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United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1981
Proclaims Raoul Wallenberg an honorary citizen of the United States. Requests the President to ascertain his whereabouts from the Soviet Union and to secure his freedom.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide, through demonstration projects payments to eligible individuals who do not require 24-hour nursing care and who desire to establish a medical, noninstitutional living arrangement: (1) post-hospital extended care services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; or (2) intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate medical, noninstitutional living arrangements. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design the demonstration projects to determine: (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals under age 55 to elect the one-time exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) express to the Soviet Union the United States' deep concern about the Soviet Union's depriving the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families of religious freedom and refusing them permission to emigrate; (2) ensure that such families may reside in the U.S. embassy in Moscow until the Soviet Union authorizes their emigration; and (3) ensure provision of assistance for such families during their residence in the embassy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1981
Reduces the gratuitous distribution of the daily and bound copies of the Congressional Record to specified Federal officials.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Requests the President to designate July 17, 1981, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Requests the President to designate the week beginning November 22, 1981, as "National Family Week."
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Requests the President to designate the third week of September of each year as "National Cystic Fibrosis Week."
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. policy should promote the conservation and protection of the world's whales and that the United States should work for the adoption by the International Whaling Commission of an indefinite moratorium on commercial killing of whales. Recognizes proposals to: (1) strengthen the management procedures of the Commission to ensure that risks of extinction to individual stocks of whales are not seriously increased by exploitation; and (2) extend the commission's ban on the use of the cold (nonexplosive) harpoon and implement other measures to ensure the humane taking of all whales. Urges the Commission to continue to collect and study information relating to aboriginal/subsistence whaling. Reaffirms the U.S. position that the Commission possesses regulatory authority with respect to specified types of whales. Declares the United States should make use of all available means in promoting conservation and protection of whales.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1981
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to revise contracting procedures and contract supervision practices of the Federal Government. Requires every person entering into a contract with the Government for the procurement, transfer, or disposition of property or services to certify that: (1) all material information required by the Administrator of General Services has or will be furnished; and (2) such information is not false or misleading. Sets forth a penalty assessment schedule for false certifications and violations of certification requirements. Directs the Administrator, before issuing an order to assess such a penalty against any person, to provide such person an opportunity for an agency hearing. Authorizes only the Administrator to modify any penalty assessed. Empowers the Administrator to subpoena witnesses and records for the purposes of an investigation leading to a hearing. Permits any person who is aggrieved by a final order assessing a penalty to petition for judicial review of such order. Directs the Attorney General to bring an action in an appropriate district court against any person who fails to pay an assessment. Directs the Administrator to notify the Attorney General of any intention to initiate a proceeding against a contractor. Authorizes the Administrator to initiate the proceeding unless the Attorney General objects within 120 days. Requires the Administrator to debar an individual found to have violated certification requirements from participation in Government contracts for a period of between one month and five years depending on the amount of the assessment against such individual. Requires any contract for property or services exceeding $10,000 in value to contain the certification requirements set forth in this Act, an agreement to abide by the assessment procedures, and a notice of such assessments. Directs the Administrator to establish and maintain a system for control of all contracts and agreements for procurement of property or services. Specifies that such system require the Administrator and any agency head with contracting authority to: (1) review for approval any contract exceeding $10,000 in value; (2) keep accurate records of transactions involving Federal funds; and (3) impose a system of accounting and internal controls to assure that (a) the Administrator or agency head authorizes all such transactions, (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to maintain accountability of funds, and (c) accounts are balanced regularly. Requires the Administrator to establish a system which requires the preparation, for each significant decision for a contract, of a memorandum which: (1) specifies the date of and parties to such decision; (2) describes the nature of and actions resulting from such decision; and (3) includes the personal signature or endorsement of the Federal employee responsible for such decision. Directs the Inspector General of the agency of a contracting authority to investigate any allegations of failure to make such a memorandum. Permits the Administrator, after consulting the Inspector General of the General Services Administration (GSA), to exempt contracts involving a Federal expenditure of under $10,000 from such requirements. Requires the Administrator to: (1) review regularly the contracting activities of the GSA and other agencies; (2) inform Congress of any deficiencies in such activities; and (3) prescribe regulations to eliminate contracting practices which result in fraud, waste, or abuse. Directs the Administrator, after