United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1979
Antarctic Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for the establishment of a Historic and Natural Preserve to consist of such areas of the Antarctic Continent and surrounding waters as may be necessary to preserve outstanding geological, historical, and natural values. Authorizes the Secretary to establish the Antarctic Historic and Natural Preserve subsequent to ratification by those interested nations deemed by him to be required to assure adequate protection of the resource. Authorizes the Secretary to commit personnel, funds, and other resources to establish, operate, and maintain facilities required for the protection of the preserve. Authorizes all Federal agencies to assist the Secretary in this endeavor. Prohibits the executive branch from taking any action contrary to the intent of this Act regarding the Antarctic Continent to a distance of 500 nautical miles from the mean annual projection of the Antarctic ice shelf. Requires the submission of annual progress reports to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1979
Congratulates the men and women of the Apollo program upon the tenth anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon and requests the President to designate the period of July 16 through July 24, 1979, as "United States Space Observance" in honor of such event.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1979
Directs the President to furnish to the House of Representatives certain information related to the current oil situation, including data on: (1) shortages, supplies, demand, and allocation of crude oil; and (2) refinery yield reductions and capacity utilization.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $2,816,502 for fiscal year 1979 to the Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of carrying out title III of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (Federal-State cooperation in meat inspection).
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Designates the year 1979 as the "Food for Peace Year" to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada should meet to discuss energy issues and establish a common economic bond of energy cooperation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to divide any lands subject to such Act classified for coal leasing into leasing tracts which will permit the mining of all coal which can be economically extracted from such tracts. Permits the Secretary to negotiate the sale at fair market value of Federal coal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Title I: Authorizations and Miscellaneous Amendments - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize appropriations for specified programs and expenses of the Small Business Administration. States that all appropriations, whether specifically or generally authorized, shall remain available until expended. Authorizes the Administration to make disaster loans available to small business concerns affected by a shortage of energy-producing resources caused by a strike, boycott, or embargo unless such strike, boycott or embargo is directly against such small business concern. Makes specified low-interest loans available under the Small Business Act until October 1, 1982, for the relief of small business concerns affected by disasters occurring on or after October 1, 1978. Provides loans bearing interest at three percent for amounts not exceeding $55,000, for the repair or replacement of a principal residence or personal property. Makes the following disaster loans available under the Small Business Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: (1) loans bearing interest at three percent on amounts for the repair or replacement of property damaged or destroyed if the applicant is unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere; and (2) loans bearing interest at the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the average maturities of such loans, plus not to exceed one percent if the applicant is able to obtain credit elsewhere. Stipulates that the total amount outstanding and committed to any one borrower shall not exceed $500,000. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to repeal the authority of the Administration to invest sums from the revolving fund for surety bond guarantees in Treasury bonds, obligations, and other guaranteed debt securities. Authorizes such investments from the revolving fund for qualified contract guarantees. Title II: Small Business Development Centers - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make grants to States, State agencies, regional entities, State- chartered development credit corporations, and institutions of higher learning to assist in establishing Small Business Development Centers. Requires such grants to be matched in equal amounts by funds from non-Federal sources. Establishes additional restrictions on such grants for fiscal years 1979 through 1982. States that Small Business Development Centers shall have a full-time staff, business and technology analysts, information and professional specialists, and access to laboratory and engineering facilities. Requires such Centers to provide small businesses with business and technology counseling, information on government regulations, library services, and comprehensive studies and surveys. Directs federally funded laboratories and innovation centers to cooperate with the Small Business Development Centers. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to appoint a Deputy Associate Administrator for Management and Technical Assistance to administer the Small Business Development Center program. Establishes a National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board consisting of nine civilian members. Sets forth provisions governing the appointment of members, a Chairman, meetings, and compensation of the Board. Directs the Small Business Administration to conduct an evaluation of the Development Center program and to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress within three years. Title III: White House Conference on Small Business - White House Conference on Small Business Act - Directs the President to convene a White House Conference on Small Business by June 30, 1980, to identify the problems of small business concerns and to make recommendations for executive and legislative action. Requires the Conference to submit a report to the President and the Congress within one year of the date it convenes. Requires the Small Business Administration to report to the Congress within three years on the status and implementation of the findings and recommendations of the Conference. Makes such sums as are appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to temporarily suspend the duty on products (other than watches or movements) of the insular possessions: (1) which contain foreign materials valued at between 50 and 70 percent of the total product value; and (2) which are not designated import sensitive. Establishes a ceiling on the quantity of articles which qualify for such duty-free treatment. Permits any interested party to submit a request to the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations: (1) that the aforementioned articles be designated as import sensitive; or (2) that such designation be removed. Requires the President to report to Congress concerning the economic effect of these amendments on the insular possessions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Directs the Secretary of Energy to defer repayment of certain reimbursable costs incurred by the Southwestern Power Administration and to waive certain interest costs.