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United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2023
Requires the President to submit to Congress the budget for FY 1984 and the Economic Report, not later than January 31, 1983. Sets forth dates for submission of related reports by the President and the Joint Economic Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to make certain technical and other revisions. Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act (Federal Employment Service) to prohibit the use of funds paid under such Act by any State for advertising in newspapers for high paying jobs, unless the State submits an annual report to the Secretary of Labor (beginning in 1984) concerning such advertising and its justification (which may include that such jobs are part of a State industrial development effort).
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2023
Transfers Wood and Wirt Counties to the Southern Judicial District of West Virginia and Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster Counties to the Northern Judicial District of West Virginia. Provides that Parkersburg shall be a location for the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (currently, Parkersburg is a location for the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia).
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2023
Requires fees collected for private sector participation in the exchange program of the President's Commission on Executive Exchange to be credited to a revolving fund of the Office of Personnel Management and made available for: (1) education and travel costs of exchanged executives; (2) printing costs; and (3) entertainment expenses. Terminates such requirements on December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2023
Grants a Federal charter to the organization known as the Former Members of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Names the fish hatchery at the Warm Springs Dam component of the Russian River, Dry Creek, California project, as the Don H. Clausen Fish Hatchery.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Makes technical corrections to the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Housing Act to provide that deferral of, or exemption from, State franchise taxes on deposits during a period of federal assistance to an insured bank applies to both interest and dividends paid on such deposits. Amends the Home Owner's Loan Act of 1933 to permit the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to examine savings banks that convert to Federal charter but maintain Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that the preference for minority controlled institutions involved in extraordinary acquisitions applies to both commercial banks and thrifts. States that certain sunset provisions shall not apply to outstanding net worth certificates. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to allow savings and loan associations to open demand accounts for themselves. Amends the Depository Institutions Deregulation Act of 1980 to declare that money market deposit accounts in all depository institutions will not be subject to the phase-in of certain reserve requirements under the Monetary Control Act of 1980. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to grant savings and loan associations a five percent construction lending authority. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow banks that withdrew from membership in the Federal Home Loan System to be readmitted. Permits bankers' banks to provide services to depository institutions and their holding companies. Provides that the relocation of a bank's headquarters within community limits does not necessitate shareholder approval. States that name approval by the Comptroller of the Currency is not required when a State bank converts to a Federal charter so long as the name contains the word 'national'. Provides that a State as well as a State official can declare holidays for national banks. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to provide that the limitations on life insurance activities are applicable to small bank holding companies and their subsidiaries. States that the student loan exemption from truth-in-lending provisions applies to loans made on the date of enactment of the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982. Amends the Bank Service Corporation Act to revise the provisions relating to bank service corporations owned by national banks performing the same services a national bank may perform. Amends the National Housing Act to apply provisions concerning the suspension or removal of officials to savings banks that become insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Transfers to the Secretary of Commerce all functions, rights, and responsibilities relating to the quarterly financial statistics report program currently vested in the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register, within 180 days after enactment of this Act, a statement of the policy and practices of the Bureau of the Census in appointing temporary staff to perform confidential census work.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Designates the Federal building in Springfield, Illinois, the Paul Findley Building.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Requests the President to issue a proclamation commemorating January 3, 1983, as the 150th anniversary of the founding of Greene County, Missouri.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Title I: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 1983 - Appropriates such amounts as may be necessary in FY 1983 for projects or activities in specified appropriations Acts. Funds such activities to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriation Act. States that if the Senate and the House of Representatives have both passed appropriations for an activity but in differing amounts, the lesser amount or more restrictive authority shall apply in the continuing appropriations. States that where an activity is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one version, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by such version, whichever is lower. Declares that if an appropriation Act has been reported to a House but not passed by that House as of December 17, 1982, it shall be deemed as having passed that House. States that if an appropriation Act has been passed by only the House as of December 17, 1982, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the authority granted by the House, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the House, whichever is lower. Prohibits any provision which is included in an appropriation Act but which was not included in the applicable appropriation Act of 1982, and which by its terms is applicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority, from applying to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in this joint resolution unless such provision is passed in identical form by both Houses. Provides continuing appropriations for activities of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act of 1982. Sets forth specified limitations on certain programs and activities. Provides continuing appropriations for the following appropriations Act: (1) The Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983, as passed the House on December 8, 1982; (2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983, as passed the House; and (3) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983, as provided for in House Report 97-894 and in H.R. 7205 as passed the House on December 1, 1982. Provides for continuing appropriations for refugee and entrant assistance activities administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. Makes continuing appropriations for the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, "Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds." Makes continuing appropriations for the following activities at the current rate: (1) health planning activities authorized by the Public Health Service Act; (2) utilization and quality control peer review activities authorized by Public Law 97-148; (3) activities under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act; and (4) activities under the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration for program administration. Declares that the restriction in Public Law 97-257 concerning the salaries and expenses of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall not apply to FY 1983 or any succeeding fiscal year. Makes continuing appropriations for activities which were conducted in FY 1982, for which provisions was made in the Energy and Water Development Act, 1982, at the current rate of operations. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) changing the normal operation and maintenance required for any civil works project under Department of Defense-Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, Operation and Maintenance, General, and the operation and maintenance activities funded in Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries; (2) any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY 1982 without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations; or (3) any action which would result in a significant reduction of the employment levels for any program or activity of the Department of Energy below the employment levels in effect on September 30, 1982. Makes continuing appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for: (1) annual contributions for assisted housing; and (2) the Government National Mortgage Association for the special assistance functions fund. Rescinds specified funds appropriated to the Department for rent supplements. Declares that appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under this joint resolution shall be available from December 17, 1982, until March 15, 1983, unless the appropriations Acts are enacted earlier. Limits the rate of pay for prevailing rate United States employees for specified periods during FY 1983. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to any increase in a wage schedule or rate which is required by the terms of a contract entered into before enactment of this Act. Prohibits any part of any appropriation from being available for any agency to pay the Administrator of the General Services Administration a higher rate per square foot for rental of space and services than the current rate. Repeals certain limitations on Veterans Administration medical automatic data processing services carried in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983. Makes moneys deposited into the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act available, subject to limitations, for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials. Makes optional instead of mandatory the public availability of the interim findings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Requires the Postal Service to continue six-day delivery of mail and rural delivery of mail at 1982 levels. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of funds for processing or issuing permits or leases pertaining to exploration for or development of energy and mineral resources on certain Federal lands already within or designated for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Prohibits, before the expiration of this resolution, any reduction in the amount of grants to a State for aid to families with dependent children (under title IV of the Social Security Act) solely because such State has failed to set up an approved child support and establishment of paternity program. Prohibits the use of funds, except as authorized by Congress, to study the possibility of changing from "at cost" to a "market rate" (or some other noncost-based) method for the pricing of hydroelectric power by Federal authorities. Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for salaries and expenses of the: (1) Bureau of Government Financial Operations; (2) United States Customs Service; and (3) the United States Secret Service. Makes continuing appropriations for continuing activities under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 which were conducted in FY 1982. Prohibits the use of any of the funds provided by this joint resolution to: (1) the Department of the Interior for the procurement, leasing, bidding, exploration, or development of certain lands within the Department of the Interior Central and Northern California Planning Area; (2) the Internal Revenue Service to reduce the number of positions allocated to taxpayer service activities below the FY 1982 levels; and (3) the General Services Administration (GSA) for the contracting out of any service presently performed by GSA employees. Allows GSA to initiate new construction, purchase, advance design, and repairs and alteration line-item projects included in the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriation Act, 1983, as passed both Houses. Prohibits the use of funds to enter into a restructured contract of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for tracking and data relay satellite services if the estimated cost exceeds a specified amount, unless approved by the Committees on Appropriations. Transfers specified funds from the Department of Defense to the Department of Education for grants to the Board of Education of the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery, New York central school district. Makes permanent law H.Res. 611, 97th Congress, relating to the House of Representatives Page Board. Limits the outside earned income of Members of Congress to no more than 30 percent of aggregate salary. Title II: Meeting Our Economic Problems With Essential Productive Jobs - Sets forth congressional findings about unemployment. Declares that interest rates must continue at present or lower rates for industrial and agricultural recovery. Directs the appropriate congressional committees to study the current economic crisis and present their findings by March 15, 1983. States that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee should take actions to achieve and maintain a level of interest rates low enough to generate significant economic growth and reduce unemployment. Makes the following appropriations for FY 1983 in an effort to reduce unemployment cost, to increase the benefit of expenditures, and to put people back to work: (1) to the Federal Buildings Fund for maintaining and protecting public investment; (2) to the Federal Highway Administration for rebuilding highways; (3) to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration for improving mass transportation; (4) to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for rebuilding railroad infrastructure; (5) to the Veterans Administration for improving facilities and services; (6) to the International Trade Administration for competition in world markets; (7) to the Economic Development Administration for local economic development; (8) to certain Small Business Administration investment funds for increasing small business activities and developing parks and recreation areas; (9) to the Urban Parks and Recreation Fund for parks and recreational facilities; (10) to the National Forest System; (11) to Indian health facilities; (12) to fish and wildlife service facilities; (13) to the Department of Agriculture for rural water and waste disposal grants, resources conservation and development and the salaries and expenses of the Farmers Home Administration; (14) to the Soil Conservation Service; (15) to the Federal Prison System for Federal, State, and local prison modernization; (16) to the Corps of Engineers - Civil, Department of the Army, for enhancement of water resource and hydroelectric power; and (17) to the Bureau of Reclamation for reclamation and irrigation projects. Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for: (1) rail passenger safety; (2) public housing modernization; and (3) community development grants. Makes appropriations to the Department of Labor for emergency produtive jobs. Sets forth the procedure for the allocation of such among the eligible entities. Makes appropriations for FY 1983 for the following: (1) employment and training assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) employment services to the unemployed; (3) day care services; and (4) health service activities. Makes appropriations for the Yatesville Lake construction project as provided in H.R. 7145, as reported in the House. Makes appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an emergency food and shelter program. Makes appropriations for construction and modernization of housing units for military families. Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy for Low-income energy conservation. Makes appropriations to the General Services Administration for the scheduled procurement of domestically manufactured motor vehicles. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this title from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Designates 1983 as the Bicentennial of Air and Space Flight.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Codifies without substantive change recent laws relating to money and finance.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Designates the Lakeview Lake project, Mountain Creek, Texas, as the Joe Pool Lake.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Directs the Administrator of General Services to obtain and provide for the distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film "Dumas Malone: A Journey with Mr. Jefferson."
