Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982
PL 97-362 (H.R.4717), enacted 10/25/1982

96 STAT. 1726 
PUBLIC LAW 97-362—OCT. 25, 1982 
Public Law 97-362 
97th Congress 
An Act 
To reduce the amount of LIFO recapture in the case of certain plans of Hquidation 
Oct. 25, 1982 
adopted during 1982, to make adjustments in the net operating loss carryback and 
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carryforward rules for the Federal National Mortgage Association, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Miscellaneous 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Revenue Act of 
1982. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1954 CODE. 
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(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Miscellaneous 
Revenue Act of 1982". 
(h) AMENDMENT OF 1954 CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed 
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section 
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or Other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 
TITLE I—TAX PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. REDUCTION OF LIFO RECAPTURE AMOUNT WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN PLANS OF LIQUIDATION ADOPTED DURING 1982. 
Subsection (b) of section 403 of the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax 
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Act of 1980 (relating to effective date for recognition of gain on 
note, 337, 453. 
certain dispositions of LIFO inventories) is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
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"(4) P L A N S OF LIQUIDATION ADOPTED DURING 1982.— 
"(A) I N GENERAL.—If— 
"(i) a corporation adopts a plan of liquidation during 
1982, and 
"(ii) such liquidation is completed before January 1, 
1984, 
then the LIFO recapture amount taken into account with 
respect to such liquidation under the amendments made by 
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be reduced (but not below zero) 
by $1,000,000. 
"(B) MORE THAN i PLAN OF LIQUIDATION.—If a corporation 
(or group of corporations treated as 1 corporation under 
subparagraph (C)) has more than 1 liquidation which quali-
fies under subparagraph (A), the dollar amount under such 
subparagraph shall apply to all such liquidations in the 
order in which the distributions, sales, and exchanges occur 
until such dollar amount is used up. 
"(C) APPLICATION TO MEMBERS OF CONTROLLED GROUP.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this paragraph, all 
corporations which are competent members of the 
same controlled group of corporations at any time after 
December 31,1981, and before January 1, 1984, shall be 
treated as 1 corporation. 
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"(ii) CORPORATIONS MEMBERS OF MORE THAN i GROUP.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, if (but for this 
clause) a corporation would be a component member of 
more than 1 controlled group of corporations during 
the period described in clause (i)— 
"(I) if such corporation is a component member 
of a controlled group on October 1, 1982, such 
corporation shall be treated only as a component 
member of such group, or 
"(II) if subclause (I) does not apply, such corpora-
tion shall be treated as a component member of 
only the first such controlled group, 
"(iii) CONTROLLED GROUP OF CORPORATIONS DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 'controlled 
group of corporations' has the meaning given such 
term by section 1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954, except that— 
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"(I) 'more than 50 percent' shall be substituted 
for 'at least 80 percent' each place it appears in 
section 1563(a)(1) of such Code, and 
"(II) the determination shall be made without 
regard to subsections (a)(4), (b), and (e)(3)(C) of sec-
tion 1563 of such Code. 
"(D) TREATMENT OF DEEMED LIQUIDATIONS UNDER SECTION 
338.—If an election under section 338 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1954 is made during 1982 with respect to any 
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qualified stock purchase (within the meaning of such sec-
tion 338), the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subpara-
graph (A) shall be treated as met with respect to the target 
corporation for purposes of applying section 338 of such 
Code. For purposes of this paragraph, an election to which 
subparagraph (A) applies by reason of this subparagraph 
shall be treated as a sale and a liquidation." 
SEC. 102. ADJUSTMENTS TO NET OPERATING LOSS CARRYBACK AND CAR-
RYFORWARD RULES FOR FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS-
SOCIATION. 
(a) 10-YEAR CARRYBACK AND 5-YEAR CARRYFORWARD FOR LOSSES 
OTHER THAN MORTGAGE DISPOSITION LOSSES.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 172(b) (relating to net operating loss carrybacks and carryovers) 
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is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (H) and (I) as subpara-
graphs (I) and (J), respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph 
(G) the following new subparagraph: 
"(H) In the case of a net operating loss of the Federal 
National Mortgage Association for any taxable year begin-
ning after December 31,1981— 
"(i) such loss, to the extent it exceeds the FNMA 
mortgage disposition loss (within the meaning of sub-
section (i)), shall be— 
"(I) a net operating loss carryback to each of the 
10 taxable years preceding the taxable year of the 
loss, and 
"(II) a net operating loss carryover to each of the 
5 taxable years following the taxable year of the 
loss, and 
"(ii) the FNMA mortgage disposition loss shall be— 
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"(I) a net operating loss carryback to each of the 
3 taxable years preceding the taxable year of the 
loss, and 
"(II) a net operating loss carryover to each of the 
15 taxable years following the taxable year of the 
loss." 
