Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

Person

Official portrait of Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2]

Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2]

United States · Official source

Records

2,987 records where Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 510 (100th)referred

A joint resolution to designate January 26, 1989, as "Sean MacBride Day".

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1988

Designates January 26, 1989, as Sean MacBride Day, marking the 85th anniversary of the birth of the late Sean MacBride, cofounder of Amnesty International and sponsor of the MacBride Principles opposing religious discrimination in Northern Ireland.

Bill· HRH.R. 4150 (100th)referred

Postal Reorganization Act Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988

Postal Reorganization Act of 1988 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund: (1) shall not be included in the totals of the Federal budget or the congressional budget; (2) shall be exempt from Federal budget limitations on expenditures and net lending; and (3) shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the Federal deficit. Repeals certain limitations on postal borrowing authority. Increases the limitations on postal borrowing authority.

Bill· HRH.R. 4153 (100th)open

Hazardous Materials Transportation Information Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1988

Hazardous Materials Transportation Information Act of 1988 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a region-by-region analysis of the flow of hazardous materials on highways, water, and railroads in the nine regions from which the Census Bureau derives its Commodity Transportation Survey database. Specifies the contents of such analysis, including amount of transported materials, corridors used, and incidents. Requires the Secretary to report analysis results to the Congress and each State within one year.

Bill· HRH.R. 4142 (100th)referred

A bill to provide that for taxable years beginning before 1980 the Federal income tax deductibility of flight training expenses shall be determined without regard to whether such expenses were reimbursed through certain veterans educational assistance allowances.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1988

Requires that, for pre-1980 tax years, the Federal income tax deductibility of flight training expenses be determined without considering whether the taxpayer received reimbursement through veterans' educational programs.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 262 (100th)open

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Transportation should conduct a full investigation into the management of Texas Air Corporation and Eastern Air Lines since Eastern's acquisition by Texas Air Corporation.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1988

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) should: (1) investigate the management of Texas Air Corporation and Eastern Air Lines since the acquisition of Eastern by Texas Air to determine (according to prescribed guidelines) the effect of such management upon the public interest; (2) use the investigation findings as a basis for decisions in pending and future cases involving proposed changes in domestic and international operations of Eastern; (3) not authorize the operation of any entity as a subsidiary of Texas Air in performing any air transportation operations until completion of a review to determine whether such performance is consistent with the public interest; (4) not authorize any Texas Air subsidiary to engage in air transportation until the application for such certificate has been reviewed; (5) not authorize Orion Air to provide contract services with Eastern unless Orion establishes conclusively its capability of conducting such operations with the highest degree of safety; (6) not expedite consideration of Orion's request to operate under contract with Eastern by diverting employees of the Department of Transportation or the Federal Aviation Administration from their responsibilities of ensuring the safety of previously authorized operations; and (7) require, as a condition of any approval of Orion's request to operate under contract with Eastern, that purchasers of tickets for such service must be informed at the time of making reservations of the identity of the carrier having operational responsibility for such service.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 261 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding trade with Japan in beef.

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1988

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Administration should pursue efforts to further liberalize the Japanese market for U.S. beef and encourage the elimination of the quota system; and (2) if a satisfactory solution is not reached with Japan when the current beef agreement expires, the U.S. Trade Representative should pursue appropriate measures in order to liberalize the Japanese beef market.

Bill· HRH.R. 4115 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the reissuance of an airman certificate to an airman whose certificate has been revoked for a drug-related offense.

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1988

Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the issuance of an airman's certificate to any person whose certificate has been revoked for activities relating to controlled substances. (Current law limits such prohibition to a five-year period beginning on the date of revocation.)

