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United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate March 16 of each year as "Freedom of Information Day."
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980
Petroleum Displacement Act of 1980 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal certain prohibitions and limitations on the use of natural gas as a primary energy source in electric powerplants. Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Energy to prohibit the use of petroleum or natural gas or both as a primary energy source in electric powerplants where coal or alternate fuel capability exists. Makes certain technical and conforming amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1980
Declares that the Congress accepts the gift of a red oak tree as a symbol of American hopes for the immediate release of the hostages in Iran. Dedicates the tree to the principles of individual freedom and world peace.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the peaceful resolution of the Polish workers' strike contributes to international peace. Encourages implementation of the strike settlement without outside interference.
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 · 27 August 1980
Urges the peaceful resolution of issues raised by Polish workers in accordance with international agreements. Requests the Polish government to release persons unjustly imprisoned during recent worker unrest. Asks all signatories to observe the Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations between Participating States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1980
Declares that the people of Poland should be allowed to settle their own affairs, including the formation of independent trade unions and the right to strike, without foreign interference.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1980
Designates the week of October 6 through October 12, 1980, as "National Productivity Improvement Week."
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1980
Establishes the Sunday after the first Monday in November in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988 as the day for election of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress. Requires electors of the President and Vice President for 1984 and 1988 to be appointed on the Sunday after the first Monday in November. Specifies the hours during which polling places shall be opened for such presidential elections. Requires the Federal Election Commission to report to Congress and the President on the amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 18, 1980, as "Constantino Brumidi Day."
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Reaffirms congressional support for full implementation of the Helsinki Final Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that human rights concerns should be given serious attention at the Madrid meeting to review such Act. Declares that any new measures should be balanced among all sections of the Final Act. Directs the U.S. delegation to seek another review meeting within two years.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Designates October 6, 1980, as "Philip Mazzei Day."
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate should make every effort to develop legislative proposals which maintain the cost-of-living adjustment for Federal retirees.
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 · 19 June 1980
Appellate Court Reorganization Act of 1980 - Divides the current United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Fifth Circuit, composed of the Canal Zone and the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and consisting of 14 judges; and (2) the Eleventh Circuit, composed of the States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and consisting of 12 judges. (The current Fifth Circuit consists of all six States and has 26 judges.) Designates Atlanta, Georgia, the headquarters of the Eleventh Circuit and New Orleans, Louisiana, headquarters of the Fifth Circuit. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Disapproves the proposed export of low-enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license application XSNM-1569.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Disapproves the proposed export of low-enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license application XSNM-1569.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 12 through October 19, 1980, as "Italian-American Heritage Week."
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1980
Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Adult Abuse Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish as an office the National Center on Adult Abuse. Requires the Secretary, through such Center, to: (1) compile and disseminate annually a summary of recently conducted research on adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (2) develop an information clearinghouse on all programs for prevention and treatment of such occurrences; (3) compile and disseminate training materials for personnel engaged in the prevention or treatment of such abuse; (4) provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit agencies and organizations to assist in programs and activities relating to adult abuse; (5) conduct research into the causes and prevention of such behavior; and (6) study and investigate the national incidence of adult abuse. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts with public agencies or nonprofit organizations for demonstration programs and projects designed to prevent, identify, and treat adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Permits such funding to be used for the development and establishment of training programs for personnel in relevant fields, for the establishment of local centers, and for furnishing the services of trained personnel to small communities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to the States to assist in developing, and carrying out adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation prevention and treatment programs. Requires each State to have an adult abuse and exploitation law in effect which is actively enforced to qualify for such grants. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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 · 9 June 1980
Short-Time Unemployment Compensation Act of 1980 - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to encourage States to provide unemployment benefits to individuals whose workweek is reduced pursuant to an employer plan under which such reductions are made in lieu of total layoffs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop legislation which may be used by States as a model in developing and enacting short-time compensation programs. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants, and provide technical assistance, to States to assist in developing, enacting, and implementing short-time compensation programs; and (2) require specified provisions to assure minimum uniformity, even though States are encouraged to experiment. Defines a "Short-time compensation program" as one under which: (1)individuals whose workweek has been reduced, pursuant to a qualified employer plan, by at least ten percent will be eligible for at least a pro rata portion of the unemployment benefits payable if such individual were totally unemployed; (2) such short- time compensation benefits shall be financed (a) by the usual manner of charging reserve accounts by experience rating, where employers have positive reserve accounts, or (b) by employers with negative reserve accounts being required to reimburse the trust fund quarterly; (3) eligible employees may apply for and collect short-time compensation or regular unemployment compensation benefits, as needed, but may not collect more than the maximum unemployment compensation benefit for full-time unemployment; and (4) eligible employees will not be expected to meet the availability for work or work search test requirement while collecting short-time compensation, but must be available for their normal workweek. Defines "qualified employer plan" as one under which there is a reduction in the number of hours worked by employees rather than total layoffs if: (1) such plan is approved by the State agency; (2) the employer certifies that the aggregate reduction in work hours pursuant to such plan is in lieu of total layoffs which would result in an equivalent reduction of work hours; (3) the employer continues to provide health and pension benefits to employees whose workweek is reduced under such plan at the same level provided before such reduction; and (4) the appropriate official of the union or union hall has consented to the plan and implementation is consistent with employer obligations under the National Labor Relations Act, in the case of employees represented by a union. Includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands under the term "State", for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct, and to pay administrative and benefit costs for, one or more controlled demonstration projects to evaluate the effectiveness of short-time compensation programs, in cooperation with the appropriate State agency. Directs the Secretary to submit two interim reports to the Congress and a final report to the Congress and the President on the implementation of this Act, with an evaluation of such programs and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983, in limited amounts, to carry out this Act.
