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United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate Sunday, February 10, 1980, as "Energy Awareness Day."
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that April 22, 1980, should be observed and celebrated as "Earth Day, 1980."
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress to condemn Soviet actions taken against Andrei Sakharov which further show the lack of the Soviet Union's fitness to host the Olympics.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate April 21 through April 28, 1980, as "Jewish Heritage Week."
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation honoring the memory of Walt Disney on the 25th anniversary of his contribution to the American dream.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the International Olympic Committee should withdraw the 1980 summer Olympic games from the Soviet Union; and (2) there should be a boycott of such games, if they are not withdrawn and Soviet troops have not been withdrawn from Afghanistan.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should call upon the International Olympic Committee to relocate the 1980 summer Olympic games outside of the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Provides for an exemption from the windfall profits tax for independent oil producers for an amount equal to 1,000 barrels of crude oil multiplied by the number of days in the taxable period.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Designates February 19, 1980, as "Iwo Jima Commemoration Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate June 27, 1980, as "Helen Keller Day."
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1979
Reye's Syndrome Act of 1979 - Amends title IX of the Public Health Service Act (Genetic Diseases, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, through the National Institute of Neurological, Communicative Disorders, and Stroke, the Reye's Syndrome Coordinating Committee to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities for a three-year project to establish two comprehensive Reye's syndrome diagnostic and treatment centers. Includes among the duties of such centers: (1) the conduct of basic and clinical research; (2) the development of new and improved treatments; (3) the provision of physician training programs; and (4) informational services, with respect to the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Reye's syndrome. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within six months of the end of the project with respect to its accomplishments. Authorizes the Committee to provide financial assistance to public agencies, nonprofit private entities, and entities and individuals not associated with the centers, to conduct research on Reye's syndrome.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1979
Used Machinery Investment Credit Adjustment Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $100,000 to $200,000 the cost of used property which is eligible for the investment tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1979
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 - Title I: Regulation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Facilities and Plantships - Prohibits any person from owning, constructing, or operating an ocean thermal energy conversion facility and prohibits United States citizens from owning, constructing, or operating an ocean thermal energy conversion plantship without a license issued pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to issue, transfer, amend, or renew licenses for the ownership, construction, and operation of such facilities or plantships upon application and in accordance with this Act. Sets forth criteria for determining whether to issue such licenses, and directs the Administrator to prescribe any conditions deemed necessary to carry out this Act or which are required by any Federal department or agency. Directs the Administrator to establish bonding requirements or other assurances necessary to assure that upon revocation or other termination of a license, the licensee will remove all components of any such facility or plantship from the ocean and the seabed. Sets the term of such licenses at a maximum of 25 years, with a right of renewals for an additional ten years for each renewal. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies having jurisdiction over or expertise concerning any aspect of the construction or operation of such facilities or plantships to submit to the Administrator written comments as to their expertise or statutory responsibilities with respect to this or any other Federal law. Sets forth application procedures and requirements for licenses authorized for issuance by this Act, including provisions for public notice hearings, and Federal agency review. Requires that applicants for licenses remit a fee at the time of filing such application, to be determined by the Administrator, and to be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. Establishes priorities for the issuance of licenses where more than one application is submitted for the same designated application area. Establishes criminal penalties for the breaking of or injury to any submarine electric transmission cable or equipment being constructed or operated under a license issued under this Act. Requires a licensee to indemnify the owner of any vessel which sacrifices any anchor, fishing net, or other fishing gear to avoid injuring any such cable or equipment. Requires any licensee who causes any break in or injury to any submarine cable or pipeline to bear the cost of the repairs thereto. Directs the Administrator to submit applications for issuance, transfer, or renewal of any license to the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission for antitrust review. Directs the Administrator to designate as an "adjacent coastal State" any coastal State either directly to be connected by electric transmission cable or pipeline to an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship or located within 15 miles of any such proposed facility or plantship. Authorizes the Administrator to make such designation for any other State, upon request, upon a determination that there is a risk of damage to the coastal environment or if it is likely that the thermal plume of any proposed facility or plantship would impinge on possible locations for other ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships which would be connected to such State. Requires that the Administrator transmit to the Governor of any designated adjacent coastal State a complete copy of a license application and prohibits the issuance of any license for an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship without the approval of the Governor of such State where such State has an approved coastal zone management program in effect pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Stipulates that failure by a State Governor to transmit his approval or disapproval within the alloted time period will result in the approval being conclusively presumed. Prohibits the Administrator from issuing such licenses for any facility or plantship unless the adjacent coastal State to which such facilities or plantship is to be directly connected has an approved coastal zone management plan in effect. Authorizes States to enter into agreements or compacts to apply for such licenses and to establish agencies for implementing such agreements or compacts. Requires the Administrator to issue regulations requiring licensees to pursue diligently such facility or plantship construction and operation and authorizes the termination of any license for failure to comply with such regulations. Directs the Administrator to initiate a program to