(b) RULES RELATING TO F N M A MORTGAGE DISPOSITION Loss.— 
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Section 172 is amended by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively, and by inserting after subsection 
(h) the following new subsection: 
"(i) RULES RELATING TO FNMA MORTGAGE DISPOSITION Loss.— 
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"(A) IN GENERAL.—For puiposes of subsection (b)(1)(H) 
and this subsection, the term FNMA mortgage disposition 
loss' means for any taxable year the excess (if any) o
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"(i) the losses for such year from the sale or exchange 
of mortgages, securities, and other evidences of indebt-
edness, over 
"(ii) the gains for such year from the sale or ex-
change of such assets. 
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THE NET OPERATING LOSS FOR THE YEAR.—The amoUnt of t h e 
FNMA mortgage disposition loss for any taxable year shall 
not be greater than the net operating loss for such year. 
"(C) FORECLOSURE TRANSACTIONS NOT INCLUDED.—In ap-
plying subparagraph (A), any gain or loss which is attribut-
able to a mortgage foreclosure shaU not be taken into 
account. 
"(2) COORDINATION 
WITH SUBSECTION (bX2).—In applying 
paragraph (2) of subsection (b), a FNMA mortgage disposition 
loss shall be treated in a manner similar to the manner in 
which a foreign expropriation loss is treated." 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 172(bXl) is amended by strik-
ing out "(H), and (1)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(H), (I), and 
(J)^'. 
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 172(bXl) is amended by strik-
ing out and (I) in the second sentence and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(H), and (J)". 
(3) Subparagraph (I) of section 172(bXl), as redesignated by 
subsection (a), is amended by striking out "subsection (i)" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (j)". 
(4) Paragraph (3) of section 172(j), as redesignated by subsec-
tion (b), is amended by striking out "subsection (bXlXH)" each 
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection 
(bXlXD". 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to net operating losses for taxable years beginning after 
December 31,1981. 
SEC. 103. ROLLOVER OF G
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(1) a corporation was ordered by the Federal Ck)mmunications 
Commission in January 1975 to divest itself of its newspaper 
operations or its broadcasting operations, 
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(2) after the conclusion of the appellate process, the order was 
again issued in October 1979, 
(3) the corporation sold its broadcasting operations before 
1982, and 
(4) on October 15, 1981, the corporation acquired 100 percent 
of the stock of a publishing company, 
then the second sentence of section 1071(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954 shall be applied with respect to sales and exchanges by 
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such corporation before January 1, 1982, which are related to such 
order as if such second sentence treated stock of any corporation the 
principal business of which is operating newspapers and related 
printing operations in the same manner as stock of a corporation 
operating a radio broadcasting station. 
SEC. 104. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SHALE OIL PROPERTY AS ENERGY 
PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (7) of section 48(1) is amended by 
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striking out "but does not and all that follows and inserting in lieu 
thereof "; except that such term does not include equipment for 
hydrogenation, refining, or other process subsequent to retorting 
other than hydrogenation or other process which is applied in the 
vicinity of the property from which the shale was extracted and 
which is applied to bring the shale oil to a grade and quality suitable 
for transportation to and processing in a refinery." 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section shall 
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apply to periods beginning after December 31, 1980, and before 
January 1,1983, under rules similar to the rules of section 48(m) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 
SEC. 105. ANNUITIES FOR SURVIVORS OF TAX COURT JUDGES. 
(a) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES.—Subsection (m) of section 7448 
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(relating to computation of annuities) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "5 consecutive years" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "3 consecutive years", and 
(2) by striking out "37 y2" and inserting in lieu thereof "40". 
(b) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 7448 (relating to annu-
ities to surviving spouses and dependent children of judges) is 
amended by redesignating subsection (s) as subsection (t), and by 
inserting eifter subsection (r) the following new subsection: 
"(s) INCREASES ATTRIBUTABLE TO INCREASED PAY.—Whenever the 
salary of a judge under section 7443(c) is increased, each annuity 
payable from the survivors annuity fund which is based, in whole or 
in part, upon a deceased judge having rendered some portion of his 
or her final 18 months of service as a judge of the Tax Court, shall 
also be increased. The amount of the increase in such an annuity 
shall be determined by multiplying the amount of the annuity, on 
the date on which the increase in salary becomes effective, by 3 
percent for each full 5 percent by which such salary has been 
increased." 