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 · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1980
Designates March 19, 1981, as "National Agriculture Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Honors Raoul Wallenberg for his work in Hungary during World War II. Requests the State Department to discover the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg from the Soviet Union and secure his return to Sweden.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week." Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to Congress on the conditions of U.S. public ports.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1980
Amends the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981, to increase the authorization of appropriation to the State Department for fiscal year 1980 and 1981 for international organizations and conferences and for fiscal year 1981 for the administration of foreign affairs (earmarks a specified portion for payment ex gratia to Yugoslavia for injuries sustained by a Yugoslav national). Decreases the authorization of appropriations for international commissions. Repeals the ceilings on the aggregate amount spent on the administration of foreign affairs, international organizations and conferences, and international commissions. Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to increase the authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 for the Board for International Broadcasting. Amends specified passport provisions to provide for the Secretary of State to prescribe a fee for issued passports which shall be paid into the U.S. Treasury (presently such fees are set at ten dollars for each passport and are paid quarterly). Extends the period of validity of a passport from five years to ten years. Removes the ceiling on authorized funds for the U.S. share of expenses of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History. Prohibits the U.S. payment of its share of the annual expenses of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and of the International (Rome) Institute for the Unification of Private Law from exceeding ten percent of the total expenses after 1978 (currently seven percent). Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to direct the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a U.S. representative to the Vienna office of the United Nations. Authorizes the use of appropriated funds for living quarters for the staffs of U.S. representatives to the United Nations. Authorizes necessary appropriations for the U.S. share of the expenses of the United Nations peacekeeping forces (presently limited to those in the Middle East). Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Inter-American Foundation. Exempts private sector representatives on U.S. delegations to international telecommunications conferences, who are specifically designated as the U.S. Representative with respect to a particular matter, from specified criminal code provisions on conflicts of interest. Requires such representatives to have on file a financial disclosure report with the State Department. Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to permit any person having special scientific, technical, or professional qualifications, in the employ or service of the U.S. Government, to be assigned to a foreign government (presently restricted to U.S. citizens). Authorizes the making of procurement contracts for periods which do not exceed five years if: (1) appropriations are adequate for the first fiscal year; (2) Government need is reasonably firm and continuing; (3) such contract will encourage effective competition or promote economics in performance and operation; and (4) such method will not inhibit small business participation. Requires such contracts to be cancelled if funds are not available for continuation into subsequent fiscal years. Revises the authority of the Director of the International Communication Agency (ICA) to purchase vehicles for use abroad to permit security vehicles to be purchased without regard to maximum price limitations. Provides for the principal assistant of an ICA Associate Director to perform the duties of any Associate Director who dies, resigns, or is sick or absent. Requires the ICA Director to make available the film, "Reflection: Samuel Eliott Morison," for public distribution within the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Expresses a congressional tribute to the members of the Armed Forces who participated in the mission to rescue the Americans held hostage in Iran and urges the President to dedicate May 17, 1980, Armed Forces Day, to such military personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1980
Expresses the condolences of the Congress over the death of members and officials of the United States Amateur Athletic Union boxing team in a plane crash in Warsaw, Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Hostage Relief Act of 1980 - Title I: Amendments to Title 5 of the United States Code - Amends title 5 of the United States Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a savings fund to which the head of an agency may allot all or a portion of the pay and allowances of any employee who is in a missing status on or after November 4, 1979, as the result of a hostile action against the United States. Requires interest on such fund to be compounded quarterly at the average rate paid on United States Treasury bills with three-month maturities issued during the calendar quarter immediately preceding the first day of the applicable pay period. Directs the President to issue regulations to authorize agency heads to reimburse (up to $25,000 in any calendar year) any such employee, or dependent of such an employee, for necessary travel, rest and recuperation, private medical car, and other expenses related to the ordeal which are incurred on or after such date. Entitles the spouse of such an employee to reimbursement, for a certain time, for expenses incurred for tuition, books, fees, and subsistence while attending an educational or training institution. Extends to such employees the provisions of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, deferring civil actions that affect property rights of such persons until their missing status is ended. Applies the provisions of this Title to all citizens and resident aliens of the United States held hostage in Teheran at any time during November, 1979, and to their dependents and spouses, regardless of whether they are Federal employees. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of such an employee compensation received for active service for any month during the period of his or her missing status, or during which such employee was hospitalized as a result of wounds, injury, disease, or partial or total physical or mental disablement incurred during a hostile action against the United States. Cancels the income taxes for any such employee who dies as a result of such hostile action, for the year in which death occurs and for all prior years during which the employee was in missing status. Authorizes spouses of such employees to file a joint income tax return. Defers the filing of an income tax return by such an employee until after 180 days following the termination of his or her missing status. Applies the provisions of this Title to all citizens and resident aliens of the United States held hostage in Teheran at any time during November, 1979, regardless of whether they are Federal employees. Applies the tax exclusion to non-employees only to the extent of the daily equivalent of the annual basic rate of pay in effect for level V of the Executive Schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1980
Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Committee on Ways and Means should study, and consider legislation to achieve the goals of recent proposals by certain prominent economists to control inflation by providing tax benefits to employers who moderate price increases for their products and employees who moderate wage demands.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1980
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 - Title I: Military and Related Assistance Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to repeal the President's authority to reduce or waive charges for the use of plant and production equipment and nonrecurring research, development, and production costs pursuant to coproduction arrangements for foreign procurement in the United States of defense articles and services. Authorizes the President to sell or contract to sell design or construction services to eligible countries or international organizations if the United States is paid in full in advance for the costs of furnishing such services. Makes such sales subject to the statutory provisions applicable to defense articles and services. Requires the President to certify information to Congress concerning any letter of offer to sell any design and construction services for $200,000,000 or more. Authorizes appropriations for foreign military sales for fiscal year 1981. Stipulates that credits and loan guaranties may be made only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations acts. Establishes separate ceilings on the total amount of credit and of loan guarantees authorized to be extended for fiscal year 1981. Increases the amount earmarked for Israel. Makes a specified amount available only for the costs of relocating Israeli forces from the Sinai. Sets a ceiling on the amounts which may be made available for the Philippines and for Thailand. Exempts Israel from specified credit and loan guarantees restrictions for fiscal year 1981. Releases Israel from a specified amount of its contractual liability to repay the United States. Grants a ten year grace period before Egypt, the Sudan, and Turkey are required to begin repayment of the principal of loans guaranteed to finance credit sales of defense articles and services. Requires the President to submit written certification to Congress concerning the transfer of defense articles and services only if such transfer involves major defense articles or services valued above specified amounts to countries other than Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Exempts letters of offer to sell and applications for licenses to export defense articles and services to such nations from certification requirements. Raises the ceiling on arms sales which are required to be sold under the Arms Export Control Act in order to be issued an export license. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish military assistance to friendly countries or international organizations by transferring authorized funds for specified recipients to be used to meet obligations of such recipients for payment for arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for military assistance with specified limitations on amounts for Portugal, Spain, and the Philippines. Increases the aggregate value of the drawdown of defense articles from Defense Department stocks, defense services, and military education and training authorized in emergencies. Extends the authority to furnish military assistance until September 30, 1982, or for five years after such assistance is authorized. Decreases the value of additions of defense articles to stockpiles in foreign countries during fiscal year 1981. Revises the list of foreign countries to which the President is authorized to assign members of the U.S. Armed Forces to manage security assistance programs by deleting Iran and Kuwait and adding Egypt. Permits the number of defense attaches performing overseas management functions to exceed by up to six the number of attaches authorized on December 31, 1979. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for international military education and training. Requires a human rights program to be included in the curriculum of programs receiving such funds. Makes such program a prerequisite for completion of all other courses. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning specific measures taken to implement such program. Includes the additional costs of furnishing such training within the definition of "value." Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require purchasers of training who are concurrently receiving training assistance to pay such additional costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for peacekeeping operations. Repeals the provision creating the Middle East special requirements fund. Permits the President to make sales, extend credit, or issue guaranties under the Arms Export Control Act, as well as furnish assistance, without regard to statutory limitations if to do so is vital to U.S. security. Prohibits the expenditure of appropriated funds for foreign intelligence operations unless the President, prior to the initiation of such operation, reports a description and scope of such operation to the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence (presently such reports are required to be submitted in a timely fashion to the appropriate congressional committees). Permits the President to defer, for the shortest practicable period, such prior reporting in extraordinary circumstances or to avoid unreasonable risks. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Economic Support Fund. Prohibits the use of such funds for nuclear facilities in a foreign country, unless the President certifies to Congress that such use is indispensable to the achievement of U.S. nonproliferation objectives. Repeals the Fund's regional programs. Earmarks specified amounts for Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and special requirements in the Middle East. Prohibits making funds available for Syria, unless the President certifies to Congress that Syria is making good faith efforts towards a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East and such funds will serve the peace process in the Middle East. Makes specified amounts available to Jordan for the Maqarin Dam and Jordan Valley Irrigation System and for other development programs. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning the obligation of funds for Middle East special requirements. Provides for a congressional veto of such proposed use. Makes specified amounts available for emergency uses to promote economic or political stability. Limits the amount which may be used for Mozambique. Title III: Development Assistance Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition; (2) population planning and health programs; (3) education and human resources development; (4) development of indigenous energy resources (with a specified amount for survey work and exploration for potential oil, natural gas, and coal reserves in developing countries which are not members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries); (5) human rights promotion; (6) Sahel development program; (7) international organizations and programs; (8) reimbursable development programs; and (9) the Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation. Declares that energy production from renewable decentralized sources and energy conservation are vital elements in the development process. Authorizes cooperative programs to include research and development of suitable energy technologies, analysis of energy uses, needs and resources, training and institutional development, and scientific interchange. Stipulates that prohibitions on assistance to countries shall not be construed to prohibit the continuation of assistance to private and voluntary organizations and cooperatives. Directs the President to take into consideration whether such continued support is in the U.S. national interest. Stipulates that prohibitions on assistance to countries shall not be construed to prohibit the continuation of assistance to private and voluntary organizations and cooperatives. Directs the President to take into consideration whether such continued support is in the U.S. national interest. Decreases the amount due and payable during fiscal year 1981 to the United States from relatively least developed countries on development loans. Permits expenses for orderly termination of programs to include funds to enable students abroad to complete their training. Urges the President to use appropriated funds for fiscal year 1981 for bilateral development assistance in the eastern Caribbean countries. Directs the President to report to Congress on the implementation of such assistance. Title IV: Other Assistance Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international narcotics control (with specified limitations on the amount which may be contributed to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control); (3) international disaster assistance; and (4) the rehabilitation and resettlement needs of displaced persons and other victims of civil strife in Africa in ways not generally provided by existing refugee relief agencies. Amends the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981, to increase the authorization of appropriations for migration and refugee assistance for fiscal year 1981. Authorizes the President to transfer up to a specified amount from other accounts for international disaster assistance. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should encourage Indonesia to allow: (1) increased access to East Timor by international relief agencies and international journalists; and (2) free emigration from East Timor. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the President to transfer up to 15 percent of available funds between the titles of such Act. Title V: African Development Foundation - African Development Foundation Act - Establishes the African Development Foundation to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the people of Africa and the United States and to assist in the development of Africa. Requires such Foundation to cooperate with indigenous organizations representative of Africa and other private, regional, and international organizations. Authorizes such Foundation to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees (not to exceed $250,000 in total) to African entities for developmental purposes. Requires the Foundation to give priority to community self-help projects with the maximum feasible participation of the poor. Sets forth the corporate powers of such Foundation. Sets forth conflict-of-interest provisions. Exempts such Foundation from Federal, State, or local taxation. Provides for the appointment of a Board of Directors to manage such Foundation. Requires the Board to consult with an advisory council composed of individuals knowledgeable about development activities in Africa. Makes any spending authority effective only to the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Earmarks a specified portion of the fiscal year 1981 authorization of appropriations for development assistance for this title. Title VI: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Peace Corps and for any necessary increases. Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to prohibit assistance to countries causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of those persons. Directs the Comptroller General to report on the audits of funds administered by international organizations to the President and Congress. Directs the President to seek the establishment of external, professionally qualified groups to evaluate and audit the programs and activities of the United Nations and its affiliated organizations (presently calls for a single professionally qualified group to evaluate). Provides for the auditing of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank. Requires the Comptroller General to include an evaluation of such reports submitted to Congress and the President. Requires the Secretary of State to submit the annual reports to Congress on U.S. contributions to international organizations within nine months after the fiscal year to which they relate or, in the case of fiscal year 1978, by December 31, 1980. Directs the President to submit semiannual reports to Congress listing all voluntary U.S. contributions to international organizations. Allows foreign assistance funds to be used to procure agricultural products outside the United States when the domestic price is less than parity if the commodity can not reasonably be procured in the United States in fulfillment of the objectives of a particular assistance program. Replaces the Auditor General with an Inspector General. Makes such Inspector General responsible for security activities, as well as audit and investigative activities, of the agency administering development assistance and, to the extent requested, the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. Gives the Inspector General subpoena power. Sets forth additional duties of the Inspector General. Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate employee complaints concerning the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. Permits economic support funds to be used to pay shipping differentials resulting from the use of U.S.-flag vessels. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the operating expenses for administering the international development programs. Expresses the sense of Congress concerning: (1) the effectiveness of the Interagency Group on Human Rights and Foreign Assistance; (2) the commitment to peace of the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict; and (3) the responsibility of Jordan to act in good faith to achieve peace in the Middle East in order to receive foreign assistance under this Act. Directs the President to report to Congress regarding the economic conditions prevailing in Egypt, Israel, Portugal, and Turkey which may affect their international debt obligations and economic stability.