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1983 within the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Land Management for management of lands and resources, construction and access, payments in lieu of taxes, Oregon and California grant lands, range improvements, service charges, deposits, and forfeitures, and miscellaneous trust funds. Prohibits the use of any of such funds to permit establishment of any possessory interest in Federal water rights by any permittee. Appropriates funds for: (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for resource management, construction, anadromous fish, the Migratory Bird Conservation Account, land acquisition, and the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (2) the National Park Service for the operation of the National Park System, recreation and preservation programs, the Historic Preservation Fund, construction, land acquisition and State assistance, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (3) the Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, research, and the Barrow Area gas operation, exploration, and development in Alaska; (4) the Minerals Management Service for leasing and royalty management; (5) the Bureau of Mines for the conduct of inquiries, technological investigations and research of mines and minerals; (6) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology, and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (7) the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the operation of Indian programs, construction, road construction, tribal trust funds, the Revolving Fund for loans, and the Indian Loan Guaranty and Insurance Fund; (8) the Office of Territorial and International Affairs for administration and for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (9) the Departmental offices including the Office of the Solicitor for salaries and expenses, the Office of the Secretary for departmental management, the Office of Construction Management, the Office of the Inspector General, and the Office of Water Policy. Names the fish hatchery at Tupelo, Mississippi the Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery. Sets forth uses and limitations on appropriations made available by this title. Prohibits the use of such appropriations for: (1) the procurement, leasing, bidding, exploration, or development of lands within the Department of Interior Central and Northern California Planning Area; (2) changing the name of the mountain referred to as Mount McKinley; (3) activities specifically denied in committee reports, including any reorganization within the Department without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations; (4) detailing an employee to an organization for more than two weeks except on a reimbursable basis or in connection with an Office of Personnel Management approved training program; (5) processing applications for mineral extraction or energy development activities within boundaries of the National Park System unless specifically permitted by law; and (6) selling or exchanging lands within the National Park System without prior congressional approval. Prohibits the use of funds to plan for, conduct or supervise hunting on the Bosquedel Apache National Wildlife Refuge when whooping cranes are on the refuge. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1983 for the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for forest research, State and private forestry, the National Forest System, construction and land acquisition, acquisition of land to complete land exchanges, miscellaneous trust funds, the Youth Conservation Corps, and the Range Betterment Fund. Prohibits the alteration of the appropriation structure for the Forest Service without the advance approval of the congressional Committees on Appropriations. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any region, or to close certain regional offices without congressional consent. Makes appropriations for the Department of Energy for fossil energy research and development, naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, energy conservation, economic regulation, the Energy Information Administration, and the SPR Petroleum account. Makes appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Services Administration for Indian health services and facilities. Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for: (1) the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian education; (2) the Navajo and Hopi Relocation Commission for salaries and expenses; (3) the Smithsonian Institution for salaries and expenses; (4) museum programs and related research; (5) construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park; (6) restoration and renovation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution; (7) salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art; and (8) salaries and expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Makes appropriations for the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities for: (1) salaries and expenses and matching grants for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (2) the Institute of Museum Services; (3) salaries and expenses for the Commission on Fine Arts, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Capital Planning Commission, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation for land acquisition, the development fund, and public development activities and projects; (4) the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Gas Pipeline for permitting and enforcement; and (5) the Holocaust Memorial Council. Sets forth the uses and limitations of appropriations made by this title. Provides funds to reimburse the National Park Service for maintenance of the White House grounds and warehouse. Requires that services exceeding such amount be reimbursed to the Park Service from other funds appropriated to the Executive Office of the President. Title III: General Provisions - Limits procurement contracts for consulting services obtained through appropriations made by this Act to those contracts where expenditures are a matter of public record. Prohibits the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture from using such funds for leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive bidding on public lands within the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. Prohibits the use of such funds for any activity that tends to promote public support or opposition to legislative proposals on which Congressional action is incomplete. Makes such funds unavailable for the implementation or enforcement of any rule requiring the use of steel shot in connection with hunting waterfowl unless the appropriate State agency approves of such rule. Provides that none of the funds appropriated to any department or agency under this Act may be expended to provide personal servants to any officer or employee, or to purchase passenger automobiles with less than a specified miles-per-gallon average. Prohibits the use of funds which would permit exploration or development in wilderness, Forest Service areas, or designated wilderness areas. Prohibits obligating funds to an agency that complies with any executive directive which prevents that agency from providing congressional committees information in a timely fashion on that agency's capability to spend funds not included in the Budget of the United States. Prohibits the use of funds to evaluate, consider, process or award, oil, gas or geothermal leases on Federal lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, within boundaries of specified watersheds. Requires that reductions in force be proportionate to reductions in regional and Washington offices with specified exceptions. Prohibits the levying of assessments against programs funded under this Act unless approved by the Committees on Appropriations. Exempts employment funded under this Act from any personnel ceiling except as provided by law. Disallows land acquisition for more than the approved appraised value without written approval of the Committees on Appropriations. Prohibits the merger of appropriations for research and development activities with any other such funds to carry out the purposes of the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to enter into contracts with State and local governments for fire management services.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