consultation with the Inspector General, to: (1) establish a procedure for reviewing negotiated contracts exceeding $10,000 in value to determine whether such contracts can be secured more economically and efficiently by advertised bids or other means; and (2) report annually to the President and Congress and make recommendations for changes in procurement procedures. Requires the Administrator to establish a uniform system of contract audits which shall: (1) include a schedule of regular and random audits of major negotiated contracts; and (2) establish audit procedures necessary to ensure a significant probability that any negotiated contract, or any advertised contract receiving three or fewer bids, with a cost exceeding $10,000 will be audited. Requires at least 20 percent of the negotiated contracts in each classification to be audited. Requires the Administrator and each agency head with contracting authority to maintain abstracts of such audits available for public inspection. Authorizes the Administrator and the Inspector General to obtain access to the contract records of any contractor or subcontractor. Makes the auditing powers of the Administrator subject to the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 and the Inspector General Act of 1978. Prohibits the Administrator from altering a leased facility if the cost of such alteration exceeds 25 percent of the annual rent of such facility unless: (1) such alteration is authorized specifically by Congress; (2) a statement describing the overall work has been provided in advance to the Congressional committees with oversight responsibility for such alteration; or (3) the work would not alter more than 5,000 square feet of the leased space.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1981
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1981 - Title I: Information Practices: Use of Consumer Reporting Agencies - Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to permit a Federal agency to disclose records pertaining to an individual to a consumer reporting agency. Authorizes a Federal agency attempting to collect a claim under the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 to notify a consumer reporting agency that a person is responsible for a claim if: (1) the agency has sent a written notice informing the person that a consumer reporting agency will be contacted, describing the information to be disclosed, and explaining the person's right to dispute the agency's claim; (2) the person has not agreed to repay the claim or filed for review of the claim; (3) the agency has reviewed the claim, if requested; and (4) the agency has obtained assurances that the consumer reporting agency complies with Federal laws governing the provision of consumer credit information. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish regulations requiring each agency with outstanding debts to submit annual reports on the amount and number of such debts, the interest charged on such debts, the cost to the agency of collecting debts, and other information on the agency's debt collection activities. Requires the Director to report annually to Congress on the management of agency debt collection activities. Title II: Collection Practices for Defaulted Student Loans - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1954 to require the Secretary of Education to analyze, quarterly, the collection status of defaulted Federal, federally-guaranteed, and federally-insured student loans. Directs the Secretary: (1) to notify the borrower of a defaulted loan of the consequences of not repaying the loan; (2) to attempt to enter into a repayment agreement with the borrower; and (3) if such attempt is not successful within 180 days of the loan becoming defaulted, to engage a nonprofit collection agency to service the loan. Directs the Secretary to refer any loan which is not under a repayment agreement within one year after being placed with a collection agency, to: (1) the Attorney General if the projected outstanding balance exceeds $600; or (2) the Secretary of the Treasury for collection. Requires the Attorney General to establish procedures for the efficient collection of such loans. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require any borrower of a defaulted loan referred to the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the amount owed: (1) with income tax imposed for the year of the referral; or (2) by other methods prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Grants the Secretary of the Treasury the same powers to assess and collect such defaulted loans as if such amounts were imposed income taxes, the collection of which would be jeopardized by delay. Exempts any such collection or assessment from review by a Federal court. Directs the Comptroller General to analyze the systems for collecting student loans established under this Act, and to submit to Congress recommendations for the application of these systems to the collection of other loans made, insured, or guaranteed by the Government. Title III: Collection of Child-Support Obligations - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify the amount of child support obligations assigned to a State for collection by the Secretary of the Treasury without regard to whether a State agrees to reimburse the United States for collection costs. Shortens the period that collection of such an obligation is stayed after service of the notice and demand for payment in the case of the first delinquency assessment against an individual. Title VI: Higher Interest Charges During Periods of Default for All Federal Loan Programs - Requires each agency which administers a program providing direct Federal loans to include in any such loan a provision stating that the interest rate on the loan for each month during which the loan is in default may be increased to a rate equal to the Federal borrowing cost. