Bill· HRH.R. 8384 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1980
Ratifies administrative exemptions from acreage limitations granted by the Secretary of the Interior for lands covered by contracts between the United States and various entities in specified reclamation projects, including: (1) the Yuma project, Arizona; (2) the Rio Grande project, New Mexico and Texas; (3) the Klamath project, Oregon and California; and (4) the Milk River project, Montana.
Bill· HRH.R. 8359 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on motor fuels used in noncommercial aviation any fuel used in aircraft in connection with: (1) the planting, cultivating, caring for, or cutting of trees (including preventing and fighting forest fires); (2) transportation of logs from where cut; and (3) transportation of individuals, equipment, or supplies in the exploration for, or the development or removal of, natural resources. Prohibits any such aircraft from taking off from or landing at an airport eligible for assistance under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970.
Bill· HRH.R. 8207 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Energy Conservation Assistance Amendments of 1980 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal references to State school facilities agencies and the State hospital facilities agencies. Authorizes (currently requires) the Secretary of Energy to terminate and recover the remaining financial assistance for State, school, and hospital energy conservation projects which are not in compliance with the State plan. Authorizes the Secretary to allocate less than the current mandatory percentage of State technical assistance funds to schools or hospitals. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation project grants to schools and hospitals for fiscal years 1982- 1984. Revises the method by which such appropriations are allocated among the States. Amends the Energy Conservation and Policy Act to replace the technical assistance program with the energy conservation project designed to assist energy conservation in buildings owned by units of local government and public care institutions. Directs the Secretary to prescribe criteria for determining hardship classification project grants to pay up to 90 percent of the costs of a hardship energy conservation project. Authorizes the use of energy conservation project grants to pay up to 90 percent of the costs of a hardship energy conservation project. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for energy audits and energy conservation projects for fiscal years 1982-1984. Revises the method of allocating such grants among the States.
Bill· HRH.R. 8157 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1980
Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act - Establishes the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council composed of representatives from the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Directs the Council to establish a voluntary scientific and statistical advisory committee to assist in the development, collection, and evaluation of specified information relevant to the Council's development and amendment of a regional conservation and electric power plan. Authorizes the Council to establish such other voluntary advisory committees as necessary or appropriate to assist it. Directs the Council to prepare a regional conservation and electric power plan, giving priority in decreasing order of importance, to conservation, renewable resources, energy resources derived from utilizing waste heat or having high fuel conversion efficiency, and other resources. Sets forth the components of such plan, including: (1) an energy conservation program; (2) recommendations for research and development; (3) a methodology for determining environmental and social costs and benefits of conservation measures taken under this Act; (4) a 20-year demand forecast of power resources required to meet the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration's obligations and the portion of such obligations which can be met by resources in each of the above priority categories; (5) an analysis of reserve and reliability requirements and cost-effective methods of providing reserves; and (6) a methodology for determining surcharges, if surcharges are recommended by the Council. Directs the Council to study energy conservation measures and analyze the result of the implementation of such measures. Directs the Council and the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to inform the Pacific Northwest public of major regional power issues to insure widespread public involvement in the formulation of regional power policies. Directs the Council to: (1) solicit recommendations from the region's State and Federal fish and wildlife agencies and appropriate Indian tribes for measures to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and wildlife resources affected by the development and operation of any hydroelectric project of the Columbia River and its tributaries and for fish and wildlife research and development; and (2) develop a program based on the recommendations consisting of measures to protect, mitigate and enhance fish and wildlife affected by any hydroelectric project while assuring the Pacific Northwest a reliable and efficient power supply. Directs the Administrator to utilize the Bonnevile Power Administration fund and the authorities available under this Act and other applicable laws to finance such fish and wildlife protection and enhancement activities. Directs the Council to submit an annual report to specified congressional committees on the actions taken and to be taken by the Council regarding such fish and wildlife protection and enhancement activities. Directs the Council, by a specified date, to complete a thorough analysis of the costs and the equity of the conservation measures and conservation resources implemented pursuant to this Act to consumers in the Pacific Northwest region. Directs the Administrator to offer to sell electric power to each requesting public body and cooperative entitled to preference under the Bonneville Project Act of 1937 and to each requesting investor-owned utility to meet that entity's firm power load which exceeds its resource capability for meeting the previous year's firm loan requirements. Authorizes the Administrator to sell electric power to Federal agencies in the region. Directs the Administrator, subject to certain stipulations, to purchase electric power from a Pacific Northwest utility if offered at the "average system cost" of resources then available to that utility, and to offer, in exchange, to sell an equivalent amount of electric power to such utility for resale to that utility's residential users within the region. Directs the Administrator to determine the "average system cost" on the basis of a methodology developed by the Council and subject to the review and approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Authorizes the Administrator to sell electric power to existing direct service industrial customers which presently have contracts for the purchase of electric power from the Administrator, so long as such sale provides a portion of the reserves for firm power