United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the credit against Federal unemployment tax liability available to an employer shall not be reduced due to advances made to the unemployment account of a State under title XII (Advances to State Unemployment Funds) of the Social Security Act, if such State repays during a one-year period ending on November 9 the advances made to its account and such repayments are not less than the sum of the State's potential additional taxes for the taxable year, plus any advances made to such State during such one-year period. Empowers the Secretary of Labor to require a State to furnish any information necessary to determine if such State has made proper repayments. Permits States which borrow Federal funds for payment of unemployment benefits to qualify for a cap on any increase in employer tax liability due to the failure of such State to repay outstanding loans, if such State meets certain minimum solvency requirements with respect to its unemployment compensation system. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to disqualify a State for such cap if the State has not provided adequate information with respect to the solvency of its unemployment compensation system. Permits States which have current loan balances for unemployment compensation benefits to waive certain repayment requirements during periods of high unemployment.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that any person who knowingly pays a salary or other compensation to an illegal alien for personal services actually rendered shall be subject to a criminal fine.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any benefit check issued under such title from being honored for payment 90 days after issuance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate the eligiblity of any individual whose check was not presented for payment within the 90 day period.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the consideration of applications for, or the granting of, insurance policies and the terms of such policies. Permits insurers who regularly provide insurance solely to persons of a single religious affiliation to continue to do so. Grants to State or local governments having insurance discrimination laws the primary opportunity to enforce this Act. Permits an aggrieved person to file a civil action in State or Federal court against an insurer, if a State or local authority which has received notice of a complaint fails to act within 60 days or with respect to those authorities not having insurance discrimination laws. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in district court when there is reasonable cause to believe that a person or group is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the rights granted by this Act and that such denial raises an issue of general public importance.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment, under the supplementary medical insurance program, for dental and eye care and hearing aids.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for orthopedic shoes if prescribed by a practitioner licensed to prescribe such items.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Unemployment Compensation Reinsurance Act of 1981 - Increases the Federal unemployment tax by two-tenths of a percent to (3.4 percent) after any calendar year for which the net balance of the reinsurance account established by this Act is less than the prescribed maximum balance. Amends title IX of the Social Security Act to establish within the Unemployment Trust Fund a reinsurance account to be funded through the employment security administration account according to a specified formula. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to utilize funds in the reinsurance account to reimburse a State for a specified percentage of the State's excess regular unemployment compensation costs plus the State's share of payments for extended unemployment benefits, for any year during which the rate of regular insured unemployment in the State equals or exceeds: (1) 4.5 percent; or (2) the average rate in such State for the previous seven years by 25 percent. Provides that the national rate during such year also must equal or exceed: (1) 4.5 percent; or (2) 125 percent of the national rate for the preceding year. Permits a State to credit payments (in lieu of contributions) made into a State unemployment compensation fund against future payments required for such excess compensation costs. Authorizes appropriations for the reinsurance account as repayable advances. Makes technical amendments to the Social Security Act to provide for funding out of revenues received from the increase in the Federal unemployment tax. Requires reimbursement of a State's share of payments for extended unemployment benefits for calendar years 1975 through 1980. Cancels repayable advances made to the extended unemployment compensation account for: (1) the Government's share of payments to States for extended benefits during such years; and (2) emergency compensation under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Social Security Refinancing Act - Amends titles II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to finance the payment of disability insurance benefits and hospital insurance benefits through general tax revenue, rather than through employment and self-employment tax revenues. Reduces the tax rates applicable to employers, employees, and self-employment income to finance the old age and survivors insurance program.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow income tax deductions to employers for wages paid to aliens whom the employer knows to be in the United States in violation of the immigration laws.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for the current fair market value of a literary, musical, or artistic composition created by the personal efforts of the taxpayer and contributed to a charitable organization. Disallows a fair market value deduction for a contribution of property which was produced while the taxpayer was a Government officer or employee if such property arose out of the performance of the taxpayer's duties. Requires, as a condition of eligibility for a fair market value deduction, a statement by the donee of such property that the property has artistic, musical, or literary value, and that the donee will use the property in a manner consistent with the purpose of its organization.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Investment Tax Credit Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a double investment tax credit for machinery and equipment placed in service in existing manufacturing plants located in high unemployment areas or in nearby areas.