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations for the uniform implementation of this title. Title V: Other Provisions Relating to the Collection of Federal Claims - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, by January 15 of each year, to notify any person owing a debt (excluding student loans) to a Federal agency for the preceding year of the amount and method of payment of such debt. Requires such person to pay the debt with his or her income taxes or as prescribed by the Secretary. Grants the Secretary the same powers to assess and collect such debts as if such amounts were imposed income taxes, the collection of which would be jeopardized by delay. Permits the head of an agency to garnish an employee's wages to pay any debt owed to the United States because of an erroneous payment to the individual by another agency. Declares that the statute of limitations for actions brought by the United States for money damages shall not bar the Government from collecting money payable to an individual by administrative offset if the individual is provided with an opportunity for an administrative hearing subject to judicial review. Authorizes the Secretary to disclose a taxpayer's address to an agency or an agency contractor engaged in a proceeding to collect a Federal claim. Permits such agency or contractor to redisclose such information. Authorizes appropriations for the employment in the Internal Revenue Service of sufficient personnel to collect all Federal tax liabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the President, in the case of acts of terrorism or other hostile acts committed with the assistance or acquiescence of a foreign state, to exclude or deport nationals of that state from the United States. Permits the President to modify, terminate, or exclude certain classes of aliens from such an order. Limits administrative and judicial procedures and appeals for such aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1981
Amends the highway safety programs uniform standards to include: (1) comprehensive alcohol-traffic safety programs; and (2) penalties to deter motorists from driving while under the influence of alcohol.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who maintain a household which includes a dependent who has attained age 65 an income tax credit for the expenses of maintaining such household. Requires that such household constitute the principal residence of the aged dependent for more than three quarters of the taxable year. Limits the amount of the credit to $1,000 for each aged dependent. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress on the administrative problems and revenue cost of the credit enacted by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a limited exemption of independent producer oil from the windfall profit tax.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to elect to compute the depreciation on certain eligible vessels and vessel construction facilities by using a useful life of five years.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Prohibits the United States Postal Service from using its funds to implement a nine digit ZIP code system.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1981
Requests the President to designate April 9, 1981, as "African Refugee Relief Day."
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1981
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the prohibition against using funds authorized for international narcotics control to pay for herbicides to eradicate marihuana. Makes narcotics control funds appropriated before enactment of this Act available to pay for such herbicides. Removes specified limitations on the uses of narcotics control funds obligated for Colombia and appropriated for fiscal year 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1981
Federal Lending Oversight and Control Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to provide a statutory basis for controlling loans and loan guarantees under Federal credit programs through the congressional budget process. Title I: Reports Regarding Federal Credit Activity - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, not later than February 1 and August 1 of each year, in consultation with the Council of Economic Advisors, to transmit a report to both Houses of Congress regarding Federal credit activity during the previous six month period. Requires each such report to examine the relationship between Federal credit activity during the previous six-month period and: (1) the condition of the economy; (2) the availability and cost of credit in the private sector; and (3) the exercise of monetary and fiscal policy by the Federal Government. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in their biannual reports to Congress concerning recent developments affecting economic trends in the Nation, to examine the effects of Federal credit activity on the availability and cost of credit in the private sector and on the exercise of monetary policy by the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to require the President, in his annual budget statement to the Congress, to include all essential facts regarding direct lending by the Government and guarantees by the Government of the repayment of indebtedness incurred by another person or government. Title II: Changes in Congressional Budget Procedures - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the first concurrent resolution on the budget for each fiscal year to set forth the appropriate level of total gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans and the appropriate level of total commitments to guarantee loans and to allocate such totals among the major functional categories of the budget. Directs each standing committee of the House and Senate to submit its estimates of direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commitments provided for in legislation under its jurisdiction by March 15 of each year for consideration of the Budget Committee in formulating the budget resolution. Directs the House and Senate Banking Committees to submit recommendations to the Budget Committees for the aggregate levels of direct loans and loan guarantees in each fiscal year. Requires the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on the concurrent resolution on the budget to include an estimate allocation of the total levels of direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commitments among the committees of the House and Senate. Directs the Committees on Appropriations to provide such an allocation among their subcommittees as soon as practicable after a budget resolution has been agreed to. Requires the House Committee on Appropriations, before reporting any regular appropriations bills, to submit a summary report to the House comparing the credit authority contained in such bills to the levels agreed to in the budget resolution. Requires any report accompanying legislation conferring new budget authority or increasing tax expenditures to include information on direct loan obligations and loan guarantee commitments. Establishes a deadline for the completion of action on legislation providing credit authority. Requires the second concurrent resolution on the budget in any fiscal year and the