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United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of January 20 through January 26, 1980, as "Junior Achievement Week."
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1979
Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from following any practice which would result in the denial of an application for the formation of a one-bank holding company solely because such a transaction involves a bank stock loan of 25 years or less.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1979
Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Act - Declares as the policy of the United States that each resident in a long-term care facility has specified basic rights, such as the right to participate in decision-making regarding his or her medical treatment to the maximum extent possible, and the right to confidential treatment of personal and medical records. Requires that each long-term care facility which participates in a health care program, receives Federal assistance, or is certified for participation in a Federal or State health care financing program secure to each resident such basic rights by meeting specified obligations, including the following: (1) establishing written policies regarding residents' rights and procedures for implementing such policies; (2) informing residents of their rights and of any changes in the policies and procedures of the facility at least 30 days before any such change becomes effective; (3) informing residents of the services and charges of the facility; (4) giving 30-day notice to a resident who is to be involuntarily transferred or discharged from the facility; (5) assisting each resident to exercise his or her rights as a resident and citizen, including filing complaints and voicing grievances; (6) protecting each resident from mental and physical abuse; and (7) permitting residents who are husband and wife to share the same room if they so choose. Prohibits any such facility from: (1) denying admission to or terminating the stay of any resident because of the source of third-party payment; or (2) interfering with the right of any resident to receive primary health care services from sources other than the facility. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the long-term care ombudsman program to investigate and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of a resident of a long-term care facility regarding alleged violations of rights secured by this Act. Grants to any individual whose rights under this Act have been violated a cause of action against the facility for damages and other relief in a United States district court without regard to the amount in controversy or exhaustion of remedies. Stipulates that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any facility: (1) for the mentally ill; (2) owned and operated by the Federal Government or; (3) affiliated with a correctional institution.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1979
Designates the week beginning June 22, 1980, as "National Deaf Awareness Week."
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Designates the month of July, 1980, as "National Porcelain Art Month."
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1979
Federal Artists Program Act of 1979 - Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to establish a "Federal Artists Program" of Federal assistance to individual artists for employment in community-oriented and locally supported projects. Defines "artist" as an individual of demonstrated artistic ability who: (1) has completed a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in a recognized professional training program and has at least two years of professional work experience as an artist or has at least four years of professional work experience as an artist; and (2) has received more than 20 percent of individual income from employment as an artist during any two calendar years occurring during the most recent four calendar years. Authorizes the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, any designated arts agency to establish programs to place artists with local sponsoring organizations to undertake artistic endeavors: (1) as a component of services provided by such organization; and (2) which serve the public by providing access to art experiences and enriching the environment and the quality of life. Bases eligibility as a designated arts agency on a public agency's or a private nonprofit organization's: (1) designation by any State or local government, or combinations thereof, as their official arts agency; and (2) experience in directly supporting the arts and artists through a grants program or advocacy on their behalf. Requires the applications for assistance of such agencies to include a comprehensive program plan with specified features. Directs the Chairman to: (1) establish criteria (with specified inclusions) and procedures for evaluating and selecting such applications; (2) seek recommendations from a panel of experts representing a diversity of geographic areas and cultural backgrounds before approving such applications; and (3) coordinate the administration of the Federal Artists Program with specified Federal, State, local and private programs. Sets a three year limit on assistance to any sponsoring organization based on a declining percentage of the salaries such organization pays artists. Sets forth requirements for the sponsoring organization relating to working conditions and use of funds. Limits to ten percent the amount of such funds which may be used for administrative expenses by a designated arts agency. Allows designated arts agencies to submit another application for grants or contracts upon the mandatory three year expiration of a grant or contract. Limits the amount of salary and the duration of employment (three years maximum) of any one artist under such program. Requires each designated arts agency receiving assistance for any fiscal year to submit a program report, with specified inclusions, to the Chairman. Directs the Chairman to review programs at least annually. Stipulates that the copyright of any work produced by an artist in such program shall be retained exclusively by the artist and that the artist shall own all such original work. Grants the sponsoring organization and the designated arts agency involved a royalty-free nonexclusive right to use or display such art work for a period not to exceed five years from the completion of the project. Applies all financial assistance procedures and other provisions relating to the National Endowment for the Arts to the Federal Artists Program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 through 1985 for such program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1979
Equal Employment Opportunity for the Handicapped Act of 1979 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include discrimination against the handicapped as an unlawful employment practice. Permits such discrimination pursuant to a bona fide seniority or merit system or as a bona fide occupational qualification. Authorizes courts to order the hiring or reinstatement or paying of back pay to anyone discriminated against on the basis of their handicap. Prohibits discrimination in Federal employment of the handicapped. Authorizes civil actions for such discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1, 1980, as "National Bicycling Day."
