United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a Federal court from requiring that a person be assigned to, or excluded from, a school on the basis of race, religion, or national origin.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should immediately take all necessary steps to reduce interest rates.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1980
Amends the Comprehensive Employment Training Act Amendments of 1978 to exclude from participation in any program authorized by such Act any person who publicly advocates the violent overthrow of the United States or has so advocated such a course of action within a specified prior period.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should not increase the number of digits of the zip code until: (1) the Service and the Congress have fully examined the costs, social consequences, and technical issues associated with such action; and (2) the Service has fully examined other means of improving productivity in the sorting of mail.
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 · 25 August 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary of State should revoke any visas issued to aliens who have been arrested for engaging in violent or illegal activity while participating in an anti-American demonstration in the United States; and (2) the Attorney General should order the prompt deportation of such aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that aliens who engage in unlawful or disorderly activities in the United States should be promptly deported in accordance with provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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 · 24 July 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to the producers of the 1980 crop of soybeans if such producer is able to harvest less than 70 percent of such crop because of a natural disaster. Establishes a formula for determining the amount of such payments.
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 · 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 · 19 June 1980
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a one-House congressional veto of a Presidential determination to exceed the annual 50,000 refugee admission ceiling. Requires such a Presidential determination to be transmitted to both Houses of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that deferred compensation plans shall not be deemed as not satisfying minimum vesting standards even if there is a reasonable likelihood that the accrual of benefits or forfeitures under such plans will tend to discriminate in favor of employees who are officers, shareholders, or highly compensated.
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 · 5 June 1980
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends the authority for the Veterans' Administration regional office in the Republic of the Philippines until September 30, 1985. Sets forth procedures for: (1) retroactive payments for additional children entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation; and (2) reducing payments to a dependent child who has attained the age of 18 and is attending an educational institution, and whose parent is receiving compensation payments as a surviving spouse. Prohibits the payment of burial allowances for any veteran who dies during fiscal year 1981 whose income exceeded $20,000, and includes the income of such veterans' spouse in determining the income of such veteran. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish headstones and markers, upon request, for specified relatives of veterans who are buried in a State veterans' cemetery. Provides for the reduction of pension payments made to veterans of a period of war, and surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war when such pension payments are made concurrently with such individuals' retirement payments. Provides for pension payments to a hospitalized veteran having neither spouse nor child if such veteran is readmitted within six months of a period of care. Limits the amount of compensation for a service-connected disability and dependency and indemnity compensation for any veteran imprisoned in a Federal, State, or local penal institution as a result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to apportion and pay to such veteran's spouse, children, or dependent parents the compensation such veteran would have received but for such veteran's incarceration. Sets forth the minimum number of personnel to be employed by the American Battle Monument Commission for the care and maintenance of the cemeteries, monuments, and memorials under the jurisdiction of such Commission. Title IV: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of specified sections of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1980
Limitation on Government Recordkeeping Requirements and Actions Act of 1980 - Prohibits any Federal agency from: (1) requiring any person to maintain, prepare, or produce any record (other than a record relating to a dangerous material) of an event after four years have expired since the event occurred; and (2) commencing an action against a person who violated a regulation if four years or more have expired since such violation occurred, except as otherwise provided by the Internal Revenue Code or a regulation promulgated thereunder.
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 · 4 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should restore and maintain the peaceful processing of Cubans, and identify and remove from the United States those Cubans who participated in acts of destruction at the processing sites.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary of the American Bar Association and the Attorney General take all measures necessary to end discrimination against potential lifetime Federal judges who do not qualify solely as a result of age barriers.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1980
Permits veterans to refinance previously guaranteed mortgage loans which are secured by homes they still own and occupy. Sets forth conditions and requirements pursuant to such loans.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Family Protection Act - States as the purpose of this Act the strengthening of the American family and the reversal of governmental policies which hinder its strength and prosperity. Title I: Education - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit payments under such Act to States or State or local educational agencies, which: (1) prohibit voluntary prayer in public buildings; (2) lack procedures for the involvement of parents and representatives of the community in decisions relating to the establishment or continuation of religious studies; (3) limit parental visits to public schools or classes or the right of parents to inspect their children's school records; (4) require the payment of dues or fees as a condition of employment for teachers; or (5) lack procedures for parental review of textbooks prior to their use in the classroom. Stipulates that no Federal funds may be made available for curricula which promote values contradictory to the demonstrated beliefs of the community or for textbooks which tend to deny the role differences between the sexes. Guarantees the right of any State or local educational agency to set qualifications for teachers, set attendance requirements for students, and to limit or prohibit the intermingling of sexes in sports or other school-related activities. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude from the definition of employer any corporation or association operating a school. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for cash contributions to a savings account established to pay the expenses of a dependent child under the age of 22 at an educational institution (pre-school through college). Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,500 for a taxable year and permits only one account to be established on behalf of any individual. Exempts from income taxation, distributions from such accounts which are used exclusively to meet the educational expenses of the dependent child. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the payment of allotments to States for the financing of elementary and secondary school programs. Directs the Commissioner of Education to terminate the payment of such allotments if the programs for which funds are paid no longer comply with specified requirements. Permits judicial review of any finding of the Commissioner with respect to applications for funding or termination of payments to a State. Prohibits the exercise of Federal control over the curriculum, administration, or personnel of any State or local school system. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant tax-exempt status to an educational institution controlled by the parents of students enrolled in such institution. Provides for the termination of the tax exemption of a school which is found to discriminate in the hiring of teachers or the admission of students on the basis of race, nationality, or ethnic background. Denies jurisdiction to the U.S. Supreme Court to review any case arising out of a State statute or regulation which relates to voluntary prayer in public schools or buildings or to qualifications imposed by a State for the hiring of public school teachers. Title II: Welfare - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who maintain a household which includes a dependent who has reached age 65 a nonrefundable income tax credit not in excess of $250 for the taxable year. Allows such individuals to take an income tax deduction in lieu of the credit. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 for the taxable year. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to disqualify students enrolled in post-secondary educational institutions from participation in the food stamp program if such enrollment is equivalent to full-time employment. Grants tax-exempt status to organizations providing day care for children. Allows contributors to a tax- exempt day care center to claim a business expense deduction for contributions not deductible as a charitable contribution. Directs the Secretary of the branch of the Armed Forces concerned to deduct from the monthly pay and allowances of a member of such Armed Forces, who is living separate from his or her dependents, an amount sufficient to provide for the support of such dependents. Title III: First Amendment Guarantees - Prohibits the Federal Government from imposing legal requirements upon the operation of a church organization which sponsors a child care center, orphanage, foster home, social action training program, emergency shelter for abused children or spouses, school, or juvenile delinquency or drug abuse treatment center or home. Amends provisions of the United States Code relating to judicial procedure to establish a legal presumption in favor of an expansive interpretation of a parent's role in supervising and determining the religious or moral formation of his child, in cases involving such issue. Title IV: Taxation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit married individuals to compute on a separate basis the maximum retirement savings deduction to which each individual is entitled. Permits a maximum deduction of $3,000 for a spouse who is handicapped. Increases the zero bracket amount for married individuals filing separately to $2,300 (the same as for unmarried individuals). Imposes the same income tax rates upon married individuals filing separately as are imposed upon unmarried individuals. Specifies that an individual who works without compensation for a charitable, civic, religious, or political activity shall be considered to be gainfully employed for purposes of eligibility for the child care credit. Allows an additional personal tax exemption of $1,000 for each child born to, or adopted by, a taxpayer during the taxable year. Permits an exemption of $3,000 for the adoption of a handicapped child over the age of three whose parents are not of the same race. Allows an income tax deduction for contributions to a trust established by a taxpayer to provide care to such taxpayer's parents or handicapped relatives. Limits the amount of such deduction to $3,000 for a taxable year. Provides for the tax exemption of such trusts. Title V: Domestic Relations - Prohibits Federal preemption of State laws relating to child or spousal abuse, or juvenile delinquency. Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds for such programs in any State unless the legislature of such State has specifically authorized such programs. Defines "child abuse" as physical maltreatment or psychological or emotional neglect. Excludes from such definition discipline or corporal punishment applied by a responsible parent or an individual authorized to act in the place of such parent. Grants tax-exempt status to organizations which provide for the treatment and care of individuals who suffer physical or psychological abuse from a spouse, parent, or other family member and to organizations which provide shelter, care, and medical treatment for individuals under the age of 18 who have run away from their homes. Requires federally-funded abortion and venereal disease treatment centers to notify parents of unmarried minors that such minors have requested an abortion, contraceptives, or are undergoing treatment for a venereal disease. Amends the Legal Service Corporation Act to place restrictions on the classes of individuals to whom legal assistance may be given and the circumstances under which such assistance may be given. Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds to any organization which presents male or female homosexuality as an acceptable alternative life style or which suggests that it can be an acceptable life style. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that any action taken by an employer against a homosexual shall not be considered an unlawful employment practice. Prohibits any instrumentality of the Federal Government from seeking to enforce nondiscrimination with respect to homosexuals. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Grants jurisdiction to U.S. district courts to hear any cases arising under this Act. Provides for a six-year statute of limitation. Provides a civil penalty for persons violating any provision or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the administration of this Act and the progress of the States in effectuating its provisions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides for the separability of provisions of this Act if any provisions are declared invalid.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Establishes the Public Debt Retirement Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Appropriates to such Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the crude oil windfall profit tax and the oil import fees imposed by the President under Proclamation 4744 on April 2, 1980. Requires the transfer of such amounts at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. Limits the use of such Trust Fund amounts to the payment, purchase before maturity, or redemption of any obligations included in the public debt. Requires cancellation and retirement of all obligations so paid for, purchased, or redeemed. Repeals provisions of the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 which set up the Windfall Profit Tax Account in the Treasury and direct the allocation of amounts deposited therein.