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Amends the Rural Development Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide up to $180,000,000 in guaranteed loans for additional pilot projects (already four are mandated) for the production of industrial hydrocarbons and alcohols from agricultural commodities and forest products.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Meat Import Act of 1979 - Limits the maximum aggregate quantity of specified meat articles which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouses, for consumption in the customs territory of the United States in any calendar year after 1979 to 1,204,600,000 pounds, adjustable according to a specified formula. Excludes from the domestic commercial production factor in such formula the carcass weight of live cattle specified in certain Tariff Schedules. Requires a further adjustment of such annual aggregate quantity by multiplying it by a ratio of: (1) the average annual per capita production of domestic cow beef during a calendar year (as estimated) and the four preceding calendar years; to (2) the average annual per capita production of domestic cow beef in the calendar year (as estimated) and the preceding calendar year. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, for each calendar year after 1979, to estimate and publish the aggregate quantity of meat articles prescribed for such year as well as the quantity that would be entered into the United States but for the limitations. Directs the President to limit by proclamation, upon giving 30 days notice in the Federal Register, the total quantity of meat articles entered into the United States, whenever such quantity equals or exceeds 110 percent of the Secretary's estimate; but prohibits any limitation below 1,200,000,000 pounds. Requires the termination of any limitation as of the first day of a calendar quarter, under most circumstances, if before such quarter the aggregate quantity is less than 110 percent of the Secretary's estimate. Permits the President, upon giving 30 days notice in the Federal Register, to suspend any proclamation or increase any amount proclaimed as required by the preceding provision if: (1) required by economic or national security interests; (2) supplies are inadequate to meet domestic demand at reasonable prices; or (3) trade agreements ensure the execution of the policy. Stipulates that such suspensions: (1) shall terminate after two consecutive calendar quarters unless renewed by the President; and (2) may be made only if the average index ratio for the two preceding calendar quarters is greater than 1.10. Requires the Secretary to compute and publish the average index ratio quarterly. Permits the President to suspend any proclamation or increase any amount proclaimed if: (1) a period of national emergency is declared; or (2) supplies are inadequate because of a natural disaster to meet demand at reasonable prices. Prohibits such suspension or increase from extending beyond the termination of the national emergency. Requires the Secretary to allocate the entry quota of meat articles proclaimed by the President among supplying countries on the basis of their respective shares of the United States market for meat articles during the representative period, taking into account any special factors. Expresses the policy of Congress to limit the quantity of cattle imported into the United States. Directs the President to limit the quantity of cattle entered into the United States at any one port of entry. Directs the Secretary to publish monthly the number of cattle imports. Directs the Secretary to study the regional economic impact of imports of meat articles and report any recommendations to the appropriate committees of Congress by December 31, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the exportation and transportation of animal semen in order to suppress and extirpate contagious animal diseases.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1979
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to accept any statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower donated by Kansas. Requires the Architect to transfer the statue of George Washington Glick, presently in the Capitol, to Kansas and to replace it with the donated statue of Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1979
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare certain rolls of specified eligible persons and to distribute, on a per capita basis, specified funds appropriated to pay certain Indian Claims Commission judgments in favor of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Absentee Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma. Allocates a portion of such funds for the payment of certain legal expenses by the Kansas Delaware Tribe of Indians, Incorporated, and the Delawares of Idaho, Incorporated. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
Repeals the requirement under part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations, and other types of health services facilities and organizations to which payment may be made under the Social Security Act to report: (1) the aggregate cost of operation and the aggregate volume of services; (2) the costs and volume of services for various functional accounts and subaccounts; (3) rates, by category of patient and class of purchaser; (4) capital assets; and (5) discharge and bill data.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1979
Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to make specific amount changes in the limitations on funds for development within DeSoto National Memorial and Pecos National Monument. Increases the authorization of appropriations, from $166,000 to $265,000, for the acquisition of lands within the Great Sand Dunes National Monument. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to designate and publish notice of these acquisitions. Changes the date of the maps referencing the Point Reyes National Seashore. Directs the Secretary to accept and manage any land and improvements within or adjacent to the seashore which are donated by the State of California or its subdivisions. Removes the exclusion of specified lands from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Authorizes the acquisition of lands for Ebey's Landing National Reserves with appropriated, as well as donated, funds. Amends the National Trails System Act to include North Country Scenic Trail. Permits the National Academy of Sciences to retain title to a certain property while used as a memorial to Albert Einstein. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to terminate the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council ten years after the date of its establishment. Provides for the appointment of additional members to the Delta Region Preservation Commission. Provides for termination of the Commission ten years from the date of approval of this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from charging entrance or admission fees in excess of January 1, 1979, levels or in National Park System units where such fees were not in effect as of such date. Amends such Act to designate a portion of the Birch River in West Virginia as a river to be studied for potential addition to the national wild and scenic river system. Entitles the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge in California to those protections accorded the Point Reyes National Seashore. Amends the Act of October 27, 1972, to change the date of the maps referring to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Increases the authorization of appropriations, from $61,610,000 to $71,610,000, for the acquisition of lands within such recreation area. Reduces the development ceiling from $58,000,000 to $48,000,000. Directs the Secretary to acquire by donation or purchase a suitable collection of whaling artifacts and associated items for preservation and display at the National Maritime Museum located within such recreation area. Authorizes the appropriation of $3,000,000 for such purchase. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend the availability of appropriations from the special account for the acquisition of lands and waters within areas for public use and recreation administered by the Secretary to those areas and authorizations enacted prior to the convening of the Ninety-sixth Congress. Exempts those funds allotted for the acquisition of land, waters, or interests in same for the National Park System, recreation areas, and National Forest System from statutory ceilings enacted prior to the convening of the Ninety-sixth Congress. Permits the Secretary to make minor changes to boundaries or appropriations relating to such Federal lands which boundaries were established subsequent to January 1, 1965. Authorizes the purchase of such lands with appropriated funds. Amends the Act of August 18, 1970, to eliminate the printing of certain newly submitted identical reports if adequate supplies of previously printed identical reports remain available. Directs the Secretary to submit annually a comprehensive "National Park System Plan" to the designated congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate an annual "State of the Parks" report. Directs that the annual report be printed as a House document and shall cease to be prepared and submitted after the fifth submission. Revises the boundaries of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in North Carolina. Directs that the maps and descriptions of such historical site shall be published by the Secretary within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. Provides for the acquisition and disposal of lands within such boundaries. Amends the Act of October 21, 1976, to increase the authorization of appropriations, from $13,000,000 to $23,700,000, for the acquisition of lands, aquatic lands, or interests therein for Olympic National Park. Makes authorizations of appropriations under this Act effective in fiscal year 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from a decedent's gross estate for purposes of the estate tax the value of real property used in farming. Excludes up to the first $250,000 of the value of the farm property and certain percentages of the value in excess of $250,000. Requires a percentage reduction of the amount of the exclusion for farm property in excess of $450,000.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1979
Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to repeal the termination date and funding limitations placed on the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into contracts with landowners for soil conservation in the Great Plains conservation program.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to tax income of married individuals filing tax returns separate from their spouses at the same rates applicable to unmarried individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that exclusive territorial arrangements made as a part of a licensing agreement for the manufacture, distribution, or sale of a trademarked soft drink product are lawful under the antitrust laws provided such product is in substantial and effective competition with other products of the same general class. Prohibits recovery in private actions under the Clayton Act based on territorial provisions in a trademark licensing agreement prior to a final determination that such provisions are unlawful.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Authorizes rural hospitals of less than 50 beds which have been granted a certificate of need for the provision of long-term care services to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Medicare (title XVIII) and Medicaid (title XIX) programs of the Social Security Act providing that their inpatient hospital facilities may be used to furnish services which if furnished by a skilled nursing facility would constitute post hospital extended care services. Authorizes, pursuant to such agreements, payments to be made for skilled nursing services and intermediate care services furnished by a hospital.