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to: (1) determine whether a wrong was committed against American citizens and permanent resident aliens who were subjected to relocation or internment as a result of Executive Order Numbered 9066 and other associated Government acts; and (2) recommend appropriate remedies. Directs the Commission: (1) to hold public hearings in specified cities; and (2) within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to Congress and the President. Terminates the Commission six months after such report is submitted.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Exempts nonprofit veterans' organizations and nonprofit fraternal organizations from the requirement that certain musical performance royalties be paid to copyright holders.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the standard mileage rate used in computing the charitable deduction for expenses incurred in the operation of a motor vehicle shall be the same as the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for the business related deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1979
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to the legation of Lithuania in the United States. Authorizes the Charge d'Affaires of such legation to administer such funds for the operation of the legation and compensation of personnel. Stipulates that the diplomatic corps of such legation must be of Lithuanian parentage and may not be U.S. citizens.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to direct the President to promulgate a regulation to hold down the price of diesel fuel and Number 2 fuel oil at their respective levels in effect on January 1, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a separate income tax on the severance pay of unmarried individuals whose employment is terminated by a closing of their place of employment which appears reasonably likely to be permanent and which involves the discharge within a 12 month period of at least 75 percent of the employees. Allows an income tax deduction for severance pay received in a taxable year to the extent that such pay is included in the gross income of the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1979
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide for demonstration projects for the provision of preventive health services to the elderly through traveling health care practitioners.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of January 21 through January 27, 1979, as "Junior Achievement Week" in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of Junior Achievement, an organization dedicated to the American enterprise system and service to youth.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of December 3 through December 9, 1979, as the "Boy Scouts Calendar Distribution Week."
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1979
Authorizes and directs the President to designate the month of September, 1980, as "National Rehabilitation Month."
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to stipulate that an automobile manufacturer's failure to comply with any average fuel economy standard shall not be deemed "unlawful conduct" under such Act unless the Secretary of Transportation has determined that: (1) any credits which the manufacturer may have received for exceeding such standards in any model year do not fully offset any penalty for failure to achieve such standards; and (2) the time for which such credits could be earned to offset such a penalty has expired. Allows such a credit to be used to offset any penalty which may have been assessed against the manufacturer in the three consecutive years prior to the model year in which the manufacturer exceeds such a standard.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Federal Employees Dental Benefits Act of 1979 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract for the following dental benefits plans for Federal employees: (1) a service benefit plan; (2) an indemnity benefit plan; (3) employee organization plans; and (4) health maintenance organization plans. Requires that the benefits under such plans include: (1) diagnostic services; (2) preventive care; (3) emergency dental care services; (4) fillings; and (5) extractions. Permits a plan, subject to approval of the OPM, to: (1) offer additional benefits; (2) require copayments not exceeding 50 percent of the value of such additional benefits; (3) limit the amount a beneficiary may be paid during a calendar year under such a plan; and (4) impose a calendar year deductible for each beneficiary. Allows the OPM to enter into contracts for such plans without regard to specified provisions of Federal law requiring competitive bidding. Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) the length and rates of such a contract; and (2) obligations of any carrier of such a plan. States that such contracts are not subject to the Federal Procurement Regulations. Directs the OPM to establish audit requirements which do not conflict with such Regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Allows an employee to enroll in a dental benefits plan as an individual or for self and family. Permits certain annuitants to continue enrollment in such a plan under conditions of eligibility prescribed by regulations of the OPM. Prohibits an individual from enrolling both as an employee or annuitant and as a member of the family. Specifies conditions under which an employee may change enrollment. Specifies the biweekly contributions of the Government and the enrolled individual toward the subscription charge of a dental benefits plan. Directs the OPM to provide individuals who are eligible for such a plan with sufficient information to enable the individual to make an informed choice among the types of plans. Requires that each enrolled individual receive a document summarizing: (1) the benefits of the plans; (2) the procedure for obtaining benefits; and (3) all provisions of the plan affecting the individual. Creates the Employees Dental Benefits Fund into which the contributions of the Government and enrolled individuals shall be paid. Directs the OPM to: (1) administer this Act; (2) make a continuing study of the operation of this Act and of the plans under this Act; and (3) transmit an annual report of its findings to Congress. Authorizes expenditures from the Employees Life Insurance Fund to pay administrative expenses of the OPM in carrying out provisions of this Act. Requires the reimbursement of such expenditures plus interest from the Federal Employees Dental Benefits Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Repeals the requirement, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that the amount of monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse or surviving spouse be reduced by the amount such spouse or surviving spouse receives in monthly payments from a Federal or State pension fund.