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United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1980
Directs that service performed by 51 named individuals, during a specified period of time, under the Federal cataloging program of the Department of Defense shall be considered creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for certain expenses incurred in the rental of a dwelling unit as a residence to a member of the taxpayer's family.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1980
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend the date by which public water systems which have been granted an exemption from contaminant level and treatment technique requirements must meet such requirements. Provides an alternative procedure by which a State with an underground injection control program relating to oil or natural gas production or recovery may receive approval for obtaining primary enforcement responsibility for protecting its underground water sources. Authorizes a State to demonstrate that its underground injection control program meets the minimum requirements of State program regulations and will prevent underground injection which endangers drinking water sources, rather than file an application which meets the regulations established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes a State which has made such a demonstration to make a similar demonstration with respect to any amended requirement of underground injection rather than file a notice that the State program meets the new requirement. Prohibits the application of requirements to determine whether a State retains primary enforcement responsibility if the State initially acquired the responsibility because of such a demonstration. Authorizes the Administrator to determine, after an opportunity for public hearing, that such a demonstration is no longer valid and to remove primary enforcement responsibility from the State. Permits a State which has primary enforcement responsibility to exempt a public water system from a contaminant level or treatment technique requirement if the system was not in operation at the time the requirement took effect and no reasonable alternative source of drinking water is available. Prohibits underground water source protection grants to any State which has not assumed primary enforcement responsibility within a specified time.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that each Member should vote, as authorized by the twelfth amendment, for the Presidential candidate who receives a majority or plurality of the popular votes cast in the Member's district.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1980
Directs the printing as a House document of a collection of statements made in tribute to the late Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Authorizes the additional printing of copies for use by the House at a cost not to exceed $1,200.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980
Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to revise the definition of "farm labor contractor" to: (1) broaden specified exclusions from such definition (thus broadening certain exemptions from coverage under such Act); and (2) exclude from such definition (and such coverage) any nonprofit or cooperative association of farmers, growers, or ranchers, duly incorporated under appropriate State laws, and operated solely for the mutual benefit of the members thereof, and any full-time or regular employee of such association or cooperative who engages in such activity solely for such employer. Adds other definitions relating to such revisions. Revises the definition of "agricultural employment" to specify that listed activities take place on a farm or ranch. Limits the definition of "migrant worker" to mean (among individuals engaged in agricultural employment on a farm or ranch on a seasonal or temporary basis) only those who cannot regularly return to their domicile each day after working hours, or who are transported from and to their domicile each workday by the person who recruits, solicits, hires, or furnishes such worker for agricultural employment on a farm or ranch owned or operated by another person.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980
Directs the President to furnish the House of Representatives with information concerning White House and Justice Department actions with regard to Billy Carter's involvement with Libya.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. foreign policy should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength with specified principles and goals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Tax Rate Reduction Act of 1980 - Title I: Individual Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce individual income tax rates for calendar years 1981 through 1985, and permanently thereafter. Title II: Inflation Adjustments for Taxable Years Beginning After 1985 - Requires annual cost of living adjustments to income levels in each income tax bracket, beginning in calendar year 1985. Requires similar cost of living adjustments to the $1,000 personal tax exemption. Increases the minimum income levels at which a taxpayer is required to file an income tax return by providing that such levels shall be equal to the taxpayer's income tax exemption and zero bracket amount, adjusted for inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1980
Amends the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 to authorize Federal agencies to enter into contracts with commercial claims collection services for the collection of claims of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Tax Reduction - Job Creation Act - Title I: Individual Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce income tax rates for each category of individual taxpayers. Title II: Incentives for New Plant and Equipment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the method for determining useful lives of business assets for purposes of computing allowable depreciation deductions. Replaces the asset depreciation range (ADR) method with a schedule of capital cost recovery periods for three classes of business property. Establishes capital cost recovery periods for the following classes of business property: (1) buildings and their structural components, ten years; (2) tangible property, five years; and (3) automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks (up to $100,000), three years. Allows a ten percent investment tax credit for buildings and tangible property, and a six percent credit for automobiles, taxis, and light duty trucks. Requires the recapture of depreciation amounts and investment tax credit amounts applicable to assets which are sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the expiration of the capital cost recovery period. Permits taxpayers to deduct less than the full allowance for capital cost recovery in any taxable year. Permits a carryover to succeeding taxable years of any unused depreciation amounts. Disqualifies capital cost recovery property from the allowance for first year depreciation. Treats amounts claimed as the capital cost recovery of noncorporate lessors as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Adopts as an accounting practice the "half year convention" under which investments eligible for capital cost recovery treatment or the investment tax credit which are made at any time during the taxable year are deemed to be made in the middle of such year.
