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| 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 tech… | 2025-08-29T19:51:54Z | |
| 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 ven… | 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-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-hr-7402 | 97 | hr | 7402 | A bill to clarify the eligibility of small agricultural cooperatives for assistance under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act. | Commerce | 1982-12-09 | 1982-12-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] | TX | D | S000851 | 16 | Amends the Small Business Act to define "small agricultural cooperative", for purposes of eligibility for disaster loans under such Act, as an association: (1) acting pursuant to the Agriculture Marketing Act; (2) whose receipts do not exceed the size standard established for other agricultural small business concerns; and (3) whose board members or governing members each qualify as a small business concern. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-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-hr-7284 | 97 | hr | 7284 | Product Liability Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14] | CA | R | S000393 | 5 | Product Liability Act of 1982 - Sets forth uniform national standards for products liability cases. Preempts inconsistent Federal and State laws. Permits actions under this Act to be brought in State court or Federal court if the United States is a party or diversity jurisdiction exists. Prohibits recovery for other than commercial loss or damage to the product itself, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Sets forth basic standards of responsibility for manufacturers and product sellers other than manufacturers including wholesalers, distributors, retailers, lessors, packagers, and repairers. Establishes rules relating to proof in products liability cases with respect to Federal government standards and contract specifications. Prohibits admission of postmanufacturing improvements except for the purpose of impeaching a witness for the product seller who denies the feasibility of such improvements. Allows a manufacturer to introduce certain precautionary measures. Provides that all product liability actions shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Specifies the manner in which damages are to be apportioned. Provides that comparative damages apply only to compensatory damages. Requires the reduction of any damage award by the amount of workers' compensation benefits which are paid. Makes a product seller who acted with flagrant indifference to consumer safety, where the act was an extreme departure from accepted practice, liable for punitive damages. Establishes a two-year statute of limitations and a ten-year statute of repose. | 2025-08-29T19:50:11Z | |
| 97-hr-7290 | 97 | hr | 7290 | Small Business Recovery Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-10-01 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Small Business Recovery Act of 1982 - Title I: Capital Formation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for nonrecognition of any long-term capital gain from the sale of property which is reinvested in a small business. Prescribes a three-year statute of limitations for the assessment of any deficiency attributable to gain realized by the sale of such property. Allows an exclusion from gross income of ten percent of the interest received by banks on loans to small businesses. Allows individual taxpayers an income tax credit for investment in small business incentive stock (stock issues aggregating less than $7,500,000 by corporations with equity capital of less than $25,000,000). Limits the amount of such credit to $3,000 ($6,000 for taxpayers filing jointly). Denies such credit to individuals who dispose of incentive stock within six months of purchase, to individuals who control the corporation, and to estates and trusts. Title II: Earnings Retention - Reduces corporate income tax rates for small businesses. Doubles the amount of used investment property purchased by a small business eligible for the investment tax credit. Increases the accumulated earnings credit to permit small businesses to accumulate up to $500,000 of earnings without incurring liability for the tax on accumulated earnings. Title III: Other Tax Benefits - Permits businesses with gross receipts of less than $2,000,000 for the last three preceding taxable years to elect to use the cash method of accounting without regard to inventories. Allows small businesses a nonrefundable income tax credit of $5 for each Federal form or document they are required to file. | 2025-08-29T19:50:12Z | |
| 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-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 | |
| 97-hconres-417 | 97 | hconres | 417 | A concurrent resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Federal Trade Commission relating to funeral industry practices. | Commerce | 1982-09-30 | 1982-10-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Russo, Martin A. [D-IL-3] | IL | D | R000543 | 0 | Disapproves the final rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission which deals with the matter of funeral industry practices. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 97-hr-7232 | 97 | hr | 7232 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to reduce the interest rate payable on the share of certain disaster loans made under such act. | Commerce | 1982-09-30 | 1982-10-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-4] | TN | D | G000321 | 3 | Amends the Small Business Act to reduce from eight percent to five percent the maximum interest rates on Small Business Administration disaster loans to homeowners and businesses unable to obtain credit elsewhere. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-7246 | 97 | hr | 7246 | A bill to permit small businesses to use interest-bearing demand deposits (NOW accounts). | Commerce | 1982-09-30 | 1982-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 0 | Permits small businesses to use interest-bearing demand deposits (NOW accounts). | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 97-hr-7207 | 97 | hr | 7207 | Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-09-29 | 1982-10-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] | CA | D | E000064 | 1 | 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 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. | 2025-08-29T19:50:12Z | |
| 97-s-2976 | 97 | s | 2976 | Defense Economic Adjustment Act | Commerce | 1982-09-29 | 1982-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | M000241 | 0 | Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be cochaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor. Establishes in the Executive Office an Office of Economic Adjustment, headed by a Director, to provide staff support to the Council. Directs the Council to disseminate information from the Secretary of Defense to Federal, State, and local agencies concerning proposed or pending changes in defense spending which would affect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to perform other duties, including: (1) soliciting, directing, and coordinating plans for private and public projects which will provide new employment opportunities; (2) providing technical assistance to communities to plan for economic conversion; (3) coordinating its activities with the Center for Utilization of Federal Technology; (4) monitoring the existing job services information bank in the Department of Labor; and (5) determining criteria for eligibility for assistance. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the pertinent information to the Council in advance of any change and to furnish the Council with projected future defense spending levels. Directs the Council to prepare and distribute a Conversion Guidelines Handbook to outline requirements of programs for professional retraining of personnel. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment of separate management and labor alternative use committees by each defense facility and contractor employing at least 100 persons to plan for economic conversion in the event of closure or reduction. Penalizes any contractor who fails to submit an alternative use plan or carry out one approved by the Council by making such contractor ineligible for future defense contracts for three years. Directs such committees to: (1) evaluate the assets of the facilities and the resources and requirements of the local community; (2) develop at … | 2025-08-29T19:51:52Z | |
| 97-s-2944 | 97 | s | 2944 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide that, for purposes of the waiver of the $500,000 limitation on disaster loans, the owner of a building which contains the principal place of business of at least one-third of the private employers in a downtown business district shall be treated as a major source of employment. | Commerce | 1982-09-23 | 1982-09-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to treat a person as a major source of employment for purposes of the waiver of the $500,000 limitation on small business disaster loans if such person owns a building which: (1) has a fair market value before a disaster occurs of at least $1,000,000; and (2) contains the principal place of business of at least one-third of the private employers in the downtown business district of any city. Provides that this Act shall apply to disasters occurring on or after January 1, 1982. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 97-sjres-254 | 97 | sjres | 254 | A joint resolution designating September 22, 1983, as "American Business Women's Day." | Commerce | 1982-09-23 | 1982-12-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | Senate | Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA] | IA | R | J000101 | 31 | Designates September 22, 1983, as American Business Women's Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-7160 | 97 | hr | 7160 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide assistance to areas of economic dislocation in the United States that is the result of drastic fluctuation in the value of the currency in a country contiguous to the United States. | Commerce | 1982-09-22 | 1982-10-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] | CA | D | E000064 | 21 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration to make loans to small businesses in areas of economic dislocation resulting from: (1) drastic fluctuation in the value of the currency; and (2) adjustments in the regulation of the monetary system of a country contiguous to the United States. Requires that such economic dislocation be of such magnitude that without the benefit of the loans under this Act a significant number of otherwise financially sound small businesses in those areas would become insolvent or would be unable to return quickly to their former level of operation. Limits each loan to a maximum of $100,000. Prohibits the use of loan proceeds to reduce other loans. Permits the deferral of loan repayment for one year. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 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-hr-7106 | 97 | hr | 7106 | Office Machine and Equipment Retail Dealers Agreement Act | Commerce | 1982-09-15 | 1982-09-30 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended). | House | Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1] | AR | D | A000103 | 13 | Office Machine and Equipment Retail Dealers Agreement Act - Makes it a violation of this Act for any supplier of office products to: (1) induce a dealer in such products to enter into a dealer agreement by fraud; (2) fail to act in good faith in performing, canceling, terminating, or refusing to renew a dealer agreement; or (3) enter into a dealer agreement whereby the dealer will conduct business in a market area which is already the market area of another dealer without providing 60 days notice to the existing dealer. Allows a supplier to terminate a dealer agreement which contains a specified expiration date prior to such date (or at any time if such agreement does not contain an expiration date) by offering the dealer, within 60 days of the intended termination, fair and reasonable compensation for the value of the agreement. Permits the Federal district court to determine the amount of such reasonable compensation if a controversy occurs. Grants a dealer the right to file an action for damages or equitable relief against any supplier who violates this Act. States that this Act shall not be construed to modify any provision of the antitrust laws. | 2025-08-29T19:50:05Z | |