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Sales Representatives Protection Act - Title I: Contracts Between Sales Representatives and Principals - Requires a principal to furnish specified information to a sales representative concerning orders placed through the representative's account and a monthly accounting of commissions due such representative. Enumerates items which must be set forth in any contract between a sales representative and a principal. Title II: Indemnification - Exempts principals conforming with such information requirements from the indemnification provisions set forth in this Act. Requires a principal who, without good cause, terminates a contract between such principal and a sales representative, or reduces the rate of commission for orders solicited on behalf of such principal, to indemnify the representative according to this Act. Requires a principal who reduces the size of the geographic territory assigned to a representative for a specified account, which results in a specified reduction in commissions, to indemnify such representative. Sets forth formulae for the indemnification of such representatives. Title III: Miscellaneous - Allows a plaintiff to bring an action to enforce any rights or liabilities created by this Act in a United States district court. Stipulates the procedure for such action.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1979
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the manufacture, importation, installation, offer to sale, rent, or lease, or other distribution of telephone receivers or similar equipment manufactured after the date of enactment of this Act for use in connection with any interstate or foreign communication, unless such receiver or equipment is designed and manufactured to permit telephone reception by means of hearing aids with inductive receptors. Establishes fines for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1979
Consumer Checking Account Equity Act of 1979 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize member banks in the Federal Reserve System and federally insured nonmember banks to make automatic funds transfers from a savings deposit to a demand deposit pursuant to the written authorization of the depositor to make such transfers in connection with checks or drafts drawn upon the bank. Authorizes federally insured banks and savings and loan associations, State banks and savings and loan associations, savings banks, and mutual savings banks to offer interest-bearing deposits or accounts upon which the depositor may make withdrawals by negotiable instrument for the purpose of making transfers to third parties (NOW accounts). Stipulates that such deposits or accounts may only be held by individuals or nonprofit organizations. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to permit Federal savings and loan associations and Federal mutual savings banks to establish remote service units pursuant to regulations of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Authorizes such associations to extend loans directly related to negotiable order of withdrawal accounts. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require any institution which has subscribed for the stock of a Federal Home Loan Bank to maintain reserves against its negotiable order of withdrawal accounts pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Board after consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Prescribes the required form of such balances. Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to permit insured credit unions to offer share draft deposits to individuals and nonprofit organizations in accordance with regulations prescribed by the National Credit Union Administration Board. Requires each Federal credit union to maintain reserves against such deposits in amounts and forms prescribed by the Board after consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1979
Solar Energy Development Bank Act - Establishes a Solar Energy Development Bank within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Directs the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a president to manage and supervise the affairs of such bank subject to the direction of its Board of Directors. Directs the General Accounting Office to periodically audit the financial transactions of the Solar Bank. Permits the Solar Bank to impose fees or charges for its services. Stipulates that the Solar Bank be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of the Secretaries of HUD, the Treasury, and Energy. Directs the Board to adopt, amend, or repeal such regulations as are necessary or convenient for the functioning of the Solar Bank. Empowers the Board to fix the level of subsidy and the interest rate on loans subsidized by the Bank. Permits the Board to alter the level of subsidy and interest rates for new loans subsidized by the Bank. Sets forth factors for the Board to consider when altering such rates, including: (1) the prevailing market rates of interest for home mortgages, home improvement loans, and commercial loans, as well as prevailing market rates of interest for Government and corporate bonds; (2) the availability of other Government incentives and subsidies for solar energy equipment, including Federal income tax credits; (3) the costs of nonrenewable energy resources and systems; and (4) the levels of subsidy needed to induce consumers and builders to install solar energy systems in residential and commercial buildings. Permits the Solar Bank, beginning with fiscal year 1980, to make payments to financial institutions for the purpose of subsidizing below-market rate loans to owners or builders of commercial and residential structures for the purchase and installation of solar energy systems in such structures. Defines "solar energy systems" for the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the procedure and terms governing the payment of such subsidies. Exempts transactions made under this Act from any State or local usury laws. Establishes penalties for knowingly making false statements or misrepresentations of material fact with respect to any loan assisted under this Act. Directs the Board of Directors of the Solar Bank to make an annual report to the President and both Houses of Congress. Directs the Solar Bank to promote the programs established by this Act by informing and actively seeking the participation of financial institutions and consumers. Permits the Solar Bank to utilize the services of personnel within HUD with the permission of the Secretary. Authorizes the use of funds available in the Energy Security Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act, within specified limits.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1979