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 · 18 June 1980
Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and any amount in such Trust Fund from being included in the totals of the budget of the United States Government. Exempts such receipts, disbursements, and amounts from any general limitations imposed on budget outlays of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1980
Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 - Title I: Amendments to the Securities Act of 1933 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to include within the private offering exemption from full registration any transaction: (1) which is solely with accredited investors or persons the issuer believes to be accredited investors; (2) involving a security bearing a legend stating that such security may not be sold without compliance with the registration requirements or exemptions of such Act; and (3) for which there is no general advertising or solicitation. Defines the term "accredited investor" to include banks, insurance companies, registered investment companies, licensed small business investment companies, venture capital companies, any fund, trust, or account administered by a bank or insurance company, and any purchaser of $100,000 or more of the issuer's securities. Exempts from registration, as an action not involving an underwriter, any resale of a security to an accredited investor or a person the seller reasonably believes to be an accredited investor. Title II: Amendments to the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to define a "venture capital company" to include companies which: (1) are predominantly engaged in one or more of the businesses of (a) providing capital and managerial assistance to new businesses, businesses in need of reorganization, or businesses which cannot obtain capital from public markets on fair terms, (b) purchasing securities for which there is no ready market, (c) purchasing securities or assets to effect reorganizations which establish independent businesses, (d) acting as a small business investment company, or (e) a related business or activity as determined by the Commission; and (2) have at least 80 percent of their assets (excluding equipment and real estate maintained to conduct business operations, deferred operating expenses, and other property and assets necessary to its operation) in (a) securities obtained in a private offering or treated for purposes of resale as having been obtained in a private offering, (b) securities obtained in a corporate reorganization, or (c) Government securities, short-term paper, and cash items. Defines a private venture capital company to include companies: (1) which are predominantly engaged in such businesses; (2) which have at least 60 percent of their assets in such securities; and (3) the securities of which are issued only in transactions included within the private offering exemption from full registration of the Securities Act of 1933. Exempts from regulation as an investment company any venture capital company which has operated as such for at least three years or any private venture capital company, if such an eligible company: (1) has each class of its equity securities registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or (2) has outstanding securities beneficially owned by more than 100 persons, but only for a period of 180 days. Declares that for purposes of such Act, the beneficial ownership by a company of more than ten percent of the voting securities of an issuer shall be deemed to be ownership by one person if at the time the securities are purchased: (1) the value of all securities of all issuers which are exempt from regulation as investment companies owned by such company does not exceed ten percent of the value of the company's total assets; or (2) such company is a general partner, promoter, or investment adviser of such issuer. Requires the majority of the directors of an eligible venture capital company to be disinterested persons in order for such company to qualify for the exemption provided by this title. Places restrictions on dealings between the insiders of such a company and the businesses in which it invests. Authorizes the Commission to require eligible venture capital companies to comply with specified provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 pertaining to the custody of securities and fidelity bonding and indemnification. Prohibits any director, controlling person, or adviser of such a company from engaging in any fraudulent or deceptive act in connection with the purchase or sale of any security held by that company. Directs each eligible venture capital company to maintain such records as the Commission requires. Authorizes the Commission to require such a company to supply an annual statement summarizing the risks involved in investing in the securities held by such company to its shareholders, any registered broker or dealer upon request, and purchasers of such securities. Establishes a private right of action for damages or injunctive relief for persons injured by a willful violation of the restrictions or reporting requirements applicable to eligible venture capital companies under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to: (1) order an eligible company to comply with the requirements set forth in this title upon finding on the record that such company has failed to satisfy such requirements; and (2) prohibit any person from serving as an employee, officer, depositor, principal underwriter, or adviser for any eligible company if it finds, after an opportunity for hearing, that such person (a) made a misleading statement or report to the Commission, (b) willfully violated or contributed to a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, (c) has been convicted within ten years of a felony or misdemeanor involving the purchase or sale of any security, or (d) is enjoined from acting in such capacity. Permits a venture capital company to register as an investment company, though it would be entitled to an exemption under this Act, provided it is not a personal holding company as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to exclude as clients of an investment adviser, for purposes of determining the adviser's entitlement to an exemption from registration, any shareholder, partner, or beneficial owner of any company which is either an eligible venture capital company or a private company (as defined in this Act) unless either of such companies is a client of such investment adviser separate from its status as a shareholder, partner, or beneficial owner. Title III: Effective Date and Miscellaneous Provisions - States that this Act shall take effect upon its enactment. Authorizes and directs the Commission to study the effects of the exemption from regulation for eligible venture capital companies set forth by this Act and to report its findings to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither the Secretary of Transportation nor the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall take any actions which would reduce public air service into Washington National Airport.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President instruct the Attorney General to prosecute all persons who violate the Logan Act and the executive order prohibiting travel to Iran, thereby giving color of right to illegal actions by the Government of Iran.
