Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983

(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #431 (234-125))

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983 - Title I: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies - Departments of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Department of Commerce and related agencies, including: (1) general administration; (2) the Bureau of the Census; (3) economic and statistical analysis; (4) the Economic Development Administration; (5) the International Trade Administration; (6) Economic Development Revolving Fund; (8) the Minority Business Development Agency; (9) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (10) coastal zone management (including a transfer of funds); (11) the Fishing Vessel and Gear Damage Compensation Fund; (12) the Fishermen's Contingency Fund; (13) the Foreign Fishing Observer Fund; (14) the Fishermen's Guaranty fund; (15) the Fisheries Loan Fund; (16) the Patent and Trademark Office; (17) science and technical research; (18) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and (19) public telecommunication facilities, planning and construction.

Prohibits the use of any funds to sell to private interests, or contract with private interests to sell or administer, any loans made under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 or the Trade Act of 1974.

Limits total commitments of the Economic Development Revolving Fund to guarantee loans to steel companies. Continues the loan guarantee program generally.

Sets forth general provisions concerning the use of Department of Commerce appropriations.

Appropriates funds for FY 1983 to the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration.

Appropriates funds for FY 1983 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) the administrative expenses of the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Program; (2) the Federal Communications Commission; (3) the Federal Maritime Commission; (4) the International Trade Commission; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the United States Trade Representative; (7) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (8) the Small Business Administration (including a transfer of funds); (9) revolving funds of the Small Business Administration; (10) the Business Loan and Investment Fund; and (11) the Lease Guarantees Revolving Fund.

Title II: Department of Justice and Related Agencies - Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Department of Justice and related agencies, including: (1) general administration; (2) the United States Parole Commission; (3) legal activities; (4) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (5) United States attorney and marshals; (6) support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions; (7) fees and expenses of witnesses; (8) the Community Relations Service; (9) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (10) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (11) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (12) the Federal Prison System; (13) the National Institute of Corrections; (14) buildings and facilities; (15) the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; and (16) the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics.

Sets forth limitations on administrative and vocational training expenses for the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated.

Requires a specified amount of funds appropriated to the Department of Justice to be available for official receiption and representation expenses in accordance with distributions, procedures, and reguljations established by the Attorney General. Permits funds appropriated to the Department of Justice to be expended for assistance to Cuban-Haitian entrants.

Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this title to: (1) prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools; or (2) to bring any sort of action to require directly or indirectly the transportation of any student to a school other than the school nearest the student's home, except for special education students.

Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and (3) the Legal Services Corporation.

Prohibits the use of funds by the Legal Services Corporation for any purpose contrary to the provisions of H.R. 3480.

Title III: Department of State and Related Agencies - Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Department of State and related agencies, including: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) representation allowances; (3) acquisitio, operation, and maintenance of buildings abroad; (4) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular services; (5) buying power maintenance; (6) payment to the American Institute in Taiwan; (7) payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (8) contributions to international organizations (prohibits the use of such funds for any interest cost made known to the United States by such an organization for loans incurred on or after October 1982; (9) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; (10) international conferences and contingencies; (11) international commissions; (12) International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (13) American sections, international commissions; (14) international fisheries commissions; (15) United States bilateral science and technology agreements; and (16) the Asia Foundation.

Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Department of State: (1) for the United States contribution to any international organization which engages in the direct or indirect promotion of the principle of one world government or of one world citizenship; or (2) for the promotion, in any other way, of the principle or doctrine of one world government or of one world citizenship.

Makes such funds available for expenses of binational arbitrations.

Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for: (1) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; (2) the Board for International Broadcasting; (3) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (4) the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians; (5) the International Communication Agency; (6) salaries and expenses of the Special Foreign Currency Program; (7) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West; (8) acquisition and construction of radio facilities; and (9) the Japan-United States Friendship Commission.

Title IV: The Judiciary - Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1983 - Appropriates funds for FY 1983 for activities of the Judiciary, including: (1) the Supreme Court; (2) the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the Court of International Trade; (4) the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services; (5) Bankruptcy courts; (6) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; and (7) the Federal Judicial Center.

Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth general restrictions on funds appropriated by this Act.