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• Immigration and Nationality Act -- Questions and Answers [Updated March 11, 1982]

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  "The basic United States law governing immigration and naturalization is contained in t h e Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, a s amended (8 U.S.C. 1101 etseq . ) . The following questions and answers have been prepared to explain the way in which the Immigration and Nationality Act as amended through 1981 regulates the entry of aliens for permanent and temporary residence in the United States , and other major provisions of the law. Emphasis is placed on subjects which have been of particular interest to the Congress in recent years."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Vialet, Joyce C.

  1982-03-11
• Foreign Language Committee

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  The mission of the Foreign Language Committee is to serve as the focal point within the Intelligence Community, and between the Intelligence Community and other elements of the United States Government, for all matters dealing with recruitment, training, and retention of personnel with requisite foreign launguage expertise to serve the needs of the Community.

  United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  1982-03-05
• Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular: Aviation Security--Acceptance and Handling Procedures--Indirect Air Carrier Security

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  "This Circular provides information and guidance which should be used by 'indirect air carriers' when accepting and handling property to be carried by 'air carriers' or by operator of any civil aircraft for transportation in air commerce. [...] While implementation of the security procedures set forth in Part 109 and recommended herein may increase the indirect air carrier's cost, it is believed that these costs will be offset to a certain extent through a possible reduction in pilferage problems; but an even greater benefit may accrue to the indirect air carrier or other shipper through assurance of a high level of protection against public endangerment through unauthorized introduction of explosives, incendiary devices, or other potentially hazardous materials into passenger carrying aircraft. FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] believes that prudent indirect air carriers and others with a sense of public responsibility, regardless of regulatory requirements, will want to institute these safeguards to further assure the safety and security of the air traveling public."

  United States. Federal Aviation Administration

  1982-03-03
• Report of the Attorney General's Task Force on Court Security

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  "This report is structured to address the issue of the most appropriate use of court security deputies within the context of a comprehensive system of criteria for determining when and what security measures- that is, a range of security measures including other personnel, equipment, procedures and architectural design- should be provided to protect the Federal judiciary. The report concludes with policy recommendations for developing such a comprehensive court security system within and among the Federal judicial districts."

  Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

  1982-03
• National Security Decision Directive 23: US Civil Defense Policy

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  National Security Decision Directive 23 sets forth US Civil Defense policy. "Civil Defense, along with and effective Continuity of Government program, emergency mobilization and secure, reconstitutable telecommunications systems, is an essential ingredient of our nuclear deterrent forces. It is a matter of national priority that the US have a Civil Defense program which provides for the survival of the US population even in a protracted general war involving nuclear destruction in the United States."

  United States. White House Office

  1982-02-03
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 81-188-1046; Federal Correctional Institution Miami, Florida

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  "On February 16, 1981, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a health hazard evaluation request from the Superintendent of Industries, Unicor, Federal Prison Industries Incorporated, Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Miami, Florida. The request was prompted by complaints of headaches, dizziness, nausea, and other symptoms from prison inmates who were assembling electronic components and cable connectors in the 'Industry Building'. On May 12-14, 1981, NIOSH conducted an industrial hygiene survey to determine the extent of occupational exposures to solvent vapors and solder fumes. [...] On the basis of the environmental data obtained during this investigation and due to the lack of proper ventilation in the potting section, NIOSH has determined that a potential health hazard did exist for inmates working with potting compound resins which contain residual TDI [toluene-2,4-diisocyanate]. However, the symptoms of TDI exposure are not consistent with the symptoms reported by the inmates at the Miami FCI, and no explanation can be provided at this time which would explain the liver function test abnormalities among exposed inmates."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

  Salisbury, Stan

  1982-02
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 81-059-1045; Newburgh Fire Department Newburgh, New York

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  "In October, 1980, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was requested by the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) on behalf of Local 589, IAFF to evaluate reported hearing losses from noise exposure in fire fighting operations in the Newburgh Fire Department, Newburgh, New York. [...] On the basis of the study findings, NIOSH concludes that the fire fighters are being exposed to high noise levels in light of the intensity values found during the simulated runs, and do show large amounts of hearing loss. NIOSH, however, does recommend that further research be conducted to investigate the relationship of fire fighters' noise exposures and the apparent hearing loss observed. The recommendations given in Section VIII of this report are based on reducing noise exposure alone and thus may have to be altered or added to as further research is conducted."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

  Tubbs, Randy L. (Randy Lloyd); Flesch, Jerome P.