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable income tax credit for the purchase of new passenger automobiles after December 31, 1980, and before January 1, 1982, which were manufactured by companies whose average fuel economy rating for passenger automobiles in model year 1979 equals or exceeds 120 percent of their rating for model year 1974. Establishes the amount of such credit as $500.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Motor Vehicle Tax Repeal Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on the sale of trucks, tractors, and parts and accessories for such vehicles. Permits the refund or crediting of taxes paid by the manufacturer, producer, or importer on items sold after January 1, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Authorizes the President, subject to specified conditions, to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting imports of automobiles, trucks, and their parts. Restricts such authorization and such agreements to a specified period of time. Requires consultation with the private sector. Prohibits treating actions taken pursuant to such agreements as violations of U.S. laws.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980
Alaska Lands Amendments Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Declares it the purpose of this Act to amend the provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act so as: (1) to preserve the geological, scientific, wilderness, cultural, recreational, and wildlife values of remaining Federal lands in Alaska; and (2) to provide authorities and guidelines for the administration of the provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Title II - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to increase the acreage of: (1) West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness; (2) Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness; (3) Russel Fjord Wilderness; (4) Renali Wilderness; (5) Gates of the Artic Wilderness; (6) Glacier Bay Wilderness; (7) Katmai Wilderness; (8) Artic Wildlife Refuge Wilderness; (9) Koyukak Wilderness; (10) Yukon Wilderness; (11) Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge; and (12) Artic National Wildlife Refuge. Decreases the acreage of: (1) Wrangell-Saint Elicis Wilderness; (2) Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park; and (3) Lake Clark National Preserve. Increases the acreage of Wrangell-Saint Elias National Preserve and Lake Clark National Preserve. Establishes: (1) Yukon Charley Wilderness; (2) Devilnaw Wilderness; (3) Copper River Wilderness; (4) Copper River National Wildlife Refuge; and (5) Tetlin Wilderness. Establishes the Teshekpuk National Wildlife Refuge and the Utukok National Wildlife Refuge with a program for the issuance of exploration permits and lease sales. Increases the acreage of Wild and Scenic River Corridors and designates portions of the Yukon (Ramparts section) as a scenic river area. Designates certain planning areas within the Tongass National Forest. Provides that no timber within designated planning areas be sold except pursuant to the Tongass land management plan. Provides that all National Forest System lands in specified planning areas be withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, subject to valid existing rights. Requires the Secretary of Agriculutre to report to Congress findings as to whether specified planning areas should be: (A) designated a wilderness; (B) continued in planning status; or (C) made available for multiple uses. Exempts specified planning areas from the second roadless area review and evaluation. Provides that funds necessary to maintain the timber supply from the Tongass National Forest shall be drawn from the total sums collected as receipts from oil, gas, timber and coal which are deposited in the Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to designate alternative lands of equal or greater timber value other than within Admiralty Island and Misty Fjords National Monuments in the satisfaction of the rights of the Natives of Sitka. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to permit limited development within Misty Fjords National Monument to the extent U.S. Borax and Chemical is presently entitled. Provides that Monument McKinley shall retain its name. Removes Stiese National Conservation Area from coverage of the Act. Places certain restrictions on state selections and conveyances. Sets forth procedures for the conveyance of public lands to certain Village Corporations and Regional Corporations. Permits local residents and others aggrieved by a failure of the State or Federal government to provide for the priority for subsistence uses to file a civil action in the Federal Court for the District of Alaska. Provides that nothing in the Act shall preclude the renewal or continuation of valid leases or permits for cabins, homesites or similar structures. Extends the length of time required for the Secretary to complete certain studies and reports to the Congress. Provides that the executive may not withdraw more than 5,000 acres without the approval of the Congress by joint resolution within one year of notice of such withdrawal. Requires the Secretary to establish an oil and gas leasing program on public lands not included in the Federal North Slope Oil and Gas leasing program or the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska unless prohibited by applicable law. Permits the Secretary to refuse to renew a permit for an existing cabin if the Secretary determines that such renewal would not be in the public interest. Prohibits any fees from being charged for entrance or admission to any unit of the National Park System located in Alaska. Makes additional technical, conforming and perfecting amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that each department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1980
Deplores the recent curtailment of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. Urges executive branch officials to express U.S. opposition to such repression. Urges the President to instruct the U.S. delegation to the Madrid meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to seek an explanation of Soviet emigration policies and protest violations of the family reunification provisions of the Helsinki Final Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1980
