United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to: (1) double the maximum amount of the personal expense allowance provided for eligible individuals and eligible spouses who are in medical institutions; and (2) provide that subsequent annual increases in such amounts include cost of living adjustments.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1980
Revises a Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 amendment to the Internal Revenue Code, which limits the current requirement that an individual's State unemployment compensation be reduced by pension amounts received, to make such limitation applicable (as of March 31, 1980) to certifications of State unemployment compensation plans for 1980 as well as to certifications of State plans for 1981 and subsequent years.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend, for one year, cost-of-living increases for railroad employee annuitants and to place related financial interchange between the Railroad Retirement Account and the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund on a current basis (relating to the source or payment of benefits to railroad employee annuitants). Directs the Railroad Retirement Board, by February 15, 1981, to submit to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce a report containing: (1) proposals affecting the income received by and the expenditures made from the Railroad Retirement Account; and (2) statements as to the cost impact of each such proposal.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1980
Honors Raoul Wallenberg for his work in Hungary during World War II. Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. delegation to the Madrid meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe should urge the consideration of the Wallenberg case. 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 · 15 September 1980
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend the date by which public water systems which have been granted an exemption from contaminant level and treatment technique requirements must meet such requirements. Provides an alternative procedure by which a State with an underground injection control program relating to oil or natural gas production or recovery may receive approval for obtaining primary enforcement responsibility for protecting its underground water sources. Authorizes a State to demonstrate that its underground injection control program meets the minimum requirements of State program regulations and will prevent underground injection which endangers drinking water sources, rather than file an application which meets the regulations established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes a State which has made such a demonstration to make a similar demonstration with respect to any amended requirement of underground injection rather than file a notice that the State program meets the new requirement. Prohibits the application of requirements to determine whether a State retains primary enforcement responsibility if the State initially acquired the responsibility because of such a demonstration. Authorizes the Administrator to determine, after an opportunity for public hearing, that such a demonstration is no longer valid and to remove primary enforcement responsibility from the State. Permits a State which has primary enforcement responsibility to exempt a public water system from a contaminant level or treatment technique requirement if the system was not in operation at the time the requirement took effect and no reasonable alternative source of drinking water is available. Prohibits underground water source protection grants to any State which has not assumed primary enforcement responsibility within a specified time.
United States · United States Congress · 27 August 1980
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to adjust the population figures obtained in the decennial census by employing the best available methodology to correct for undercounting. Directs the Secretary, to the extent feasible, to authorize the use of the statistical method of sampling to determine the population for purposes of apportionment of Representatives in Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1980
Health Planning Technical Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend from three to five years the time limit for a health systems agency to complete its initial review of existing institutional health services. Limits the authorized appropriation to a health service agency to $3,750,000 for any fiscal year. Amends the alternative sets of requirements which a health maintenance organization or combination of such organizations must meet in order to buy, lease, or acquire a health care facility. Modifies the definitions of the terms "provider of health care" and "expenditure minimum." Exempts expenditures for health research not affecting a facility's services or charges to its patients from the requirement of a capital expenditure certificate of need. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for primary health centers. Makes other technical changes in specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act and other Federal laws regarding health planning.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require lubricating oil to be labeled with a statement concerning the recycling of used oil. Requires re-refined oil used as lubricating oil to bear a label stating that such oil is a recycled product. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to States with solid waste plans to encourage the use of recycled oil, prohibit hazardous uses of used oil, and establish a program for the collection and disposal of oil in a safe manner. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance to States in removing impediments to the recycling of used oil. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations protecting the public health and environment from the hazards of burning used oil. Requires the Administrator to determine and report to Congress on whether used oil ought to be treated as a hazardous waste. Directs the Administrator to study the collection and demand in the used oil industry, and energy savings associated with re-refining used oil.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend specified cost-of-living increases for railroad employee annuitants. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (Tax on Employers) to increase the excise tax paid by employers on employees' compensation so as to generate funds to finance such increases. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board, not later than 30 days before the beginning of a calendar year, to determine the account balance-benefit ratio for such calendar year. Directs the Board to publish a notice in the Federal Register of such ratio and of the tax rate applicable under this Act.
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 · 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 · 11 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the provisions of law requiring twice a year cost of living adjustments for Federal civil service and military retirees should not be changed.
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 · 30 May 1980
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Research and Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive program management plan of research, development, and demonstration of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) systems. Directs the President to submit to Congress annually the most recent revision of the plan giving justification for any changes. Directs the Secretary to initiate research or accelerate existing research in areas in which the lack of knowledge limits development of OTEC in order to achieve the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to initiate a program to design, construct, and operate well instrumental OTEC facilities of sufficient size to demonstrate the technical feasibility of utilizing the various forms of OTEC to displace nonrenewable fuels. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluations, arrange for tests, and disseminate information to support such design efforts. Provides for the competitive selection of at least two independent parallel pilot demonstration projects. Establishes goals for the demonstration program which shall include: (1) the demonstration of OTEC technical feasibility through multiple pilot demonstration plants with a combined capacity of at least 50 megawatts of electrical capacity or energy product equivalent by 1987; (2) the delivery of baseload electricity to utilities located on land or the production of commercially attractive quantities of energy products; and (3) the continuous operation of each pilot demonstration facility for a sufficient period of time to collect and analyze system performance and reliability data. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive technology application and market development plan that will permit the realization of the national goal set forth in this Act of 2,500 megawatts of electrical capacity or energy product equivalent from OTEC systems by 2000. Directs the Secretary to set priorities consistent with several criteria including: (1) the realization of competitive energy costs for OTEC; (2) private cost-sharing; and (3) the promotion of OTEC in areas vulnerable to interruptions in the supply of fossil fuel. Establishes the OTEC Advisory Committee to advise and report to the Secretary. Requires the Committee to meet at least four times annually until the demonstration goals are met. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses for fiscal year 1982. Authorizes appropriations for the conceptual and preliminary design of demonstration plants with a combined capacity of at least 50 megawatts electrical or energy product equivalent.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1980
Extends the congratulations of the House of Representatives to members of the 1980 handicapped Olympic team and recognizes specified organizations for their efforts in producing the second winter Olympics for the physically handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Amends the Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980 to increase the authorization of appropriations, from $256,208,000 to $300,515,000, for fiscal year 1980 for use by the Department of Commerce for payments of obligations incurred for the ship operating-differential subsidy.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1980
Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to establish the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the State of Idaho. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to continue implementation of the comprehensive plan for the management of the public lands and their resources within the area pursuant to such Act. Directs the Secretary, within two years after the effective date of this section, to review the plan in effect on the effective date of this section to assure that it provides for protection and enhancement of the raptor population and raptor habitat within a framework of multiple use and sustained yield. Requires the Secretary to review and revise such plan as necessary, but no less than once every four years. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section with regard to management, use and protection of the public lands including the property located thereon in the area. Sets forth penalties for violations of such rules or regulations. Withdraws, subject to valid existing rights, the area from operation of the mining laws and mineral exploration and development. Requires the head of any Federal agency, with respect to any expenditure of funds for new projects, programs, or activities within the area, to provide for such conditions and restrictions as the Secretary determines are necessary to avoid adverse effects on raptor habitat. Permits any project in such area which the Secretary of Defense determines is essential to national defense. Requires the Secretary to review existing authorizations or agreements with the Idaho National Guard which provide for military maneuvers within the area and to provide for continuation of such use subject to such modification as the Secretary deems necessary. Requires the Secretary to provide for visitor use of the public lands within the area to such extent and in such manner as is consistent with protection of the raptors and the raptor habitat within the area. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to, and to enter into cooperative agreements with, State and local governments to carry out the purposes and policies of this Act.