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 · 6 May 1980
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of "immigrant" an alien (and accompanying spouse and children) having a foreign residence (with no intention of abandoning such residence) coming to the United States temporarily to study full-time at a vocational, language, or other nonacademic institution approved by the Attorney General. Redefines the definition of "child" to include: (1) an illegitimate child through whom, or on whose behalf, a status or benefit under such Act is sought by virtue of the relationship to its natural father; (2) a child adopted before the age of 16; and (3) an orphan under the age of 16. Excludes adultery from the determination of good moral character for the purposes of such Act. Limits the existing drug-related provision relating to good moral character to "trafficking in narcotics." Provides that aliens seeking admission within five years of the date of their deportation or removal shall be ineligible for admission into the United States (presently no time limit on excludability). Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding his/her discretionary waiver of excludability. Includes drug offenses among the categories of excludability that may be waived in the case of alien children, spouses, or parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents seeking admission as immigrants. Exempts specified aliens with medical specialties practicing in the United States as of January 9, 1977, from alien exclusion provisions. Revises re-entry permit provisions to authorize the issuance of such permit for a two-year nonrenewable period (presently one year with up to a one year discretionary extension). Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; and (4) require such transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (presently with a customs collector). Makes the existing mandatory waiver of fraudulent entry deportation provisions regarding alien spouses, children, or parents of United States citizens or permanent residents discretionary. Provides that such deportation waiver shall also operate with regard to improper entry documents directly resulting from such fraud. Eliminates certain reporting requirements imposed on the Attorney General regarding his/her discretionary waiver of deportation or adjustment of status. Provides, with regard to such cancelled deportation proceedings, that the reduction of available immigrant visas shall come from the overall permanent or conditional entry visa allotment rather than from the nonpreference immigrant allotment. Permits certain nonimmigrant exchange aliens to have deportation proceedings suspended and have their status adjusted to permanent resident. Revises the category of nonimmigrant aliens who cannot have their nonimmigrant classification changed in another nonimmigrant classification without first applying to the Attorney General for such change. Repeals alien change of address requirements concerning: (1) yearly current address notification; and (2) three-month notification of current address by temporary residents. Provides with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States that: (1) any conveyance, including vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used for such purposes (excluding common carriers not consenting to such act and stolen conveyances), shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture; (2) any conveyance may be seized without warrant if probable cause exists and circumstances exist where a warrant is not constitutionally required; (3) specified customs laws shall apply to such seizures; (4) seizures of vessels shall be subject to the Supplemental Rules of Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims; (5) the Attorney General may retain for official use, sell, or require the General Services Administration to take custody of, any forfeited conveyance; and (6) in all forfeiture suits where the conveyance is claimed by any person the burden of proof shall be on such person, provided that probable cause for such forfeiture shall first be shown by the Government. Provides that the spouse and dependent unmarried children of an alien who qualifies for certain naturalization residence requirement exceptions shall also qualify for such exceptions for the period they resided abroad as members of such alien's household. Removes: (1) the requirement that two witnesses verify an individual's naturalization petition; and (2) certain affidavit and proof of residence requirements for such petition. Repeals the provisions requiring: (1) witnesses to be present at a final naturalization hearing; and (2) a 30 day waiting period between the filing of a petition and the issuance of a certificate of naturalization. Requires the clerk of a naturalization court to pay to the Attorney General one-half of all fees up to $40,000 (presently $6,000), and all fees in excess of such amount, in a fiscal year. Authorizes the Attorney General to admit for permanent residence certain aliens: (1) otherwise excludable for specified drug-related convictions; and (2) having immigrant visas, but excludable for other specified reasons, and who could not have been aware through reasonable diligence of such excludability before coming to the United States. Includes individuals who participated in Nazi-related World War II persecutions within the category of excludable aliens whom the Attorney General may not allow to depart voluntarily in lieu of a deportation proceeding. Prohibits the Attorney General from suspending the deportation and adjusting the status (to that of a lawful permanent resident) of such individuals. Removes the requirement that adopted children born outside the United States be adopted while under the age of 16 in order for certain automatic citizenship provisions to apply. Excludes specified classes of aliens present in the United States on or before June 1, 1978, from being counted against the annual total and country admission limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional consent to the Red River Compact among the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, which concerns the apportionment of the water of the Red River and its tributaries.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Interstate Compact - Grants congressional consent to the Caddo Lake Compact between Louisiana and Texas, which concerns the apportionment of the water of Caddo Lake.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a certain portion of royalty owner oil production from the windfall profit tax. Limits the amount so exempted per quarter to ten barrels per day. Requires proportionate allocation of any production in excess of ten barrels per day between tier 1 oil, tier 2, and tier 3 oil, and within any tier on the basis of removal prices. Requires allocation of the ten barrel amount among royalty owners who are members of the same related group.