reconciliation process to take into account Federal obligations and commitments on loans and loan guarantees. Declares out of order any measure brought up for consideration in either House which would increase the level of loan obligations and guarantee commitments agreed to in the budget process. Requires any authority to guarantee the payment of any indebtedness to be contingent on provisions in appropriation Acts. Title III: Amendments to House Rules - Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each standing committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget) to review and make appropriate recommendations with respect to the consistency and uniformity of the different definitions, default provisions, policies, interest rates, and other terms and conditions relating to direct loan, loan insurance, and loan guarantee activities included in any laws of which the subject matter is within the jurisdiction of that committee. Title IV: Construction and Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of the titles of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to take full possession of all Czechoslovak gold located in the United States and to sell such gold in a manner which will create the largest amount of proceeds for investment. Authorizes the Secretary to offer Czechoslovakia the right to purchase such gold at the price at which it would otherwise be sold. Directs the Secretary to invest the proceeds of such sale in safe U.S. or foreign securities the income from which will be used to pay the claims against Czechoslovakia of U.S. nationals and of the U.S. Government. Directs the Secretary to put the income from such investments into the Czechoslovakian Claims Fund. Directs the Secretary to distribute the balance in the Fund at least once every six months. Sets forth the priority of the recipients as follows: (1) to U.S. nationals holding awards against Czechoslovakia certified under the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 or holding awards certified under this Act for property nationalized or taken between January 1, 1945, and February 26, 1948; (2) to U.S. nationals holding awards certified under this Act for property nationalized or taken after August 8, 1958; (3) to U.S. nationals for the unpaid balance on the defaulted bonds issued or guaranteed by Czechoslovakia; and (4) to the U.S. Treasury for the value of a specified debt and two U.S. bank accounts in Czechoslovakia. Requires the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, upon application, to reopen and redetermine the validity and amount of specified claims against Czechoslovakia. Provides for the payment to Czechoslovakia of all the proceeds from such gold sale and any balance remaining in such Fund after all such awards have been paid and Treasury Department expenses are recovered. Denies jurisdiction to any court over any claim against the United States for actions taken under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Corrupt Horseracing Practices Act of 1981 - Prohibits the following conduct with respect to horseracing: (1) the entering of a horse in a race by its owner or trainer who knows or should know that the horse is drugged or numbed; (2) the drugging of a horse with reason to believe that it will compete in a race; and (3) the willful failure by the operator of a horseracing facility to disqualify or prohibit a horse from racing if such individual has been notified in accordance with this Act that such horse is drugged or numbed, was not available for testing, or has been suspended from racing. Sets forth the penalties for such acts, and provides increased penalties for second offenses, use of a dangerous weapon in committing such offenses, and the interference with duties or the falsification of records required by this Act. Provides for the disqualification of offenders from horseracing activities and the suspension of a drugged or numbed horse from racing, in accordance with specified procedures. Grants the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration certain investigatory and other powers with respect to such offenses. Requires operators of horseracing facilities to comply with recordkeeping requirements established by the Administrator and to furnish testing space and facilities. Directs the Administrator to: (1) exempt from this Act any State which has enacted a comparable program; and (2) submit biennial reports to Congress on matters covered by this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Permits the Administrator thereafter to assess fees upon operators of horseracing facilities to meet the costs of this Act. Amends the Federal criminal code to include the offenses of this Act in the existing prohibition against interstate and foreign commerce in aid of racketeering enterprises.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify educational filmstrips for the investment tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Coal Utilization Incentives Act of 1981 - Title I: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the amortization of coal utilization property, based on a 36- month period. Defines "coal utilization property" as tangible, depreciable property which is: (1) a boiler or burner, the primary fuel for which will be coal; or (2) pollution control equipment required for such boiler or burner; or (3) coal cleaning equipment. Allows an investment tax credit to public utilities for coal utilization property. Qualifies coal utilization property for the full investment tax credit allowed for pollution control facilities with a useful life of not less than five years. Excludes from gross income the interest income on industrial development bonds issued to provide financing of powerplant coal utilization capital expenditures. Title II: Coal Conversions Under the Clean Air Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to exclude as a modification a stationary source which voluntarily converts to coal (thereby excluding the source from new source performance standards).
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the estate tax, the gift tax, and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Limits the aggregate amount of all expense resolution authorization levels for the committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the 97th Congress to no more than 90 percent of the aggregate expenditure levels of such committees for the second session of the 96th Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1981
Requests the President to designate the week of February 7 through 13, 1982, as "National Scleroderma Week."