Bill· HRH.R. 4113 (100th)open

Aviation Whistleblower Protection Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1988

Aviation Whistleblower Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit discriminatory adverse actions by an aviation industry employer against an employee who has alerted Federal officials to civil aircraft safety hazards, if such employee had previously disclosed the same information to his employer. Sets forth a grievance and investigation procedure for violations of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4119 (100th)referred

Job Enhancement for Families Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1988

Job Enhancement for Families Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the earned income tax credit to: (1) increase from $5,714 to $7,143 the amount of earned income subject to the credit; and (2) increase the credit percentage incrementally from 14 percent to 35 percent, adjusted annually for inflation, as the number of the taxpayer's dependent children increases from one to four or more.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 260 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof, citizens of the United States who were killed in Afghanistan.

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1988

Declares that the President should: (1) posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof in honor of their efforts to document the Afghan struggle for freedom; and (2) present the award to those individuals' families on March 21, 1988, the start of the new year in Afghanistan.

Bill· HRH.R. 4091 (100th)open

A bill to provide for the issuance of educational savings bonds a portion of the interest on which is exempt from taxation, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1988

Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, to issue educational savings bonds, a form of non-transferable savings bond that: (1) pays interest only if redeemed after 12 months of issuance; and (2) ceases to bear interest at the end of the 20th year after issuance. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual any interest on educational savings bonds redeemed within 300 months of issuance to the extent: (1) the aggregate face amount of the bonds is $2,000 or less; and (2) the interest is used to pay the higher education expenses (tuition, fees, books, supplies, meals, and lodging) of a dependent at either an institution of higher education or a vocational school.

Bill· HRH.R. 4074 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide for use of the Nation's airports on a cost-recovery basis.

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1988

Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the imposition or increase of any airport landing fee or comparable facilities use charge if the Governors of two or more States request review of the fee or charge, unless the Secretary of Transportation has approved such imposition. Prescribes such a review procedure. Applies this Act to any airport at which facility construction or maintenance has been implemented in whole or in part with funds provided under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982.

Bill· HRH.R. 4090 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to modify the requirements respecting liability insurance for underground storage tanks, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1988

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to extend to November 8, 1989, the effective date for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for owners and operators of underground storage tanks. Prohibits the first suspension of such financial responsibility requirement for a class or category of tanks from exceeding 360 days. (Such suspension is currently authorized for up to 180 days if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency makes certain determinations.) Requires the Administrator to assist States in establishing: (1) State assurance funds to enable underground storage tank owners and operators to meet the financial requirements of the Act; and (2) programs to encourage private insurance providers to offer insurance coverage to such owners and operators.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 485 (100th)enacted

A joint resolution designating June 26 through July 2, 1988, as "National Safety Belt Use Week".

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1988

Designates the week of June 26 through July 2, 1988, as National Safety Belt Use Week. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) urge the people to wear safety belts and use child safety seats; and (2) encourage State and local governments and concerned organizations and officials to promote greater use of these safety devices.

Bill· HRH.R. 4067 (100th)referred

A bill to prohibit certain railroad employees from leaving their post in the event of a train accident.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988

Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations prohibiting any railroad employee from leaving either the scene of a railroad accident or such employee's appropriate place of duty (unless warranted because of injury or other urgent circumstances) if the employee: (1) caused or contributed to the accident; or (2) has specified responsibilities regarding the accident's aftermath. Sets forth criminal penalties for knowing or willful violation of regulations promulgated under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4070 (100th)referred

A bill to provide another opportunity for Federal employees to elect coverage under the Federal Employees' Retirement System; to provide that the recently enacted government pension offset provisions of the Social Security Act shall not apply to Federal employees who take advantage of the new election period; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988

Amends the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986 to allow employees under the Civil Service Retirement System to transfer to coverage under the Federal Employees' Retirement System from June 30, 1988, until January 1, 1989. (The current deadline for such election expired December 31, 1987.) Provides that certain employees subject to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement System and Foreign Service Retirement System may also make such election during such period. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to extend from December 31, 1987, until December 31, 1988, the period for exemption from the Government pension offset applicable to employees receiving Federal retirement benefits and OASDI survivor benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 4056 (100th)referred

A bill making urgent supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1988 for Coast Guard operating expenses.