loads within the region. Prohibits the Administrator from selling electric power, including reserves, directly to new direct service industrial customers or to existing direct service industrial customers in excess of the amount permitted above unless the Administrator determines that such proposed sale is consistent with the plan, is approved by the Council, and meets certain additional requirements. Authorizes the Administrator to sell, or otherwise dispose of, electric power, including acquired power, that is surplus to obligations incurred in accordance with this Act and other applicable statutes. Sets forth provisions regarding negotiations for, and offers to enter into, initial long term contracts for the sale and/or exchange of electric power. Directs the Administrator to acquire electric power resources through conservation, to implement all conservation measures, and to acquire such renewable resources, which are installed, by a residential or small commercial consumer to reduce load, as the Administrator determines are consistent with the criteria for developing the regional conservation and electric power plan, and in the case of major resources, as provided in this Act. Provides that such measures and resources may include: (1) loans and grants to consumers for insulation, weatherization, increased system efficiency, and waste energy recovery; (2) technical and financial assistance to, and other cooperation with, the Administrator's customers and governmental authorities to encourage conservation; (3) aiding such customers and authorities in implementing model conservation standards adopted pursuant to this Act; and (4) conducting demonstration projects to determine the cost-effectiveness of conservation measures and direct application of renewable energy resources. Directs the Administrator, when proposing to acquire any major resource, when implementing a conservation measure which will conserve electric power in an amount equal to that of a major resource, when paying or reimbursing investigation and preconstruction expenses of the sponsors of a major resource, or when granting billing credit involving a major resource to: (1) conduct public hearings; (2) give notice of the proposed action to the Council, the Governor of each affected State, and the Administrator's customers; and (3) publish such notice in the Federal Register. Directs the Administrator to submit a written decision on such action to the Council and to the public for the Council's approval. Prohibits the Administrator from implementing any such proposed action without submitting to the appropriate congressional committees the administrative record of the decision. Establishes procedures to be followed when the Administrator wishes to acquire a resource, which does not meet the criteria of this Act, for experimental, developmental, or demonstration purposes, but which has a potential for providing cost-effective service to the region. Establishes procedures to be followed for entering into agreements for resources the Administrator determines to be consistent with the plan. Authorizes the Administrator to grant billing credits and provide services to a customer, subject to certain limitations, for such customer's independent conservation activities, and for resources acquired by the customer which reduce the obligation of the Administrator to acquire resources under this Act. Directs the Administrator to investigate opportunities for adding to the region's resources or reducing the region's power costs through the accelerated or cooperative development of resources located outside the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, if such resources are renewable resources and are planned or considered for development by nonregional agencies which would own, sponsor, or otherwise develop them. Directs the Administrator to establish rates for: (1) the sale and disposition of electric power and the transmission of non-Federal power; and (2) electric power sold to meet the general requirements of public body, cooperative, and Federal agency customers within the Pacific Northwest, and electric utility customers. Sets forth guidelines to be followed in establishing such rates. Authorizes the Administrator to make annual impact aid payments from the Fund to local governments within the region with respect to major transmission facilities which: (1) are within the jurisdictions of such governments; (2) have a substantial impact on such governments; and (3) are completed after the effective date of this Act. Directs the Administrator to determine the amounts of such payments by a regionwide, uniform formula established by rule under the rate-setting procedures set forth in this Act. Amends the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act to authorize the Administrator: (1) to make expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration fund for making such payments as are required under this Act; (2) to issue and sell bonds on behalf of the Bonneville Power Administration in order to implement authority under this Act to provide financial assistance for conservation measures, renewable resources, and fish and wildlife; and (3) purchase electric power on a short term basis to meet obligations which may arise because of actions taken under this Act to protect, mitigate and enhance fish and wildlife. Increases the aggregate principal amount of any bonds outstanding at one time after October 1, 1981, by $1,250,000,000, and provides that such amount shall be reserved for the purposes of providing funds for conservation and renewable resources loans and grants in a special revolving account created in the Bonneville Power Administration fund. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the interest rate on such bonds issued by the Administrator if, beginning in fiscal year 1982, the Administrator fails to repay by the end of any fiscal year all the amounts projected to be repaid to the Treasury under the repayment criteria of the Secretary of Energy because of reasons other than a decrease in power sale revenues due to fluctuating streamflows or reasons beyond the Administrator's control. Amends the Act limiting the transfer of electric energy generated at Federal hydroelectric plants in the Pacific Northwest for use outside the Pacific Northwest to redefine the term "Pacific Northwest." Authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts in accordance with the Bonneville Project Act of 1937. Directs the Administrator to discharge office functions in accordance with the Bonneville Project Act of 1937, the Department of Energy Organization Act, and this Act. Sets forth various administrative and savings provisions. Establishes within the Bonneville Power Administration an executive for conservation and renewable resources who shall be responsible for conservation and direct application renewable resource programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 8150 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on motor fuels used in noncommercial aviation any fuel used in aircraft in connection with: (1) the planting, cultivating, caring for, or cutting of trees (including preventing and fighting forest fires); or (2) transportation of logs from where cut.
