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Rep. Steed, Tom [D-OK-4]

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Bill· HRH.R. 8295 (96th)referred

Child Care Agency Tax Amendments of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1980

Child Care Agency Tax Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the crude oil windfall profit tax oil produced from interests held by or for a residential child care agency. Defines such an agency as a tax-exempt charitable organization operated primarily for the residential placement, care, or treatment of delinquent, dependent, neglected, or handicapped children.

Bill· HRH.R. 8226 (96th)referred

Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Endowment Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1980

Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Endowment Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make matching grants to assist in the development of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, located at the University of Oklahoma. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1986 to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8185 (96th)referred

A bill to remove certain lands from the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1980

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Wichita Mountains Association specified lands in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in the State of Oklahoma. Conditions such conveyance upon the use of the lands for public recreational and cultural activities. Requires that title revert to the United States in the event the lands are no longer used for such purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 7824 (96th)referred

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980

Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to revise the definition of "farm labor contractor" to: (1) broaden specified exclusions from such definition (thus broadening certain exemptions from coverage under such Act); and (2) exclude from such definition (and such coverage) any nonprofit or cooperative association of farmers, growers, or ranchers, duly incorporated under appropriate State laws, and operated solely for the mutual benefit of the members thereof, and any full-time or regular employee of such association or cooperative who engages in such activity solely for such employer. Adds other definitions relating to such revisions. Revises the definition of "agricultural employment" to specify that listed activities take place on a farm or ranch. Limits the definition of "migrant worker" to mean (among individuals engaged in agricultural employment on a farm or ranch on a seasonal or temporary basis) only those who cannot regularly return to their domicile each day after working hours, or who are transported from and to their domicile each workday by the person who recruits, solicits, hires, or furnishes such worker for agricultural employment on a farm or ranch owned or operated by another person.

Bill· HRH.R. 7583 (96th)reported

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1981

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1980

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1981 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1981 - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 as follows: (1) Office of the Secretary for salaries and expenses and the international affairs functions; (2) Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for salaries and expenses; (3) Bureau of Government Financial Operations for salaries and expenses; (4) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for salaries and expenses; (5) U.S. Customs Service for salaries and expenses; (6) Bureau of the Mint for salaries and expenses; (7) Bureau of the Public Debt for administration; (8) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for salaries and expenses, taxpayer service and returns processing, examinations and appeals, investigations and collections, and energy credit payments; and (9) Secret Service for salaries and expenses. Declares that such appropriations shall be available for specified services. Prohibits the use of such appropriated funds for the collection of any underpayment of tax unless the conduct of IRS officers and employees complies with specified statutory requirements. Title II: U.S. Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1981 - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to the Postal Service Fund. Title III: Executive Office of the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1981 - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for salaries and expenses of: (1) the President; (2) Office of Administration; (3) White House Office; (4) special assistance to the President; (5) Council of Economic Advisors; (6) Domestic Policy Staff; (7) National Security Council; (8) Office of Management and Budget; and (9) Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Appropriates fiscal year 1981 funds for: (1) the operating expenses of the Executive Residence and the Vice President's Residence; and (2) unanticipated needs. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1981 - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the: (1) Administrative Conference of the United States for salaries and expenses; (2) Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations for salaries and expenses; (3) Advisory Committee on Federal Pay for salaries and expenses; (4) Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped for salaries and expenses; (5) Federal election commission for salaries and expenses; (6) contributions to international buffer stocks of natural rubber; and (7) General Services Administration (GSA) for expenses of the Federal Buildings Fund, Federal Supply Service, Transportation and Public Utilities Service, National Archives and Records Service, records declassification, Automated Data and Telecommunication Service, Federal Telecommunications Fund, Federal Property Resources Service, National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, general management and administration Office of Inspector General, Indian trust accounting, former Presidents' allowances and staff, presidential transition, Business Service Centers, Federal Information Centers, and Working Capital Fund. Credits rentals received by and funds transferred to the GSA to the appropriate account. Permits GSA funds to be used to hire passenger vehicles. Prohibits the use of funds for data processing procurement for a joint GSA-Agriculture Department project. Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1981 for the: (1) Office of Personnel Management salaries and expenses including a transfer of trust funds; (2) payments for retired Federal employees' health benefits; (3) Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (4) intergovernmental personnel assistance; (5) Merit Systems Protection Board for salaries and expenses including a transfer of funds; (6) Office of Special Counsel for salaries and expenses; (7) Federal Labor Relations Authority for salaries and expenses; and (8) U.S. Tax Court. Title V: General Provisions - Limits the amount of funds which may be used for travel expenditures. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to: (1) pay the salary of the replacement for a former employee who has applied for restoration to his or her former position after such former employee has been discharged from the Armed Forces; (2) purchase or sell real estate or establish new offices without congressional approval; (3) beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided; (4) the procurement of any hand or measuring tools or stainless steel flatware not produced in the United States unless U.S. tools or flatware of satisfactory quality and sufficient quantities cannot be produced; and (5) transfers of functions or personnel, including border patrol activities, out of the U.S. Customs Service without congressional authorization. Title VI: General Provisions - Fixes the maximum amount allowable for the purchase of passenger vehicles. Restricts the use of appropriated funds to pay Federal compensation to aliens. Makes appropriations for travel and activity expenses available for quarters and cost-of-living allowances. Prohibits paying a person filling a position whose nomination for such position has been disapproved. Permits funds available for administrative expenses to be used for rent in the District of Columbia and for the employment of experts and consultants. Authorizes the use of foreign credits when the Treasury is reimbursed. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) lobbying for or against legislation pending before Congress; (2) salaries of U.S. Postal Service officers or employees who hinder other employees from communicating with Congress; and (3) interdepartmental bodies with congressional approval. Makes funds available to GSA for space and services charges and public improvements of buildings and for guards for Federal or Postal buildings. Prohibits paying GSA higher rates for rental of space and services than for the current fiscal year for which appropriations were granted. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) administrative expenses in connection with purchase contracts pursuant to the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972; and (2) salary increases which exceed the overall average percentage increase in the General Schedule rates of basic pay.