(c) CATCHUP FOR SURVIVORS ANNUITIES IN PAY STATUS ON DATE OF 
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ENACTMENT.—If an annuity payable under section 7448(h) of the "°*® 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to entitlement to annuity) 
to the surviving spouse of a judge of the United States Tax Court is 
being paid on the date of the enactment of this Act, then the amount 
of that annuity shall be adjusted, as of the first day of the first 
month beginning more than 30 days after such date, to reflect the 
amount of the annuity which would have been payable if the 
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amendment made by subsection (a) applied with respect to increases 
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in the salary of a judge under section 7443(c) of such Code taking 
effect after December 31,1963. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to annuities payable with respect to judges dying 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendment made by subsection (b) 
of this section shall apply with respect to increases in the salary 
of judges of the United States Tax Court taking effect after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 106. TAX COURT PROCEDURES. 
(a) DISPUTES INVOLVING CERTAIN EXCISE TAXES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 7463 (relating to 
disputes involving $5,000 or less) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (2), 
(B) by adding "or" at the end of paragraph (3), and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
paragraph: 
"(4) $5,000 for any 1 taxable period (or, if there is no taxable 
period, taxable event) in the case of any tax imposed by subtitle 
D which is described in section 6212(a) (relating to a notice of 
deficiency),". 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection 
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shall apply with respect to petitions filed after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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7459 (relating to inclusion of findings of fact or opinions in report) is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"Subject to such conditions as the Tax Court may by rule provide, 
the requirements of this subsection and of section 7460 are met if 
findings of fact or opinion are stated orally and recorded in the 
transcript of the proceedings." 
(c) HEARINGS AND OPINIONS BY COMMISSIONERS IN CASES INVOLV-
ING DEFICIENCIES OF $5,000 OR LESS.— 
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(1) Section 7456 (relating to administration of oaths and pro-
curement of testimony) is amended by redesignating subsection 
(d) as subsection (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the 
following new subsection: 
"(d) PROCEEDINGS WHICH MAY BE ASSIGNED TO COMMISSIONERS.— 
The chief judge may assign— 
"(1) any declaratory judgment proceeding, 
"(2) any proceeding under section 7463, and 
"(3) any other proceeding where neither the amount of the 
deficiency placed in dispute (within the meaning of section 7463) 
nor the amount of any claimed overpayment exceeds $5,000, 
to be heard by the commissioners of the court, and the court may 
authorize a commissioner to make the decision of the court with 
respect to any such proceeding, subject to such conditions and 
review as the court may by rule provide." 
(2) Subsection (c) of section 7456 is amended by striking out 
the last sentence. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF JUDGES WHO ARE RECEIVING RETIRED PAY.— 
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adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "Any judge who 
retires shall be designated 'senior judge'." 
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SEC. 107. WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS FOR TERMINATED EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 6051 (relating to 
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receipts for employees) is amended by striking out "on the day on 
which the last pajnnent of remuneration is made" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "within 30 days after the date of receipt of a written 
request from the employee if such 30-day period ends before Janu-
ary 31". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall 
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apply with respect to employees whose employment is terminated 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
note. 
SEC. 108. WITHHOLDING OF STATE INCOME TAX FROM THE WAGES OF 
CERTAIN SEAMEN. 
Section 12 of the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1169; 46 U.S.C. 
601), is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the 
second proviso the following: ", but nothing in this section shall 
prohibit any such withholding of the wages of any seaman who is 
employed in the coastwise trade between ports in the same State if 
such withholding is pursuant to a voluntary agreement between 
such seaman and his employer". 
SEC. 109. WAGERING PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW. 
(a) TAX ON WAGERS.—Subsection (a) of section 4401 (relating to 
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wagers) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) WAGERS.— 
"(1) STATE AUTHORIZED WAGERS.—There shall be imposed on 
any wager authorized under the law of the State in which 
accepted an excise tax equal to 0.25 percent of the amount of 
such wager. 
"(2) UNAUTHORIZED WAGERS.—There shall be imposed on any 
wager not described in paragraph (1) an excise tax equal to 2 
percent of the amount of such wager." 