| 97-sjres-242 | 97 | sjres | 242 | A joint resolution designating September 22, 1982, as "American Businesswomen's Day". | Commerce | 1982-09-10 | 1982-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA] | IA | R | J000101 | 6 | Designates September 22, 1982, as American Businesswomen's Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-s-2881 | 97 | s | 2881 | A bill to amend the copyright law respecting the limitations on exclusive rights to secondary transmissions. | Commerce | 1982-09-09 | 1982-09-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Amends the copyright law to expand the limitations on exclusive rights to secondary transmissions. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-7070 | 97 | hr | 7070 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to restore the authority to make loans for economic dislocation and to clarify that such dislocations include foreign currency devaluations. | Commerce | 1982-09-08 | 1982-09-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make loans to small businesses in areas of economic dislocation. Provides that economic dislocation includes: (1) extraordinary, severe, and temporary natural conditions; (2) foreign currency devaluations; and (3) other economic dislocations determined by the SBA. Requires that such economic dislocation be of such magnitude that without the benefit of the loans under this Act a significant number of otherwise financially sound small businesses in those areas would become insolvent or would be unable to return quickly to their former level of operation. Limits each loan to a maximum of $100,000. Prohibits loan proceeds from being used to reduce other loans. Permits the deferral of loan repayment for one year. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-s-2876 | 97 | s | 2876 | Small Business Administration State Development Company Program Amendments of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-08-20 | 1982-08-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 4 | Small Business Administration State Development Company Program Amendments of 1982 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to purchase or guarantee debentures issued by State development companies. Makes such debentures subordinate to the other debts and obligations of such companies unless the SBA determines otherwise. Requires that the proceeds of such financing be used solely to assist identifiable small businesses for sound business purposes. | 2025-08-29T19:51:45Z | |
| 97-hr-7022 | 97 | hr | 7022 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide assistance to areas of economic dislocation in the United States that is the result of drastic fluctuation in the value of the currency in a country contiguous to the United States. | Commerce | 1982-08-19 | 1982-09-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 4 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration to make loans to small businesses in areas of economic dislocation resulting from: (1) drastic fluctuation in the value of the currency; and (2) adjustments in the regulation of the monetary system of a country contiguous to the United States. Requires that such economic dislocation be of such magnitude that without the benefit of the loans under this Act a significant number of otherwise financially sound small businesses in those areas would become insolvent or would be unable to return quickly to their former level of operation. Limits each loan to a maximum of $100,000. Prohibits the use of loan proceeds to reduce other loans. Permits the deferral of loan repayment for one year. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6983 | 97 | hr | 6983 | A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code to improve the protection afforded to computer software, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-08-12 | 1982-08-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 3 | Includes computer software among the works of authorship entitled to copyright protection. States that copyright protection does not interfere with any rights the owner of a copyright may possess under a State trade secret law. Sets forth the form copyright notice should take with respect to such software. Directs the Register of Copyrights to prescribe regulations for the deposit of such material. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 97-s-2821 | 97 | s | 2821 | Professional Football Stabilization Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-08-09 | 1982-09-29 | Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Professional Football Stabilization Act of 1982 - Prohibits any professional football team which has played its home games in a metropolitan area for six years or more from relocating, unless: (1) a party to the stadium lease agreement fails to comply with such agreement and such noncompliance cannot be remedied within a reasonable time; (2) such stadium is inadequate for operating the team and the stadium authority shows no intention of correcting the inadequacies; or (3) the team has lost money for at least three consecutive years or for a shorter period to the extent that the continued financial viability of the team is threatened. Exempts from the applicability of certain antitrust laws any joint agreement by persons engaged in professional football which restricts the movement of any team in accordance with this Act. Authorizes a metropolitan area to bring a civil action for damages and equitable relief against a professional football team which relocates from that area in violation of this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:51:49Z | |
| 97-sjres-226 | 97 | sjres | 226 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate October 1, 1982, as "American Enterprise Day." | Commerce | 1982-08-03 | 1982-08-20 | Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 27 | Requests the President to designate October 1, 1982, as American Enterprise Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 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-hr-6903 | 97 | hr | 6903 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide that, for purposes of the waiver of the $500,000 limitation on disaster loans, the owner of a building which contains the (principal) place of business of at least one-third of the private employers in a downtown business district shall be treated as a major source of employment. | Commerce | 1982-07-29 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6] | MA | D | M000264 | 2 | Amends the Small Business Act to treat a person as a major source of employment for purposes of the waiver of the $500,000 limitation on small business disaster loans if such person owns a building which: (1) has a fair market value before a disaster occurs of at least $1,000,000; and (2) contains the principal place of business of at least one-third of the private employers in the downtown business district of any city. Provides that this Act shall apply to disasters occurring on or after January 1, 1982. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-s-2772 | 97 | s | 2772 | A bill to assist in the fair and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws. | Commerce | 1982-07-26 | 1982-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 3 | Amends the Clayton Act to permit a State, or its political subdivision, or the United States to institute an action to recover damages for price fixing, even though they were not direct purchasers. Permits a State attorney general to institute such an action on behalf of a natural person who was not a direct purchaser. Entitles a defendant in an antitrust action to prove as a partial or complete defense that the plaintiff has passed on to others all or part of the damages claimed. Authorizes the court to award a reasonable attorney's fee to a prevailing defendant in such an action upon finding that the plaintiff has acted in bad faith. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6840 | 97 | hr | 6840 | A bill to provide that the trademark law does not require that each drug be manufactured in a tablet which is unique as to its size, color, and shape. | Commerce | 1982-07-22 | 1982-07-27 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Amends the Lanham Trade-Mark Act to state that it is not a false designation of origin or a false description or representation whenever a drug in tablet form is the same size, color, and shape as a tablet of another drug. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 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-hr-6822 | 97 | hr | 6822 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act. | Commerce | 1982-07-21 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to provide that a business concern requesting procurement assistance under such Act shall be considered a small business if: (1) it has received such assistance within the last 18-month period; (2) it is dependent upon such assistance for at least 40 percent of work force; and (3) without such assistance it is likely to suffer serious financial loss and dismiss at least 40 percent of its work force. Prohibits procurement assistance solely under this Act for a period longer than two years. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6823 | 97 | hr | 6823 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act. | Commerce | 1982-07-21 | 1982-08-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 1 | Amends the Small Business Act to require that the business plans developed by small businesses participating in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) small business and capital ownership development program contain predetermined competitiveness criteria for financial, marketing, and management functions in order to measure the progress toward competitiveness and the estimated time needed to reach a competitive condition. Provides for annual review and necessary revision of the estimated time and the competitiveness criteria. Eliminates the requirement that a small business agree, prior to acceptance in the program, to reach a competitive condition within a fixed period of time. Permits assistance to be denied to a small business participating in such program only if such participant: (1) voluntarily elects not to participate; (2) is denied assistance pursuant to an action by the SBA for termination based on good cause or on the participant's failure to make adequate progress toward achieving its competitiveness criteria; or (3) successfully achieves a substantial portion of its competitiveness criteria. Sets forth requirements with which such criteria must comply. Establishes a schedule for the publication of rules and regulations implementing this Act. Requires that all determinations regarding participation under the small business and capital ownership development program and eligibility for Government procurement contract awards be made pursuant to this Act. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6824 | 97 | hr | 6824 | Small Business Administration Personnel Reform Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-07-21 | 1982-10-27 | Executive Comment Received From Merit Systems Protection Brd. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 1 | Small Business Administration Personnel Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit employees of the Small Business Administration (SBA) who have authority to take, recommend, or approve personnel actions from exercising or threatening to use such authority on the basis of the political activity or affiliation of the individuals involved in personnel actions. Requires such employees to report to the Inspector General of the SBA any such personnel action for which the individual's participation has been solicited or directed. Makes employees who willfully and knowingly violate such prohibition subject to disciplinary action imposed by the SBA. Requires that a person who holds the position of Director of Personnel or the position of Administrator of the SBA and who willfully and knowingly violates such prohibition be separated from service, debarred from Federal employment for up to five years, and assessed a civil penalty of $1,000 for each such violation. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to personnel actions taken by the Administrator with respect to the Deputy Administrator or taken by the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, or Chief Counsel for Advocacy with respect to the confidential assistant of such person. Permits the payment of civil penalties collected under this Act to the employees who were the subject of the personnel actions involving violations of this Act. Provides that the prohibitions and liabilities under this Act shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, other prohibitions and liabilities. Specifies the SBA employees who may be: (1) excepted from the competitive service on the basis that the employee's position involves policy decisions or determinations; or (2) in a Senior Executive Service position and not be a career appointee. Prohibits the reassignment of permanent SBA employees to a duty station outside their local commuting area unless such reassignment is essential to the efficient and effective management of the SBA and such efficient and effective manage… | 2025-08-29T19:50:00Z | |