  1982-02
• National Security Decision Directive 22: Designation of Intelligence Officials Authorized to Request FBI Collection of Foreign Intelligence

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  National Security Decision Directive 22 designated "the Director of Central Intelligence (or the Acting Director of Central Intelligence) as officials authorized to request the FBI to collect foreign intelligence to support foreign intelligence requirements of other agencies within the intelligence community."

  United States. White House Office

  1982-01-29
• Executive Order 12343: Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of State

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  "During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, neither the Secretary of State nor the Deputy Secretary of State, is available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the Office of the Secretary, an officer from the Department of State who has been appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in such order as the Secretary of State may from time to time prescribe, shall act as Secretary. If no such order of succession is in effect at that time, then such officers shall act as Secretary in descending order of rank, as established by the listing of their offices in Sections 5314 or 5315 of Title 5 of the United States Code, and at each level of the Executive Schedule in the order in which they shall have taken the oath as such officers."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Reagan, Ronald

  1982-01-27
• FBI Report on the DINA, 21 January 1982

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  This report provides a summary of information taken from prison letters written by Michael Townley, the DINA agent responsible for the assassination of Orlando Letelier. This report includes information not directly provided to the FBI by Townley, but drawn about meetings between Chilean President Pinochet and Italian terrorists and spies, codenames and activities of DINA personnel, collaboration between DINA and anti-Castro Cubans; the creation of a fake terrorist organisation to take the blame for a DINA kidnapping in Argentina; DINA involvement in relations between the UK and Northern Ireland; and Townley's fear that information about kidnappings and assassinations of prominent critics of Pinochet would somehow be traced back to him.

  United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

  1982-01-21
• Executive Order 12341: Cuban and Haitian Entrants

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  "By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and to reassign some responsibilities for providing assistance to Cuban and Haitian entrants, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. The functions vested in the President by Sections 501 (a) and (b) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, hereinafter referred to as the Act (8 U.S.C. 1522 note), are delegated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sec. 2. The Attorney General shall ensure that actions are taken to provide such assistance to Cuban and Haitian entrants as provided for by Section 501(c) of the Act. To that end, the functions vested in the President by Section 501(c) of the Act are delegated to the Attorney General. Sec. 3. All actions taken pursuant to Executive Order No. 12251 shall continue in effect until superseded by actions under this Order. Sec. 4. Executive Order No. 12251 of November 15, 1980, is revoked."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Reagan, Ronald

  1982-01-21
• National Security Decision Directive 19: Protection of Classified National Security Council and Intelligence Information

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  "Unauthorized disclosure of classified information under the jurisdiction of the National Security Council and of classified intelligence reports is a problem of major proportions within the U.S. Government. The Constitution of the United States provides for the protection of individual rights and liberties, including freedom of speech and freedom of the press, but it also requires that government functions be discharged efficiently and effectively, especially where the national security is involved. As President of the United States, I am responsible for honoring both Constitutional requirements, and I intend to do so in a balanced and careful manner. I do not believe, however, that the Constitution entitles government employees, entrusted with confidential information critical to the functioning and effectiveness of the Government, to disclose such information with impunity. Yet this is precisely the situation we have. It must not be allowed to continue." National Security Decision Directive 19 (NSDD 19) sets forth policy on the dicslosure of classified National Security Council information in regards to contacts with the media, access to classified NSC information, and investigations into unauthorized disclosures of NSC information.

  United States. White House Office

  1982-01-12
• National Security Decision Directive 18: Chemical and Biological Weapons Arms Control

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  "National Security Decision Directive 18 set forth policies to encourage compliance with the 1975 Biological Weapons Conventiona and the Geneva Protocol of 1925."

