604 | 97 | hjres | 604 | A joint resolution designating the month of November, 1982, as "National Diabetes Month". | Health | 1982-09-22 | 1982-10-19 | See S.J.Res.257. | House | Rep. Fountain, L. H. [D-NC-2] | NC | D | F000319 | 40 | Designates November 1982 as National Diabetes Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-605 | 97 | hjres | 605 | A joint resolution to provide for the temporary extension of certain insurance programs relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes. | Housing and Community Development | 1982-09-22 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 1 | Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot and crime insurance programs. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hjres-606 | 97 | hjres | 606 | A joint resolution designating the week beginning February 13, 1983 as "National Reye's Syndrome Week". | Health | 1982-09-22 | 1982-09-22 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Vander Jagt, Guy [R-MI-9] | MI | R | V000027 | 0 | Designates the week beginning February 13, 1983, as National Reye's Syndrome Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-600 | 97 | hjres | 600 | A joint resolution to provide for resolution of the single outstanding issue in the current railway labor-management dispute, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 1982-09-21 | 1982-09-22 | See S.J.Res.250. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 1 | Provides for the resolution of the dispute between the carriers represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Directs that the parties be bound by the Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board Numbered 194, dated August 19, 1982. States that such Report and Recommendations shall have the same effect as though arrived at under the Railway Labor Act, and be effective for the period April 1, 1981, through June 30, 1984. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 97-hjres-601 | 97 | hjres | 601 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of October 1, 1982, as "American Enterprise Day". | Commerce | 1982-09-21 | 1982-09-21 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Lott, Trent [R-MS-5] | MS | R | L000447 | 0 | Requests the President to designate October 1, 1982, as American Enterprise Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-602 | 97 | hjres | 602 | A joint resolution designating October 16, 1982, as "National Newspaper Carrier Appreciation Day". | Labor and Employment | 1982-09-21 | 1982-10-12 | See S.J.Res.239. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 233 | Designates October 16, 1982, as National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-593 | 97 | hjres | 593 | A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-09-16 | 1982-09-16 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Appropriates such amounts as may be necessary in FY 1983 for projects or activities in specified appropriations Acts. Funds such activities to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriation Act. States that if the Senate and the House of Representatives have both passed appropriations for an activity but in differing amounts, the lesser amount or more restrictive authority shall apply in the continuing appropriations. States that where an activity is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the one House, whichever is lower. Declares that if an appropriation Act has been reported to a House but not passed by that House as of October 1, 1982, it shall be deemed as having passed that House. States that if an appropriation Act has been passed by only the House the pertinent project or activity shall be continued as prescribed for an activity included in only one version of an Act passed by both Houses. Provides for continued funding of activities in other specified legislative circumstances. Provides continuing appropriations for activities conducted in FY 1982, at the current rate to maintain current operating levels and provided in: (1) Public Law 97-92 under the purview of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; and (2) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982 (prohibits any programs or facilities funded therein from being terminated unless such termination is specifically approved in the appropriations process, including reprograming). Provides for continuing appropriations for activities conducted in FY 1982 for which provision was made in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982, under the current terms and conditions and at a rate for o… | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-594 | 97 | hjres | 594 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week of December 12, 1982, through December 18, 1982, as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1982-09-16 | 1982-10-15 | See S.J.Res.241. | House | Rep. Barnes, Michael D. [D-MD-8] | MD | D | B000160 | 257 | Designates December 12 through December 18, 1982, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-595 | 97 | hjres | 595 | A joint resolution designating December 11, 1982, as "Fiorello H. La Guardia Memorial Day". | Social Sciences and History | 1982-09-16 | 1982-12-17 | Became Public Law No: 97-368. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 15 | (Measure passed House) Designates December 11, 1982, as Fiorello Henry La Guardia Memorial Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-596 | 97 | hjres | 596 | A joint resolution to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of Christ Church of Short Hills, New Jersey. | Arts, Culture, Religion | 1982-09-16 | 1982-09-16 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fenwick, Millicent H. [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | F000078 | 0 | Declares that Congress acknowledges the 100th anniversary of the Christ Church of Short Hills, New Jersey. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-597 | 97 | hjres | 597 | A joint resolution to authorize a study of surveys to prevent flooding along the Fork Branch Creek. | Emergency Management | 1982-09-16 | 1982-09-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture to make investigations and surveys with respect to the prevention of flooding along the South Fork and Flat Branch sub-basins of the Sangamon River Basin. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 97-hjres-598 | 97 | hjres | 598 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the month of October, 1982, as "National Spinal Cord Injury Month". | Health | 1982-09-16 | 1982-10-14 | See S.J.Res.249. | House | Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] | PA | D | W000044 | 39 | Designates October as National Spinal Cord Injury Month. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-599 | 97 | hjres | 599 | A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-09-16 | 1982-10-02 | Became Public Law No: 97-276. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | (House receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments with an amendment) Appropriates such amounts as may be necessary in FY 1983 for projects or activities in specified appropriations Acts. Funds such activities to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriation Act. States that if the Senate and the House of Representatives have both passed appropriations for an activity but in differing amounts, the lesser amount or more restrictive authority shall apply in the continuing appropriations. States that where an activity is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriations, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the one House, whichever is lower. Declares that if an appropriation Act has been reported to a House but not passed by that House as of October 1, 1981, it shall be deemed as having passed that House. States that if an appropriation Act has been passed by only the House the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate as passed, whichever is lower. Provides for continued funding of activities in other specified legislative circumstances. Provides continuing appropriations for activities conducted in FY 1982, at the current rate to maintain current operating levels and provided in: (1) Public Law 97-92 under the purview of the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; and (2) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982 (prohibits any programs or facilities funded therein from being terminated unless such termination is specifically approved in the appropriations process, including reprograming). Provides for continuing appropriations, pending passage of the regular Department of Defense Appropriation Act for FY 1983, for activities for w… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 97-hjres-592 | 97 | hjres | 592 | A joint resolution designating January 17, 1983, as "Public Employees' Appreciation Day". | Labor and Employment | 1982-09-13 | 1982-09-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Parris, Stanford E. (Stan) [R-VA-8] | VA | R | P000080 | 32 | Designates January 17, 1983, as Public Employees' Appreciation Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-589 | 97 | hjres | 589 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the week beginning October 1, 1982, as "National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week". | Health | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] | MD | D | L000413 | 5 | Designates the week beginning October 1, 1982, as National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-590 | 97 | hjres | 590 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim March 21, 1983, as "National Taste and Smell Disease Awareness Day". | Health | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Donald J. [R-NY-31] | NY | R | M000808 | 9 | Requests the President to designate March 21, 1983, as National Taste and Smell Disease Awareness Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-591 | 97 | hjres | 591 | A joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on March 13, 1983, as "National Surveyors Week". | Labor and Employment | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2] | VA | R | W000406 | 167 | Requests the President to designate the week beginning on March 13, 1983, as National Surveyors Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-585 | 97 | hjres | 585 | A joint resolution to designate the week commencing with the third Monday in February of 1983 as "National Patriotism Week". | Government Operations and Politics | 1982-08-19 | 1982-08-19 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 103 | Designates the week beginning with the third Monday in February 1983 as National Patriotism Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-586 | 97 | hjres | 586 | A joint resolution to proclaim March 21, 1983, as "National Agriculture Day". | Agriculture and Food | 1982-08-19 | 1982-08-19 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 228 | Designates March 21, 1983, as National Agriculture Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-587 | 97 | hjres | 587 | A joint resolution to repeal provisions of law which require withholding on interest and dividends. | Taxation | 1982-08-19 | 1982-08-19 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9] | MA | D | M000834 | 2 | Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hjres-588 | 97 | hjres | 588 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of the month of October, 1982, as "Head Start Awareness Month". | Education | 1982-08-19 | 1982-10-14 | Became Public Law No: 97-315. | House | Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] | KY | R | R000395 | 226 | Designates October 1982 as Head Start Awareness Month. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-583 | 97 | hjres | 583 | A joint resolution designating the week of October 10 through October 16, 1982, as "Freedom Week USA". | Arts, Culture, Religion | 1982-08-18 | 1982-08-18 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Gregg, Judd [R-NH-2] | NH | R | G000445 | 112 | Designates October 10 through October 16, 1982, as Freedom Week, USA. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-584 | 97 | hjres | 584 | A joint resolution designating October 5, 1982, as "Raoul Wallenberg Day". | International Affairs | 1982-08-18 | 1982-08-18 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fenwick, Millicent H. [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | F000078 | 0 | Designates October 5, 1982, as Raoul Wallenberg Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-580 | 97 | hjres | 580 | A joint resolution to disapprove the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and Spain. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1982-08-17 | 1982-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Disapproves the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and Spain transmitted by the President to Congress on August 13, 1982. Terminates the existing agreement between such countries. | 2023-05-11T13:01:42Z | |