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
National Tourism Policy Act - Title I: National Tourism Policy - Declares that the purpose of this title is to establish a cooperative effort between the Federal Government, States, regions, and local governments and other concerned public and private organizations to implement a national tourism policy. Title II: National Tourism Policy Council - Establishes the National Tourism Policy Council as an independent entity within the executive branch to be the principal coordinating body for policies, programs, and issues relating to tourism, recreation, or national heritage conservation involving Federal departments, agencies, or other entities. Requires the Council to establish such policy committees as it considers necessary and appropriate which shall be designed to: (1) monitor a specific area of Federal government activity; and (2) review and evaluate the relation of the policies and activities of the Federal government in that specific area to tourism, recreation, and national heritage conservation in the United States. Directs each policy committee to review and comment on Federal agency program and planning documents that will have substantial effect on tourism, recreation, and national heritage conservation and that are appropriate to such committee's functional responsibilities and agency representation. Directs the National Tourism Policy Council to submit annual reports to the President for transmittal to the Congress regarding: (1) the activities of the Council and its policy committees; (2) the results of Council efforts to coordinate the policies and programs of member agencies that have a significant effect on tourism, recreation, and national heritage conservation, and to resolve interagency conflicts; (3) an analysis of problems referred to the Council along with a detailed statement of actions taken or anticipated to be taken to resolve such problems; and (4) such recommendations as the Council deems appropriate. Title III - United States Tourism Planning and Implementing Board - Establishes, as an independent entity in the executive branch, a United States Tourism Planning and Implementing Board to develop a comprehensive and detailed marketing and implementation plan to stimulate and promote tourism to the United States by residents of foreign countries. Requires the Board, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to submit such plan to Congress and specified Congressional committees. Title IV: Amendments to the International Travel Act - Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to direct the United States Travel Service, headed by an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tourism, to report directly to the Under Secretary for International Trade as well as the Secretary of Commerce. Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance to a region of not less than two States or portions of two States to assist in the implementation of a regional tourism promotional and marketing program. Declares that any such program shall serve as a demonstration project for future program development for regional tourism promotion. Extends until September 30, 1981, the time limit for the reduction in the number of employees of the United States Travel Service.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1980
Prohibits any Federal court (excluding the Supreme Court) from issuing injunctive relief in any case arising out of Federal, State, or local law that prohibits, limits, or regulates abortion or the provision of public assistance for the performance of abortions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Mental Health Systems Act - Title I: Community Mental Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make preparation grants to public or nonprofit private entities recommended by the State mental health authority for projects to: (1) assess mental health service needs; (2) design programs; (3) obtain financial and professional assistance; and (4) encourage community involvement. Prohibits: (1) any grant from exceeding $75,000; (2) a mental health service area from receiving more than one such grant; and (3) any service area from receiving a grant if it has previously received a planning grant under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Authorizes appropriations for each of fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers (CMHCs) for nonconstruction expenses. Limits eligibility to CMHCs that: (1) are State-operated; or (2) have been approved by the State mental health authority. Requires applications to be accompanied by assurances from such authority that the grant and all other funding sources the applicant CMHC may reasonably be expected to receive will cover the operating expenses for the year in which the grant is to be made. Limits grant eligibility to the first eight years of a CMHC's operation. Permits a rollover of unused funds to the next fiscal year. Provides that the amount of the grant shall be the lesser of: (1) the amount equal to the amount by which a CMHC's annual operating costs exceed its revenues; or (2) a decreasing annual percentage of operating costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1991 for CMHC continuation grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for services to the chronically mentally ill, including: (1) case management; (2) access to mental, medical, rehabilitation, and dental services; and (3) access to employment, housing, and other support services. Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to projects which supplement existing community services. Sets forth the following order of applicant priority for such projects: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for mental health and support services for severely mentally disturbed children and adolescents and members of their families. Sets forth the following order of applicant priority: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982- 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities to provide mental health services to unserved or underserved priority populations. States that applications for such grants shall only be approved if: (1) the State mental health authority has recommended approval; (2) the application contains assurances of increased services to such populations and of their opportunities to comment on the proposed project and on its later performance; and (3) the applicant will provide outpatient mental services and two of six other specified related services during the first three years that it receives a grant, and has a plan for the provision of all such services upon the expiration of such first three years. Prohibits: (1) more than two grants in any single mental health service area during the same fiscal year; (2) more than ten grants to any such area; and (3) more than five grants for service for the same group. Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts. Stipulates that the fourth and fifth grants may not exceed 60 percent and 30 percent, respectively, of the project's costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to CMHCs for consultation and education services, followup services, and program administration. Limits eligibility to those CMHCs which have received community health center grants under this Act or under the Community Mental Health Centers Act, but are no longer eligible (because of limitations on number of grants or period of eligibility) for such assistance. States that as of fiscal year 1984, such eligibility shall be further limited to State-run or State-recommended CMHCs. Prohibits any single CMHC from receiving more than five grants. Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts. Stipulates that any such grant may not exceed $1.00 per capita for the population of the mental health service area. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the provision of mental health services to: (1) public or nonprofit private ambulatory health care centers; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities which provide emergency and outpatient mental services and consultation and education services. Requires an application to include an affiliation agreement between a provider of ambulatory care services and a provider of mental health services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Indian Health Service, upon the request of any tribe or urban Indian organization, to apply to the Secretary for any grant under this title. Provides that such a grant: (1) shall be made on the same terms and conditions that apply to non-Federal entities; and (2) shall be made even though the project to be funded serves residents of two or more mental health service areas of a State. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) employment services and training for employees adversely affected by changes in mental health service delivery systems; and (2) innovative mental health projects. Authorizes up to five percent of the funds appropriated under this title for such projects. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such funds shall be used for training and employment projects. Title II: State Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities for: (1) data collection and analysis; (2) planning and administration; (3) performance standards and evaluation; and (4) other appropriate mental health services improvement projects. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State mental health authorities under which such authorities will: (1) disburse Federal funds under this Act; (2) review projects funded under this Act; and (3) perform other functions as agreed upon by the Secretary and State mental health authority. States that the Secretary, as determined by such agreements, shall make grants to such authorities to meet their costs in carrying out the agreements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Title III: Prevention - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention techniques and mental health promotion activities in the prevention of mental illness. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Title IV: General Provisions - States that before any entity in a State may be eligible to receive funds under this Act such State must have in effect a mental health services plan which: (1) has been approved by the Secretary; (2) is consistent with the State health plan prepared in accordance with the Public Health Service Act; and (3) has been prepared by the requisite State agency and submitted to the Secretary through the Governor. Authorizes the Secretary, after giving notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State agency, to discontinue funds to any entity for noncompliance. States that a State mental health services plan shall consist of an administrative part and a services part. Requires the administrative part to provide for: (1) a State agency to administer the plan; (2) an advisory council to consult with such agency; (3) periodic reports to the Secretary and recordkeeping; (4) statistics collection; (5) periodic plan review and modification; and (6) personnel standards on a merit basis. Requires the services part to: (1) identify the State's mental health service areas; (2) identify the needs and the adequacy of resources to meet such needs; (3) describe the proposed allocation of resources; (4) describe proposals to coordinate State and local services; (5) describe the legal rights of mentally ill persons; and (6) provide for emphasis of outpatient mental health services, including protections for employees adversely affected by such programs. Prohibits a grant to be made under this Act unless such application is approved by the Secretary. Sets forth the contents of such an application, including: (1) a budget, which shows funding sources and allocation, activities to be conducted, and target populations; (2) a statement of objectives; (3) in the case of any project under which health services are to be provided, assurances that the applicant: (a) has prepared a schedule of fees and discounts and has made reasonable effort to secure payment and reimbursement for services; (b) will provide that all fees will be paid to the center and all services provided by health professionals will be performed only at the center; and (c) will require that all patients be under professional staff supervision and that a member of such staff will be available to provide emergency mental health care; (4) arrangements, when necessary, for serving populations with limited English-speaking ability; (5) assurances of reporting and recordkeeping accessibility; (6) assurances that funds under this Act will not supplant non-Federal funds; and (7) assurances that the project is consistent with the State mental health services plan. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate up to two percent of the total appropriations under this Act for any fiscal year for technical assistance to any grant recipient. Prohibits any single mental health service area from receiving more than ten grants under specified sections of this Act and the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe grantee performance standards; and (2) consider any prior performance under this Act by an applicant in determining whether or not to approve a new application. Provides that: (1) with the Secretary's approval, a grantee may use a portion of the grant for project evaluation; and (2) the Secretary may obligate in a fiscal year up to one percent of appropriations under this Act to monitor grantees. Defines "community mental health center" as a legal entity providing mental health service principally to individuals residing or employed in a mental health service area, regardless of such individuals' finances, past health condition, or any other factor. Sets forth services required to be provided by such CMHCs, including: (1) inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services; (2) assistance to courts and other public agencies in screening persons for inpatient mental health care; (3) where appropriate, treatment as an alternative to inpatient care; (4) education and counseling; (5) follow-up care for discharged patients; (6) specialized services for children and for the elderly; (7) transitional half-way house services; and (8) alcohol and drug abuse programs. Requires each CMHC to have: (1) a quality assurance program; (2) a medical records system; (3) a professional advisory board; and (4) an administrative unit responsible for providing education and consultation services (unless waived by the Secretary). Authorizes the indirect provision of services by a CMHC through satellite facilities or through arrangements with other entities or health professionals. Limits the Secretary's contract authority in any fiscal year to the extent or in such amounts as provided in advance by appropriation Acts. Title V: Minority Concerns - Establishes the position of Associate Director for Minority Concerns within the National Institute of Mental Health. Authorizes grant and contract programs in the areas of: (1) mental health services delivery to minorities; (2) mental health problems of minorities; and (3) increased minority representation in the mental health fields. Title VI: Rape Services Support Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for services to rape victims, including: (1) counseling and follow-up counseling; (2) assistance in securing mental health, legal, medical, and social services; and (3) rape prevention and victim assistance projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine grant amounts, but prohibits any such grant from exceeding 90 percent of the project's cost; (2) establish a grant review panel; and (3) coordinate such activities with other similar Federal programs. Prohibits disclosure of personally identifiable information by a grant or contract recipient except for the purpose for which such information was obtained or with the consent of the person supplying the information. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1984. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating in any fiscal year more than ten percent of appropriated funds for technical assistance to assist in application development. Title VII: Extension of Community Mental Health Centers Act - Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend through fiscal year 1981 grant authority for: (1) program planning; (2) initial operation costs; (3) consultation and education services; (4) financial distress; and (5) rape prevention. Increases the maximum number of financial distress grants to a CMHC from five to six. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an individual who has received a clinical traineeship in psychology, psychiatry, nursing, or social work that was not of a limited duration or experimental nature to serve in a State mental institution, a health manpower shortage area, or other area designated by the Secretary. States that: (1) such service shall be at the rate of one year for each year of traineeship; (2) failure to fulfill such service shall obligate the individual to repay three times the cost of the traineeship plus interest; and (3) such service may not be used to concurrently repay obligations owed under this Act and under the National Research Service Award and the National Health Service Corps Scholarships programs. Requires that commissioned medical and dental officers of the Public Health Service Corps receive special pay at the same rate as similar officers in the Armed Forces. States that there are shortages in the mental health care specialties.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Health Professions Educational Assistance and Nurse Training Amendments of 1980 - Title I: National Health Service Corps Programs - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include as members of the National Health Service Corps individuals who are not employees of the United States. Provides that such individuals shall be subject to the personnel system of the entity to which they are assigned. Stipulates that such individuals shall receive an income equal to that which would have been received as civilian employees of the United States appointed to the Corps. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe conversion provisions for such members of the Corps who, within one year after completing their service, become Public Health Service officers. Entitles such individuals to credit such service towards retirement benefits. Requires the Secretary, at least 90 days before approving assignment of National Health Service Corps personnel to an area, to give appropriate health professions societies in such area opportunity to submit written comments concerning such assignment. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify appropriate individuals and entities in health manpower shortage areas who may be interested in the availability of Corps members that such members' service obligations may be met through private practice; (2) not discriminate against entities which receive no assistance under the Public Health Service Act, but which apply for assignment of Corps members; (3) not approve the assignment of a Corps member to an entity who is not an employee of the United States without assurances that such entity: (a) has sufficient financial resources to provide the Corps member with an income not less than such member would receive as a civilian employee appointed to the Corps; or (b) would have sufficient financial resources with supplemental grant support (Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants when necessary); (4) provide applicants with technical assistance to: (a) analyze the potential use of health professions personnel; and (b) determine the need for such personnel, the types of services they should provide, and the available financial resources to support them; (5) conduct programs to demonstrate improvements that can be made in personnel assignment and delivery of services; (6) not discriminate against public entities in application of the waiver provisions of the cost-sharing requirements associated with Corps personnel assignment. Establishes the National Health Service Corps Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Exempts such Fund and the funds credited to it from apportionment for any purpose other than the National Health Service Corps program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for programs to prepare persons in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide their period of obligated health service. Makes persons having completed two years of their obligated Corps service eligible for private practice entry grants (presently must have completed entire period of obligated service). Authorizes appropriations for the Corps program for fiscal years 1981 ($94,000,000), 1982 ($145,000,000), and 1983 ($205,000,000). Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, the results of a study designed to: (1) evaluate the criteria used to determine whether an area is a health manpower shortage area; and (2) determine if any such areas have been incorrectly designated. Revises Corps Scholarship Program provisions to: (1) require the Secretary to determine within 90 days whether an individual shall provide his/her obligated service as a Corps officer or civilian employee of the United States or as a member of the Corps who is not such an officer or employee; (2) include those persons fulfilling their service obligation as non-Federal employees as designated members of the Corps; (3) provide that only officer or employee Corps members may be transferred to other parts of the Department to fulfill their service obligation; (4) count service under the National Research Service Award program for purposes of fulfilling the service obligation under the Scholarship Program (presently only applies to medical research); (5) require a Corps member fulfilling his/her service obligation in private practice in a health manpower shortage area to accept a Medicare assignment; (6) authorize the Secretary to permit a person who breaches his/her Corps scholarship contract by failing to begin or to finish a private service obligation to perform such obligated service as a member of the Corps; (7) direct the Secretary to provide technical assistance, upon request, to an individual establishing a private practice in fulfillment of his/her service obligation; (8) direct the Secretary to provide information to potential Corps Scholarship Program recipients concerning such private practice service option; (9) state that scholarship recipients under an earlier Public Health Service Act program are eligible for such private practice option; (10) eliminate specified requirements for a health manpower shortage area to qualify for such private practice option; (11) make clinical psychologists eligible to participate in such Scholarship Program; (12) require the Secretary to give special consideration to Scholarship applicants who intend to be primary care physicians in health manpower shortage areas in which they have resided or been employed; (13) authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($92,000,000), 1982 ($101,000,000), and 1983 ($109,000,000); and (14) make authorizations available for fiscal years 1984 through 1986 for students entering into contracts before October 1, 1983. Title II: Health Professions Programs under Title VII - Eliminates the enrollment increase requirement for grants to expand existing health professions training facilities respecting such grants received before enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make teaching facilities construction grants to assist two-year medical schools to become four-year schools. Authorizes $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 for such grants. Requires an applicant to be an accredited two-year medical school. Directs the Secretary to determine the amount of such grants, but stipulates that no such grant shall exceed 80 percent of the project's total cost. Limits loan and interest guarantees to remodeling, renovation, or alteration projects (presently to any construction projects) through fiscal year 1983. Includes architect fees within the covered costs under such guarantees. Permits the Secretary to make all authorized interest subsidy payments on any loan made before October 1, 1980. Continues the insured loan program to graduate health professions students through fiscal year 1983. Prohibits the insuring of any loan made or installment paid after September 30, 1985 (presently 1982). Increases from $15,000 to $20,000, and from $60,000 to $80,000, the maximum annual and aggregate limits of federally insured loans to graduate students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. Repeals the existing prohibition on the receipt of such insured loans and the receipt of any loan assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 during the same school year. Permits payment deferrals on loan interest, as well as on principal. Extends the period of such deferral for internships and residencies from three to four years. Requires a lender to offer a repayment schedule which permits a portion of the principal and interest payable at the beginning of a repayment period to be deferred until a later time in such period. Replaces the existing 12 percent maximum interest rate with a rate that may not exceed the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned for the previous quarter plus two percent. Eliminates the existing provision prohibiting more than 50 percent of the students in each class in schools of medicine, osteopathy or dentistry from having such insured loans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($20,00,000), 1982 ($22,500,000), 1983 ($25,000,000), and such sums as necessary for fiscal year 1984 through 1986 for students who received loans prior to October 1, 1983. Redefines "eligible institution" (for purposes of such loans) to be a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or public health within the United States which is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approve for such purpose by the Secretary of Education. Makes financial need scholarships available to second year students (presently only to first year students). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($30,000,000), 1982 ($40,000,000), and 1983 ($50,000,000). Replaces existing capitation grant programs with a program of institutional support to assist the educational programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry (eliminates public health eligibility). Sets forth an annual grant computation schedule (for each type of school for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983) based on student enrollment and a specified dollar amount. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for each of such schools. Permits a school of pharmacy which did not receive a capitation grant in 1980 because accreditation requirements prevented it from meeting applicable enrollment requirements to be eligible in fiscal years 1981-83 for such grants. Excludes medical school enrollment increases made to qualify for certain Veteran's Administration assistance from capitation grant eligibility considerations for fiscal year 1980. Eliminates the separate enrollment requirement of 50 percent of first-year students from States with no accredited optometry schools for nonprofit private optometry schools to qualify for institutional support grants. Authorizes appropriations for project grants for family medicine departments for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($20,000,000), and 1983 ($25,000,000). Provides, with regard to grant eligibility, that a school may have a affiliation with a family medicine residency program, rather than control over such program as presently required. Authorizes appropriations for area health education center grants for fiscal years 1981 ($21,000,000), 1982 ($28,000,000), and 1983 ($30,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for grants to train physician assistants and dental auxiliaries for fiscal years 1981 ($14,000,000), 1982 ($15,000,000), and 1983 ($16,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for internal medicine and pediatrics training for fiscal years 1981 ($23,000,000), 1982 ($30,000,000), and 1983 ($32,000,000). Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for such grants. Makes the training of physicians as teachers of internal medicine and pediatrics eligible for such grant support. Authorizes appropriations for family medicine and dentistry grants for fiscal years 1981 ($50,000,000), 1982 ($75,000,000),and 1983 ($80,000,000). Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the most effective means of providing financial assistance to graduate medical programs in internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine; and (2) report the results of such study to the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and to the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee within one year of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for grants to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for fiscal years 1981 ($30,000,000), 1982 ($33,000,000), and 1983 ($36,000,000). Authorizes grants for: (1) secondary education programs to encourage disadvantaged students to pursue health careers; (2) improving university curriculum; (3) joint programs between universities and health professions institutions; (4) counseling, work-study, and other programs to assist such students in completing their education; and (5) increasing the number of faculty from disadvantaged backgrounds in the health professions schools. Requires that no less than 80 percent of annual appropriations be obligated for grants or contracts with institutions of higher education, and that no more than five percent be obligated for publicizing sources of financial aid. Eliminates start-up, conversion, and curriculum grants for new schools or medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Permits schools receiving such grants in fiscal year 1980 to continue to receive assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist two-year medical schools in accelerating the date they will become four-year medical schools. States that the amount of such grants shall be the product of $25,000 and the number of full-time, third-year students which the Secretary estimates will be enrolled during the fiscal year for which the grant is made. Makes programs and projects for the training of diabetes health professionals and dental school curriculum development eligible for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($10,000,000), 1982 ($12,500,000), and 1983 ($15,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry which are in financial distress. Permits such grants to used for: (1) operating costs; (2) special accreditation requirements; (3) operational, managerial, and financial reforms; (4) maintaining the quality of educational programs; and (5) strengthening academic resources and capabilities. Provides that the Secretary shall determine terms and conditions of such grants, including requiring a participating school to: (1) disclose appropriate financial information; (2) conduct a cost analysis study; and (3) carry out operational, managerial, or financial reforms. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to enable a recipient school to conduct a cost analysis of its operations. Requires a grant recipient to provide assurances that it will not reduce its share of non-Federal expenditures from an amount equal to the average amount of such expenditures in the two previous years. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($20,000,000), 1982 ($20,000,000), and 1983 ($20,000,00). Repeals existing grant authority for: (1) the training of certain medical students who are not in such school's principal teaching facilities; and (2) assisting new health care institutions in meeting faculty and equipment costs. Authorizes the Secretary to make support grants to public and other nonprofit schools of public health. Sets forth: (1) the grant computation formula based on student enrollment; and (2) grant and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($7,000,000), 1982 ($8,000,000), and 1983 ($9,000,000). Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for public health traineeships (presently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($8,000,000), 1982 ($9,000,000), and 1983 ($10,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for grants for special projects for accredited public health schools for fiscal year 1981 ($5,000,000), 1982 ($5,500,000), and 1983 ($6,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for the establishment and operation of centers to provide short-term advanced training in: (1) health systems management; (2) health policy, planning, and regulation; (3) environmental policy and management; (4) financial management; (5) management of small centers in inner city and rural settings; and (6) other areas to increase such individuals' capabilities in carrying out their responsibilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($1,500,000), 1982 ($2,500,000), and 1983 ($3,000,000). Increases from $100,000 to $150,000 the amount of non-Federal funds an applicant must provide for a graduate health administration grant. Requires assurances of concentration in specified health areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 ($4,000,000), 1982 ($4,500,000), and 1983 ($5,000,000). Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for traineeships in graduate health-related programs (presently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($2,500,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($3,500,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, dentistry, and osteopathy to: (1) improve academic units in preventive or community medicine or dentistry; (2) improve instruction in such areas; (3) support joint programs between other clinical specialties and preventive or community medicine or dentistry; and (4) train teachers and researchers in preventive, community, or occupational medicine or dentistry. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($2,000,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($4,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine and public health to: (1) develop new residency training programs and expand existing programs in preventive medicine; and (2) provide financial aid to residency trainees. Requires an applicant-institution to have full-time faculty with experience in such fields and support from other faculty members trained in public health and related specialties. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($6,000,000), 1982 ($7,000,000), and 1983 ($8,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to educational institutions with accredited programs in health administration to meet the costs of curriculum development, including: (1) finance; (2) marketing; (3) economics; (4) epidemiology and health planning; (5) health policy, law, and regulation; (6) quality assurance and assessment; (7) information systems; (8) health services organization and management for students in health disciplines other than health administration; and (9) management of ambulatory care services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($3,000,000), 1982 ($4,000,000), and 1983 ($5,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to accredited schools of public health and other institutions with accredited health administration programs to establish and operate faculty development programs. Requires a fellowship recipient to: (1) have a doctoral degree (or its equivalent); and (2) serve at least two years as a faculty member in an accredited public health or health administration institution. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess and identify, on an ongoing basis, current and projected personnel needs for environmental and occupational health workers and such needs for the implementation of Federal, State, and local environmental protection and occupational health laws; (2) study and assess a variety of educational and service needs and governmental agency operations; and (3) report to the Congress concerning such activities. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for such studies. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for the following allied health personnel areas: (1) project grants; (2) traineeships; and (3) assistance to disadvantaged individuals. Title III: Nurse Training - Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for nursing school construction in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes similar amounts for related loan guarantees and interest subsidies. Replaces the existing capitation grant program with an institutional support grant program. States that grant amounts shall be the product of enrollment and: (1) for fiscal year 1981, $200; (2) for fiscal year 1982, $210; and (3) for fiscal year 1983, $220. Requires a collegiate school of nursing to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that it will increase its first year enrollment by 15 percent or ten students, whichever is greater; (2) that it will carry out a program of nurse practitioner training; (3) that it will recruit and graduate individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class); and (4) that at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class will have associate nursing degrees or a diploma from a diploma nursing school. Requires an associate degree nursing school or a diploma nursing school to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class are licensed practical or vocational nurses; and (2) that the number of part-time students is at least 20 percent of the total enrollment. Authorizes appropriations for nursing school institutional support grants for fiscal years 1981 ($25,000,000), 1982 ($27,500,000), and 1983 ($30,000,000). Eliminates eligibility for special project grants for the following: (1) mergers or other cooperative agreements between hospitals and academic institutions; (2) nurse education curriculum improvement; and (3) short-term training programs for nurses aides and paraprofessionals in nursing homes. Provides that an entity which received a grant for such a project in fiscal year 1980 may receive one additional grant or contract for such project. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000) and 1983 ($20,000,000). Stipulates that at least 20 percent of such funds must be used for persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that a similar set-aside be made to increase the geographic and specialty distribution of nursing personnel. Authorizes appropriations for advanced nurse training for fiscal years 1981 ($12,000,000), 1982 ($13,500,000), and 1983 ($15,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for nurse practitioner programs for fiscal years 1981 ($17,000,000), 1982 ($18,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Eliminates the requirement that a recipient be a resident of a health manpower shortage area, but requires the Secretary to give special consideration to programs that will train residents of such areas. Requires a recipient: (1) to provide one month of obligated service for each month of traineeship received; (2) who fails to complete such service obligation to pay the cost of tuition, related expenses, and interest; and (3) who is academically dismissed or leaves voluntarily to repay the cost of tuition and other expenses made on his or her behalf. Permits the Secretary to waive such obligations. Authorizes appropriations for advanced traineeships for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Makes nurse midwives eligible for such grants. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such annual appropriations shall be obligated for traineeships in the various nurse training fields. Authorizes appropriations for nurse anesthetist traineeships for fiscal years 1981 ($2,000,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($4,000,000). Provides with regard to student nursing loans that: (1) no recipient student in attendance before October 1, 1984 (presently 1980) may also receive a specified National Defense Education Act loan; (2) recipients must be from low-income or disadvantaged families; and (3) the interest rate shall be six (presently three) percent. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal years 1984 through 1986 for students who have received loans prior to October 1, 1983 (presently 1980). Removes the Commissioner of Education from membership on the National Council on Nurse Training. Title IV: Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee - Establishes the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee. Sets forth such Committee's functions and duties.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980