Bill· HRH.R. 8156 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1980
Amends the Revenue Act of 1978 to extend until January 1, 1984, the period during which individuals who have not been treated as employees by their employers shall not be treated as such for purposes of the employment tax.
Bill· HRH.R. 8142 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980
Special Areas Soil Conservation Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program for the conservation of soil, water, and related resources in special areas designated pursuant to this Act by providing technical and financial assistance to owners and operators of farm, ranch, and certain other lands. Limits such assistance on State, county, and other public land to those lands that are an integral part of a private farm operating unit and under the control of the private landowners or operators. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with such owners and operators to assist them to: (1) make changes in their cropping systems to conserve or protect the resources of their lands; and (2) implement soil and water conservation measures needed under such systems and uses. Requires such landowners and operators to furnish the Secretary with a plan outlining conservation operations and land use developed in cooperation with and approved by the soil and water conservation district in which the lands are situated. Sets forth the terms to which landowners and owners must agree and in return for which the Secretary shall agree to share an appropriate portion of the costs of conservation treatment. Authorizes the Secretary: (1) to terminate or modify such contracts in the public interest; or (2) to enter into further contracts to maintain a conservation practice or measure. Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to special areas described in this Act and to such additional special areas as the Secretary designates as having chronic soil, water, and related resources conservation problems. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a plan for each designated special area, taking into consideration relevant Federal, State, and local programs. Allows such special areas to be designated during the ten years following the passage of this Act. Allows such contracts to be entered into during the ten years following the designation of the special area to which they relate. Limits such contracts to ten years in duration and to amounts not in excess of appropriations provided for such purpose. Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit special area plans to the appropriate committees of Congress; and (2) enter into such contracts only after such committees have passed resolutions approving the designated special areas described in such plans. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) utilize specified services and facilities in carrying out this Act; (2) expend funds for research in developing new technology to control resource problems in designated areas; and (3) provide grants to States within designated areas to evaluate and analyze the impact of local and State taxes on the conservation treatment needed for an effective program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress annually for the first five years of the program; and (2) protect program participants from disqualifications, discrimination, eligibility reduction or forfeiture, or penalty under other agricultural programs for participating in the program authorized by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8141 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980
Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to require a Federal agency to prepare a land acquisition plan before acquiring lands or interests in lands within an area subject to general acquisition authority after the enactment of this Act. Requires such plan to: (1) specifically identify the land or interests needed to meet specified ojectives; (2) review alternatives to acquisition; (3) identify private lands to be acquired and access routes which may be affected; and (4) balance the need for acquisition against the costs and impacts on private landowners and State and local governments. Requires each such plan to be submitted to the Land Policy Group after an opportunity for a public hearing. Establishes a Land Policy Group to explore and promote the use of alternatives to acquisition of private lands to achieve Federal land and water project objectives. Directs the Group to: (1) develop uniform land acquisition procedures; (2) review Federal agencies' land acquisition plans; (3) coordinate the acquisition of private lands; (4) review appeals by private landowners or State or local governments concerning Federal land acquisitions; and (5) promulgate a Federal code of conduct applicable to all land acquisition activities in such areas by employees of Federal agencies. Requires the Group to encourage Federal agencies to exchange lands among themselves or with private landowners or State and local governments to achieve the project unit's objective. Permits a local government to request the Group to exchange lands whenever any Federal agency seeks to acquire land in a State in which more than 50 percent of the land is Federally owned. Directs each Federal agency having jurisdiction over an area subject to general acquisition authority before the enactment of this Act to evaluate the need to acquire additional private lands, waters, and interest within such project. Requires each proposal for acquisition to: (1) be submitted to the Land Policy Group for approval; and (2) include justifications for why such property must be acquired. Directs each agency to notify the owner of the land to be acquired of its proposal. Permits such landowner to file with the Group written objections and recommended alternatives. Directs the Group to disapprove any acquisition which: (1) is not consistent with the approved land acquisition plan; (2) would create extreme hardship; and (3) furthers an objective which could be accomplished through alternatives to such acquisition. Sets forth the review procedures for any objection filed with the Group. Permits a Federal agency to seek an injunction in U.S. district court to restrain any action taken by any person on private lands within an area subject to general acquisition authority that will have a significant adverse impact on the purposes for which such area is established. Sets forth the organizational and administrative procedures for the Land Policy Group. Requires the Group to submit periodic reports to Congress concerning its activities under this Act. Directs specified Federal departments and agencies with significant land acquisition responsibilities to submit to Congress a detailed report concerning its land acquisition policies and procedures.