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the residential energy credit for energy conservation expenditures with respect to residences substantially completed after April 19, 1977, if such expenditures are for energy conservation items which are not required by Federal, State, or local housing standards.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Foreign Service Act of 1980 - Title I: The Foreign Service of the United States - Sets forth the objectives and functions of the Foreign Service. Requires all personnel actions to be made in accordance with merit principles. Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that members of and applicants for the Service are free from discrimination, free from reprisals for specified disclosures, free to submit any report, and free from prohibited personnel practices. Directs the Secretary to establish a minority recruiting program and report to Congress annually concerning such program. Consolidates the authority of the Secretary of State to administer, direct, and regulate the Foreign Service. Authorizes specified heads of other agencies to utilize Foreign Service personnel and to exercise the Secretary's functions over such personnel in their agency, if not expressly vested in the Secretary. Requires the Foreign Service to be administered in conformity with the Civil Service and other government systems with regard to personnel and retirement. Provides for the appointment of a Director General to assist the Secretary in the management of the Foreign Service and an Inspector General. Sets forth the duties of the Inspector General. Requires the Inspector General to report to the Secretary concerning the Inspector General's activities, such report to be transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the President to establish a Board of the Foreign Service to advise the Secretary and a Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service to develop, administer, and review the examinations given to candidates for appointment in the Service. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint all members of the Foreign Service other than chiefs of mission, ambassadors at large, ministers, career members of the Senior Foreign Service, or Foreign Service officers, who may be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that chiefs of mission, ambassadors at large, and ministers serve at the pleasure of the President. Sets forth criteria for chief of mission, Senior Foreign Service, and career appointments. Prohibits initially assigning a Foreign Service Officer candidate higher than class FS-5 of the Foreign Service Schedule unless specified conditions exist. Authorizes the Secretary to recall retired career Foreign Service members, in the same personnel category as the member was serving at retirement, to any appropriate class. Stipulates that limited appointments not exceed five years. Provides for renewable limited appointments of family members of government personnel assigned abroad. Authorizes the commissioning as a diplomatic and/or consular officer of any member of the Foreign Service who is a U.S. citizen. Provides for the salaries of chiefs of mission, the Senior Foreign Service (the latter comparable to that for the Civil Service Senior Executive Service). Includes those employees, whose salaries are not otherwise provided for, under a Foreign Service Schedule similar to the Civil Service General Schedule. Authorizes the Secretary to assign Foreign Service officers and personnel to an appropriate salary class, with specified exceptions. Makes provisions for retention of pay in reduction-in-force cases. Makes members of the Senior Foreign Service eligible for performance pay similar to that available to members of the Senior Executive Service. Provides for within-class salary increases after specified periods under the Foreign Service Schedule, unless the individual does not meet the class standards of performance. Authorizes the Secretary to grant additional increases in salary for meritorious service. Authorizes lower salary rates for certain Foreign Service personnel performing routine duties. Stipulates that family members paid in accordance with local compensation plans receive at least the Federal minimum wage. Authorizes the Secretary to regulate local compensation plans for the guidance of all Federal agencies. Sets forth provisions concerning salaries of consular agents and compensation of foreign nationals imprisoned by reason of their employment by the U.S. Government. Provides extra compensation for: (1) temporary service, in excess of a minimum period, as a principal officer; or (2) regular work substantially in excess of normal requirements, but not eligible for premium pay. Authorizes the payment of a gratuity to surviving dependents of any Foreign Service employee who dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. Directs the Secretary to classify all positions to be occupied by members of the Foreign Service, giving appropriate weight to job factors relating to service abroad and compensation practices of U.S. corporations abroad. Permits such positions to be filled by personnel of other Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to assign members of the Foreign Service to non-Foreign Service positions. Provides that career personnel of the Foreign Service shall be expected to serve abroad for substantial portions of their careers. Declares that promotions are by appointment of either the President or the Secretary or by assignment to a higher salary class depending on the position. Requires all promotions of members of the Senior Foreign Service or under the Foreign Service Schedule to be based on the recommendations and rankings of selection boards. Sets forth the criteria for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service. Declares that, if a member withdraws a request for consideration for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, such member may not thereafter request such consideration. Requires selection boards to include public members, women, and minorities. Prescribes the basis for selection board review. Authorizes the Secretary to make a promotion or grant an award of performance pay or salary increase on the recommendations of other specified boards. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe the maximum time during which Senior Foreign Service members (not less than three years), Foreign Service officers, and other designated Foreign Service personnel may remain in a salary class without a promotion. Authorizes the Secretary to increase or decrease such maximum time, with specified protections for those whose maximum time is decreased. Permits limited extensions of career appointments in the case of those whose maximum time in class expires. Stipulates that a member shall be retired from the Foreign Service if such member fails to meet prescribed standards of performance. Provides retirement benefits for those who must retire. Declares that the administrative procedure for challenging a separation for cause from the Foreign Service shall be conducted before the Foreign Grievance Board, exclusively. Sets forth provisions concerning termination of limited appointments and of consular agents and foreign national employees. Directs the Secretary to operate the Foreign Service Institute and to provide training and counseling to members of the Foreign Service and other Federal employees. Requires the Secretary to establish foreign language proficiency requirements for Foreign Service members assigned abroad. Authorizes training grants for family members attending approved programs of studies. Directs the Secretary to establish a family liason office to facilitate the employment of spouses. Sets forth provisions concerning the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. Requires the joint election of a spouse or a former spouse, who has resided with a member for ten years or more, and the member participant to waive or reduce the survivor's annuity. Makes former spouses eligible for specified annuities and payments. Requires the Secretary to inform spouses and former spouses of their annuity rights. Sets forth provisions regarding annuities for former spouses. Gives credit for annuity purposes for periods of internment of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Permits the assignment of all or part of annuities or retirement benefits to the extent that such assignment does not infringe a former spouse's court ordered right to such benefits. Directs the Secretary to make payments, otherwise due an annuitant, to another person pursuant to a decree of legal separation or court-approved property settlement. Stipulates that the ten-year requirement for former spouses shall not affect such spouses' rights under State law. Sets forth provisions concerning travel expenses, health care benefits, and representation allowances. Sets forth labor-management provisions applicable to all members of Foreign Service, including former members, but excluding management officials, confidential employees, consular agents, and strikers, in the Department of State, International Communication Agency, the International Development Cooperation Agency, and the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce. Authorizes the President to exclude other offices or posts for national security purposes or in emergency situations. Sets forth labor and management rights. Establishes the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board to supervise representation elections, certify exclusive bargaining agents, and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices, failure to bargain in good faith, and breaches of the collective bargaining agreement. Requires Board decisions to be consistent with decisions rendered by the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Authorizes the Authority's General Counsel to investigate alleged unfair labor practices, file and prosecute complaints, and exercise other functions of the Board under this Act. Provides for judicial review and enforcement of the Board's action and for temporary relief on filing an unfair labor practice complaint. Establishes within the Federal Labor Relations Authority a Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel to assist in resolving negotiating impasses. States that the Department shall constitute a single worldwide bargaining unit. Sets forth the duties and rights of the exclusive representative. Establishes a grievance procedure for disputes arising out of the implementation of collective bargaining agreements. Defines unfair labor practices. Requires the General Counsel to investigate any unfair labor practice charge. Sets forth requirements to be met by such General Counsel when issuing an unfair labor practice complaint. Specifies the procedures to be followed in determining whether an unfair labor practice exists. Requires labor organizations to meet certain standards of conduct. Provides for union dues and use of official time. Sets forth provisions regarding the grievance procedure applicable to the Departments of State, Agriculture, and Commerce, the International Communication Agency, and the International Development Cooperation Agency. Requires members of a bargaining unit to be represented only by the exclusive representative, except in cases of allegedly wrongful separation. Establishes the Foreign Service Grievance Board to resolve grievances. Provides for access to records by the Board. Title II: Transition, Amendments to Other Laws, and Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to convert present members of the Foreign Service to the appropriate classes in the Foreign Service Schedule within specified periods depending on whether they are available for assignment abroad. Permits Foreign Service officers and Foreign Service Reserve officers, with class 2 or higher appointments and available for world-wide assignment, to request appointment to the Senior Foreign Service. Requires those eligible, who do not elect to enter the Senior Foreign Service, to retire within three years. Makes such conversions effective for pay and benefits purposes on October 1, 1980. Requires the conversion of present members of the Foreign Service, who are not available for world-wide assignment, to the Civil Service in a comparable grade. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate those positions in the Foreign Agricultural Service to be occupied by career members of the Foreign Service. Requires employees in such position to elect conversion to the Foreign Service or decline conversion but receive Foreign Service pay and benefits. Declares that a conversion shall not cause any reduction in the individual's class, grade, or salary. Provides a table for determining the class in the Foreign Service Schedule to which individuals will be converted based upon their present rank. Permits continued participation in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System by those converted to the Civil Service. Prohibits retiring individuals in the Foreign Service based upon their relative performances for ten years or until they become eligible for their annuities. Amends the Act providing certain basic authority for the Department of State to add provisions, presently found in the Foreign Service Act of 1946, concerning: (1) gifts; (2) attorneys; (3) family employment opportunities; (4) vehicle use; (5) educational facilities; (6) malpractice protection; and (7) services to past employees. Designates such Act as the "State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956." Amends the Peace Corps Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to conform to this Act. Permits the extension or renewal of limited appointments of Foreign Service personnel for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Repeals specified provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, the Foreign Relations Authorization Acts, Fiscal Years 1979, 1978, and 1977, the Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973, the Act establishing a Foreign Service Information Officer Corps, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Peace Corps Act, the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, Foreign Service annuity adjustment Acts of 1952, 1956, 1958, 1960, and 1965, which are superceded by this Act. Makes conforming amendments to the Asian Development Bank Act, the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, joint resolutions providing for membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization, the African Development Fund Act, the Mutual Security Act of 1954, the International Atomic Energy