| 97-s-2763 | 97 | s | 2763 | A bill to provide loans under the Small Business Act for the removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from residences, to provide for certain tax expenditures relating to problems caused by such insulation, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-07-21 | 1982-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 1 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make loans for the removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from residences. Limits each such loan to a maximum of $10,000. Makes such loans available only to the extent that loss or damage with respect to urea-formaldehyde foam insulation removal is not covered by insurance. Authorizes the SBA to make $10,000,000 in direct and immediate participation loans to manufacturers and installers of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation in each of FY 1983 and 1984. Provides that the dollar limitation with respect to the residential energy credit shall not be reduced by energy conservation expenditures by a taxpayer for urea-formaldehyde foam insulation. Allows a medical expense deduction for the costs associated with removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from a taxpayer's residence. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 97-s-2714 | 97 | s | 2714 | Joint Research and Development Ventures Act | Commerce | 1982-07-01 | 1982-07-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] | MA | D | T000393 | 0 | Joint Research and Development Ventures Act - Allows business concerns to request and obtain the approval of the Attorney General before initiating any joint research and development venture. Directs the Attorney General to approve such a venture if: (1) participation is open to all domestic firms and domestic subsidiaries of foreign firms; (2) the results of such venture will be available to all firms in the industry whether or not such firms are members; (3) the venture will not decrease competition to such an extent as to prevent existing or potential competitors from participating in the market; (4) restraints are imposed no longer than necessary and are not part of a pattern of restrictive agreements that have unwarranted anticompetitive effects; and (5) the venture does not violate the Federal Trade Commission Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) approve such a venture even if individual firm research or competitive smaller joint research and development ventures are feasible; (2) withdraw approval of part or all of a joint program by giving the applicants notice of such action and a written copy of the findings; and (3) approve a venture that does not provide access to domestic subsidiaries of a foreign firm if such firm's nation does not provide access for subsidiaries of U.S. firms. Exempts any act or failure to act pursuant to an approved venture from specified prohibitions under antitrust laws. | 2025-08-29T19:51:42Z | |
| 97-s-2717 | 97 | s | 2717 | Antitrust Joint Research Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-07-01 | 1982-07-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 8 | Antitrust Joint Research Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Attorney General to issue certificates of review to two or more persons to promote joint research and development programs. Directs the Attorney General to issue such a certificate for an applicant whose application: (1) specifies conduct which is limited to a research and development program and which does not violate Federal antitrust laws; and (2) contains any other information the Attorney General requires. Requires that such a certificate specify: (1) the conduct to which it applies; (2) the participating business entities; and (3) any conditions applicable to such conduct. Directs certificate recipients to notify the Attorney General of any change in conduct or business entities. Permits such recipient to apply to amend such certificate. Directs the Attorney General to modify or revoke a certificate, after providing 30 days notice, upon determining that conduct allowed under the certificate violates antitrust laws. Authorizes the certificate holders to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. district court to set aside such determination. Precludes any other judicial review of any determination by the Attorney General concerning the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate. Declares that any such determination is inadmissable as evidence in any proceeding in support of any claim under antitrust laws. Exempts any certificate holder from a criminal action, a civil action, or liability for threatened loss or damage for a violationof Federal antitrust laws or similar State laws if: (1) the violation arises from conduct specified in the certificate; and (2) the certificate is in effect at the time the conduct occurs. Awards a certificate holder the cost of defending against a claim for damages resulting from a violation of antitrust laws if the court finds that: (1) the conduct alleged to violate such laws does not; and (2) the conduct is specified in the effective certificate. Declares that a certificate shall have no legal effect on the … | 2025-08-29T19:51:48Z | |
| 97-s-2702 | 97 | s | 2702 | A bill to amend section 8(a) of the Small Business Act to treat businesses owned by Indian Tribes as socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. | Commerce | 1982-06-30 | 1982-06-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Andrews, Mark [R-ND] | ND | R | A000208 | 15 | Amends the Small Business Act to treat businesses owned by Indian tribes as socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses for purposes of the Small Business Administration's business development program. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6690 | 97 | hr | 6690 | National Hostel System Plan Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-06-24 | 1982-08-09 | Executive Comment Requested from Interior. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 7 | National Hostel System Plan Act of 1982 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop and transmit to specified congressional committees a national hostel system plan, which shall: (1) guide the development and implementation of a national hostel system; (2) encourage the development of hostels by Federal, State, and local agencies, private, nonprofit organizations, and private business; and (3) encourage the operation of hostels by private, nonprofit organizations and businesses. Requires full public participation, including public review and comment, in the development of such plan. Directs the Secretary to submit periodic status reports on the plan until it is completed. Requires the Secretary to ensure that State comprehensive outdoor recreation plans, developed pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, address the issue of the location and development of hostels in a manner consistent with the national hostel system plan. Authorizes appropriations. Makes the authority under this Act to enter into contracts, incur obligations, or make payments effective only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6710 | 97 | hr | 6710 | Act to Protect Commercial Transportation Markets | Commerce | 1982-06-24 | 1982-07-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Act to Protect Commercial Transportation Markets - Prohibits a carrier (other than a rail carrier and other than a water carrier not subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission) from engaging in any commercial activity which undermines or tends to destroy competition, or is discriminatory. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6711 | 97 | hr | 6711 | Act to Protect Commercial Transportation Markets | Commerce | 1982-06-24 | 1982-08-03 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Act to Protect Commercial Transportation Markets - Prohibits a carrier from engaging in any commercial activity which undermines or tends to destroy competition, or is discriminatory. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6712 | 97 | hr | 6712 | Act to Protect Commerce | Commerce | 1982-06-24 | 1982-07-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Act to Protect Commerce - Repeals the Interstate Commerce Act. Nullifies any action taken by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) which resulted in an exemption from the antitrust laws of an agreement or conduct with respect to a rate, fare, charge, allowance, practice, franchise, or transaction. Declares that no individual shall incur liability under the antitrust laws for actions done in good faith reliance on ICC exemptions. Transfers authority of the ICC not repealed by this Act to the Department of Transportation. Prohibits a carrier from engaging in any commercial activity which undermines or tends to destroy competition, or is discriminatory. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6713 | 97 | hr | 6713 | Act to Protect Commerce | Commerce | 1982-06-24 | 1982-07-12 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Act to Protect Commerce - Repeals the Interstate Commerce Act. Nullifies any action taken by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) which resulted in an exemption from the antitrust laws of an agreement or conduct with respect to a rate, fare, charge, allowance, practice, franchise, or transaction. Declares that no individual shall incur liability under the antitrust laws for actions done in good faith reliance on ICC exemptions. Transfers authority of the ICC not repealed by this Act to the Department of Transportation. Prohibits a carrier from engaging in any commercial activity which undermines or tends to destroy competition, or is discriminatory. Allows a carrier to enter into agreements with another carrier to establish a rate, fare, charge, allowance, division, another payment to a carrier, a classification, or rule related to them which involves more than one carrier. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-s-2676 | 97 | s | 2676 | National Hostel System Plan Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-06-24 | 1982-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 13 | National Hostel System Plan Act of 1982 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop and transmit to specified congressional committees a national hostel system plan, which shall: (1) guide the development and implementation of a national hostel system; (2) encourage the development of hostels by Federal, State, and local agencies, private, nonprofit organizations, and private business; and (3) encourage the operation of hostels by private, nonprofit organizations and businesses. Requires full public participation, including public review and comment, in the development of such plan. Directs the Secretary to submit periodic status reports on the plan until it is completed. Requires the Secretary to ensure that State comprehensive outdoor recreation plans, developed pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, address the issue of the location and development of hostels in a manner consistent with the national hostel system plan. Authorizes appropriations. Makes the authority under this Act to enter into contracts, incur obligations, or make payments effective only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. | 2025-08-29T19:51:42Z | |