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Independent Contractor Tax Status Clarification Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify standards for determining whether certain individuals qualify as independent contractors for purposes of social security taxation. Treats an individual as an independent contractor if such individual: (1) controls the total number of his work hours; (2) does not maintain a principal place of business, or if he does, such place of business is not provided, or provided rent-free, by the person for whom such individual performs services; (3) has substantial investment in his business and earns income based upon sales or output rather than upon number of hours worked; and (4) performs services pursuant to a written contract and is provided written notice of his responsibility with respect to income and self-employment taxes. Amends Title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for service performed by an individual who qualifies as an independent contractor under the standards established by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Urban Grant University Act of 1979 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to make grants to urban universities (as defined by this Act) to assist them in carrying out urban-oriented projects. Sets forth grant application guidelines, including a requirement that no project grant may exceed 90 percent of such project's total cost. Stipulates that any institution receiving assistance under this Act shall be designated as an "urban grant university." Requires the Commissioner to publish annually a list of such urban grant universities. Limits the annual amount of such assistance to institutions in any one State to 15 percent of the total amount paid.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to construct additional drainage facilities for the Kansas-Bostwick Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin, Kansas, for crop production on the irrigable lands and prevention of seepage damage on the nonirrigable lands on such unit. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to negotiate and execute amendments to the contract between the United States and the Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District so that the cost of additional drainage will be paid from revenues without increasing the obligations of the water users of such unit.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Domestic Oil Production Policy Act of 1979 - Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act to exempt the first sale of new crude oil, and the first sale of market incentive crude oil, from regulation under such Act. Sets forth provisions for the establishment of a ceiling price on old crude oil. Exempts the first sale of tertiary crude oil from regulation under such Act. Exempts the first sale of: (1) deep stripper well crude oil; (2) stripper well crude oil; (3) high water cut crude oil; and (4) marginal offshore crude oil from regulation under such Act. Stipulates that to qualify for such exemptions a property must be producing crude oil at a maximum feasible rate throughout a 12-month qualifying period.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Department of Agriculture Restoration Act of 1979 - Transfers to the Secretary of Agriculture specified functions of the Department of Commerce (National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Office of Sea Grant of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in part), the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (the Bureau of Foods and the Bureau of Veterinary Medicine of the Food and Drug Administration), and the Department of the Interior (the Bureau of Land Management, in part, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Division of Fisheries Research of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Office of Water Research and Technology). Vests such functions in the Secretary in order to permit him to coordinate, integrate, and administer programs conducive to: (1) increasing the production and improving the marketing and the quality of food, fiber, and forest products; and (2) improving the economic condition of families engaged in farming. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate any such function to any appropriate employee of the Department of Agriculture, but prohibits the establishment of any organizational unit within the Department for the sole purpose of carrying out one or more of such functions. Creates an Under Secretary of Agriculture for Domestic Agricultural Affairs to perform functions relating to the productive and marketing of food, fiber, and forest products in the United States and in its territories and possessions. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to create an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Science and Education.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject nonresident aliens and foreign corporations to a tax on the gain from the sale or exchange of farm or rural lands situated in the United States. Requires foreign corporations which hold United States farm lands comprising 20 percent of their assets to make reports on such holdings as the Secretary of the Treasury may require.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1979
Alcohol Fuel Additive Act of 1979 - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to coordinate and carry out research leading to and culminating in the commercialization of alcohol derived from sweet sorghum or other hydrocarbon-containing agricultural crops. Establishes a National Advisory Committee to assist the Secretary in carrying out such duties. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a bank of all pertinent research data of production of alcohol from sweet sorghums or other hydrocarbon-containing crops. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative projects with foreign governments. Authorizes the Secretary to submit to the President and the Congress an annual report on the status of work underway under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Establishes the Channel Islands Marine National Park in the State of California, and includes in such park San Miguel and Prince Islands, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands and surrounding waters. Terminates authority for the Channel Islands National Monument. Sets forth provisions for the acquisition of land for such park. Directs the Secretary of Interior to direct and develop, in cooperation with the State of California, a marine resources study report, including an inventory of all species in the park and recommendations for the protection of marine resources. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of California for the management of those lands and waters within and adjacent to the national park which are owned by the State of California.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study regarding the desirability of developing a Federal policy for the determination of the potential carcinogenicity in man of chemicals tested primarily in nonhuman test systems through the standardization of certain tests.