assess the environmental effects of such facilities or plantships so as to determine whether their cumulative impact requires that a limit be placed on the number or total capacity of such facilities or plantships to be licensed under this Act. States that the issuance of such licenses is deemed to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the environment for purposes of the environmental impact statement provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Authorizes the preparation of a consolidated environmental impact statement by the Administrator and other involved Federal agencies and departments. Directs the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue regulations and enforce procedures concerning any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship, including rules on vessel movement, transfer of materials between facilities and plantships and transport vessels, designation of anchorage areas, maintenance, law enforcement, and the equipment, training, and maintenance required to prevent pollution of and other adverse impacts on the marine environment and to clean up any pollutants which may be discharged. Directs the Secretary to designate a zone of appropriate size around and including any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship for the purpose of navigational safety, and to establish safety zones during the period of construction of such facilities or plantships. States that for the purposes of the vessel inspection laws, such facilities and plantships shall be deemed to be vessels. Requires that licenses include such conditions as necessary to ensure that construction and operation of such facilities and plantships do not interfere with navigation, fishing, energy production, scientific research, or other uses of the high seas, including the operation of other ocean thermal energy conversion plantships and facilities. Authorizes the inspection and monitoring of licensees' activities, and sets forth procedures thereon. Sets forth provisions for the suspension, revocation, and termination of licenses for failure to comply with provisions of this Act or applicable rules or conditions issued or imposed by the Administrator under the authority of this Act. Includes provisions for the immediate suspension of facility or plantship construction or operation upon a determination by the Administrator that such action is necessary to protect public health and safety or to eliminate dangers to the environment, or upon a determination by the President that such suspension is necessary to avoid a conflict with any international obligation of the United States established by treaty or convention. Sets forth provisions concerning recordkeeping, reports, and public access to information. Authorizes licensees to relinquish to the Administrator any right to conduct construction or operation of such a facility or plantship, but stipulates that such relinquishment shall not relieve the licensee of any obligation or liability established by this Act. Authorizes civil actions by any person having a valid legal interest which is or may be adversely affected by actions of licensees or by the failure of the Administrator to comply with the requirements of this Act. Authorizes judicial review of any decision of the Administrator concerning a license. Title II: Maritime Financing for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion - States that for the purposes of the Merchant Marine Act: (1) any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship licensed under this Act, and any vessel providing shipping service to or from such facilities or plantships, shall be deemed to be a vessel operated in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States; and (2) any vessel documented under the laws of the United States and providing such service shall be deemed to be used in, and used in an essential service in, the foreign commerce or foreign trade of the United States. Amends the Federal Ship Mortgage Insurance provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to include such facilities and plantships in the definition of "vessel" and to add a definition of "ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship." Amends such provisions to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee, or make a commitment to guarantee, payment of the principal of and interest on an obligation which aids in financing a vessel designed for use as an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship. Increases the aggregate principal amount which may be guaranteed with respect to such facilities or plantships constructed without the aid of construction-differential subsidy. Increases the aggregate unpaid principal amount of obligations guaranteed under such Act to $12,000,000,000, and requires that $2,000,000,000 of such amount be limited to obligations pertaining to demonstration ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships guaranteed under such Act. Establishes the OTEC Fund as a special sub-account of the Federal Ship Financing Fund, to be used for obligation guarantees authorized by such Act which do not otherwise qualify under other sections thereof. Limits to five the number of ocean thermal energy conversion facilities or plantships which may obtain obligation guarantees. Title III Enforcement - Provides for the enforcement of provisions of this Act and rules or orders issued thereunder and lists prohibited acts. Authorizes the Administrator to issue compliance orders to any person for violation of specified provisions of this Act and to request the Attorney General to commence civil action for relief or civil penalties for any violation for which the Administrator is authorized to issue such compliance orders. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for such violations as specified. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Administrator to issue amendments to any regulations issued under this Act to conform such regulations to any treaty ratified by the United States as a result of any United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Exempts from the provisions of this Act any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship designated by the Secretary of Energy as a demonstration project. Sets forth provisions concerning the relationship of other laws to the facilities and plantships authorized for construction and operation under this Act, including a provision that the law of the nearest adjacent coastal State to which such a licensed facility is connected by electric transmission cable or pipeline is declared to be the law of the United States. Directs the Administrator to establish standards and regulations for the safe construction and operation of submarine electric transmission cables and equipment over which the United States has jurisdiction. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress an annual report on the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1979
Designates the week of October 5 through October 11, 1980, as "National Diabetes Week."
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that social security benefits should remain exempt from all taxation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish a Federal strike force and implement a program in each Federal judicial district for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting members of outlaw motorcycle gangs who commit Federal crimes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1979
Designates December 7, 1979, as "National Unity Day."
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1979
Designates the third week of April of each year as "National Coin Week."
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1979
Designates December 7, 1979, as "National Unity Day."