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Act of 1980 - Title I: Physicians and Dentists Pay Comparability - Exempts physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health-care professionals employed by the Veterans' Administration (VA) Department of Medicine and Surgery from the Senior Executive Service. Sets forth increased special pay schedules for physicians, dentists, and nurses. Title II: Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program - Establishes the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program. Sets forth eligibility, contract, obligated service, and application provisions. Exempts such scholarship payments from taxation. Provides, with regard to Veterans' Administration physician's or dentist's primary and special incentive pay, that such scholarship recipients shall not be eligible for such pay during the first three years of obligated service, and thereafter shall only be eligible for half of such pay. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Sets forth standards for: (1) a presumption of inability to defray the expenses of medical care provided by the Veterans' Administration; (2) the supervision of real property transactions by the Congressional Committees on Veterans' Affairs; (3) the number of beds per thousand veterans population required to provide adequate nursing home care in State home facilities. Extends the time for submission of reports on hospital care and medical services furnished in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands. Repeals the requirement that recipients of health-care personnel training grants must increase the number of individuals receiving training.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a repayment of the oil import fee equal to ten cents per gallon of gasoline used for certain exempt purposes. Defines "exempt use" as: (1) any use by a State or local government; (2) any use by a nonprofit educational institution; (3) any use as supplies for vessels or aircraft; (4) agricultural uses; (5) certain business uses; and (6) any use in connection with intercity, local, or school buses.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should immediately take steps to reduce interest rates.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1980
Requires a rail carrier which has market dominance to prove that its proposed rates will not exceed a maximum sufficient to cover its costs and a reasonable return. Prohibits the Interstate Commerce Commission from allowing a rail carrier to impose subsidy burdens on certain shippers in order to achieve adequate overall revenue levels.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to limit the President's authority to impose import fees on petroleum or petroleum products to periods of: (1) congressionally declared war; (2) a national emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act; (3) a national emergency created by an attack on the United States; (4) U.S. Armed Forces involvement in hostilities pursuant to specific statutory authorization; and (5) U.S. Armed Forces involvement in hostilities under circumstances which require a report by the President to Congress pursuant to the War Powers Resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980
Criminal Code Revision Act of 1980 - Title I: Revision of Title 18 - Amends in its entirety title 18, the Federal criminal code. Subdivides such title into the following subtitles: (1) provisions of general applicability; (2) offenses; (3) sentencing and corrections; (4) administration and procedure; and (5) ancillary civil proceedings. Subtitle I: Provisions of General Applicability - Sets forth 35 general definitions. Defines Federal jurisdiction as including the general and special (territorial, maritime, and aircraft) jurisdiction of the United States, specified aspects of extraterritorial jurisdiction, and Indian country jurisdiction. Provides that the separate sections describing offenses may specify circumstances giving rise to Federal jurisdiction. Directs the Attorney General to prescribe guidelines for the exercise of Federal enforcement efforts where there is concurrent State or local jurisdiction over the offense. Requires that such guidelines provide for the discontinuation of Federal efforts unless a demonstrable, substantial interest would be served, and take into consideration the following factors: (1) the relative gravity of the Federal offense and the State or local offense; (2) the nature and extent of the Federal interest in the investigation; and (3) the resources available to the Federal, State, and local authorities. Directs the Attorney General to consult with State and local governments concerning the exercise of Federal jurisdiction and to report annually to Congress on the extent of such exercise. Requires that the finder of fact determine issues of fact bearing on the existence of Federal jurisdiction over the offense. Provides that Federal jurisdiction is not generally preemptive of the exercise of jurisdiction by a State or local government, Indian tribe, or military court, but enumerates offenses with respect to which the Attorney General may order preemption. Limits to four the mental states required to be proved with respect to criminal conduct ("intentional", "knowing", "reckless", and "negligent"). Specifies matters of law requiring no proof of state of mind, including jurisdiction, bars to prosecution, and defenses. Sets forth a general criminal complicity section, including rules with respect to the liability of an accomplice, of an organization for the conduct of an agent, and of an agent for the conduct of an organization. Allows a defendant to be convicted of an offense based on the conduct of another person only if such defendant knowingly and with specific intent induced or aided the commission of the offense. Makes an organization criminally liable for an offense based on another person's conduct which involves a failure by the organization or its agent to discharge a specific duty of conduct imposed on the organization by law, but stipulates that an organization is not criminally liable where the agency relationship is established by operation of law and without the consent of the organization. Makes it a bar to prosecution that the defendant was less than 18 years old at the time of the commission of the offense, but allows the court upon motion of the Attorney General to determine that the nonapplicability of such bar is in the interest of justice with respect to a defendant who has attained the age of 16 years and is alleged to have committed a class A, B, or C felony. (Under current law the age of 16 years bars prosecution of all offenses as an adult, and persons between the ages of 16 and 18 are treated as juveniles unless the offense is a felony punishable by ten or more years of imprisonment.) Provides for a general statute of limitations of: (1) five years for a felony; and (2) three years for a misdemeanor or infraction (under current law such bar varies with the offense), but permits an extended period for certain concealable offenses. Sets forth as statutory law the following defenses to criminal liability: (1) insanity; (2) intoxication; (3) mistake of fact or law; (4) protection of persons; and (5) protection of property. Sets forth as affirmative defenses: (1) duress; and (2) reliance upon official misstatement. Subtitle II: Offenses - Organizes offenses by the following types (rather than alphabetically as under current law): (1) attempt and conspiracy; (2) offenses involving national defense; (3) offenses involving international affairs; (4) offenses involving government process; (5) offenses