Agency Participation Act of 1957, the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, the International Development Cooperation Act of 1979, a 1954 agricultural stability Act, an Act providing for language training of Armed Forces dependents, the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, an Act providing for veterans' benefits for overseas Federal employees, and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Entitles Federal employees, who accept limited appointments in the Foreign Service, to be reemployed in their former position or a higher position. Includes Ambassadors at Large within level II of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes pay advances for departures from outside the United States when such departure is officially authorized or ordered in the national interest or where there is imminent danger to the lives of employees or their families. Makes conforming changes in the Civil Service premium pay provisions. Amends Civil Service provisions allowing attorney fees to be awarded in unfair labor practice and grievance proceedings to include Foreign Service personnel within such coverage. Authorizes: (1) separate maintenance allowances for employees or their families who are compelled or authorized to leave a foreign assignment post; (2) additional pay differentials for employees assigned to a post with an especially adverse environment; (3) advance pay on assignment to a foreign post; and (4) a danger pay allowance. Includes specified members of the Senior Foreign Service and the Foreign Service within the Civil Service leave provisions. Exempts members of the Senior Foreign Service from limitations on accumulated leave. Deems periods of imprisonment of foreign national employees as creditable service for retirement benefits. Makes conforming amendments to the Civil Service provisions. Continues the effectiveness of actions taken under laws superceded by this Act, but does not affect the benefit rights of individuals entitled to such benefits prior to this Act. Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress, within 15 months and annually thereafter, on the implementation of this Act by agencies utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system. Requires the Secretary to consult with the exclusive representative, if any, of the members of the Foreign Service respecting implementation of this Act. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980, with different effective date provisions specified for the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Designates the week commencing with the third Monday in February of 1981 as "National Patriotism Week."
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Designates the week beginning March 8, 1981, as "Women's History Week."
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Directs the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to procure a bust or statute of Frederick Douglas, to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1980
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the export of goods, the sales of which are prohibited or restricted in the United States pursuant to specified public health and safety laws, unless specified conditions are met. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to issue export licenses permitting the export of such goods if: (1) all statutory requirements are met; (2) the Secretary and the head of the agency regulating the sale of such good in the United States concur that (a) the country has requested such export, (b) the country has been fully informed of any U.S. restrictions and possible hazards, and (c) the potential benefits outweigh the possible hazards; and (3) the sale in the importing country would be subject to restrictions comparable to those imposed in the United States. Requires such exported goods to include all information required by U.S. law. Prohibits the export of such goods if such information is likely to be ineffective. Prohibits the export of any good to be used in manufacturing prohibited goods.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1980
Authorizes the President to present, in the name of the Congress, specially struck gold medals to Eric Heiden and the American Hockey Team for their victories at the 1980 winter Olympics. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and furnish bronze duplicates of such medals to the United States Olympic Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that recent attempts to undermine the stability of Tunisia constitute a serious threat to international peace and U.S. national security interests. States that the United States should furnish economic and security assistance to Tunisia.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Declares February 26, 1980, as a national day of prayer, meditation, and unity if the hostages being held in Iran are not released by February 25, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation extending best wishes and expressing appreciation to Carl Vinson for his devotion to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1980
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 - Establishes, within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of Federal Information Policy (OFIP) to provide overall direction for the development and implementation of Federal information policies which include guidelines concerning: (1) the reduction of the Government paperwork burden on the public; (2) records management activities; and (3) the privacy of records pertaining to individuals. Requires the Director of OMB to appoint an Administrator of OFIP. Sets forth functions of the Director with respect to Federal information collection and management in the following categories: (1) general information policy functions; (2) information collection request clearance and other paperwork functions; (3) statistical policy and coordination functions; (4) records management functions; (5) privacy of information functions; and (6) automatic data processing and telecommunications functions. Requires the Director to ensure that agencies: (1) provide a substantial opportunity for the public to comment on the means of collecting information with regard to a proposed rule; and (2) assess alternative methods of attaining the statutory goals of such a rule. Requires the Director, within one year after enactment of this Act: (1) to establish requirements and assign responsibility for agency and Government-wide audits of all major information systems; (2) to establish the Federal Information Locator System; (3) to develop a schedule for eliminating any duplication of information collection requests by the Government; and (4) in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, to develop a five-year plan for meeting the automatic data processing and telecommunication needs of the Government. Directs the Director, within two years after this Act is enacted: (1) to establish a system for integrating the various information management practices; (2) to develop a program to enforce Federal information processing standards and to revitalize the standards development program; (3) to complete action on recommendations of the Commission on Federal Paperwork; and (4) to submit to the President and Congress legislative proposals