American Fisheries Promotion Act - Title I: Research and Development Regarding United States Fisheries - Directs that funds transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of Commerce from duties collected under custom laws on fishery products shall be maintained in a separate fund and used by the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) provide financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out fisheries development projects approved under this Act; and (2) implement the national fisheries research and development program as set forth by this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants from such fund to assist persons in carrying out research and development fishery projects, including, but not limited to, harvesting, processing, marketing, and associated infrastructures. Subjects each such grant to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require to protect the interests of the United States. Requires the Secretary to carry out a national program of research and development addressed to United States fisheries, if not adequately covered by projects assisted by grants made pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, not later than 60 days before the close of each fiscal year, to submit to specified Congressional committees a report containing: (1) the fisheries development goals and funding priorities for the next fiscal year; (2) the status of each pending project; and (3) an analysis and evaluation of all projects assisted under this Act. Specifies, with respect to any fiscal year, that not less than 75 percent of the moneys transferred to the fund and such existing fund moneys carried over into that fiscal year shall be used by the Secretary to provide financial assistance for projects and the remainder of such moneys shall be used to implement the national fisheries research and development program. Requires the Secretary to award a grant for or carry out pursuant to the national fisheries research and development program: (1) a project to establish and operate a system (in which participation must be voluntary) to grade the quality of fish landed at a United States port; or (2) a project to improve fuel efficiency in carrying out fishing operations within a United States fishery. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint not fewer than six officers who shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, serve abroad to promote United States fishing interests. Requires the Secretary of State, upon the request of the Secretary of Commerce, to officially assign the officers to the diplomatic mission of the United States in the country in which such officers are placed, and to obtain for them diplomatic privileges and immunities. Title II: Amendments to the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 - Extends provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 which govern a capital construction fund for vessels built in the United States to govern such a fund for fishing vessels built in, and fishing facilities located in, a Commonwealth, territory, possession, or State of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary: (1) to guarantee the payment of obligations for financing or refinancing the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of fishery facilities capable of being used for priority development fisheries; and (2) to apply an economic soundness test with respect to guarantees of obligations for fishing vessels or facilities designed for use in such priority fisheries which is less stringent than the test applicable to other obligation guarantees under such Act. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Federal Ship Financing Fund three subfunds to contain moneys for obligation guarantees for: (1) fishing vessels and facilities meeting the more stringent test; (2) high risk fishing vessels and facilities meeting the less stringent test; and (3) vessels other than fishing vessels. Declares that during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending at the close of September 30, 1982, the Secretary of Commerce may make loans from the fisheries loan fund only for the purpose of assisting obligors to avoid default on obligations that are issued with respect to the construction, reconstruction, reconditioning or purchase of fishing vessels. Title III: Amendments to the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 - Amends the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to provide for a reduction of the total allowable level of foreign fishing, if any, with respect to any United States fishery for each of the harvesting seasons 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984. Declares that the total allowable level of foreign fishing permitted within any United States fishery during any harvesting season after the 1984 harvesting season is zero, except if the Secretary of Commerce determines that such reduction will result in a substantial surplus of fish stocks within the fishery and that such surplus will not be harvested by vessels of the United States during such harvesting season. Specifies that a recommendation by the Secretary that such reduction be deferred or continued with respect to any harvesting season shall take effect only if: (1) a report containing the recommendation is received by Congress not later than 90 days before the opening day of the respective harvesting season; and (2) neither House of Congress, within the 60 day period beginning on the day on which the report is received by Congress, adopts a disapproval resolution. Requires the owner or operator of any foreign fishing vessel for which a permit is issued pursuant to the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to pay an additional fee equal to ten percent of the ex vessel price of the catch harvested under such permit. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program under which a United States observer will be stationed aboard each foreign fishing vessel while that vessel is within the fishery conservation zone and is: (1) engaging in fishing; (2) accepting United States harvested fish through transfer at sea; (3) cruising to and from a location at which any such fishing or transfer will transpire; or (4) taking highly migratory species. Requires such observers, while aboard foreign fishing vessels, to carry out such scientific and other functions as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to impose, with respect to each foreign fishing vessel, a surcharge in an amount sufficient to cover all costs of providing a United States observer aboard that vessel. Establishes, in the Treasury of the United States, the Foreign Fishing Observer Fund in which the Secretary shall deposit all surcharges collected.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants. Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Provides that the Director of each institute (except the National Institute of General Medical Sciences) shall appoint an assistant director to coordinate and promote the prevention, education, and health information programs of the institute. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each national research institute. Sets forth general provisions applicable to the councils, including that each council shall: (1) consist of 18 voting members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; and (2) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, collect information in its field, advise the Director with respect to grant expenditures, and convene workshops and conferences. Applies special provisions to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Requires each Director to prepare an annual report including a five-year plan for the institute's activities and policies. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the 11 institutes through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth specific provisions relating to each of the national research institutes. States the general purpose of each institute. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Cancer to coordinate aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to cancer to assure their technical soundness and to provide for necessary exchanges of information. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the following bodies and programs through fiscal year 1983: (1) the National Arthritis Advisory Board, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board; (2) arthritis demonstration projects and data system; (3) multipurpose arthritis centers; and (4) diabetes research and training centers. Revises certain provisions relating to national research service awards. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such awards through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 1983, on the effect of such program on the number of physicians who enter the various medical specialties. Carries forward certain general provisions relating to the Institutes. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for grants for preventive health service programs for tuberculosis.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1980
Coastal Management Improvement Act of 1980 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to specify that such Act may be cited as the "Coastal Management Act of 1972." Declares that it is the national policy to provide for programs that should at least provide for: (1) the protection of significant natural systems within the coastal zone; (2) the management of coastal development; (3) priority consideration to coastal-dependent uses and orderly processes for siting major facilities related to national defense, energy, fisheries development, recreation, ports and transportation; (4) public access to the coasts for recreation purposes; (5) the coordination and simplification of procedures in order to ensure expedited governmental decisionmaking for the management of coastal resources; (6) continued consultation and coordination with affected Federal agencies; and (7) the giving of timely and effective opportunities for public participation in coastal management decisionmaking. Defines the term "coastal resource of national significance" for the purposes of this Act. Allows the Secretary to Commerce to make a grant annually to any coastal State for not more than 80 percent of the costs of administering such State's coastal management program if the Secretary determines that such program meets specified requirements. Encourages the coastal States to amend their coastal management programs to provide for: (1) the inventory and designation of coastal resources of national significance within the coastal zone of the State; (2) the identification of land and water uses permissible with respect to coastal resources of national significance; and (3) specific and enforceable State standards to ensure that human activities are carried out in a manner that is consistent with the purposes of this Act. Requires the Secretary, with respect to any coastal State which, by October 1, 1984, has not amended its coastal management program to comply with this Act or does not have an approved management program, to: (1) inventory and designate the coastal resources of national significance within that State's coastal zone; (2) identify those permissible land and water uses with respect to designated resources; and (3) specify such standards as are necessary to ensure that human activities are carried out in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act. Allows any coastal State to which the Secretary has prescribed such regulations to amend its management program to comply with the requirements of this Act. Requires the Secretary upon approval of such amendments to repeal the applicable regulations. Allows the Secretary to make grants annually to any eligible coastal State to assist that State in meeting one or more of the following objectives: (1) the preservation or restoration of specific areas of the State; (2) the redevelopment of deteriorating and underutilized urban waterfronts and ports that are designated in the State's management program as areas of particular concern; and (3) the provision of access to public beaches and other public coastal areas and to coastal waters. Allows such grants to be used for: (1) the acquisition of fee simple and other interests in land; (2) construction projects determined by the Secretary to be consistent with the purposes of this Act; (3) engineering designs, specifications, and other appropriate reports; (4) appropriate transportation systems; and (5) management costs and such other related costs as the Secretary determines to be consistent with the purposes of this Act. Limits such grants to no more than 80 percent of the costs of carrying out, during the fiscal year concerned, the purpose or project for which it was awarded. Allows an eligible coastal State, with the approval of the Secretary, to allocate a grant to a local government, an areawide agency, a regional agency, or an interstate agency. Requires the Secretary to assist eligible coastal States and their local governments in identifying other sources of available Federal technical and financial assistance regarding the objectives of this Act, and, through the Secretarial Representatives of the Department of Commerce in the standard Federal regions, to attempt to achieve simplified and expedited procedures for obtaining such Federal assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to permit two or more coastal States to use a portion of the resource management grants made to them under this Act for the purposes of interstate coastal management coordination. Allows any person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence a civil action on his own behalf to compel compliance with this title against any person, including the United States, and any other government instrumentality or agency for any alleged violation of any provision of this title or any regulation promulgated under this title. Requires the Secretary to conduct a continuing review of the performance of coastal States with respect to coastal management. Provides for the reduction of financial assistance to any coastal State if the secretary determines that the coastal State is failing to make significant improvement in achieving the coastal management objectives. Directs the Secretary to withdraw approval of the management program of any coastal State, and to withdraw any financial assistance available to that State if the Secretary determines that the coastal State is failing to adhere to, and is not justified in deviating from: (1) the management program approved by the Secretary: or (2) the terms of any grant or cooperative agreement funded under this Act. Terminates the program of grants to coastal States for research and technical assistance for coastal zone management. Abolishes the Coastal Zone Management Advisory Committee. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a report summarizing the administration of such Act during each period of two consecutive fiscal years. Requires the Secretary to conduct a systematic review of Federal programs, other than the coastal zone management programs set forth in such Act, which affect coastal resources for purposes of identifying conflicts between the objectives and administration of such programs and the purposes and policies of such Act. Requires the Secretary, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to notify each Federal agency having appropriate jurisdiction of any conflict between its program and the purposes and policies of this title. Allows the Secretary to make grants to any coastal State for the purposes of acquiring lands to provide for the preservation of islands. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the grants under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to declare that it is the national policy to encourage and assist the States to exercise effectively their responsibilities in the coastal zone through the development and implementation of management programs to achieve wise use of the land and water resources of the coastal zone giving full consideration to: (1) protection of significant natural systems; (2) management of coastal development to minimize loss of life and property caused by improper development in flood-prone, storm surge and erosion-prone areas, and areas of subsidence and saltwater intrusion; (3) priority consideration for coastal-dependent uses and orderly processes for siting major facilities related to national defense, energy, fisheries development, recreation, ports and transportation; (4) public access to the coast for recreation purposes; (5) assisting in the redevelopment of deteriorating urban waterfronts and ports; (6) coordinated and simplified procedures to ensure expedited governmental decisionmaking for the management of coastal resources; (7) continuing consultation and coordination with and adequate consideration of the views of affected Federal agencies; and (8) timely and effective opportunities for public participation in coastal management decisionmaking. Specifies that grants made to coastal states, by the Secretary of Commerce, for not more than 66 2/3 percent of the costs of administering such State's coastal zone management program shall continue to be made for a five-year period. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for a decreasing percentage of the costs of administering such programs for the years following such five-year period, with the Federal share to reach 33 1/3 percent or less within three years after the last year of the five- year period. Directs the Secretary to require States which have completed one or more years of program implementation to devote increasing percentages of their implementation grants each year to activities leading to significant improvements to meet coastal management needs. Directs the Secretary to conduct a continuing review of the performance of coastal States with respect to coastal zone management which shall include evaluation findings during each grant period which assess each State's performance in the implementation of its management program. Sets forth the conditions under which the Secretary may withdraw management program approval and any financial assistance extended and withdraw any unexpended portion of such assistance to States. Requires the Secretary to conduct a periodic review and evaluation of the implementation of the coastal energy impact program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any coastal State for the purpose of the preservation of islands. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress on a biennial basis a report summarizing the administration of coastal zone management for the preceding two fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1988 for the purpose of providing administrative coastal zone management program grants to States. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 for the purpose of providing grants for acquiring, developing, or operating estuarine sanctuaries, and through fiscal year 1982 for the purpose of providing grants for island preservation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1980
Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth requirements for infant formulas. States that formulas which do not conform to such requirements shall be deemed to be adulterated. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to revise such requirements and establish quality control procedures. Requires each manufacturer of an infant formula to notify the Secretary whether the formula as processed meets such requirements and of any changes in such formula or its processing. Requires a processor who has information that any infant formula leaving his or her control may be adulterated or misbranded to promptly notify the Secretary. Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements respecting the distribution of such formula as may be necessary to effect and monitor recalls. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the scope and extent of such recalls. Exempts infant formulas represented and labelled for use by infants having unusual medical or dietary problems from the specified nutrient requirements of such Act. Permits the Secretary to establish terms and conditions for the exemption of other infant formulas from such requirements. Grants an inspector enforcing the provisions of this Act access to specified records of the manufacturer at all times. Makes the failure to submit required reports or to provide required notice prohibited acts under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1980
Omnibus Maritime Regulatory Reform, Revitalization, and Reorganization Act of 1980 - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Declares that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) promote the foreign commerce of the United States; (2) develop and maintain an efficient and competitive ocean transportation system capable of carrying a substantial portion of America's imports and exports; (3) provide for the national security; (4) ensure a unified and consistent national maritime policy; and (5) ensure that United States-flag vessels are fairly and reciprocally treated in international trade. Title II: Regulation of International Ocean Shipping - Exempts from the antitrust laws certain loyalty contracts between or among ocean common carriers, certain activities of shippers' councils, specified agreements regarding transportation between foreign countries that do not involve import or export of goods into or out of the United States, and agreements to be performed entirely within a foreign country. Authorizes ocean common carriers, conferences, or others subject to this title to: (1) discuss, fix, and agree upon rates, surcharges, and accommodations; (2) pool or apportion earnings, losses, or traffic; (3) allot ports or otherwise regulate the number and character of sailings between ports; (4) regulate the volume or character of cargo or passenger traffic to be carried; (5) engage in various working arrangements; (6) enter into agreements to regulate competition; and (7) limit conference membership. Sets forth requirements pertaining to loyalty contracts utilized by ocean carriers or conferences of carriers with shippers or consignees. Authorizes shippers' councils to negotiate with any ocean common carrier or conference regarding rates, practices, and terms and conditions of service and to exchange information with such carriers or conferences concerning traffic and transportation data. Provides that nothing in this title shall restrict the powers of an association organized under the Export Trade Act of 1918. Requires that agreements made among ocean carriers or conferences or with shippers' councils be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission which in turn, shall publish such notice of such filing in the Federal Register. Sets forth rules governing the activities of ocean carrier conferences, including: (1) reasonable notice to the appropriate shippers' councils of any proposed rate changes; (2) a right of independent action for any member of a conference agreement or for any conference serving different trades that would otherwise be naturally competitive; (3) an independent neutral body to monitor compliance; (4) a consultation process between shippers' councils and conferences to exchange information and resolve disputes; (5) conditions for admission and readmission to conference membership; (6) the opportunity to withdraw from membership without penalty; (7) commercially reasonable criteria for limitations on membership; and (8) a description, in any agreement filed under this Act, of the proposed changes in allotting ports or regulating sailings between ports. Requires shippers' councils to: (1) establish a consultation process between shippers and conferences; (2) commercially resolve disputes; and (3) cooperate in curbing malpractice. Declares that agreements between conferences and shippers' councils shall become effective within 60 days after filing with the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to suspend such effective date at its discretion for up to 180 days. Sets forth the conditions under which the Commission may disapprove or modify any such agreement. Directs the Commission to issue a final decision on any complaint within 180 days or, for cause, within an additional 60 days. States that such agreement shall go into effect as filed if such final decision is not issued within the 180 day period or by the end of any extension period. Authorizes the Commission, if it determines that it is unable to issue a final order within such period or extension due to willful delays directly attributable to either a proponent or a complainant, to approve or disapprove the agreement solely on the basis of such delays. Sets forth requirements relating to the filing and public accessibility of ocean carrier, conference, or nonvessel operating tariffs. Directs that increases in existing rates may not become effective earlier than 30 days after filing with the Commission unless the Commission allows otherwise. States that a rate change which decreases a shipper's cost may become effective upon such filing. Authorizes the Commission to permit an ocean carrier or conference to refund a portion of freight charges collected from a shipper to correct an error in the rate charged. Prohibits any ocean common carrier that is controlled by a government under whose registry such carrier operates from maintaining rates below a level which is just and reasonable. Places the burden of proving that such tariff is just and reasonable on the controlled carrier involved. Sets forth factors which the Commission may consider in determining whether the rates of such a controlled carrier are just and reasonable, including whether: (1) the rates are below a level which is fully compensatory to the controlled carrier; (2) the rates are the same as or similar to those charged by other carriers in the same trade; (3) the rates are required to assure movement of particular cargo in the trade; or (4) the rates are required to maintain acceptable service to or from affected ports. Requires a controlled carrier, upon the request of the Commission, to file a statement of justification of its existing rates or proposed rates. Authorizes the Commission to suspend a controlled carrier's rate pending a determination of its lawfulness. Requires the Commission to transmit to the President any order of suspension or final order of disapproval of a controlled carrier's rates. Grants the President the authority to require the Commission to stay such order for national defense or foreign policy reasons. Sets forth exemptions with respect to the controlled carrier regulations contained in this Act. Prohibits any person from acting as an ocean freight forwarder or nonvessel operating common carrier unless the person has been issued a license by the Commission. Creates a procedure for such licensing. Directs an ocean carrier to compensate an ocean freight forwarder in connection with any cargo shipment dispatched on behalf of others only when such forwarder has performed specified services. Sets forth guidelines under which such compensation is to be paid. Prohibits specified acts by ocean common carriers including rebates, rate discrimination, and retaliation against shippers. Sets forth the powers of the Commission and procedures to be followed with respect to adjudication proceedings under this title. Sets forth penalties for violations of this title. Authorizes the Commission to modify or remit any such penalty. Authorizes the Commission to exempt any specified activity or class of agreements between ocean carriers or other persons subject to this title from any requirement of this title. Directs that orders of the Commission relating to violations of this title or to regulations issued hereunder shall be made only after opportunity for hearing. Sets forth guidelines concerning the reversal, suspension, and enforcement of such orders. Repeals the Shipping Act of 1916. Title III: Amendments to the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to declare that the policy of the United States shall be to have an efficient and competitive merchant marine, owned and operated under the United States flag, capable of carrying its domestic commerce and a substantial portion of its foreign commerce and to have an efficient and competitive shipbuilding capacity that is sufficient to satisfy the needs of national security. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to attempt to eliminate through negotiation the adverse effects of a foreign nation's reservation of all or a portion of the cargoes moving in its waterborne commerce for its national-flag carriers. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conclude, if necessary, an intergovernmental maritime agreement with such a nation to protect the interests of United States-flag carriers. Specifies required provisions in such an agreement. Grants specified powers to the Secretary of Commerce, including authority: (1) to achieve the goal that United States-flag vessels carry 50 percent or more of the liner and bulk cargoes of the United States' foreign commerce; (2) to ensure the capacity of shipyards necessary for national security; and (3) to meet with the Secretary of the Navy, and others, and to annually submit a report to the President and the Congress of their activities and recommendations. Establishes within the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary for Maritime Policy (the Under Secretary). Modifies the construction- differential subsidy and cost of national defense features incident to the construction or reconditioning of ships to include those costs essential to maintaining a shipyard mobilization base. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to insure the existence of a competitive privately owned United States-flag fleet and the maintenance on a continuing basis of such mobilization base. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to investigate and keep current records of shipyards, related industrial production facilities, and skilled manpower available to same. Allows any citizen of the United States to make application to elect a per diem subsidy for certain vessels exclusively engaged in the bulk trades instead of a construction-differential subsidy or an operating-differential subsidy. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract, with specified restrictions, for the payment of such per diem subsidy. Sets forth in detail the components of such subsidy. Revises the construction-differential subsidy program under such Act to make vessels which are to be used in international trade (previously only foreign trade) eligible for such subsidies. Prohibits the payment of such a subsidy unless the Secretary certifies that he has considered the standards established by the Secretary of the Navy. Reduces such subsidy unless the vessel involved is part of an existing or future vessel series as determined by the Secretary of Commerce. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to establish standards relating to the equipment and specifications for vessels so that they will be suitable for use by the United States for national defense or military purposes. Allows an owner or charterer of a vessel: (1) built in a United States' shipyard; (2) documented under United States laws; and (3) operated in the foreign commerce of the United States, or a United States shipyard to apply for a construction-differential subsidy to make such vessel at least 15 percent more energy efficient. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to enter into specified contracts for such reconditioning. Requires that materials used in such reconditioning be of United States origin. Redefines such a reconditioned vessel as a "new vessel" and reduces by ten years the age of such vessel for the purposes of this Act. Repeals the termination date for the construction-differential subsidy program. Directs that the price of constructing a vessel in a foreign shipyard shall reflect the lower price to the vessel owner. Authorizes the Secretary to pay in excess of the approved construction-differential subsidy if ship construction necessary to sustain the shipyard mobilization base level will not be undertaken during the fiscal year. Revises the duties of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense as regards the shipbuilding and ship repair capacity of the United States. Sets forth criteria for the assessment of such capacity. Reduces the duration of documentation of a completed vessel. Grants the Secretary of Commerce an option to purchase such vessel for national defense purposes. Allows a ship purchaser operating with an operating-differential subsidy to negotiate with regard to vessel specifications with foreign or domestic shipyards upon application to the Secretary. Specifies steps to be taken by the Secretary in granting such subsidy. Directs such purchaser to accept the lowest price proposal offered by a United States shipyard if such subsidy is granted. Allows such purchaser to contract with a foreign shipyard if such subsidy is not granted. Removes the competitive bidding requirement for the construction of vessels receiving such a subsidy at United States' shipyards. Sets forth requirements as to which materials used in constructing subsidized vessels may be of foreign origin or must be of United States origin. Directs the owner of a subsidized vessel to agree that such vessel shall be operated exclusively in (1) the foreign commerce of the United States; (2) international trade; or (3) on a round-the-world voyage or other specified round voyages. Allows the Secretary to approve the temporary transfer of such vessel to service other than the service covered by such agreement. Requires the owner of such a vessel to pay a prescribed amount for such transfer. Defines the "useful life of the vessel" as 25 years from the date of delivery. Authorizes the Secretary to sell a vessel from the reserve fleet for commercial use to a U.S. citizen. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report his recommendations to Congress concerning the elimination of unnecessary requirements or procedures used by vessel classification societies. Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from approving, unless specified conditions are met, the application of a U.S. citizen for financial aid in the operation of certain vessels. Directs the Secretary, in considering application for subsidies under this Act, to provide shipping services on a nondiscriminatory basis. Sets forth eligibility requirements for operating-differential subsidies for vessels in specified trade or service. Specifies amounts to be paid by the Secretary for such subsidies or in lieu thereof. Disallows such subsidies for a vessel exclusively engaged in domestic trade. Directs the Secretary to develop, keep, and publish cargo forecasts for essential trade routes. Sets forth provisions for subsidizing additional United States-flag sailings. Permits an operator receiving such subsidy to make specified replacements, transfers, or exchanges under his contract. Directs the recipient of an operating-differential subsidy ("the contractor") to conduct his operations in an economical and efficient manner. Allows a contractor to suspend such subsidy contract for not less than 12 months. Sets forth requirements under which such subsidy may be paid. Prohibits certain subsidized contractors, charterers, affiliates thereof, and specified employees from owning or operating specified foreign-flag vessels which compete with a United States-flag vessel providing essential service. Directs the Secretary to assure that any subsidized contractor who also owns foreign-flag vessels uses subsidy funds only to support United States-flag vessels. Directs that at least 50 percent of materials procured by the United States which may be transported on ocean vessels shall be transported on certain United States-flag commercial vessels. Directs each department or agency to develop an affirmative plan of action to achieve the above objective. Sets forth requirements for such plans and for their approval by the Secretary. Prohibits operators from repairing a vessel in a foreign country except in an emergency which renders the vessel incapable of reaching the United States or Puerto Rico for such repairs. Directs the Secretary to determine whether such repairs were performed pursuant to this title and to levy a duty on such operator if they were not. Defines, for purposes of this Act, a citizen of the United States. Prohibits, generally, the transfer of a vessel to any person not a citizen of the United States. Directs the Secretary to investigate and examine the: (1) cost and operation of merchant vessels in the United States and foreign countries; (2) construction methods and rules under which vessels are constructed; (3) subject of marine insurance; and (4) navigation laws of the United States, and to make recommendations for their revision. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse clearance to a vessel under specified circumstances. Prohibits specified activities during a war or national emergency without the approval of the Secretary of Commerce. Orders that any vessel or related facility transferred in violation of this Act shall be forfeited to the United States. Declares that in any action to enforce such forfeiture, the criminal conviction of any person for a violation thereof with respect to the subject of the forfeiture shall constitute prima facie evidence of such violation against the person so convicted. Specifies penalties for violation of this Act. Designates the Secretary of Commerce as a preferred creditor under a preferred ship mortgage as defined in the Ship Mortgage Act of 1920. Repeals the termination date for the provision of war-risk insurance by the Secretary to United States vessels. Title IV: Tax Title - Amends the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 to include in the amount deposited in the capital construction fund income attributable to the ownership or sale of an eligible agreement vessel and the insurance proceeds attributable to such vessel. Redefines the term "eligible vessel" to include only vessels operated in international trade, the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States, or the fisheries of the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code regarding the applicable percentage of basis used in the case of certain vessels. Redefines the useful life of specified progress expenditure property. Increases to 100 percent the investment credit for certain vessels. Sets forth guidelines for the depreciation of expenditures for specified vessels. Title V: Miscellaneous - Repeals a specified provision of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Amends the Intercoastal Shipping Act, 1933, to require that rates and charges for certain barging of containerized cargo between points in the United States be filed with the Federal Maritime Commission. Directs the Federal Maritime Commission to promulgate rules governing such barge operations. Directs every common carrier by water in interstate commerce to observe reasonable rates, charges, and tariffs and reasonable regulations and practices in the transportation or storage of property. Directs such carriers to file with the Commission the maximum rates and charges for its services. Prohibits a carrier from collecting an amount in excess of such filed rates and charges except with the approval of the Commission. Empowers the Commission to set such rates if a carrier fails to do so.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1980
Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants. Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Provides that the Director of each institute (except the National Institute of General Medical Sciences) shall appoint an assistant director to coordinate and promote the prevention, education, and health information programs of the institute. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each national research institute. Sets forth general provisions applicable to the councils, including that each council shall: (1) consist of 18 voting members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; and (2) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, collect information in its field, advise the Director with respect to grant expenditures, and convene workshops and conferences. Applies special provisions to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Requires each Director to prepare an annual report including a five-year plan for the institute's activities and policies. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the 11 institutes through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth specific provisions relating to each of the national research institutes. States the general purpose of each institute. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Cancer to coordinate aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to cancer to assure their technical soundness and to provide for necessary exchange of information. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the following bodies and programs through fiscal year 1983: (1) the National Arthritis Advisory Board, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board; (2) arthritis demonstration projects and data system; (3) multipurpose arthritis centers; and (4) diabetes research and training centers. Revises certain provisions relating to national research service awards. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such awards through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 1983, on the effect of such program on the number of physicians who enter the various medical specialties. Carries forward certain general provisions relating to the Institutes. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for grants for preventive health service programs for tuberculosis.