| 97-hr-6664 | 97 | hr | 6664 | Small Business Access to Trade Remedies Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-06-23 | 1982-06-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Emery, David F. [R-ME-1] | ME | R | E000175 | 0 | Small Business Access to Trade Remedies Act of 1982 - Establishes in the Treasury the Small Business Trade Access Trust Fund which shall consist of such amounts in the general fund attributable to the collection of customs duties as are necessary to carry out this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to manage the trust fund and report to Congress annually on its financial condition and operations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Department of Commerce the Small Business Trade Assistance Office which shall assist small businesses in preparing for, and participating in, proceedings relating to the administration of the U.S. trade laws. Requires the Office to establish a system for awarding small businesses reasonable expenses associated with such proceedings. Sets forth the limitations on such awards. Makes the trust fund available to cover the expenses of such program. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that in the case of a small business seeking import relief under such Act, the International Trade Commission shall consider the separate circumstances of such petitioner in making any determination as to material injury. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President, in determining whether to provide import relief and the method and amount of import relief to provide for a small business, to take into account: (1) the general economic situation in the major geographic area in which the small business is located; (2) the impact of fluctuations in exchange rates on any industry in such area; and (3) the ability of the small business to adjust by converting alternative product lines. Permits a petitioner for import relief in connection with any perishable products (certain fresh or chilled vegetables, fresh mushrooms, certain fresh fruit, and certain fresh cut flowers) to file with the Secretary of Agriculture a petition for emergency action. Requires the Secretary to determine within 14 days after such a petition has been filed whether the perishable product conce… | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-hjres-516 | 97 | hjres | 516 | A joint resolution to provide for the designation of April 17 to April 23, 1983, as "National Coin Week". | Commerce | 1982-06-22 | 1982-08-20 | Became Public Law No: 97-239. | House | Rep. Annunzio, Frank [D-IL-11] | IL | D | A000212 | 232 | Requests the President to designate the week of April 17 through April 23, 1983, as National Coin Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6655 | 97 | hr | 6655 | Small Business Salvage Timber Sales Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-06-22 | 1982-12-10 | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Agriculture Department. Favorable. | House | Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | W000227 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Small Business Salvage Timber Sales Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to offer to sell to small businesses not less than 30 percent of the salvage timber which is harvested from land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and offered for sale in any fiscal year. Provides that a small business interested in such an offer must, not later than 15 days after such an offer is made: (1) certify that it is primarily engaged in the logging or forest products industry, is not owned or controlled by another person or a corporation which is not a small business, and does not have more than 25 employees; and (2) submit a bid which is higher than bids submitted by other certified small businesses and is not less than the fair market value of the salvage timber. Authorizes the Secretary to sell the salvage timber to any one if no bids are received from small businesses before the end of the 15-day period. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirements of this Act in cases of catastrophic timber losses caused by natural disasters, if the salvage timber must be removed in such quantities or so quickly that the application of this Act would be impracticable or would result in significant waste of such timber. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain individual trees or small numbers of certain trees from national forest system lands if: (1) the appraised value of the sale is less than $10,000 and is equal to or greater than the estimated costs of the sale; and (2) the sale is consistent with multiple use management. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a special small salvage fund into which all proceeds from such sales shall be deposited and which shall be available to pay for expenses related to such sales. Requires the periodic transfer of amounts in the fund in excess of $1,000,000 to the Treasury. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, the Federal interest in certain real property in Lane County, Oreg… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6635 | 97 | hr | 6635 | A bill to create a comprehensive Federal system for determining the ownership of and amount of compensation to be paid for inventions made by employed persons. | Commerce | 1982-06-17 | 1982-07-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Establishes a uniform system for determining patent rights in inventions made by any employee, private or government, during his employment when the invention has grown out of the type of work performed or is derived from experiences gained on the job. Requires an employee to give his employer immediate notice of the service invention. Permits an employer to claim exclusive rights in such invention. Deems such invention free if such rights are not claimed. Entitles the employee to the fair market value of those rights, adjusted for the contribution the operations of the employer made to the invention. Permits the adjustment of such compensaton due to a substantial change in circumstances. Requires that all disputes relating to compensation which cannot be agreed upon be placed before the Arbitration Board. Requires an employer who claims exclusive rights to immediately apply for a patent in the inventor's name, or the service invention becomes free. Entitles the inventor to patent rights in any foreign countries which the employer has not claimed. Directs the employer to keep the employee informed at all stages of the patent application proceedings. Requires the employer to notify an employee of any intent to abandon the invention in enough time to permit the assignment and protection of rights of the employee. Requires an employer to apply to the Arbitration Board whenever he deems that an invention is not patentable because it is not in his legitimate business interests to have the invention become publicly known. Requires an employee to notify an employer immediately whenever he has made a free, non-service related invention. Gives the employer three months to counter such contention. Prohibits an employer from disclosing a free invention without the employee's consent. Establishes an Arbitration Board in the Patent Office to arbitrate disputes between such employers and employees. Permits judicial review of Board determinations. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue guidelines for determining compens… | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 97-hr-6618 | 97 | hr | 6618 | Defense Economic Adjustment Act | Commerce | 1982-06-16 | 1982-12-10 | Executive Comment Received From GSA. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-20] | NY | D | W000258 | 6 | Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be cochaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor. Establishes in the Executive Office an Office of Economic Adjustment, headed by a Director, to provide staff support to the Council. Directs the Council to disseminate information from the Secretary of Defense to Federal, State, and local agencies concerning proposed or pending changes in defense spending which would effect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to perform other duties, including: (1) encouraging the preparation of plans for non-defense-related public projects; (2) coordinating and developing information on priority, federally funded projects and programs pertaining to defense economic adjustment; (3) monitoring job services information banks; and (4) determining criteria for eligibility for assistance under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the pertinent information to the Council a year in advance of any change and to furnish the Council with projected future defense spending levels. Directs the Council to prepare and distribute a Conversion Guidelines Handbook to outline requirements of programs for professional retraining of personnel. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Makes eligible for Federal assistance for planning for economic adjustment any community which is substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government defense facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts. Directs the Council to make available to alternative use committees information on economic development programs of any Federal instrumentality which provides funds which may be used for planning. Requires the Council to report to Congress at least annually on any such economic development program. Directs the Council to utilize data from other departments to develop criteria which insure that assistance is direc… | 2025-08-29T19:49:58Z | |
| 97-s-2631 | 97 | s | 2631 | Product Liability Act | Commerce | 1982-06-16 | 1982-12-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 963. | Senate | Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] | WI | R | K000019 | 16 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with amendment, S. Rept.97-670) Product Liability Act - Preempts State product liability laws. States that this Act governs any civil action for harm caused by a product which would have been based on: (1) strict or absolute liability in tort; (2) negligence or gross negligence; (3) breach of express or implied warranty and; (4) failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct. Makes a manufacturer liable if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that a product was unreasonably dangerous: (1) in construction or design; (2) because the manufacturer failed to provide adequate warnings of danger; or (3) because the product did not conform to an express warranty. Specifies the requisite findings which must be made for such proof of unreasonable danger to be determined. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the claimant's harm was proximately caused by such seller's failure to use reasonable care with respect to the product. Enumerates circumstances under which such a seller is also subject to the liability of a manufacturer. Provides that all claims under this Act shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Sets forth rules with respect to conduct affecting comparative responsibility, including misuse, alteration or modification of a product. Specifies the manner in which damages are to be apportioned. Requires that damages in any product liability claim be reduced by an amount paid as workers' compensation benefits. Prescribes a statute of limitation for recovery. Allows punitive damages to be awarded if the claimant proves by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of the product manufacturer's or seller's reckless disregard for the safety of product users, consumers, or others who might be harmed by the product. Provides that evidence of corrective measures taken by a product seller after a harm has… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6587 | 97 | hr | 6587 | Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-06-14 | 1982-06-14 | Referred to House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 0 | Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) maintain an information program to provide small businesses an opportunity to participate in Federal small business innovation research (SBIR) programs; (2) coordinate a schedule for release of agency SBIR solicitations and prepare a master release schedule; (3) monitor SBIR programs within Federal agencies; and (4) report at least annually to the congressional Committees on Small Business on the SBIR programs. Requires each Federal agency with an extramural research and development budget (total obligations minus amounts obligated for agency activities in or through Government-owned and Government-operated facilities) in excess of $100,000,000, and in excess of $10,000,000,000, for FY 1982 or any subsequent fiscal year to spend a specified percentage of its budget each fiscal year, beginning in FY 1983, in connection with an SBIR program. Requires each Federal agency with a research and development budget in excess of $20,000,000 for FY 1983 or any subsequent fiscal year to establish goals specifically for funding research and development agreements with small businesses. Directs each Federal agency with an SBIR program to report annually to the SBA the number of awards over $10,000 made under the SBIR program and to concerns other than small business concerns. Directs the SBA to issue policy directives for the conduct of the SBIR programs. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to independently monitor, and report at least annually to the congressional Committees on Small Business on, SBIR programs. | 2025-08-29T19:49:56Z | |