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should express disapproval to the Soviet Union concerning the nondelivery of mail to persons in the Soviet Union; (2) the State Department should bring such violations to the attention of member countries of the Universal Postal Union; and (3) the U.S. delegation to the Congress of the Universal Postal Union should ask members to take measures that would encourage improved postal performance by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1979
Campaign Contribution Reform Act of 1979 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit any multicandidate political committee (other than a multicandidate committee of a political party) from making contributions to a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress and his or her authorized committees which in any calendar year exceeds: (1) $5,000 with respect to any general or special election and a primary election relating to such election; or (2) $7,500 (but not more than $5,000 for one election) with respect to a general or special election and both a primary and runoff election relating to such election. Prohibits a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or any authorized political committee from accepting contributions from political committees, other than committees of a political party, aggregating more than $50,000 in any calendar year, except in the case of a candidate who is a candidate in a general election and a special election, such candidate may accept such contributions aggregating: (1) $50,000 with respect to such general and any primary election relating to such general election; and (2) $50,000 with respect to such special election and any primary election relating to such special election. Specifies that any contribution made in a year, other than the calendar year in which the election is held, is considered to be made in the calendar year in which such election is held, and any contribution made after the date of such election shall be considered a contribution with respect to such election only if such contribution is used to pay obligations incurred with respect to such election. Specifies that any extension of credit for goods or services relating to advertising on broadcasting stations, in newspapers or magazines, by direct mail or other similar types of general public political advertising shall be considered a contribution, if such extension of credit is: (1) in an amount of more than $1,000; and (2) for a period of more than 30 days.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate August 31, 1980, as "Working Mother's Day."
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1979
Calls upon the Soviet Union to waive application of a Soviet dual citizenship law with respect to citizens of the United States and Eastern Europe. Declares that the United States will not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics, if adequate assurances are not received from the Soviets regarding such waiver.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1979
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate gender-based distinctions in awarding benefits under such title. Equalizes treatment of fathers, husbands, divorced husbands, surviving divorced husbands, and widowers with the treatment of their female counterparts under the OASDI Program. Eliminates the marriage or remarriage of certain benefit recipients as a factor in terminating their benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit for amounts paid or incurred for television subtitle equipment for use by hearing-impaired individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1979
Requires each Executive agency, within ten days after entering into a personal services contract with any person or unit of State or local government, to report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the number of agency employees which would be required to perform the contracted functions. Directs any agency which is prevented because of a personnel ceiling from performing a function which the agency determines would be performed by the agency more effectively than by contract, to submit to the OMB, within ten days of such determination, a request for an adjustment in such ceiling to enable the agency to perform the function. Requires the OMB to make such adjustment within 30 days after it is submitted unless the OMB finds that the agency did not follow applicable procedures when making its determinations. Directs the OMB to submit to Congress quarterly reports regarding each agency's personal services contracts and adjustments in personnel ceilings. Directs an agency to consider an employee's administration of personnel ceilings and compliance with procedures governing the contracting out of agency functions when: (1) evaluating the performance of a member of the Senior Executive Service; and (2) determining any pay increase for an employee under the merit pay system. Prohibits an agency from obligating more than 20 percent of its appropriations for a fiscal year during the last two months of that year.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1979
Designates the period of April 13 through April 19, 1980, as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust."
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1979
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Postmaster General and the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee should give favorable consideration to the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Americans of Italian descent and the 250th anniversary of the birth of Philip Mazzei on December 25, 1980, or as soon as possible thereafter. States that the Postmaster General and the Committee should honor other foreign-born contributors to the revolutionary cause, from countries which have not yet been commemorated, prior to the conclusion of the American Bicentennial celebration in 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of April 1 through April 7, 1980, as "National Mime Week."