| 97-hjres-581 | 97 | hjres | 581 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the week beginning October 11, 1982, as "National Get High on Life Week". | Social Welfare | 1982-08-17 | 1982-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3] | LA | D | T000058 | 12 | Requests the President to designate the week beginning October 11, 1982, as National Get High on Life Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-582 | 97 | hjres | 582 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate August 15, 1982 as "Will Rogers and Wiley Post Day". | Arts, Culture, Religion | 1982-08-17 | 1982-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Requests the President to designate August 15,1982, as Will Rogers and Wiley Post Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-579 | 97 | hjres | 579 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that all revenues bills shall originate in the House of Representatives. | Law | 1982-08-16 | 1982-08-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | K000190 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires all revenue bills to originate in the House of Representatives. | 2023-05-11T13:01:42Z | |
| 97-hjres-576 | 97 | hjres | 576 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate March 1, 1983, as "National Recovery Room Nurses Day". | Labor and Employment | 1982-08-13 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-3] | VA | R | B000556 | 18 | Requests the President to designate March 1, 1983, as National Recovery Room Nurses Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-577 | 97 | hjres | 577 | A joint resolution to disapprove the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and Korea. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1982-08-13 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Disapproves the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Korea transmitted by the President to Congress on August 11, 1982. Terminates the existing agreement between such countries. | 2023-05-11T13:01:42Z | |
| 97-hjres-578 | 97 | hjres | 578 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate March 1, 1983, as "National Recovery Room Nurses Day". | Labor and Employment | 1982-08-13 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-19] | MI | R | B000890 | 0 | Requests the President to designate March 1, 1983, as National Recovery Room Nurses Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-570 | 97 | hjres | 570 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for a procedure for removal from office, in every tenth year of service, of the judges of the Supreme Court and inferior Federal courts. | Law | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior Federal courts shall hold office during good behavior, except that no judge shall hold office upon the expiration of any consecutive ten-year term if the Senate adopts a resolution of removal during a judge's tenth year of such ten-year period. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 97-hjres-571 | 97 | hjres | 571 | A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze and reduction in nuclear weapons. | International Affairs | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 126 | States that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) pursue a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) decide when and how to achieve a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) give special attention to destabilizing weapons; and (4) proceeding from this freeze, pursue major, mutual, and verifiable reductions in nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-572 | 97 | hjres | 572 | A joint resolution establishing May 15, 1983, as "Peace Officers' Memorial Day". | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-12 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Moore, W. Henson [R-LA-6] | LA | R | M000923 | 0 | Designates May 15, 1983, as Peace Officers' Memorial Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-573 | 97 | hjres | 573 | A joint resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons. | International Affairs | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 0 | States that the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) between the United States and the Soviet Union should have the following objectives: (1) pursuing a complete halt to the nuclear arms race; (2) deciding when and how to achieve and pursue a mutual and verifiable freeze on the testing, production, and further deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other delivery systems; (3) giving special attention to destabilizing weapons; (4) providing for cooperative measures of verification, including on-site inspection; (5) pursuing substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions; (6) preserving present limitations and controls on current nuclear weapons and delivery systems; and (7) incorporating ongoing negotiations in Geneva on land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles into the START negotiations. Declares that the United States shall try to reach a common position with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies on any agreement that would be inconsistent with existing U.S. commitments to those allies. Declares that the United States shall continue to adhere to the SALT II agreement so long as the Soviet Union adheres to it and so long as it is in the national interest to adhere to it. Declares that the United States may take advantage of concurrent and complementary arms control proposals. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-574 | 97 | hjres | 574 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal budget procedures. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, before each fiscal year, to adopt a statement for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote of both Houses directed solely to that subject. Requires Congress and the President to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. States that if the President determines that actual receipts will be deficient, a Budget Council shall be convened to recommend to Congress expenditure reductions or revenue increases. States that such recommendations will become law in the absence of Congressional action to waive spending restrictions. Directs the President to report actual receipts and expenditures to Congress. Prohibits Congress from passing appropriations legislation until additional revenue is raised or expenditures are reduced in accordance with this Act. Allows waiver of the above restrictions in times of war. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing, and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States, except those for repayment of debt principal. States that the existing public debt limit shall become permanent when this article takes effect. Permits Congress to increase such limit by a three-fifths vote in each House. | 2023-05-11T13:01:41Z | |
| 97-hjres-575 | 97 | hjres | 575 | Balanced Budget Amendment | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Balanced Budget Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law which causes the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount of revenue of the United States received during such fiscal year. Provides for a suspension of such prohibition during a time of war or a time of national emergency declared by the Congress. Makes this article effective for the second fiscal year beginning after its ratification. | 2025-08-29T19:47:42Z | |
| 97-hjres-568 | 97 | hjres | 568 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of October 5, 1982 as "Dr. Robert H. Goddard Day". | Science, Technology, Communications | 1982-08-11 | 1982-10-05 | Became Public Law No: 97-281. | House | Rep. Early, Joseph D. [D-MA-3] | MA | D | E000013 | 55 | Designates October 5, 1982, as Dr. Robert H. Goddard Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-569 | 97 | hjres | 569 | A joint resolution redesignating the Saint Croix Island National Monument in the State of Maine as the "Saint Croix Island International Historic Site". | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1982-08-11 | 1982-08-23 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Emery, David F. [R-ME-1] | ME | R | E000175 | 1 | Redesignates the Saint Croix Island National Monument in Maine as the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 97-hjres-567 | 97 | hjres | 567 | A joint resolution concerning changes in regulations for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. | Agriculture and Food | 1982-08-10 | 1982-08-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 74 | Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from placing into effect any rule which would not maintain or enhance the nutritional integrity of supplemental foods made available under the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Directs the Secretary to make a finding that any rule changes governing the program subsequent to enactment of this resolution shall be beneficial to the nutritional status of program participants. Requires the Secretary to submit such finding to the appropriate congressional committees prior to its publication in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary to implement a specified rule concerning the program no later than December 31, 1982. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hjres-566 | 97 | hjres | 566 | A joint resolution designating the week of August 29, 1982, through September 4, 1982, as "National Railroad Day". | Transportation and Public Works | 1982-08-09 | 1982-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Robert H. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000845 | 29 | Requests the President to designate the week of August 29 through Septmber 4, 1982, as National Railroad Week and September 4, 1982, as National Railroad Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-565 | 97 | hjres | 565 | A joint resolution designating the week of October 4 through October 10, 1982, as "National Productivity Improvement Week". | Labor and Employment | 1982-08-05 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | L000265 | 101 | Requests the President to designate the week of October 3 through October 9, 1982 as National Productivity Improvement Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-564 | 97 | hjres | 564 | A joint resolution designating the week beginning September 20, 1982, as "National Firefighters' Week". | Labor and Employment | 1982-08-04 | 1982-08-04 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-36] | NY | D | L000556 | 138 | Designates the week beginning September 20, 1982, as National Firefighters' Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-562 | 97 | hjres | 562 | A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. | Labor and Employment | 1982-08-03 | 1982-11-29 | Read the second time and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under Rule XIV. Calendar No. 960. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 3 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #339 (223-169)) Makes a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Labor, to remain available until December 31, 1982, of a sum equal to five percent of the latest estimated cost of unemployment compensation for the current fiscal year. Makes 85 percent of such funds available to provide productive jobs for qualified unemployed individuals and 25 percent available for youth employment and training programs. Makes an individual assisted with funds under this Act ineligible for unemployment compensation during such employment. Provides that eligible individuals shall be paid at a rate not less than the Federal, State, or local minimum wage or the prevailing rate for similar occupations by the same employer, whichever is higher. Limits the annual wage rate to $10,000. Prohibits the displacement of currently employed workers. Sets forth the method of allocating funds under this Act. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-563 | 97 | hjres | 563 | A joint resolution designating November 14, 1982, as National Retired Teachers Day. | Labor and Employment | 1982-08-03 | 1982-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fuqua, Don [D-FL-2] | FL | D | F000430 | 102 | Designates November 14, 1982, as National Retired Teachers Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-559 | 97 | hjres | 559 | A joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the third week in August every year as "America in Concert Week". | Arts, Culture, Religion | 1982-08-02 | 1982-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8] | TX | R | F000111 | 0 | Requests the President to designate the third week in August every year as America in Concert Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-560 | 97 | hjres | 560 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution requiring a three-fifths vote for borrowing money or for raising revenue. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-08-02 | 1982-08-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17] | CA | R | P000097 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any bill for borrowing money on the credit of the United States or for raising revenue from being presented to the President, except in time of war, unless three fifths of the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed it. | 2023-05-11T13:01:40Z | |
| 97-hjres-561 | 97 | hjres | 561 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution requiring a three-fifths vote for borrowing money or for raising revenue. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-08-02 | 1982-08-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17] | CA | R | P000097 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any bill for borrowing money on the credit of the United States or for raising revenue from being presented to the President, except in time of war, unless three fifths of the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed it. | 2023-05-11T13:01:40Z | |
| 97-hjres-555 | 97 | hjres | 555 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution requiring a three-fifths vote for borrowing money. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-07-29 | 1982-08-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Pashayan, Charles, Jr. [R-CA-17] | CA | R | P000097 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any bill for borrowing money on the credit of the United States from being presented to the President, except in time of war, unless three fifths of the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed it. | 2023-05-11T13:01:40Z | |
| 97-hjres-556 | 97 | hjres | 556 | A joint resolution to prevent Nuclear Testing. | International Affairs | 1982-07-29 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 83 | States that the President, at the earliest possible date, should: (1) request Senate consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaties; and (2) resume trilateral test ban treaty negotiations. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-557 | 97 | hjres | 557 | A joint resolution designating September 12, 1982 as "B'nai B'rith Day". | Arts, Culture, Religion | 1982-07-29 | 1982-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22] | NY | D | B000472 | 45 | Designates September 12, 1982, as B'nai B'rith Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-558 | 97 | hjres | 558 | A joint resolution designating September 22, 1982, as "American Businesswomen's Day". | Commerce | 1982-07-29 | 1982-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] | IA | R | T000053 | 67 | Designates September 22, 1982, as American Businesswomen's Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-551 | 97 | hjres | 551 | A joint resolution to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations which expand the number of hours which 14 and 15-year old children would be permitted to work and which further change the conditions of employment of young children and students. | Labor and Employment | 1982-07-28 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 104 | Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations changing: (1) the conditions for employment of 14 and 15 year-old children; and (2) existing regulations governing full-time student employment at subminimum wages. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hjres-552 | 97 | hjres | 552 | A joint resolution declaring the President's July certification with respect to El Salvador to be void. | International Affairs | 1982-07-28 | 1982-08-11 | Executive Comment Requested from State. | House | Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-12] | MA | D | S001040 | 103 | Declares that the presidential certification submitted to the Congress with respect to sending military aid to El Salvador is void. Directs the President to immediately suspend such assistance. Requires the suspension to remain in effect during FY 1982 and 1983. Prohibits the President from making another such certification until Congress enacts a joint resolution declaring that El Salvador has met specified conditions. | 2025-01-23T13:14:35Z | |