National Park Visitor Facilities Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the National Park Visitor Facilities Fund, which shall consist of National Park System franchise fees. Authorizes amounts credited to the Fund to be appropriated, beginning in FY 1984, to the National Park Service, and to be made available to the National Park Foundation to carry out its functions under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to appoint the Executive Committee of the National Park Foundation. Requires the Executive Committee to consider and recommend to the Foundation construction and improvements projects for national park visitor facilities, which have been recommended by the National Park Service. Requires the Secretary to make grants to the Foundation to carry out projects approved by the Board of the Foundation. Directs the Foundation to include in its annual report to Congress a description of such projects and its accomplishments under this Act. Provides for the expiration of the authorities contained in this Act on September 30, 1989. Requires that any amount in the Fund which has not been appropriated or obligated be transferred to the Treasury after that date.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Designates 1983 as the "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America". Expresses congressional support for the President's Youth Exchange Initiative, and especially the concept of a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Bundestag.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates March 13 through March 19, 1983, as National Children and Television Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Designates November 1982 as National Christmas Seal Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Designates October 24 through October 31, 1982, as National Housing Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Wolf Trap Farm Park Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to make available to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts for the reconstruction of the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park: (1) a grant of $9,000,000 to be provided in increments as needed and only if the Foundation agrees to provide contributions from non-Federal sources to complete the reconstruction; and (2) loans in an amount equal to twice the amount of non-Federal contributions received, but not to exceed $8,000,000, to be repaid in full with interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury plus any additional charge needed to cover the costs of servicing the loan. Prohibits the term of any such loan from exceeding five years. Requires the Foundation to agree, as a condition of receiving such assistance, to: (1) expend all funds for the reconstruction of the Filene Center in accordance with appropriate Office of Management and Budget circulars and the Davis-Bacon Act; (2) comply with the Secretary's terms; and (3) maintain insurance on the Filene Center during the period of the cooperative agreement required by this Act. Makes repairs or reconstruction carried out with insurance proceeds subject to the Secretary's approval. Makes the Secretary responsible for overseeing the reconstruction and for giving final approval of the plans for, and location and design of, the Filene Center. Requires the Foundation to manage the construction activities. Prohibits grants or loans from being made under this Act, unless the Secretary has received written assurance from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) that any easement granted to the Commonwealth of Virginia for construction of the Dulles Toll Road will contain: (1) noise standards and other standards legally enforceable by the Administrator and the Secretary to protect the park from undue noise pollution and other environmental degradation; and (2) legally enforceable assurances that the Commonwealth will enforce such conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to provide support services for reconstruction, upon request by the Foundation, on a reimbursable basis. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Foundation for the presentation of performing arts and related educational and cultural programs at the Filene Center. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance under such agreement. Requires the Foundation to maintain insurance on the Filene Center and to maintain its nonprofit, tax-exempt status as conditions of entering into such agreement. Provides that, pursuant to the cooperative agreement, the Secretary and the Comptroller General shall have access to the Foundation's permanent books and records for audit and other purposes and the Foundation shall submit an annual report to the Secretary and the appropriate congressional committees. Permits the cooperative agreement to be terminated at the Government's convenience if it is required in the public interest. Provides that the agreement dated September 16, 1980, between the National Park Service and the Foundation shall remain in effect until terminated under its terms or until the cooperative agreement is entered into under this Act. Provides that all right, title, and interest in the Filene Center shall vest in the United States. Requires the Secretary to submit to the appropriate congressional committees quarterly reports on the progress of the reconstruction of the Filene Center, following disbursement of any grant under this Act. Directs the Secretary and Federal, State, and local agencies to cooperate with each other to protect the park from undue noise intrusions, air pollution, and visual degradation. Requires the Secretary to monitor noise pollution within the park associated with the Dulles road corridor and to notify the Administrator of the FAA if the noise pollution exceeds the standards in the easement for the Dulles Toll Road. Requires the Administrator to reduce the noise pollution within 60 days after such notification. Permits the Secretary or the Foundation to bring an action to enjoin any violation of the easement by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Requires a general management plan for the park to be prepared and periodically revised by the Director of the National Park Service and to be submitted to specifed congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations for making the grant and the loans. Makes the authority to enter into contracts or to make payments under this Act effective only to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
White House Conference on Productivity Act - Directs the President, within a year of enactment, to conduct a White House Conference on Productivity, to develop recommendations to stimulate the U.S. productivity improvement rate. Lists the policy options the Conference shall consider. Requires the Conference to submit a report to the President. Requires the report to be made public. Directs the President to transmit to the Congress recommendations for legislative action to implement recommendations in the report.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates January 17, 1983, as Public Employees' Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Requests the President to designate December 1982 as National Closed-Captioned Television Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates November 1982 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Amends the National Housing Act to extend certain Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance and assistance programs. Extends the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set maximum interest rates on certain mortgage insurance programs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain Farmers Home Administration mortgage insurance programs and mutual and self-help housing programs. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the national flood insurance program. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the national riot and crime insurance programs. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend the period for which areas that qualified as metropolitan cities or urban countries prior to the 1980 decennial census shall retain such status for purposes of the allocation of funds under Federal community development block grants. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to permit the Corporation to have preferred stock.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Cheaha Wilderness Act - Designates certain lands in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama as the Cheaha Wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with State concurrence, to issue a permit which would modify specified effluent limitation requirements (dealing with biochemical oxygen demand and pH) for an industrial discharger, in such State, who makes discharges into deep waters of the territorial seas. Requires the applicant for a modified permit to make specified demonstrations including a showing that on or before March 17, 1977: (1) the State had authority to administer its own permit program; and (2) the applicant has received approval for the modifications from the appropriate State agency. Sets forth requirements for modified effluent limitations. Limits a modified permit to a five-year period, with additional five-year renewals upon a showing by the applicant that the requirements of this Act are met. Authorizes the Administrator to terminate a modified permit upon finding that there has been a decline in the ambient water quality of receiving waters during the period of the permit, even if a direct cause and effect relationship cannot be shown.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 2025
Provides for the resolution of the dispute between the carriers represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Directs that the parties be bound by the Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board Numbered 194, dated August 19, 1982. States that such Report and Recommendations shall have the same effect as though arrived at under the Railway Labor Act, and be effective for the period April 1, 1981, through June 30, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments Act of 1982 - Amends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to provide that upon the filing of a civil complaint the clerk shall issue a summons and deliver the summons to the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney, who shall be responsible for prompt service of the summons and a copy of the complaint. Provides that process, other than a subpoena or a summons and complaint, shall be served by a U.S. marshal or deputy U.S. marshal, or by a specially appointed person. Provides that a summons and complaint shall, at the request of the party seeking service or such party's attorney, be served by a U.S. marshal or deputy U.S. marshal, or by a specially appointed person only: (1) on behalf of an individual authorized to proceed in forma pauperis; (2) on behalf of the United States; or (3) pursuant to an order issued by a court stating that a U.S. marshal or deputy U.S. marshal, or specially appointed person, is required to serve the summons and complaint. Authorizes the service of a summons and complaint upon a defendant by first class mail. Provides that if service of the summons and complaint is not made within 120 days after filing the complaint and the party on whose behalf such service was required cannot show good cause why such service was not made within that period, the action shall be dismissed without prejudice upon the court's own initiative with notice to such party or upon motion. Sets forth forms for the notice and acknowledgment for service by mail.