Bill· HRH.R. 7506 (96th)referred

Limitation on Government Recordkeeping Requirements and Actions Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1980

Limitation on Government Recordkeeping Requirements and Actions Act of 1980 - Prohibits any Federal agency from: (1) requiring any person to maintain, prepare, or produce any record (other than a record relating to a dangerous material) of an event after four years have expired since the event occurred; and (2) commencing an action against a person who violated a regulation if four years or more have expired since such violation occurred, except as otherwise provided by the Internal Revenue Code or a regulation promulgated thereunder.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 681 (96th)referred

A resolution amending rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the number of subcommittees of standing committees of the House and to limit the number of subcommittees on which members may serve.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to authorize standing committees with more than 20 members to establish not more than six subcommittees. Sets forth a schedule for current standing committees with more than six subcommittees to reduce the number of subcommittees in the 97th and 98th Congresses. Limits Members to service on no more than five subcommittees at any one time, excluding ad hoc committees. Directs that service on select, permanent select, joint, or special committees shall be counted as service on one subcommittee. Provides that chairmen and ranking minority members of committees shall not count ex officio membership on subcommittees. Authorizes Members who currently serve on more than six subcommittees to serve on six subcommittees in the 97th Congress. States that subcommittees include any subunit of a committee established for a period of more than six months, and that members include Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the House of Representatives. Makes this resolution effective January 3, 1981.

Bill· HRH.R. 7297 (96th)passed

A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide for the investment of temporarily unneeded funds, to modify the authority of the Small Business Administration regarding financing, and to statutorily establish the eligibility of Asian Pacific Americans to participate in programs under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980

Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to transfer the authority to invest moneys in federally-guaranteed bonds from the (Treasury) surety bond fund to the (Treasury) qualified contract fund. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to delegate certain responsibilities respecting deferred participation loans to participating lending institutions, including eligibility determination, loan monitoring, collection, and liquidation. Includes "Asian Pacific Americans" within the definition of socially disadvantaged groups for purposes of such Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7289 (96th)reported

A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Small Business Administration to guarantee debentures issued by certain State or local development companies.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980

Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee the payment of all principal and interest as scheduled on any debenture issued by any qualified State or local development company. Prohibits such a guarantee to be made unless: (1) the debenture is issued to permit a small business to use the proceeds of the loan for plant acquisition, construction, expansion, or conversion purposes; (2) private loan sources are unavailable; (3) the interest rate on such debenture is not lower than Treasury rates; (4) the aggregate amount of such debenture does not exceed the amount of loans to be made from the proceeds of such debenture; (5) the amount of any loan does not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project with respect to which such loan is made; and (6) each loan is approved by the SBA. Authorizes the SBA to impose an administrative charge for such guarantees. Defines the term "qualified State or local development company" to mean a development company which has a full-time professional staff, professional management ability, and an active board of directors or membership.

Bill· HRH.R. 7288 (96th)reported

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve procurement opportunities for small business concerns.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980

Amends the Small Business Act to specify that contract priority shall be given to small businesses. Revises the existing priority order for Federal contracts under set-aside programs to set forth the following order of priorities: (1) small businesses located in labor surplus areas, on the basis of a total set-aside; (2) small businesses, on the basis of a total set-aside; (3) small businesses located in labor surplus areas, on the basis of a partial set-aside; (4) small businesses, on the basis of a partial set-aside; and (5) businesses (regardless of size) that will perform a substantial part of their contract production in areas of concentrated unemployment or underemployment or in labor surplus areas. Repeals the existing provision terminating such priorities as of September 30, 1980.

