A concurrent resolution directing the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately conduct a study and report to Congress on steps which can be taken to correct the benefit disparity known as the notch problem, in order to insure equitable and fair treatment for those who have based their retirement plans on benefit levels which have existed for the past decade.
1983-08-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the rate of fill for completing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
1983-03-09: Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States should observe the month of May 1983 as Older Americans Month.
1983-05-12: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a uniform symbol of identification, specifically the International Symbol of Access, to be used either on special license plates or on dashboard placards of vehicles carrying handicapped persons desiring the use of special parking privileges, and that all States be encouraged to honor this uniform symbol and grant reciprocity between the several States to those persons displaying this symbol and properly using the parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons.
1983-07-21: Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the compliance by the Soviet Union with certain international agreements on human rights.
1983-11-18: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens for fiscal year 1984 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such program.
1983-03-09: Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Republic of South Africa should cease its "blackspot" policy of removing black South Africans from their ancestral land and relocating them.
1984-10-03: Resolution agreed to in Senate in lieu of S.CON.RES. 65 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Voice Vote.
A concurrent resolution to provide that it is the sense of the Congress that the national policy of the United States be that the Federal Government contribute to the support of education in the United States.
1983-10-06: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to implementing the objectives of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons (1983-1992).
1983-07-27: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to those nations that have filed an objection to the International Whaling Commission ban on commercial whaling.
1984-09-06: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that a uniform State act should be developed and adopted which provides grandparents with adequate rights to petition State courts for privileges to visit their grandchildren following the dissolution (because of divorce, separation, or death) of the marriage of such grandchildren's parents, and for other purposes.
1983-05-12: Committee on Judiciary. Referred jointly to the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the federal government should maintain current efforts in federal nutrition programs to prevent increases in domestic hunger.
1983-08-02: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A concurrent resolution calling upon the Government of the United Kingdom to ban the use of plastic and rubber bullets against civilians.
1983-02-04: Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
A concurrent resolution calling upon the Government of the United Kingdom to outlaw the Ulster Defense Association, its membership, activities, and any like terrorist organization.
1983-02-04: Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Mashantucket Pequot Indian Claims Settlement Act
1982-12-21: Unanimous Consent Request to Agree to the Senate Amendment Rejected in House.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an exclusion from gross income for that portion of a governmental pension received by an individual which does not exceed the maximum amount payable as benefits under title II of the Social Security Act minus the amount of any such benefits actually received by such individual, and for other purposes.
1982-06-23: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A bill to modify the mandatory sentence structure for the use of a firearm in the commission of a Federal felony, to establish a mandatory sentence for the use of a cutting or stabbing weapon in the commission of a Federal felony, and for other purposes.
1982-06-18: Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
Military Widows and Surviving Children Benefits Restoration Act
1982-09-24: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify certain requirements which apply to mortgage subsidy bonds.
1982-08-19: See H.R.4961.
A bill to recognize the organization known as the Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.
1982-08-09: Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.