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend for one year the Agricultural and Productive Credit and Self-Help Community Development Programs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1982 - Provides for the approval of prior transfers of lands and the extinguishment of claims and aboriginal title to lands involving the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. Makes such approval contingent upon the publication by the Secretary of the Interior of findings that the State of Florida has: (1) paid settlement funds to the tribe; (2) executed a lease agreement with the tribe; (3) enacted appropriate legislation to carry out specified commitments under its settlement agreement with the tribe; and (4) given a waiver specified in such settlement agreement. Exempts the leasehold granted the tribe under the lease agreement from all State and local taxes. Treats the lands leased to the tribe under the lease agreement as if such lands constituted a federally recognized Indian reservation solely for purposes of determining eligibility of the tribe and its members for Federal assistance. Permits the State of Florida to take or diminish any interest granted the tribe under the lease agreement only for a public purpose and upon payment of just compensation, but without approval of Congress or any executive officer of the United States. Directs the Secretary to accept the transfer to the United States, to be held in trust for the use and benefit of the tribe, of specified lands authorized to be conveyed to the tribe by specified Florida statutes. Provides that the State of Florida shall continue to have civil and criminal jurisdiction over such lands unless the State retrocedes such jurisdiction in whole or part. Subjects such transfer of lands to all existing leases, easements, and rights-of-way, and all the rights, easements, and reservations in favor of the South Florida Water Management District. Declares that any such transfer shall not confer upon the tribe, or upon the lands within the reservation, any additional water rights. Limits actions to contest the constitutionality of this Act. Revokes specified provisions of this Act in the event the settlement agreement between the tribe and the State of Florida is ever invalidated.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2024
District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1983 - Appropriates specified sums to the District of Columbia for FY 1983 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia, provided there are a specified number of Metropolitan police officers hired by August 19, 1982; and (2) Federal loans to the District for capital outlay. Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support, provided some funds are used for voter education on the proposed District statehood constitution; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice, with a specified amount earmarked for the settlement of claims and suits; (4) public education; (5) human support services, with a prohibition against the obligation of funds for a summer youth jobs program until specified congressional committees have approved a plan submitted by the Mayor; (6) transportation services and assistance; (7) environmental services and supply; (8) personal services; (9) repayment of specified loans and interest; (10) repayment of the general fund deficit; (11) reduction of the energy budgets of various agencies; (12) capital outlay; (13) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water projects; (14) the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund; and (15) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund, provided no Federal funds shall be used to support the lottery activities. Sets forth general provisions covering spending limitations on the appropriations made by this Act, including prohibitions against using such funds for: (1) abortions, except where the mother's life is endangered or where necessary for victims of rape or incest; and (2) concerts, athletic events, or similar entertainment activities at the Washington Convention Center unless specified conditions are met. Prohibits obligating or spending funds appropriated by this Act through reprogramming unless the reprogramming was approved according to specified procedures. Authorizes the Mayor to establish the salary of the City Administrator and the per diem compensation of the board members of the Redevelopment Land Agency. Declares that the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act shall apply with respect to the compensation of District employees.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates October as National Spinal Cord Injury Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates December 11, 1982, as Fiorello Henry La Guardia Memorial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Appropriates such amounts as may be necessary in FY 1983 for projects or activities in specified appropriations Acts. Funds such activities to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriation Act. States that if the Senate and the House of Representatives have both passed appropriations for an activity but in differing amounts, the lesser amount or more restrictive authority shall apply in the continuing appropriations. States that where an activity is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the one House, whichever is lower. Declares that if an appropriation Act has been reported to a House but not passed by that House as of October 1, 1981, it shall be deemed as having passed that House. States that if an appropriation Act has been passed by only the House the pertinent project or activity shall be continued as prescribed for an activity included in only one version of an Act passed by both Houses. Provides for continued funding of activities in other specified legislative circumstances. Provides continuing appropriations for activities conducted in FY 1982, at the current rate to maintain current operating levels and provided in: (1) Public Law 97-92 under the purview of the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; and (2) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982 (prohibits any programs or facilities funded therein from being terminated unless such termination is specifically approved in the appropriations process, including reprograming). Provides for continuing appropriations for activities conducted in FY 1982 for which provision was made in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982, under the current terms and conditions and at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate until such time that the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982, is reported in or subsequently passed by the House. Provides for continuing appropriations for activities of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act of 1982, under the terms and conditions, and at the rate, provided for in that Act or at the rate provided for in the budget estimates, whichever is lower, and under the more restrictive authority. Declares that specified provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1983, as reported September 9, 1982, shall apply to any appropriation, fund, or authority made available for the period October 1, 1982, through February 28, 1983, by this or any other Act. Provides continuing appropriations as necessary for projects or activities provided for in the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1983, as passed the House on August 19, 1982, and as provided for in such Act. Declares that appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from October 1, 1982, until February 28, 1983, unless the appropriations Acts are enacted earlier. Declares that any appropriation for FY 1983, required to be apportioned for certain civilian and military pay increases, may be apportioned on a need basis for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of appropriation. Provides appropriations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to process fingerprint identification records for noncriminal employment and licensing services. Provides continuing appropriations for specified activities in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill for FY 1983, as reported to the House. Declares that the New England Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers shall be maintained as a Division with all of the duties and functions of a Division retained and shall not be redesignated a District or any other type office. Makes a specified amount of funds appropriated for the Water Resources Council, Water Resources Planning available for work performed prior to FY 1982 in support of the Columbia River Estuary Data Development Program, if such work is accepted by the Water Resources Council. Limits the rate of pay for prevailing rate United States employees for specified periods during FY 1983. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to any increase in a wage schedule or rate which is required by the terms of a contract entered into before enactment of this Act. Prohibits any part of any appropriation from being available for any agency to pay the Administrator of the General Services Administration a higher rate per square foot for rental of space and services than the current rate. Makes moneys deposited into the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund and the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act available, subject to limitations, for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials. Permits funds made available to the Federal Building Fund to be used to initiate new construction, purchase, advance design, and repairs and alteration line-item projects which are included in the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriation Act, 1983, as reported to the House. Requires funds provided by this joint resolution for costs to continue the implementation of provisions contained in the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative to be applied first toward ensuring voter education on the proposed constitution. Provides continuing appropriations to the Postal Service Fund in sufficient amounts so that postal rates for all preferred-rate mailers are continued at the rates in effect on July 28, 1982. Requires that overseas voting and mail for the blind continue to be free and that six-day delivery and rural delivery of mail continue at the 1982 level. Makes funds appropriated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for construction and anadromous fish and to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund available until expended. Specifies the annual rate of funds available for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Extends AID/afr-C-1414, Agency for International Development for an additional three years. Makes continuing appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution to construct a building for the Museum of African Art and a gallery for Eastern art. Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy to carry out the provisions of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 concerning the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Allocates a specified amount of funds appropriated to the Small Business Administration to grants for Small Business Development Centers only. Prohibits any of the funds provided by this joint resolution for the Legal Services Corporation from being expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by or contrary to any of the provisions of H.R. 3480, as passed the House on June 18, 1981. Declares that no provision in any appropriation Act for FY 1983 that makes the availability of any appropriation dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective before February 28, 1983. Permits, in the case of any employee of the Federal government who is indebted to the United States, the amount of the indebtedness to be collected in monthly installments, or at officially established regular pay period intervals, by deduction in reasonable amounts from the current pay account of the individual. Makes specified amounts made available under this joint resolution for the exchange programs of the United States Information Agency available for the: (1) Fulbright and International Visitor Programs; (2) Humphrey Fellowship Program; and (3) private sector programs. Prohibits the use of any of the funds provided in this joint resolution for any aspect of the processing or issuance of permits or leases pertaining to exploration for or development of coal, oil, gas, or geothermal resources on Federal lands within any component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or within any Forest Service RARE II areas recommended for wilderness designation or allocated to further planning, or within any lands designated by Congress as wilderness study areas. Prohibits any reduction in the amount payable to any State under title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to any of the fiscal years 1977 through 1982 prior to the date on which this resolution expires.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2025
Authorizes the transfer of nine U.S. naval vessels as follows: (1) two patrol combatants to be leased to Colombia; (2) three fast patrol boats to be leased to the Dominican Republic; (3) one auxiliary drydock to be sold to Ecuador; (4) one oceanographic research ship leased to Mexico; (5) one destroyer tender to be leased to Pakistan; and (6) one destroyer tender to be leased to Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to: (1) remove restraints on commerce caused by activities detrimental to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers; (2) require farm labor contractors to register under this Act; and (3) assure necessary protections for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, agricultural associations, and agricultural employers. Sets forth definitions under this Act. Distinguishes between "agricultural employer" and "farm labor contractor." Distinguishes between "migrant agricultural worker" and "seasonal agricultural worker." Sets forth a definition of a "day-haul operation." Uses the same definition of "employ" as under specified provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Sets forth exemptions from coverage by this Act for specified types of family business, small business, labor organizations and other entities or persons. Provides that title I of this Act does not apply to any agricultural employer or agricultural association or to any employee of such employer or association. Title I: Farm Labor Contractors - Requires any person engaged in farm labor contracting activities to have a certificate of registration from the Secretary of Labor specifying which activities such person is authorized to perform. Prohibits a farm labor contractor from hiring, employing or using any individual to perform such activities unless such individual has a certificate of registration or a certificate of registration as a contractor employee. Holds the contractor responsible for contractor employee violations of this Act or regulations under this Act. Requires each registered contractor and contractor employee to carry, and exhibit on request, such certificates while engaging in such activities. Denies State employment service system facilities and services under the Wagner-Peyser Act to any contractor who refuses or fails to produce a certificate upon request. Directs the Secretary, after appropriate investigation and approval, to issue certificates to persons who file applications containing specified items, including documentation of compliance with requirements under this Act vehicles used to transport migrant or seasonal workers and housing for migrant workers. Authorizes the Secretary to refuse to issue or renew, or to suspend or revoke, certificates if applicants or holders commit specified violations, fail to meet specified requirements, or have been convicted within the preceding five years of specified offenses. Provides for hearings on an appeals of such refusals, suspensions, or revocations. Prohibits transfer or assignment of certificates. Sets forth provisions relating to expiration and renewal of certificates and to notice of address change and amendment of certificates. Prohibits farm labor contractors from recruiting, hiring, or using, with knowledge, the services of any individual who is an alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or who has not been authorized by the Attorney General to accept employment. Title II: Migrant Agricultural Worker Protections - Requires each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which recruits any migrant agricultural worker to: (1) disclose specified information to such worker; (2) post a statement of worker rights and protections and a statement of the terms and conditions of occupancy of worker housing; and (3) keep specified records with respect to each such worker. Requires each farm labor contractor to supply copies of such records to any agricultural employer and association to which such contractor has furnished such workers. Prohibits knowingly providing false or misleading information to any worker concerning such required information, statements, and records. Requires that specified information and statements be provided in written English or, as necessary and reasonable, in Spanish or other language common to migrant agricultural workers not fluent or literate in English. Requires the Department of Labor to make forms available for use in providing such information. Requires such contractors, employers, and associations to pay the wages owed to migrant agricultural workers when due. Prohibits contractors, employers, and associations from: (1) requiring such workers to purchase any goods or services solely from such contractors, employers, or associations; or (2) violating, without justification, the terms of any working arrangement with such workers. Makes each person who owns or controls a facility or real property which is used as housing for migrant agricultural workers responsible for ensuring compliance with substantive Federal and State safety and health standards applicable to that housing. Prohibits such persons from permitting any such facility or property from being occupied by such workers unless there is posted at the site a copy of the certification by a State or local health authority or other appropriate agency that applicable safety and health standards are met. Permits such occupancy in cases in which a request for such inspection has been made to the appropriate agency at least forty-five days earlier. Exempts from such requirements any person who, in the ordinary course of that person's business, regularly provides housing on a commercial basis to the general public and who provides housing of the same character and on the same or comparable terms or conditions to migrant agricultural workers. Title III: Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protections - Requires each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which recruits any seasonal agricultural worker to: (1) disclose specified information to such worker, upon request, when an offer of employment is made (but to disclose such information to day-haul workers at the place of recruitment); (2) post a statement of worker rights and protections; and (3) keep