Bill· HRH.R. 8094 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1980
Excludes from gross income, for Internal Revenue Code purposes, all amounts realized by the trust (currently, only gain resulting) from the condemnation of certain forest lands held in trust for the Klamath Indian Tribe in Oregon.
Bill· HRH.R. 8073 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
Requires the determination of whether certain transactions involving automobiles or trucks are sales or leases, for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, without regard to any rental adjustment clause in the transaction documents. Limits such rule to transactions entered into before January 1, 1981, under which one person acquires from another person the right to use an automobile or truck for a specified period. Defines "rental adjustment clause" as a provision under which: (1) at or before the close of the specified period, the automobile or truck is to be sold by the lessor (with no option by the lessee to purchase such vehicle); and (2) the lessee is required to pay the lessor any excess of an agreed to "lease" amount over the proceeds from such sale (or, where such proceeds exceed such "lease" amount, the lessor is required to pay such excess to the lessee).
Bill· HRH.R. 8019 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 August 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow home builders an income tax credit for the incorporation of passive solar energy systems in new residential units constructed after September 30, 1980, and before January 1, 1989. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and Housing and Urban Development, to prescribe solar construction credit tables, providing for a credit at the rate of $60 for each 1,000,000 Btu's of annual energy savings per residential unit. Limits the amount of the credit to $2,000 per residential unit. Terminates the authority for such credit for residential units completed after December 31, 1988.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 406 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1980
Declares that the people of Poland should be allowed to settle their own affairs, including the formation of independent trade unions and the right to strike, without foreign interference.
Bill· HRH.R. 7961 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1980
Amends the Act of June 21, 1949, to allow the one year initial deferment period permitted by the Secretary of the Interior on annual assessment work on unpatented mining claims to be renewed annually for additional periods, not to exceed one year each, for so long as the Secretary finds such renewal is justified. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement of annual assessment work on unpatented mining claims for one or more assessment years if: (1) fulfillment of such requirement is impossible or would work a hardship on the claimant, and the deferment provisions are not applicable; or (2) deferment of annual assessment work has been granted under this Act for five consecutive years, and the Secretary believes that the legal impediment on which such deferment was based will continue for an extended period of time. Allows a waiver to be granted for past assessment years in which a deferment was permitted, as well as prospectively.
Law· HRH.R. 7960 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1980
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to set aside in special trust for a named individual of Chiloquin, Oregon, the beneficial use and occupancy of a specified tract of land in Klamath County, Oregon. Requires the Secretary to utilize the moneys to which such individual would otherwise be entitled to purchase lands within the former boundaries of the Klamath Indian Reservation to become part of the Winema National Forest.
Bill· HRH.R. 7962 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the city and port of Umatilla, Oregon, without consideration, specified lands and improvements in Umatilla County, Oregon. Reserves to the United States the perpetual right and easement over such lands and improvements. Sets forth other conditions and terms of such conveyance, including compliance with the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Reserves to the United States the right to construct and operate navigation markers, water gauging stations, communications and other necessary facilities.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 594 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 August 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 18, 1980, as "Constantino Brumidi Day."
Law· HRH.R. 7779 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 16 to 19 the number of judges on the Tax Court.