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Meat Import Act of 1979 - Limits the maximum aggregate quantity of specified meat articles which may be entered or withdrawn from warehouses, for consumption in the customs territory of the United States in any calendar year after 1979 to 1,204,600,000 pounds, adjustable according to a specified formula. Excludes from the domestic commercial production factor in such formula the carcass weight of live cattle specified in certain Tariff Schedules. Requires a further adjustment of such annual aggregate quantity by multiplying it by a ratio of: (1) the average annual per capita production of domestic cow beef during a calendar year (as estimated) and the four preceding calendar years; to (2) the average annual per capita production of domestic cow beef in the calendar year. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, for each calendar year after 1979, to estimate and publish the aggregate quantity of meat articles prescribed for such year as well as the quantity that would be entered into the United States but for the limitations. Directs the President to limit by proclamation the total quantity of meat articles entered into the United States, whenever such quantity equals or exceeds 110 percent of the Secretary's estimate but prohibits limitation below 1,200,000,000 pounds. Requires the termination of any limitation as of the first day of a calendar quarter, under most circumstances, if before such quarter the aggregate quantity is less than 110 percent of the Secretary's estimate. Permits the President to increase or decrease meat imports in certain circumstances. Allows the President to suspend any proclamation concerning meat import limitations if: (1) a period of national emergency is declared; or (2) supplies are inadequate because of a natural disaster to meet demand at reasonable prices. Prohibits such suspension or increase from extending beyond the termination of the national emergency. Requires the Secretary to allocate the entry quota of meat articles proclaimed by the President among supplying countries on the basis of their representative shares of the United States market for meat articles during the respective period, taking into account any special factors. Directs the Secretary to study the regional economic impact of imports of meat articles and report any recommendations to the appropriate committees of Congress by June 30, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Prohibits the revenues received from the postal rates for not more than 250,000 pieces of a nonadvertising publication from exceeding the postal costs attributable to such mail matter as of the first day of the eighth year after the first Postal Rate Commission decision affecting such mail. Requires postal rates for nonadvertising portions of mail to be based solely on weight.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Independent Local Newspaper Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the establishment of independent local newspaper advance estate tax trusts to facilitate payment of the estate tax imposed upon the estate of a decedent who owned an interest in an independent local newspaper. Sets forth requirements for the establishment of such trusts, including requirements that such trusts: (1) be created pursuant to a plan adopted by the newspaper; (2) be governed by a written instrument which requires that contributions to and income of the trust be invested solely in obligations of the United States; (3) name as trustee a bank or another individual who is capable of administering such trust in compliance with the requirements of this Act; (4) maintain trust assets separately from other property; (5) accept contributions exclusively from independent local newspapers; (6) devote assets of the trust solely to the payment of the estate tax; and (7) distribute any excess funding of the trust to its beneficiaries or their estates. Limits an individual who owns interests in several independent local newspapers to participation in not more than one estate tax payment trust. Defines an "independent local newspaper" as a newspaper publication which is not a member of a chain and which maintains all its offices in a single city, community or metropolitan area, or, on January 1, 1979, within one State. Defines "excess funding" as the excess of the face value of the assets of a qualified trust over; (1) 70 percent of the value of a decedent's interest in an independent local newspaper which is includable in his gross estate; or (2) a decedent's estate tax which is attributable to his interest in an independent local newspaper included in his gross estate. Exempts independent local newspaper advance estate tax trusts and the individuals for whom such trusts are established from income taxation with respect to income earned by such trust. Terminates such tax-exempt status if the taxpayer's interest in the newspaper is sold, the newspaper itself is sold or ceases to qualify as an independent newspaper, or there is an excess funding of the trust. Provides that the amount of any excess funding shall be distributed to the individual for whom the trust was created and included in his gross income or gross estate. Allows an income tax deduction to local independent newspapers for contributions made to estate tax payment trusts. Limits the amount of such deduction to 50 percent of the taxable income derived from such newspaper for the taxable year. Requires the redetermination of the estate tax of an individual for whom an independent local newspaper advance estate tax trust is established and the inclusion in the gross estate of such individual an amount equal to the estate tax payment made by such trust which is attributable to the individual's interest in the newspaper, if the trust or any heir of the individual sells, within 15 years of the death of such individual, any part of the interest in the newspaper with respect to which the trust was created. Provides for the gradual phaseout of any additional estate tax which is imposed due to the premature sale of a newspaper, if the sale does not occur prior to the ten to 15 year period following the death of the individual for whom the estate tax trust is established. Permits the shareholders of an independent local newspaper who receive the stock of a corporation which the newspaper controls to exclude from their gross income any gain realized as a result of such distribution if: (1) the shareholders do not sell such stock within five years after the date of its distribution; (2) the shareholders retain control of the newspaper for five years after the date of the distribution; and (3) the newspaper and the controlled corporation each continue to be engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business through the five year period beginning on the date of the distribution. Excludes from the gross estate of a decedent the value of any interest in an independent local newspaper which he holds at the time of his death and any estate tax payment made by an independent local newspaper advance estate tax payment trust. Permits the executor of an estate which includes an interest in an independent local newspaper to pay the estate tax in two or more (but not exceeding ten) equal installments. Limits the maximum amount of estate tax that may be paid in installments to the excess of the amount of estate tax over the tax that would have been imposed if the interest in the newspaper had not been included in the gross estate, reduced by all payments of the estate tax made by an independent local newspaper advance estate tax payment trust.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1979