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1979
Wind Energy Systems Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1979 - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to establish a research, development, and demonstration program for converting wind energy into electricity. Sets as a goal of such program the attainment of a total megawatt capacity of at least 800 megawatts from wind energy systems by fiscal year 1988 and the reduction of the average cost of electricity produced by such systems to a level competitive with conventional energy sources by the end of fiscal year 1986. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into agreements with public and private entities to obtain scientific, technological, and economic information on the design, fabrication, purchase, installation, and testing of wind energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to entities seeking to install wind energy systems upon submission of the proper application. Sets forth terms and conditions for receiving such assistance. Terminates any Federal subsidization of purchases of such equipment upon the determination that such systems have become competitive with conventional energy sources or by a specified date. Sets forth the amount of such assistance, taking into consideration any tax credits allowed under the Internal Revenue Code for renewable energy source expenditures. Allocates a portion of the funds appropriated to carry out such assistance program for accelerated procurement and installation of wind energy systems by Federal agencies for demonstration purposes. Directs the Secretary to promulgate voluntary performance standards for such systems. Directs the Secretary to initiate a three-year national wind resource assessment program to: (1) validate existing assessments of known wind resources; (2) perform wind resource assessments in regions where the use of wind energy may prove feasible; (3) initiate a general site prospecting program; (4) establish standard wind data collection and siting techniques; (5) establish, in consultation with the Administrators of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a national wind data center to make public information available on wind energy. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive program management plan for the research, development, and demonstration activities prescribed under this Act for submission to specified congressional committees. Sets forth criteria for selection of programs consistent with the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to monitor, collect and evaluate data and information, and conduct studies and investigations relating to wind energy systems and programs. Directs the Secretary to assure that information relating to programs, projects and other activities conducted under this Act are widely disseminated to Federal, State, and local authorities, relevant segments of the economy, the scientific community and the public, so as to promote the use of wind energy to the maximum extent feasible. Directs the Secretary to assure that small businesses will have adequate opportunities to participate in the programs conducted under this Act to the maximum extent practicable. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1979
Designates the third week of September of each year as "National Cystic Fibrosis Week."
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1979
Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter commitments to guarantee loans made to Chrysler Corporation if the Secretary determines that: (1) such a commitment is needed to enable Chrysler to continue to operate and the failure to meet this need would adversely and seriously affect the employment or economic situation in the United States or any of its regions, or the degree of competition in the automobile industry; (2) Chrysler has submitted a feasible operating plan for its 1980 fiscal year and the next three fiscal years demonstrating its ability to continue as a going concern in the automobile business without additional Federal assistance after December 31, 1983; and (3) Chrysler has submitted a satisfactory financial plan which includes at least $1,500,000,000 in funds that are not guaranteed by the Federal Government. Requires a portion of such non-Federal funds to be in the form of commitments and concessions contributed after October 17, 1979, by financial institutions, Chrysler's creditors, shareholders, employees, and management, State and local governments, labor unions, and other entities with an economic stake in Chrysler. Prohibits the amount of outstanding guarantees actually issued by the Secretary from ever proportionately exceeding the amount of such non-Federal funding obtained and not repaid. Permits Chrysler to obtain capital and cash in order to meet the required level of non-Federal funding through a merger, the sale of securities, assets, or other transactions consummated after October 17, 1979. Requires the Secretary, before entering any commitments to guarantee loans, to receive assurances: (1) as to availability and adequacy of all financing contemplated by the financing plan;(2) that existing creditors will continue to waive their rights under prior credit commitments in default unless the Secretary determines that exercise of such rights will not adversely affect Chrysler's operating or financial plan; and (3) that expenditures under the financing plan will contribute to Chrysler's domestic economic viability. Requires Chrysler, before any loan guarantees may be issued, to: (1) offer for sale at least $100,000,000 of its stock issued or held as Treasury stock after October 17, 1979; and (2) secure commitments to purchase stock exceeding those outstanding on October 17, 1979, by at least $100,000,000 from persons with an existing economic stake in Chrysler. Permits Chrysler to apply such commitments and concessions to meet the required level of non-federally guaranteed financing. Stipulates that the Secretary may issue guarantees only pursuant to commitments. Requires such commitments to provide that guarantees will only be issued if the Secretary determines that: (1) Chrysler would otherwise be unable to obtain credit upon reasonable terms sufficient to meet the needs of its operating plan; (2) there is a reasonable prospect of repayment; (3) the loan bears interest at a reasonable rate determined by the Secretary not less than the current average yield on Treasury securities of comparable maturity; (4) Chrysler continues to comply with an operating and financial plan or a revision which is feasible and satisfactory to the Secretary; (5) Chrysler has agreed to deliver rolling four-year operating and financial plans to the Secretary and an annual analysis of deviations in performance from the targets set forth in such plans; and (6) Chrysler has complied with the requirements set forth in the terms of any commitment. Renders any determination made by the Secretary under this Act conclusive upon the issuance of a loan guarantee. States that the validity of any guarantee shall be incontestable except for fraud or material misrepresentation on the part of the holder thereof. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the form of all guarantees issued under this Act. Directs the Secretary to collect, at least once a year, a guarantee fee of at least one-half percent per annum on the outstanding guaranteed loan principal computed daily. Authorizes the Secretary to negotiate appropriate additional terms to compensate the United States for the risk it assumes in issuing loan guarantees. Requires that all guaranteed loans mature no later then December 31, 1990. Prohibits waiver or amendment of the terms of any guaranteed loan without the Secretary's consent. Requires each commitment to contain appropriate protective provisions. Directs the Secretary to require security for the loans guaranteed under this Act, subordination of existing creditors, and that Chrysler pay no dividends on any common or preferred stock. Permits the Secretary to waive such requirements if necessary to enable Chrysler to obtain financing and if, despite such waiver, there is a reasonable prospect of repayment. Directs the Secretary to require a change in Chrysler's management if the Secretary determines that the inability of Chrysler to obtain credit without guarantees is a result of the failure of management to exercise reasonable business prudence. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect the records of Chrysler or any of its affiliates for which an application for a loan guarantee has been submitted. Authorizes the General Accounting Office to conduct a detailed audit of Chrysler and its affiliates. Directs the Office to report the results of such audit to the Secretary and the Congress. Prohibits the outstanding principal amount of loans guaranteed by the Secretary from exceeding $1,500,000,000 at any one time. Directs the Secretary to enforce the rights of the United States as a guarantor under this Act. Entitles the Secretary to recover any payments made pursuant to a guarantee from Chrysler, its affiliates, or any other liable person. Empowers the Secretary to utilize all available remedies in enforcing the rights of the United States and to bring actions in the United States district courts or any other appropriate court to enforce compliance with this Act or the terms of any agreement. Grants jurisdiction to such courts to hear such actions and to fashion appropriate remedies. Prohibits the Secretary from guaranteeing any tax-exempt security either directly or indirectly if the guarantee provides significant collateral for other tax-exempt obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the priority of the United States if necessary to facilitate financing contemplated by the financing plan provided the Secretary determines that, despite such waiver, there is a reasonable prospect of repayment. Stipulates that such a waiver may not subordinate the claims of the United States to any other creditor. Renders any provision of this Act severable from the other provisions if held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress on activities conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act beginning in fiscal year 1979 and remaining available without fiscal year limitation. Limits the authority of the Secretary to make guarantees to the extent provided in advance by appropriation Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1979
Sunset Review Act of 1979 - Requires the House Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to jointly develop and maintain an inventory of all Federal programs and tax expenditures. Requires such inventory to classify all such programs and expenditures according to the jurisdiction of the various legislative committees of the two Houses. Requires the General Accounting Office, before the beginning of the 97th Congress, after consultation with the appropriate legislative committees, to submit a draft inventory to the House Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Requires such Committees to notify each legislative committee of the programs and tax expenditures which are classified within its jurisdiction. Allows any legislative committee to propose revisions of such inventory within 30 days after notification. Requires, after a determination that all programs and tax expenditures are accurately classified, that such inventory be published in a single document. Requires that an update be made of such inventory at the beginning of every Congress. Directs the General Accounting Office to maintain and publish a supplement to the inventory. Requires each legislative committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate, on or before March 1 in the first session of each Congress beginning with the 98th Congress, to develop, adopt, and submit to the House Committee on Rules and the Senate Committees on Rules and Administration an agenda for the sunset review of selected Federal programs within its jurisdiction or in the case of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance, of selected tax expenditures. Requires the committees of each House to develop their sunset review agenda in consultation with any other committee which has concurrent jurisdiction over any programs or tax expenditures involved. Prohibits either the House or the Senate from considering a primary expense resolution for any legislative committee in any Congress until that committee has developed and submitted its sunset review agenda. Requires the House Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to incorporate such agendas into a consolidated sunset review agenda and to report such consolidated agenda to its House in the form of a concurrent resolution, within seven legislative days after all committee sunset review agendas have been submitted. Requires the consolidated sunset review agenda to be adopted in the House and in the Senate no later than March 30 in the first session of each Congress. Sets forth the procedures for adoption. Requires each committee of the House or the Senate, not later than May 15 in the second session of each Congress, to report a bill or bills modifying, continuing, or terminating each program or tax expenditure which it has been directed to review under the consolidated sunset review agenda adopted during the first session. Requires such bill to be accompanied by a report setting forth the committee's findings, recommendations, and justifications. Requires each department, agency, and instrumentality in the executive branch of the Government which is responsible for the administration of a Federal program or tax expenditure selected for sunset review to give assistance to the appropriate Congressional committees. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of any legislative committee to review programs or tax expenditures within its jurisdiction and to report legislation modifying, continuing, or terminating such programs or expenditures at such times and in such manner as it deems appropriate. Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to include the consolidated sunset review agendas and the congressional inventory of Federal programs as part of the House Committee on Rules' functions.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1979
Designates the week beginning June 22, 1980, as "National Athletic Boosters Week."