Bill· HRH.R. 7780 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Declares Federal personal property which was loaned to a State or local government by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) and transferred with the other property of DCPA to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be surplus property. Directs the Administrator of General Services to donate such property to such government if the Director of FEMA certifies that the government is using the property for civil defense purposes. Requires the Director to survey such property and to notify the Administrator of the property which is being used for civil defense purposes within 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7755 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Special Areas Soil Conservation Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program for the conservation of soil, water, and related resources in specified areas by providing technical and financial assistance to owners and operators of non-Federal farm, ranch, and other lands. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with owners of land within such designated areas. Limits contracts with owners of non-farm or non-ranch land to owners of lands with erosion problems which threaten adjoining farm or ranch land. Requires such contracts to assist in making necessary changes in cropping systems or land uses. Requires the owner or operator of such land to furnish the Secretary with a plan of farming operations or land use which incorporates practical conservation practices and outlines a schedule for the implementation of such practices. Requires such owner or operator to forfeit future and refund past payments if the Secretary determines the submitted plan has not been substantially followed. Sets forth other terms of such contract. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate or modify such agreement if to do so would be in the public interest. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing the problems, objectives, and a schedule for implementation of this program in a designated special area. Requires the approval of such committees before such area shall be finally designated. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) utilize the services of State and local agencies; (2) fund research necessary to develop new technologies for controlling erosion-related problems in a designated special area; and (3) provide grants to any State containing lands within such areas to conduct an evaluation and analysis of the local and State tax structures and their effect on the implementation and maintenance of conservation measures. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report annually to Congress on the activities and results of such program; and (2) protect program participants to the degree possible from any penalty under other agricultural programs for participating in such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 7688 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide homebuilders with an income tax credit for the construction of residences which incorporate a passive solar energy system. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and Housing and Urban Development, to prescribe regulations setting forth a solar construction credit table for purposes of determining the amount of the credit for which the incorporator of the solar energy system is eligible. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $2,000 for calendar years prior to 1986 and phases out the amount of the credit by $500 decrements until 1989 when such credit terminates. Defines "passive solar energy system" as a system which contains a solar collection area, an absorber, a storage mass, a heat distribution method, and heat regulation devices. Requires such system to be installed in a new residence after September 30, 1980 and before January 1, 1989.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 579 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Presidential Nomination Commission Resolution - Establishes the Commission on Presidential Nominations to make an investigation regarding the presidential nominating process. Directs the Commission to report to the President and Congress respecting such investigation, including recommendations for the 1984 presidential elections. States that the Commission shall cease to exist 60 days after submitting such report. Sets forth the powers of such Commission and related administrative provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 7652 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Title I: Expenditure Reductions Reported By the Committee on Ways and Means - Medicare Amendments of 1980 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to home health care services to eliminate: (1) the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to such services; (2) prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for such services; and (3) the $60 deductible. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe regulations which prohibit a physician who has a significant financial relationship with a home health agency from certifying that the services of such agency are required for any individual, and from establishing and reviewing a plan for furnishing such services to such individuals. Requires home health aides to complete a training program approved by the Secretary. Repeals provisions of title XVIII which prohibit the classification, as a home health agency, of a private organization which is not a nonprofit organization unless licensed pursuant to State law. Excludes certain costs related to bonding and escrow accounts excluded from the determination of reasonable costs for home health agencies. Authorizes the President, under title XVIII, to enter into agreements establishing reciprocal arrangements between the health insurance program established by such title and the program of any foreign country under which similar services are provided directly to entitled individuals or under which insurance is provided to meet all or part of the expenses of entitled individuals for health services. Requires that any such agreement specify: (1) the nature and extent of payment to be made to or on behalf of individuals entitled to benefits; (2) limitations on the nature and duration of health services and on entitlement of individuals to benefits on a reciprocal basis under an agreement in the United States and in the foreign country;(3) limitations on entitlement of individuals to benefits; and (4) the methods by which the cost of providing health services on a reciprocal basis shall be shared by the United States and the foreign country. Directs the Secretary to make rules and regulations and to establish procedures which