Terminated Employee Pension Restoration Act of 1980 - Authorizes payment of a Federal annuity to persons or spouses of such persons who: (1) were participants in a private employee pension plan which was terminated before July 1, 1974; (2) had immediately before termination a nonforfeitable benefit under the plan; and (3) have not received payment in full of such benefit because of the plan's termination. Sets forth the method of computing the annuity. Directs the Secretary of Labor to approve a claim for such an annuity if the claim meets the Secretary's regulations and includes evidence establishing that the claimant is a qualified participant or a qualified spouse. Sets forth the procedure for review of denial of such an annuity claim. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make annuity payments to entitled individuals after receipt of specified information from the Secretary of Labor. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to work with other Federal agencies to avoid unnecessary expense and duplication of functions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require disclosure of tax return information to Labor Department employees for comparison of specified records in order to establish the validity of an annuity claim.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1980
Federal Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Act of 1980 - Authorizes any State to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Labor to pay Federal supplemental compensation to an individual who meets specified requirements for any week of unemployment which begins in an extended benefit period for such individual. Directs that no payment shall be made to an individual for any week of unemployment which begins more than two years after the end of the benefit year for which such individual has exhausted rights to regular compensation. Provides that the amount of Federal supplemental compensation payable to an individual for any week of unemployment shall equal the amount of regular compensation, including dependents' allowances, payable during the benefit year under State law. Makes State law applicable to any claims for Federal supplemental compensation. Requires that, under any agreement under this Act, a State establish a Federal supplemental compensation account for each eligible individual who applies for such compensation. Specifies the amount to be placed in such account. Sets forth the time during which such compensation is payable. Terminates such compensation after March 31, 1981. Requires payment of 100 percent of the amount which a State under this Act pays in Federal supplemental compensation. Directs that no such payment shall be made to a State for any amount for which the State is entitled to reimbursement under any Federal law other than this Act. Directs the Secretary to estimate the amounts to which a State is entitled each calendar month under this Act, and to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the sums for payment under this Act. Disallows further Federal supplemental compensation to and imposes criminal sanctions on an individual who receives undue compensation as a result of fraud. Authorizes a State to require such individual to repay such undue compensation unless a State agency waives such repayment. Authorizes a State agency to recover fraudulently claimed Federal supplemental compensation by: (1) deductions from Federal supplemental compensation payable to such individual under this Act; or (2) deductions from any unemployment compensation payable to such individual under any other Federal law. Limits any such deduction to 50 percent of the weekly benefit amount from which such deduction is made. Prohibits a State agency from requiring such repayments or deductions until notice and an opportunity for a hearing have been given to an individual and a final determination has been made.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1980
Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks to the United States. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1985. States that action taken pursuant to such agreements shall not be treated as violating U.S. laws.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
Establishes the United States Holocaust Memorial Council which shall: (1) provide and encourage appropriate ways for the Nation to observe the Days of Remembrance to commemorate the holocaust; (2) plan, erect, and oversee the operation of a memorial museum to the victims of the holocaust; and (3) develop a plan for carrying out the recommendations of the report submitted to the President on September 27, 1979, by the President's Commission on the Holocaust. Authorizes the Council to receive public land in the District of Columbia on which it may erect the memorial. Terminates the Council's authority to construct a memorial if the erection of the memorial has not commenced within five years of enactment of this Act and sufficient funds to ensure completion of the memorial have not been certified to be available. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980
Extends from 50 years to 80 years the period for repayment of revenue bonds issued by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (the Corporation) to the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Corporation and the Secretary to make all revenue bonds outstanding on the effective date of this Act payable in equal annual amounts over the remainder of the 80 year period established by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 August 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the legitimate demands of the Polish workers be met through negotiation without outside interference. Considers any outside military intervention an act of aggression.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should convey congressional concern about the deprivation of the rights of Christians by the Soviet Union, particularly the Pentecostals living in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Directs the President to report to Congress on the prospects for religious freedom in the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1980
Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks to the United States. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1985. States that action taken pursuant to such agreements shall not be treated as violating U.S. laws.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should convey congressional concern about the deprivation of the rights of Protestant Christians by the Soviet Union, particularly the Pentecostals living in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Directs the President to report to Congress on the prospects for religious freedom in the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1980