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1979
Designates April 10, 1980, as "ORT Centennial Day" to salute the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training on its 100th anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1979
Lifelong Learning Act of 1979 - Amends title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965: (1) to repeal provisions of such title dealing with community service and continuing education programs, including the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education; and (2) to establish a new title I "Lifelong Learning" which is to make education and training opportunities available to all citizens throughout life. Authorizes appropriations for purposes of this Act through fiscal year 1985. Stipulates that 35 percent of such appropriated funds shall be used for comprehensive State planning programs. Provides that individual, eligible States shall receive such funds based on population, with a minimum grant of $50,000. Authorizes a State to request that a part of its allotment be transferred to another State for certain purposes. Requires States receiving less than $100,000 for such planning programs to use not less than 40 percent nor more than 50 percent of such funds for such purpose, and States receiving more than $100,000 to use not less than 30 percent nor more than 40 percent of such funds for such purpose. Authorizes States to use the remainder of such planning funds to implement statewide planning through grants to, or contracts with, appropriate State agencies and institutions. Stipulates that 30 percent of such Federal funds appropriated under this Act shall be used by eligible States for grants to institutions of higher education for post secondary continuing education and related adult education programs and services. Stipulates that 30 percent of such Federal funds appropriated under this Act shall be used for grants to, and contracts with, public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals for special purpose grants. Prohibits such grants from being given without the appropriate State agency having been given an opportunity to comment upon such grant's relevance to the State's comprehensive statewide planning program. Stipulates that five percent of such Federal funds appropriated under this Act shall be used for Federal lifelong learning activities, including the convening of a Lifelong Learning Conference in 1983. Requires States wishing to receive Federal funds for comprehensive planning programs and grants to institutions of higher education to submit an agreement. Sets forth guidelines for such agreement. Transfers responsibility for such programs from the Assistant Secretary to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Directs the President to appoint a National Advisory Council on Lifelong Learning within 90 days of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1979
Directs the Postmaster General to issue a special postage stamp in honor of Filippo Mazzei, and in tribute to the millions of Americans of Italian descent who have played an important role in American history.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1979
Declares the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should take all necessary steps to bring the Baltic States question before the United Nation and the 1980 Madrid Conference on the Helsinki Agreements to urge both such bodies to request the Soviet Union: (1) to withdraw all non-native troops, agents, colonists, and controls from the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; and (2) to return all Baltic exiles from Siberia and from prisons and labor camps in the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of State to do his utmost to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations by means of special radio programs and publications. Declares that the United States should not agree to the recognition of the Soviet Union's annexation of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Directs the President to take steps to provide that all maps of Europe show the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as independent states. Calls for a return of self-determination to the peoples of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia through free elections conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1979
Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to stipulate that the institute currently authorized to conduct research on neurological diseases shall be named the "National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke." Requires at least $16,000,000 of the sums appropriated for such Institute to be obligated for research in the area of regeneration of the spinal cord.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1979
Diabetes Research and Training Amendments and National Diabetes Advisory Board Extension Act of 1979 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to redesignate the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases and the Advisory Council to such Institute as the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Digestive Diseases and the National Arthritis, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Council. Establishes within the Advisory Council separate subcommittees on diabetes, arthritis, digestive diseases, and kidney diseases. Directs these subcommittees to: (1) review applications made to the Director of the Institute for research projects relating to such diseases and make recommendations to the Advisory Council; and (2) review and evaluate programs directed at such diseases. Establishes within the Institute the position of Associate Director for Diabetes. Sets forth the duties of the Associate Director, including: (1) having primary responsibility for all diabetes-mellitus-related activities supported or conducted by the National Institutes of Health; (2) providing information to public and private agencies with respect to such activities; and (3) reporting and making recommendations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health with respect to other enumerated functions. Extends the authorization of appropriations for diabetes research and training centers in the following amounts: $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1983 through 1985. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide from such amounts up to ten training stipends through each center in any fiscal year. Eliminates as an ex officio member of the National Diabetes Advisory Board the Secretary of Defense or his designee; adds as such a member the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or his designee. Revises the terms of appointed members of the Board. Directs the Board to amend the Diabetes Plan (formulated by the National Commission on Diabetes under the National Diabetes Mellitus Research and Education Act) as is necessary to insure its continuing relevance. Extends the current level of authorizations for the purposes of the Board ($300,000 per fiscal year) through fiscal year 1985. Extends the expiration date of the Board from September 30, 1980, to September 30, 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to collect decennially statistics relating to deaf individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1979