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to send a notification of responsibility for Federal income taxes in lieu of tax return forms to individuals electing not to receive such forms.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1981
Repeals the authority to prepare and distribute bound compilations of Congressional memorial addresses and accompanying illustrations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1981
Repeals the entitlement of each Member of Congress to the binding in half morocco of one copy of each public document to which he or she is entitled.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1981
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to add a new Rule to require that remarks made by Members on the floor must be related to governmental matters to be in the Congressional Record. Exempts remarks on the death of a present or former Federal official from such standard.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to add burial plots or crypts to the items excludable from an individual's resources in determining eligibility.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable income tax credit for the purchase of a new automobile during a specified time period. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of ten percent of the cost of such vehicle or $1,000.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to state that a food intended for human consumption shall be deemed misbranded unless it is labeled to show the amount of sodium and potassium it contains when in excess of a certain amount of milligrams. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt a food from such requirement by requiring the information to be prominently displayed in close proximity to the place of display or sale of such food.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase to $24,000 in 1981 the amount of outside earnings which a beneficiary age 65 or over may have without a reduction of benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude the income and resources of parents from their child's income and resources, for the purpose of determining the child's eligibility for SSI benefits, if such child: (1) is disabled; (2) regularly requires special care which is primarily or customarily available only in hospitals; (3) spent at least four weeks receiving such care in a hospital for which payment was made under the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Act); and (4) has left the hospital, is living at home with his or her parents, and is receiving such care at home as an alternative to further hospitalization, but the parents cannot realistically meet the costs of such care without SSI benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives in support of "Solidarity Sunday" (relating to the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union).
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
National Driver Register Act of 1981 - Eliminates the register in the Department of Commerce that lists the names of persons who have had their motor vehicle operator's licenses revoked. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain a National Driver Register to assist chief driver licensing officials of participating States in exchanging information regarding the motor vehicle driving records of individuals. Prohibits the Secretary from maintaining information in such Register for more than a seven-year period from the date of its entry. Allows any State to participate in such Register system. Directs the chief driver licensing official of a participating State to transmit specified information on certain drivers to the Secretary. Allows access to such information to specified individuals, including the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. Limits the use of such information to official investigations and statistical research. Sets forth criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information from the National Driver Register. Establishes a National Driver Register Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of the Register system. Directs the Committee to report at least annually to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, within nine years of the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the level of State participation in and the effectiveness of the Register system. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1981 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Requires the Federal Government and persons conducting federally assisted programs, projects, and activities to pay interest to business concerns for overdue sales and lease agreement payments not made by the thirtieth day after the bill for such payment is received. Specifies the procedure for computing such interest. Stipulates that overdue payments for meat, groceries, and perishables shall be determined in accordance with terms commonly offered meat, grocery, and perishable industries. Entitles the Government and such persons to early payment discounts only if payments are made within the prescribed periods.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Provides that, for purposes of determining the eligibility of a named individual to receive survivors benefits, the husband of such individual shall be deemed to have died on a specified date and to have elected to participate in the survivors benefits plan.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction from gross income for cash contributions to a tax-exempt savings account established for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing such taxpayer's first principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $2,500, with a maximum lifetime deduction of $10,000. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income as long as they are used exclusively for the purpose of purchasing the first principal residence of the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to extend the period of daylight saving time.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for taking or attempting to take by force and violence or intimidation a controlled substance from a pharmacy. Increases the penalties if any person's life is endangered by use of a dangerous weapon or if any person is assaulted or killed during commission of such offense. Directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include pharmacy robbery data in its annual Uniform Crime Reports. Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on the enforcement of this Act within 120 days of enactment and biannually for the subsequent three-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Exempts nonprofit veterans' organizations and nonprofit fraternal organizations from the requirement that nondramatic literary or musical performance royalties be paid to copyright holders.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow business enterprises engaged in the manufacture, importation, distribution, lease or sale of any product for which product liability may be incurred an income tax deduction for amounts paid to its product liability loss reserve account and to its captive insurer (wholly or partially-owned by the business). Limits the availability of such deduction to businesses with a severe product liability insurance problem, as defined by this Act. Sets forth a formula for determining the maximum allowable amount of the deduction. Disallows a deduction for product liability losses which do not exceed the sum of the amount in the product liability loss reserve account of the taxpayer at the beginning of the taxable year, plus the total amount of deductible payments to such account. Requires the recapture of amounts deducted if funds from a product liability loss reserve account are used for an unauthorized purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Requests the President to designate April 26, 1981, as "National Recognition Day for Veterans of the Vietnam Era."
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Requests the President to call on the pertinent members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and on Japan to meet or exceed their pledges for at least a three percent real increase in defense spending in 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that legislation providing for withholding of Federal income tax from dividends and interest should not be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1981
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 1987 and phases out the amount of the credit by $500 decrements until 1990 when such credit terminates. Defines a "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, 1981, and before January 1, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1981
Independent Agent Orange Study Act - Amends the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences under which the Academy will conduct the epidemiological study of veterans exposed to Agent Orange.