| 97-s-2624 | 97 | s | 2624 | A bill to amend section 1407 (h) of title 28, United States Code, to permit the consolidation of civil antitrust actions for trial. | Commerce | 1982-06-14 | 1982-06-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 2 | Amends Federal law to permit the transfer of a civil antitrust action to a single district court for both pretrial and trial purposes in the case of any individual suing under the antitrust laws. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6571 | 97 | hr | 6571 | A bill to require that a representative of small business be appointed to all Federal advisory councils on business. | Commerce | 1982-06-10 | 1982-06-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights. | House | Rep. Heckler, Margaret M. [R-MA-10] | MA | R | H000440 | 0 | Requires that small business representative be appointed to all Federal advisory councils on business. Increases the membership of any advisory council on business which is limited to a specific number of members from specific categories of endeavor in order to carry out this Act. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 97-hr-6444 | 97 | hr | 6444 | Patent Term Restoration Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-05-20 | 1982-09-15 | Failed to Receive 2/3's Vote to Suspend and Pass by Yea-Nay Vote: 250 - 132 (Record Vote No: 322). | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 4 | (Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, H. Rept. 97-696) Patent Term Restoration Act of 1982 - Amends the patent law to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or a method for using a product, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a seven year limitation. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for products subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Act of March 4, 1913 (relating to virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products). Requires further extensions of the patent term for certain products approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act before January 1, 1981, but whose regulation granting approval was stayed for a period of time. | 2023-05-11T13:10:58Z | |
| 97-hr-6413 | 97 | hr | 6413 | A bill to place a moratorium on activity of the Federal Trade Commission with respect to certain professions and professional associations until the Congress expressly authorizes such activity. | Commerce | 1982-05-19 | 1982-05-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Collins, James M. [R-TX-3] | TX | R | C000638 | 0 | Prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from investigating or taking any action concerning any State regulated profession until Congress enacts legislation which expressly provides that the Commission has authority over professions and that the Commission's authority preempts State authority. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 97-s-2544 | 97 | s | 2544 | Small Business Access to Trade Remedies Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-05-19 | 1982-05-24 | 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. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] | ME | R | C000598 | 6 | Small Business Access to Trade Remedies Act of 1982 - Establishes in the Treasury the Small Business Trade Access Trust Fund which shall consist of such amounts in the general fund attributable to the collection of customs duties as are necessary to carry out this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to manage the trust fund and report to Congress annually on its financial condition and operations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Department of Commerce the Small Business Trade Assistance Office which shall assist small businesses in preparing for, and participating in, proceedings relating to the administration of the U.S. trade laws. Requires the Office to establish a system for awarding small businesses reasonable expenses associated with such proceedings. Sets forth the limitations on such awards. Makes the trust fund available to cover the expenses of such program. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that in the case of a small business seeking import relief under such Act, the International Trade Commission shall consider the separate circumstances of such petitioner in making any determination as to material injury. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President, in determining whether to provide import relief and the method and amount of import relief to provide for a small business, to take into account: (1) the general economic situation in the major geographic area in which the small business is located; (2) the impact of fluctuations in exchange rates on any industry in such area; and (3) the ability of the small business to adjust by converting alternative product lines. Permits a petitioner for import relief in connection with any perishable products (certain fresh or chilled vegetables, fresh mushrooms, certain fresh fruit, and certain fresh cut flowers) to file with the Secretary of Agriculture a petition for emergency action. Requires the Secretary to determine within 14 days after such a petition has been filed whether the perishable product conce… | 2025-08-29T19:51:37Z | |
| 97-hr-6389 | 97 | hr | 6389 | A bill to provide loans under the Small Business Act for the removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from residences, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-05-17 | 1982-08-04 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make loans for the removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from residences. Limits each such loan to a maximum of $10,000. Authorizes the SBA to make $10,000,000 in direct and immediate participation loans to manufacturers and installers of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation in each of FY 1983 and 1984. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6391 | 97 | hr | 6391 | A bill to provide loans under the Small Business Act for the removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from residences, to provide for certain tax expenditures relating to problems caused by such insulation, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-05-17 | 1982-08-04 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 17 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make loans for the removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from residences. Limits each such loan to a maximum of $10,000. Authorizes the SBA to make $10,000,000 in direct and immediate participation loans to manufacturers and installers of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation in each of FY 1983 and 1984. Provides that the dollar limitation with respect to the residential energy credit shall not be reduced by energy conservation expenditures by a taxpayer for urea-formaldehyde foam insulation. Allows a medical expense deduction for the costs associated with removal of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation from a taxpayer's residence. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-hr-6361 | 97 | hr | 6361 | A bill to amend the Clayton Act to improve the procedures for consensually resolving civil antitrust actions brought by the United States. | Commerce | 1982-05-12 | 1982-05-13 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | Amends the Clayton Act to revise procedures for consensually resolving civil antitrust actions brought by or on behalf of the United States. Requires any proposed stipulation submitted by the United States for entry to terminate such an action or to modify any stipulation, order, or judgment entered to terminate such an action to be filed with the district court before which such action is pending. Prohibits the stipulation from being entered until 61 days after it is filed. Directs the United States, on the day the stipulation is filed, to: (1) publish it in the Federal Register; (2) file with the court a statement describing the nature and purpose of the action and the reasons in support of the stipulation; (3) file with the court and make available to the public a copy of certain documents that influenced the United States to agree to such stipulation, except to the extent that material in any document is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act; and (4) notify persons who requested notification of such a stipulation. Specifies circumstances under which: (1) the United States may file a summary instead of a copy of data from such documents; and (2) the district court may shorten the period between the dates a stipulation may be filed and entered. Requires defendants in such an action to file descriptions of any communication with a Federal employee concerning such a stipulation and to certify that such descriptions are accurate and complete before the stipulation may be entered. Directs the United States to file with the court and make available to the public a copy of each written comment it received on the stipulation between the filing and entrance dates and a copy of any Government response. Directs the court to consider such comments and responses in determining whether to enter such stipulation. Directs the court to enter a stipulation that would terminate an action without express limitations on the defendant's future conduct unless it determines that there is substantial reason… | 2023-05-11T13:10:51Z | |
| 97-hr-6363 | 97 | hr | 6363 | Phonograph Record Backward Masking Labeling Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-05-12 | 1982-05-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | D000435 | 0 | Phonograph Record Backward Masking Labeling Act of 1982 - Makes it unlawful for any packager, labeler, or distributor to distribute in commerce phonograph records containing "backward masking" without a label bearing a specified warning. Defines "backward masking" to mean an impression upon a phonograph record which makes an audible verbal statement when the record is played backward. Makes any violation an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:52Z | |
| 97-s-2518 | 97 | s | 2518 | National Industrial Development Act | Commerce | 1982-05-11 | 1982-05-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 0 | National Industrial Development Act - Establishes the National Industrial Development Board which shall: (1) publish reports setting forth its recommendations on national industrial development priorities; and (2) at the request of a congressional committee or Federal agency, provide policy recommendations and reports on issues of national industrial policy pending before such committee or agency. Permits the Board to decline to respond to such a request if the Board determines that it concerns a matter that is not of immediate importance, unless: (1) it relates to a Government loan or loan guarantee; or (2) the President notifies the Board that it relates to an emergency situation. Directs the Board to establish procedures to ensure that no report is released to the public before seven days after it is issued, unless the Board determines that an earlier release is appropriate. Declares that members of the Board shall not be required to file any financial disclosure report under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Provides for the appointment of a Director of the Board and personal staff for Board members without regard to specified Federal provisions governing civil service employment and compensation. Exempts the Board from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Requires the Board to submit to the President and each House of Congress an annual report on the major industrial development priorities of the United States and the policies needed to meet such priorities, along with any findings and legislative or administrative recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:51:41Z | |
| 97-s-2489 | 97 | s | 2489 | Antitrust Enforcement Fair Dispositions Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-05-05 | 1982-05-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Antitrust Enforcement Fair Dispositions Act of 1982 - Amends the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act to permit the termination of any civil proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States under the antitrust laws only upon order of the court before which the proceeding is pending. Subjects any motion for dismissal of such a proceeding made by the United States, and any proposal for modification of a judgment entered in such a proceeding to public comment and judicial review requirements basically identical to those applied to proposals for consent judgments for the purpose of requiring the presiding court to determine that any order for dismissal, any proposed modification, or any proposed consent judgment is in the public interest before the court may enter such order or proposal. | 2025-08-29T19:51:43Z | |