Bill· HRH.R. 7259 (96th)reported

Small Business Employee Ownership Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1980

Small Business Employee Ownership Act of 1980 - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide that a qualified employee trust shall be eligible for certain Small Business Administration (SBA) loan guarantees regardless of the percentage of stock of the business held by the trust, including loans for the purchase of small business majority stock interests. Amends the Small Business Act to define "qualified employee trust" as: (1) a trust which is part of an employee stock ownership plan as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (a) which is maintained by a small business; and (b) entitles plan participants to direct the manner in which voting rights under qualifying employer securities are to be exercised respecting a corporate matter which must be decided by a majority vote of outstanding common shares voted; and (2) in the case where the trustee enters into an agreement with the SBA which is binding on the trust and on the small business and which provides that; (a) the guaranteed loan shall be used solely for buying qualifying employer securities of such business; (b) such business shall provide loan repayment funds and put up its property for security for such loan if necessary; and (c) all such purchased qualifying employer securities shall be allocated to eligible plan participants' accounts. States that a trust may be treated as a qualified employee trust with respect to a small business if: (1) the trust is maintained by an employee organization representing at least 51 percent of such business' employees; and (2) such business maintains a plan (a) which is designed to invest primarily in qualifying employer securities, (b) which provides for plan participants to direct specified employer securities voting rights exercised with respect to certain corporate matters, (c) which provides for repurchase of specified employer securities by the business, and (d) which meets other requirements that may be prescribed by the SBA; and (3) in the case of certain loan guarantees, such business enters into a trustee-SBA agreement (as set forth in this Act). Authorizes the SBA to guarantee certain loans to employee trusts for approved (by the SBA) stock purchases which will result in at least 51 percent employee trust-ownership of such business. Sets forth the requirements of such SBA approved plan. Requires periodic reports to be made to Congress respecting such loan guarantees. Directs the SBA to contract with an independent consultant for a study of the feasibility of loan guarantees directly to the seller of a small business concern in connection with the installment sale of such business. States that such study shall include an analysis of: (1) the extent of installment sales in the sale of small businesses; (2) the ability of the SBA to make credit judgments in connection with such sales; (3) the need for SBA loan guarantees to facilitate such sales; (4) financial institution participation; and (5) the anticipated cost of such a program. Directs the SBA to report to the appropriate House and Senate committees regarding such study not later than April 1, 1981.

Bill· HRH.R. 7250 (96th)reported

Small Business Development Center Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980

Small Business Development Center Act of 1980 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to States, regional entities, and any public or private institution of higher education to assist them in developing centers to provide small businesses with a broad range of advice, information, and assistance. Requires grant applicants to obtain matching funds on a 50-50 basis from non-Federal sources. Limits any recipient from receiving a grant greater than its pro rata (based on population) share of a $65,000,000 program, or $200,000, whichever is greater. Sets forth application guidelines. Authorizes the SBA to permit a center to provide assistance to small businesses within close proximity located in another State. Requires applicants to assist small businesses to solve their business problems in such areas as: operations, manufacturing, engineering, technology and development, personnel administration, marketing, sales, merchandising, finance, accounting, and business strategy development. Sets forth services to be provided by such centers including: (1) counseling; (2) information services; (3) research and surveys; and (4) financial, legal, and other business-related information and consulting sources. Authorizes the use of consultants, engineers, and testing laboratories. Directs the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to cooperate with small business development centers participating in the program, to report annually to the SBA and the Congress, and to make recommendations to the SBA on continued funding. Directs the Administrator of the SBA to appoint a Deputy Associate Administrator for Management Assistance to administer the small business development center program. Establishes a National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board composed of nine members appointed by the Administrator to advise and confer with the Deputy Associate Administrator for Management Assistance. Requires each State small business development center to establish an advisory board appointed by the Governor to advise and confer with the Director of such State small business development center. Directs the SBA, with the advice of the Board, to establish an evaluation plan of the center program and to submit a report to the Senate Select Committee on Small Business and the House Committee on Small Business by January 31, 1982. Eliminates such program as of October 1, 1983. States that on or after October 1, 1979, the SBA shall only fund small business development center programs authorized by this Act. Stipulates that: (1) such restriction shall not apply in fiscal year 1980 to any center funded by the SBA before October 1, 1979; and (2) no such center funded in fiscal year 1978 may be funded in excess of $300,000 in fiscal year 1979.

Bill· HRH.R. 7127 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide more equitable treatment of royalty owners under the crude oil windfall profit tax.

United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a certain portion of royalty owner oil production from the windfall profit tax. Limits the amount so exempted per quarter to ten barrels per day. Requires proportionate allocation of any production in excess of ten barrels per day between tier 1 oil, tier 2, and tier 3 oil, and within any tier on the basis of removal prices. Requires allocation of the ten barrel amount among royalty owners who are members of the same related group.

Bill· HRH.R. 7043 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for repayment of the oil import fee in the case of certain uses of gasoline.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a repayment of the oil import fee equal to ten cents per gallon of gasoline used for certain exempt purposes. Defines "exempt use" as: (1) any use by a State or local government; (2) any use by a nonprofit educational institution; (3) any use as supplies for vessels or aircraft; (4) agricultural uses; (5) certain business uses; and (6) any use in connection with intercity, local, or school buses.

Bill· HRH.R. 6941 (96th)referred

American Sovereignty Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1980

American Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the Alien Enemies Act to include within the definition of a predatory act against the United States: (1) the seizure of a diplomatic mission; or (2) the seizure of such premises together with the taking of diplomatic hostages.

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