specified records with respect to each such worker. Requires each farm labor contractor to supply copies of such records to any agricultural employer and association to which such contractor has furnished such workers. Prohibits knowingly providing false or misleading information to any worker concerning such required information, statements, and records. Requires that specified information and statements be provided to seasonal agricultural workers in written English or, as necessary and reasonable, in Spanish or other language common to migrant and agricultural workers not fluent or literate in English. Requires the Department of Labor to make forms available for use in providing such information. Requires such contractors, employers, and associations to pay the wages owed to seasonal agricultural workers when due. Prohibits contractors, employers, and associations from: (1) requiring such workers to purchase any goods or services solely from such contractors, employers, or associations; or (2) violating, without justification, the terms of any working arrangement with such workers. Title IV: Further Protections for Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers - Sets forth provisions for motor vehicle safety in the transportation of any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker (except on agricultural machinery and equipment while actually engaged in the planting, cultivating, or harvesting any agricultural commodity or the care of livestock or poultry). Requires each agricultural employer, agricultural association, and farm labor contractor, while using or causing to be used any vehicle for such transportation, to: (1) ensure that such vehicle conforms to standards prescribed by the Secretary under this Act and to other applicable Federal and State safety standards; (2) ensure that each driver has a valid and appropriate State license to operate such vehicle; and (3) have a specified type of insurance policy or a liability bond in effect. Directs the Secretary to consider specified factors in prescribing such motor vehicle safety regulations. Provides that such regulations, shall be in addition to, and shall not supersede or modify, any standard or regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act or successor provisions of Federal law which is independently applicable to such transportation. Makes any violation of such standards a violation under this Act. Provides that standards prescribed under the Interstate Commerce Act for the transportation of migrant workers shall be deemed to be standards under this Act if the Secretary fails to prescribe such standards. Requires that the required level of insurance be at least the amount currently required for common carriers of passengers under the Interstate Commerce Act and any successor provisions of Federal law. Provides that, if the employer, association, or contractor provides State workers' compensation coverage for such migrant or seasonal agricultural workers, an insurance policy or liability bond shall be required under this Act only for circumstances under which coverage for transportation of such workers is not provided under State law. Directs the Secretary to prescribe and revise such motor vehicle safety standards by specified regulations. Prohibits any person from utilizing the services of any farm labor contractor to supply any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker unless the person first takes reasonable steps to determine that the contractor has a valid registration certificate authorizing such activity. Permits reliance upon either possession of such certificate or confirmation of registration by the Department. Directs the Secretary to maintain a central public registry of all persons issued such certificates. Requires each farm labor contractor to obtain at each place of employment and make available for inspection to every worker such contractor furnishes for employment a written statement of the conditions of such employment. Prohibits any farm labor contractor from violating, without justification, the terms of any written agreement made with an agricultural employer or an agricultural association pertaining to any contracting activity or worker protection under this Act. Provides that such written agreements do not relieve a person of any responsibility under this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Part A: Enforcement Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to criminal sanctions, judicial enforcement, and administrative actions. Provides for a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of this Act or any regulation under this Act. Limits the amount of damages which may be awarded in cases of multiple infractions or in class actions. Prohibits discrimination against any migrant or seasonal worker because of complaints filed, proceedings instituted, testimony, or exercise of rights or protections under this Act. Declares agreements by employees purporting to waive or modify their rights under this Act to be void as contrary to public policy, but provides that a waiver or modification of rights in favor of the Secretary shall be valid for enforcement purposes. Part B: Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out this Act; (2) use specified investigative powers to obtain information; and (3) make specified agreements with Federal and State agencies. Part C: Miscellaneous Provisions - Declares that this Act is intended to supplement State law and that compliance with this Act shall not excuse any person from compliance with appropriate State law and regulation. Sets forth a transition provision authorizing the Secretary to deny a certificate of registration to any farm labor contractor, as defined in this Act, against whom there is a judgment outstanding under the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 or who is subject to a final order of the Secretary under such Act assessing a civil penalty which has not been paid. Provides that any findings under such Act may also be applicable to determinations of willful and knowing violations under this Act. Repeals the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce to ten percent the income tax rate on Virgin Islands source income and provide for corresponding reductions in tax withholding.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Requests the President to designate January 16 through January 22, 1983, as National Jaycee Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates December 12 through December 18, 1982, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates October 16, 1982, as National Newspaper Carriers Appreciation Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 Department of Agriculture (USDA), rural affairs, and related program funds for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) standard level user fees; (3) advisory committees; (4) administrative expenses; (5) the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs; (6) the Office of Congressional Affairs; (7) the Office of the Inspector General; (8) the Office of the General Counsel; (9) the Federal Grain Inspection Service; (10) inspection and weighing services; (11) the Agricultural Research Service (ARS); (12) ARS buildings and facilities; (13) overseas scientific activities (foreign currency program); (14) the Cooperative State Research Service; (15) the Extension Service; (16) the National Agricultural Library; (17) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (18) buildings and facilities, generally; (19) the Food Safety and Inspection Service; (20) the Economic Research Service; (21) the Statistical Reporting Service; (22) the Agricultural Cooperative Service; (23) the World Agricultural Outlook Board; (24) the Agricultural Marketing Service (marketing services, administrative expenses, market strengthening, transportation office, and payments to States and possessions); (25) the Packers and Stockyards Administration; (26) the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (salaries and expenses and the dairy indemnity program); (27) the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (administrative expenses, capital stock subscription, and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund); and (28) the Commodity Credit Corporation (net losses reimbursement and direct loan levels). Title II: Rural Development Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Office of Rural Development Policy; (2) the Farmers Home Administration (Rural Housing Insurance Fund, Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, Rural Development Insurance Fund, Rural Water and Waste Disposal Grants, Very-Low Income Housing Repair Grants, Rural Housing for Domestic Farm Labor, Mutual and Self-Help Housing, Rural Community Fire Protection Grants, construction defects compensation, and salaries); (3) Rural Electrification Administration (Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund, Rural Telephone Bank, Rural Communication Development Fund, and salaries and expenses); (4) Soil Conservation Service (operations, river basin surveys, watershed planning and flood prevention, resource conservation, and Great Plains Conservation Program); and (5) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (agricultural conservation, forestry incentive program, and water bank program). Title III: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Food and Nutrition Service (child nutrition programs, special milk program, WIC (women, infants, and children) feeding program, commodity supplemental food program, food stamps, nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico, food donation programs, and administrative expenses); and (2) the Human Nutrition Information Service. Title IV: International Programs - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Foreign Agricultural Service (including the general sales