involving revenue; (6) offenses involving individual rights; (7) offenses involving the person; (8) offenses involving property; and (9) miscellaneous offenses. Replaces the particularized penalties for individual offenses in current law with general penalty provisions specifying: (1) terms of imprisonment based on five classes of felonies (A to E) and three classes of misdemeanors (A to C); and (2) levels of fines according to the type of offense. Includes among new Federal crimes: (1) obstructing by force the following government functions: the service or attempted service or execution of any authorized legal or judicial document, the performance of extradition duties, the performance of duties under a court order, the passage of the United States mail, and the execution by a law enforcement officer of an arrest; (2) speculating on official action or information; (3) a series of offenses covering the obstruction of political rights; (4) possession of an eavesdropping device with intent that it be used unlawfully; (5) trafficking in stolen property; (6) trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, motion pictures, and audiovisual works; and (7) operating a racketeering syndicate. Provides for the offenses of "obstruction of official proceedings by fraud" and "government program bribery." Revises numerous offenses, including the following changes. Limits the offense of "impairing military effectiveness" to a time of war or a national defense emergency or where a major weapons system or means of defense against large scale enemy attack is impaired. Makes the scienter requirement with respect to such offense "knowing." Revises "espionage" and certain offenses relating to the dissemination of classified information to cross-reference to the following existing laws: the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954, and the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950. Modifies the offense of "failing to appear as a defendant" to: (1) include the failure to surrender for service of sentence pursuant to a court order; and (2) vary the penalties according to the category of offense. Revises "criminal contempt" to: (1) prohibit disobedience or resistance to lawful court orders, unless the alleged contemnor took reasonable and timely steps to obtain judicial review of the order or such order is constitutionally invalid. Imposes a maximum penalty of five days' imprisonment and/or a $500 fine for such offense. (Current law imposes no such limits.) Amends "making a false statement" to: (1) consolidate numerous false statement statutes under current law; and (2) prohibit the knowing submission of false material in a government matter under specified circumstances. Requires that a Federal public servant who commits the offense of "tampering with a government record" be disqualified from office for a period of up to five years. Revises "tax evasion" to cross-reference to existing prohibitions under the Internal Revenue Code. Modifies "civil rights offenses" to: (1) include all "persons" (current law protects "citizens"); (2) allow for a single offender (current law requires a conspiracy); (3) eliminate the requirement (Screws v. United States, 325 U.S. 91 (1945)) that a defendant be found to have had a specific intent to deprive the victim of federally protected rights; and (4) prohibit discrimination based on sex (current law includes race, color, religion, or national origin). Revises "sex offenses" to: (1) apply such offenses without distinction as to the sex of the offender or victim; (2) redesignate rape as aggravated criminal sexual conduct; (3) include additional acts with respect to such redesignated offense; (4) make punishable aggravated criminal sexual conduct towards one spouse by the other (but applies the interspousal exemption with respect to other sex offenses); (5) modify the offense of sexual assault (redesignated as criminal sexual conduct) to add the act of compelling a person to participate by threat or placing such person in fear; and (6) provide, with respect to sexual abuse of a minor, that the victim must be less than 16 years old and at least five years younger than the offender, and add as an affirmative defense that the actor reasonably believed the other person to be 16 years of age or older (current law prohibits the carnal knowledge of a female under the age of 16 years). Modifies the offense of "extortion" to provide that it is not a defense to prosecution that the conduct constituting the offense was in furtherance of a legitimate objective or activity (see United States v. Enmons, 410 U.S. 396 (1973)). Consolidates numerous theft statutes under current law. Broadens the application of the offense of "laundering racketeering proceeds." Revises "loansharking" to add as a new offense an extension of credit over $100 in value carrying an annual interest rate exceeding 45 percent. (Such a rate under current law only evidences extortion.) Modifies "drug offenses" to: (1) provide for an increased penalty for simple possession of 100 grams or more of an opiate; and (2) make possession of 30 grams (approximately one ounce) or less of marihuana an infraction. Retains the current mandatory minimum sentences for anyone using or carrying a firearm in the course of a crime, where the offender uses a firearm which, at the time of the offense, was capable of causing serious bodily injury. Requires, with respect to the offense of "inciting or leading a riot," the existence of circumstances which render it likely that the prohibited incitement will cause a riot. Redefines "riot" as involving ten or more persons (three in current law). Prohibits the transfer or exhibition of obscene material to a minor or to any person where there is no opportunity to avoid such exposure. Repeals: (1) the Logan Act (which prohibits private communication with a foreign government with intent to influence foreign policy); (2) the Smith Act (which prohibits advocating the overthrow of the government); (3) the Mann Act (which prohibits the transportation of women in commerce for immoral purposes); and (4) the prohibition against making false reports with intent to interfere with the operation of U.S. military or naval forces. Subtitle III: Sentencing and Corrections - Specifies factors to be considered in sentencing, including: (1) the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant; (2) the need for the sentence imposed to (A) assure that the severity of the sentence is related to the culpability of the offender and the harm done, (B) assure that similarly placed offenders receive similar sentences, (C) promote respect for the law, (D) deter criminal conduct, (E) protect the public, (F) provide the defendant with needed training, (G) provide restitution to victims, and (H) reconcile the victim, community, and offender; (3) the kinds of sentences available; and (4) the applicable sentencing guidelines prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Requires the court to impose a sentence consistent with the guidelines set forth by the Judicial Conference unless the court finds that an aggravating or mitigating circumstance should result in another sentence. Requires the court to state on the record the reasons for imposing a particular sentence, or the specific reasons for imposing a sentence