A concurrent resolution directs 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.
1983-04-13: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the continuing possibility that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to withholding from interest and dividends will be repealed is creating, for all payors, an undue hardship within the meaning of section 308(b) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and that the Secretary of the Treasury should exercise his authority under such section to delay the effective date of such provisions until December 31, 1983.
1983-06-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A concurrent resolution expressing the disapproval of the Congress of any trade embargo imposed by the United States, for reasons other than national security, which applies only to the export of agricultural commodities to a country and which does not have adequate international support to assure significant results.
1983-09-30: Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
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 Congress respecting the administration of title X of the Public Health Service Act.
1983-04-05: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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 provisions contained in section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to the adjustment of income tax brackets to prevent inflation-caused tax increases should not be repealed and the effective date of such provisions should not be postponed.
1983-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 to express the sense of the Congress concerning the legal minimum age for drinking and purchasing alcohol.
1984-06-26: For Further Action See H.R.4616.
Missing Children Act
1982-10-12: Became Public Law No: 97-292.
Fish Restoration Act of 1982
1982-06-30: Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for individuals age 65 and over.
1981-06-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Olympic Coin Act of 1981
1981-07-06: Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
Agricultural Export Credit Assessment Act
1982-03-10: Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Waste and Abuse Information Collection Act
1982-05-14: Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
An act to designate the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
1982-08-26: Became Public Law No: 97-243.
A bill to amend the copyright law to exempt private, nonprofit recording of copyrighted works on video recorders from copyright infringement.
1982-09-23: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge Act
1982-10-15: Became Public Law No: 97-333.
Food Safety Amendments of 1981
1981-07-30: Executive Comment Requested from HHS, USDA.
A bill to authorize the donation of surplus property to any State for the construction and modernization of criminal justice facilities.
1982-04-21: Subcommittee Hearings Held.