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1988

Makes a supplemental appropriation for FY 1988 to the Coast Guard (Department of Transportation) for operations at certain facilities comparable in nature and extent to the operations carried out during FY 1987. Prohibits amounts made available by this Act from being used in connection with any closing of, or reduction in force with respect to, any Coast Guard facility or installation.

Bill· HRH.R. 4048 (100th)referred

Community Revitalization Tax Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988

Community Revitalization Tax Act of 1988 - Amends Internal Revenue Code income tax accounting rules limiting passive activity losses and credits to eliminate the disallowance of credits in this context. Revises the limitation on the general business credit to allow a maximum annual credit equal to the first $20,000 of an individual taxpayer's income tax liability plus 20 percent of any excess liability. Amends provisions that reduce the investment credit base by nonqualified nonrecourse financing amounts to apply them to certain qualified rehabilitation property as if the property were subject to the at-risk rules associated with the low-income housing credit. Permits a tax-exempt organization to offset the amount of any general business credit against its unrelated business income tax liability. Revises the definition of "qualifying distribution" for purposes of the tax on a private foundation's failure to distribute income. Includes as qualifying any amount of interest foregone on a below-market loan made to a tax-exempt organization to operate a qualified low-income building. Includes as a qualified rehabilitation expenditure for tax credit purposes any expenditure in connection with the rehabilitation of a low-income building leased to a tax-exempt entity. Permits a pooled income fund having substantially all of its assets invested exclusively in qualified low-income buildings to have one or more corporations as income beneficiaries, each with a 20-year life.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 254 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution recommending that the Department of Energy work more closely with other nations in the field of magnetic fusion research and that the Department continue to pursue an agreement with other nations to jointly design the International Thermonuclear Experimental reactor.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988

Recommends that the Department of Energy: (1) work more closely with other nations in the field of magnetic fusion research; (2) foster collaborative research in fusion materials to maximize the environmental advantages of fusion energy; and (3) continue to pursue an agreement with other nations to jointly design the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 252 (100th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that United States military and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan resistance should be maintained until the Soviet Union completely withdraws its troops from Afghanistan.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1988

Calls upon the President to: (1) maintain U.S. military and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan resistance until the Soviet Union withdraws its forces from Afghanistan; and (2) ensure that any political solution to the war in Afghanistan guarantees the self-determination of the Afghan people.

Bill· HRH.R. 4037 (100th)open

Defense Production Act Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 29 February 1988

Defense Production Act Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to restate the defense mobilization preparedness policy of the United States. Places the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in charge of coordinating the efforts to maintain geographical dispersion of defense facilities. (Currently, the Office of Defense Mobilization is in charge of such effort.) Requires executive agencies and departments responsible for defense acquisition to continuously assess the capability of the defense industrial base to satisfy near-term and mobilization production requirements. States that plans and programs to carry out the policy stated above shall duly consider the promotion of efficiency and competition. Repeals as inconsistent with changes made under this Act the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages Act of 1974. Expresses certain congressional findings disapproving the growing U.S. dependency on foreign sources for parts and materials used to manufacture major weapons systems for our national defense, and requests the strengthening of the industrial capability of the United States to independently produce its major weapons systems. Directs the President, in exercising his industrial defense preparedness authority, to limit the production of existing and new weapons to domestic manufacturing and assembly sources: (1) within five years following the enactment of this Act; and (2) until domestic sources can meet defense production needs for six months following any declaration of war. Authorizes the President to waive such domestic-production requirement only after considering in each case an economic and defense production impact assessment. Authorizes the President to use certain existing incentives to implement these provisions, subject to specified limitations. Directs the President to designate those industries deemed to be critical to the U.S. defense industrial base, to be given first priority for assistance under this Act for the modernization of manufacturing facilities and equipment and the production of materials. Directs the President to seek to develop the domestic production of materials, services, and skills affecting a critical industry that are in short supply. Authorizes assistance to be provided only to small and medium-sized businesses, unless the President otherwise formally notifies the Congress that the interests of national defense require an exception to such limitation.

Bill· HRH.R. 4000 (100th)open

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to minimize the paperwork requirements in order for State and local governments to purchase diesel fuel tax-free.