| 97-hjres-553 | 97 | hjres | 553 | Indian Claims Act of 1982 | Native Americans | 1982-07-28 | 1982-12-13 | Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 228 - 153 (Record Vote No: 442). | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 0 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 97-954) Indian Claims Act of 1982 - Amends Federal law relating to the statute of limitations on claims of the United States for money damages arising out of contract or tort ("2415 provisions") to extend such statute of limitations in the case of specified types of Indian "2415" claims. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the Federal Register a list of all Indian "2415" claims which have been identified by or submitted to the Secretary under the "Statute of Limitation Project" and which would be barred by the statute of limitations on "2415" claims, but for the provisions of this Act. Grants the Secretary discretion to exclude from such list any matter which was erroneously identified as a claim and which has no legal merit whatsoever. Sets forth information requirements for such list. Requires that such list be distributed to each Indian tribe, band or group whose rights or the rights of whose members could be affected by "2415" provisions. Grants any Indian tribe, band, group, or individual 180 days after publication of such list in the Federal Register to submit to the Secretary any additional claims which they believed to be affected by "2415" provisions and desire to have considered for litigation or legislation by the United States. Sets forth information requirements for such submissions. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after expiration of such submission period, to publish in the Federal Register a list of the additional claims submitted. Grants the Secretary discretion to exclude from such additional list any matter which has not been sufficiently identified as a claim. Provides that Indian "2415" claims which are pre- 1966 and which are not included on either of the lists shall be barred 60 days after publication of the additional list. Requires that the Secretary's decision to reject for litigation any of the claims or groups or categories of claims contained on either of the lists … | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 97-hjres-554 | 97 | hjres | 554 | A joint resolution to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations which expand the number of hours which 14 and 15-year old children would be permitted to work and which further expand the type of and conditions of employment for young children and students. | Labor and Employment | 1982-07-28 | 1982-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Labor Standards. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from promulgating regulations changing: (1) the conditions for employment of 14 and 15 year-old children; and (2) existing regulations governing full-time student employment at subminimum wages. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hjres-550 | 97 | hjres | 550 | A joint resolution to authorize the President to proclaim October 15 of each year as National Poetry Day. | Arts, Culture, Religion | 1982-07-27 | 1982-07-27 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 1 | Requests the President to designate October 15 of each year as National Poetry Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-546 | 97 | hjres | 546 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal fiscal decisionmaking procedures. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-07-23 | 1982-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Derrick, Butler C. [D-SC-3] | SC | D | D000267 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, before each fiscal year, to adopt a statement for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote. Permits Congress to suspend the provisions of this Act in any fiscal year in which a declaration of war or national emergency is in effect. States that outlays for social insurance and national defense shall take priority and grants to governmental entities with taxing power shall be reduced before other outlays. | 2023-05-11T13:01:39Z | |
| 97-hjres-547 | 97 | hjres | 547 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which prohibits the Congress from making any law which causes the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year to exceed the total amount of revenue of the United States received during that fiscal year. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-07-23 | 1982-07-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] | TX | D | F000392 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from making any law which causes the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount of revenue of the United States received during such fiscal year. Provides for a suspension of such prohibition during a time of war or of national emergency declared by the Congress. Makes this article effective for the second fiscal year beginning after its ratification. | 2023-05-11T13:01:39Z | |
| 97-hjres-548 | 97 | hjres | 548 | A joint resolution calling for peace in Northern Ireland and the establishment of a United Ireland. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-23 | 1982-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Urges the President to direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to call upon that body to: (1) request full respect for the civil rights of all the people of Northern Ireland, the termination of discrimination, and settlement of the question of the unification of Ireland; and (2) designate a commission to oversee an election of the people of all Ireland concerning unification. Discontinues all U.S. military aid and training programs with, and weapons and ammunition exports to, the United Kingdom of Great Britain which are related to the suppression of the minority in Northern Ireland and which are not exclusively reserved for North Atlantic Treaty Organization functions. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hjres-549 | 97 | hjres | 549 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal budget procedures. | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-07-23 | 1982-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Heftel, Cecil [D-HI-1] | HI | D | H000449 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to submit and Congress to adopt each fiscal year, a statement in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act in any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect or a national emergency exists. Prohibits the Congress from requiring that the States engage in additional activities without compensation equal to the additional costs. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal. | 2023-05-11T13:01:40Z | |