| 97-hr-6258 | 97 | hr | 6258 | A bill to authorize funds for fiscal year 1983 for carrying out the International Travel Act of 1961. | Commerce | 1982-05-04 | 1982-08-04 | Committee consideration prior to introduction (May 3, 1982). | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 3 | Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983 to carry out that Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 97-hr-6260 | 97 | hr | 6260 | A bill to authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-05-04 | 1982-08-27 | Became Public Law No: 97-247. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 6 | (Measure passed House, amended) Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983-1985 for the Patent and Trademark Office. Requires the use of these funds to reduce by 50 percent the payment of fees by independent inventors, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1982. Requires the Commissioner of Patents to charge fees according to a schedule set forth in this Act rather than establishing fees himself according to a prescribed formula. Permits the Commissioner to accept the payment of maintenance fees after the six-month grace period if the delay is unavoidable. Protects the use or manufacture by others of anything covered by such a patent during the period between the grace period and the actual payment of the fee. Permits the Commissioner to require a surcharge for the delay. Directs the Commissioner to establish fees for other unspecified services to cover their estimated cost to the Office. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to grant the Commissioner of Patents discretion to establish fees for registering a trademark and requires the exclusive use of such fees for processing registrations and other services related to trademarks. Eliminates the ceiling on the number of examiners-in-chief in the Office. Revises the patent application procedures. Permits the Commissioner to certify a correction of inventor in an issued patent even though such error did not involve joint inventors. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to permit the Commissioner, upon petition rather than unilaterally, to declare that an interference exists between two trademarks. Establishes a patent term of 14 years for designs. Permits a contract involving a patent or any right under a patent to contain a provision requiring arbitration of any dispute relating to patent validity or infringement arising under the contract. Allows both parties, even without such a provision, to still agree in writing to binding arbitration. Sets forth the arbitration conditions and procedures. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6262 | 97 | hr | 6262 | Joint Research Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-05-04 | 1982-05-11 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] | CA | D | E000064 | 35 | Joint Research Act of 1982 - Authorizes the Attorney General to issue certificates of review to two or more persons to promote joint research and development programs. Directs the Attorney General to issue such a certificate for an applicant whose application: (1) specifies conduct which is limited to a research and development program and which does not violate Federal antitrust laws; and (2) contains any other information the Attorney General requires. Requires that such a certificate specify: (1) the conduct to which it applies; (2) the participating business entities; and (3) any conditions applicable to such conduct. Directs certificate recipients to notify the Attorney General of any change in conduct or business entities. Permits such recipient to apply to amend such certificate. Directs the Attorney General to modify or revoke a certificate, after providing 30 days notice, upon determining that conduct allowed under the certificate violates antitrust laws. Authorizes the certificate holders to bring an action in the appropriate U.S. district court to set aside such determination. Precludes any other judicial review of any determination by the Attorney General concerning the issuance, amendment, or revocation of a certificate. Declares that any such determination is inadmissable as evidence in any proceeding in support of any claim under the antitrust laws. Exempts any certificate holder from criminal action, liability for threatened loss or damage, or liability exceeding actual damages, lost interest, and the cost of suit for a violation of Federal antitrust laws or similar State laws if: (1) the violation arises from conduct specified in the certificate; and (2) the certificate is in effect at the time the conduct occurs. Awards a certificate holder the cost of defending against a claim for damages resulting from a violation of antitrust laws if the court finds that: (1) the conduct alleged to violate such laws does not; and (2) the conduct is specified in the certificate. Declares that a cer… | 2025-08-29T19:49:47Z | |
| 97-hr-6237 | 97 | hr | 6237 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require that priority be given to applications for matching loans for small business concerns located in labor surplus areas. | Commerce | 1982-04-29 | 1982-04-29 | Referred to House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M000399 | 12 | Amends the Small Business Act to require that Small Business Administration (SBA) loans be made on the following priority basis: (1) where the use of the loan will result in the creation of multiple employment opportunities in any labor surplus area; (2) where the proceeds of the SBA's share of the loan will be used to purchase, construct, or rehabilitate buildings or to purchase machinery or equipment to be located in any labor surplus area; and (3) other cases. Specifies the maximum amount of the SBA's share of any such loan. Eliminates authorizations for FY 1983 and 1984 for: (1) SBA loans to small businesses located in areas with high unemployment and low incomes or owned by low-income individuals; and (2) SBA loans to small businesses engaged in the design, manufacture, or sale of energy measures. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6189 | 97 | hr | 6189 | A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to clarify the availability of guarantees with respect to financing for pollution control facilities. | Commerce | 1982-04-28 | 1982-04-28 | Referred to House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Conte, Silvio O. [R-MA-1] | MA | R | C000709 | 6 | Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to prohibit the Small Business Administration (SBA) from refusing to guarantee payment for financing of pollution control facilities or property when such property is acquired with proceeds from tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds. Makes the SBA's authority to make such guarantees subject only to the existence of qualified guarantee applications of eligible small businesses. (Currently, the SBA is authorized to guarantee payment for small businesses in such cases.) | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6198 | 97 | hr | 6198 | A bill to amend the manufacturing clause of the copyright law. | Commerce | 1982-04-28 | 1982-07-13 | Became Public Law No: 97-215. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Amends the copyright law to extend through July 1, 1986, the requirement that imported nondramatic literary works in English be manufactured in North America. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2446 | 97 | s | 2446 | Small Business Procurement Reform Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-04-28 | 1982-09-16 | Committee on Small Business. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 11 | Small Business Procurement Reform Act of 1982 - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to include in the notice for bidding on a Government procurement action the basis for the limitation in any case where bidding on a procurement action is limited to one person, a particular area of the United States, or both. Requires the Secretary to publish timely notice of all awards of Government procurement contracts set aside for small businesses. Directs the Secretary to investigate, and authorizes the Secretary to implement alternative means of notifying small businesses of procurement actions. Prohibits a Federal agency from awarding a procurement contract for which a notice for bidding must be published until 45 days after the publication of such notice, or the closing date for bidding on the action specified in the notice, whichever is later. Requires each Federal agency, to the extent practicable, to subdivide large systems procurement contracts into smaller components on which small businesses can compete. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish Government procurement contract arbitration panels for resolving contract disputes between small businesses and Federal agencies. Makes the use of such a panel voluntary. Establishes a Small Business Procurement Advisory Committee to advise Congress and the Administrator on Government procurement contracts awarded to, or set aside for, small businesses. Requires the Committee to report annually to Congress and the Administrator on its activities and to make recommendations for increasing the number of Government procurement contracts awarded to small businesses. | 2025-08-29T19:51:34Z | |
| 97-hr-6167 | 97 | hr | 6167 | A bill to amend section 1235 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to the sale or exchange of patents) to provide that such section applies to certificates of plant variety protection and to certain patents acquired from certain qualified institutions. | Commerce | 1982-04-27 | 1982-04-27 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-7] | FL | D | G000153 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to redefine a "holder" of patents to include an individual who acquires a patent from an institutional employer of the creator, for purposes of capital gains taxation. Redefines "patent" to include a certificate of plant variety protection. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2408 | 97 | s | 2408 | Small Business Venture Capital Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-04-21 | 1982-05-18 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 568. | Senate | Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] | CT | R | W000253 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Small Business with amendment, S. Rept. 97-400) Small Business Venture Capital Act of 1982 - Amends the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for FY 1982 through 1984 for funding small businesses, State and local development companies, and small business investment companies. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to require that small business investment companies be examined at least once every two years for violations of such Act. (Currently, small business investment companies must be examined at least once each year.) Includes among the cases under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may deny liability for the payment of claims submitted by surety companies under the surety bond guarantee program, instances where: (1) the surety has breached a material term or condition of the surety bond guarantee or agreement; or (2) the surety has violated substantially the regulations established by the SBA for such program. Repeals provisions of the Small Business Act dealing with trade adjustment loans, loans to handicapped persons and organizations for the handicapped, loans to small business concerns either located in areas with high proportions of unemployed or low-income individuals or owned by low-income individuals, and loans to small business concerns for solar energy and energy conservation measures. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to state that it is congressional policy that the guarantee of payments for use of pollution control facilities would not cause the interest on bonds which finance such facilities to be included in the gross income of the bondholders. Prohibits the SBA from refusing to guarantee payment for small businesses in the case of pollution control facilities or property when such property is acquired with proceeds from tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds. (Currently, the SBA is given discretion on whether to guarantee payment for small businesses in such cases.) Amends the Small Business Act to esta… | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 97-s-2409 | 97 | s | 2409 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act. | Commerce | 1982-04-21 | 1982-04-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] | CT | R | W000253 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for funding small businesses, State and local development companies, and small business investment companies for FY 1982 through 1984. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 97-hr-6086 | 97 | hr | 6086 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. | Commerce | 1982-04-06 | 1982-06-08 | Other Measure S.1947 (Amended) Passed House in Lieu. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 0 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for funding small businesses, State and local development companies, and small business investment companies for FY 1983 and 1984. Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make direct loans, to guarantee loans, debentures, qualified contract payments, and other types of financial assistance, and to guarantee sureties against loss pursuant to programs under such Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, subject only to the availability of qualified applications for such loans and guarantees and limitations contained in appropriations Acts. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to require that guarantees of qualified contract payments by the SBA be issued in the case of pollution control facilities or property when such property is acquired with proceeds from tax-free industrial revenue bonds. (Currently, issuance is discretionary in such cases.) Prohibits the SBA from establishing eligibility criteria for surety bond guarantees based upon the amount of the bond or upon a percentage related to previously completed contracts. Requires the SBA to examine each application for such a guarantee on a case-by-case basis in order to determine the appropriate guarantee. Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the SBA from changing its interest rate regulations for deferred participation (guaranteed) loans before June 30, 1982. Requires the SBA to keep records of all applications for, or inquiries about, the availability of funding for financial assistance under the Small Business Act and for guarantees and purchases under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Requires the SBA to notify the Senate and House Small Business Committees before reprograming amounts authorized in appropriations Acts and before implementing any reorganization. Repeals provisions dealing with the SBA's authority to make: (1) trade adjustment loans; (2) loans to handicapped persons and organizations for the handicapped;… | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-6099 | 97 | hr | 6099 | National Industrial Development Act | Commerce | 1982-04-06 | 1982-04-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. | House | Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-39] | NY | D | L000516 | 15 | National Industrial Development Act - Establishes the National Industrial Development Board which shall: (1) publish reports setting forth its recommendations on national industrial development priorities; and (2) at the request of a congressional committee or Federal agency, provide policy recommendations and reports on issues of national industrial policy pending before such committee or agency. Permits the Board to decline to respond to such a request if the Board determines that it concerns a matter that is not of immediate importance, unless: (1) it relates to a Government loan or loan guarantee; or (2) the President notifies the Board that it relates to an emergency situation. Directs the Board to establish procedures to ensure that no report is released to the public before seven days after it is issued, unless the Board determines that an earlier release is appropriate. Declares that members of the Board shall not be required to file any financial disclosure report under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Provides for the appointment of a Director of the Board and personal staff for Board members without regard to specified Federal provisions governing civil service employment and compensation. Exempts the Board from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Requires the Board to submit to the President and each House of Congress an annual report on the major industrial development priorities of the United States and the policies needed to meet such priorities, along with any findings and legislative or administrative recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T19:49:42Z | |
| 97-hjres-457 | 97 | hjres | 457 | A joint resolution to designate the week beginning May 9, 1982, as "National Small Business Week". | Commerce | 1982-04-05 | 1982-04-05 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Designates the week beginning May 9, 1982, as National Small Business Week. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hr-6053 | 97 | hr | 6053 | Small Business Free Enterprise Act | Commerce | 1982-04-01 | 1982-04-23 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] | TX | R | P000583 | 2 | Small Business Free Enterprise Act - Title I: Incentives - Subtitle A: Social Security Tax Reduction - Eliminates employee and employer social security payroll taxes for employees of certain qualified small businesses. Subtitle B - Reduction in Capital Gain Tax Rates - Reduces the alternative tax on capital gains for certain small business corporations in the case of sales or exchanges of property used predominantly in the active conduct of a trade or business. Revises the method of computing the capital gains deduction for taxpayers other than corporations. States that, for purposes of the minimum tax, sales of certain small business property shall not be included in the computation of capital gains as a tax preference item. Subtitle C - Corporate Rate Reduction - Reduces the income tax on qualified small business corporations to five percent of taxable income. Subtitle D - Other Incentives - Allows small businesses to elect to compute the depreciation deduction by using the straight line method with a useful life of one year. Allows the full investment tax credit for qualified small business property. Permits qualified small businesses to use the cash method of accounting in reporting income. Provides that Federal minimum wage laws and the Occupational Safety and Health Act shall not apply to qualified small businesses. Title II: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for amendments made by this Act. | 2025-08-29T19:49:44Z | |
| 97-hr-6019 | 97 | hr | 6019 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to treat physically handicapped individuals as socially disadvantaged individuals for purposes of business development programs under such Act. | Commerce | 1982-03-31 | 1982-04-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to treat physically handicapped individuals as socially disadvantaged individuals for purposes of the Small Business Administration's business development programs. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-s-2326 | 97 | s | 2326 | A bill to authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-03-31 | 1982-04-01 | Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Secretary of Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] | CT | R | W000253 | 2 | Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 for the Patent and Trademark Office. Requires the use of these funds to reduce by 50 percent the payment of fees by independent inventors, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1982. Requires the Commissioner of Patents to charge fees according to a schedule set forth in this Act rather than establish fees himself according to a prescribed formula. Permits the Commissioner to accept the payment of maintenance fees after the six-month grace period if the delay is unavoidable. Protects the use or manufacture by others of anything covered by such a patent during the period between the grace period and the actual payment of the fee. Permits the Commissioner to require a surcharge for the delay. Directs the Commissioner to establish fees for other, unspecified services to cover their estimated cost to the Office. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to require the Commissioner of Patents to recover through fees all rather than half of the costs of registering a trademark. Requires the exclusive use of such fees for processing registrations and other services related to trademarks. Eliminates the ceiling on the number of examiners-in-chief in the Office. Revises the patent application procedures. Permits the Commissioner to certify a correction of inventor in an issued patent even though such error did not involve joint inventors. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to permit the Commissioner, upon petition rather than unilaterally, to declare that an interference exists between two trademarks. Establishes a patent term of 14 years for designs. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-sjres-180 | 97 | sjres | 180 | A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning May 9, 1982, as "National Small Business Week." | Commerce | 1982-03-30 | 1982-04-21 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | Senate | Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] | CT | R | W000253 | 50 | Requests the President to designate the week beginning May 9, 1982, as National Small Business Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-5978 | 97 | hr | 5978 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide that prior law provisions relating to interest rates on disaster loans shall continue to apply to disasters occurring in States with high unemployment. | Commerce | 1982-03-29 | 1982-04-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | F000161 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to provide that the interest rate on disaster loans made by the Small Business Administration shall apply to loans made with respect to disasters occurring after August 12, 1981, in States with high unemployment. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-5953 | 97 | hr | 5953 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act. | Commerce | 1982-03-24 | 1982-04-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for funding small businesses, State and local development companies, and small business investment companies for FY 1982 through 1984. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 97-s-2257 | 97 | s | 2257 | A bill to amend section 1235 of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to the sale or exchange of patents) to provide that such section applies to certificates of plant variety protection and to patents acquired from certain qualified institutions. | Commerce | 1982-03-23 | 1982-03-25 | Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to redefine a "holder" of patents to include an individual who acquires a patent from an institutional employer of the creator, for purposes of capital gains taxation. Redefines "patent" to include a certificate of plant variety protection. | 2025-01-03T19:04:17Z | |
| 97-s-2261 | 97 | s | 2261 | A bill to authorize funds for the United States Travel and Tourism Administration for fiscal year 1983. | Commerce | 1982-03-23 | 1982-05-05 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 542. | Senate | Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] | SD | R | P000513 | 10 | Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration for fiscal year 1983. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 97-hr-5902 | 97 | hr | 5902 | A bill to amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to provide a Federal set-aside for comparison food shopping services. | Commerce | 1982-03-18 | 1982-04-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act (title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which consumers in at least 70 cities are provided comparison food shopping information. Requires at least $2,600,000 of appropriations to be set aside for this program. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 97-hr-5870 | 97 | hr | 5870 | A bill to amend the manufacturing clause of the copyright law. | Commerce | 1982-03-17 | 1982-04-29 | Clean Bill H.R.6198 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Amends the copyright law to extend through July 1, 1985, the requirement that imported nondramatic literary works in English be manufactured in North America. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 97-s-2211 | 97 | s | 2211 | A bill to authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-03-16 | 1982-03-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 and 1983 for the Patent and Trademark Office. Increases the percentage of processing and maintenance costs to be recovered by patent fees. Permits the Commissioner of Patents to accept the payment of maintenance fees after the six-month grace period if the delay is unavoidable. Protects the use or manufacture by others of anything covered by such a patent during the period between the grace period and the actual payment of the fee. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to require the Commissioner of Patents to recover through fees all rather than half of the costs of registering a trademark. Requires the exclusive use of such fees for processing registrations and other services related to trademarks. Eliminates the ceiling on the number of examiners-in-chief in the Office. Revises the patent application procedures. Permits the Commissioner to certify a correction of inventor in an issued patent even though such error did not involve joint inventors. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to permit the Commissioner, upon petition rather than unilaterally, to declare that an interference exists between two trademarks. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 97-hr-5794 | 97 | hr | 5794 | A bill to amend the Clayton Act to establish a right of contribution with respect to damages in certain actions brought under such Act. | Commerce | 1982-03-10 | 1982-09-09 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. McClory, Robert [R-IL-13] | IL | R | M000340 | 0 | Amends the Clayton Act to authorize any individual liable for damages in an antitrust action to claim contribution from any other person jointly liable for such damages. Requires a claim for contribution to be filed within six months after the entry of the final judgment for which contribution is sought. Prohibits claims for contribution by or from persons who have been released from liability through a settlement agreement with the plaintiff in such an action. Requires the court to reduce the claim of any person who releases any other person from liability for damages. Requires contribution shares in price-fixing actions to be based upon the relative magnitude in the affected market of each competitor's sales or purchases subject to the violation. Requires contribution shares in other cases to be based upon the relative responsibility of each person for the antitrust violation. | 2023-05-11T13:09:57Z | |