different from that provided for in the guidelines. Requires a presentence hearing to determine any unresolved issue of fact that is essential to the sentencing decision. Allows a defendant who is found guilty of an offense to be sentenced to conditional discharge, unless the offense is a class A felony and the defendant is an individual or the defendant is sentenced at the time to probation or imprisonment. Specifies the considerations of the court in imposing such sentence and conditions which may be attached to such sentence. Authorizes imposition of a term of probation with respect to all but class A felonies, or where the defendant is sentenced at the same time to conditional discharge or imprisonment. Lists permissible terms of probation for each category of offenses. Requires as mandatory conditions of probation that a defendant not commit another crime and make restitution when practical. Enumerates 18 discretionary conditions of probation. Allows a defendant who is found guilty of an offense to be sentenced to make restitution to the victim, unless the offense: (1) violates the provisions relating to investment, monetary, and antitrust offenses or the crime of "fraud in a regulated industry;" or (2) is a class A felony, the defendant is an individual, and no other sentence is imposed on the defendant. Directs the court not to impose a sentence of restitution if it will unduly complicate or prolong the sentencing process. Sets forth provisions relating to authorized payments for types of offenses, considerations in imposing such a sentence, conditions of such a sentence, restitution imposed upon an organization, and enforcement. Requires, when a defendant is alleged to have violated a condition of a sentence of conditional discharge, probation, or restitution, that the appropriate court hold a preliminary hearing to find probable cause if such violation has occurred. Sets forth the powers of the court upon a finding. Requires a revocation hearing to be held within 60 days of any such finding. Sets forth the powers of the court upon a determination by the preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has violated any such sentence. Sets limits on the amount of a fine for each category of offenses, including higher maximums for organizational than for individual defendants. Sets forth provisions relating to considerations in imposing such a sentence, conditions of such a sentence, payment of fines by organizations, modification or remission, and enforcement. Sets maximum terms of imprisonment for five classes of felonies (A to E), and three classes of misdemeanors (A to C). Prohibits the court from considering the defendant's need for correctional treatment as a justification for imposing a term of imprisonment or in determining the length of a term of imprisonment. Prescribes guidelines relative to the modification of a term and the running of concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment. Authorizes the court to designate a defendant under the age of 21 years a youthful offender upon a finding that such defendant will benefit from placement in a separate facility or institution pursuant to this Act. Retains the Bureau of Prisons within the Department of Justice and outlines its organization and responsibilities. Retains the National Institute of Corrections in the Bureau and the Advisory Corrections Council. Continues the Federal Prison Industries. Allows a defendant to: (1) appeal any sentence on the ground that it is not authorized by law; (2) appeal any sentence other than one imposed for an infraction on the grounds that such sentence is based on an inapplicable sentencing guideline, exceeds the maximum prescribed by the guideline and is unreasonable, or is a sentence for which no guideline has been prescribed and is unreasonable; or (3) petition for leave to appeal a felony sentence within the guideline on the ground that it is unreasonable. Authorizes the court of appeals to resentence the defendant or remand for resentencing upon specified determinations, but stipulates that a new sentence shall not be more severe that the sentence appealed. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to prescribe guidelines for use by a sentencing court. Requires that the guidelines: (1) be based on categories of offenders derived from relevant history and characteristics of defendants sentenced in Federal court, and categories of offenses derived from the nature and circumstances of the offenses for which such defendants are convicted; and (2) be reported to Congress by May 1st of the year they are to become effective and take effect 180 days later, subject to congressional action. Establishes within the Judicial Conference a seven-member Committee on Sentencing to collect information and recommend sentencing guidelines and standards with respect to plea bargaining and the designation of youthful offenders. Requires that the Committee membership: (1) consist of four judges and three persons who are not judges; and (2) reflect a variety of backgrounds and participation and interest in the Federal criminal justice system. Sets forth rules regarding supervision of probation, the appointment and duties of probation officers, transportation of a probationer, transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer, and the arrest and return of a probationer. Carries forward, generally unchanged, current law relating to parole. Makes a prisoner eligible for release after serving one-half of a term of imprisonment over one year (currently one-third), or after serving ten years of a life sentence or sentence over 20 years (currently 30 years). Includes among the items to be considered by the Parole Commission in making a parole release determination: (1) the specific reasons for the sentence imposed; and (2) any transcript of the district court proceedings that are relevant to sentencing. Directs the Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Parole Commission to submit joint reports within five years of the effective date of the sentencing guidelines evaluating such guidelines and the need for parole release. Subtitle IV: Administration and Procedure - Restates the procedural requirement for the appointment of counsel in criminal cases. Retains the current compensation rates for such services. Adds to the existing circumstances under which a district court must furnish representation for persons financially unable to obtain adequate representation: (1) modification of the term or conditions of sentence of conditional release or probation; and (2) the preliminary and revocation hearing with respect to alleged violations of a sentence of conditional discharge, probation, or parole. Carries forward current law regarding an appeal by the United States in a criminal case to a court of appeals. Continues the existing authority of the Supreme Court to prescribe rules and procedures in criminal cases (retains the current period of 90 days for congressional review). Leaves current law generally unchanged with respect to the following arrest, law enforcement, and other preliminary matters: (1) indictment and list of jurors and witnesses for a prisoner in capital cases; (2) demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses; (3) power of courts and magistrates; (4) extraterritorial