Farm Labor Contractor Act of 1980 - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exclude any labor union from the definition of "farm labor contractor" (thus exempting labor unions from coverage under such Act). Excludes also from such definition of "farm labor contractor" (but only grants a limited exemption from registration to): any farm, processor, cannery, gin, packing shed, or nursery which, whether or not for a fee, recruits, solicits, hires, furnishes, or transports migrant workers for its own operation, and its employees. Requires such entity and such employees to comply with specified obligations of farm labor contractors to ascertain and disclose certain information to each worker at the time the worker is recruited. Excludes also from such definition of "farm labor contractor" (thus exempting from coverage): (1) any farmer, processor, canner, ginner, packing shed operator, or nurseryman, regardless of the legal form of business organization, if he or she engages in any such activity individually on behalf of an operation owned and operated only by one or more members of his or her immediate family; (2) any employee of such entity who does not recruit, solicit, hire, furnish, or supervise migrant workers, but who may, at any one time, transport not more than two other employees in a vehicle owned or controlled by the entity for which the entity has complied with specified requirements as they pertain to vehicles; and (3) any farmer, processor, ginner, packing shed operator, or nurseryman that engages in such activity for its own operation, regardless of the legal form of business organization, which is owned and operated by one or more members of the same immediate family, or its employees, provided that not more than ten non-family employees performed agricultural labor for it on any single day during the preceding 12-month period. Makes the requirement that every farm contractor ascertain and disclose specified information to each worker at the time the worker is recruited applicable at the time the worker is hired, if the worker is not recruited. Makes inapplicable the requirement that a farm labor contractor inform a worker of the sums paid to such contractor on account of the labor of such worker, whenever a specified exempt entity pays agricultural workers directly by check. Requires that the itemized statement of wages and withholdings, which contractors are required to give workers, include a statement of net earnings. Requires that every farm, processor, cannery, gin, packing shed, or nursery, and its employees (as described in the limited exemption above): (1) deal only with properly registered farm labor contractors and comply with specified obligations (except registration) and prohibitions for farm labor contractors and with other specified requirements of such Act; (2) maintain a policy of insurance or show satisfactory proof of financial responsibility under such Act; (3) maintain all vehicles and housing in accordance with specified standards; (4) refrain from knowingly giving false or misleading information to migrant workers concerning the terms, conditions, or existence of agricultural employment; and (5) not fail, without justification, to comply with the terms of any working arrangements made with migrant workers. Makes penalty provisions of such Act applicable to such entities and their employees that have been granted such limited exemption from coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Condemns Soviet persecution of Vladimir Kislik. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should request that Kislik be permitted to emigrate from the Soviet Union; and (2) if not permitted to emigrate, the matter should be placed on the agenda of the next Biennial Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives regarding a rehabilitation plan designed to correct current economic adversities in the basic steel industry through import restrictions, temporary suspensions of Government regulations, and revisions of the current tax structure.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and the Disabled) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make such benefits available for health services and medical supplies furnished by hospices to individuals who: (1) are determined by a physician to be terminally ill and to have less than six months to live; and (2) are U.S. citizens or legal aliens who have resided in the United States for the preceding five years.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide homebuilders with an income tax credit for the construction of residences which incorporate a passive solar energy system. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and Housing and Urban Development, to prescribe regulations setting forth a solar construction credit table for purposes of determining the amount of the credit for which the incorporator of the solar energy system is eligible. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $2,000 for calendar years prior to 1986 and phases out the amount of the credit by $500 decrements until 1989 when such credit terminates. Defines "passive solar energy system" as a system which contains a solar collection area, an absorber, a storage mass, a heat distribution method, and heat regulation devices. Requires such system to be installed in a new residence after September 30, 1980 and before January 1, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Presidential Nomination Commission Resolution - Establishes the Commission on Presidential Nominations to make an investigation regarding the presidential nominating process. Directs the Commission to report to the President and Congress respecting such investigation, including recommendations for the 1984 presidential elections. States that the Commission shall cease to exist 60 days after submitting such report. Sets forth the powers of such Commission and related administrative provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the present level of the trade deficit with Japan is intolerable and threatens the future of trade between our nations. Urges Japan to cooperate in correcting such deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the domestic automotive and truck industry. Declares it to be a goal of the United States to achieve technological superiority in the world automobile and truck industry. Advocates changes in economic, fiscal, and import policies in order to create adequate capital and produce a more favorable climate for the domestic automobile and truck industry.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Allows disabled individuals eligible for custodial care under the CHAMPUS program on October 18, 1978, to continue to receive such care concurrently with hospital insurance benefits provided by Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable income tax credit for the purchase of domestically manufactured fuel-efficient passenger automobiles acquired after June 12, 1980, and before January 1, 1988. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of ten percent of the cost of such automobile or $1,000. Limits the applicability of the credit to one automobile in a taxable year, and denies the credit to a taxpayer who has claimed such credit in any of the two immediately preceding taxable years. Permits a full ten percent investment tax credit for fuel-efficient automobiles without regard to the useful life of such automobiles.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1980