  United States. White House Office

  1982-01-04
• Diseases Transmitted by Foods: A Classification and Summary

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  "This reference summarizes the following data: etiologic agents and their nature, sources and important reservoirs, epidemiology, foods frequently involved in outbreaks, specimens and samples to take in outbreak investigations, laboratory approaches, and general control measures of foodborne diseases that have been reported throughout the world, This information is organized far rapid review and comparison of the same kinds of data about different diseases. Diseases transmitted by foods are frequently classified either as poisonings or infections. Poisonings are caused by ingesting toxicants that are found in tissues of certain plants and animals, metabolic products (toxins) formed and excreted by microorganisms(such as bacteria, fungi, or algae) while they multiply in foods, or poisonous substances that may be intentionally or incidentally added to foods as a result of producing, processing, transporting, or storing. Infections are caused by the entrance of pathogenic microorganisms into the body and the reaction of body tissues to their presence or to the toxins they generate within the body. Intestinal infections may be manifested by in vivo enterotoxin production or mucosal penetration. After mucosal penetration, the organisms multiply in the mucosa or pass into other tissues. This classification is illustrated on the adjacent page. In this reference, the foodborne diseases are classified on the basis of the type of agent responsible for the illness--bacterial, viral and rickettsial, parasitic (protozoan, cestodes, nematodes, trematodes, helrninths,fungal (mycotoxin or mushroom), poisonous plants, toxic animals, poisonous chemicals, and radionuclides. In each category, the diseases of contemporary importance are listed first. The relative importance of each disease does, however, vary from time to time and from place to place. This reference also includes diseases that have been reported as being foodborne even though proof is lacking. It also includes diseases in which the causative agent has been found in foods but transmission through foods is unknown, and enteric diseases in which the transmission through foods is possible."

  United States. Department of Health and Human Services

  Bryan, Frank L.

  1982
• Report on the San Francisco Bay Area Storm, January 3-5, 1982

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  "On January 3-5, 1982, a major storm moved through central California producing widespread damage and death in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties as well as eleven other counties in northern and central California. A Presidential Declaration was issued to bring federal assistance to individuals in the affected counties. It is customary, following significant storm events, for the National Weather Service to evaluate the effectiveness of its forecast warning service. On January 6, 1982, a Regional Survey Team was dispatched to San Francisco, California. The team visited sites of heavy damage, interviewed federal, state, county officials, and citizens regarding actions taken in response to National Weather Service forecasts and Special Weather Statements. The findings of the Survey Team reinforce the need for an effective forecast and warning system that disseminates information in a timely manner and elicits appropriate response by the public."

  United States. National Weather Service

  1982
• US Army Special Warfare: Its Origins, Psychological and Unconventional Warfare, 1941-1952

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  "In the first half of the twentieth century, American leaders employed US Armed Forces to support American foreign policy in 'conventional warfare' against the organized, uniformed forces of enemy nations. Although the size and nature of the forces varied in two world wars and Korea, in each of these conflicts the US Army performed its role with regularly organized divisions and without the use of nuclear weapons. Whether infantry, mechanized infantry, armored, or airborne, the division was the basic formation of the Army, the key organization by which strength was measured in conventional war. After World War II, political and military leaders began to consider other forms of conflict in which US forces might be engaged. Organization, equipment, and doctrine were reexamined in view of the possibility of nuclear war, but in this process the division remained a fundamental military organization. Simultaneously, however, a few thinkers began to consider the possibility of forces capable of operating at the opposite end of the conflict spectrum from nuclear war, below the level of conventional war-to consider, in short, a capability to conduct guerrilla, or 'unconventional' warfare. Regular divisions were never designed or equipped for unconventional warfare, so special units, training, and doctrine would be necessary for such a task."