jurisdiction; (5) security of the peace and good behavior; (6) warrant for removal; (7) powers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (8) powers of marshals and deputies; (9) powers of certain officers relating to offenses involving animals and birds; (10) powers of the Secret Service; (11) bankruptcy investigations; (12) interned belligerent nationals; (13) rewards and appropriations; (14) powers of postal personnel; (15) preliminary examinations; and (16) surrender of youthful offenders to State authorities. Carries forward current law regarding extradition and the transfer of offenders to and from foreign countries. Enacts into law the Interstate Agreement on Detainers. Leaves generally unchanged current law with respect to venue, but limits the prosecution of the offense of transferring obscene material to the district from which the material was disseminated or in which the offense was completed. (Current law allows such prosecution in any district through which the material moves.) Leaves generally unchanged current law regarding juvenile delinquency. Requires that a juvenile charged with committing an offense who is not surrendered to State authorities be proceeded against pursuant to the juvenile delinquency procedures unless the court determines that the juvenile shall be treated as a adult because the immaturity bar to prosecution does not apply. Requires the court in determining whether a juvenile shall be treated as an adult to consider whether juvenile disposition will reflect the seriousness of the juvenile's conduct, promote respect for the law, and provide a just response to the conduct of the juvenile. Revises the procedures to be followed by Federal courts with respect to an offender suffering from mental incompetence. Directs the court to order a screening examination whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant lacks competence, but allows a defendant to request a hearing based on the report of a qualified mental health examiner after a more thorough examination. Specifies material to be included in such report. Directs the court, after determining at such hearing that the defendant is not competent, to hold a subsequent hearing to determine: (1) whether there is substantial probability that the defendant can be restored to competence within a certain maximum period; and (2) if so, the appropriate treatment. Directs the court to release a defendant of all charges (except class A or B felonies) if: (1) the defendant does not request an opportunity to be restored; (2) there is no substantial probability that the defendant can be restored, or if the defendant has received a certain period of treatment. (Current law does not provide for the screening examination or subsequent hearing.) Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe rules with respect to the use of psychosurgery, electric shock treatment, and protracted use of psychotropic drugs on mentally incompetent defendants. Requires that such rules: (1) entitle the person treated to accept, refuse, or revoke an acceptance of, proposed treatment; and (2) require informed consent in accordance with specified guidelines. Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to permit a defendant to be found not guilty by reason of insanity. Directs a court which determines that there is probable cause to believe that a person who is found: (1) not guilty by reason of insanity; (2) incompetent with no substantial probability of improvement; or (3) incompetent and has not recovered after the end of the maximum period, presently suffers from a mental disease or defect as a result of which such person's release would create a substantial likelihood of serious injury to the person or property of another, to deliver such person to State authorities for possible civil commitment. Requires a hearing on the mental condition of a defendant serving a sentence of imprisonment who objects to being transferred to a facility for care or treatment. Carries forward certain provisions of current law regarding the release of offenders. Restates certain search warrant provisions in current law. Prohibits any Federal agency from installing or using a "pen register" (a mechanical device which records the numbers dialed on a telephone line to which it is attached) without first obtaining a court order pursuant to specified procedures. Allows a law enforcement officer specially designated by the Attorney General to install and use a pen register without a court order if an emergency situation exists with respect to life threatening criminal activities and grounds exist for the authorization of such use. Carries forward current law regarding special grand juries (leaving unchanged the reporting requirements). Restates certain provisions of current law regarding speedy trial (as amended by the Speedy Trial Act Amendments of 1979, Public Law 96-43). Deletes certain provisions relating to district court plans for the disposition of criminal cases. Retains current provisions regarding the exercise of criminal jurisdiction by United States magistrates (as amended by Public Law 96-82). Restates current law regarding witnesses and evidence. Subtitle V: Ancillary Civil Proceedings - Consolidates and enumerates offenses for which the appropriate Government agency may initiate civil forfeiture proceedings. Establishes procedures and standards for the seizure of property involved in such crimes. Reenacts the current civil remedies provisions dealing with restraint of racketeering, as provided in title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. Prohibits the restriction of an individual's eligibility for: (1) a Federal benefit, privilege, or activity; (2) Federal jury duty; or (3) voting in a Federal election, because such person has been convicted of a Federal offense. Prohibits the restriction of an individual's eligibility for employment by a Federal or State government agency because such person has been convicted of a Federal offense. Specifies exceptions to such restrictions. Authorizes the court in which a person is convicted of an offense (other than a class A felony) to issue an order, upon application of such person, providing relief from certain collateral results of such offense under specified circumstances. Restates generally the current provision authorizing a civil action against an eavesdropping offender. Title II: Reenactment of Certain Portions of Former Title 18 with Substantive Changes, Amendments to Laws Outside of Title 18, and Technical and Conforming Amendments - Reenacts various current offenses under title 18, amending the penalties for such crimes to conform to the new general penalty provisions under this Act. Restates generally unchanged the Gun Control Act of 1968. Amends offenses outside of title 18 to cross-reference to offenses and penalties under this Act. Requires that the appropriate State authorities enforce and not modify any child custody determination made by a court of another State (unless such other court no longer has, or has declined to exercise, jurisdiction over such matter). Title III: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective on the fourth January 1 that occurs after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Amends rule XIII and rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a