| 97-hjres-545 | 97 | hjres | 545 | A joint resolution prohibiting the Secretary of the Interior from implementing the five-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan until the Secretary has taken certain actions to conform the plan to the purposes and requirements of applicable law. | Energy | 1982-07-22 | 1982-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Mines and Mining. | House | Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-12] | MA | D | S001040 | 87 | Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the five-year Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan approved by the Department of the Interior on July 21, 1982. Prohibits the implementation of such program until the Secretary of the Interior has modified the plan to conform to applicable Federal law and national energy policy. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 97-hjres-542 | 97 | hjres | 542 | A joint resolution setting aside the third Saturday of June each year as "American Unity Day". | Arts, Culture, Religion | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-21 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Coats, Daniel [R-IN-4] | IN | R | C000542 | 0 | Designates the third Saturday in June of each year as American Unity Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-543 | 97 | hjres | 543 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of November 15, 1982 as "American Enterprise Day". | Commerce | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-21 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Lowery, Bill [R-CA-41] | CA | R | L000479 | 23 | Requests the President to designate November 15, 1982, as American Enterprise Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-544 | 97 | hjres | 544 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Denies application of this amendment to any Federal law concerning the military draft or military service, or any State law concerning State militia service. | 2023-05-11T13:01:39Z | |
| 97-hjres-541 | 97 | hjres | 541 | A joint resolution concerning the successful completion of the test flight phase of the space shuttle program. | Science, Technology, Communications | 1982-07-20 | 1982-08-20 | Became Public Law No: 97-237. | House | Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | H000367 | 35 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Extends the congratulations of Congress to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the individuals who contributed to the successful completion of the test flight phase of the Space Shuttle program and the entry of the United States into a new era of space flight for the benefit of the people of the United States and all mankind. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 97-hjres-540 | 97 | hjres | 540 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1982-07-19 | 1982-07-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. | House | Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5] | NC | D | N000016 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Exempts military draft or military service from the application of this amendment. | 2023-05-11T13:01:39Z | |
| 97-hjres-536 | 97 | hjres | 536 | A joint resolution designating December 11, 1982, as "Fiorello Henry La Guardia Memorial Day". | Social Sciences and History | 1982-07-15 | 1982-07-15 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 1 | Designates December 11, 1982, as Fiorello Henry La Guardia Memorial Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hjres-537 | 97 | hjres | 537 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the first week in October for the calendar years 1982, 1983, and 1984 as "National Port Week". | Water Resources Development | 1982-07-15 | 1982-10-01 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-10] | NY | D | B000432 | 217 | Requests the President to designate the first week in October of 1982, 1983, and 1984 as National Port Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hjres-538 | 97 | hjres | 538 | A joint resolution to express the support of Congress for the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in substantial, verifiable, equitable, and militarily-significant reductions of their nuclear weapons resulting in equal and sharply reduced force levels which would contribute to peace and stability. | International Affairs | 1982-07-15 | 1982-07-27 | Text of This Measure to be Substituted as an Amendment to H.J.Res.521. | House | Rep. Broomfield, William S. [R-MI-19] | MI | R | B000890 | 167 | Expresses the support of the Congress for beginning strategic arms reductions talks. Urges the Soviet Union to join with the United States in concluding an equitable and verifiable agreement which freezes strategic nuclear forces at equal and substantially reduced levels. Reaffirms congressional support for the position that the United States should not enter into an arms agreement which provides for force levels inferior to those of the Soviet Union. Declares that the United States should propose practical measures to: (1) reduce the danger of accidental nuclear war; (2) prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties, including terrorists; and (3) halt the worldwide proliferation of nuclear weapons. Insists that any arms control agreement must be fully verifiable. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z |
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