| 97-hr-5772 | 97 | hr | 5772 | Small Business Survival Act | Commerce | 1982-03-09 | 1982-04-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 0 | Small Business Survival Act - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make direct loans to help small businesses remain or become solvent. Sets forth the terms of such loans. Authorizes funds for FY 1983 and 1984 for the loan program. Requires the SBA to make quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Small Business on the applications received, approved, and denied under the loan program. | 2025-08-29T19:49:38Z | |
| 97-hr-5705 | 97 | hr | 5705 | Home Recording Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-03-03 | 1982-09-23 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] | CA | D | E000064 | 90 | Home Recording Act of 1982 - Amends the copyright law to exempt from liability for infringement of copyright any individual who makes a single video recording of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or a single audio recording of a musical work or sound recording, in his private home solely for the private use of his household. Requires the compulsory licensing of manufacturers and importers of video and audio recording devices and media. Directs the Chairman of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal to establish royalty fees to be paid by such manufacturers and importers. Sets forth a procedure for distributing such fees to the owners of copyright of audiovisual works included in television or radio transmissions or sold to the public on phonorecords. Sets forth penalties for violations of these requirements. | 2025-08-29T19:49:39Z | |
| 97-hr-5602 | 97 | hr | 5602 | A bill to authorize appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-02-24 | 1982-05-05 | Clean Bill H.R.6260 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu. | House | Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] | WI | D | K000020 | 0 | Authorizes appropriations for FY 1982 and 1983 for the Patent and Trademark Office. Increases the percentage of processing and maintenance costs to be recovered by patent fees. Permits the Commissioner of Patents to accept the payment of maintenance fees after the six-month grace period if the delay is unavoidable. Protects the use or manufacture by others of anything covered by such a patent during the period between the grace period and the actual payment of the fee. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to require the Commissioner of Patents to recover through fees all rather than half of the costs of registering a trademark. Requires the exclusive use of such fees for processing registrations and other services related to trademarks. Eliminates the ceiling on the number of examiners-in-chief in the Office. Revises the patent application procedures. Permits the Commissioner to certify a correction of inventor in an issued patent even though such error did not involve joint inventors. Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to permit the Commissioner, upon petition rather than unilaterally, to declare that an interference exists between two trademarks. | 2025-01-16T12:12:20Z | |
| 97-hr-5604 | 97 | hr | 5604 | A bill to encourage exports by facilitating the formation and operation of export trading companies, export trade associations, and the expansion of export trade services generally. | Commerce | 1982-02-24 | 1982-03-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M000399 | 1 | Title I: Export Trading Companies - Export Trading Company Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promote export trading companies by providing information and by facilitating contracts between producers of exportable goods and export trading companies. Authorizes any banking organization to invest specified amounts in export trading companies upon notifying, but without obtaining the prior approval of, the appropriate Federal banking agency, if such investment does not cause any export trading company to become a subsidiary of such organization. Allows greater investment by Edge Act Corporations not engaged in banking. Permits any banking organization to invest beyond such limitations with prior approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency. Requires prior notification of such agencies in specified circumstances. Sets forth further limitations on export trading companies and investments by banking organizations. Specifies factors to be taken into consideration by the banking agencies. Permits such agencies to impose conditions in approving applications to invest in export trading companies. Requires such agencies to report to the appropriate congressional committees with their recommendations concerning implementation of this Act, related changes in U.S. law, and effects of ownership of U.S. banks by foreign banking organizations. Authorizes the appropriate Federal banking agency to exempt from specified requirements of the Federal Reserve Act any loan or extension of credit made by a national or State bank to an export trading company affiliate if such exemption is necessary to finance an affiliated export trading company and does not expose the bank to undue financial risks. Provides for judicial review of denial orders in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Sets forth the grounds for disapproval. Provides for a remand for further consideration by the banking agency. Directs the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide loan guarantees for expansion to export trading compa… | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 97-hres-369 | 97 | hres | 369 | A resolution to designate May 4, 1982, as "International Franchise Day". | Commerce | 1982-02-23 | 1982-03-05 | Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | S000124 | 1 | Requests the President to designate May 4, 1982, as International Franchise Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 97-hr-5551 | 97 | hr | 5551 | A bill to amend section 8(e) of the Small Business Act to improve small business access to Federal Procurement information. | Commerce | 1982-02-22 | 1982-04-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000826 | 38 | Amends the Small Business Act to require procuring agencies to wait a specified amount of time before issuing solicitations for procurement actions or foreclosing competition under procurement actions. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 97-hr-5488 | 97 | hr | 5488 | Home Video Recording Act of 1982 | Commerce | 1982-02-09 | 1982-09-23 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] | CA | D | E000064 | 5 | Home Video Recording Act of 1982 - Amends the copyright law to exempt from liability for infringement of copyright any individual who makes a single video recording of a motion picture or other audiovisual work in his private home solely for the private use of his household. Requires the compulsory licensing of manufacturers and importers of video recording equipment. Directs the Chairman of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal to establish royalty fees to be paid by such manufacturers and importers. Sets forth a procedure for distributing such fees to the owners of copyright of audiovisual works included in television transmissions. Sets forth penalties for violations of these requirements. | 2025-08-29T19:49:33Z | |
| 97-hr-5444 | 97 | hr | 5444 | Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1981 | Commerce | 1982-02-03 | 1982-02-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on General Oversight. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1981 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) maintain an information program to provide small businesses an opportunity to participate in Federal small business innovation research (SBIR) programs; (2) coordinate a schedule for release of agency SBIR solicitations and prepare a master release schedule; (3) monitor SBIR programs within Federal agencies; and (4) report at least annually to the congressional Small Business Committees on the SBIR programs. Requires each Federal agency with a research and development budget in excess of $100,000,000 in fiscal year 1982 or any subsequent fiscal year to spend a specified percentage of its budget in connection with an SBIR program. Requires each Federal agency with a research and development budget in excess of $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1982 or any subsequent fiscal year to establish specific goals for funding research and development agreements with small businesses. Directs each Federal agency with an SBIR program to report annually to the SBA the number of awards over $10,000 in amount made under the SBIR program and to concerns other than small business concerns. Directs the SBA to issue policy directives for the conduct of the SBIR programs. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to independently monitor, and report at least annually to the congressional Small Business Committees on, SBIR programs. | 2025-08-29T19:49:32Z | |
| 97-s-2060 | 97 | s | 2060 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for funding 301(d) Small Business Investment Companies, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1982-02-03 | 1982-02-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to increase the authorization for funding small business investment companies. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 97-hr-5408 | 97 | hr | 5408 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to disaster loan programs. | Commerce | 1982-02-02 | 1982-02-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems. | House | Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] | CA | D | B001153 | 2 | Amends the Small Business Act to specify the interest rates for disaster loans made by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to small businesses. Prohibits SBA loans in excess of: (1) $300,000 for each disaster where the borrower is an individual; and (2) $500,000 for each disaster where the borrower is not an individual. Permits the SBA to waive the $500,000 limitation if the loan applicant is a major source of employment in an area suffering a disaster. | 2024-02-07T15:46:26Z | |
| 97-hr-5419 | 97 | hr | 5419 | Small Business Procurement Reform Act of 1981 | Commerce | 1982-02-02 | 1982-02-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6] | MA | D | M000264 | 19 | Small Business Procurement Reform Act of 1981 - Requires that any Government procurement contract for which a notice for bidding is published in the Commerce Business Daily remain open for bidding for at least 45 days. Establishes exceptions to such requirement in specified circumstances. Amends the Small Business Act to establish a goal of 35 percent participation by small business concerns with each Federal agency for the procurement of items which the Small Business Administration (SBA) determines can be produced by small business. Directs each Federal agency to take all feasible steps to subdivide large procurements into smaller components on which small businesses can bid. Requires any Federal agency to provide small business concerns, upon request, with copies and summaries of laws and regulations materially affecting the performance of contracts open for bids under $100,000. Establishes Government procurement contract arbitration panels within the SBA to facilitate the resolution of contract disputes between any small business concern and any Federal agency having procurement authority. Establishes the Small Business Procurement Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator of the SBA and Congress on Government procurement contracts awarded to or set aside for small business concerns. | 2025-08-29T19:49:33Z |
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