Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

(Measure passed Senate, amended (inserted text of S. 1377)) Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 - Title I: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - Part A - Grain Reserves - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to authorize (presently directs) the Corporation to make farm storage facility loans. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide a mandatory interest waiver on grain reserves. Part B - Commodity Inspection Fees - Revises procedures for the collection of fees and charges for: (1) cotton classing and related services; (2) tobacco inspection and related services; (3) naval stores inspection and related services; (4) warehouse examination, inspection, and licensing; and (5) grain inspection and weighing. Part C - Farm Rural Development Programs - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to set forth fiscal year 1982 limitations on: (1) water and waste grants; (2) interest rates for farm ownership, water and waste, and community facility loans; (3) interest rates on farm operating loans; (4) emergency loan amounts; (5) interest rates on emergency loans for actual loss; and (6) insured loan limits. Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to revise the interest rate and procedure for making loans under such Act. Part D - Public Law 480 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to: (1) change the method of payments for commodities by friendly countries; and (2) set forth appropriation limits. Part E - Miscellaneous - Sets the ceiling for Department of Agriculture personnel for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Amends the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuel Act of 1980 to reduce the authorized appropriations for programs under such Act. Part F - Food Stamps - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) make boarders ineligible for food stamp benefits; (2) eliminate provisions for drug addiction and alcoholic treatment programs; (3) adjust the cost of the thrifty food plan; (4) set forth the gross income eligibility standard; (5) adjust certain standard deductions; (6) allow retrospective accounting in determining household income; (7) prohibit increased allotments to households with a member or members on strike; (8) set forth penalties for fraud and misrepresentation; (9) require prorating of first month benefits; (10) eliminate outreach services; (11) authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive and offset claims and provide a new method for the recovery of overpayments; (12) reduce income limits for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and provide block grant assistance for such territory; and (13) repeal increases in dependent care deductions for working adults and medical deductions for the elderly and disabled. Part G - School Lunch and Child Nutrition Programs - Amends the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to change the method of reimbursement to schools for lunches and breakfasts. Provides for: (1) an annual (formerly semi-annual) adjustment in the national average rates for such lunches and breakfasts; (2) a reduction in commodity assistance for lunches; (3) revisions of income eligibility standards; (4) changes in State matching requirements; (5) the termination of food service equipment assistance; (6) revisions in the special milk program; (7) limitations on private school participation; (8) revisions in the child care food program; (9) limitations on the Secretary's authority to directly administer programs; (10) commodity only schools; (11) a reduction in the appropriation for nutrition education and training; and (12) an increase in Federal impact aid funds. Allows any student not to accept foods they do not intend to consume. Eliminates the requirement for States to submit a plan of operation for child nutrition programs. Limits future grants for State administrative expenses to the amount granted for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. Authorizes appropriations for the work incentive program under the Child Nutrition Act for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Terminates the summer food service program except that such repeal shall not apply to the extent that funds are made available in advance through appropriations Acts during the period October 1, 1981, through September 30, 1982, for making payments on a pro rata basis, to school food service authorities in areas in which at least 50 percent of the children meet the income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-price meals in accordance with the National School Lunch Act. Title II: Senate Committee on Armed Services - Eliminates the September 1, 1981, cost-of-living increase in military retired pay. Declares that the March 1, 1982, increase shall be the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index between December 1981 and December 1980. Authorizes the sale of a specified quantity of silver from the national defense stockpile. Terminates such authority on September 30, 1982, unless the President at least 30 days prior to such date determines that the remaining silver authorized for disposal is excess to the current requirements of the stockpile. Requires any such determination to be reported promptly to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House. Title III: Matters Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate - Part A - Export-Import Bank - Sets forth the limits on amounts of direct loans which shall not be exceeded for fiscal years 1981 through 1984. Part B - Urban Mass Transportation - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for purposes of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Part C - Housing and Community Development - Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes. Requires potential grantees to submit a statement of activities relative to the use of requested funds and sets forth certain eligible activities under such Act. Provides procedures and criteria for the allocation and distribution of housing funds. Authorizes the set-aside of a specific amount for the discretionary fund. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of age for programs or activities under such Act. Sets forth the amount available for urban development action grants and eligibility criteria for such grants. Amends the Housing Act of 1954 to direct that certain loans be made only in connection with urban homesteading or multifamily properties. Sets forth the loan authority for fiscal year 1983 for urban homesteading. Sets forth housing authorizations for specified housing assistance programs. Provides the method for determining rental payments for lower income families in dwelling units assisted under the Housing Act of 1937 and means for the Secretary to reduce the cost of such housing. Provides for a redirection of the economic mix policy. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize additional authority under the Housing Act of 1937 to provide rent supplements. Requires the Secretary to seek to dispose of HUD-owned projects to tenant-owned cooperatives. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into new contracts for assistance payments under the National Housing Act after September 30, 1981, or from making financial assistance available to certain aliens under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a revised fee schedule for development managers of lower income projects assisted under the Housing Act of 1937. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by March 1, 1982, on: (1) recommendations for a new operating subsidy formula; and (2) the feasibility of a computer system for the use of public housing agencies. Requires the Secretary to pursue energy efficiency efforts for certain projects and to recognize the Kansas Department of Economic Development as a public housing agency. Sets forth program amendments and extensions in the following areas: (1) research authorizations; (2) property improvement and manufactured home loans; (3) manufactured home condominiums; (4) homeowner counseling; (5) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; (6) the National Consumer Cooperative Bank; and (7) mortgage insurance for hospitals. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a model zoning code; (2) develop and implement a demonstration program using lower cost technology; and (3) publish a compilation of basic housing laws not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act. Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 - Sets forth a uniform Federal foreclosure remedy for multiunit residential and nonresidential mortgages held by the Secretary pursuant to the National Housing Act or the Housing Act of 1964. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to prescribe loan authority for rural housing programs for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress not later than March 1, 1982, setting forth specified areas of concern relative to the Farmers Home Administration. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Senate conferees on the reconciliation bill will not insist on the Senate-passed provisions of title III, part C, provided that the House conferees do not insist on title III, subtitle A, of H.R. 3982, or any amended version thereof. Title IV - Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Part A - Amtrak - Amtrak Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to add new goals for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Revises the membership of the board of directors of Amtrak. Prohibits Amtrak from being charged for the cost of any customs inspection or immigration procedure in connection with the provision of Amtrak services. Directs Amtrak to eliminate the deficit in its onboard food and beverage operations by September 30, 1982. Exempts Amtrak from State and local taxes to the same extent as the United States is so exempt. Revises the number and type of reports to be transmitted by Amtrak and the Interstate Commerce Commission to Congress and the President. Increases the percentage of costs to be paid by a State or group of States for rail service beyond the basic system. Sets forth criteria by which fare increases shall be proposed and become effective. Directs Amtrak to submit amendments to the Route and Service Criteria to Congress. Requires that Amtrak review annually each route in the basic system (formerly long distance routes only) to determine whether specified criteria are being met. Discontinues those lines that fail to meet such criteria. Directs Amtrak to evaluate the financial requirements for operating the basic rail service system with route additions. Requires that notice of any discontinuance of service shall afford an opportunity for a State, group of States, agency, or other person to agree to share the cost of such service or a portion thereof. Directs Amtrak to continue high frequency intercity rail passenger service under agreements with States or transportation agencies if such service meets certain criteria. Limits payments for employee protection during fiscal year 1982. Extends the availability of free or reduced rate rail transportation for specified employees. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the purposes of such Act. Limits, to a specified sum, Amtrak's expenditures for food and beverage operations. Increases the amount of funds available for purchase and rehabilitation loans. Directs Amtrak, by January 15, 1982, to report to Congress its recommendations concerning the development of rail corridors. Part B - Conrail - Northeast Rail Services Act of 1981 - Subpart 1: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of Congress with regard to freight and passenger rail service in the Northeast United States. Subpart 2: Transfer of Rail Service Responsibilities - Transfer of Conrail Commuter Services - Relieves the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) of any legal obligation to operate commuter service one year after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes commuter authorities, or State, local, or regional transporation authorities to negotiate with Conrail for the transfer of commuter services operated by Conrail. Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and Conrail to agree, within ten months after the effective date of this Act, on terms and conditions for the transfer to Amtrak of all Conrail commuter service in the Northeast corridor (Boston-Washington, D.C.), except for services transferred directly to a commuter authority. Specifies procedures to be followed by the Secretary of Transportation if such agreement is not reached. Requires that Amtrak shall provide such commuter service for a commuter authority on a reimbursable basis only. Authorizes appropriations, to remain available until October 1, 1986, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Transfers of Freight Service Responsibilities - States that Conrail's freight service responsibilities shall be transferred according to the procedures set forth by this Act if Conrail is not found to be profitable. Directs Conrail, when such acquiring railroads do not assure adequate freight terminal operations in the Northeast corridor, to promote the formation of one more privately funded terminal companies. Permits the Secretary, at any time, to request Conrail to determine whether any particular branch line is necessary to achieve profitability by Conrail. Directs the Secretary to enter into negotiations for the transfer of distressed rail properties in the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Subpart 3: Protection for Conrail Employees - States that Conrail employees deprived of employment shall be eligible for specified separation allowances. Sets forth criteria for the payment and tax treatment of such allowances. Grants preferential hiring status to employees deprived of employment. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board to maintain a register of persons separated from employment who have declared their availability for employment in the railroad industry. Sets forth procedures for priority hiring of such persons. Makes certain employees deprived of employment eligible for: (1) moving expense benefits; (2) new career training assistance; and (3) medical insurance coverage. Requires that a single, new collective-bargaining agreement be negotiated systemwide between Conrail and representatives of the employees of a railroad in reorganization. Directs Conrail, Amtrak, or an acquiring carrier to process and pay employee and personal injury claims. States that employees who accept assistance under this Act shall waive any employee protection otherwise available. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this Act to remain available until expended. Limits, to a specified sum, the total liability of the United States and Conrail under this Act. Subpart 4: Terms of Labor Assumption - Subpart A: Passenger Employees - Sets forth procedures for the transfer of passenger service employees to Amtrak from Conrail. Requires Amtrak Commuter to contract with Amtrak for performance of work involving employees covered by applicable collective-bargaining agreements. Directs Amtrak to negotiate new agreements with respect to rates of pay, rules and working conditions with the representatives of various classes or crafts of employees of Conrail for work performed in connection with intercity and commuter service in the Northeast Corridor. Declares that the operation of trains by Conrail shall not be subject to the requirement of minimum number of crew members who must be employed in connection with the operation of such trains. Subpart B: Freight Employees - Directs acquiring railroads and employees representatives to enter into agreements to facilitate the orderly transfer of employees on terms fair to Conrail employees and employees of acquiring railroads. Directs acquiring railroads to determine the type and number of employees necessary to provide service over line segments transferred under this Act and to notify employee representatives of same. Sets forth procedures for filling positions on such line segments with eligible Conrail employees. Describes seniority rights of Conrail employees who accept employment with acquiring railroads. Sets forth labor protection obligations of acquiring railroads and procedures for the arbitration of disputes. Subpart 5: Transfers of Functions of the United States Railway Association - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to set forth provisions concerning the organization and functions of the United States Railway Association. Authorizes appropriations to the Association for carrying out its administrative expenses through fiscal year 1984. Subpart 6: Miscellaneous Provisions - Lists the civil actions over which the special court established under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall have exclusive jurisdiction. Declares that the judgments of such court shall be reviewable only by the Supreme Court. Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to reserve a specified amount of authorized appropriations for rehabilitation and improvement assistance for facilities transferred from Conrail. Exempts from Federal, State, and local taxes and fees all transfers or conveyances of any interest in rail property under this Act. Declares that certain laws and regulations, including antitrust laws and the Administrative Procedure Act, are inapplicable to actions taken under this Act. Directs the clerk of the special court to convey to the Secretary, within ten days after the effective date of this Act, certain stock on deposit with such court pursuant to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. Prohibits any distribution of Conrail assets in regard to any claims of the United States until all other claims against Conrail have been satisfied. Requires an appropriate costing methodology to be developed for compensation to Amtrak, Amtrak Commuter or commuter authorities with respect to the provision of freight services over Amtrak's tracks, rights-of-ways, and other facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to prepare a plan of recapitalization of Conrail and to direct Conrail to effect such recapitalization according to such plan. Permits the Secretary to petition the Commission to grant additional trackage rights. Permits the Secretary to grant to any rail carrier trackage rights over the individual rail lines of Conrail located in the States of Pennsylvania and New York which the United States Railway Association had initially offered to a rail carrier other than Conrail. Part C - Other Transportation Programs - Authorizes appropriations for the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Transportation through fiscal year 1984 for: (1) rail service assistance; (2) railroad research and development; (3) airport and airway development; and (4) transportation research and special programs. Authorizes appropriations to the Interstate Commerce Commission for necessary expenses through fiscal year 1984. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for maritime administration for fiscal year 1982. Part D - Highway Safety Program - Highway Safety Act of 1981 - Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for highway safety research and development. Declares that the unobligated balance of contract authority for highway safety programs and innovative project grants pursuant to such Act shall lapse on September 30, 1981. Directs that each State shall have a highway safety program designed to reduce traffic deaths and injuries by: (1) identifying its highway safety problems; (2) adopting measures to reduce such problems; (3) evaluating the effectiveness of such measures. Revises requirements of such State highway safety programs. Repeals provisions relating to: (1) school bus driver training; and (2) innovative project grants. Revises penalties for States that do not adequately enforce the 55 mile per hour national maximum speed limit. Part E - Communications Subpart 1 - Federal Communications Commission - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations to the Federal Communications Commission to carry out its functions through fiscal year 1984. Sets forth a list of charges for specified services provided by the Commission. Permits the Commission to make annual basis increases or decreases in amounts of such charges. Subpart 2 - National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Authorizes appropriations to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for administration for fiscal year 1982. Subpart 4 - Public Telecommunications - Public Telecommunications Act of 1981 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to reduce the membership of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 15 to nine. Makes the President of the Corporation the Chairman of the Board. Reduces the term of office of each member from six to five years. Requires Board members to attend at least half the Board meetings per year or else forfeit their membership. Requires the President to fill a forfeited seat within a specified time. Requires meetings of the Board to take place in Washington, D.C. Requires the Board members to elect annually a Vice Chairman (rather than a Chairman). Increases the rate of daily compensation, but places a ceiling on the amount of compensation any member may receive in any one fiscal year. Prohibits any Corporation officer except the Vice Chairman from receiving any compensation from any source other than the Corporation for services rendered during such officer's employment by the Corporation. Sets forth the purposes and authorized activities of the Corporation. Grants access to space satellite interconnection facilities or services to certain public telecommunications entities for the transmission of public audio and video programs. Eliminates the Public Broadcasting Fund and the formula for matching non-Federal financial support for the Corporation with authorized appropriations. Replaces such Fund and formula with an authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 1984 through 1986. Deletes the requirement that the Corporation certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities. Retains the role of the Secretary as disburser of appropriations for the Corporation. Limits disbursements of appropriations in any fiscal year to the extent that the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the preceding fiscal year equals twice the disbursed amount. Reformulates the percentage of funds disbursed by the Corporation among the licensees and permittees of public television and radio stations. Requires, of the remaining fund which are available to the Corporation, that moneys sufficient to pay for 50 percent of the costs of facilities and operations of interconnection to facilitate the availability of public audio and video programs among public broadcast stations shall be reserved and made available to the licensees and permittees of public radio and television stations. Directs the Corporation to establish an annual budget of appropriated monies to make grants and contracts for the production and acquisition of public audio and video programs by independent producers, for distribution of funds among telecommunications entities, for research, and for promotion of projects designed to increase the role of minorities and women in public telecommunications. Retains the prohibition against the use of such funds for the Corporation's general administrative costs. Requires such budget for fiscal years 1981-1986 to consist of not less than 95 percent of such authorized funds. Limits for fiscal years 1981, and 1984-1986 the percentage of funds the Corporation may expend for other activities. Retains provisions requiring: (1) public meetings of the governing boards of certain public broadcast entities before distribution of such funds; (2) public disclosure by such entities of annual financial and audit reports; (3) annual review of the distribution of authorized funds; and (4) division of funds reserved for public broadcast stations between radio and television stations. Authorizes recipients of such funds to use such funds for purposes related exclusively to the production or acquisition of public audio or video programs. Requires a public telecommunications entity receiving unrelated business income related to station operations in any fiscal year to refund to the Corporation an equivalent amount. Limits the amount of any one basic program grant. Eliminates the prohibition against Corporation support for: (1) a public broadcast station which does not establish and maintain a community advisory board; and (2) specified public broadcasting entities unless those entities assure the Corporation that no officer or employee of such entities is paid above a specified amount. Requires each public telecommunications entity receiving funds from the Corporation to undergo a biannual rather than an annual audit. Amends the Corporation's role in matters related to the equal employment opportunity practices of recipients of Corporation funds. Prohibits only noncommercial educational broadcasting stations which receive a basic grant pursuant to such Act (rather than all such stations) from editorializing or supporting or opposing political candidates. Repeals the provision which requires recipients of Corporation funds to record certain programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 to be used in the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a study of existing regulations of an air sponsorship identification by public television and radio licensees. Subpart 5 - Radio Deregulation Act of 1981 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make licenses for the operation of a radio broadcasting station valid for an indefinite period of time. Permits any party in interest to petition the Federal Communications Commission for a revocation of such license. Requires such petition to contain specific allegations of fact to establish a prima facie case that the licensee has violated specific provisions of such Act or an order of the Commission. Requires the Commission to hold a hearing if a substantial and material question of fact is presented. Permits the Commission to grant an application for a license for a frequency in the radio broadcast service on a system of random selection. Requires the Commission to establish procedures for such selection within a specified period. Prohibits the Commission from requiring radio broadcast station licensees to provide specific types of programming or restricting the length or frequency of commercials. Requires the Commission to report to Congress annually on its progress in reviewing regulations applicable to radio broadcasting. Requires the Commission within three years to report to Congress on the impact of deregulation on radio programming. Subpart 6 - Television Licensing - Television Licensing and Renewal Act of 1981 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the licensing term for a television broadcasting station from three to five years. Permits the Federal Communications Commission to grant an initial license or construction permit for a television broadcast facility on a system of random selection. Directs the Commission to grant a license renewal if the license has substantially met the needs of its service area and complied with the requirement of such Act. Prohibits the Commission from considering the application of any other person for the facilities for which renewal is sought. Declares that it shall be the policy of the Commission to distribute licenses for very high frequency commercial television broadcasting stations in a manner which ensures that there will be located not less than one such station in each state. Title V - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - Subtitle A: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Limits the authorization of appropriations for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for fiscal years 1981 - 1984. Subtitle B: Department of Agriculture - Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for Forest Service programs and biomass energy and alcohol fuels programs for fiscal year 1981 - 1984. Subtitle C: Department of Defense - Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Department of Defense for special recreation user fees programs of the Corps of Engineers for fiscal years 1981 - 1984. Subtitle D: Department of Energy - Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Department of Energy for atomic energy defense activities for fiscal years 1981 - 1984. Department of Energy Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1982 - Civilian Applications - Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and plant and capital equipment for the civilian programs of the Department of Energy for the following appropriation accounts: (1) Energy and Water Development and (2) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies. Authorizes appropriations for specified plant and capital equipment activities in fiscal year 1982 in an amount not to exceed the Federal share of the total estimated cost set forth for each specified project. Subpart B - Out-Year Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy, in accordance with the Department of Energy Organization Act, for operating expenses for civilian programs, general plant projects, and acquisition and fabrication of capital equipment not related to construction for the civilian programs for fiscal years 1983 and 1984. Subpart C - General Provisions - Sets forth authorization adjustments for authorizations made to the Department of Energy by this title. Subpart D - United States Energy Targets - Sets forth the United States energy targets through the year 2000. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Amendment Act of 1981 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to increase the average annual fill rate for crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 100,000 to 300,000 barrels per day, until at least 750,000,000 barrels are in storage. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a special account in the Treasury, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Account, into which shall be deposited: (1) such funds as the Secretary finds are necessary to implement authorities under this Act or the Energy Security Act; and (2) receipts from the sale of petroleum during any drawdown and distribution of the Reserve. Authorizes the President to contract with any State to store petroleum products in the Reserve, without regard to any procurement law or regulation. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress quarterly concerning the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Subtitle E: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for programs of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank for fiscal years 1981 - 1984. Subtitle F: Department of the Interior - Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Department of the Interior for programs wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for fiscal years 1981 - 1984. Subtitle H - Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System - Limits the authorization of appropriations for programs of the Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System for fiscal years 1981 - 1984. Subtitle I - Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation - Limits the authorization of appropriations for the programs of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation through fiscal year 1984. Title VI - Committee on Environment and Public Works - Subtitle A: Federal Highway Administration - Limits the total obligations from the Highway Trust Fund for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs through fiscal year 1984. Exempts the obligation of funds from the Highway Trust Fund for emergency relief from such limitation. Subtitle B: Corps of Engineers - Limits the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for: (1) general construction by the Corps of Engineers; and (2) water resources planning grants to the States and river basin commissions, Federal coordination of water resources policy, and water resources research. Subtitle C: Environmental Protection Agency - Amends the Public Works Employment Act of 1976 to decrease the authorization of appropriations for wastewater treatment construction grants in fiscal year 1982. Amends the Clean Water Act to eliminate the authorization of appropriations for wastewater treatment construction grants under such Act in fiscal year 1982 unless there is enacted legislation reducing the eligibility of projects for grants for treatment works. Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for non-energy research and development activities and for abatement, control, and compliance activities in fiscal years 1982 - 1984. Subtitle D: Economic Development Administration and Title V Regional Commissions - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to terminate the authorization of appropriations for technical assistance, research, and information which would be useful in alleviating or preventing conditions of excessive unemployment or underemployment in fiscal year 1982. Reduces the authorization of appropriations for such assistance in fiscal year 1981. Repeals the provisions of such Act which established Regional Action Planning Commissions, and the job opportunities program. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for payments made on defaulted loan guarantees under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 for fiscal years 1981 and 1982. Limits the expenditures of the Economic Development Administration for fiscal year 1981. Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for programs for regional development for fiscal year 1981. Subtitle E: Appalachian Regional Commission - Terminates the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Appalachian Regional Commission. Subtitle F - Tennessee Valley Authority - Reduces the authorization of appropriations for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Provides no appropriations to the Tennessee Valley Authority for a coal gasification plant at Murphy Hill, Alabama, in fiscal years 1982 - 1984. Title VII - Provisions Reducing Spending in Programs within Jurisdiction of Senate Committee on Finance - Part A - Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Amends the Social Security Act to eliminate a child's insurance benefits in the case of children age 18 through 22 who attend postsecondary schools. Eliminates prospectively the minimum benefit amount used in computing the primary insurance amount. Limits the payment of lump-sum death benefits to a widow or widower entitled to widow's, widower's, or mother's benefits on the basis of the wage and self-employment income of a deceased individual or in equal shares to each person entitled to child's insurance benefits on the basis of the wages and self employment income of such individual (currently such benefits may be paid to cover burial expenses of the insured individual). Eliminates the use of trust funds by a State to pay for vocational rehabilitation services for disabled beneficiaries. Requires a requester, whenever a request for information is made in order to assist a party in interest with respect to the administration of an employee benefit plan, to pay the full cost of providing such information. Directs that any such amounts so paid shall be deposited into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Provides that at each stage in the benefit computation, the amount derived is rounded down to the next multiple of one dollar. Part B - Medicare - Sets forth limitations concerning the routine nursing differential and reasonable cost and reasonable charge for outpatient services. Eliminates the need for occupational therapy as a requirement for entitlement to home health services. Eliminates coverage of alcohol detoxification facilities under Part A of title XVIII. Eliminates the unlimited open enrollment for medicare benefits and sets forth a general enrollment period during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31 of each year. Sets forth restriction on coverage extended to additional groups of individuals under an agreement requested by a State during 1981. Sets forth civil monetary penalties for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Sets forth the procedures for providing payments to promote the closing and conversion of underutilized public health hospital facilities. Provides the criteria for determining reasonable charges for physicians' services. Requires the establishment of limitations on the amount of any costs or charges for outpatient services by hospitals, community health centers, or clinics. Increases the Part B deductible from $60 to $75. Revises the procedure for determining the monthly premium applicable for individuals enrolled under part B for the 12-month period commencing July 1 in the succeeding year. Makes payments under part B secondary in cases of end stage renal disease services covered under certain health insurance policies or health benefit plans. Establishes the Medical Assistance Commission which shall investigate, evaluate, and submit recommendations to the President and Congress with respect to the validity and equity of any adjustments to the amount of Federal matching for all States or any particular State to reflect economic and demographic factors affecting such State which are out of the ordinary sphere of control of such State. Part C - Medicaid - Sets forth a ceiling on Federal medicaid expenditures. Provides for the recovery of disputed claims plus interest on such amount. Permits the waiver of Medicaid requirements as may be necessary for a State to allow a locality to act as a central broker in assisting individuals selecting among competing health care plans and to share with recipients of medical assistance under the State plan cost savings resulting from use by the recipient of more cost-effective medical care. Sets forth the procedure for determining the reimbursement rate of hospitals and physicians. Requires, when Medicaid payments are made for a group of individuals described as medically needy, a description with respect to each such group of the criteria for determining eligibility for, and the extent of, such medical assistance. Grants the States the option of determining the age limit for Medicaid coverage for students receiving AFDC. Continues coverage for pneumococcal vaccine at a specified level for eligible individuals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue a pnemococcal vaccine voucher to eligible individuals which shall be accepted as payment for the administration of such vaccine by any physician or other provider who participates in a State plan. Permits a State to provide nonmedical services for certain individuals upon a waiver by the Secretary. Part D - Maternal and Child Health - Amends the Social Security Act to establish a program for maternal and child health services block grants to States by consolidating Federal assistance to States. Provides for increases in appropriations for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grants for fiscal year 1983 and each fiscal year thereafter by a percentage of the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the allotments of such funds; (2) payments to States; (3) use of grant money; (4) reports and audits; (5) criminal penalty for false statements; and (6) transition. Part E - Unemployment Compensation - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to eliminate the "national trigger" under the extended benefits program. Provides for a State option as to criteria for State "on" and "off" indicators under such program. Requires 20 weeks of employment (or the wage equivalent) in order to qualify for benefits under such program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the credit against employment tax liability available to an employer shall not be reduced due to advances made to the unemployment account of a State under title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act, if such State repays during the one-year period ending on November 9 of the taxable year the advances made to its unemployment account and such repayments are not less than the sum of the State's potential additional taxes for the taxable year, plus any advances made to such State during the one-year period. Empowers the Secretary of Labor to require a State to furnish any information necessary to determine if such State has made proper repayments. Permits States which borrow Federal funds for payment of unemployment benefits to qualify for a cap on any increase in employer tax liability due to the failure of such State to repay outstanding loans, if such State meets certain minimum solvency requirements with respect to its unemployment compensation system. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to disqualify a State for such cap if he determines that the State has not provided adequate information with respect to the solvency of its unemployment compensation system. Permits States which have current loan balances for unemployment compensation benefits to waive certain new borrowing provisions: (1) during periods of high unemployment; and (2) for certain borrowing in taxable year 1981. Amends the Social Security Act, title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds), to set forth interest rates for State repayments of any advance made to a State during a taxable year in which such State is availing itself of the cap on credit reduction. Amends Social Security Act provisions relating to the Unemployment Trust Fund to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the available portion of the funds credited to the book account of each State agency which is not required to meet current withdrawals. Permits each State to direct the Secretary to invest up to 50 percent of such available portion in such manner as the State determines to be appropriate. Part F - Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise the method of determining earned income. Revises the community work experience program. Requires a State AFDC plan to operate such a program. Requires such a program, among other things, to: (1) provide appropriate standards for health, safety, and other conditions; (2) not displace currently employed individuals; (3) provide reasonable working conditions; (4) not require unreasonable travel of participants; (5) be limited to a certain number of hours per month; and (6) provide for transportation and other costs reasonably necessary and directly related to participation in the program. Amends part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit a State to institute a work supplementation program under which such State, to the extent such State determines to be appropriate, may make jobs available, on a voluntary basis, as an alternative to aid otherwise provided under the State plan. Sets forth the procedure for allowing a State to elect, as an alternative to the work incentive program, to operate a work incentive demonstration program for the purpose of demonstrating single agency administration of the work-related objectives of such Act. Prohibits AFDC payments in situations where the caretaker relative is participating in a strike. Limits the term "dependent child" with respect to age to full-time secondary school students under age 19. Permits AFDC payments to a pregnant woman, during the last month of her pregnancy or within the following three-month period, if the child would be eligible for AFDC. Eliminates references to "mother" or "father" and refers instead to the "principal wage earner" or "parent or other caretaker of a child" for purposes of determining AFDC eligibility by reason of parental unemployment and the applicability of the WORK registration requirement. Provides that AFDC eligibility for a month shall be determined on the basis of the family's resources for that month, and that the benefit amount shall be determined on the basis of the income and resources of the first or second preceding month. Requires AFDC families to report their income on a monthly basis. Prohibits AFDC payments below ten dollars (however, an individual entitled to a payment below ten dollars shall be deemed an AFDC recipient but shall be ineligible to participate in a community work experience program). Requires a State to: (1) promptly correct any AFDC overpayment or underpayment; and (2) impose a lien against a recipient's home to recover aid. Eliminates Federal funding for AFDC State and local personnel training. Part G - Child Support Enforcement - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the collection of past-due child and spousal support from Federal tax refunds. Provides for a fee to be imposed on any such individual who owes a child or spousal support obligation, in accordance with State law, with respect to all such child and spousal support obligations for which collection is made by the State agency on behalf of an individual not otherwise eligible for collection services. Prohibits the discharge in bankruptcy of a child support obligation assigned to a State as a condition of AFDC eligibility. Part H - Supplemental Security Income - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act to provide that an individual's monthly eligibility for benefits for a month shall be determined on the basis of the individual's income, resources, and other relevant characteristics in the preceding month, or, on the basis of income and other characteristics in the second month preceding such month. Authorizes the Secretary to redetermine eligibility for and the amount of benefits at other times. Repeals the provisions of such Act which provided funding of rehabilitation services for supplemental security income recipients. Part I - Block Grants for Social Services - Social Services Block Grant Act - Amends title XX of the Social Security Act to consolidate Federal assistance to States for social services into a single grant. Authorizes States to provide social services including child care, day care, foster care, protective services, adoption assistance, emergency room and board, home management and maintenance, meals, health support services, family planning, transportation, rehabilitation, training, delinquency prevention, services to minors in the justice system, information, referral and counseling services, and other appropriate community and social services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments in accordance with the Intergovernmental Act of 1968. Sets forth grant limitations. Sets forth reporting and auditing requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for: (1) training related to the purposes of this Act; and (2) ongoing activities of national or regional significance related to the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to identify criteria and mechanisms which may be useful for the States assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the State social services programs carried out with funds made available under title XX of the Social Security Act. Part J - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise eligibility requirement for adjustment assistance to require that imports be a substantial cause of (formerly, "contributed importantly to") a firm's decline. Revises trade readjustment allowance qualifying requirements, weekly amounts, and limitations on allowances. Authorizes the Secretary, within certain limitations, to require adversely affected workers to accept job training or to actively search for work outside their former employment area if the Secretary determines with respect to the labor market area that: (1) a high level of unemployment exists; (2) suitable employment opportunities are not available; and (3) there are facilities available to provide training in new or related job classifications. Requires the Secretary to develop, in cooperation with an adversely affected worker covered by a certification who is unemployed or underemployed and with others, an appropriate employability plan. Authorizes the Secretary, with certain restrictions, to defray reasonable transportation and subsistence expenses when training facilities are not within commuting distances. Increases individual job search allowances and relocation allowances. Waives the requirement that any overpayment must be repaid if: (1) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of an individual; and (2) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Abolishes the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Sets forth provisions relating to definitions, conforming amendments, effective dates and transitional provisions. Title VIII - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 to: (1) the Department of State for international organizations and conferences; and (2) the Board for International Broadcasting. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to: (1) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and (2) the Inter-American Foundation. Reduces the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for: (1) international organizations and programs; (2) American schools and hospitals abroad; (3) international disaster assistance; (4) international narcotics control; and (5) the Peace Corps. Title IX - Committee on Governmental Affairs - Sets a 4.8 percent pay cap on Federal employees salaries to become effective with the first applicable pay period commencing on or after October 1, 1981. Provides for the annualization of cost-of-living annuity adjustments for Federal employees. Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Postal Service through fiscal year 1983. Provides for an authorization ceiling and phase out of capital improvement loans to the District of Columbia. Provides for a reduction in Federal expenditures for consultants and for travel by Federal employees. Title X - Committee on the Judiciary - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Justice for fiscal year 1982 for activities of the Federal Prison System. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to carry out the provisions of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to: (1) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (2) the Community Relations Service; (3) Indochinese refugee assistance; and (4) the Patent and Trademark Office for salaries and expenses. Title XI - Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources - Part A - Health Reconciliation Provisions - Subpart 1 - Authorization for Health Programs; Other Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to carry out specified health planning, health facilities, and health professions and nurse training programs through fiscal year 1983. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for health services administration through fiscal year 1983. Eliminates the entitlement to health services for merchant seamen. Repeals provisions of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1974, which provide for the operation of certain Public Health Service hospitals. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into contracts with public or private entities to conduct feasibility studies as to the acquisition and continued operation by non-Federal entities of hospitals and clinics currently part of the Public Health Service. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for: (1) the National Institutes of Health; (2) National Research Service Awards in mental health; (3) the Center for Disease Control; (4) the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health; (5) St. Elizabeth's Hospital; (6) the Food and Drug Administration; (7) the National Science Foundation; and (8) health planning. Subpart 2 - Health Services Block Grant - Health Services Block Grant Act of 1981 - Amends title III (General Power and Duties of the Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to replace the current Primary Health Centers grants with a Health Service Block Grant program. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1985. Sets forth the allotment formula and application requirements. Provides for such grants to go directly to an Indian tribe if it is determined that the members of such tribe would be better served by such a direct grant. Authorizes the use of such funds for health services and related activities (including technical assistance) for migratory and seasonal workers, medically underserved populations, coal miners, individuals at home, medical emergencies, mental health, and alcohol and drug abuse. States that such funds do not have to be used to provide services in the same manner as provided prior to October 1, 1981. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) inpatient services (other than those prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services); (2) cash payments to health services recipients; (3) construction or land purchase; or (4) satisfying non-Federal funding requirements. Authorizes any State to transfer up to five percent of block grant funds for use under other Federal programs providing for health promotion and disease prevention or social services, or for meeting home energy and emergency assistance needs. Requires States to report and to prepare an audit at least every two years concerning activities under this Act. Permits States for fiscal year 1982 to choose between operating programs under the block grant established by this Act or operating programs under the provisions repealed by this Act. Repeal various Federal laws authorizing categorical grants and other assistance in related fields. Subpart 3 - Preventive Health Services - Preventive Health Block Grant Act - Amends title III (General Powers and Duties of Public Health Service) of the Public Health Service Act to replace the current grant programs for health planning and public health services, preventive health services, paint poisoning, and venereal disease with a Preventive Health Block Grant program. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1985. Sets forth the allotment formula and application requirements. Authorizes the use of funds for health promotion and disease prevention including technical assistance. Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) cash payments to health services recipients; (2) construction or land purchase; and (3) satisfying non- Federal funding requirements. Authorizes any State to transfer up to ten percent of block grant funds for use under other Federal law providing for health or social services, or for meeting home energy and emergency assistance needs. Requires States to report and to prepare an audit at least every two years on activities under this Act. Permits States for fiscal year 1982 to choose between operating programs under the block grant established by this Act or operating programs under the provisions repealed by this Act. Repeals various Federal laws authorizing categorical grants and other assistance in related fields. Subpart 4 - Alcoholism and Drug Abuse - Amends the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations to carry out such Act through fiscal year 1982. Part B - Education Reconciliation Amendments - Sets forth a general limitation on the authorization of appropriations for the Department of Education (or predecessor agency), the National Endowment for the Arts, or the National Endowment for the Humanities through fiscal year 1983. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to limit the authorization of appropriations for programs under Title I of such Act through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth levels of authorization for specified programs under such Act for fiscal year 1981. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the Education Outreach program for fiscal year 1981. Specifies that no sums are to be authorized for such program for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Limits the authorization of appropriation for specified programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 through fiscal year 1984. Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act through fiscal year 1984. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to authorize appropriations through fiscal years 1983 to carry out specified activities and programs under such Act. Limits the authorization of appropriations for departmental management by the Department of Education through fiscal year 1983. Prohibits the use of any of the sums authorized for Cuban and Haitian reception activities for fiscal year 1983. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a needs basis for Federal payments to reduce student interest costs. Describes circumstances in which a student qualifies for a portion of an interest payment. Includes specified amounts paid under the Social Security Act or as veterans' benefits in a student's estimated financial assistance for such purposes. Raises the annual interest rate on loans to parents of dependent undergraduate students from nine percent to 14 percent. Deletes provisions limiting subrogation of the United States to rights of any insurance beneficiary under Federal guaranty agreements with non-Federal student loan programs. Declares that in the case in which both a graduate student and the spouse of a graduate student are eligible to receive loans guaranteed or insured under such Act, the student and the spouse shall select which one will be the spouse for the purposes of granting such a loan. Establishes a committee to review the process of determining student loan special allowances and other fees and financial incentives used in the guaranteed student loan program. Part C - Elementary and Secondary Education Block Grant - Elementary and Secondary Education Program Consolidation and Improvement Act - Subpart 1 - Financial Assistance to Meet Special Education Needs of Disadvantaged Children - Provides assistance on the basis of entitlements created under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, through fiscal year 1984, to States and local educational agencies to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children. Requires each State and local educational agency to use such payments for programs and projects which are designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children. Sets forth the procedure for approval of applications for such payments. Sets forth provisions to provide for the participation in such special education programs by children enrolled in private schools. Subpart 2 - Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education - Declares that it is the purpose of this part to consolidate the program authorizations contained in titles II through VI and VIII and IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and supporting authorizations contained in other Acts, into a single authorization of grants to States for the same purposes set forth in such titles, but to be used in accordance with the educational needs and priorities of State and local educational agencies as determined by such agencies. Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this part in fiscal year 1984. Sets forth the information to be contained in an application from a State that desires to receive any such grants. Sets forth the procedure for the allocation of such grants to local educational agencies. Subchapter I - Basic Skills Development - Provides funds to State and local educational agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated program designed to improve elementary and secondary school instruction in the basic skills of reading, mathematics, and written and oral communication. Subchapter II - Education Improvement and Support Services - Permits States and local educational agencies to use Federal funds to carry out activities relating to educational improvement, resources, and support, State leadership, emergency school aid, precollege science teacher training, and the Teacher Corps and teacher centers. Subchapter III - Special Projects - Permits State and local educational agencies to use Federal funds to carry out activities relating to special projects. Subchapter IV - Secretary's Discretionary Funds - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out directly or through grants or contracts with State and local educational agencies programs and projects of a specified nature. Subchapter V- General Provisions - Sets forth provisions to ensure a maintenance of effort between State and Federal expenditures for such educational programs, and for the participation of children enrolled in private schools. Subpart 3 - General Provisions - Sets forth provisions concerning Federal regulations, withholding of payments, judicial review, and the availability of appropriations for programs and activities authorized under this subtitle. Part D - Aging, Family and Human Services Reconciliation Amendments - Subpart 1 - Older Americans - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965 through fiscal year 1983. Subpart 2 - Home Energy Block Grant - Home Energy Assistance Block Grant Act - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1986 to provide grants to States to assist eligible households to meet the costs of home energy. Prohibits more than 10 percent of the funds available to each State from being used for low-income residential weatherization or other energy related home repair. Sets forth the procedure for making such State allocations. Sets forth limitations on the use of such grants for construction. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the collection of data including: (1) information concerning home energy consumption; (2) the cost and type of fuels used; (3) the type of fuel used by various groups; (4) the number and income levels of households assisted by such grants; and (5) any other information which the Secretary determines to be reasonably necessary. Repeals, effective October 1, 1981, the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980. Subpart 3 - Community Services Block Grant - Community Services Block Grant Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to ameliorate the causes of poverty in communities within such State. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1986 to carry out such grants. Sets forth the procedures for State allocation, applications and requirements. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services and Office of Community Services. Subpart 4 - Headstart Act - Headstart Act - Extends the authority for the appropriation of funds for the Head Start program. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for such program. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to a designated Head Start agency for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Head Start program focused primarily upon children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance. Sets forth limitations on such assistance. Sets forth the powers and functions of Head Start agencies and administrative requirements and standards. Permits the Secretary to provide: (1) technical assistance to communities in developing, conducting, and administering Headstart programs; and (2) training for specialized or other personnel needed in connection with Headstart programs. Permits the Secretary to provide financial assistance through grants or contracts for research, demonstration, or pilot projects conducted by public or private agencies which are designed to test or assist in the development of new approaches or methods that will aid in overcoming special problems or otherwise furthering the purposes of this Act. Requires the Secretary to provide, directly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing evaluation of such programs. Requires the Secretary to revise, at least annually, a poverty line which shall be used as a criterion of eligibility for participation in Headstart programs. Subpart 5 - Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 - Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to eliminate provisions relating to a financial assistance limitation for the Action Agency to make grants and contracts for projects and programs which encourage and enable students in secondary, secondary vocational, and postsecondary schools to participate in service-learning programs on an in-school or out-of-school basis in specified assignments. Redesignates provisions relating to grants and contracts for senior companion services for low-income elderly persons with specified needs as a separate Senior Companions Program. Makes technical and conforming administrative amendments. Eliminates reference to Older American Community Service Programs and the Community Services Administration. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to carry out national volunteer antipoverty programs. Eliminates provisions earmarking portions of such funds for specified programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for National Older American Volunteer programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for National Older American Volunteer programs, including the Foster Grandparent Program, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and coordination with other Federal programs. Extends through fiscal year 1983 the authorization of appropriations for administration and coordination of domestic volunteer services programs. Subpart 6 - Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to carry out the provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Conditions any appropriations upon enactment after June 15, 1981 of a program relating to child abuse prevention and treatment. Subpart 7 - Legal Services - Authorizes appropriations for the activities of the Legal Services Corporation through fiscal year 1983. Part E - Labor Amendments for Reconciliation - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for cost-of-living increases for survivors under such Act. Prohibits the payment of new windfall dual benefits to an individual unless the entitlement of such individual to such amount had been determined prior to the later of June 1, 1981, or the date of the enactment of this subdivision. Part F - Employment and Productivity Reconciliation Amendments - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to authorize appropriations to carry out specified provisions of such Act in fiscal year 1982. Permits the transfer of 20 percent of funds between the youth program and the summer youth program. Part G - Rehabilitation Services and Education of the Handicapped Reconciliation Amendments - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to set forth a limitation on authorization of appropriations to carry out activities under such Act through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes appropriations for grants under the Education of the Handicapped Act through fisal year 1983. Reduces the authorization of appropriations for programs under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act for fiscal year 1981 and each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Limits the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for: (1) activities under the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act; (2) the Committee on Purchases of Blind-made Products; (3) Gallaudet College; and (4) the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services. Title XII - Small Business Act Amendments of 1981 - Part A - Disaster Assistance - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Small Business Administration from making disaster assistance unless credit is not otherwise available from all Federal and non-Federal sources on reasonable terms and conditions and such damage or destruction is not compensated for by insurance otherwise. Prohibits the Administration from duplicating the work or activity of any other department or agency of the Federal government. Part B - Program Authorizations - Limits the authorization of appropriations for direct and immediate participation loans by the Small Business Administration through fiscal year 1984. Establishes a formula for the establishment of homeowner interest rates under the Small Business Administration disaster loan program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out specified provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through fiscal year 1984. Title XIII - Veterans' Programs - Revises and limits burial allowances for veterans. Eliminates dental benefits for veterans whose dental conditions existed during military duty, but who did not seek or receive treatment. Terminates, after September 30, 1982, the Veterans' Administration authority to provide educational assistance to veterans for flight training and to veterans, spouses, and surviving spouses for correspondence training. Grants the United States the right of recovery of the costs of certain care and services in any case in which veteran is furnished care and services by the Veterans' Administration for non-service-connected disability and the disability was incurred: (1) incident to such veterans' employment and the disability is covered under a workers' compensation law or plan; (2) as the result of a motor vehicle accident covered under the law of a State which requires the owners or operators of motor vehicles registered in such State to have in force automobile accident reparations insurance; or (3) as the result of a crime of personal violence in a State where such person received free health care and services by the State.