manager); (2) Public Law 480; and (3) the Office of International Cooperation and Development. Title V: Related Agencies - Appropriates FY 1983 funds for: (1) the Food and Drug Administration (salaries, and standard level user charges); (2) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (3) the Farm Credit Administration. Title VI: General Provisions - Requires consulting contracts to be available for public inspection unless otherwise provided for. Makes funds available for: (1) vehicle purchases; (2) uniforms and allowances; (3) research and service contracts; (4) Working Capital Fund transfers; and (5) publications translation, orientation, and language training. Prohibits funds to be paid to any person who harvests marihuana or drug-producing plants for illegal use. Prohibits appropriations remaining available beyond FY 1983 unless expressly provided for. Authorizes the use of USDA employees as needed on an intermittent basis among the various agencies of the USDA. Excludes overtime and disaster periods from consideration with respect to ceilings on full-time equivalent staff years. States that specified beneficial home ownership certificates sold by the Farmers Home Administration shall not be less than 75 percent of the value of the loans closed during FY 1983. Prohibits funds from being used to: (1) phase out the Resource Conservation and Development Program; and (2) pay more than ten percent of the indirect cost rates of specified cooperative agreements between the USDA and nonprofit institutions. Exempts specified watershed projects from the requirements of Executive Orders 12113 and 12141. Authorizes the distribution of surplus agricultural commodities to needy persons. Prohibits Federal funds from being paid in FY 1983 on any form of U.S. loan guarantee with respect to credits on loans made to Poland unless: (1) Poland has been declared in default to the particular creditor; or (2) the President has provided Congress with a monthly written report explaining how U.S. national interest has been served by payments made on such Polish loans in the absence of a declaration of default. Prohibits standard level user charge reimbursements to the General Services Administration in excess of 1982 levels.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate a replacement agency for a community action agency terminated or denied funding by the Secretary during FY 1982. States that such designated replacement agency shall receive community services block grant funds through FY 1983. Permits reinstatement of a replaced agency if a final determination to restore funding is made before the State begins operating programs with the designated new agency.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2023
Credits entrance fees for the migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamp contest, first, to the account which pays for the administration of the contest and, then, to the migratory-bird conservation fund.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Authorizes a court to award a reasonable attorney's fee as part of the costs to a prevailing employee who sued his or her employer because of discrimination arising from jury service. Authorizes a court to award a prevailing employer in such a suit a reasonable attorney's fee only if the employee's suit is found to have been frivolous, or brought in bad faith. Authorizes the service of jury summonses by first-class mail. Provides workers' compensation coverage to a Federal employee while serving as a Federal juror.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Designates March 21, 1983, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1983 for the necessary expenses of: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation for salaries and expenses, transportation planning, research and development, and the Working Capital Fund; and (2) the Coast Guard for operating expenses, acquisition, construction, and improvements, alteration of bridges, retired pay, reserve training, research, development, testing, and evaluation, the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, and the Deepwater Port Liability Fund. Appropriates funds for the necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration for: (1) operations, facilities, engineering, and development; (2) grants-in-aid for airports; and (3) operation, maintenance, and construction at the Metropolitan Washington airports. Authorizes expenditures and investments for aviation insurance activities, and maximum new commitments to guarantee loans for the purchase of certain passenger and cargo aircraft. Appropriates funds to the Federal Highway Administration for: (1) general operating expenses; (2) motor carrier safety; (3) highway safety research and development; (4) highway-related safety grants; (5) railroad-highway crossing demonstration projects; (6) territorial highways; (7) federal-aid highways; and (8) interstate transfer grants (highways). Appropriates funds to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for operations and research, and for State and community highway safety. Appropriates funds to the Federal Railroad Administration for: (1) the Office of the Administrator; (2) railroad safety; (3) railroad research and development; (4) rail service assistance; (5) Conrail labor protection; (6) the Northeast Corridor improvement program; (7) grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation; and (8) commuter rail service. Continues, without new appropriation, the Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund. Authorizes the issuance of notes to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment of loan guarantees from the railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing funds. Limits the total amount of new direct loans for emergency rail facilities restoration. Appropriates funds to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration for: (1) administrative expenses; (2) research, development, and demonstrations and university research and training; (3) urban discretionary grants; (4) non-urban formula grants; (5) urban formula grants; (6) liquidation of contract authorization; (7) interstate transfer grants (transit); and (8) the Washington Metro. Appropriates funds to: (1) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for administrative expenses; (2) the Research and Special Programs Administration for research and development and grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program; and (3) the Office of the Inspector General for salaries and expenses. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for the necessary expenses of: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Carriers Compliance Board; (2) the National Transportation Safety Board; (3) the Civil Aeronautics Board for salaries and expenses and payments to air carriers; (4) the Interstate Commerce Commission for salaries and expenses and payments for directed rail service; (5) the Panama Canal Commission for operating expenses and capital outlay; (6) the United States Railway Association; and (7) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for interest payments. Title III: General Provisions - Limits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) grants-in-aid for airport planning, noise compatibility planning and programs, and development; (2) highway-related safety grants; (3) State and community highway safety; (4) Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, except obligations for emergency relief and the Dodge Island Bridge in Florida; (5) the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund; and (6) the Deepwater Port Liability Fund. Permits the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide for the expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of FAA personnel stationed outside the United States when the Secretary of Transportation determines that adequate schooling is unavailable in the locality and that adequate schools are not accessible by public transportation. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds under this Act for formula grants for urban mass transit unless the applicants for such grants assure the Secretary that rates charged the elderly and handicapped persons during nonpeak hours do not exceed one-half the rates applicable to other persons at peak hours. Prohibits appropriated funds from being available beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the planning or construction of rail-highway crossings at the School Street crossing in Groton, Connecticut, and the Broadway Extension crossing in Stonington, Connecticut. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds: (1) to plan or execute any program to compensate non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings under this Act; or (2) to assist any State in imposing mandatory State inspection fees or sticker requirements on vehicles lawfully registered in another State, including certain vehicles engaged in interstate commercial transportation. Limits the use of appropriated funds for consulting services to those contracts that are a matter of public record and available for public inspection and those contracts included in a publicly available list. Requires the Inspector General, or a comparable official, of the department to submit to Congress along with the budget justification an evaluation of the agency's progress to institute effective management controls and the accuracy and completeness of data provided to the Federal Procurement Data System regarding consultant service contractual arrangements. Directs the Secretary to approve, upon the request of Indiana, specified amounts for water line facilities in Hammond, Indiana, and for the construction of an interchange near Michigan City, Indiana.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Designates October 1982 as Head Start Awareness Month.