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Infant Formula Act of 1979 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth requirements for infant formulas. States that formulas which do not conform to such requirements shall be deemed to adulterated. Requires each manufacturer of an infant formula to annually submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare) reports or test results which show that the formula meets such requirements. Directs the Secretary to notify the manufacturer if such Secretary determines the formula is adulterated. Requires such manufacturer to give the Secretary satisfactory assurances of initiating a recall to all retail purchasers of such formula within 48 hours of receiving notification of the Secretary's determination. Directs the Secretary to initiate actions for the seizure of such formula should the manufacturer fail to make such assurances. Permits an inspector enforcing the provisions of this Act access to specified test records of the manufacturer at all times. Makes the failure to submit required reports and test results a prohibited act under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that infant formulas contain specified nutrients at specified levels. States that an infant formula not containing such levels of nutrients be deemed to be adulterated. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to establish nutrient levels for fluoride, chromium, selenium, and molybdenum in such formulas. Permits the Secretary to waive or modify such required nutrient levels in formulas to be used by infants having unusual medical or dietary problems. Directs each processor of an infant formula to submit to the Secretary, at specified times, reports or test results satisfactorily demonstrating that such formula meets the requirements as set forth. Requires a processor who has information that any infant formula leaving his control may be adulterated or misbranded to promptly notify the Secretary or institute a recall and then notify the Secretary. Prohibits the use of any information contained in such notification in a proceeding against such processor for a violation of such Act. Directs each processor of infant formula to establish and implement a food coding system to effect and monitor recalls of formula and to notify the Secretary of such system. Permits the Secretary to exempt specified processors from such requirements. Sets forth the requirements of a coding system. Permits the Secretary to provide technical assistance upon request to revise such a system to bring it into compliance. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to effectuate the requirements of such provisions. Directs each processor of an infant formula to make, retain, and make available to the Secretary such records as may be necessary to effect and monitor recalls and facilitate inspections. Permits the Secretary to promulgate regulations setting forth requirements with regard to such records. Makes a failure to submit specified reports, test results, or notices, or to revise a food coding system a prohibited act under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. States that infant formulas not packaged in accordance with the requirements set forth shall be deemed to be misbranded.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations bring the matter of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, before the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1979
Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into commitments to guarantee loans made to Chrysler Corporation if the Secretary determines that: (1) such a commitment is needed to enable Chrysler to continue to operate and the failure to meet this need would adversely and seriously affect the employment or economic situation in the United States or any of its regions, or the degree of competition in the automobile industry; (2) Chrysler has submitted a feasible operating plan for its 1980 fiscal year and the next three fiscal years demonstrating its ability to continue as a going concern in the automobile business without additional Federal assistance after December 31, 1983; and (3) Chrysler has submitted a satisfactory financial plan which includes at least $1,500,000,000 in funds not guaranteed by the Federal Government. Requires a portion of such non-Federal funds to be in the form of commitments and concessions contributed after October 17, 1979, by financial institutions, Chrysler's creditors, shareholders, employees, and management, State and local governments, labor unions, and other entities with an economic stake in Chrysler. Prohibits the amount of outstanding guarantees actually issued by the Secretary from ever proportionately exceeding the amount of such non-federal funding obtained and not repaid. Permits Chrysler to obtain capital and cash in order to meet the required level of non-federal funding through a merger, the sale of securities, assets, or other transactions consummated after October 17, 1979. Requires the Secretary to receive assurances as to the availability and adequacy of all financing contemplated by the financing plan before entering any commitments to guarantee loans. Stipulates that the Secretary may issue guarantees only pursuant to commitments. Requires such commitments to provide that guarantees will only be issued if the Secretary determines that: (1) Chrysler would otherwise be unable to obtain credit upon reasonable terms sufficient to meet the needs of its operating plan; (2) there is a reasonable prospect of repayment; (3) the loan bears interest at a reasonable rate determined by the Secretary not less than the current average yield on Treasury securities of comparable maturity; (4) Chrysler continues to comply with an operating and financial plan or a revision which is feasible and satisfactory to the Secretary; (5) Chrysler has agreed to deliver rolling four-year operating and financial plans to the Secretary and an annual analysis of deviations in performance from the targets set forth in such plans; and (6) Chrysler has complied with the requirements set forth in the terms of any commitment. Renders any determination made by the Secretary under this Act conclusive upon the issuance of a loan guarantee. States that the validity of any guarantee shall be incontestable except for fraud or material misrepresentation on the part of the holder thereof. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the form of all guarantees issued under this Act. Directs the Secretary to collect, at least once a year, a guarantee fee of at least one-half percent per annum on the outstanding guaranteed loan principal computed daily. Authorizes the Secretary to negotiate appropriate additional terms to compensate the United States for the risk it assumes in issuing loan guarantees. Requires that all guaranteed loans mature no later than December 31, 1990. Prohibits waiver or amendment of the terms of any guaranteed loan without the Secretary's consent. Requires each commitment to contain appropriate protective provisions. Directs the Secretary to require security for the loans guaranteed under this Act, subordination of existing creditors, and that Chrysler pay no dividends on any common or preferred stock. Permits the Secretary to waive such requirements if necessary to enable Chrysler to obtain financing and if, despite such waiver, there is a reasonable prospect of repayment. Directs the Secretary to require a change in Chrysler's management if the Secretary determines that the inability of Chrysler to obtain credit without guarantees is a result of the failure of management to exercise reasonable business prudence. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect the records of Chrysler or any of its affiliates for which an application for a loan guarantee has been submitted. Authorizes the General Accounting Office to conduct a detailed audit of Chrysler and its affiliates. Directs the Office to report the results of such audit to the Secretary and the Congress. Prohibits the outstanding principal amount of loans guaranteed by the Secretary from exceeding $1,500,000,000 at any one time. Directs the Secretary to enforce the rights of the United States as a guarantor under this Act. Entitles the Secretary to recover any payments made pursuant to a guarantee from Chrysler, its affiliates, or any other liable person. Empowers the Secretary to utilize all available remedies in enforcing the rights of the United States and to bring actions in the United States district courts or any other appropriate court to enforce compliance with this Act or the terms of any agreement. Grants jurisdiction to such courts to hear such actions and to fashion appropriate remedies. Prohibits the Secretary from guaranteeing any tax-exempt security either directly or indirectly if the guarantee provides significant collateral for other tax-exempt obligations. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the priority of the United States if necessary to facilitate financing contemplated by the financing plan provided the Secretary determines that, despite such waiver, there is a reasonable prospect of repayment. Stipulates that such a waiver may not subordinate the claims of the United States to any other creditor. Renders any provision of this Act severable from the other provisions if held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress on activities conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act beginning in fiscal year 1979 and remaining available without fiscal year limitation. Limits the authority of the Secretary to make guarantees to the extent provided in advance by appropriation Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1979
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive plan and program of research, development, and demonstration of ocean thermal energy conversion systems. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive technology application plan designed to realize the goal of producing 10,000 megawatts of electrical capacity or energy product equivalent from ocean thermal energy conversion systems by the year 1999. Sets forth criteria for the selection of programs and the establishment of priorities concerning ocean thermal energy conversion systems. Establishes an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Advisory Committee to study and advise the Secretary on the implementation and conduct of the programs established under this Act and on other matters concerning ocean thermal energy conversion. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on the activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations for plant and capital equipment for specified ocean thermal energy conversion demonstration plants.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1979
Acid Precipitation Act of 1979 - Establishes an Acid Precipitation Task Force to prepare a comprehensive plan of action to ameliorate the harmful effects of acid precipitation within ten years. Requires such plan to focus the combined efforts of the private and public sectors on such problem. Sets forth the composition of such Force, including representatives from specified Federal agencies. Sets forth the elements of such plan, including programs for: (1) establishing and operating a nationwide monitoring network; (2) identifying and measuring the sources of such precipitation; (3) understanding the airborne chemistry responsible for such precipitation; (4) assessing economic, social, health, and environmental impacts; (5) effecting scientific interchanges with appropriate foreign countries; (6) documenting all current Federal activities relevant to the problem; (7) considering various regulatory and nonregulatory solutions; (8) establishing performance evaluations standards; (9) describing a role for affected and contributing states. Makes such plan the basis for determining goals and establishing diplomatic initiatives and bilateral treaties with other countries involved in acid precipitation programs. Requires the submission of such plan to Congress one year after the enactment and annually thereafter. Authorizes appropriations for the implementation of this Act for ten fiscal years. Stipulates that such funds be appropriated and administered through the Environmental Protection Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1979
National Energy Conservation Incentives Act - Title I: Amendments to Utility Program - Amends the residential energy conservation title of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to extend the definition of "residential building" to include: (1) any building used for residential occupancy which contains at least one dwelling unit; and (2) specified commercial buildings. Requires that each utility program under such title contain procedures authorizing utilities to reinspect buildings equipped with conservation measures to determine the extent to which such measures have been installed. Amends the requirements for approval of proposed residential energy conservation plans to require that contractors or suppliers of residential energy conservation measures seeking to be included on the list of approved contractors and suppliers provide one year warranties on materials and installation of such measures and express a willingness to defer receipt of payment for such measures sold or installed until the reinspection described above is completed. Requires that such list indicate such willingness on the part of such contractors and suppliers to allow such deferred payments. Requires that the list of lending institutions offering financial assistance for the purchase and installation of such conservation measures indicate the availability at each such institution of assistance provided under the Energy Conservation Bank Act. Amends the requirements under such title concerning accounting and payment of costs of operating a utility program under such Act. Authorizes public utilities to make loans or capital investment payments to residential building owner customers for the purchase and installation of residential energy conservation measures under specified conditions. Amends the accounting and payment of costs provisions of such title to provide for the financing of such loans and capital investment payments. Stipulates that neither the Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, nor any other agency shall be barred from challenging anticompetitive acts or practices related to activities conducted under this Act, nor shall any person be deemed to have immunities or defenses to actions under the antitrust laws as a result of the provisions of this Act. Establishes effective dates for the issuance of regulations implementing the provisions of this Act by the Secretary of Energy, Governors or State regulatory agencies, and nonregulated utilities. Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide assistance to States for the training of residential building inspectors undertaking inspections required by this Act and for the development of approved energy conservation methods and inspections. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 through 1982 to carry out this title. Title II: Financial Assistance Provided by the Energy Conservation Bank - Energy Conservation Bank Act - Establishes the Energy Conservation Bank in the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance with respect to loans made to owners of existing commercial and residential buildings for the purchase and installation of energy conserving improvements in such buildings. Authorizes the Bank to provide such assistance in the form of payments to financial institutions and public utilities providing financing pursuant to the National Energy Conservation Policy Act. Sets forth criteria for providing such assistance and terms, conditions, and maximum amounts thereof. Establishes as part of the Bank an Advisory Committee to provide advice to the Board of Directors of the Bank on matters concerning energy conservation assistance. Directs the Bank to promote the program established by this Act and to coordinate its efforts with the Department of Energy. Directs the Board to issue an annual report to the Congress and the President discussing the operations of the Bank identifying problems encountered in the energy conservation industry, the Federal Government, and financial institutions concerning energy conservation, and making recommendations for improvement in the Bank's operations. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to permit the Bank to use personnel of such Department for the purpose of carrying out this Act. Establishes penalties for fraud and misrepresentation with respect to loans assisted under this Act. Authorizes the use of funds from the Energy Security Trust Fund to provide assistance under this title. Sets forth limitations on the amount of such funds available for each of the fiscal years 1980 through 1983. Title III: Secondary Financing - Requires that the Board direct the Bank to make commitments to purchase, to purchase and to service, sell, and otherwise deal in loans and advances of credit made under this Act and the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to residential building owners for the purchase of energy conserving improvements. Authorizes the Bank to issue obligations to enable the Bank to carry out its functions. Exempts transactions authorized under this Act from State or local usury or loan insurance laws. Repeals specified provisions of the National Housing Act which authorize the Government National Mortgage Association to purchase energy conserving improvement loans. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to authorize such Corporation to purchase, make commitments to purchase, and to hold, deal with, sell, and otherwise dispose of mortgages or interest therein held by any public utility acting under a utility program pursuant to the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the original proceeds of which are applied for in order to finance energy conserving improvements. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize such association to exercise powers similar to those granted to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation as described above. Title IV: Weatherization Program - Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to limit the amount of any grant made under such Act to be used for administrative purposes. Amends such Act to increase the amount of payment which may be made to pay volunteers and trainees and public employment workers under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 available to work on weatherization projects in the event there are insufficient participants under such program. Requires the coordination of activities related to rehabilitation, weatherization, and code enforcement conducted by local governments including activities undertaken pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act and related to energy assistance programs for low- income families, including programs under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Amends such Act to repeal the provisions granting priority in the allocation of weatherization assistance funds to community action agencies serving an area eligible for emergency energy conservation assistance under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Directs the Secretary to establish standards and procedures for weatherization programs under such Act in a manner designed to accomplish uniform results among all the States in any particular similar climatic area. Directs the President to appoint an energy conservation coordinator to assure that the Secretaries of Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Health, Education and Welfare, Defense, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and other heads of agencies responsible for developing energy conservation standards reach a consensus on establishing criteria for issuing such standards. Directs the President to make annual reports to the Congress on the activities relating to coordination of Federal energy conservation programs. Makes technical amendments to the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1979
Pay Continuity Act of 1979 - Appropriates the funds necessary to pay the salaries of employees of the executive branch of Government, Members of Congress, and members of the uniformed services during any period when such funds are not available because the legislation making appropriations to the Government entity responsible for paying such individuals has not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1979
Amends the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated, to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and recognition of the men and women of the armed forces who served in the Vietnam war.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1979
Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from following any practice which would result in the denial of an application for the formation of a one-bank holding company solely because such a transaction involves a bank stock loan of 25 years or less.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Ida Nudel and allow her to emigrate to Israel. Urges the President to: (1) express U.S. opposition to the exile of Ida Nudel to Siberia; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will take into account the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law, particularly concerning human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the 1980 Madrid meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to seek free elections supervised by the United Nations in the Baltic States after the withdrawal of all Soviet military and civilian personnel. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should inform and gain the support and cooperation of other nations in realizing independence for the Baltic States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the: (1) President should warn the Soviet Union against making citizenship claims on U.S. citizens; and (2) Secretary of State should inform U.S. citizens planning to visit the Soviet Union of the implications of the Soviet law on citizenship.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1979
Establishes the Interagency Task Force on Suburban Development. Directs the Task Force to conduct and submit to Congress within one year after enactment of this Act a comprehensive study of suburban areas of the United States. Terminates the Task Force 60 days after such study is submitted.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1979
Chrysler Corporation Emergency Credit Assistance Act - Establishes an Emergency Credit Assistance Board composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Transportation to guarantee and make loans for the benefit of Chrysler Corporation. Designates the Secretary of the Treasury as Chairman of the Board. Requires all decisions of the Board to be made by majority vote. Imposes the following conditions on any loan guaranteed by the Board: (1) the loan must be needed to enable Chrysler to continue operations which if curtailed would seriously and adversely affect the economic or employment situation in the United States or any of its regions; (2) Chrysler must be unable to obtain credit upon reasonable terms without such a guarantee; (3) Chrysler's prospective earning power, together with any security it pledges, must furnish reasonable assurance that the loan will be repaid; (4) the lender must certify that it would not make the loan without such a guarantee; (5) the loan must be payable in not more than five years and any renewal option must not exceed an additional five years; and (6) the loan must bear interest at a rate determined by the Board taking into account the reduced risk afforded by the guarantee. Directs the Board to collect guarantee fees to cover the administrative expenses and risk taken by the Federal Government in making loan guarantees. Requires such fees to be of an amount which when added to the interest payable to the lender on a loan produces a total charge appropriate for loans of comparable risk in the normal capital markets. Directs the Board to deposit such fees in the emergency loan guarantee fund established by this Act. Directs the Board to make every effort to assure that guaranteed loans to Chrysler are secured by sufficient property to fully collateralize the amount of the loan guarantee. Prohibits Chrysler, while any guaranteed loan remains unpaid, from declaring any dividend on its common stock or from making payments on any other indebtedness. Permits the Board to waive such prohibitions if such action is consistent with the interests of the United States. Directs the Board to require Chrysler to make changes in its management and fiscal operations and to develop a long-range management and fiscal plan if the Board determines that the inability of Chrysler to obtain credit in the normal capital markets is a result of a failure on the part of management to excercise reasonable business prudence. Prohibits the Board from guaranteeing any loan until it has received Chrysler's audited