(Measure passed House, amended (inserted text of H.R. 3964), roll call #113 (232-193)) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 - Title I: House Committee on Agriculture - Subtitle A - Food Stamp Reductions in Authorizations for Appropriations - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to redefine the term "household" for the purpose of such Act. Excludes boarders from certain food stamp eligibility requirements. Provides for an annual adjustment of the thrifty food plan in lieu of a semi-annual adjustment. Makes the household income eligibility standard 130 percent of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget. Increases the standard deduction in computing income for eligible households and the excess shelter expense deduction for such household. Revises retrospective accounting procedures to calculate income for households that derive their income in a period shorter than a year. Prohibits a household from receiving an increased allotment as the result of a decrease in income due to a member of such household being on strike. Increases the food stamp benefit reduction rate for determining a household's actual monthly benefits. Revises the procedures for eligibility disqualifications and claims collections. Repeals the increases in dependent care deductions for working adults and medical deductions for the elderly and disabled. Converts the food stamp program in Puerto Rico into a food assistance block grant, effective October 1, 1982. Sets forth limitations on spending for the food stamp program through fiscal year 1985. Reduces the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for: (1) dairy and beekeeper indemnity programs; (2) payments to States and possessions for marketing activities; (3) rural water and waste disposal grants; (4) rural community fire protection grants; (5) rural development planning grants and rural development grants; (6) agricultural conservation programs; (7) forestry incentives program; (8) the water bank program; (9) the emergency conservation program; (10) the Soil Conservation Service; (11) the Rural Clean Water Program; (12) expenses under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480-Food for Peace); (13) forest research by the Forest Service; (14) State and private forestry; (15) the National Forest System; and (16) construction and land acquisition by the Forest Service. Reduces authorizations for salaries and expenses of other programs of specified agencies, offices and functions of the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the procedure for the determination of the milk price support (between 75 percent and 90 percent of parity) at the beginning of each of the 1982 through 1985 marketing years. Provides for semiannual adjustments in such supports for marketing years 1983 through 1985. Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to require the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to charge and collect reasonable inspection fees to cover the estimated cost of official inspection, except under certain circumstances (such costs are now shared or borne totally by the Federal Government). Prohibits the total administrative and supervisory costs for inspection and weighing, for each of the fiscal years 1982 through 1985, from exceeding 35 percent of the total costs for such activities. Authorizes appropriations as necessary for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 for other specified activities related to grain inspection. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an advisory committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the efficient and economical implementation of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976. Amends the United States Cotton Standards Act, the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act, the Tobacco Inspection Act, and the United States Warehouse Act to require the collection of such fees and charges as will cover, as nearly as practicable, the costs of: (1) licensing cotton classifiers, establishing cotton standards, and making classification services available to cotton producers; (2) performing tobacco inspections; and (3) inspecting warehouses and licensing inspectors and warehousemen. Repeals the Naval Stores Act with respect to the marketing of spirits of turpentine and resin. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to set interest rates on Farmers Home Administration loans for water and waste disposal and for community facilities as high as the current market yield for outstanding municipal obligations. Provides for up to a five percent interest rate for such projects in low-income communities. Limits the authorized insurable amount for such loans for fiscal year 1982. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to eliminate the existing waiver of interest on loans made on the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains placed in the farmer-held reserve. Limits, for fiscal year 1982, the amount of Commodity Credit Corporation funds which can be made available for administrative expenses of such Corporation. Title II: House Committee on Armed Services - Authorizes the President to dispose of specified quantities of certain materials currently held in the National Defense Stockpile. Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to require, before any funds may be obligated or expended for acquisition of any material, transmittal of a complete statement of the proposed acquisition to the appropriate congressional committees, which then must approve or disapprove within 30 days. Provides for annual, instead of semiannual, cost-of-living increases for military retirees contingent upon a similar change in law with respect to the civil service retirement system. Provides military retirees with an open enrollment period for opting to participate in the survivor benefit plan. Title III: House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Subtitle A - Housing, Community Development, and Related Programs - Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes. Requires potential grantees to submit a statement of activities relative to the use of requested funds and sets forth certain eligible activities under such Act. Provides procedures and criteria for the allocation and distribution of housing funds. Authorizes the set-aside of a specific amount for the discretionary fund. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of age for programs or activities under such Act. Sets forth the amount available for urban development action grants and eligibility criteria for such grants. Sets forth the local authority for fiscal year 1983 for urban homesteading. Extends the deadline for submission of the annual block grant report. Sets forth housing authorizations for specified housing assistance programs. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase the authorization of appropriations to enter into contracts for annual contributions contracts for assisted housing. Provides a method for determining rental payments for lower income families in dwelling units assisted under the Housing Act of 1937 and means for reducing the cost of such housing. Increases the authorization of appropriations for public housing operating subsidies on or after October 1, 1981. Authorizes appropriations to provide assistance to troubled multifamily housing projects for fiscal year 1982. Provides for low income housing assistance for single room occupancy housing and manufactured homes. Prohibits any housing assistance for any alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or who is not otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies concerning: (1) homeownership opportunities; and (2) fire safety. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to limit the aggregate amount of guarantee commitments the Government National Mortgage Association may make during fiscal year 1982. Requires the Association to sell a specified amount of tandem plan mortgages during fiscal year 1982. Extends the authorization of the Solar Energy Land Energy Conservation Bank through fiscal year 1984. Directs the Government National Mortgage Association, in entering into commitments to purchase below-market, tandem plan mortgages (during the period beginning June 15, 1981, and ending October 1, 1982), to limit such commitments to multifamily projects with firm commitments for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the flood insurance program through fiscal year 1982. Prohibits provision of new flood insurance coverage for any new construction or substantial improvements of structures located on designated undeveloped coastal barriers. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the crime and riot insurance program through fiscal year 1985. Amends the National Housing Act of 1949 to extend the rural housing program through fiscal year 1982. Reduces the authorization for rental assistance. Extends the mutual and self-help housing program. Subtitle B: International Development Banks - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to increase the authorized capital stock of such Bank and to subscribe on behalf of the United States to a specified number of shares. African Development Bank Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the African Development Bank. Directs the President to appoint a Governor and an Alternate Governor of such Bank. Provides for subscription of stock. Exempts securities issued by such bank from the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act and the Asian Development Bank Act to make reduced contributions to such Banks. Directs the United States Executive Directors of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank to oppose any new extensions of assistance by those respective institutions to Afghanistan, Vietnam, or Cuba, unless specified conditions are met. Directs the United States Executive Directors of such Banks, along with the African Development Bank and the African Development Fund, to oppose any new extensions of assistance to any member country which imposes economic sanctions against the United States. Requires the establishment of guidelines for the annual lending by such Banks so that priority is given to sound, efficient, productive, self-sustaining projects designed to benefit needy people in developing countries. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to reduce the principal amount of direct loans made the Export-Import Bank in fiscal year 1982. Subtitle C: Banking and Related Programs Authorization Adjustment Act - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to the Department of the Treasury for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit a report to Congress regarding the status of negotiations within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development on improving the International Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits and on the status of any other multilateral or bilateral negotiations or discussions. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for the expenses and salaries of the Bureau of Government Financial Operations. Extends the authorizations for administrative expenses under the New York City Loan Guarantee Act of 1978 and the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 through fiscal year 1984. Amends the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act to extend, with reduced authorizations, the National Consumer Cooperative Bank through fiscal year 1984. Title IV: House Committee on the District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to limit through fiscal year 1984 the authorized levels of capital project loans to the District of Columbia. Title V: House Committee on Education and Labor - Omnibus Education and Labor Reconciliation Act of 1981 - Reduces the amount of federal impact aid to school districts with high concentrations of federal employees (including military) for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Prescribes formulae for the allocation of such aid. Terminates or limits the authorization for other specified aid to education programs for such fiscal years. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to eliminate funding for the public service employment program for such fiscal years. Authorizes other specified programs for fiscal year 1982. Prescribes fund allocation formulae. Terminates or reduces the authorizations for other specified Acts under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee. Subtitle B: Reauthorization of Certain Programs - Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for specified programs under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee. Subtitle C: Program Modifications - Social Services Block Grant Act - Consolidates Federal assistance to States for social services into a single grant. Authorizes States to provide social services including child care, day care, foster care, protective services, adoption assistance, emergency room and board, home management and maintenance, meals, health support services, family planning, transportation, rehabilitation, training, delinquency prevention, services to minors in the justice system, information, referral, and counseling services, and other appropriate community and social services. Authorizes approriations through fiscal year 1985. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments in accordance with the Intergovernmental Act of 1968. Sets forth grant limitations. Sets forth reporting and auditing requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for: (1) training related to the purposes of this Act; and (2) ongoing activities of national or regional signficance related to the purposes of this Act. Sets forth conforming amendments. Authorizes the Office of Management and Budget to define poverty and revise the definition annually. Make transitional provisions. Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 - Reorganizes the administration of Federal aid for State and local programs authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to continue to provide financial assistance to State and local educational agencies to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children, on the basis of entitlements calculated under title I of such Act, in a manner which will eliminate burdensome and unproductive paperwork and free the schools of Federal supervision. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing regulations in matters relating to the details of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating such programs, except as specifically authorized under this Act. Repeals specified sections of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Federal Employees' Reemployment and Compensation Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Federal Employees' Compensation Act in order to provide incentives that will give the greatest possible encouragement for the return to gainful work of injured or disable Federal workers. Amends such Act with respect to: (1) disability benefits; (2) advance compensation; (3) death benefits; (4) compensation schedule; (5) rehabilitation; and (6) integration with retirement benefits. Consolidated Refugee Education assistance Act - Repeals specified provisions of the Indochina Refugee Assistance Act of 1976, the Adult Education Act, and another Act relating to educational assistance programs for refugees. Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to extend the coverage of such Act to any alien who: (1) has been admitted into the United States as a refugee; (2) has been paroled into the United States as a refugee; (3) is an applicant for asylum, or has been granted asylum in the United States; (4) has fled from the alien's country of origin and has, pursuant to an Executive order of the President, been permitted to enter and remain in the United States indefinitely for humanitarian reasons; or (5) entered the United States on or after November 1, 1979, and is in the United States with the immigration status of a Cuban Haitian entrant (status pending). Limits such coverage to the five-year period beginning on the date the alien first entered the United States as such a refugee or otherwise acquired such status. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions for authorizations of appropriations for all programs under such Act. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions on general assistance through State agencies for local educational agencies under such Act. Extends such assistance based on the number of refugees enrolled in elementary or secondary public schools (formerly only for Cuban or Haitian refugee children). Revises provisions relating to the reduction of such grants to State and local agencies, based on amounts received under other Federal assistance programs. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions on payments to States of special impact assistance for substantial increases in refugee attendance. Revises the formula for such assistance. Extends such assistance according to the number of refugees enrolled (formerly only Cuban, Haitian, and Indochinese refugee children). Revises provisions relating to the reduction of such assistance, based on amounts received under other Federal aid programs. Extends coverage of adult education programs under such Act to all refugees 16 years or older (formerly only Cuban and Haitian refugee adults). Directs the Secretary to make payments to States for such programs for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1981 (formerly only for fiscal years 1982 and 1983). Revises provisions relating to the reduction of the amount of any such grant, based on amounts received under other Federal aid programs. Home Energy Assistance Block Grants Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to assist eligible households to meet the costs of home energy. Limits the amount of such funds which may be used by a State for low-income residential weatherization or other energy-related home repair. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such grants through fiscal year 1984. Sets forth the procedure for the allocation of such funds. Repeals the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980. Child Nutrition Amendments of 1981 - Amends the National School Lunch Act for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 to: (1) reduce the general reimbursement to State agencies; (2) reduce the reduced price lunch subsidy thereby increasing the price with provision for annual adjustments in payment rates; (3) reduce commodity assistance for lunches; (4) lower the income eligibility guidelines; (5) revise state revenue matching requirements; (6) limit private school participation; (7) limit the summer food service program to lunches only; and (8) revise the child care food program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to: (1) reduce breakfast subsidies; (2) end the special milk program; and (3) reduce the authorization of appropriations contained in such Act for nutrition education and training. Postsecondary Student Assistance Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the amount of any student loan made after October 1, 1981, which may be covered by Federal loan insurance to the student's financial need for the period of instruction covered by the loan. Repeals provisions which counted specified student loans as part of the expected family contribution for purposes of other forms of student assistance. Permits loans to parents to be counted as part of the student's expected family contribution in the determination of need for all forms of student assistance under such Act. Revises need analysis provisions for higher education student assistance programs. Deletes provisions which specified that effective family income includes certain social security student benefits and one-half of veterans' education assistance. Directs the Secretary of Education to set a series of assessment rates to be applied to parental discretionary income in determining the expected family contribution. Eliminates a provision excluding all equity in a single principal place of residence from the computation of assets of a student or family. Raises the asset reserve which may be deducted from the net value of such assets from $10,000 to $25,000, or, in cases where a business or farm are part of such assets, from $50,000 to $100,000. Raises the annual interest rate on loans to parents of dependent undergraduate students from nine percent to 14 percent. Sets forth formulas for computing the special allowance to be paid to holders of such loans. Removes the separate (and higher) borrowing limits for independent students for loans covered by Federal loan insurance. Eliminates grace periods after deferments of student loan repayments. Eliminates repayment deferments during Peace Corps or Domestic Volunteer service and during internships. Eliminates the program of payments by the Secretary to institutions to cover the administrative costs of the student loan program (at tne dollars per student lender per academic year). Authorizes eligible institutions to collect from student lenders up to ten dollars peracademic year to cover such administrative costs. Provides for the reduction of special allowances to holders of loans made on or after October 1, 1981, by specified amounts of authorized origination fees. Raises the minimum annual repayment on student loans. Revises provisions relating to the Student Loan Marketing Association to expand the functions of the Association. Title VI: House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Subtitle A - Matters Under the Jurisdiction of the Subcommittees on Energy Conservation and Power and on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for the civilian programs and activities of such Department for fiscal year 1982. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of to repeal the provision of such Act which prohibit electric utilities from burning natural gas after 1990. Requires certification by powerplants of its capacity to use coal or another alternate fuel as a primary energy source in such powerplant. Permits the Secretary to Energy to prohibit the use of petroleum or natural gas by a powerplant if coal or alternate fuel capability exists. Subtitle B: Matters Under the Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power - Amends the Energy Conservation Standards for new Buildings Act of 1976 to make energy performance standards for buildings voluntary. Subtitle C: Matters under the Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish in the Treasury of the United States the SPR Petroleum Acquisition Account. Makes such funds available for the purposes of carrying out petroleum product acquisition, transportation, and injection activities for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and for the operating and administrative costs of carrying out any drawdown and distribution of the Reserve. Subtitle D: Matters Under the Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for grants to States for comprehensive public health services through fiscal year 1984. Sets forth a formula for the allotment of such funds. Sets forth the requirements a State must meet in order to be eligible for such funds. Provides for grants to States and to other public entities to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining preventive health service programs. Authorizes appropriations for preventive health service programs for immunization of children, hypertension, tuberculosis, and for the prevention and control of venereal disease, through fiscal year 1984. Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Act - Amends the Social Security Act to establish a program for maternal and child health services block grants to States by consolidating Federal assistance to States. Provides for increases in appropriations for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grants for fiscal year 1983 and each fiscal year thereafter by a percentage of the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the allotment of such funds; (2) payments to States; (3) use of grant money; (4) reports and audits; (5) criminal penalty for false statements; and (6) transition. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 for family planning and genetic diseases programs. Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for alcohol and drug abuse block grants. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 to carry out such grants. Extends the authorization of appropriations for community and migrant health centers through fiscal year 1984. Sets forth the criteria for determining areas and population groups in need of services of community health centers. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for primary care research and demonstration projects. Amends the Mental Health Systems Act to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to carry out specified titles of such Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for health services research, statistics, and technology through fiscal year 1984. Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act through fiscal year 1984. Authorizes allotments to States to design, initiate, test, and operate comprehensive management information and evaluation systems for programs within their jurisdictions for person with developmental disabilities. Health Professions Educational Assistance and Nurse Training Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include as members of the National Health Service Corps individuals who are not employees of the United States. Establishes the National Health Service Corps Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Exempts such Fund and the funds credited to it from apportionment for any purpose other than the National Health Service Corps program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for programs to prepare persons in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide their period of obligated health service. Makes persons having completed two years of their obligated Corps service eligible for private practice entry grants (presently must have completed entire period of obligated service). Authorizes appropriations for the Corps program for fiscal years 1982-1984. Eliminates the enrollment increase requirement for grants to expand existing health professions training facilities if such grants are received before enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make teaching facilities construction grants to assist two-year medical schools to become four-year schools. Authorizes funds for fiscal year 1982 for such grants. Requires an applicant to be an accredited two-year medical school. Extends such loan and interest guarantee program through fiscal year 1984. Permits the Secretary to make all authorized interest subsidy payments on any loan made before October 1, 1981. Continues the insured loan program to graduate health professions students through fiscal year 1984. Prohibits the insuring of any loan made or installment paid after September 30, 1986 (presently 1982). Increases from $15,000 to $20,000, and from $60,000 to $80,000, the maximum annual and aggregate limits of federally insured loans to graduate students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. Repeals the existing prohibition on the receipt of such insured loans and the receipt of any loan assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 during the same school year. Permits payment deferrals on loan interest, as well as on principal. Extends the period of such deferral for internships and residences from three to four years. Eliminates the existing provisions prohibiting more than 50 percent of the students in each class in schools of medicine, osteopathy or dentistry from have such insured loans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984, and such sums as necessary for fiscal years 1985-1987 for students who received loans prior to October 1, 1984. Redefines "eligible institution" (for purposes of such loans) to be a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or public health within the United States which is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education. Makes financial need scholarships available to second year students, as well as first year students. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Replaces existing capitation grant programs with a program of institutional support to assist the educational programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry (eliminates public health eligibility). Sets forth an annual grant computation schedule for each type of school for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983 based on student enrollment and a specified dollar amount. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1983 for such schools. Permits a school of pharmacy which did not receive a capitation grant in 1981 because accreditation requirements prevented it from meeting applicable enrollment requirements to be eligible in fiscal years 1982-1983 for such grants. Excludes medical school enrollment increases made to qualify for certain Veterans' Administration assistance from capitation grant eligibility considerations for fiscal year 1980. Eliminates the separate enrollment requirement of 50 percent of first-year students from States with no accredited optometry schools for nonprofit private optometry schools to qualify for institutional support grants. Authorizes appropriations for project grants for family medicine departments for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for: (1) health education centers; and (2) physician assistants and dental auxiliaries. Authorizes appropriations for internal medicine and pediatrics training for fiscal years 1982- 1984. Makes public and private nonpforit entities eligible for such grants. Makes programs for the training of physicians as teachers of internal medicine and pediatrics eligible for such grant support. Authorizes appropriations for family medicine and dentistry grants for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for grants to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for fiscal years 1982-1984. Eliminates start-up, conversion, and curriculum grants for new schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Permits schools receiving such grants in fiscal year 1981 to continue to receive assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist two-year medical schools in accelerating the date they will become four-year medical schools. Makes programs and projects for the training of diabetes health professionals and dental school curriculum development eligible for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make financial distress grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry. Authorizes the Secretary to make support grants to public and other nonprofit schools of public health. Sets forth: (1) the grant computation formula based on student enrollment; and (2) grant and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for public health traineeships (currently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for grants for special projects for accredited public health schools for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for the establishment and operation of centers to provide short-term advanced training in: (1) health systems management; (2) health policy, planning, and regulation; (3) environmental policy and management; (4) financial management; (5) management of small centers in inner city and rural settings; and (6) other areas to increase such individuals' capabilities in carrying out their responsibilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Increases the amount of non-Federal funds an applicant must provide for a graduate health administration grant. Requires assurances of concentration in specified health areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for traineeships in graduate health-related programs (currently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 for the following allied health personnel areas: (1) project grants; (2) traineeships; and (3) assistance to disadvantaged individuals. Replaces the existing capitation grant program with a nursing institutional support grant program. Requires a collegiate school of nursing, an associate degree or a diploma nursing school to meet at least one of specified eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations for nursing school institutional support grants for fiscal years 1982-1984. Eliminates eligiblity for specified special project grants. Provides that an entity which received a grant for such a project in fiscal year 1981 may receive one additional grant or contract for such project. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Stipulates that at least 20 percent of such funds must be used for persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that similar set-aside be made to increase the geographic and specialty distribution of nursing personnel. Authorizes appropriations for advanced nurse training for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for nurse practitioner programs for fiscal years 1982- 1984. Authorizes appropriations for advanced traineeship for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes nurse midwives eligible for such grants. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such annual appropriations shall be obligated for traineeships in the various nurse training fields. Authorizes appropriations for nurse anestheist traineeships for fiscal years 1982-1984. Removes the Commissioner of Education from membership on the National Council on Nurse Training. Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for health maintenance organization (HMO) planning and initial development. Limits eligibility to HMOs receiving specified funds during fiscal year 1981. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for: (1) technical assistance and training (including the National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program); and (2) the loan fund. Extends loan guarantees for planning and initial development through fiscal year 1984. Revises HMO requirements to: (1) eliminate the prohibition on direct service contracts with private physicians; (2) permit nonmetropolitan HMOs to provide certain basic health services outside their service areas if such services are not otherwise available; and (3) eliminate open enrollment periods and certain policymaking body membership and advisory body requirements. Eliminates certain mental health, alcohol, and drug abuse services from the definition of "basic health services". Makes private HMOs, that are not nonprofit, eligible for initial operation cost loans and loan guarantees. Repeals the provision prohibiting cumulative loan guarantees to a private HMO to exceed fund obligations in any fiscal year. Revises current loan authority for ambulatory care facility construction and acquisition. Permits interest rates to be adjusted for HMO loans. Requires an employer subject to this Act who includes certain commercial insurance or nonprofit carrier-owned HMOs in his employee health benefits plan to include an additional HMO (if one exists) which has at least 25 employees (of such employer) residing in its service area. Eliminates loan and grant priorities for nonmetropolitan areas and medically underserved populations. Modifies certain financial disclosure requirements. Repeals the provision requiring certain evaluation reports from the Comptroller General. Eliminates State certificate of need requirements for all HMOs providing institutional health services (currently required of HMOs with less than 50,000 members). Medicaid and Medicare Reconciliation Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Social Security Act to make a reduction in Medicaid payments to States through fiscal year 1984. Revises the procedure for determining the hospital reimbursement rate. Requires competitive bidding arrangements for payment for laboratory services, medical devices, and drugs. Permits the waiver of medicaid requirements as may be necessary for a State to allow a locality to act as a central broker in assisting individuals in selecting among competing health care plans and to share with recipients of medical assistance under the State plan cost savings resulting from use by the recipient of more cost- effective medical care. Removes the Medicare reasonable charge limitation. Permits Medicaid matching for payments to promote closing and conversion of underutilized hospital facilities. Provides options for the provision of home and community-based care. Sets forth the requirement of preadmission screening for long-term care patients. Sets forth provisions which encourage health maintenance organizations participation in State Medicaid plans. Eliminates the requirement of Federal matching for excessive pre-operative stays and unnecessary tests. Permits physician assistants and nurse practitioners to provide certain recertifications. Places certain limitations on the requirement for collection of third-party payments. Subchapter B - Medicare and Medicaid Changes - Amends the Social Security Act to eliminate the occupancy test for hospital long-term care in nonpublic hospitals. Sets forth civil monetary penalties for fraudulent medicare and medicaid claims. Places a limit on medicare and medicaid payments for certain drugs. Sets forth the procedure for phasing out the Professional Standards Review Organizations by 1983. Subchapter C - Medicare Changes Only - Eliminates the carryover from the previous year of incurred expenses for meeting the Part B deductible. Sets forth procedures for the closure, transfer, and financial self-sufficiency of public health service hospitals and clinics. Authorizes appropriations for the immediate office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services through fiscal year 1984. Reduces the authorization of appropriations for health planning programs for fiscal year 1982. Consumer Product Safety Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act to revise the procedures governing the promulgation of consumer product safety standards. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to make a preliminary determination, with notice, that a standard is necessary. Eliminates the Commission's authority to develop a standard without making an invitation to interested persons. Requires the Commission to invite the development of a voluntary standard if, as a result of the preliminary notice, either no standard is submitted or the Commission determines that a standard which has been submitted would not reduce risk of injury or result in compliance. Requires the Commission to terminate a rulemaking proceeding upon a determination that a voluntary standard submitted as the result of such invitation is likely to eliminate or adequately reduce risk of injury. Authorizes the Commission to develop a proposed consumer product safety rule only if the voluntary standard would not reduce risk of injury or result in compliance. Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act to require the Commission to prepare a regulatory impact analysis containing specified information, including cost-benefit analysis, before publishing or promulgating a consumer product safety rule. Requires the Commission to find that compliance with a voluntary standard is unlikely to result in elimination of risk or that substantial compliance with such a standard is unlikely, before promulgating a regulation with respect to which persons have adopted a voluntary standard. Eliminates the Product Safety Advisory Council, the National Advisory Committee for the Flammable Fabrics Act, and the technical advisory committee authorized under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. Establishes a Congressional veto of consumer product safety rules or regulations promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act. Deems as confidential and prohibits the disclosure of information obtained by the Commission which is not in the public domain or which the Commission in good faith has obligated itself not to disclose. Repeals the provision authorizing interested persons to petition the Commission for issuance, amendment, or revocation of a consumer product safety rule. Requires the Commission to obtain a search warrant before entering a facility for inspection purposes. Establishes a Chronic Hazards Advisory Panel to advise the Commission respecting the chronic hazards of cancer, birth defects, and gene mutations presented by consumer products. Directs the Commission to: (1) amend its consumer product safety standard for walk-behind lawn mowers to provide that manually started rotary mowers which have specified characteristics shall be considered in compliance; and (2) report on the effect of such amendment within 24 months after the standard becomes effective. Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to exclude as "consumer products" for the purposes of such Act amusement park rides which are permanently fixed to a site. Provides that voluntary standards adopted by the Commission shall preempt any State or local regulation as to the performance, design, or labeling of the product. Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to review the current provision requiring that a hazardous substance gold by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer be repurchased. Authorizes the Commission to order a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to give public or private notice of the hazardous substance, or to repair, replace, or refund the price of such substance. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Consumer Products Safety Commission in the reduced amounts fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Subtitle E: Matter Under the Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism - Rail Service Improvement Act of 1981 - Part I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of Congress with regard to freight and passenger rail service in the Northeast United States. Part II: Transfer of Rail Service Responsibilities - Subpart A: Transfer of Conrail Commuter Services - Relieves the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) of any legal obligation to operate commuter service one year after the effective date of this Act. Authorizes commuter authorities, or State, local, or regional transporation authorities to negotiate with Conrail for the transfer of commuter services operated by Conrail. Requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and Conrail to agree, within ten months after the effective date of this Act, on terms and conditions for the transfer to Amtrak of all Conrail commuter service in the Northeast corridor (Boston-Washington, D.C.), except for services transferred directly to a commuter authority. Specifies procedures to be followed by the Secretary of Transportation if such agreement is not reached. Requires that Amtrak shall provide such commuter service for a commuter authority on a reimbursable basis only. Authorizes appropriations, to remain available until October 1, 1986, to carry out the provisions of this Act. Subpart B: Additional Financing of Conrail - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to establish the Conrail Financial Review Committee. Lists conditions that must be met by Conrail before the Committee may purchase such stock. Requires State and local governments in States that have more than 100 route miles of the Conrail system to provide specified benefits to Conrail. Authorizes appropriations for the Committee to carry out the purposes of this Act. Subpart C: Transfer of Freight Service Responsibilities - Directs the Committee, within 180 days after the final purchase of Conrail stock, to determine whether Conrail has become a profitable rail carrier. States that Conrail's freight service responsibilities shall be transferred according to the procedures set forth by this Act if Conrail is not found to be profitable. Directs Conrail, when such acquiring railroads do not assure adequate freight terminal operations in the Northeast corridor, to promote the formation of one or more privately funded terminal companies. Part III: Protection for Conrail Employees - States that Conrail employees deprived of employment shall be eligible for specified separation allowances. Sets forth criteria for the payment and tax treatment of such allowances. Grants preferential hiring status to employees deprived of employment. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board to maintain a register of persons separated from employment who have declared their availability for employment in the railroad industry. Sets forth procedures for priority hiring of such persons. Makes certain employees deprived of employment eligible for: (1) moving expense benefits; (2) new career training assistance; and (3) medical insurance coverage. Requires that a single, new collective-bargaining agreement be negotiated systemwide between Conrail and representatives of the employees of a railroad in reorganization. Directs Conrail, Amtrak, or an acquiring carrier to process and pay employee and personal injury claims. States that employees who accept assistance under this Act shall waive any employee protection otherwise available. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this Act to remain available until expended. Limits, to a specified sum, the total liability of the United States and Conrail under this Act. Part IV: Terms of Labor Assumption - Subpart A: Passenger Employees - Sets forth procedures for the transfer of passenger service employees to Amtrak from Conrail. Requires that disputes not settled through conferences between Amtrak and employee representatives shall be subject to binding arbitration. Sets forth standards and procedures to be followed when Conrail or Amtrak transfer commuter service responsibilities to a commuter authority. Deems such a commuter authority to be a rail carrier subject to specified Federal laws governing the rights of employees in the railroad industry. Subpart B: Freight Employees - Directs acquiring railroads and employee representatives to enter into agreements to facilitate the orderly transfer of employees on terms fair to Conrail employees and employees of acquiring railroads. Directs acquiring railroads to determine the type and number of employees necessary to provide service over line segments transferred under this Act and to notify employee representatives of same. Sets forth procedures for filling positions on such line segments with eligible Conrail employees. Describes seniority rights of Conrail employees who accept employment with acquiring railroads. Sets forth labor protection obligations of acquiring railroads and procedures for the arbitration of disputes. Part V: United States Railway Association - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to set forth provisions concerning the organization and functions of the United States Railway Association. Authorizes appropriations to the Association for carrying out its administrative expenses through fiscal year 1984. Part VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Lists the civil actions over which the special court established under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 shall have exclusive jurisdiction. Declares that the judgments of such court shall be reviewable only by the Supreme Court. Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to reserve a specified amount of authorized appropriations for rehabilitation and improvement assistance for facilities transferred from Conrail. Exempts from Federal, State, and local taxes and fees all transfers or conveyances of any interest in rail property under this Act. Declares that certain laws and regulations, including antitrust laws and the Administrative Procedure Act, are inapplicable to actions taken under this Act. Directs Conrail to notify shippers of the provisions and likely impact of this Act. Directs the clerk of the special court to convey to the Secretary, within ten days after the effective date of this Act, certain stock on deposit with such court pursuant to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. Provides that the Committee shall transfer its stock to Conrail after it has determined that Conrail is a profitable rail carrier. Prohibits any distribution of Conrail assets in regard to any claims of the United States until all other claims against Conrail have been satisfied. Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to authorize Conrail to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission a notice of Insufficient Revenues or an application for a certificate of abandonment for any Conrail line. Directs the Commission to approve such applications unless other financial assistance is offered to the rail line in question. Permits Conrail to obtain a loan in an amount required for the cost of employee insurance coverage and benefits. Describes procedures for obtaining such loan and for administering such medical and life insurance. Amends the Railway Labor Act to establish procedures for handling disputes between a publicly funded and operated carrier providing rail commuter service and its employees. Directs the Commission to determine, on an industrywide basis, the average compensation for trackage rights for the operation of rail freight service. Prohibits the amount paid by any rail carrier for trackage rights for the operation of such service on the Northeast corridor from exceeding such industrywide average compensation. Amends the Department of Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for local rail assistance through fiscal year 1984. Authorizes appropriations for the Northeast corridor through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Transportation through fiscal year 1984 for: (1) official reception and representation expenses; (2) transportation planning, research, and development; (3) the Office of the Federal Railroad Administrator; (4) railroad research and development; (5) the Minority Business Resource Center; and (6) special projects of the Federal Railroad Administration's rail service assistance program. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) railroad safety; (2) labor payments; and (3) the Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund. Amtrak Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to add new goals for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Revises the membership of the board of directors of Amtrak. Prohibits Amtrak from being charged for the cost of any customs inspection or immigration procedure in connection with the provision of Amtrak services. Directs Amtrak to eliminate the deficit in its onboard food food and beverage operations by September 30, 1982. Exempts Amtrak from State and local taxes to the same extent as the United States is so exempt. Revises the number and type of reports to be transmitted by Amtrak and the Interstate Commerce Commission to Congress and the President. Increases the percentage of costs to be paid by a State or group of States for rail service beyond the basic system. Sets forth criteria by which fare increases shall be proposed and become effective. Directs Amtrak to submit amendments to the route and service criteria to Congress. Requires that Amtrak review annually each route in the basic system (formerly long distance routes only) to determine whether specified criteria are being met. Discontinues those lines that fail to meet such criteria. Directs Amtrak to evaluate the financial requirements for operating the basic rail service system with route additions. Requires that notice of any discontinuance of service shall afford an opportunity for a State, group of States, agency, or other person to agree to share the cost of such service or a portion thereof. Directs Amtrak to continue high frequency intercity rail passenger service under agreements with States or transportation agencies if such service meets certain criteria. Limits payments for employee protection during fiscal year 1982. Extends the availability of free or reduced rate rail transportation for specified employees. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the purposes of such Act. Limits, to a specified sum, Amtrak's expenditures for food and beverage operations. Increases the amount of funds available for purchase and rehabilitation loans. Directs Amtrak, by January 15, 1982, to report to Congress its recommendations concerning the development of rail corridors. Subchapter I: Railroad Retirement - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to direct that an individual who has completed 25 years of service shall be deemed to have "current connection" with the railroad industry for retirement purposes under such Act. Provides spouses' and widows' benefits to a divorced spouse of an annuitant under specified conditions. Revises the computation of employee, spouse, and survivor annuities with respect to railroad employees who as of December 31, 1974, had at least ten years service and were fully insured under the Social Security Act. Quiet Communities Act - Amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to retitle such Act the "Quiet Communities Act." Replaces a finding that Federal action is necessary to control major noise sources in commerce with a finding that Federal action must assure uniform treatment of certain carriers engaged in interstate commerce and certain transportation equipment distributed in interstate commerce which are major noise sources. Limits the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish noise emission standards. Repeals provisions for: (1) EPA noise control regulations pertaining to product labeling; and (2) prohibitions relating to such regulations. Authorizes States to bring civil actions in U.S. district courts to impose penalties against violators of prohibitions under such Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for toxic substances control through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for general administration through fiscal year 1984. Limits the amount of appropriations to be use in any fiscal year by the Secretary of Commerce for: (1) travel and transportation; and (2) printing and reproduction of press releases. Prohibits the use of any moneys appropriated to the Secretary for the operation of dining and cooking facilities within the Office of the Secretary of Commerce. Title VIII: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - Sets forth limitations on authorizations through fiscal year 1984 for the following: (1) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (2) the Forest Service; (3) special recreation user fees programs of the Corps of Engineers; (4) programs of the Department of Energy which are wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; (5) Indian Health Service; (6) programs of the Department of the Interior which are wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; (7) the National Board on Water Resources; (8) the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; (9) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (10) the Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System; (11) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and (12) the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. States that, effective October 1, 1981, all offers for noncompetitive oil and gas leases shall be accompanied by a specified filing fee. Sets forth a pricing policy for federal uranium enrichment services. Title IX: House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Subtitle A Maritime Programs - Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for certain Department of Commerce maritime programs including: (1) ship construction, acquisition, and construction differential subsidies; (2) operating-differential subsidy payments; (3) research and development; (4) operations and training; (5) fleet expenses; and (6) maritime education. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for employee benefits. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to allow the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the construction differential subsidy rate by five percent under specified circumstances. Authorizes an operator receiving operating differential subsidy funds to suspend its subsidy contract under certain conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to establish alternate trade routes, via a range of different ports, during the seasonal closure of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Redefine the terms "foreign commerce," "foreign trade," and "vessel" to include the employment of certain methanol (methyl alcohol) producing barges. Redefines the term "noncontinguous domestic trade" as used in such Act to include the carriage from the United States to offshore burn sites of chemical wastes for incineration at sea. Prohibits a vessel from receiving a construction or operating differential subsidy if it is not offered for enrollment in an approved sealift readiness program. Reduces the sums available for obligation pertaining to commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships. Authorizes the Secretary, during fiscal year 1982, to waive certain minimum spending obligations for fishing vessels and facilities if such reserved obligations will not be utilized for such purposes during fiscal year 1982. Revises membership of the Board of Visitors to the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to prohibit an ocean freight forwarder from receiving compensation from a common carrier in regard to any shipment in which the forwarder or certain others have a beneficial interest. Directs the Secretary to compare repair and outfitting costs for the training vessel Bay State with reactivation and conversion costs for the steamship Tulare in order to determine the appropriate vessel for use as the Massachusetts Maritime Academy training ship. Requires such study to be submitted to Congress within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the Merchant marine Act, 1936, to authorize the Secretary, until September 30, 1983, to permit an operator receiving or applying for an operating differential subsidy under such act to construct or acquire its vessels in a foreign shipyard under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to make construction differential subsidies available to United States-built or documented vessels for replacement or upgrading of such vessels' existing propulsion machinery in order to improve energy efficiency. Establishes guidelines for the approval of such subsidies. Sets forth procedures for the negotiation, acceptance, and payment of such subsidies by the Secretary. Requires replacement propulsion equipment to be of United States origin except under specified circumstances. Classifies such upgraded vessel as "new" or "reconstructed" for specified purposes of such Act. Reduces the age of such vessel by ten years for purposes of the obligation to replace it under any operating differential subsidy and capital construction fund program or contract. Subtitle B: Merchant Seamen Entitlement to Medical Care - Amends the Public Health Service Act to eliminate free health care for merchant seamen provided by the Public Health Service. Subtitle C: Ocean Dumping Fees - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to require the establishment of a system for the imposition of ocean dumping fees at an amount not greater than five dollars per wet ton of materials dumped. Title X: House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Subtitle A - Civil Services Provisions - Places pay cap on the overall percentage of the adjustment of the rates of pay for Federal employees through fiscal year 1983. Provides for annual cost-of-living annuity adjustments for Federal employees. Provides for the coordination of Federal employee health benefits program and medicare. Sets forth the procedure for making awards for Federal cost savings disclosures and superior accomplishments. Sets forth the procedure for making reductions in force in the Senior Executive Service. Permits the voluntary withholding of State income tax for annuitants. Subtitle B: Savings Under the Postal Service Program - Limits the authorizations of appropriations for public service by the Postal Service. Requires the Postal Service, through fiscal year 1984, to con tinue six-day mail delivery. Provides for quarterly payments of appropriations to the Postal Service Fund. Prohibits, through fiscal year 1983, the implementation of any ZIP code system more than five digits. Title XI: House Committee on Public Works and Transportation - Subtitle A: Transportation Programs - Requires the Civil Aeronautics Board to fix and determine rates of compensation under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and to establish rates of compensation under such Act so that the total amount of compensation payable by such Board for service performed during fiscal year 1982 does not exceed a specified amount. Limits the total of all obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1982. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to reduce, for fiscal year 1982, the authorization of appropriations for the Urban Mass Transit Grant program. Subtitle B: Water Resource Development Programs - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reduce the authorization of appropriations in fiscal year 1982 for sewage construction grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the State construction grant management program. Limits the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, for construction of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related authorized projects (other than the project for the Mississippi River and tributaries). Eliminates the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to the Tennessee Valley Authority to carryout the North Alabama Coal Gasification Project at Murphy Hill, Alabama. Prohibits any fees from being charged by any officer of the Federal Government for the transportation for the purpose of dumping, or the dumping, of any material into the oceans. Subtitle C: Economic Development Programs - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reduce funding for certain programs under the Economic Development Administration. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to reduce the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Appalachian Regional Commission. Title XII: House Committee on Science and Technology - Subtitle A: Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Programs and Projects 1982 Authorization Act - Authorizes funds for operating expenses for research and development programs of the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1982. Sets forth percentages of fiscal year 1981 funds that are provided for fiscal year 1982 programs. Authorizes appropriations for plant and capital equipment for certain projects and new construction at specified project sites. Provides for the termination of the Clinch River Breeder Project and makes appropriations for refined conceptual design activities for a liquid metal fast breeder Large Development Plant. Sets forth administrative provisions for funding of construction projects. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a Research and Development Construction and Facilities Office to provide technical and management facility design and construction services for the Department. Prohibits the use of any funds under this title for the purpose of releasing any radioactive contaminated water into the Susquehanna River. Subtitle B: Department of Energy Civilian Programs Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983 - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for: (1) conservation activities; (2) uranium enrichment, other commercial waste management activities, West Valley demonstration project activities and three Mile Island Activities; and (3) departmental administration. Title XIV: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs - Terminates the Veterans' Administration authority to provide educational assistance to veterans for flight training and to veterans, spouses, and surviving spouses for correspondence training. Eliminates dental benefits for veterans whose dental conditions existed during military duty, but who died not seek or receive treatment. Limits the payment of burial allowances for veterans dying during fiscal year 1982, 1983, and 1984. Title XV: House Committee on Ways and Means - Subtitle A - Adjustment Assistance - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance to require that imports be a "substantial cause of" (formerly, "contributed importantly to") a firm's decline. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide full information to workers about the benefits available under the Act. Revises trade readjustment allowance qualifying requirements, weekly amounts, and limitations on allowances. Authorizes the Secretary, within certain limitations, to require adversely affected workers to accept job training or to actively search for work outside their former employment area if the Secretary determines with respect to the labor market area that: (1) a high level of unemployment exists; (2) suitable employment opportunities are not available; and (3) there are facilities available to provide training in new or related job classifications. Requires the Secretary to develop, in cooperation with an adversely affected worker covered by a certification who is unemployed or underemployed and with others, an appropriate employability plan. Authorizes the Secretary, with certain restrictions, to defray reasonable transportation and subsistence expenses when training facilities are not within commuting distances. Increases individual job search allowances and relocation allowances. Waives the requirement that any overpayment must be repaid if: (1) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of an individual; and (2) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Abolishes the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Sets forth provisions relating to definitions, conforming amendments, and effective dates and transitional provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance (including grants) to firms. Prohibits a direct loan to a firm if the loan can be obtained from private sources at a rate no higher than the maximum interest per annum that a participating financial institution may establish on guaranteed loans made pursuant to the Small Business Act. Revises conditions for financial assistance to a firm. Provides that direct loans made or guaranteed for the acquisition or development of real property or other capital assets shall ordinarily be secured by a first lien on the assets and shall be fully amortized. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance, up to a specified sum per industry, for the establishment of industry wide programs for new development or other uses consistent with the purposes of the Act. Repeals the Adjustment Assistance Program for Communities. Extends the termination date of adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms from September 30, 1982 to September 30, 1983. Subtitle B: Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Social Security Spending Reduction Amendments of 1981 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide for the phased elimination of a child's insurance benefits to an individual on the basis of full- time postsecondary school student status. Terminates a nondisabled's entitlement to child's insurance benefits when such child reaches age 16 (currently such entitlement ceases when a child reaches age 18). Eliminates prospectively the minimum benefit amount used in computing the primary insurance amount. Authorizes reimbursement of the cost of providing information to assist specified parties with respect to the administration of an employee benefit plan. Provides that at each stage in the benefit computation, the amount derived is rounded down (presently rounded up) to the next higher 10 cents. Delays part of the payment of the cost-of- living increase to October 1982 presently scheduled to be paid in July 1982. Authorizes reimbursement from the trust fund to a State for vocational rehabilitation services only where the services have resulted in a beneficiaries performance of substantial gainful activity for a continuous nine month period. Retains the earnings limitations test for persons under age 72 until 1983 (presently scheduled to be lowered to age 70 in 1982). Limits the payment of lump-sum death benefits to a widow or widower entitled to widow's, widower's, or mother's benefits on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of a deceased individual or in equal shares to each person entitled to child's insurance benefits on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of such individual (currently such benefits may be paid in cover burial expenses of the insured individual). Provides that in the case of workers retiring at age 62 entitlement to benefits begins with the first month throughout all of which the individual is entitled. Subtitle C: Unemployment Compensation, Public Assistance, and Low-Income Energy assistance - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to eliminate the "national trigger" under the extended benefits program. Excludes extended benefit claimants from the calculation of the insured unemployment rate for extended benefits trigger purposes. Increases from 365 to 730 days the length of continuous military service needed to qualify as employment for unemployment compensation purposes. Delays an ex-serviceman's entitlement until the fifth week after discharge or release from Federal Service. Limits an ex-service member's total entitlement to no more than 13 weeks of benefits. Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise eligibility and benefits standards by requiring States to disregard specified amounts of monthly earnings. Allows States to terminate, or phase-out gradually, the $50 disregard and the one-third work incentive disregard for families with earned income above the poverty level or at State option, 200 percent of the State standard of need, after the family has had earned income and claimed one-third disregard for 12 consecutive months. Permits individuals who lose eligibility for AFDC payments because of the termination of the disregards to remain eligible for Medicaid for 12 months after payment stops. Requires that in calculating a child's need for AFDC a State shall consider a specified portion of stepparent's income as available to such child. Provides that AFDC eligibility for a month shall be determined on the basis of the family's income during such month; that family resources shall be determined as they existed on the last day of the previous month; and that the benefit amount shall be determined on the basis of the income of the previous month. Requires AFDC families to report their income, and other information, on a monthly basis. Requires that whenver a determination is made to terminate, suspend, or adjust AFDC payments to a family, such family shall be mailed a written notice concerning such action at least ten days prior to the effective date of the action. Allows States to require, under certain conditions, AFDC recipients to participate in a qualified State work experience program in which they would perform work in return for the regular AFDC benefits. Limits eligibility for certain AFDC payments to wto-parent families to such families in which the "principal earner" parent is unemployed (currently payments may be made if either one is unemployed). Requires a State to promptly correct any AFDC overpayment or underpayment. Permits States paying benefits to dependent children over 18 who are students to limit AFDC eligibility at any age between 18 and 21. Provides that any family ineligible for AFDC is the combined value of its resources exceeds $1,500 or a lower amount at the State's option. Permits a State to exclude from resources: (1) a home and a care; (2) household goods and personal effects; (3) tools, equipment; and (4) life and burial insurance policies. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State plan to make provisions for enforcing spousal support obligations (alimony) in addition to child support. Requires a State to retain ten percent of the support collected on behalf of a non-AFDC recipient, in order to defray the costs of such collection service. Requires that the incentive payments to States, collecting child support payments on behalf of another jurisdiction be made from the total amount of such collections, rather than from the Federal assistance share. Prohibits the discharge in bankruptcy of a child support obligation assigned to a State as a condition of AFDC eligibility. Requires child support enforcement agencies to determine on a periodic basis whether any individuals receiving unemployment compensation owe child support obligations being enforce by such agency and if so, to require the agency to withhold such child support payments from the unemployment compensation. Amends title III (Unemployment Compensation) of the Act to require State unemployment compensation agencies to require unemployment compensation applicants to disclose whether or not the applicant owes child support obligations and to notify the appropriate child support enforcement agency if child support is owed. Permits the Internal Revenue Service to collect delinquent alimony as well as child support payments. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act to provide that an individual's monthly eligibility for benefits for a month shall be determined on the basis of the individual's income, resources, and other relevant characteristics in such month, and the amount of monthly benefits on the basis of income and other characteristics in the preceding month, such month, or on the basis of income and other characteristics in the second month preceding such month. Authorizes the Secretary to redetermine eligibility for and the amount of benefits at other times. Allows States to continue to pay out such, in lieu of food stamps, to SSi recipients under specified conditions. Limits the negotiability of SSi checks to 180 days from the date of issuance. Requires future cost-of-living adjustments in SSI to conform to cost-of-living adjustments under title II. Adds a new title to the Social Security Act, title XXI (Energy Assistance to Low-Income Households). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to provide low-income energy assistance in order to offset excessive home energy costs. Makes such funds available to States which have plans for low-income energy assistance approved by the Secretary. Sets forth State plan requirements. Directs the Secretary to pay up to a formulated amount 80 percent of a State's expenses in carrying out the plan for fiscal year 1983 and 100 percent of the expenses for fiscal year 1982. Prohibits payments with respect to any household unless the household has at least one individual eligible for AFDC, SSI, Food Stamps, certain veterans benefits, or the household's income falls below a specified level. Amends title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act in limit Federal funding for fiscal year 1982 for training costs. Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title: Title XXI - Energy Assistance to Low-Income Households - Authorizes appropriations, through fiscal year 1983, for the purpose of encouraging each State to provide low-income energy assistance in order to offset costs of home energy which are excessive in relation to household income. Makes such funds available to the State which have submitted an approved State plan for low-income energy assistance. Sets forth the procedure for making such allotments to States. Social Services Block Grant Act - Consolidates Federal assistance to States for social services. Authorizes appropriations to make grants to State for the provision of social services through fiscal year 1985. Sets forth limitations on the use of such social service grants. Repeals: (1) title XX of the Social Security Act; (2) the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974; and (3) the Child ABuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978. Subtitle D: Medicare Program - Medicare Spending Reduction Amendments of 1981 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate coverage of alcohol detoxification facilities, under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII. Provides payment for nutritional therapy for individuals with end-Stage renal disease when used as a means of delaying or substituting for the provision of kidney dialysis. Requires a one dollar a day copayment under Medicare for each of the first 60 days of inpatient hospital care. Provides that Part A coinsurance will be based on the current years deductible, rather than the deductible effective when the illness began. Revises the part A, inpatient hospital deductible by adding five dollars to the base figure of $40 used in the formula to determine such deductible. Eliminates the carryover from the last three months of the previous year of incurred expenses used to determine whether the part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) deductible has been met. Increases the part B deductible from $60 to $70, and indexes it to cost-of-living increases under title II. Offsets interest earnings on funded depreciation accounts of providers against interest expenses to determine reimbursement. Revises an exception to a provision requiring the reduction of reimbursements to hospitals in specified situations, by adding a requirement that a hospital derive less than 30 percent of its income from non-governmental sources to qualify for such exemption. Exempts hospitals from such reductions if there is no excess of hospital beds in the area in which the hospital is located. Directs the Secretary to provide for a method of determining prospectively the amounts of payments to be made for dialysis services furnished by providers and renal dialysis facilities to furnished individuals in a facility and at home. Prohibits the Secretary, in determining the amount of reimbursements for home health services, from recognizing as reasonable costs for such services to the extent such costs exceed the 75th percentile of such costs per visit for home health agencies or, in the judgment of the Secretary, such lower percentile as the Secretary may determine. Prohibits the Secretary, in determining reimbursements with respect to routing operating costs for inpatient hospital services, from recognizing as reasonable costs to the extent that they exceed 108 percent of the mean of such routine operating costs per diem; or, in the judgment of the Secretary, such lower percentage as the Secretary may determine. Amends part A (General Provisions of title X of the Social Security Act to provide civil penalties for any person who presents or causes to be Medicare or Medicaid (title XIX) programs. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act to direct the Secretary to establish utilization guidelines for the provision of home health care. Repeals the requirement that skilled nursing facility agreements be renewed annually. Amends the Medicare and Medicaid Amendments of 1980 to direct the Secretary to establish guidelines by October 1, 1981, to assure that agreements with States already authorized, for demonstration projects for the training of AFDC rcipients as homemakers and home health aides are entered into by January 1, 1982. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress relating to such projects. Amends part B (Professional Standards Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary by September 30, 1981, to identify and specify requirements which will be used in assessing a PSRO's performance. States that such requirements shall include requirements relating to the effectiveness of a PSRO in: (1) monitoring the quality of patient care; (2) reducing unnecessary utilization; and (3) managing its activities efficiently. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate the less effective PSRO's during fiscal performance assessments. Makes 100 percent financing under part B of title XI applicable only to the Medicare program and provides States the option of contracting for Medicaid review at a 75 percent Federal matching rate. Repeals the PSRO program effective October 1, 1983. Repeals the requirement for utilization reivew under the Medicare program with repsect to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and rural health clinics. Prohibits payments under the Medicare program with respect to an item or service for an individual aged 65 or older to the extent that payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Subtitle E: Black Lung Benefits Program - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to impose a temporary user fee on coal sold by a producer. Title XVI: Block Grants - Requires any State which receives block grant funds to establish a method and formula for the distribution of such funds on an equitable basis and to make specified reports as required by this title.