Fair Employment Relations Resolution - Title I: Fair Employment Relations Board - Establishes as an office of the House of Representatives the House Fair Employment Relations Board to: (1) establish and publish policies and guidelines for the implementation and enforcement of clause 9 of rule XLIII and clause 6(a) (3) (A) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives; (2) supervise the actions of the Director and the operations of the House Fair Employment Relations Office; and (3) hear and determine complaints. Title II: House Fair Employment Relations Office - Establishes as an office of the House of Representatives the House Fair Employment Relations Office to develop procedures to implement the policies of the Board, gather information relating to House employment practices, and review procedures for the hearing and setting of complaints. Title III: Complaints of Violations of Equal Employment Opportunities - Provides for counseling and assistance through the Office to any individual who believes that he or she has been discriminated against in violation of rule XI or rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Sets forth the procedures for filing informal complaints based on employment discrimination, and for the informal settlement of such claims. Sets forth the procedure for filing formal complaints, and for conducting hearings on such claims. Provides for an appeal to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct from an adverse decision or order of the Board. Sets forth remedies available to individuals who have experienced discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1979
Congratulates the Ohio State University marching band on its 100th anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of May 18 through May 24, 1980, as "National Architectural Barrier Awareness Week."
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Calls upon the government of Great Britain to end human rights violations and promote self-determination for Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Food Stamp Act Amendment of 1979 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the authorized appropriations for the food stamp program for fiscal year 1979 from $6,158,900,000 to $6,808,900,000.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Amends title II of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 (Community Mental Health Centers) to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting the National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape, to provide financial and technical assistance to State and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations for rape prevention and treatment services, including training programs in counseling techniques, direct treatment, community education, transportation cost, self-help programs, telephone systems, emergency shelter programs, and demonstration projects.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1979
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit Federal officers or employees from refusing to issue or renew airman certificates or from requiring air carriers to terminate the employment of, or refuse to employ, airline pilots solely by the reason of the age of such person, if such person is less than 70 years of age. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, upon a determination that it is in the interests of safety, to require airline pilots over the age of 60 to pass more frequent or more comprehensive medical exams than pilots who are less than 60 years of age. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Health, in consultation with the Secretaries of Transportation and Labor, to review available medical data to determine whether an age limitation for aircraft pilots is medically warranted. Requires the Director to submit a report regarding such study to Congress by January 1, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1979
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President to allow the Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority to guarantee loans for the purpose of expediting deliveries or services with respect to national defense contracts. Increases the maximum loan which any Federal agency may guarantee under such Act without the approval of Congress from $20,000,000 to $38,000,000. Requires notification to specified Congressional committees of any proposed obligation above such limit. Authorizes the agency involved to guarantee such a loan if neither House of Congress disapproves of such action within a specified time. Authorizes the President to provide loans to private business enterprises for the production of energy. Increases the ceiling for loans made to private enterprises pursuant to such Act from $25,000,000 to $48,000,000. Extends the President's power under such Act to purchase raw materials for the national defense through fiscal year 1995. Directs the President to attempt to achieve a national production goal of at least 500,000 barrels per day crude equivalent of synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks within five years. Authorizes and directs the President to require fuel and chemical feedstock suppliers to provide synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks in any case where the President deems it practicable and necessary to meet national defense needs. Authorizes the President, in carrying out these objectives, to: (1) contract for purchases or commitments to purchase synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks which may be for Government use or resale; and (2) encourage the development and production of such synthetic fuels and feedstocks for national defense preparedness. Terminates the President's authority to enter into such contracts at the end of fiscal year 1995. Sets forth procedures for the awarding and performance of such contracts. Authorizes the President to organize corporations to meet the production goal for synthetic fuels and feedstocks as set forth in this Act. Sets forth Congressional oversight measures with respect to the formation of such corporations. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000,000 for synthetic fuel and feedstock contracts as authorized pursuant to this Act. Extends specified provisions of such Act through fiscal year 1980.