to remove inconsistencies in laws involving privacy, confidentiality and disclosure of information. Requires each agency: (1) to carry out its information management activities in an economical manner; (2) to inventory its major information systems and review, periodically, its management activities; (3) to ensure that its systems do not overlap each other or duplicate systems of other agencies; (4) to develop procedures for assessing the paperwork burden of its collection activities; and (5) assign an official to be responsible for acquisitions of automatic data processing equipment and services. Requires an agency, before collecting any information, to: (1) eliminate reporting requirements which seek information which is available through another Government source; (2) minimize the compliance burden on respondents; (3) plan the tabulation of the information in a manner which maximizes its usefulness to other agencies; and (4) obtain the Director's approval of such collection. Requires the Director to approve or disapprove any collection request within 60 days of receiving it. Allows the Director, when considering a request, to provide an opportunity for the agency or other interested persons to submit oral or written statements. Authorizes the Director: (1) to designate a single collection agency for two or more agencies; and (2) to direct the disclosure of confidential information from one agency to another under specified conditions. Establishes, within OFIP, a Federal Information Locator System composed of a dictionary of information resources, a data element dictionary, and an information referral service. States that the System shall serve as the authoritative register of all information requests. Requires the Director: (1) to design an index for the System; (2) to require each agency head to submit for inclusion in the System a data profile of each information request of that agency; (3) to compare proposed information requests with existing requests through the System; and (4) to ensure that no actual data, excluding descriptive data which is necessary to locate information or identify duplicative data, is included in the System. Declares that no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to provide information to an agency if such agency requested such information after December 31, 1981, in violation of procedures under this Act. Requires the Director: (1) to review the information management activities of each agency at least once every three years; (2) to report the findings to the agency and specified committees of Congress; (3) to keep Congress fully informed of major activities under this Act; and (4) to submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House an annual report on such activities. Specifies the contents of such report. Declares that an agency's authority under any other law to prescribe rules or forms for Federal information activities shall be subject to the Director's authority under this Act. Grants the Comptroller General access to all records of OFIP. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Administrator of General Services: (1) to include in an annual report to Congress and the Director estimates of the lost benefits or savings resulting from the failure of agencies to implement the Administrator's recommendations; and (2) to assist the Administrator of OFIP in conducting studies and developing standards relating to records retention requirements of Federal agencies. Requires the President and the Director of OMB to delegate specified Federal information functions to the Administrator.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile immediately. Urges the President to: (1) protest Sakharov's exile and the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union; (2) call upon other nations to join in such protests and impose sanctions against the Soviet Union; and (3) inform Helsinki signatory governments that the U.S. delegation intends to raise these violations at the 1980 Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe review meeting.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should request the United Nations to establish an international presence in the Khmer refugee camps on the Thailand - Kampuchean (Cambodian) border to promote security and oversee the distribution of food.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1980
Expresses appreciation to Canada for: (1) its historic close relations and cooperation with the United States in conducting foreign policy; (2) its support for U.S. efforts to obtain the safe release of the hostages in Iran; and (3) its efforts to protect and arrange the safe departure of certain U.S. citizens from Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile immediately. Urges the President and other Federal officials to: (1) protest Sakharov's exile and the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union; (2) call upon other nations to join in such protests and impose sanctions against the Soviet Union; and (3) inform Helsinki signatory governments that the U.S. delegation intends to raise these violations at the 1980 Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe review meeting.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1980
Fusion Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish research, development, and demonstration programs involving magnetic fusion energy systems to: (1) construct and operate a fusion engineering test facility by 1986; (2) construct and operate a magnetic fusion demonstration facility before the end of this century; (3) maintain and expand the base programs for fusion energy research and the development and testing of appropriate alternative confinement technologies; (4) maintain a strong research and development program in advanced fusion fuels; and (5) ensure an uninterrupted source of scientific and engineering talent from institutions of higher learning to support such effort. Requires such programs to include a study of the potential of using fusion energy for the production of synthetic fuels and the electrification of ground transportation systems. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information promoting the practical uses of fusion energy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1980
African Development Foundation Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish the African Development Foundation to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the people of Africa and the United States and to assist in the development of Africa. Requires such Foundation to cooperate with indigenous organizations representative of Africa and other private, regional, and international organizations. Authorizes such Foundation to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to African entities for developmental purposes. Requires the Foundation to give priority to community self-help projects with the maximum feasible participation of the poor. Sets forth the corporate powers of such Foundation. Provides for the appointment of a Board of Directors to manage such Foundation. Requires the Board to consult with a Council composed of individuals knowledgeable about development activities in Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate Sunday, February 10, 1980, as "Energy Awareness Day."