(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 97-208) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 - Title I: Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Programs - Subtitle A: Food Stamp Reductions and Other Reductions in Authorization for Appropriations - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to redefine the term "household" for the purpose of such Act. Excludes boarders from certain food stamp eligibility requirements. Provides for an annual adjustment, beginning October 1, 1984, of the thrifty food plan. Makes the household income eligibility standard 130 percent of the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget, except for households with elderly or disabled members. Increases the standard deduction in computing income for eligible households and the excess shelter expense deduction for such households. Revises retrospective accounting procedures to calculate income for households that derived their income in a period shorter than a year. Prohibits a household from receiving an increased allotment as the result of a decrease in income due to a member of such household being on strike. Revises the procedures for eligibility disqualifications and claims collections. Repeals the increases in dependent care deductions for working adults and medical deductions for the elderly and disabled. Converts the food stamp program in Puerto Rico into a food assistance block grant, effective October 1, 1982. Reduces authorizations of appropriations for other specified Department of Agriculture programs for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Establishes a ceiling on the total number of employees that the Department of Agriculture may employ during the fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984, including a ceiling for overtime for such Department. Subtitle B: Reduction in Direct Spending - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the procedure for the determination of the milk price support (between 75 percent and 90 percent of parity) at the beginning of each of the 1982 through 1985 marketing years. Provides for semiannual adjustments in such supports for marketing years 1983 through 1985. Makes the farm storage facility loan program discretionary after September 30, 1981. Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to require the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to charge and collect reasonable inspection fees to cover the estimated cost of official inspection, except under certain circumstance (such costs are now shared or borne totally by the Federal Government). Prohibits the total administrative and supervisory costs for inspection and weighing, for each of the fiscal years 1982 through 1985, from exceeding 35 percent of the total costs for such activities. Authorizes appropriations as necessary for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 for other specified activities related to grain inspection. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an advisory committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the efficient and economical implementation of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976. Amends the United States Cotton Standards Act, the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act, the Tobacco Inspection Act, and the United States Warehouse Act to require the collection of such fees and charges as will cover, as nearly as practicable, the costs of: (1) licensing cotton classifiers, establishing cotton standards, and making classification services available to cotton producers; (2) performing tobacco inspections; and (3) inspecting warehouses and licensing inspectors and warehousemen. Amends the Naval Stores Act with respect to the marketing of spirits of turpentine and resin to require user fees, collected from processors and warehousers, to cover the costs of establishment of standards, examinations, and related services. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to set interest rates on Farmers Home Administration loans for water and waste disposal and for community facilities as high as the current market yield for outstanding municipal obligations. Provides for up to a five percent interest rate for such projects in low-income communities. Limits the authorized insurable amount for such loans for fiscal year 1982. Requires the interest rates on non-guaranteed loans for non-farm uses of prime farmland to be two percent per annum higher than would otherwise be applicable. Establishes eligibility for emergency (disaster) loans at 30 percent production loss. Limits the basis of such loans to 80 percent of the total loss. Establishes limits for insured farm ownership and farm operating loans for fiscal year 1982. Establishes a five per cent interest rate (not less than two percent in a case of extreme financial hardship) for insured electric and telephone loans under the Rural Electrification Act, effective July 24, 1981. Requires the Federal Financing Bank to make a loan guaranteed by the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration upon the request of any borrower. Limits, for fiscal year 1982, the amount of Commodity Credit Corporation funds which can be made available for administrative expenses of such Corporation. Title II: Armed Services and Defense Related Programs - Authorizes the President to dispose of specified quantities of certain materials currently held in the National Defense Stockpile. Authorizes appropriations for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials. Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to require, before any funds may be obligated or expended for acquisition of any material, transmittal of a complete statement of the proposed acquisition to the appropriate congressional committees. Provides for annual, instead of semiannual, cost-of-living increases for military retirees contingent upon a similar change in law with respect to the civil service retirement system. Provides military retirees with an open enrollment period for participating in the survivor benefit plan. Title III: Banking, Housing, and Related Programs - Subtitle A: Housing and Community Development - Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes. Requires potential grantees to submit a statement of activities relative to the use of requested funds and sets forth certain eligible activities under such Act. Provides procedures and criteria for the allocation and distribution of housing funds. Authorizes the set-aside of a specific amount for the discretionary fund. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of age or handicap for programs or activities under such Act. Sets forth the amount available for the urban development action grants and eligibility criteria for such grants. Sets forth loan authority for fiscal year 1983 for urban homesteading. Extends the deadline for submission of the annual block grant report. Sets forth housing authorizations for specified housing assistance programs. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase the authorization of appropriations to enter into contracts for annual contributions contracts for assisted housing. Provides a method for determining rental payments for lower income families in dwelling units assisted under the Housing act of 1937 and a method of reducing the cost of such housing. Increases the authorization of appropriations for public housing operating subsidies on or after October 1, 1981. Authorizes appropriations to provide assistance to troubled multifamily housing projects for fiscal year 1982. Provides for low income housing assistance for single room occupancy housing and manufactured homes. Prohibits any housing assistance for any alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or who is not otherwise permanently residing in the United States under color of law. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies concerning: (1) homeownership opportunities; and (2) fire safety. Amends the National Housing Act to extend for one year all of the mortgage insuring authorities of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Extends, through fiscal year 1982, the flexible interest rate authority. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to limit the aggregate amount of guarantee commitments the Government National Mortgage Association may make during fiscal year 1982. Directs the Government National Mortgage Association, in entering into commitments to purchase below-market tandem plan mortgages (during the period beginning June 15, 1981, and ending October 1, 1982), to limit such commitments to multifamily projects with firm commitment for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the maximum loan limits on property improvements for existing single family structures or manufactured homes. Increases home improvement loan limits for houses to be used as an apartment house for two or more families. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop and implement a demonstration program utilizing lower cost building technology for projects located in intercity vacant lots. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the flood insurance program through fiscal year 1982. Prohibits provisions of flood insurance coverage for any new construction or substantial improvements of structures located on designated undeveloped coastal barriers. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the crime and riot reinsurance program through fiscal year 1985. Amends the National Housing Act of 1949 to extend the rural housing program through fiscal year 1982. Extends the mutual and self-help housing program. Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 - Provides a uniform nonjudicial procedure, which preempts specified State laws, for foreclosing FHA-insured or HUD-assisted multifamily properties which are held by HUD and which are in default. Subtitle B: Banking and Related Programs - Banking and Related Programs Authorization Adjustment Act - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to set the principal amount of direct loans made by the Export-Import Bank in fiscal year 1982. Authorizies appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to the Department of the Treasury for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit a report to Congress regarding the status of negotiations within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development on improving the International Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits and on the status of any other multilateral or bilateral negotiations or discussions. Amends the Council on Wage and Price Stability Act to repeal the authorization of appropriations for the Council on Wage and Price Stabilization. Specifies that manufactured homes are considered "real estate" for the purposes of the override of state usury laws provided in the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act. Subtitle C: National Consumers Cooperative Bank Act Amendments of 1981 - Provides for the conversion of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank from a mixed ownership Government corporation to a private bank owned and controlled by its cooperative stockholders and eligible to borrow funds in the private market. Title IV: The District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Self Government and Governmental Organization Act to limit through fiscal year 1984 the authorized levels of capital project loans to the District of Columbia. Title V: Education Programs - Omnibus Education Reconciliation Act of 1981 - Subtitle A: Authorization Savings for Fiscal Years 1982, 1983, and 1984 - Reduces the amount of Federal impact aid to school districts with high concentrations of federal employees (including military) for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Prescribes formulae for the allocation of such aid. Terminates or limits the authorization for other specified aid to education programs for such fiscal years. Authorizes other specified programs for fiscal year 1982. Prescribes fund allocation formulae. Terminates or reduces the authorizations for other specified Acts under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee. Subtitle B: Student Assistance Provisions - Postsecondary Student Assistance Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the amount of any student loan made after October 1, 1981, which may be covered by Federal loan insurance to the student's financial need for the period of instruction covered by the loan. Sets similar limits on loans insured under State or nonprofit private institutional student loan programs which receive Federal interest subsidy payments. Applies provisions for need analysis to such loans (under the guaranteed student loan program). Repeals provisions which counted specified student loans as part of the expected family contribution for purposes of other forms of student assistance. Permits loans to parents to be counted as part of the student's expected family contribution in the determination of need for all forms of student assistance under such Act. Revises need analysis provisions for higher education student assistance programs. Directs the Secretary of Education to set a series of assessment rates to be applied to parental discretionary income in determining the expected family contribution. Raises the annual interest rate on loans to parents of dependent undergraduate students from nine percent to 14 percent. Sets forth formulas for computing the special allowances to be paid to holders of such loans. Reduces the separate (and higher) borrowing limits for independent students for loans covered by Federal loan insurance. Eliminates grace periods after deferments of student loan repayments. Eliminates the program of payments by the Secretary to institutions to cover the administrative costs of the student loan program (at ten dollars per student lender per academic year). Provides for the reduction of special allowances to holders of loans made on or after October 1, 1981, by specified amounts of authorized origination fees. Authorizes eligible lenders, with respect to loans made on or after October 1, 1981, to charge borrowers an origination fee up to five percent of the principal amount of the loan, which may be deducted from the proceeds of the loan prior to payment to the borrower. Raises the minimum annual repayment on student loans from $360 to $600. Raises from four percent to five percent the interest rate on direct student loans processed after October 1, 1981. Revises provisions relating to the Student Loan Marketing Association to expand the functions of the Association to: (1) cover student loans including, but no longer limited to insured loans; and (2) assure nationwide the establishment of adequate loan insurance programs for students by providing for an additional program of loan insurance to be covered by agreements with the Secretary. Authorizes the Association to: (1) buy, sell, hold, underwrite, and otherwise deal in tax-exempt obligations issued to make or purchase loans; (2) undertake a program of loan insurance pursuant to specified agreements with the Secretary relating to interest subsidy payments and loan insurance supplemental guaranties; (3) undertake any other activity which its Board of Directors determines to be in furtherance of programs of specified insured student loans or will otherwise support student credit needs; and (4) undertake any activity with regard to student loans which are not insured or guaranteed student loans. Subjects such loans to the same provisions, relating to warehousing advances made on loan security, as insured loans. Specifies that: (1) the obligations of the Association shall be deemed to be obligations of the United States, for purposes of exemption from State or local taxation; and (2) the Association shall be deemed a person for purposes of distribution of its property under the Bankruptcy Act. Removes certain limitations on subrogration of the United States to rights of any insurance beneficiary under specified student loan guarantee agreements. Requires guarantee agencies to assign to the Secretary any loan for which payment has been made under such guarantee agreements, whenever the Secretary determines this necessary to protect the Federal fiscal interest. Sets forth effective dates for various provisions of this Act. Subtitle C: Refugee Education Consolidation - Consolidated Refugee Education Assistance Act - Repeals specified provisions of the Indochina Refugee Assistance Act of 1976, the Adult Education Act, and other Acts relating to educational assistance programs for refugees. Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to extend the coverage of such Act to any alien who: (1) has been admitted into the United States as a refugee; (2) has been paroled into the United States as a refugee; (3) is an applicant for asylum, or has been granted asylum in the United States; (4) has fled from the alien's country of origin and has, pursuant to an Executive order of the President, been permitted to enter and remain in the United States indefinitely for humanitarian reasons; or (5) entered the United States on or after November 1, 1979, and is in the United States with the immigration status of a Cuban-Haitian entrant (status pending). Limits such coverage to the five-year period beginning on the date the alien first entered the United States as such a refugee or otherwise acquired such status. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions for authorizations of appropriations for all programs under such Act. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions on general assistance through State agencies for local educational agencies under such Act. Extends such assistance based on the number of refugees enrolled in elementary or secondary public schools (formerly only for Cuban or Haitian refugee children). Lowers the amount of such assistance. Revises provisions relating to the reduction of such grants to State and local agencies, based on amounts received under other Federal assistance programs. Eliminates fiscal year restrictions on payments to States of special impact assistance for substantial increases in refugee attendance. Revises the formula for such assistance. Extends coverage of adult education programs under such Act to all refugees 16 years or older (formerly only Cuban and Haitian refugee adults). Directs the Secretary to make payments to States for such programs for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1981. Revises provisions relating to the reduction of the amount of any such grant, based on amounts received under other Federal aid programs. Subtitle D: Elementary and Secondary Education Block Grant - Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 - Chapter I: Financial Assistance to Meet Special Education Needs of Disadvantaged Children - Provides assistance on the basis of entitlements created under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, through fiscal year 1987, to States and local educational agencies to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children. Requires each State and local educational agency to use such payments for programs and projects which are designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children. Sets forth the procedure for approval of applications for such payments. Sets forth provisions to provide for the participation in such special educational programs by children enrolled in private schools. Chapter 2: Consolidation of Federal Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education - Declares that it is the purpose of this part to consolidate the program authorizations contained in titles II through VI and VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and supporting authorizations contained in other Acts, into a single authorization of grants to States for the same purposes as set forth in such titles, but to be used in accordance with the educational needs and priorities of State and local educational agencies as determined by such agencies. Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this part. Sets forth the information a State must submit in its application to receive a grant. Sets forth the procedure for the allocation of such grants to local education agencies. Subchapter A: Basic Skills Development - Provides funds to State and local educational agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated program designed to improve elementary and secondary school instruction in the basic skills of reading, mathematics, and written and oral communication. Subchapter B: Educational Improvement and Support Services - Permits State and local educational agencies to use Federal funds to carry out activities relating to educational improvement, resources, support, State leadership, emergency school aid, precollege science teacher training, and the Teacher Corps and teacher centers. Subchapter C: Special Projects - Permits State and local educational agencies to use Federal funds to carry out activities relating to special projects. Subchapter D: Secretary's Discretionary Funds - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out directly or through grants or contracts with State and local educational agencies programs and projects of a specified nature. Subchapter E: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions to ensure a maintenance of effort between State and Federal expenditures for educational programs, and for the participation of children enrolled in private schools. Chapter 3: General Provisions - Sets forth provisions concerning Federal regulations, withholding of payments, judicial review, and the availability of appropriations for programs and activities authorized under this subtitle. Title VI: Human Services Programs - Subtitle A: Authorizations Savings for Fiscal Years 1982, 1983, and 1984 - Chapter 1 - General Provisions - Declares that no funds are authorized to be appropriated in excess of the limitations imposed upon appropriations by the provisions of this subtitle. Chapter 2 - Education of the Handicapped Programs - Authorizes appropriations through 1983 to carry out specified parts of the Education of the Handicapped Act. Chapter 3 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 through fiscal year 1983. Limits appropriations for specified programs under such Act. Chapter 4 - Other Handicapped Programs and Services - Limits the total amount of appropriations to carry out the following programs and services through fiscal year 1984: (1) American Printing House for the Blind; (2) Gallaudet College; (3) Kendall School; (4) Model Secondary School for the Deaf; (5) National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act. Chapter 5 - Older American Programs - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Older Americans Act of 1965 through fiscal year 1982. Chapter 6 - Domestic Volunteer Service Program - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations to carry out specified programs under such Act through fiscal year 1983. Chapter 7 - Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs - Authorizes appropriations to make grants to States under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act through fiscal year 1983. Chapter 8 - Community Services Programs - Subchapter A - Community Economic Development - Community Economic Development Act of 1981 - Provides for the development of special programs by which the residents of urban and rural low-income areas may, with appropriate Federal assistance, improve the quality of the economic and social participation in community life in such a way as to contribute to the elimination of poverty and the establishment of permanent economic and social benefits. Authorizes the President to establish a National Advisory Community Investment Board to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services, community development corporations, and private investors and businesses of opportunities for investment in community development projects. Part 1 - Urban and Rural Special Impact Programs - Establishes special programs of assistance to nonprofit private locally initiated community development corporations which are directed to the solution of the critical problems existing in particular communities or neighborhoods within urban and rural areas having concentrations or substantial numbers of low-income persons. Sets forth the requirements for such financial assistance. Part 2 - Special Rural Programs - Provides financial assistance to any low-income rural family where such financial assistance has a reasonable possibility of effecting a permanent increase in the income of such families or will contribute to the improvement of their living or housing conditions. Part 3 - Development Loans to Community Economic Development Programs - Provides for the establishment of a Model Community Economic Development Finance Corporation to provide a user-controlled independent and professionally operated long-term financing vehicle with the purpose of providing financial support for community economic development corporations, cooperatives, other affiliated and supportive agencies and organizations associated with community economic development corporations, and other entities eligible for assistance. Part 4 - Supportive Programs and Activities - Provides financial assistance for training and technical assistance as required to effectively implement the purposes of this Subchapter. Subchapter B - Head Start Program - Head Start Act - Extends the authority for the appropriation of funds for the Head Start program. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for such program. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to a designated Head Start agency for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Head Start program focused primarily upon children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance. Sets forth limitations on such assistance. Sets forth the powers and functions of Head Start agencies and administrative requirements and standards. Subchapter C- Follow Through Programs - Follow Through Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to local education agencies for the purpose of carrying out Follow Through programs focused primarily on children from low-income families in kindergarten and primary grades. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to carry out such programs. Subtitle B: Community Services Block Grant Program - Community Services Block Grant Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to ameliorate the causes of poverty in communities within such States. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such grants for fiscal year 1982 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Establishes, in the Department of Health and Human Services, an Office of Community Services to carry out the functions of this Act. Title VII: Employment Programs - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to authorize appropriations to carry out specified provisions of such Act in fiscal year 1982. Permits the transfer of 20 percent of funds between the youth program and the summer youth program. Title VIII: School Lunch and Child Nutrition Program - Amends the National School Lunch Act to make changes in general assistance reimbursement rates for school lunches and breakfasts. Reduces the cash value of commodity assistance for school lunches and provides for the adjustment of such value each July 1 to reflect changes in the Price Index for Food Used in Schools and Institutions. Provides for a revision of income eligibility guidelines for determining eligibility for free and reduced-price lunches. Terminates the Federal assistance for food service equipment. Reduces the authorization of appropriations for nutrition education and training program grants for fiscal year 1981 and each subsequent fiscal year. Excludes from the definition of "school" for the purposes of such Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 those private schools whose average yearly tuition exceeds a specified amount. Limits sponsorship of summer food service programs to public or private nonprofit school food authorities, local, municipal or county government, and residential nonprofit summer camps. Makes revisions in the child care food programs for children in outside school hour day care programs. Limits the authorization of appropriations for the special supplemental food program (WIC) through fiscal year 1984. Expands the commodity only assistance program and provides for cash assistance to schools that do not participate in the school lunch program but receive commodities made available for use in a nonprofit school lunch program. Title IX: Health Services and Facilities - Subtitle A: Block Grants - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title, Title XIX - Block Grants. Establishes a preventive health and health services block grant. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to carry out such grants. Sets forth the activities for which such funds may be used, the allotment formula and the application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of an Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant, and a Primary Care Block Grant through fiscal year 1984. Sets forth the allotment formula and application requirements for such grants. Subtitle B: Developmental Disabilities - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to provide for an extension of specified programs under such Act through fiscal year 1984. Subtitle C: Health Services Research, Statistics, Technology, Medical Libraries, and National Research Services Awards - Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit the authorization of appropriations for health services research, statistics, and technology by the National Health Service Corps through fiscal year 1984. Revises the procedures for granting National Research Service Awards. Subtitle D: Categorical Programs - Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit the authorization of appropriations for grants to States to assist in meeting the costs of the following programs through fiscal year 1984: (1) preventive health service programs; (2) prevention and control of venereal diseases; (3) the program for migrant health centers; and (4) family planning programs. Subtitle E: Health Planning - Amends the Public Health Service Act to limit to fiscal year 1982 the authorization of appropriations to State health systems agencies for health planning. Subtitle F: Health Maintenance Organizations - Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for health maintenance organization (HMO) planning and initial development. Limits eligibility to HMO's receiving specified funds during fiscal year 1981. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for: (1) technical assistance and training (including the National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program); and (2) the loan fund. Extends loan guarantees for planning and initial development through fiscal year 1984. Permits pay rates to be alternatively fixed for individuals or families by groups under the "community rating system" definition. Sets forth the actuarial factors to be considered. Makes private HMOs, that are not nonprofit, eligible for initial operation cost loans and loan guarantees. Increases the aggregate and 12-month amount of such loans and guarantees and extends their availability through fiscal year 1986. Repeals the provision prohibiting cumulative loan guarantees to a private HMO to exceed fund obligations in any fiscal year. Revises current loan authority for ambulatory care facility construction and acquisition. Requires an HMO to have: (1) revenues which exceed its cost; and (2) independent loan sources if necessary. Permits interest rates to be adjusted for HMO loans. Modifies certain financial disclosure requirements. Repeals the provision requiring certain evaluation reports from the Comptroller General. Eliminates State certificate of need requirements for all HMOs providing institutional health services (currently required of HMOs with less than 50,000 members). Subtitle G: Adolescent Family Life - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a Title XX - Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to support services and research relating to adolescent pregnancy and parenthood. Includes within such services: (1) pregnancy testing and maternity counseling; (2) adoption counseling; (3) health services including prenatal and pediatric care; (4) education and family planning; and (5) other related health, referral, and education services. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Directs that between one and three percent of such appropriations be used for program evaluation. Prohibits funds under this Act from being used for abortion related purposes. Repeals specified titles of the Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978 relating to adolescent pregnancy programs. Subtitle H - Alcohol and Drug Programs - Chapter 1 - Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation - Amends the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States, through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, for the demonstration of new and more effective alcohol abuse and alcoholism prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. Subtitle I: Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981 - Consumer - Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with specified Federal and State agencies and professional groups, to establish Federal minimum standards for: (1) accreditation of educational programs to train individuals to perform radiologic procedures; and (2) certification of persons who administer radiologic procedures. Requires the Secretary to provide a model State law for radiologic procedure safety and to promulgate Federal radiation guidelines with respect to radiologic procedures. Subtitle J - Orderly Closure, Transfer, and Financial Self-Sufficiency of Public Health Service Hospitals and Clinics - Provides for the closure, by October 31, 1981, of Public Health Service hospitals and clinics which cannot be transferred to State, local, or private operation or become financially self-sufficient and for the transfer or achievement of financial self-sufficiency by September 30, 1982, of those hospitals and clinics which can be so transferred or which can achieve such financial self-sufficiency. Provides transitional assistance for merchant seamen whose entitlement to receive free care through Public Health Service hospitals and clinics is repealed and who are hospitalized at the end of fiscal year 1981 and require continuing hospitalization. Subtitle K - Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services - Limits the authorization of appropriations for the immediate office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services through fiscal year 1984. Title X - Energy and Energy-Related Programs - Subtitle A: Department of Energy Authorization - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy through fiscal year 1984 for: (1) civilian research and development; (2) conservation, information, and regulation; and (3) other related activities. Subtitle B: Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 Provisions - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal the provision of such Act which prohibits electric utilities from burning natural gas after 1990. Allows voluntary certification by a powerplant of its capacity to use coal or another alternate fuel as a primary energy source. Permits the Secretary of Energy to prohibit the use of petroleum or natural gas by a powerplant if coal or alternate fuel capability exists. Subtitle C: Strategic Petroleum Reserve - Strategic Petroleum Reserve Amendments Act of 1981 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to increase the average annual fill rate for crude oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 100,000 to 300,000 barrels per day, until at least 750,000,000 barrels are in storage. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a special account in the Treasury, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Account, into which shall be deposited: (1) such funds as the Secretary finds are necessary to implement authorities under this Act or the Energy Security Act; and (2) receipts from the sale of petroleum during any drawdown and distribution of the Reserve. Subtitle D: Voluntary Building Energy Conservation Standards - Amends the Energy Conservation Standards for New Buildings Act of 1976 to make energy performance standards for buildings voluntary. Subtitle E: Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System - Limits the authorization of appropriations for the Office of Federal Inspection for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System through fiscal year 1984. Subtitle F: Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels - Amends the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980 to reduce the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to carry out such Act. Subtitle G: Solar Bank - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for the purchase and installation of residential and commercial energy conserving improvements and solar energy systems. Title XI: Transportation and Related Programs - Subtitle A - Aviation - Fiscal Year 1981 Airport Development Authorization Act - Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for airport development, planning and noise abatement programs in fiscal year 1981. Subtitle B: Highways and Highway Safety - Limits the total obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Authorizes appropriations to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for carrying out highway safety programs in fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Subtitle C: Public Mass Transportation - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to reduce the authorization of appropriations for public mass transportation projects for fiscal year 1982. Subtitle D: Railroad Retirement and Related Matters - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to direct that an individual who has completed 25 years of service shall be deemed to have "current connection" with the railroad industry for retirement purposes under such Act. Provides spouses' and widows' benefits to a divorced spouse of an annuitant under specified conditions. Revises the computation of employee, spouse, and survivor annuities with respect to railroad employees who as of December 31, 1974, had at least ten years service and were fully insured under the Social Security Act. Provides for the application of the social security rules in calculating post-retirement annuity increases or decreases for an early retiree whose benefit was reduced by reason of an early entitlement. Subtitle E: Conrail - Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 - Part I: General Provisions - Sets forth the findings of Congress with regard to freight and commuter rail service in the Midwest and Northeast United States. Part 2: Transfer of Rail Service Responsibilities - Subpart A: Transfer of Conrail Commuter Services - Relieves Conrail of all obligations to operate commuter service as of January 1, 1983. Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to establish the Amtrak Commuter Services Corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary of Conrail. Declares that Amtrak Commuter shall not be an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government but a contract operator of commuter service. States the applicability of specified laws to Amtrak Commuter. Exempts Amtrak Commuter from payment of certain taxes. Sets forth corporate and financial structure of Amtrak Commuter. Authorizes Amtrak Commuter to issue common stock to Amtrak. Authorizes Amtrak Commuter to: (1) own, operate, or contract for the operation of commuter service; (2) conduct research and development; and (3) acquire by purchase, gift, or by contracting for the use of physical facilities and equipment necessary to commuter service operations. Authorizes Amtrak Commuter to operate commuter service under agreements with commuter authorities. Directs Amtrak Commuter to operate commuter service which Conrail was obligated to provide on the effective date of this Act. Requires that any agreement for such service shall be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Rail Services Planning Office. Allows Amtrak Commuter to discontinue commuter service to such authorities under certain conditions. Describes the methods by which Conrail or Amtrak Commuter is to be compensated for right-of-way related costs for service over the Northeast corridor and other Conrail properties. Requires the Board of Directors of Amtrak Commuter to develop and recommend to Conrail: (1) policies that insure equitable access to the Northeast corridor; and (2) equitable policies for the Northeast corridor in regard to dispatching, maintenance, and capital facility investment. Authorizes the Board to recommend to the President and to Conrail such actions as are necessary to resolve differences among railroads and State and local commuter authorities. Prescribes terms for the transfer of commuter service and properties to Amtrak Commuter. Prohibits funds appropriated under such Act for the payment of operating and capital expenses of intercity rail passenger service from being used for commuter service by Amtrak Commuter. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to be allocated to certain commuter authorities. Subpart B: Additional Financing of Conrail - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to set forth criteria for purchases of Conrail stock by the United States Railway Association. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for such purchases of stock and accounts receivable. Reorganizes the structure of Conrail, including the Board of Directors. Directs the Secretary to approve or disapprove, within 90 days, a Conrail application for permission to substitute manual block signal systems for automatic systems on certain lines. Subpart C - Transfer of Freight Service Responsibilities - Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the sale of Conrail properties. Requires that such plan shall: (1) ensure continued service; (2) promote competitive bidding; and (3) maximize the return to the United States on its investment. Provides for veto of such proposed sale by disapproval by either House of Congress within 90 days. Describes the obligations of an assignee to whom such conveyance is made. Part 3: Protection for Conrail Employees - Directs the Secretary of Labor and the representatives of the various classes of Conrail employees to enter into agreements providing protection for such employees. Declares that any eligible Conrail employee who is transferred to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation or Amtrak Commuter shall remain eligible for such benefits. Sets forth procedures for employee terminations and the payment of termination allowances. Describes preferential hiring procedures to be followed by rail carriers. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board to maintain a register of persons separated from railroad employment in the railroad industry. Directs Conrail to provide the Board names of former employees who elect to appear on such register. Terminates such register and employee placement assistance three years after the effective date of this Act. Provides for the election and treatment of benefits by protected employees. Grants Conrail the right to assign, reassign, and consolidate work, formerly performed on the rail properties acquired from a railroad in reorganization, to any location or position on its system if it does not remove such work from a collective bargaining agreement. Limits such authority to the period during which benefits are provided under this Act. Permits Conrail to subcontract for work that cannot be performed by its employees, with specified exceptions. Requires that a new collective-bargaining agreement be negotiated between Conrail and representatives of the employees of a railroad in reorganization. Directs Conrail, Amtrak, or an acquiring carrier to process and pay employee and personal injury claims. Provides for direct reimbursement by the Association for such claims. Limits Federal and Conrail liability under such collective bargaining agreements. Prohibits a State from enforcing any law, rule, or standard that requires a specified number of employees to perform a particular task or to pay protective benefits to employees. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for such termination allowances and claims. Repeals Title V (Employee Protection) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and specified sections of the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act and the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act. Part 4: Terms of Labor Assumption - Subpart A: Passenger Employees - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to describe criteria by which Conrail employees shall be transferred to Amtrak Commuter. Provides for the appointment of a neutral referee if an agreement in regard to such transfer cannot be reached within 30 days. Makes such referee's decision final and binding. Protects employees of Conrail who are not offered employment with Amtrak Commuter to same extent as if such employees had remained in the employ of Conrail. Requires that Amtrak Commuter and the employees transferred to it under this Act enter into new collective bargaining agreements with regard to rates of pay, rules, and working conditions. Directs Amtrak Commuter and the representatives of such transferred employees to establish a fact-finding panel for purposes of recommending changes in operating practices and procedures. Subpart B: Freight Employees - Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to set forth procedures by which Conrail employees shall be transferred to other rail carriers. Part 5: United States Railway Association - Revises: (1) the membership of the United States Railway Association's Board of Directors; and (2) the functions of the Association. Directs the Association to report to Congress concerning: (1) the amount of additional funds made available to Conrail; (2) Conrail's progress in meeting the requirements of this Act; and (3) the funds available for additional purchases of Conrail stock. Directs Conrail to make necessary information available to the Association so that it may carry out its functions under this Act. Designates as an Advisory Board to the Association those members of its Board of Directors who are serving on the day before the effective date of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the administrative expenses of the Association. Part 6: Miscellaneous Provisions - Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the special court over specified civil actions concerning this Act, including injunctive and declaratory relief. Declares that the judgments of the special court shall be reviewable only by the Supreme Court. Exempts transfers or conveyances of any interest in rail property under this Act from taxes or other levies imposed by the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof. Prohibits the distribution of any Conrail assets in regard to claims of the United States until all other claims against Conrail have been satisfied. Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to direct the Secretary, within 120 days of the effective date of this Act, to petition the special court for an order to transfer all Conrail properties in Connecticut and Rhode Island to another railroad in the region. Makes any employee deprived of employment as a result of such transfer eligible for specified benefits. Authorizes Conrail to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission a notice of insufficient revenues or an application for a certificate of abandonment for any Conrail line. Directs the Commission to approve such applications unless other financial assistance is offered to the rail line in question. Amends the Railway Labor Act to establish procedures for handling disputes between a publicly funded and operated carrier providing rail commuter service and its employees. Directs the Commission, within 120 days of the date of enactment of this Act, to determine costing methodology for compensation to Amtrak for the right-of-way related costs for the operation of commuter rail passenger service and rail freight service over the Northeast corridor and other properties owned by Amtrak. Prohibits judicial review of such determination by the Commission. Declares that any cost reductions resulting from the provisions of this Act shall not be used to limit: (1) the maximum level of any rate charged by Conrail; (2) the amount of any increase in such rates; and (3) a surcharge or cancellation that is otherwise lawful. Subtitle F: Amtrak - Amtrak Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to add new goals for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Revises the membership of the board of directors of Amtrak. Requires the Corporation to issue preferred stock to the Secretary of Transportation in consideration for further Federal financial assistance. Prohibits Amtrak from being charged for the cost of any customs inspection or immigration procedure in connection with the provision of Amtrak services. Directs Amtrak to eliminate the deficit in its onboard food and beverage operations by September 30, 1982. Exempts Amtrak from State and local taxes to the same extent as the United States is so exempt. Revises the number and type of reports to be transmitted by Amtrak and the Interstate Commerce Commission to Congress and the President. Increases the percentage of costs to be paid by a State or group of States for rail service beyond the basic system. Sets forth criteria by which fare increases shall be proposed and become effective. Directs Amtrak to submit amendments to the Route and Service Criteria to Congress. Requires Amtrak to review annually each route in the basic system (formerly long distance routes only) to determine whether specified criteria are being met. Discontinues those lines that fail to meet such criteria. Directs Amtrak to evaluate the financial requirements for operating the basic rail service system with route additions. Requires that notice of any discontinuance of service shall afford an opportunity for a State, group of States, Agency, or other person to agree to share the cost of such service or a portion thereof. Directs Amtrak to continue high frequency intercity rail passenger service under agreements with States or transportation agencies if such service meets certain criteria. Extends the availability of free or reduced rail transportation for specified employees. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the purposes of such Act. Limits, to a specified sum, Amtrak's expenditures for food and beverage operations. Increases the amount of funds available for purchase and rehabilitation loans. Directs Amtrak, by June 1, 1982, to report to Congress its recommendations concerning the development of rail corridors. Subtitle G: Miscellaneous - Chapter 1: Local Rail Assistance - Amends the Department of Transportation Act to reduce the authorization of appropriations for local rail assistance through fiscal year 1984. Reduces the Federal share of costs of rail service assistance programs to 70 percent (presently 80 percent). Revises the procedure for consideration of applications for rail freight assistance. Chapter 2 - Northeast Corridor - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to complete the Northeast Corridor improvement project in accordance with the goals of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to the extent of funds authorized under such Act. Limits the authorization of appropriations for such purposes through fiscal year 1983. Chapter 3: Department of Transportation - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Transportation through fiscal year 1984 for: (1) official reception and representation expenses; (2) research and development activities; (3) the collection of national transportation statistics; and (4) the Minority Business Resource Center. Chapter 4- Railroad Safety - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act to reduce the authorization of appropriations for railroad safety. Chapter 5 - Interstate Commerce Commission - Limits the authorization of appropriations for the necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission through fiscal year 1984. Chapter 6 - Transportation Research - Limits the authorization of appropriations to the Department of Transportation for expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research and Special Programs Administration through fiscal year 1984. Title XII: Consumer Product Safety and Communications - Subtitle A - Consumer Product Safety - Consumer Product Safety Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Act to revise the procedures governing the promulgation of consumer product safety standards. Eliminates the Commission's authority to develop a standard without making invitation to interested persons. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to terminate a rulemaking proceeding upon a determination that a voluntary standard submitted as the result of an invitation is likely to eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury. Authorizes the Commission to develop proposed consumer product safety rule only if the voluntary standard would not reduce risk of injury or result in compliance. Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substance Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act to require the Commission to prepare regulatory impact analysis containing specified information, including cost benefit analysis, before publishing or promulgating a consumer product safety rule. Requires the Commission to find that compliance with a voluntary standard is unlikely to result in elimination of risk or that substantial compliance with such a standard is unlikely, before promulgating a regulation with respect to which persons have formulated a voluntary standard. Eliminates the Product Safety Advisory Council, the National Advisory Committee for the Flammable Fabric Act, and the technical advisory committee authorized under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. Establishes a Congressional veto of consumer product safety rules or regulations promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act. Deems as confidential and prohibits the disclosure of information obtained by the Commission which is not in the public domain or which the Commission in good faith has obligated itself not to disclose. Prescribes procedures for the release of information deemed non-confidential or disclosable under fair circumstances. Repeals the provision authorizing interested persons to petition the Commission for issuance, amendment, or revocation of a consumer product safety rule. Directs the Commission to appoint Chronic Hazards Advisory Panels to advise the Commission respecting the chronic hazards of cancer, birth defects, and gene mutation presented by consumer products. Requires the Commission to provide reasonable assistance to groups seeking to develop voluntary standards. Directs the Commission to: (1) amend its consumer product safety standard for walk-behind lawn mowers to provide that manually started rotary mowers which have specified characteristics shall be considered in compliance; and (2) report on the effect of such amendment within 24 months after the standard becomes effective. Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to exclude as "consumer products" for the purposes of such Act amusement park rides which are permanently fixed to a site. Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to review the current provision requiring that a hazardous substance sold by a manufacturer distributor, or dealer be repurchased. Authorizes the Commission to order a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to give public or private notice of the hazardous substance, or to repair it, replace it, or refund the price of such substance. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Consumer Product Safety Commission in reduced amounts for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Subtitle B: Communication - Chapter 1: Public Broadcasting - Public Broadcasting Amendments Act of 1981 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations for the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Permits facilities for which construction grants are being sought to be used for purposes other than the provision of public telecommunications service, if such purposes do not interfere with the provision of such service. Reduces the membership of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 15 to 11. Makes the President of the corporation the Chairman of the Board. Reduces the term of office of each member from six to five years. Requires Board members to attend at least half the Board meetings per year or else forfeit their membership. Requires the President to fill a forfeited seat within a specified time. Requires the Board members to elect annually a Vice Chairman (rather than a Chairman). Increases the rate of daily compensation, but places a ceiling on the amount of compensation any member may receive in any one fiscal year. Prohibits any Corporation officer except the Vice Chairman from receiving any compensation from any source other than the Corporation for services rendered during such officer's employment by the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to submit to Congress in May, rather than February, an annual report detailing the Corporation's activities. Authorizes appropriations to the Public Broadcasting Fund for fiscal years 1984 through 1986. Requires disbursements from such Fund for fiscal years 1984 through 1986. Requires disbursements from such Fund to be made on an annual rather than a quarterly basis. Directs the Corporation to establish an annual budget for use in allocating amounts from the Fund. Limits the amount available for: (1) the Corporation's administrative expenses to five percent of such allocation; (2) other Corporation expenses to not less than five percent of such allocation; (3) distribution among public television station licensees, for contracts for independent production of public television programming and for acquisition of such programs, to 75 percent of the remainder; and (4) distribution among public radio station licensees, for contracts for production of public radio programs and for acquisition of such programs, to 25 percent of the remainder. Requires the Corporation to defray 50 percent of the costs of interconnection facilities and operations. Requires a substantial amount of the funds utilized for contracts for production of public television and radio programs and for acquisition of such programs to be reserved for distribution to independent producers. Requires the Corporation, in consultation with public radio stations and with National Public Radio, to determine the allocation of funds for public radio stations and to review annually the criteria for such allocations. Requires each public broadcast station to assure that: (1) its advisory board meets at regular intervals; (2) the members of such board regularly attend board meetings and (3) the members of such board are reasonably representative of the needs and interests of the community. Authorizes public broadcast stations to broadcast announcements using any business or institutional logogram and referring to the location of the organization involved provided such announcements do not interrupt regular programming. Authorizes any such station to offer services, facilities, or products in exchange for remuneration, except that no such station may use its facilities for broadcasting an advertisement. Prohibits the use of funds distributed by the Corporation to defray the costs associated with offering services, facilities, or products for remuneration. Requires each such station which offers services, facilities, or products for remuneration to develop an accounting system to identify remuneration for or costs related to such activities and to account for such amounts separately from other receipts. Directs that a study be conducted on alternative financing for public telecommunications entities. Establishes the Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications. Requires the Commission to establish a demonstration program to determine the feasibility of permitting public television and radio licensees to broadcast advertising announcements. Sets forth the manner of, and criteria for, such demonstration project. Chapter 2 - Television and Radio Broadcasting - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the license terms for radio from the present three year period to seven years, and for television from three to five years. Provides for the granting of certain radio or television broadcast licenses and permits based on a system of random selection. Sets forth special requirements relating to broadcasting station license applications if there are pending before the Commission two or more applications for a license. Chapter 3 - Regulatory Agencies - Subchapter A - Federal Communications Commission - Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Communications Commission for increases resulting from adjustments in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Specifies that the Commission shall have a Managing Director who shall perform such administrative and executive functions as the Chairman shall delegate. Requires the Commission to submit an annual report to the Congress containing specified material. Requires the Commission to complete the rulemaking proceeding relating to the revision of the uniform system of accounts used by telephone companies as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act. Subchapter B - National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Authorizes appropriations to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for administration for fiscal year 1982. Subtitle C: Department of Commerce - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for expenses necessary for general administration through fiscal year 1984. Title XIII: International Affairs - Subtitle A - Public Law 480 - Limits the authorization of appropriations for programs under title I and title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 through fiscal year 1984. Subtitle B: International Development Banks - Part 1 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to increase the authorized capital stock of such Bank and to subscribe on behalf of the United States to a specified number of shares. Part 2 - International Development Association - Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize the United States Governor to agree on behalf of the United States to pay the International Development Association a specified sum as the United States contribution to the sixth replenishment of the resources of the Association. Part 3: African Development Bank - African Development Bank Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the African Development Bank. Directs the President to appoint a Governor and an Alternate Governor of such Bank. Provides for subscription of stock. Exempts securities issued by such Bank from the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Part 4 - Inter-American Development Bank and Asian Development Bank - Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act and the Asian Development Bank Act to the make reduced contributions to such Banks. Makes any commitment to make such contributions subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations. Specifies that any future subscription of additional shares in the Asian Development Bank shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Part 5: Targeting Assistance to the Needy; Congressional Consultations - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to consult with representatives of other member countries of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the African Development Bank for the purpose of establishing guidelines within each of those institutions which specify that a specified proportion of the annual lending by each institution shall be designed to benefit needy people. Requires the Secretary to consult with members of specified congressional committees about international negotiations over future replenishments or capital expansions of any multilateral development bank which may involve increased outlays by the United States. Subtitle C: Foreign Assistance and Foreign Affairs Agencies - Sets forth limitations on the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the following: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; (5) Inter-American Foundation; (6) Peace Corps; (7) international organizations and conferences - assessed contributions; (8) Board for International Broadcasting; (9) International Communication Agency; and (10) Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Title XIV: Department of Interior and Related Programs - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Interior for interior programs through fiscal year 1984. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for the following: (1) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (2) Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System; (3) Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; (4) United States Holocaust Memorial Council; (5) Corps of Engineers; and (6) Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970. Title XV - Department of Justice and Related Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office for fiscal year 1982. Limits the authorization of appropriations for refugee assistance for fiscal year 1982. Sets forth limitations on the authorization of appropriations to carry out specified programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 through fiscal year 1984. Title XVI: Maritime and Related Programs - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) payment of obligations incurred for the operating differential subsidy; (2) research and development; and (3) operations and training including reserve fleet expenses and maritime education and training expenses. Title XVII: Civil Service and Postal Service Programs; Governmental Affairs Generally - Subtitle A: Civil Service Programs - Sets a 4.8 percent pay cap on Federal employees salaries to become effective with the first applicable pay period commencing on or after October 1, 1981. Provides for the annualization of cost-of-living annuity adjustments for Federal employees. Sets forth the procedure for making awards to Federal employees for the disclosure of waste, fraud, and mismanagement in the Federal government. Sets forth the procedure for making a reduction in force in the Senior Executive Service. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to withhold State income tax from the monthly annuity payment of any annuitant who requests such withholding. Subtitle B: Savings Under the Postal Service Program - Reduces the public service payment to the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the costs of providing unprofitable services for fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Requires the continuation of six-day mail delivery through fiscal year 1984. Reduces the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for the revenue foregone payment subsidies for USPS. Defers, until fiscal year 1985, the Federal payment to the Postal Service Fund for unfunded liabilities of the old Post Office Department. Prohibits funds for the Postal Service or any executive agency to implement a nine-digit zip code. Subtitle C: Governmental Affairs Generally - Provides for a reduction in Federal expenditures for consultants and for travel by Federal employees. Sets forth State reporting requirements to help assure that: (1) block grant funds are allocated for programs of special importance to meet the needs of local governments; and (2) all eligible urban and rural local governments are treated fairly in the distribution of such funds. Title XVIII: Water Resource Development and Economic Development Programs - Limits the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, for construction of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related authorized projects (other than the project for the Mississippi River and tributaries). Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reduce the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982, and to condition such authorization upon enactment of legislation reforming the municipal sewage treatment construction grant program. Eliminates the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to the Tennessee Valley Authority to carry out the North Alabama Coal Gasification Project at Murphy Hill, Alabama. Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reduce funding for certain programs under the Economic Development Administration. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to reduce the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Appalachian Regional Commission. Title XIX: Small Business - Small Business Budget Reconciliation and Loan Consolidation/Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Small Business Act to set forth methods, procedures, and criteria for the Small Business Administration in making loans to eligible small businesses. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions of this title. Revises the interest rate on disaster loans for homeowners and business that cannot obtain credit elsewhere. Title XX: Veterans' Program - Limits, effective October 1, 1981, veterans' burial and funeral expenses benefit to deceased veterans who were entitled to receive Veterans' Administration compensation or pensions. Revises the outpatient dental benefits for veterans whose dental conditions existed during military duty. Sets forth time limits during which a veteran must apply for such dental benefits. Terminates the Veterans' Administration authority to provide educational assistance to veterans for flight training and the educational loan program, with specified exceptions. Reduces the portion of the cost of correspondence training paid by the Veterans' Administration. Terminates the veterans' education loan program as of October 1, 1982, with specified exceptions. Title XXI: Medicare, Medicaid, and Maternal and Child Health - Medicare and Medicaid Amendments of 1981 - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Medicare and Medicaid - Amends the Social Security Act to permit payments to hospitals to promote the closing and conversion of underutilized hospital facilities. Sets forth civil monetary penalties for fraudulent medicare and medicaid claims. Places a limit on medicare and medicaid payments for certain drugs. Amends the Social Security Act to eliminate the occupancy test for hospital long-term care in nonpublic hospitals. Amends part B (Professional Standards Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services by September 30, 1981, to identify and specify requirements which will be used in assessing a PSRO's performance. States that such requirements shall include requirements relating to the effectiveness of a PSRO in: (1) monitoring the quality of patient care; (2) reducing unnecessary utilization; and (3) managing its activities efficiently. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate the less effective PSRO's during fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress relative to PSRO performance assessments. Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Medicare - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate coverage of alcohol detoxification facilities, under part A (Hospital Insurance). Provides that Part A coinsurance will be based on the current year's deductible, rather than the deductible effective when the illness began. Revises the part A, inpatient hospital deductible by adding five dollars to the base figure of $40 used in the formula to determine such deductible. Sets forth limitations concerning the routine nursing differential and reasonable cost and reasonable charge for outpatient services. Prohibits the Secretary, in determining the amount of reimbursements for home health services, from recognizing as reasonable any costs for such services which exceed the 75th percentile of such costs per visit for home health agencies; or, in the judgment of the Secretary, such lower percentile as the Secretary may determine. Prohibits the Secretary, in determining reimbursements with respect to routine operating costs for inpatient hospital services, from recognizing as reasonable any costs which exceed 108 percent of the mean of such routine operating costs per diem; or, in the judgment of the Secretary, such lower percentage as the Secretary may determine. Directs the Secretary to provide for a method of determining prospectively the amounts of payments to be made for dialysis services furnished by providers and renal dialysis facilities to individuals in a facility and at home. Makes Medicare payments secondary in cases of end stage renal disease services covered under certain group health policies. Eliminates the unlimited open enrollment for medicare benefits and sets forth a general enrollment period during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31 of each year. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish utilization guidelines for provision of home health services. Repeals the requirement which required a time limitation on agreements with skilled nursing facilities. Sets forth deadlines for implementing AFDC home health and demonstration projects. Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Medicaid - Amends the Social Security Act to make a reduction in medicaid payments to States through fiscal year 1984. Eliminates the time period limitation on the payment of interest on disputed medicaid claims. Eliminates Federal matching grants on laboratory tests not specifically ordered by the attending physician or other responsible practitioner. Requires the Comptroller General to study the Federal medical assistance percentage formula and the adjustments of target amounts for Federal medicaid expenditures. Permits the waiver of medicaid requirements as may be necessary for a State to allow a locality to act as a central broker in assisting individuals in selecting among competing health care plans and to share with recipients of medical assistance under the State plan cost savings resulting from use of more cost-effective medical care. Removes the Medicare reasonable charge limitation. Provides options for the provision of home and community-based care. Sets forth provisions which encourage health maintenance organizations' participation in State Medicaid plans. Eliminates the requirement of Federal matching for unnecessary tests. Permits physician assistants and nurse practitioners to perform recertifications of certain Medicaid eligibles. Places certain limitations on the requirement for collection of third-party payments. Subtitle D - Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant - Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Act - Amends the Social Security Act to establish a program for maternal and child health services block grants to States by consolidating specified programs of Federal assistance to States. Provides for increases in appropriations for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grants through fiscal year 1984. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the allotment of such funds; (2) payments to States; (3) use of grant money; (4) reports and audits; (5) criminal penality for false statements; and (6) transition. Title XXII: Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Amends the Social Security Act to eliminate prospectively the minimum benefit amount used in computing the primary insurance amount. Limits the payment of lump-sum death benefits to a widow or widower entitled to widow's, widower's or mother's benefits on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of a deceased individual, or in equal shares to each person entitled to child's insurance benefits (currently such benefits may be paid to cover burial expenses of the insured individual). Provides that in the case of workers retiring at age 62 entitlement benefits begin with the first month throughout all of which the individual is entitled. Retains the earnings limitations test for persons under age 72 until 1983 (presently scheduled to be lowered to age 70 in 1982). Terminates a nondisabled's entitlement to child's insurance benefits when such child reaches age 16 (currently such entitlement ceases when a child reaches age 18). Provides that at each stage in the benefit computation the amount derived is rounded down to the next lower (presently rounded up to the next higher) 10 cents. Provides for the phased elimination of a child's insurance benefits to an individual on the basis of full-time post-secondary school student status. Delays part of the payment of the cost-of-living increase to October 1982 presently scheduled to be paid in July 1982. Authorizes reimbursement from the OASDI Trust Funds to a State for vocational rehabilitation service only where the services have resulted in a beneficiary's performance of substantial gainful activity for a continuous nine month period. Title XXIII: Public Assistance Programs - Subtitle A - Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Child Support Enforcement - Chapter 1 - Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise the method of determining earned income. Revises the community work experience program. Authorizes a State AFDC plan to require participation in such a program as a condition of AFDC eligibility. Requires such a program, among other things, to: (1) provide appropriate standards for health, safety, and other conditions; (2) not displace currently employed individuals; (3) provide reasonable work conditions; (4) not require unreasonable travel of participants; (5) be limited to a certain number of hours per month; and (6) provide for transportation and other costs reasonably necessary and directly related to participation in the program. Permits a State to institute a work supplementation program under which a State, to the extent it determines appropriate, may make jobs available on a voluntary basis, as an alternative to aid otherwise provided under such State plan. Sets forth the procedure for allowing a State to elect, as an alternative to the work incentive program, to operate a work incentive demonstration program for the purpose of demonstrating single agency administration of the work-related objectives of such Act. Prohibits AFDC payments in situations where the caretaker relative is participating in a strike. Limits the term "dependent child" with respect to age to children under age 18 or full-time secondary school students under age 19. Permits AFDC payments to a pregnant woman, during the expected last month of her pregnancy or within the following three-month period, if the child would be eligible for AFDC. Eliminates references to "mother" or "father" and refers instead to the "principal wage earner" or "parent or other caretaker of a child" for purposes of determining AFDC eligibility by reason of parental unemployment and the applicability of the WORK registration requirement. Provides that AFDC eligibility for a month shall be determined on the basis of the family's resources for that month, and that the benefit amount shall be determined on the basis of the income and resources of the preceding month. Requires AFDC families to report their income on a monthly basis. Prohibits AFDC payments below ten dollars (however, an individual entitled to a payment below ten dollars shall be deemed an AFDC recipient but shall be ineligible to participate in a community work experience program). Sets forth the procedure for adjustment in the case of any overpayment or underpayment of aid under a State approved plan. Reduces Federal matching of State and local AFDC personnel training costs. Sets forth the method for determining eligibility of aliens for AFDC. Chapter 2: Child Support Enforcement - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the collection of past-due child and spousal support from Federal tax refunds. Provides for a fee to be imposed on any such individual who owes a child or spousal obligation, in accordance with State law, with respect to all such child and spousal support obligations for which collection is made by the State agency on behalf of an individual not otherwise eligible for collection services. Prohibits the discharge in bankruptcy of a child support obligation assigned to a State as a condition of AFDC eligibility. Provides for the enforcement of child support agreements in the case of an individual receiving State unemployment compensation. Subtitle B: Supplemental Security Income - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act to provide that an individual's monthly eligibility for benefits shall be determined on the basis of the individual's income, resources, and other relevant characteristics in such month, and the amount of monthly benefits on the basis of income and other characteristics in the preceding month. Authorizes the Secretary to redetermine eligibility for and the amount of benefits at other times. Permits a State to continue to provide food stamps to SSI recipients if specified conditions are complied with. Repeals the provisions of such Act which provided funding of rehabilitation services for supplemental security income recipients, except with respect to blind and disabled recipients who subsequently perform substantial gainful activity for a continuous period of nine months. Subtitle C: Block Grants for Social Services - Social Services Block Grant Act - Consolidates Federal assistance to States for social services into a single grant. Authorizes States to provide social services including child care, day care, foster care, protective services, emergency room and board, home management and maintenance, meals, health support services, family planning, transportation, rehabilitation, training, information, referral, and counseling services, and other appropriate community and social services. Specifies State allotments through fiscal year 1986. Sets forth grant limitations. Sets forth reporting and auditing requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for: (1) training related to the purposes of this Act; and (2) ongoing activities of national or regional significance related to thepurposes of this Act. Title XXIV: Unemployment Compensation - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to eliminate the "national trigger" under the extended benefits program. Excludes extended benefit claimants from the calculation of the insured unemployment rate for extended benefits trigger purposes. Disqualifies for unemployment compensation ex-servicemembers who leave the military at the end of a term of enlistment and are eligible to re-enlist. Title XXV: Trade Adjustment Assistance - Subtitle A - Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance to require that imports be a "substanital cause of" (formerly, "contributed importantly to") a firm's decline. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide full information to workers about the benefits available under such Act. Revises trade readjustment allowance qualifying requirements, weekly amounts, and limitations on allowances, to require adversely affected workers to accept job training or to actively search for work outside their former employment area if the Secretary determines with respect to the labor market area that: (1) a high level of unemployment exists; (2) suitable employment opportunities are not available; and (3) there are facilities available to provide training in new or related job classifications. Authorizes the Secretary, with certain restrictions, to defray reasonable transportation and subsistence expenses when training facilities are not within commuting distances. Increases individual job search allowances and relocation allowances. Waives the requirement that any overpayment must be repaid if: (1) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of an individual; and (2) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Abolishes the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Sets forth provisions relating to definitions, conforming amendments, and effective dates and transitional provisions. Subtitle B: Adjustment Assistance for Firms - Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance (including grants) to firms. Prohibits a direct loan to a firm if the loan can be obtained from private sources at a rate no higher than the maximum interest per annum that a participating financial institution may establish on guaranteed loans made pursuant to the Small Business Act. Revises conditions for financial assistance to a firm. Provides that direct loans made or guaranteed for the acquisition or development of real property or other capital assets shall ordinarily be secured by a first lien on the assets and shall be fully amortized. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance, up to a specified sum per industry, for the establishment of industry wide programs for new product, process, or export development or other uses consistent with the purposes of the Act. Extends the termination date of adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms from September 30, 1982, to September 30, 1983. Title XXVI: Low Income Home Energy Assistance - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 - Authorizes appropriations through 1984 to provide low-income energy grants to States to assist eligible households to meet the costs of home energy. Sets forth the formula for the payment of such grants to States. Prohibits the use of such grants for the purchase or improvement of land, or the purchase, construction, or permanent improvement (other than low-cost residential weatherization or other energy-related home repairs) of any building or other facility. Repeals, effective October 1, 1981, the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980. Title XXVII: National Health Service Corps; Health Professions Education; Nurse Training - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include as members of the National Health Service Corps individuals who are not employees of the United States. Revises the procedures for designation of a health manpower shortage area. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate State and local agencies before the proposed designation. Requires the Secretary to determine that there is a continued demand, as well as need, for manpower before assigning Health Corps personnel to a health manpower shortage area. Prohibits the Secretary from discriminating against a public entity with respect to waiving the cost sharing requirement for such an entity located in an area in which a significant percentage of individuals are unable to pay for services. Provides grants for the conduct of programs which are designed to prepare individuals subject to a service obligation under the National Health Service Corps scholarship program to effectively provide health services in the manpower shortage area to which they are assigned. Extends the National Advisory Council on the Corps through fiscal year 1984. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for the Corps. Revises provisions concerning obligated service and eligibility under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program. Sets forth limitations on the use of appropriations for health professions education accredited schools of allied health as defined by such Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to define the terms "graduate program in health administration" and "school of allied health" for the purposes of such Act. Requires the uniform reporting system on health professions data to include information concerning chiropractors and clinical psychologist. Revises the procedure for reporting such health professions data. Permits health professions education grants to be paid: (1) in advance or by way of reimbursement; (2) at such intervals and on such conditions as the Secretary of Health and Human Services may find necessary; and (3) with appropriate adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made. Prohibits grants, loan guarantees, or interest subsidy payments from being made to any school, program, or training center if the tuition levels or education fees at such school are higher for certain students solely on the basis that such students are the recipients of loans, loan guarantees, service scholarships or interest subsidies from the Federal government. Eliminates the enrollment increase requirement for grants to expand existing health professions training facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to make teaching facilities construction grants to assist two-year medical schools to become four-year schools. Authorizes funds for fiscal year 1982 for such grants. Requires an applicant to be an accredited two-year medical school. Extends such loan and interest guarantee program through fiscal year 1984. Permits the Secretary to make all authorized interest subsidy payments on any loan made before October 1, 1981. Continues the insured loan program to graduate health professions students through fiscal year 1984. Prohibits the insuring of any loan made or installment paid after September 30, 1987 (presently 1982). Increases from $15,000 to $20,000, and from $60,000 to $80,000, the maximum annual and aggregate limits of federally insured loans to graduate students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. Permits payment deferral on loan interest, as well as on principal. Extends the period of such deferral for internships and residences from three to four years. Eliminates the existing provisions prohibiting more than 50 percent of the students in each class in schools of medicine, osteopathy or dentistry from having such insured loans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982, 1984. Redefines "eligible institution" (for purposes of such loans) to be a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health or chiropractic, or a graduate program in health administration or clinical psychology. Authorizes appropriations for projects grants for family medicine departments for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for: (1) health education centers; and (2) physician assistants and dental auxiliaries. Authorizes appropriations for internal medicine and pediatrics training for fiscal years 1982-1984. Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for such grants. Makes programs for the training of physicians as teachers of internal medicine and pediatrics eligible for such grant support. Authorizes appropriations for family medicine and dentistry grants for fiscal year 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for grants to provide education assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for fiscal years 1982-1984. Eliminates start-up, operational, cooperative interdisciplinary training, conversion, and curriculum grants for new schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, and other health disciplines. Permits schools receiving such grants in fiscal year 1981 to continue to receive assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist two-year medical schools in accelerating the date they will become four-year medical schools. Makes programs and projects for the training of diabetes health professionals and dental school curriculum development eligible for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make financial distress grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984 for specified grants to schools of medicine and of other health disciplines. Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for public health traineeships (currently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with schools of medicine, osteopathy, and public health for training programs in preventive medicine. Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences for a study of the physician supply in the United States and how its distribution is affected by patterns of payments by Federal and other third-part payers for physician services. Authorizes appropriations for nursing school financial distress grants for fiscal years 1982-1984. Eliminates certain program development projects from eligibility for specified special project grants. Provides that an entity which received a grant for such a project in fiscal year 1981 may receive one additional grant or contracts for such project. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Stipulates that at least 20 percent of such funds must be used for persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that a similar set-aside be made to increase the geographic and specialty distribution of nursing personnel. Authorizes appropriations for advanced nurse training for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for nurse practitioner programs for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for traineeships for fiscal years 1982-1984. Grants nurse midwives a priority for such grants. Stipulates that at least 25 percent of such annual appropriations shall be obligated for traineeships for teaching in the various nurse training fields. Extends the student loan program for nursing students through fiscal year 1985. Increases the interest on such loans from three percent to six percent. Terminates the nursing scholarship grant program. Eliminates the mandatory retirement of the Surgeon General upon reaching the age of 64. Requires the Surgeon General to be appointed from individuals who: (1) are members of the Regular Corps; and (2) have specialized training or significant experience in public health programs.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 - Title I: House Committee on Agriculture - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to set forth limitations on spending for the food stamp program through fiscal year 1985. Reduces the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for: (1) dairy and beekeeper indemnity programs; (2) payments to States and possessions for marketing activities; (3) rural water and waste disposal grants; (4) rural community fire protection grants; (5) rural development planning grants and rural development grants; (6) agricultural conservation programs; (7) forestry incentives program; (8) the water bank program; (9) the emergency conservation program; (10) the Soil Conservation Service; (11) the Rural Clean Water Program; (12) expenses under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480 - Food for Peace); (13) forest research by the Forest Service; (14) State and private forestry; (15) the National Forest System; and (16) construction and land acquisition by the Forest Service. Reduces authorizations for salaries and expenses of other programs of specified agencies, offices and functions of the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the procedure for the determination of the milk price support (between 75 percent and 90 percent of parity) at the beginning of each of the 1982 through 1985 marketing years. Provides for semiannual adjustments in such supports for marketing years 1983 through 1985. Amends the United States Grain Standards Act to require the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service to charge and collect reasonable inspection fees to cover the estimated cost of official inspection, except under certain circumstances (such costs are now shared or borne totally by the Federal Government). Prohibits the total administrative and supervisory costs for inspection and weighing, for each of the fiscal years 1982 through 1985, from exceeding 35 percent of the total costs for such activities. Authorizes appropriations as necessary for final years 1981 through 1985 for other specified activities related to grain inspection. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an advisory committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the efficient and economical implementation of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976. Amends the United States Cotton Standards Act, the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act, the Tobacco Inspection Act, and the United States Warehouse Act to require the collection of such fees and charges as will cover, as nearly as practicable, the costs of: (1) licensing cotton classifiers, establishing cotton standards and making classification services available to cotton producers; (2) performing tobacco inspections; and (3) inspecting warehouses and licensing inspectors and warehousemen. Repeals the Naval Stores Act with respect to the marketing of spirits of turpentine and resin. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to set interest rates on Farmers Home Administration loans for water and waste disposal and for community facilities as high as the current market yield for outstanding municipal obligations. Provides for up to a five percent interest rate for such projects in low-income communities. Limits the authorized insurable amount for such loans for fiscal year 1982. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to eliminate the existing waiver of interest on loans made on the 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains placed in the farmer-held reserve. Limits, for fiscal year 1982, the amount of Commodity Credit Corporation funds which can be made available for administrative expenses of such Corporation. Title II: House Committee on Armed Services - Authorizes the President to dispose of specified quantities of certain materials currently held in the National Defense Stockpile. Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to require, before any funds may be obligated or expended for acquisition of any material, transmittal of a complete statement of the proposed acquisition to the appropriate congressional committees, which then must approve or disapprove within 30 days. Provides for annual, instead of semiannual, cost-of-living increases for military retirees contingent upon a similar change in law with respect to the civil service retirement system. Provides military retirees with an open enrollment period for opting to participate in the survivor benefit plan. Title III: House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs - Subtitle A: Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 - Reduces the authorization of appropriations in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for community development grants, Urban Development Action Grants, and loan guarantees through fiscal year 1983. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 and the Neighborhood Self-Help Development Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the rehabilitation loan program and the Neighborhood Self-Help Development program. Terminates the existing authorization for planning grants. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to the authorization of other specified community development programs for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to reduce the amount of budget authority in fiscal year 1982 for assisted housing programs and subsidized housing programs. Increases the maximum percentage of income a tenant in subsidized housing would be required to contribute, and allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development to determine what adjustments to income may be allowed in determining a tenant's contribution. Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from committing more than 48 percent of low-income rental housing funds for existing housing, or more than 52 percent of such funds for newly constructed and substantially rehabilitated units. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to limit the aggregate amount of guarantee commitments the Government National Mortgage Association may make during fiscal year 1982. Requires the Association to sell a specified amount of tandem mortgages during fiscal year 1982. Extends the authorization of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank through fiscal year 1984. Directs the Government National Mortgage Association, in entering into commitments to purchase below-market, tandem plan mortgages (during the period beginning June 15, 1981, and ending October 1, 1982), to limit such commitments to multifamily projects with firm commitments for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the flood insurance program through fiscal year 1982. Prohibits provision of new flood insurance coverage for any new construction or substantial improvements of structures located on designated undeveloped coastal barriers. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the crime and riot insurance program through fiscal year 1985. Amends the National Housing Act of 1949 to extend the rural housing program through fiscal year 1982. Reduces the authorization for rental assistance. Extends the mutual and self-help housing program. Subtitle B: International Development Banks - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to increase the authorized capital stock of such Bank and to subscribe on behalf of the United States to a specified number of shares. African Development Bank Act - Authorizes the President to accept membership for the United States in the African Development Bank. Directs the President to appoint a Governor and an Alternate Governor of such Bank. Provides for subscription of stock. Exempts securities issued by such Bank from the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act and the Asian Development Bank Act to reduce contributions to such Banks. Directs the United States Executive Directors of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank to oppose any new extensions of assistance by those respective institutions to Afghanistan, Vietnam, or Cuba, unless specified conditions are met. Directs the United States Executive Directors of such Banks, along with the African Development Bank and the African Development Fund, to oppose any new extensions of assistance to any member country which imposes economic sanctions against the United States. Requires the establishment of guidelines for the annual lending by such Banks so that priority is given to sound, efficient, productive, self-sustaining projects designed to benefit needy people in developing countries. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to reduce the principal amount of direct loans made by the Export-Import Bank in fiscal year 1982. Subtitle C: Banking and Related Programs Authorization Adjustment Act - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to the Department of the Treasury for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit a report to Congress regarding the status of negotiations within the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development on improving the International Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits and on the status of any other multilateral or bilateral negotiations or discussions. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for the expenses and salaries of the Bureau of Government Financial Operations. Extends the authorizations for administrative expenses under the New York City Loan Guarantee Act of 1978 and the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 through fiscal year 1984. Amends the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act to extend, with reduced authorizations, the National Consumer Cooperative Bank through fiscal year 1984. Title IV: House Committee on the District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to limit, through fiscal year 1984, the authorized levels of capital project loans to the District of Columbia. Title V: House Committee on Education and Labor - Omnibus Education and Labor Reconciliation Act of 1981 - Reduces the amount of federal impact aid to school districts with high concentrations of federal employees (including military) for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Prescribes formulae for the allocation of such aid. Terminates or limits the authorization for other specified aid to education programs for such fiscal years. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to eliminate funding for the public service employment program for such fiscal years. Authorizes other specified programs for fiscal year 1982. Prescribes fund allocation formulae. Terminates or reduces the authorizations for other specified Acts under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee. Economic Opportunity Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to permit the Director of the Community Services Administration to provide financial assistance through grants or contracts for research, demonstration, or pilot projects for urban and rural community development. Requires the Director to develop and carry out pilot projects which are designed to: (1) aid low-income elderly persons to achieve greater self-sufficiency; (2) focus upon the problems of rural poverty; (3) develop new techniques community-based efforts to prevent narcotics addiction or to rehabilitate narcotics addicts; (4) encourage the participation of private organizations other than nonprofit organizations, in programs under such Act; or (5) strengthen and maintain the family unit. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such programs through fiscal year 1984. Establishes the National Center for Appropriate Technology, as a part of the Emergency Energy Conservation Services program, as a private, nonprofit organization to perform functions designed to further the adoption, extension, and use of appropriate energy technology to meet the needs of low-income individuals and community groups. Makes the Northern Mariana Islands eligible for assistance under such Act for the development and implementation of community action programs. Terminates research for the development of new approaches to the problems of rural poverty. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to carry out rural community action programs and to provide assistance for migrant and other seasonally employed farmworkers and their families. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1986 to carry out the Head Start and Follow Through programs. Terminates the authorization of funds for the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for administration and coordination of programs. Prohibits the release of any funds to any agency for work training, programs to combat poverty in rural areas, employment and investment incentives, administration and coordination, or community economic development, until it has submitted to the Director a statement certifying that it has established an accounting system with internal controls. Requires the Director, within three months after the effective date of a grant or contract of assistance with an organization, to provide for a preliminary audit review of the adequacy of such accounting system and internal controls. Requires subsequent audits biennially. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to carry out community economic development programs. Requires the National Advisory Community Investment Board to advise the Director regarding the development of management capability standards for use in community development corporations. Prohibits financial assistance for any community economic development program unless the Director determines that: (1) the applicant has demonstrated management capabilities sufficient to create a probability that the program will operate in a manner which minimizes the prospect of financial failure; and (2) the applicant has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Director that adequate restraints on excessive administrative or expense accounts are in place. Prohibits any financial assistance for community economic development programs if the Director determines that the proposed activities of such a program are similar to, or duplicative of, existing private sector businesses in the same area. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 to carry out Native American programs. Older Americans Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to eliminate the National Information and Resource Clearing House for the Aged. Extends through fiscal year 1984 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) grants for State and community programs on aging (relating to social services and to congregate and home delivered nutrition services); and (2) the Federal Council on Aging. Requires State plans to make each nutrition service project available, not only to individuals aged 60 or older, but also to handicapped or disabled individuals under 60 years of age residing in senior citizen centers where congregate nutrition services are provided. Allows area agencies to award funds to organizations for home nutrition services without requiring that such organizations also provide congregate services. Extends through fiscal year 1984 the authorization of appropriations for certain training, research, and discretionary projects and programs in the field of aging. Eliminates specified other projects and programs. Provides for special projects in mental health care. Includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in provisions for distribution of assistance under such Act. Extends through fiscal year 1984 the authorization of appropriations for grants for Indian tribes for elderly services, other than multipurpose senior centers. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, designated State agencies to provide home maintenance and repair services to older individuals. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 to carry out such program. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for National Older Americans Volunteer programs (the Retired Senior Volunteer program, the Foster Grandparent program, and the Older American Community Service programs). Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act to authorize specified sums for alcohol and drug abuse education projects for fiscal years 1982-1985. Authorizes up to five percent (currently, three percent) of annual appropriations for project evaluation. Makes Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian centers eligible for assistance under such Act. Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations to carry out national volunteer antipoverty programs for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984. Requires that at least 83 percent of such funds must be earmarked for the VISTA program. Eliminates provisions earmarking portions of such funds for other programs. Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to make grants and contracts for projects and programs which encourage and enable students in secondary, vocational, and postsecondary schools to participate in service-learning programs on an in-school or out-of-school basis in specified assignments. Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to extend through fiscal year 1986 the authorization of appropriations for the child abuse prevention and treatment program. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to extend through fiscal year 1986 the authorization of appropriations for the adoption reform program. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide specified types of assistance in locating missing children. Provides protection under such Act from adverse job actions for persons reporting instances of child abuse and neglect occurring in public or private residential institutions. Sets forth provisions concerning the use of appropriated funds under the Education of the Handicapped Act. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, with respect to the guaranteed student loan program, to: (1) count Social Security and Veterans' benefits as student aid instead of income for eligibility purposes; (2) reduce the maximum amount available for independent student loans from $3,000 to $2,500; (3) increase from nine percent to 14 percent the interest rate on parent loans; (4) eliminate grace periods after repayment deferrals; (5) raise the minimum annual repayment from $360 to $600; (6) authorize assessment of a four percent origination fee on all guaranteed student loans made after July 1, 1981; and (7) eliminate administrative allowances. Child Nutrition Amendments of 1981 - Amends the National School Lunch Act for fiscal years 1982 through 1984 to: (1) reduce the general reimbursement to State agencies; (2) reduce the reduced price lunch subsidy (thereby increasing the price) with provision for annual adjustments in payment rates; (3) reduce commodity assistance for lunches; (4) lower the income eligibility guidelines; (5) revise state revenue matching requirements; (6) limit private school participation; (7) limit the summer food service program to lunches only; and (8) revise the child care food program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to: (1) reduce breakfast subsidies; (2) end the special milk program; and (3) reduce the authorization of appropriations contained in such Act for nutrition education and training. Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to impose a temporary (through fiscal year 1984) user fee on coal sold by a producer. Revises the eligibility requirements for black lung benefits and payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. Delays retroactive payment of black lung benefits until after a claim has been completely adjudicated. Changes from six percent to the adjusted prime rate the interest rate paid by coal operators on reimbursement to the Trust Fund for paid-out benefits later determined to be the responsibility of such operators. Title VI: House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Sets forth changes in laws within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce sufficient to reduce appropriations for programs authorized by such committee so as to achieve specified savings in budget authority and outlays. Title VII: House Committee on Foreign Affairs - Sets forth limitations on the following programs under the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in order to meet specified savings in budget authority and outlays: (1) the American schools and hospitals abroad for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (2) international organizations and programs for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (3) international narcotics control for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (4) international disaster assistance for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (5) the African Development Foundation for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (6) the Inter-American Foundation for fiscal year 1982; (7) the Peace Corps for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (8) international organizations and conferences - assessed contributions for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (9) the Board for International Broadcasting for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984; (10) the International Communication Agency - salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1982; (11) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for fiscal years 1982 and 1983; and (12) expenses not otherwise recoverable and unrecovered prior years' costs for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Title VIII: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs - Sets forth limitations on authorizations through fiscal year 1984 for the following: (1) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (2) the Forest Service; (3) special recreation user fees programs of the Corps of Engineers; (4) programs of the Department of Energy which are wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; (5) Indian Health Service; (6) programs of the Department of the Interior which are wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; (7) the National Board on Water Resources; (8) the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; (9) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (10) the Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System; (11) the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and (12) the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. States that, effective October 1, 1981, all offers for noncompetitive oil and gas leases shall be accompanied by a specified filing fee. Sets forth a pricing policy for federal uranium enrichment services. Title IX: House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries - Subtitle A: Maritime Programs - Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for certain Department of Commerce maritime programs including: (1) ship construction, acquisition, and construction differential subsidies; (2) operating-differential subsidy payments; (3) research and development; (4) operations and training; (5) fleet expenses; and (6) maritime education. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for employee benefits. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to allow the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the construction differential subsidy rate by five percent under specified circumstances. Authorizes an operator receiving operating differential subsidy funds to suspend its subsidy contract under certain conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to establish alternate trade routes, via a range of different ports, during the seasonal closure of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Redefines the terms "foreign commerce," "foreign trade," and "vessel" to include the employment of certain methanol (methyl alcohol) producing barges. Redefines the term "noncontiguous domestic trade" as used in such Act to include the carriage from the United States to offshore burn sites of chemical wastes for incineration at sea. Prohibits a vessel from receiving a construction or operating differential subsidy if it is not offered for enrollment in an approved sealift readiness program. Reduces the sums available for obligation pertaining to commercial demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships. Authorizes the Secretary, during fiscal year 1982, to waive certain minimum spending obligations for fishing vessels and facilities if such reserved obligations will not be utilized for such purposes during fiscal year 1982. Revises membership of the Board of Visitors to the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to prohibit an ocean freight forwarder from receiving compensation from a common carrier in regard to any shipment in which the forwarder or certain others have a beneficial interest. Directs the Secretary to compare repair and outfitting costs for the training vessel Bay State with reactivation and conversion costs for the steamship Tulare in order to determine the appropriate vessel for use as the Massachusetts Maritime Academy training ship. Requires such study to be submitted to Congress within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the Secretary, until September 30, 1983, to permit an operator receiving or applying for an operating differential subsidy under such Act to construct or acquire its vessels in a foreign shipyard under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to make construction differential subsidies available to United States-built or documented vessels for replacement or upgrading of such vessels' existing propulsion machinery in order to improve energy efficiency. Establishes guidelines for the approval of such subsidies. Sets forth procedures for the negotiation, acceptance, and payment of such subsidies by the Secretary. Requires replacement propulsion equipment to be of United States origin except under specified circumstances. Classifies such upgraded vessel as "new" or "reconstructed" for specified purposes of such Act. Reduces the age of such vessel by ten years for purposes of the obligation to replace it under any operating differential subsidy and capital construction fund program or contract. Subtitle B: Merchant Seamen Entitlement to Medical Care - Amends the Public Health Service Act to eliminate free health care for merchant seamen provided by the Public Health Service. Subtitle C: Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act - Establishes the Comprehensive Oil Spill Liability Fund in the Treasury of the United States, to be administered by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Treasury, to pay specified removal costs arising out of an oil pollution incident. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to collect from each refinery owner, and from the owner of each terminal receiving oil for export or entry into the United States, a specified fee. Permits claims for damages for economic loss which are incurred within a specified time to be asserted in certain circumstances. Imposes joint, several, and strict liability on the owners and operators of each pollution source. Specifies liability limits, except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct, for ships and other vessels. Specifies procedures whereby the Secretary shall designate and advertise pollution sources. Sets forth procedures for the disposition and appeal of claims submitted to the Fund. Subrogates any person or Government entity paying compensation, including the Fund, to all claimant's claims and rights under this Act. Declares that the Comprehensive Oil Spill Liability Fund shall assume all liability incurred by the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund. Subtitle D: Ocean Dumping Fees - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to require the establishment of a system for the imposition of ocean dumping fees at an amount not greater than five dollars per wet ton of materials dumped. Title X: House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service - Sets forth the following Federal employee pay comparability adjustments: (1) 5.8 percent during fiscal year 1982; (2) 7.4 percent during fiscal year 1983; and (3) 7.0 percent during fiscal year 1984. Prohibits the President, beginning in fiscal year 1985, from submitting any pay adjustment pay not based on full comparability except during times of national emergency or of general mandatory wage and price controls. Amends Federal law to reduce civil service pay for military retirees by the full amount of their military retirement pay. Prohibits federal employees who are reservists in the armed forces or members of the National Guard from receiving both civilian and military pay during their annual two-week period of active duty. Reduces such civilian pay by the amount received in military pay. Requires adjustments to federal personnel ceilings based on the extent to which federal operations are contracted out. Requires such contracting out to be based on cost-effectiveness criteria. Authorizes cash awards to federal employees who disclose waste, fraud, and mismanagement in the government. Entitles a member of the Senior Executive Service in the Federal Government whose position is eliminated to be reassigned to another Senior Executive Service position for which such career appointee is qualified. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to withhold State income tax from the monthly annuity payment of any annuitant who requests such withholding. Reduces, and eliminates as of fiscal year 1984, the public service payment to the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the costs of providing unprofitable services. Requires the continuation of six-day mail delivery through fiscal year 1984. Requires the Postal Service to provide for consolidation and closing of post offices so as to achieve specified savings. Reduces the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for the revenue foregone payment subsidies for USPS. Defers, until fiscal year 1985, the federal payment to the Postal Service Fund for unfunded liabilities of the old Post Office Department. Prohibits funds for the Postal Service or any executive agency to implement a nine-digit zip code. Title XI: House Committee on Public Works and Transportation - Subtitle A: Transportation Programs - Requires the Civil Aeronautics Board to fix and determine rates of compensation under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 and to establish rates of compensation under such Act so that the total amount of compensation payable by such Board for service performed during fiscal year 1982 does not exceed a specified amount. Limits the total of all obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1982. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to reduce, for fiscal year 1982, the authorization of appropriations for the Urban Mass Transit Grant program. Subtitle B: Water Resources Development Programs - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reduce the authorization of appropriations in fiscal year 1982 for sewage construction grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the State construction grant management program. Limits the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, for construction of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related authorized projects (other than the project for the Mississippi River and tributaries). Eliminates the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to the Tennessee Valley Authority to carry out the North Alabama Coal Gasification Project at Murphy Hill, Alabama. Prohibits any fees from being charged by any officer of the Federal Government for the transportation for the purpose of dumping, or the dumping, of any material into the oceans. Subtitle C: Economic Development Programs - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reduce funding for certain programs under the Economic Development Administration. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to reduce the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Appalachian Regional Commission. Subtitle D: Pollution Liability, Compensation, and Fund - Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act - Establishes the Comprehensive Oil Spill Liability Fund in the Treasury of the United States, to be administered by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Treasury, to pay specified removal costs arising out of an oil pollution incident. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to collect from each refinery owner, and from the owner of each terminal receiving oil for export or entry into the United States, a specified fee. Permits claims for damages for economic loss which are incurred within a specified time to be asserted in certain circumstances. Imposes joint, several, and strict liability on the owners and operators of each pollution source. Specifies liability limits, except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct, for ships and other vessels. Specifies procedures whereby the Secretary shall designate and advertise pollution sources. Sets forth procedures for the disposition and appeal of claims submitted to the Fund. Subrogates any person or Government entity paying compensation, including the Fund, to all claimant's claims and rights under this Act. Declares that the Comprehensive Oil Spill Liability Fund shall assume all liability incurred by the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund. Title XII: House Committee on Science and Technology - Subtitle A: Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Programs and Projects 1982 Authorization Act - Authorizes funds for operating expenses for research and development programs of the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1982. Sets forth percentages of fiscal year 1981 funds that are provided for fiscal year 1982 programs. Authorizes appropriations for plant and capital equipment for certain projects and new construction at specified project sites. Provides for the termination of the Clinch River Breeder Project and makes appropriations for refined conceptual design activities for a liquid metal fast breeder Large Development Plant. Sets forth administrative provisions for funding of construction projects. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a Research and Development Construction and Facilities Office to provide technical and management facility design and construction services for the Department. Prohibits the use of any funds under this title for the purpose of releasing any radioactive contaminated water into the Susquehanna River. Subtitle B: Department of Energy Civilian Programs Authorization - Authorizes the appropriation of funds for: (1) conservation activities; (2) regulatory and related functions; (3) power marketing programs; (4) nuclear assessment, interim spent nuclear fuel management, and commercial waste remedial action; (5) other renewable resources and conservation activities; (6) uranium enrichment, other commercial waste management activities, and West Valley demonstration project activities; and (7) departmental administration. Sets forth energy projections to the year 2000. Subtitle C: National Science Foundation Authorization - National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1982 - Authorizes appropriations for programs and operations of the National Science Foundation. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to authorize the National Science Board (formerly the Foundation) to establish special commissions, consisting of such members as the Board considers appropriate, to make recommendations to the Foundation on issues relating to research and education in science and engineering. Amends the National Science Foundation Act, Fiscal Year 1978, to disestablish the Resource Center for Science and Engineering. Subtitle D: Atmospheric, Climatic, and Ocean Pollution Authorization - Atmospheric, Climatic, and Ocean Pollution Act of 1982 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the Department of Commerce for atmospheric, climatic, and ocean pollution programs for fiscal year 1982. Authorizes the NOAA to plan for, develop, and operate a civilian land observing system. Requires the Administrator of NOAA to report to the President and Congress by January 15, 1982, on the activities undertaken pursuant to such system. Subtitle E: Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1982 - Authorizes appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for specified activities and research programs for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Administrator of EPA to: (1) conduct a pilot project on the use of peer review in research planning; and (2) conduct a study on the Federal government's efforts in the integration of research and dissemination of information and report to the President and Congress on such study within 18 months of enactment of this Act. Subtitle F: Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, Development, and Demonstration Authorization - Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for certain research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects and activities. Authorizes the Administration to use such funds for any other such activity upon approval from the appropriate congressional committees. Subtitle G: Federal Emergency Management Agency Authorization - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 and the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 1982 for specified programs and activities. Title XIII: House Committee on Small Business - Small Business Budget Reconciliation and Loan Consolidation/ Improvement Act of 1981 - Amends the Small Business Act to set forth methods, procedures, and criteria for the Small Business Administration in making loans to eligible small businesses. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions of this title. Title XIV: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs - Terminates the Veterans' Administration authority to provide educational assistance to veterans for flight training and to veterans, spouses, and surviving spouses for correspondence training. Eliminates dental benefits for veterans whose dental conditions existed during military duty, but who did not seek or receive treatment. Limits the payment of burial allowances for veterans dying during fiscal year 1982, 1983, and 1984. Title XV: House Committee on Ways and Means - Subtitle A: Adjustment Assistance - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance to require that imports be a "substantial cause of" (currently, "contributed importantly to") a firm's decline. Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide full information to workers about the benefits available under the Act. Revises trade readjustment allowance qualifying requirements, weekly amounts, and limitations on allowances. Authorizes the Secretary, within certain limitations, to require adversely affected workers to accept job training or to actively search for work outside their former employment area if the Secretary determines with respect to the labor market area that: (1) a high level of unemployment exists; (2) suitable employment opportunities are not available; and (3) there are facilities available to provide training in new or related job classifications. Requires the Secretary to develop, in cooperation with an adversely affected worker covered by a certification who is unemployed or underemployed and with others, an appropriate employability plan. Authorizes the Secretary, with certain restrictions, to defray reasonable transportation and subsistence expenses when training facilities are not within commuting distances. Increases individual job search allowances and relocation allowances. Waives the requirement that any overpayment must be repaid if: (1) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of an individual; and (2) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Abolishes the Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Sets forth provisions relating to definitions, conforming amendments, and effective dates and transitional provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance (including grants) to firms. Prohibits a direct loan to a firm if the loan can be obtained from private sources at a rate no higher than the maximum interest per annum that a participating financial institution may establish on guaranteed loans made pursuant to the Small Business Act. Revises conditions for financial assistance to a firm. Provides that direct loans made or guaranteed for the acquisition or development of real property or other capital assets shall ordinarily be secured by a first lien on the assets and shall be fully amortized. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance, up to a specified sum per industry, for the establishment of industry wide programs for new development or other uses consistent with the purposes of the Act. Repeals the Adjustment Assistance Program for Communities. Extends the termination date of adjustment assistance programs for workers and firms from September 30, 1982, to September 30, 1983. Subtitle B: Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Social Security Spending Reduction Amendments of 1981 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide for the phased elimination of a child's insurance benefits to an individual on the basis of full-time postsecondary school student status. Terminates a nondisabled's entitlement to child's insurance benefits when such child reaches age 16 (currently such entitlement ceases when a child reaches age 18). Eliminates prospectively the minimum benefit amount used in computing the primary insurance amount. Authorizes reimbursement of the cost of providing information to assist specified parties with respect to the administration of an employee benefit plan. Provides that at each stage in the benefit computation, the amount derived is rounded down (presently rounded up) to the next higher 10 cents. Delays part of the payment of the cost-of-living increase to October 1982 presently scheduled to be paid in July 1982. Authorizes reimbursement from the trust fund to a State for vocational rehabilitation services only where the services have resulted in a beneficiary's performance of substantial gainful activity for a continuous nine month period. Retains the earnings limitations test for persons under age 72 until 1983 (presently scheduled to be lowered to age 70 in 1982). Limits the payment of lump-sum death benefits to a widow or widower entitled to widow's, widower's, or mother's benefits on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of a deceased individual or in equal shares to each person entitled to child's insurance benefits on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of such individual (currently such benefits may be paid to cover burial expenses of the insured individual). Provides that in the case of workers retiring at age 62 entitlement to benefits begins with the first month throughout all of which the individual is entitled. Subtitle C: Unemployment Compensation, Public Assistance, and Low-Income Energy Assistance - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to eliminate the "national trigger" under the extended benefits program. Excludes extended benefit claimants from the calculation of the insured unemployment rate for extended benefits trigger purposes. Increases from 365 to 730 days the length of continuous military service needed to qualify as employment for unemployment compensation purposes. Delays an ex-serviceman's entitlement until the fifth week after discharge or release from Federal Service. Limits an ex-service member's total entitlement to no more than 13 weeks of benefits. Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise eligibility and benefits standards by requiring States to disregard specified amounts of monthly earnings. Allows States to terminate, or phase-out gradually, the $50 disregard and the one-third work incentive disregard for families with earned income above the poverty level or, at State option, 200 percent of the State standard of need, after the family has had earned income and claimed one-third disregard for 12 consecutive months. Permits individuals who lose eligibility for AFDC payments because of the termination of the disregards to remain eligible for Medicaid for 12 months after payment stops. Requires that in calculating a child's need for AFDC a State shall consider a specified portion of stepparent's income as available to such child. Provides that AFDC eligibility for a month shall be determined on the basis of the family's income during such month; that family resources shall be determined as they existed on the last day of the previous month; and that the benefit amount shall be determined on the basis of the income of the previous month. Requires AFDC families to report their income, and other information, on a monthly basis. Requires that whenever a determination is made to terminate, suspend, or adjust AFDC payments to a family, such family shall be mailed a written notice concerning such action at least ten days prior to the effective date of the action. Allows States to require, under certain conditions, AFDC recipients to participate in a qualified State work experience program in which they would perform work in return for the regular AFDC benefits. Limits eligibility for certain AFDC payments to two-parent families to such families in which the "principal earner" parent is unemployed (currently payments may be made if either one is unemployed). Requires a State to promptly correct any AFDC overpayment or underpayment. Permits States paying benefits to dependent children over 18 who are students to limit AFDC eligibility at any age between 18 and 21. Provides that any family is ineligible for AFDC if the combined value of its resources exceeds $1,500 or a lower amount at the State's option. Permits a State to exclude from resources: (1) a home and a car; (2) household goods and personal effects; (3) tools and equipment; and (4) life and burial insurance policies. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State plan to make provisions for enforcing spousal support obligations (alimony) in addition to child support. Requires a State to retain ten percent of the support collected on behalf of a non-AFDC recipient, in order to defray the costs of such collection service. Requires that the incentive payments to States collecting child support payments on behalf of another jurisdiction be made from the total amount of such collections, rather than from the Federal assistance share. Prohibits the discharge in bankruptcy of a child support obligation assigned to a State as a condition of AFDC eligibility. Requires child support enforcement agencies to determine on a periodic basis whether any individuals receiving unemployment compensation owe child support obligations being enforced by such agency and if so, to require the agency to withhold such child support payments from the unemployment compensation. Amends title III (Unemployment Compensation) of the Act to require State unemployment compensation agencies to require unemployment compensation applicants to disclose whether or not the applicant owes child support obligations and to notify the appropriate child support enforcement agency if child support is owed. Permits the Internal Revenue Service to collect delinquent alimony as well as child support payments. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act to provide that an individual's monthly eligibility for benefits for a month shall be determined on the basis of the individual's income, resources, and other relevant characteristics in such month, and the amount of monthly benefits on the basis of income and other characteristics in the preceding month, such month, or on the basis of income and other characteristics in the second month preceding such month. Authorizes the Secretary to redetermine eligibility for and the amount of benefits at other times. Allows States to continue to pay out cash, in lieu of food stamps, to SSI recipients under specified conditions. Limits the negotiability of SSI checks to 180 days from the date of issuance. Requires future cost-of-living adjustments in SSI to conform to cost-of-living adjustments under title II. Adds a new title to the Social Security Act, title XXI (Energy Assistance to Low-Income Households). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 to provide low-income energy assistance in order to offset excessive home energy costs. Makes such funds available to States which have plans for low-income energy assistance approved by the Secretary. Sets forth State plan requirements. Directs the Secretary to pay up to a formulated amount 80 percent of a State's expenses in carrying out the plan for fiscal year 1983 and 100 percent of the expenses for fiscal year 1982. Prohibits payments with respect to any household unless the household has at least one individual eligible for AFDC, SSI, Food Stamps, certain veterans benefits, or the household's income falls below a specified level. Amends title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to limit Federal funding for fiscal year 1982 for training costs. Subtitle D: Medicare Program - Medicare Spending Reduction Amendments of 1981 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate coverage of alcohol detoxification facilities, under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII. Provides payment for nutritional therapy for individuals with end-stage renal disease when used as a means of delaying or substituting for the provision of kidney dialysis. Requires a one dollar a day copayment under Medicare for each of the first 60 days of inpatient hospital care. Provides that Part A coinsurance will be based on the current years deductible, rather than the deductible effective when the illness began. Revises the part A, inpatient hospital deductible by adding five dollars to the base figure of $40 used in the formula to determine such deductible. Eliminates the carryover from the last three months of the previous year of incurred expenses used to determine whether the part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) deductible has been met. Increases the part B deductible from $60 to $70, and indexes it to cost-of-living increases under title II. Offsets interest earnings on funded depreciation accounts of providers against interest expenses to determine reimbursement. Revises an exemption to a provision requiring the reduction of reimbursements to hospitals in specified situations, by adding a requirement that a hospital derive less than 30 percent of its income from non-governmental sources to qualify for such exemption. Exempts hospitals from such reductions if there is no excess of hospital beds in the area in which the hospital is located. Directs the Secretary to provide for a method of determining prospectively the amounts of payments to be made for dialysis services furnished by providers and renal dialysis facilities to furnished individuals in a facility and at home. Prohibits the Secretary, in determining the amount of reimbursements for home health services, from recognizing as reasonable costs for such services to the extent such costs exceed the 75th percentile of such costs per visit for home health agencies; or, in the judgment of the Secretary, such lower percentile as the Secretary may determine. Prohibits the Secretary, in determining reimbursements with respect to routine operating costs for inpatient hospital services, from recognizing as reasonable costs to the extent that they exceed 108 percent of the mean of such routine operating costs per diem; or, in the judgment of the Secretary, such lower percentage as the Secretary may determine. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title X of the Social Security Act to provide civil penalties for any person who presents or causes to be presented an improper claim for a medical or other item or service under the Medicare or Medicaid (title XIX) programs. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act to direct the Secretary to establish utilization guidelines for the provision of home health care. Repeals the requirement that skilled nursing facility agreements be renewed annually. Amends the Medicare and Medicaid Amendments of 1980 to direct the Secretary to establish guidelines by October 1, 1981, to assure that agreements with States already authorized, for demonstration projects for the training of AFDC recipients as homemakers and home health aides are entered into by January 1, 1982. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress relating to such projects. Amends part B (Professional Standards Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary by September 30, 1981, to identify and specify requirements which will be used in assessing a PSRO's performance. States that such requirements shall include requirements relating to the effectiveness of a PSRO in: (1) monitoring the quality of patient care; (2) reducing unnecessary utilization; and (3) managing its activities efficiently. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate the less effective PSRO's during fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress relative to PSRO performance assessments. Makes 100 percent financing under part B of title XI applicable only to the Medicare program and provides States the option of contracting for Medicaid review at a 75 percent Federal matching rate. Repeals the PSRO program effective October 1, 1983. Repeals the requirement for utilization review under the Medicare program with respect to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and rural health clinics. Prohibits payments under the Medicare program with respect to an item or service for an individual aged 65 or older to the extent that payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.