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to construct additional drainage facilities for the Kansas-Bostwick Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin, Kansas, for crop production and prevention of seepage damage on the nonirrigable lands on such unit. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to negotiate and execute amendments to the contract between the United States and the Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District so that the cost of additional drainage will be paid from revenues without increasing the obligations of the water users of such unit.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979
Reauthorizes the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Glen Elder unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Kansas, for water supply, fish and wildlife conservation and development, recreation opportunities, and other purposes. Prohibits, for ten years, the use of water from such unit for the production on newly irrigated lands of excess agricultural commodities, unless the Secretary of Agriculture calls for a production increase in the interest of natural security.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1979
Helium Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Helium Act to establish a national helium reserve near Amarillo, Texas and to prohibit the removal from its place of deposit in nature of any helium-bearing natural gas or any helium-gas mixture which enters interstate commerce unless such removal is licensed and properly authorized. Sets forth requirements for such licenses.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1979
Act to Combat International Terrorism - Directs the President to report biannually to Congress regarding acts of international terrorism and to submit lists of countries supporting international terrorism. Specifies the sanctions to be imposed against such countries, which includes: (1) no foreign assistance other than disaster assistance; (2) no sales of defense articles or services; and (3) denying export licenses for defense articles or services or for goods with potential military application, if the President determines such denial would reduce the support of the particular country for terrorist actions. Permits the President to suspend application of such sanctions in the interests of national security after consulting with the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the President to exercise other sanctions, including the suspension of air services between the United States and the country supporting terrorist activities. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to assess the effectiveness of security measures maintained at foreign airports and report such assessments to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to restrict operations at those foreign airports failing to bring their security measures to a standard level of effectiveness. Requires the Federal Aviation Administration Administrator to include in the Administrator's report to Congress assessments of the effectiveness of security measures maintained at foreign airports. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical aviation assistance to foreign governments. Amends the provisions of Federal law which relate to the manufacture of explosive materials to require such manufacturers to add an identification taggant and a detection taggant to the explosive materials. Prohibits the distribution, importation, or sale of explosive materials without such taggants. Sets forth the time periods in which such requirements must be met. Specifies penalties for violations of these provisions. Amends the provisions of title 18 of the U.S. Code that specify prohibited acts regarding the destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities to, among other revisions, set forth penalties for committing violence against a passenger which is likely to endanger an aircraft in service, and for communicating false information which results in endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight. Authorizes civil penalties for carrying an accessible weapon aboard an aircraft and for imparting or conveying information known to be false regarding specified crimes aboard an aircraft. Specifies criminal penalties for threatening to commit air piracy, and placing a loaded firearm in baggage on board an aircraft. Urges the President to seek international agreements to assure more effective cooperation in combating international terrorism. Specifies agreements which should receive high priority.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979
Establishes the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site through the acquisition of the former home and office of Frederick Law Olmsted in Brookline, Massachusetts. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer such property.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979
Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to disregard self-employment income received from the sale of certain agricultural or horticultural commodities, for the purposes of determining benefits based on income under such title.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979
Agriculture Inflation Protection Act of 1979 - Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to increase the established price for the 1979 crop of wheat to $3.72 per bushel, whenever a set-aside is in effect for such crop, and to set the established price for the 1980 crop at the same level, adjusted upward to reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index. Directs the Secretary to increase the established price for the 1979 crop of corn, under similar conditions, to $2.30 per bushel, and to set the established price for the 1980 crop similarly as for the 1980 crop of wheat. Amends the Agriculture Act of 1949 to require the Secretary to proclaim a national program acreage for feed grains no later than October 15 (currently November 15) of each year for crops harvested in the next succeeding year.
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