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the eligibility requirements for adjustment assistance for workers to make workers eligible for such assistance if: (1) their firms' sales or production threaten to decrease absolutely; or (2) their firms provide essential parts or services to articles adversely affected by increased imports.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1980
Urges the President to negotiate with Japan concerning: (1) a temporary restraint in automobile exports to the United States; (2) an equitable relationship between domestic and foreign sales prices; and (3) trade barriers affecting U.S. products.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to postpone the recognition of losses, for income tax deduction purposes, which are generated from the sale of certain types of personal property (commodities other than those used in a taxpayer's business, evidences of indebtedness, and other types of personal property other than stock in a corporation) which are offset by the purchase of other personal property from which a gain is recognized. Provides that any loss which exceeds gain from the holding of such offsetting positions may not be recognized for the period during which a taxpayer holds such offsetting positions, plus 30 days. Provides that the running of the required holding period for capital assets shall be tolled during the same period. Defines "offsetting positions" to mean that there is a substantial reduction of the taxpayer's risk of loss from holding any position with respect to personal property because the taxpayer also holds one or more other positions with respect to personal property (commonly referred to as a "straddle"). Creates a rebuttable presumption that two or more positions are offsetting if the positions are customarily treated as straddles, the aggregate margin requirement for such positions is lower than the sum of the margin requirement for each such position, or there are other factors, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to regulations, which indicate that such positions are offsetting. Provides that obligations of the United States, a State or local government, or a U.S. possession, issued on a discount basis and payable without interest in less than one year shall be treated as capital assets in determining tax consequences of gain or loss with respect to such obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional excise tax on imported automobiles manufactured in a foreign country, when imports of such automobiles account for more than ten percent of the new automobiles sold in the United States for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available. Imposes such tax in each case also on parts or accessories sold in connection with such sale. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each quarter such tax in an amount equivalent to the nontariff barrier for the same quarter imposed by the foreign country of manufacture on United States automobiles exported to such country. Defines "nontariff barrier" as any practice or procedure of a country which unreasonably burdens, restricts, or discriminates against United States automobiles in such country's automobile market. Includes commodity taxes, inspection or testing procedures, product approval requirements, and road or other excise taxes. Authorizes the President to waive such excise tax for any quarter (up to four consecutive quarters at a stretch) with respect to automobiles manufactured by any person if it is determined that such person is making a good faith effort to ameliorate the imbalance in automobile trade between the United States and the country in which such person is located: (1) by limiting exports of automobiles to the United States; or (2) by manufacturing automobiles in the United States. Specifies circumstances under which such waiver may be extended. Grants the Congress a veto over any such Presidential waiver by way of a disapproval resolution. Describes the procedure for exercising such veto. Requires the appropriation of amounts equivalent to such excise taxes into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1980
Extends the congratulations of the Congress to the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their 75th anniversary. Proclaims Sunday, June 22, 1980, as "National Italian-American Day."
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that any income received or accrued by a tax-exempt mutual or cooperative electric or telephone company from qualified pole rentals, or by a cooperative telephone company from the sale of display listings in a directory furnished to company members, shall not be treated as unrelated business income subject to tax. Defines qualified pole rental as any rental of a pole (or other structure used to support wires) if: (1) such pole or structure is used by the telephone or electric company in providing telephone or electric services to its members; and (2) the use of such pole or structure pursuant to the rental is in connection with the transmission by wire of electricity or of telephone or other communications.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1980
Authorizes the President to present a gold-plated medal, on behalf of the Congress, to those athletes selected through the Olympic trial process to be members of the United States Summer Olympic Team of 1980. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be stricken 650 such medals with suitable emblems. Declares that such medals are national medals and that funds to carry out this Act shall be made available under the Amateur Sports Act of 1978.
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