financial statement and has been afforded access to Chrysler's records. Requires a lender to exhaust all of its remedies under a guarantee agreement before any payment under the guarantee of the United States becomes due. Directs the Board to assure that any loan agreement guaranteed under this Act contains the usual provisions to protect the guarantor including strictures against waiver or amendment without the consent of the Board. States that the guarantee of the United States shall be in force with respect to advances under a loan agreement only if: (1) the Board receives ten days notice in writing of the advance; (2) the lender certifies that Chrysler is not in default, except that in cases where the lender reports the circumstances of a default the Board may guarantee an advance if it is consistent with the interests of the United States; and (3) Chrysler provides the Board with a plan concerning the expenditures which will be made with the advance. Requires Chrysler to report all instances in which advances were not expended in accordance with such plan. Requires that all guarantee agreements give the Board priority interest over the lender in any collateral securing the loan and any outstanding earlier loans. States that any sums that Chrysler has on deposit with the lender which are subject to offset under the bankruptcy laws shall be considered collateral in which the Board has priority over the lender. Authorizes the Board to extend loans directly to Chrysler. Grants the Board access to Chrysler's records after Chrysler accepts a loan or loan guarantee. Directs the General Accounting Office to conduct an audit of Chrysler when it applies for assistance and to report the results of such audit to the Board and the Congress. Sets forth the maximum obligation of the Board under all outstanding loans and loan guarantees made under this Act. States that such assistance may be only in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Establishes an emergency loan guarantee fund in the Treasury to cover the expenses and obligations of the Board. Permits the Board to use any Federal Reserve bank as its fiscal agent provided the bank is reimbursed for any expenses or losses incurred acting in such capacity. Directs the Attorney General to protect the rights of the United States under the loans and loan guarantees authorized by this Act. Requires all sums recovered by the Attorney General to be deposited in the emergency loan guarantee fund. Entitles the Board to recover from Chrysler or any other liable person the amount of any payments made pursuant to a guarantee agreement or loan entered into under this Act. Directs the Board to submit an annual report to the Congress on its operations. Requires the Board to submit a report to Congress within six months of the enactment of this Act which contains recommendations on the guarantee program beyond the termination date of this Act. Terminates the authority of the Board to enter new guarantee agreements and the making of direct loans on December 31, 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1979
Calls upon the President, with respect to Chile, to: (1) recall the U.S. Ambassador to Chile; (2) apply statutes limiting assistance to countries with terrorist governments or countries harboring terrorists; (3) prohibit deliveries of defense articles or services; (4) recall all military personnel; (5) prohibit the issuance of U.S. visas to Chilean military or intelligence personnel; (6) prohibit credits or loan guarantees to be granted by the Export-Import Bank; (7) prohibit the granting of export licenses; (8) order the immediate suspension of private bank loans; and (9) demand that Chilean rights be fully restored.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1979
Amends rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit any provision in any appropriation bill or amendment to such bill which changes existing law or has the effect of imposing any limitation not contained in existing law.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal of appropriate design to Simon Wiesenthal in recognition of his contribution to international justice through the documentation and location of war criminals from World War II. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Designates the month of July, 1980, as "National Porcelain Art Month."
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate March 11, 1980, as "National Postal Workers' Recognition Day."
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to: (1) determine whether a wrong was committed against American citizens and permanent resident aliens who were subjected to relocation or internment as a result of Executive Order Numbered 9066 and other associated Government acts; and (2) recommend appropriate remedies. Directs the Commission: (1) to hold public hearings in specified cities; and (2) within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to Congress and the President. Terminates the Commission six months after such report is submitted.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979
Dollar Bill Preservation Act - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the cancellation, retirement, destruction, or removal from circulation of any dollar bill note, except where necessary to replace mutilated bills. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to maintain the amount of dollar bills issued at the level outstanding on September 26, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979
Biomass Research and Development Authorization Act of 1979 - Title I: Department of Energy Functions - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the development of intermediate- and small-scale gasification and direct combustion systems based on bioconversion applications using agricultural and forest residues; (2) research and development in gasohol technology using biomass materials; (3) solar application system development providing for the development and implementation of onfarm energy production systems; (4) biomass conversion technology research related to fast throughput pyrolysis systems; (6) basic research in biomass conversion; (7) biomass technology support related to feedstock cultivation; (7) biomass technology support related to feedstock cultivation and harvesting systems, with emphasis on the integration of agriculture and energy programs and policies. Title II: Department of Agriculture Functions - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) market development and training related to commercialization of near-term bioenergy applications; and (2) the development and implementation of a forest waste and residue supply infrastructure, including the establishment of energy markets for residues resulting from conventional forest harvests and stand treatment operations and the development and demonstration of low-cost harvesting equipment capable of removing biomass from a variety of forest regions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the standard mileage rate used in computing the charitable deduction for expenses incurred in the operation of a motor vehicle shall be the same as the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for the business related deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1979
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to the legation of Lithuania in the United States. Authorizes the Charge d'Affaires of such legation to administer such funds for the operation of the legation and compensation of personnel. Stipulates that the diplomatic corps of such legation must be of Lithuanian parentage and may not be U.S. citizens.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to direct the President to promulgate a regulation to hold down the price of diesel fuel and Number 2 fuel oil at their respective levels in effect on January 1, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $250 ($500 in the case of a joint return) of interest income earned on a savings account in a financial institution. Specifies that such exclusion shall take effect in 1983 and provides for the exclusion of gradually increasing amounts of interest for taxable years beginning in 1980 through 1982. Excludes estates and trusts from eligibility for the tax exclusion. Increases the amount of the tax exclusion for dividends received by individuals to $150 in 1981, $200 in 1982, and $250 thereafter.