special calendar to be known as the Budget Calendar, to which shall be referred all bills and joint resolutions of a public character which are reported from committees and which, if considered immediately, would be in violation of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Requires such calendar to set forth: (1) the number and title of such bill or joint resolution, and the date or dates on which it was reported from committee and referred to the appropriate calendar; (2) the particular provisions or requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 which such bill or joint resolution violates; (3) the number of the resolution containing such waiver and the number of the accompanying report, if a waiver of any provision or requirement of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been reported by the Committee on Rules; and (4) a tabulation of the progress of congressional action on bills and resolutions providing new budget authority or changing revenues or the public debt limit for a fiscal year. Stipulates that such tabulation shall be based on a determination of estimates of budget outlays and revenues made by the Committee on the Budget and the most recent periodic report provided by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. Requires the Committee on Rules, whenever it reports a resolution waiving one or more provisions or requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to include in its report or in an accompanying statement a brief explanation as to why such waiver is necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 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 · 11 March 1980
Amends the venue provisions of Federal law to provide that a civil action in which a defendant is the United States, a United States agency, or an officer or employee thereof acting in an official capacity may be brought in any judicial district in which the plaintiff or defendant has its principal place of business, and must be brought in a judicial district in which a substantial portion of the impact or injury exists. Requires an appeal from a final order of the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Maritime Administration to be brought in a judicial circuit in which a substantial portion of the impact or injury exists.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1980
Animal Damage Control Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to carry out a program for controlling the damage caused by predators of livestock. Requires the Secretary, in conducting such program: (1) to use and permit the use of lethal and nonlethal animal control devices, methods, and chemical toxicants; (2) to undertake research activities concerning chemical toxicants and other nonlethal control techniques; (3) to use preventive control techniques to manage predator populations; and (4) to establish an ad hoc committee to review biennially the Secretary's animal damage control activities. Directs the Secretaries to submit annually a joint report on the development and implementation of such program to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
State Justice Institute Act of 1980 - Establishes in the District of Columbia the State Justice Institute as a private nonprofit corporation to further the development of improved judicial administration in State courts in the United States. Directs the Institute to: (1) direct a national assistance program to assure persons ready access to a fair and effective system of justice; (2) foster coordination and cooperation with the Federal judiciary; (3) make recommendations concerning the proper allocation of responsibility between the State and Federal court systems; (4) promote recognition of the importance of the separation of powers doctrine to an independent judiciary; and (5) encourage education for State court judges and support personnel. Authorizes the Institute to award grants and enter into cooperative agreements or contracts to: (1) conduct research, demonstrations, or special projects relating to the purposes of this Act; (2) serve as a clearinghouse of information regarding State judicial systems; (3) participate in joint projects with other agencies, including the Federal Judicial Center; (4) evaluate the impact of programs carried out under this Act upon the quality of criminal, civil, and juvenile justice; (5) encourage judicial education; (6) serve in a consulting capacity to State and local justice systems; and (7) be responsible for the certification of national programs to improve State judicial systems.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Resource Conservation and Development Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a resource conservation and development program to assist States, local units of government, and local nonprofit organizations to operate and maintain a planning process for land conservation and utilization, natural resources development, and rural economic and environmental improvement. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance in developing area plans for designated rural areas; (2) cooperate in conducting surveys and inventories, disseminating information, and developing area plans; (3) assist in the carrying out of approved area plans by local public agencies and nonprofit organizations designated by States; and (4) enter into specified agreements. Sets forth terms and conditions of agreements which must be met if the Secretary is to provide any technical or financial assistance, including loans, to a State agency, local government, or local nonprofit organization in carrying out works of improvement specified in an approved area plan. Permits the identification of groups or problems for special consideration in area plans. Declares that the authority of the Secretary under this Act shall be supplemental and not in lieu of any authority of the Secretary under any other provision of law. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Agriculture a Resource Conservation and Development Policy Board to advise the Secretary regarding the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the program provided for in this Act and to report on such evaluation, with recommendations. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act, with specified annual limits on technical and financial assistance and on loans.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Budget Deficit Control Act - Declares it the policy of the Congress to balance the Federal budget annually. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine, during the first quarter of each fiscal year, whether anticipated Federal revenues will cover the level of budget outlays set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year. Requires the President, if the Secretary anticipates a deficit, to issue an order sequestering controllable expenditures to effect a pro rata reduction which would balance the budget. Renders such orders effective within 15 days, unless revised or abrogated by the Congress. Sets forth expedited procedures for congressional review of such orders. Authorizes the Congress, on its own motion or upon request of the President, to suspend the operation of an order which has taken effect.
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