(b) OCCUPATIONAL TAX.—Section 4411 (relating to imposition of 
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tax) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4411. IMPOSITION OF TAX. 
"(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be imposed a special tax of $500 per 
year to be paid by each person who is liable for the tax imposed 
under section 4401 or who is engaged in receiving wagers for or on 
behalf of any person so liable. 
"(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONS.—Subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting '$50' for '$500' in the case of— 
"(1) any person whose liability for tax under section 4401 is 
determined only under paragraph (1) of section 4401(a), and 
"(2) any person who is engaged in receiving wagers only for or 
on behalf of persons described in paragraph (1)." 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) SUBSECTION (a) .—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
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shall take effect on January 1,1983. 
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(2) SUBSECTION (b) .—The amendment made by subsection (b) 
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shall take effect on July 1,1983. 
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TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PAID TO EX-SERVICE MEMBERS. 
(a) EuGiBiLiTY REQUIREMENTS.—Paragraph (1) of section 8521(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) 'Federal service' means active service (not including 
active duty in a reserve status unless for a continuous period of 
180 days or more) in the armed forces or the Commissioned 
Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
if with respect to that service— 
"(A) the individual was discharged or released under 
honorable conditions (and, if an officer, did not resign for 
the good of the service); and 
"(B)(i) the individual was discharged or released after 
completing his first full term of active service which the 
individual initially agreed to serve, or 
"(ii) the individual was discharged or released before 
completing such term of active service— 
"(I) for the convenience of the Government under an 
early release program, 
"(II) because of medical disqualification, pregnancy, 
parenthood, or any service-incurred injury or disability, 
"(III) because of hardship, or 
"(IV) because of personality disorders or inaptitude 
but only if the service was continuous for 365 days or 
more;". 
(b) PERIOD FOR WHICH BENEFITS PAYABLE.—Section 8521 of such 
title 5 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(c)(1) An individual shall not be entitled to compensation under 
this subchapter for any week before the fifth week beginning after 
the week in which the individual was discharged or released. 
"(2) The aggregate amount of compensation payable on the basis 
of Federal service (as defined in subsection (a)) to any individual 
with respect to any benefit year shall not exceed 13 times the 
individual's weekly benefit amount for total unemployment." 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to 
terminations of service on or after July 1, 1981, but only for 
purposes of determining eligibility for benefits for weeks of 
unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—The amendments made by this sec-
tion shall not apply to the extent that such amendments would 
(but for this paragraph) reduce the amount of compensation 
payable in the case of benefit years established before the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. COMPENSATION PAID TO EX-SERVICE MEMBERS CHARGED TO 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.— 
(1) Subsections (b) and (c)(1) of section 8509 of title 5, United 
States Code, are each amended by striking out "subchapter" 
each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter". 
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(2) Section 8509 of such title 5 is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(h) For purposes of this section, the term 'Federsil service' in-
cludes Federal service as defined in section 8521(a)." 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on October 1,1983. 
(2) TREATMENT OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—All 
funds appropriated which are available (on October 1, 1983) for 
the making of payments to States under chapter 85 of title 5, 
United States Code, on the basis of Federal service (as defined in 5 use 8501 
section 8521(a) of such title 5) or for the making of payments ^
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under such chapter on the basis of such service in States which 
do not have in effect an agreement under such chapter, shall be 
transferred on such date to the Federal Employees Compensa-
tion Account established by section 909 of the Social Security 
Act. On and after such date, all payments described in the 42 use 1109. 
preceding sentence shall be made from such account as provided 
by section 8509 of such title 5. 
SEC. 203. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SERVICES FROM THE FEDERAL UNEM-
PLOYMENT TAX ACT. 
Subsection (b) of section 822 of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 
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thereof "after December 31, 1980, and before January 1, 1983". "°*^ 
SEC. 204. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Section 2514(a)(2)(A) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1981 (95 Stat. 889) (relating to the effective date of amendments 1
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relating to group eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance "
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for workers under the Trade Act of 1974) is amended by striking out 1
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"the 180th day after the date of the enactment of this Act" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "October 1,1983". 
Approved October 25, 1982. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4717: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97-405 (Comm. on Ways and Means) and No. 97-929 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 127 (1981): Dec. 15, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Vol. 128 (1982): Mar. 16, House agreed to Senate amendment with amend-
ment. 
Oct. 1, House and Senate agreed to conference report.