  National Defense University

  Paddock, Alfred H., 1937-

  1982
• Nonimmigrant Business Visas and Adjustment of Status: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session on Nonimmigrant Business Visas and Adjustment of Status, December 11, 1981

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  From the opening statement of the Hon. Alan K. Simpson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy: "We will now continue the hearings on the various aspects of the Immigration Act. We are focusing today on an increasingly important area of concern, and that is the non immigrant visas generally used by executives and technical personnel to obtain entrance into the United States. These visas are more popularly known by the letters of their subsections in the INA. B-l, visitor for business; E-l and E-2, treaty traders and treaty investors; H-l, persons of distinguished merit and ability; and the L visas, geared to the multinational corporations. Not to mention the ones I left out, which sound like alphabet soup, A through what, J? Yes, the rest. We have heard of the importance of these visas in connection with American business and growth and our economy and those issues. Conversely, we have heard of the abuse of these visas. The use of them where American skilled personnel is already available and for the purpose of entering the United States for other than temporary purposes, and this raises then the adjustment of status question: Should one be able to adjust status within these non immigrant categories, or adjust to an immigrant category? This can be done under the present law. These adjustments take up a good portion of INS time and encourage the rather prevalent idea that once you get to the United States, there is a way to stay there, and we have found throughout 16 hearings that that is a rather prevalent note in America's immigration and refugee policies: Just get there." Materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Harold J. Ammond, Diego C. Asencio, Sam Bernsen, William F. Cagney, Irwin Feerst, Charles C. Foster, Austin T. Fragomen, Richard Goldstein, Esther M. Kaufman, and Doris Meissner.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1982
• G-IV Visa Relief Proposals: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on G-IV Visa Relief Proposals, February 1, 1982

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  From the opening statement of the Hon. Alan K. Simpson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming, Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy: "Under existing law we have this particular situation. I think all of you here are aware of it where employees of certain international organizations and their families come to the United States on a type of non immigrant visa known as G-iv. Such organizations include the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States, and Inter-American Development Bank. At the present time if such an employee dies or retires, the family is required to leave the United States and return to their native land, often on very short notice. In addition, adult sons and daughters must leave the United States when they have completed their education and have ceased being dependents of their parents. Frequently these family members have been out of touch with their home country for many years. For children the law can be particularly harsh. If they have grown up and gone to school here, they tend to become Americanized and often cannot even speak the native language of their parents." Materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Diego Asencio, Lloyd N. Cutler, Eugene R. Black, George David Woods, A. W. Clausen, Santiago Astrain, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, Edmund S. Muskie, Cyrus Vance, G. William Miller, W. M. Blumenthal, George P. Shultz, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Stanley R. Resor, David Rockefeller, Kaija Juusela, Sam Lin, Charles Mathias, Robert S. McNamara, Alan Nelson, Ingrid Schmedtje, Davidson Sommers, and John L. Stevenson.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1982
• Amerasian Immigrants Proposals: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on S. 1698, A Bill to Amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to Provide Preferential Treatment in the Admission of Certain Children of United States Armed Forces Personnel, June 21, 1982

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  From the opening statement of the Hon. Alan K. Simpson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming, Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy: "Today's hearing concerns the plight of thousands of children fathered by American servicemen and other U.S. citizens serving in Asia, and born of Asian mothers. We understand that such children frequently become social outcasts in their homelands because of their mixed parentage, and often have difficulty in finding employment and making lives for themselves. I do feel that the support which has been demonstrated in the Congress and by this administration for various proposals to assist Amerasians indicates a willingness on the part of the American people to provide some relief for these children. But I also believe that the American people wish to be certain that we are admitting an identifiable group of persons, that we are avoiding fraud, and that we are not creating new financial burdens on the Federal Treasury. Many of the proposals which will be discussed this afternoon have attempted to address these concerns, and certainly our witnesses include experts who have been working with and for these children, and these adults, because many of them indeed are adults now, and have been working with them throughout the years." Materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Diego Asencio, Jeremiah Denton, Judith Foster, Alfred V. Keane, Carl Levin, Walter Martindale, Stewart B. McKinney, Alan Nelson, and John Shade, as well as the American Council on Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service, Inc and Fort Sanders Obstetrical and Gynecological Group P.C.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1982
• Statistical Report United States Attorneys Offices: Fiscal Year 1982

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  This Annual Statistical Report summarizes and presents the criminal prosecutions and civil litigation conducted by the United States Attorneys in Fiscal Year 1982.

  Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys

  1982?
• Fire Management Notes (Vol.43 No.1)

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  This is the Winter 1981-82 edition (Volume 43, No.1) of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1982
• Fire Management Notes (Vol.43 No.2)

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  This is the Spring 1982 edition (Volume 43, No.2) of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1982
• Fire Management Notes (Vol.43 No.3)

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  This is the Summer 1982 edition (Volume 43, No.3) of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1982
• Fire Management Notes (Vol.43 No.4)

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  This is the Fall 1982 edition (Volume 43, No.4) of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.

  United States. Forest Service

  1982
• National Security Decision Directive 3: Crisis Management

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  This directive states that "A national security matter for which the Presidential decisions and implementing instructions are required more rapidly than routine interdepartment NSC staff support provides may be considered in the context of crisis management". It also directs that "Crisis management shall be the responsibility of a Special Situation Group (SSG) chaired by the Vice President," and explains the role of this group in further detail.

  United States. White House Office

  1981-12-14
• Requests for Federal Disaster Assistance Need Better Evaluation

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  "Since 1970 the President's Disaster Relief Fund has provided over $3.8 billion to individuals and State and local governments. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in assessing eligibility for disaster assistance, has had difficulty in determining whether State and local governments are capable of handling their own disasters and whether they are committing a reasonable amount of their available funds for disaster relief. GAO [General Accounting Office] also found that the Agency has adopted a controversial costsharing policy and has funded other than natural disasters. GAO recommends that the Congress clarify the extent of supplemental Federal assistance to be given and (2) what kinds of disasters are eligible for Federal assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency should analyze the impact potential State inequities have on Federal disaster assistance and submit a detailed plan and legislative changes to the Congress to correct such weaknesses."

  United States. General Accounting Office

  1981-12-07
• Executive Order 12333: United States Intelligence Activities

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  Timely and accurate information about the activities, capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign powers, organizations, and persons, and their agents, is essential to the national security of the United States. All reasonable and lawful means must be used to ensure that the United States will receive the best intelligence available. For that purpose, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (see Short Title note above), and as President of the United States of America, in order to provide for the effective conduct of United States intelligence activities and the protection of constitutional rights, it is hereby ordered as follows:

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Reagan, Ronald

  1981-12-04
• Executive Order 12334: President's Intelligence Oversight Board

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  "There is hereby established within the White House Office, Executive Office of the President, the President's Intelligence Oversight Board, which shall be composed of three members. One member, appointed from among the membership of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, shall be designated by the President as Chairman. Members of the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall be appointed by the President from among trustworthy and distinguished citizens outside the Government who are qualified on the basis of achievement, experience and independence. The Board shall utilize such full-time staff and consultants as authorized by the President."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Reagan, Ronald

  1981-12-04
• National Security Decision Directive 15: Theater Nuclear Forces

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  National Security Decision Directive contains decisions made by President Ronald Reagan "regarding the U.S. position for the first round of negotiations on Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) scheduled to begin on November 30, 1981."

  United States. White House Office

  1981-11-16
• Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 81-137-990; Federated Fire Fighters of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada

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  "On November 22, 1980, a fire occurred in the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Approximately 400 firemen from Las Vegas and surrounding counties were involved in fighting the fire. A considerable number of fatalities were caused by the fire, although none among firemen. In December 1980, NIOSH [National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health] was requested to evaluate the possibility that the fire may have led to lasting adverse health effects among the firemen. The request, which was submitted by the Federated Fire Fighters of Nevada through the International Association of Fire Fighters, stated that firemen were still, several weeks after the fire, experiencing respiratory and other symptoms and that these symptoms may have been caused by exposure to smoke and fumes during the fire. The request also stated that firemen had suffered untoward psychological effects due to the great number of fatalities and that these effects warranted evaluation."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

  Jannerfeldt, E.

  1981-11