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 · 17 March 1980
Authorizes the expenditure of funds, not to exceed $117,200, for investigations and studies to be conducted by the House Select Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf. Declares that no part of these funds shall be available for expenditure in connection with the study of any subject which is being investigated by any other House committee. Terminates the authorization granted by this resolution on June 30, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1980
Title I: Northeast Corridor - Northeast Corridor Redirection Act of 1980 - Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (the Act) to extend the time period within which: (1) regularly scheduled and dependable intercity rail passenger service is to be established between Boston and New York, and New York and Washington, D.C.; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation must submit to Congress an updated, comprehensive report on the financial and operating results of such service. Adds as a new goal of the Act, the elimination of congestion in rail traffic at the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland. Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Boston-Washington, D.C. passenger service required by the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire necessary real estate interests to effectuate the goals of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with cost-sharing State, local, or regional transportation authorities, providing for the Secretary to carry out such improvements and requiring reimbursement by the cost-sharing parties. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation excess real or personal property from the Northeast Corridor improvement project. Requires that such property be subject to the mortgage entered into pursuant to the Act. Declares that it shall be a goal of the Corporation to manage its operating costs, pricing policies, and other factors so that annual revenues derived from the operation of intercity rail passenger service over the Northeast Corridor route between Washington, D. C., and Boston, Massachusetts, shall equal or exceed the annual operating costs of providing such service. Establishes a goal of self-sufficiency for such intercity passenger service within five years of the completion of such project. Requires the Corporation to submit to the President for transmission to the Congress a report on the success of the Corporation in attaining such goal. Title II: National Rail Passenger Corridor Projects - National Rail Passenger Corridors Act of 1980 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to declare that it is the purpose of this title to provide for the development of high-speed intercity rail passenger service in corridors throughout the United States. Directs the Secretary, under such Act, to establish improvement projects in 13 specified rail passenger corridors. Sets forth a deadline for meeting specified service goals for such projects. Directs the Corporation to develop design and engineering plans for each corridor improvement project. Directs the Corporation to consult with the States and rail carriers to be affected by the provision of such rail passenger service. Authorizes the Corporation to undertake specified improvements in tracks and facilities. Directs the Corporation to acquire specified new equipment. Requires the Corporation to submit: (1) by January 1, 1981, a report to Congress concerning preliminary cost estimates of such improvement; and (2) by July 1, 1981, a report to Congress setting forth final estimates in regard to such costs in each corridor. Directs the Corporation to enter into contracts and agreements with other rail carriers for the improvement of such tracks and facilities. Authorizes the Corporation to apply to the Secretary for an order directing such rail carrier to make the requested improvements. Permits the Secretary to order such improvements under certain conditions and including specified terms. Directs the Secretary to use certain criteria in establishing compensation for such required improvements. Directs the Corporation, under certain conditions, to undertake improvements in service between corridors in order to maximize ridership. Directs the Corporation to report to the Secretary any deterioration suffered by a track improved under this title. Directs the Secretary to investigate such track and, if necessary, order the rail carrier which owns such track to make the appropriate repairs by a specified date. Sets forth a civil penalty and an affirmative defense for a failure to comply with such order of the Secretary. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct annual audits, using the records of the Corporation, and to report on each audit to Congress. Directs the Corporation to identify restrictions imposed by a State or local government on the speed of Amtrak trains and to consult with such governments for purposes of evaluating alternatives to such restrictions. Directs the Corporation to include in its annual report to Congress certain information with respect to each corridor improvement project. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this title. Directs the Secretary, under specified conditions, to order a rail carrier to permit Amtrak trains over its lines for compensation agreed upon by the Corporation and such carrier or ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981. Sets forth the amount of funds allocated for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; (3) alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation; and (4) research, development, tests, and evaluation. Permits the Coast Guard to have an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 39,487, provided that such ceiling does not include members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty. Specifies the average military training student loads for the Coast Guard as follows: (1) recruit and special training, 4,175 students; (2) flight training, 117 students; (3) professional training in military and civilian institutions, 595 students; and (4) officer acquisitions, 925 students. Authorizes the lease of housing facilities in foreign countries on a multiyear basis for a period not to exceed five years, and in accordance with local custom and practice, provides for advance payment for the lease. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to increase the existing capital of the Coast Guard Supply Fund by the value of usable materials transferred thereto from Coast Guard inventories carried in other accounts. Disallows reductions in the rate of pay and allowances to which appointed temporary officers would have been entitled had they remained in their former grade and continued to receive the increases in pay and allowance authorized for that grade. Permits the payment of a monetary allowance in place of transportation to a member whose baggage and household effects are moved by a privately owned or rented vehicle. Allows the payment of the allowance in advance of the transportation of the baggage and household effects, and does not limit the allowance to reimbursement for actual expenses. Requires the owner or operator of a vessel documented or to be documented as a vessel of the United States to reimburse the Secretary for the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the personnel assigned to perform the inspection or examination when the inspection or examination is conducted at a foreign port or place at the request of the owner or operator.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships - Implements the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Protocol). Applies this Act to ships of United States registry or nationality or of a country party to the MARPOL Protocol and ships registered in or of the nationality of a country not a party to the MARPOL Protocol traveling in all waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Exempts: (1) warships, naval auxiliaries, or other ships owned by the United States while engaged in noncommercial service, subject to standards prescribed by the appropriate Federal departments and agencies; and (2) other ships specifically excluded by the MARPOL Protocol. Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to administer, enforce, and prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of the MARPOL Protocol and this Act, utilizing other Federal departments and agencies as necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to designate persons to issue certificates required by the MARPOL Protocol. Stipulates that: (1) certificates shall not be issued to ships of countries not a party to the MARPOL Protocol; and (2) certificates issued by a participating country of the MARPOL Protocol shall be honored. Subjects to inspection any ship required to carry a valid certificate. Directs the Secretary to detain any ship required to have a certificate which either does not have one on board or has a condition in disagreement with the certificate until such ship can proceed to sea without presenting an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment. Allows any person whose ship is detained to petition the Secretary. Permits compensation for any loss or damage suffered by a ship unreasonably detained or delayed. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to establish regulations for determining the adequacy of reception facilities of a port or terminal, and to issue certificates indicating that facilities for receiving residues and mixtures containing oil or noxious liquid substances from seagoing ships are adequate. States conditions under which such certificates can be inspected, suspended, or revoked. Requires the listing of such certified ports and terminals in the Federal Register. Allows the Secretary to deny entry to any ship retaining residues and mixtures containing oil or noxious liquids into a port or terminal required to have but not holding a valid certificate. Requires immediate reporting of any incident covered by the Protocol to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to investigate any such report of violation and take appropriate action, acting through the Secretary of State in cases involving a ship not of United States registry or nationality. Imposes a fine of not more than $50,000 for each violation or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, and a civil penalty of not more than $10,000, or $1,000 in cases of false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations. Deems a ship liable in rem for any pecuniary fine or penalty incurred. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse or revoke clearance required by Federal law (R.S. 4197) to any ship liable for such a penalty. Sets forth procedures to be taken in accepting a proposed amendment to the MARPOL Protocol received by the United States from the Secretary-General of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization. Permits any person having an interest adversely affected by: (1) any person who is alleged to be in violation of these provisions; or (2) a Secretary who is alleged to be in neglect in performing duties under this Act, to bring suit against such party, subject to specified procedures and jurisdictions. Authorizes the court to award costs of litigation. Allows the Attorney General to intervene in any action not involving the United States. Repeals the Oil Pollution Act, 1961, and the Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect vessels subject to this Act, except public vessels engaged in noncommercial service entering navigable waters of and documented under the laws of the United States. Directs the Secretary and the heads of Federal departments to issue regulations, standards, and certificates upon enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Makes technical amendments to the law governing the Coast Guard Reserve. Grants a member of the Reserve on inactive-duty training the same authority, rights, and privileges in the performance of that duty as a member of corresponding grade or rating of the Regular Coast Guard or of the Reserve on active duty. Retains a Reserve officer, if assigned to active duty of a limited or temporary nature from an inactive-duty status, within the promotion structure for Reserve officers of the inactive Reserve. Reduces from 20 to ten years the length of commissioned service required for eligibility for promotion to rear admiral in the Reserve. Requires that the last five years of such service shall have been served in the Coast Guard Reserve. Reduces from five to four years the period which a Reserve rear admiral may serve before removal from active status.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Food Security Act of 1980 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to develop a wheat reserve solely to provide for emergency food needs in developing countries. Directs the President, in order to carry out such policy, to establish a reserve stock of wheat of up to 4,000,000 metric tons for specified purposes. Permits stocks of wheat for such reserve to be acquired: (1) through purchases from producers or in the market, if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that such purchases will not unduly disrupt the market; and (2) by designation by the Secretary of stocks of wheat acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Authorizes the President to release such designated or acquired wheat reserve stocks to provide, on a donation or sale basis, emergency food assistance to developing countries at any time that the U.S. domestic wheat supply is so limited that quantities cannot be made available for disposition, except for humanitarian purposes, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Provides that up to 300,000 tons of wheat may be released from the reserve in any fiscal year for use under such Act in providing urgent humanitarian relief in developing countries which suffer major disasters (as determined by the President), in circumstances of unanticipated and exceptional need when the normal means of obtaining food assistance make timely programming impossible. Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on wheat so released and its timely replenishment. Allows such wheat to be processed in the U.S. and shipped to the recipient country as wheat flour, when necessary. Requires that such wheat be made available under such Act, with specified provisions as to determinations of availability inapplicable thereto. Directs the Secretary to provide for reserve management as to location and class of wheat needed to meet emergencies, rotation to avoid spoilage and deterioration, and prompt equivalent replacement of removed quantities. Specifies that stocks of wheat shall not: (1) be considered a part of the total domestic supply (including carryover) for certain purposes; or (2) be subject to any quantitative export limitations under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the Secretary to utilize the funds and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in carrying out this Act, except that any restrictions applicable to the acquisition, storage, or disposition of Corporation owned or controlled commodities shall not apply to wheat for or in the reserve. Requires that the Corporation be reimbursed for actual costs under such program. Declares final any determination by the President or the Secretary under this Act. Provides that: (1) this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1980; (2) the authorities of this Act shall expire on September 30, 1983; and (3) any wheat in the reserve when such authorities expire shall be distributed under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act in fiscal year 1984 and subsequent fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to prohibit the regulation of collective bargaining agreements by the Federal Maritime Commission. Excludes from the definition of "other person subject to this chapter" in such Act any multiemployer bargaining group which negotiates or administers collective bargaining agreements with a labor organization representing employees in the maritime or stevedoring industry. Exempts collective bargaining agreements and agreements preparatory thereto from the filing provisions for agreements and cooperative working arrangements and from any other Federal Maritime Commission regulation. Exempts charges, taxes, or assessments imposed upon cargo or upon any shipper or ocean carrier to fund the fringe benefit obligations under a collective bargaining agreement from the charges prohibited by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of the National Sea Grant College Program Act and the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 during fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983.
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