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1988

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on diesel and aviation fuels any sales of fuel for exclusive State or local governmental use. (Under current law, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations exempting such sales.) Prohibits the Secretary from requiring reporting or registration in connection with this tax exemption and exempt sales.

Bill· HRH.R. 4011 (100th)referred

A bill to amend the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to provide that the requirements for the operation of commercial motor vehicles will not apply to the operation of certain farm and firefighting vehicles.

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1988

Amends the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to declare that its requirements do not apply to: (1) motor vehicles registered for farm use which are driven less than 15,000 miles per year; or (2) motor vehicles used solely for fire fighting purposes.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 474 (100th)open

A joint resolution designating June 14, 1988, as "Baltic Freedom Day".

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1988

Expresses disapproval of the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics. Designates June 14, 1988, as Baltic Freedom Day. Authorizes and requests the President to submit the issue of the Baltic Republics to the United Nations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3968 (100th)open

Economic Development Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1988

Economic Development Act of 1988 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Capital Gains - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the nonrecognition of gain, upon taxpayer election, in certain cases involving the sale or exchange of any of the following, which must have been held continuously by the taxpayer during the five years preceding the sale or exchange: (1) an interest as a proprietor in a proprietorship, or as a partner in a closely held partnership (the taxpayer holds at least 80 percent of the capital interest); (2) stock in a closely held corporation (the taxpayer holds at least 80 percent of the value of the stock); or (3) property used by a proprietor in the business of the proprietorship. Permits such nonrecognition of gain only when, within 18 months of the given sale or exchange, the taxpayer either purchases like interest, stock, or property or makes a nondeductible contribution to an individual retirement plan. Increases from one year to two years the holding period required for long-term capital gain treatment of property acquired after January 1, 1988. Allows a noncorporate taxpayer a capital gains income tax deduction equal to: (1) 50 percent for assets held five years or longer; and (2) 25 percent for assets held for between two and five years. Decreases the capital gains tax rate for corporations from 34 percent to: (1) 20 percent for assets held five years or longer; and (2) 27 percent for assets held for between two and five years. Title II: Treatment of Educational Assistance Benefits - Restores the exclusion from the gross income of an employee of up to $5,250 of educational assistance provided under an employer's educational assistance program. (Under current law the exclusion expired as of January 1, 1988.) Requires annual indexing of the maximum permissible exclusion. Applies no maximum with respect to graduate students who are teaching or doing research for certain educational organizations. Title III: Educational Development - Exempts from the ten percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans any distributions made to an employee after separation from service to the extent the amounts are used to alleviate the employee's financial hardship resulting from educational and retraining expenses paid for the purpose of enhancing future employment. Title IV: Research and Development - Increases from 50 percent to 67 percent the amount of research and development expenditures that a company must allocate to income from sources within the United States. Establishes a special rule for the qualified research and experimental expenditures required by governmental entities. Requires companies to report on a consolidated basis with respect to the expenditures associated with this source rule. Makes permanent the income tax credit for qualified research expenditures by repealing the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that would terminate the credit for expenses incurred or paid after 1988.

Bill· HRH.R. 3969 (100th)open

Oyster Disease Research Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1988

Oyster Disease Research Assistance Act - Directs the Chief Scientist of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an oyster disease research program, including: (1) identification of certain oyster diseases; (2) identification of priority research categories; (3) support for research in priority categories; and (4) a process for making the results of the research available to interested persons. Permits eligible institutions to apply for research grants. Sets forth the factors the Chief Scientist must consider in deciding whether to award assistance. Establishes the Oyster Research Program Advisory Committee to advise the Chief Scientist regarding matters related to carrying out this Act. Requires representation on the Committee from specified geographic areas. Directs the Chief Scientist to consult with the Department of the Interior, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the identification of priority oyster diseases, the identification of priority research categories, and matters covered by the biennial review required by this Act. Directs the Chief Scientist to undertake a biennial review of the program. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1998.