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 · 4 June 1980
Urges the President to expel those Cuban immigrants who have participated in rioting and other civil disturbances at various processing centers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers an income tax credit for the purchase price of a new highway vehicle purchased between May 31, 1980 and June 1, 1981, which is a 1979 model year or later and which is manufactured in the United States. Limits the amount of such credit to $500. Allows a $750 tax credit for the purchase of a highway vehicle which has a fuel economy which is 20 percent greater than the average fuel economy standard. Specifies that the income tax credit is available only for the purchase of one highway vehicle.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1980
Expresses the opposition of Congress to the imposition of any withholding tax on interest-bearing bank accounts and on dividend income.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Federal Lending Oversight and Control Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to provide a basis for controlling loans and loan guarantees under Federal credit programs through the congressional budget process. Title I: Amendments to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the first concurrent resolution on the budget for each fiscal year to set forth the appropriate level of total gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans and the appropriate level of total commitments to guarantee loans and to allocate such totals among the major functional categories of the budget. Directs each standing committee of the House and Senate to submit its estimates of direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commitments provided for in legislation under its jurisdiction by March 15 of each year for consideration of the Budget Committee in formulating the budget resolution. Directs the House and Senate Banking Committees to submit recommendations to the Budget Committees for the aggregate levels of direct loans and loan guarantees in each fiscal year. Requires the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on the concurrent resolution on the budget to include an estimated allocation of the total levels of direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commitments among the committees of the House and Senate. Directs the Committees on Appropriations to provide such an allocation among their subcommittees as soon as practicable after a budget resolution has been agreed to. Requires the House Committee on Appropriations, before reporting any regular appropriations bills, to submit a summary report to the House comparing the credit authority contained in such bills to the levels agreed to in the budget resolution. Requires any report accompanying legislation conferring new budget authority or increasing tax expenditures to include information on direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commitments. Establishes a deadline for the completion of action on legislation providing credit authority. Requires the second concurrent resolution on the budget in any fiscal year and the reconciliation process to take into account Federal obligations and commitments on loans and loan guarantees. Declares out of order any measure brought up for consideration in either House which would increase the level of loan obligations and guarantee commitments agreed to in the budget process. Requires any authority to guarantee the payment of any indebtedness to be contingent on provisions in appropriation Acts. Title II: Amendments to the Budget and Accounting Act - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to direct the President to include items relating to Federal loan obligations and guarantee commitments in the annual budget message to the Congress. Title III: Amendment to House Rules - Amends Rule X of the House of Representatives to make the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs or other designated committee responsible for reviewing and studying all laws, programs, and Government activities dealing with Federal credit activities. Requires all other House committees to refer any bill or resolution providing for Federal credit activities to such Committee for consideration of such activities before placing the bill or resolution on the appropriate calendar. Title IV: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates of the titles of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1980
Prohibits any Federal court (excluding the Supreme Court) from issuing injunctive relief in any case arising out of Federal, State, or local law that prohibits, limits, or regulates abortion or the provision of public assistance for the performance of abortions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the windfall profit tax: (1) independent producer oil; and (2) royalty interests attributable to ownership of the property from which such oil is produced.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act of 1980 - Title I: Designation of Private Jobs and Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of private jobs and enterprise zones by local governments, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, for purposes of extending the tax incentives provided by title II of this Act to employers and employees within designated zones. Specifies that the Secretary may only approve the designation of such zones if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the designating local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires designating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's approval, to effect a permanent real property tax reduction in their respective jurisdictions, which is not less than 20 percent of the current effective rate. Expresses the sense of the Congress that in the case of any application for designation of an area in a private jobs and enterprise zone as a foreign trade zone: (1) the Foreign-Trade Zone Board should expedite the application process; (2) the Board, in evaluating such application, should consider not only the current economic conditions within the zone, but also future development to be expected as a result of the incentives provided by this Act; and (3) the Board should provide technical assistance to the applicants. Title II: Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce social security payroll taxes in designated private jobs and enterprise zones. Reduces the rate of tax on the capital gains of individuals and corporations in such zones. Exempts gain from the sale or exchange of property used in a business in a private jobs and enterprise zone from the computation of the minimum tax. Reduces the rate of tax on the income of corporations whose workforce comprises at least 50 percent of individuals working in a private jobs and enterprise zone (qualifying businesses). Authorizes accelerated depreciation for qualifying businesses (straight line method based on a three year useful life). Limits the basis for depreciation to $500,000. Permits qualifying businesses to elect to use a cash method of accounting if their gross receipts do not exceed $1,500,000 in any prior taxable year. Allows a ten year carryover of net operating losses for qualifying businesses. Title III: Effective Dates - Specifies effective dates for provisions of this Act which apply to income tax and for provisions which apply to social security payroll taxes.
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