are reasonable and necessary to implement and administer any agreement which has been entered into in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into interim arrangements with any hospital in a foreign country which is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, or such other hospitals as the Secretary finds meets specified health and safety standards. Provides Medicare coverage, effective July 1, 1981, for: (1) all services performed by a dentist which would be covered if performed by a physician; and (2) inpatient hospital services furnished because of the severity of the dental procedure. Authorizes payments under the Medicare program for the cutting or removal of warts on the feet, effective July 1, 1981. Allows reimbursement under the Medicare program for services furnished in qualified community mental health centers and comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation centers. Restricts payment for optometrists' services under Medicare to services related to the treatment of aphakia, effective July 1, 1981. Directs the Secretary to make recommendations with respect to providing Medicare coverage for the treatment of cataracts and for other services which optometrists may perform. Authorizes payment under the Medicare program for antigens prepared by a physician. Authorizes the Secretary to make payments of such benefits as are necessary to correct the effect of an unintentional or erroneous transfer of an individual from an approved hospital or skilled nursing facility. Includes rural health facility of 50 beds or less within the definition of the term "hospital", under title XVIII. Makes special provisions with respect to nursing services, health, fire, and safety requirements for such facilities. Recognizes podiatrists as physicians for purposes of physician certification and participation in utilization review, where consistent with State law and policies of the health care institutions involved. Allows a speech pathologist, as well as a physician, to establish the plan of treatment for speech pathology services. States that where services are provided for which payment may be made under the Medicare program to an individual who has died, and the persons who provided the services do not agree that the reasonable charge is the full charge for the services, payment shall be made on the basis of an itemized bill. Repeals provisions of the Medicare program concerning the presumed coverage for extended care facilities and home health care in specified circumstances. Repeals the existing provisions under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII under which payment to a provider of services shall be the lesser of the reasonable cost of such services or the customary charge with respect to such services, and provides that payment to a provider shall now be based upon the reasonable cost of such services, effective October 1, 1980. Limits to a maximum of 30 percent the amount by which the premium for voluntary participation in Medicare insurance may be increased due to late enrollment. Repeals the prohibition against enrolling more than twice in the Supplementary Medical Insurance Program (part B of title XVIII). Repeals the present time limitation applicable for general enrollment under part B and permits an eligible individual to enroll at any time. Modifies Medicare coverage for chiropractic services, effective July 1, 1981, to provide that a subluxation could be demonstrated to exist either through X-rays or other chiropractic clinical findings. Provides Medicare coverage for the X-rays. Increases to 80 percent of reasonable charges (not to exceed $937.50 per year) the limit on payments, under part B of title XVIII, for the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of an individual who is not a hospital inpatient. Provides, under part B, for the payment of certain services of a clinical psychologist. Makes such provisions effective January 1, 1982. Limits the 100 percent reimbursement for the inpatient hospital services of radiologists and pathologists to those radiologists and pathologists who agree to accept assignment for all services furnished by such physicians under part B. Increases from $100 to $500 the payment limitation for certain outpatient physical therapy services under the Medicare program. Eliminates the Medicare deductible for blood, effective July 1, 1981. Prohibits Medicare payments where payment has been made or can reasonably be expected to be made under an automobile insurance policy. Increases from 14 to 30 days the period within which a Medicare beneficiary must be admitted to a skilled nursing facility following inpatient hospital care in order to qualify for post hospital extended care benefits. Authorizes payment under Medicare for certain surgical procedures specified by the Secretary which are performed in an ambulatory surgical center. Prohibits the Secretary from finding, for purposes of certifying the addition or expansion of a facility within a renal disease network, that such addition or expansion is not needed if the State health planning and development agency for the State in which the facility is located has certified under the Public Health Service Act that such addition or expansion is needed. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with nonprofit entities for the reimbursement of reasonable cost of home dialysis equipment. Provides Medicare coverage for diagnostic, radiological, or pathological services performed on an outpatient basis within seven days of a patient's admission to a hospital. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress in relation to this coverage. Directs the Secretary to conduct the following studies: (1) the circumstances and conditions under which services furnished by registered dieticians should be covered as a home health service under Medicare; (2) the methods for providing Medicare coverage for orthopedic shoes for certain individuals; (3) the circumstances and conditions under which services furnished with respect to respiratory therapy should be covered under Medicare as a home health benefit; and (4) a comprehensive analysis of the cost effects of alternative approaches to improving Medicare coverage for the treatment of various types of foot conditions. Directs the Secretary to carry out demonstration projects to determine: (1) the extent to which nutritional therapy commenced in early renal failure, utilizing controlled protein substances, can retard or arrest the disease; (2) the administrative, financial, and other aspects of making such nutritional therapy generally available as a Medicare benefit; and (3) the administrative, financial, and other aspects of making the services of clinical social workers more generally available as a Medicare benefit. Directs the Secretary to submit a report on each study and demonstration project. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the demonstration projects being conducted on the waiver of the applicable cost sharing amounts which Medicare beneficiaries have to pay for obtaining a second opinion on having surgery performed. States that providers of services have the right to judicial review of any action of the fiscal intermediary involving a question of law or regulations relevant to the matters in controversy whenever the Provider Reimbursement Review Board determines, on its own motion or at the request of a provider, that it is without authority to decide the question. Prohibits Medicare reimbursement for amounts incurred by a provider with Medicare contracts for services valuing $10,000 or more annually unless such contracts permit the Secretary and the Comptroller General access to any books, records, and papers directly related to such contracts. Provides coverage under part B of title XVIII for pneumococcal vaccine and its administration if reasonable and necessary for the prevention of illness, effective July 1, 1981. Medicare and Medicaid Amendments of 1980 - Amends part B (Professional Standards Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to permit an organization qualified for conditional designation as a Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO) to include health care practitioners, other than physicians and osteopaths, who hold independent hospital admitting privileges, if invited to become members by the organization. Includes as members of the advisory group for each statewide Professional Standards Review Council at least one registered professional nurse and doctor of dental surgery. Includes one registered professional nurse, one doctor of dental surgery, and one health practitioner other than physicians and osteopaths on the National Professional Standards Review Council. Revises the duties of a conditionally designated PSRO. Directs the Secretary to establish a program for the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of review of particular health care services by PSRO's. Eliminates the requirement that a PSRO must, if capable, review ambulatory care services provided under the Act within two years of becoming a fully designated PSRO. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to replace one PSRO with another PSRO if the PSRO initially designated is not conducting particular review activities. Permits a PSRO to withhold any records requested pursuant to a request under the Freedom of Information Act until 180 days after the entry of a final court order ordering disclosure. Requires a PSRO to consult with representatives of health care practitioners, other than physicians, and representatives of institutional and noninstitutional providers of health care services in relation to the responsibility of a PSRO to review the professional activities of such practitioners and providers. Authorizes each PSRO to determine, in advance, the medical necessity and appropriateness of any routine diagnostic services furnished in connection with an elective admission to a hospital or other health care facility. States that PSROs may be directed by the Secretary to exercise such authority. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the National Professional Standards Review Council, to conduct a nationwide study of the differences in medical criteria and length-of-stay norms utilized by PSRO's in the various regions of the country, and to report to Congress the findings and conclusions. Declares it to be the policy of the United States that philanthropic support for health care be encouraged and expanded. States that in determining the reasonable costs of services furnished by nonprofit hospitals under titles V (Maternal and Child Health), XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, gifts, grants and endowments, and other specified items shall not be deducted from any operating costs of such hospitals, effective September 1, 1981. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the availability and need for skilled nursing facility services covered under Medicare and Medicaid and to report to Congress concerning such study. Authorizes the Secretary, under title XVIII and the State under title XIX, in lieu of decertifying a skilled nursing facility which is out of compliance with conditions of participation specified in the Act, to instead deny payment to such a facility for services furnished, if the health and safety of the patients is not immediately jeopardized. Stipulates that the Secretary shall not make such a decision until such facility has had a reasonable opportunity to correct the deficiencies. Authorizes the Secretary, under title XIX, to make an independent and binding determination concerning the extent to which an institution meets the conditions of participation. Requires, under the Medicare program, a skilled nursing facility to meet such provisions of such edition (as specified by the Secretary ) of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association as are applicable to nursing homes. Provides that criminal penalties for the solicitation of Medicare or Medicaid business shall apply only if such conduct is undertaken knowingly and willfully. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to exclude from participation in Medicare or Medicaid any physician or other individual convicted of a criminal offense related to such individual's participation in either program. Requires any entity receiving payments under the Medicaid program to comply with certain financial reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to reduce the Federal share of Medicaid payments to a State with respect to expenditures by providers that participate or have participated in the Medicare program and from which the Secretary has been unable to recover Medicare payments or information concerning Medicare overpayments. Authorizes hospitals under title XVIII which have been granted a certificate of need for the provision of long-term care services to enter agreements under which 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. Provides that, where a hospital has not entered into such an agreement and long-term care services are necessary, payment may be made for such services as if such an agreement were in effect, if the hospital: (1) has an occupancy rate below 80 percent; and (2) could obtain a certificate of need. Provides Medicaid coverage for skilled nursing facility services and intermediate care facility services furnished by a hospital which has in effect an agreement under title XVIII. Requires, as a condition for payment to any State under titles V (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services) or XIX of the Act for costs incurred in the performance of audits of entities which also provide services under title XVIII, that such audits be coordinated with audits of entities performed for purposes of title XVIII. Directs the Secretary: (1) to establish one or more demonstration projects to demonstrate the feasibility of creating a single coordinated appeal hearing to adjudicate those administrative cost items which are determined under such a coordinated audit and which such entities dispute and appeal; and (2) to provide for the review of the feasibility of establishing a single coordinated process for the collection of overpayments established in an audit. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with no more than 12 States for the purpose of conducting demonstration projects for the training and employment as homemakers or home health aids of individuals who have been certified by the appropriate State or local government agency as being eligible for financial assistance under a State plan of Aid to Families with Dependent Children approved under title IV of the Act. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress evaluating such demonstration projects. Extends until December 31, 1980 the program conducted by the Secretary to determine the proficiency of individuals who do not otherwise meet formal qualifications criteria to perform the duties of certain health care personnel. Sets limits, under the Medicare and Medicaid program, on payments to a physician for laboratory tests reimbursable under those programs. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress concerning such payments. Allows States to purchase laboratory services for Medicaid through competitive bidding arrangements for a three-year experimental period. Requires such services to be from laboratories: (1) which are found by the Secretary to meet appropriate health and safety standards; (2) no more than 75 percent of whose charges for such services are under Medicare or Medicaid; and (3) which charge Medicaid at rates no higher than the lowest amount charged to others for similar tests. Directs the Secretary to send to Congress an evaluation of such purchase arrangements, with recommendations as to extension or modification. Requires any laboratory services paid for under Medicaid to be provided by a laboratory meeting Medicare's requirements. Includes, under Medicare, as inpatient hospital services the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if: (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services; and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for demonstration projects to determine the cost-effectiveness and appropriateness of requiring a second opinion with respect to specified elective surgical procedures before payment may be made under Medicare or Medicaid for the performance of the procedure. Directs the Secretary to analyze the data on the projects and to report the results to Congress. Provides that an individual shall not be required to participate in such a project unless the individual has provided a written and legally effective informed consent. Provides that hospitals, under Medicare and Medicaid, reimbursed under the demonstration project reimbursement system shall continue to be reimbursed under that system until either: (1) a third party payor reimburses such a hospital on another basis; or (2) the rate of increase for the previous three year period in costs per inpatient admission is greater than such rate of increase in all other hospitals over the same period. Revises provisions of title XVIII of the Act relating to payments to and contractual arrangements with health maintenance organizations (HMO) on behalf of individuals eligible for Medicare, effective no earlier than July 1, 1981. Directs the Secretary to determine annually a per capita rate of payment for each class of individuals entitled to benefits under such title who are enrolled pursuant to this Act with a HMO. Directs the Secretary to define classes of members based on such factors as age, sex, institutional status, disability status and place of residence. Provides a rate for each class equal to 95 percent of the adjusted average per capita cost for that class. Defines the term "adjusted average per capita cost" to mean the average per capita amount that the Secretary estimates would be payable for services furnished under the Medicare program, if the services were to be furnished by other than a HMO. Redefines HMO to mean a public or private organization which is a qualified HMO as defined in the Public Health Service Act or which: (1) provides at least physicians services, inpatient hospital services, laboratory, X-ray, emergency, and preventive services, and out of area coverage; (2) is compensated on a fixed periodic basis; (3) provides physicians' services primarily either directly through physicians of the organization or through arrangements with physicians; (4) assumes full financial risk for services provided; and (5) has provided adequately against insolvency. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the benefit package; (2) limits on deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments; (3) providers; (4) open enrollment; (5) expulsion of members; (6) availability of services; (7) grievance procedures; and (8) quality assurance. Provides that every individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) and enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII or part B only shall be eligible to enroll with a HMO with which the Secretary has contracted to provide services. Sets limits on an HMO's premium rate and the actuarial value of its deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments charged for individuals enrolled under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with any HMO that can provide the benefits required by this Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies of: (1) any services offered by an HMO in addition to those provided under the Medicare program; and (2) the reasons why Medicare beneficiaries terminate memberships with HMO's. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress concerning such studies. Directs the Secretary to defer specified periodic interim payments to hospitals until fiscal year 1982. Amends the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 to terminate reimbursement of States for unemployment benefits paid on the basis of public service employment after October 1, 1980. Permits ex-servicemen to be paid unemployment compensation for Federal service only if it was continuous active service of more than one year (from 90 days). Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to prohibit payments of extended compensation pursuant to interstate claims filed in any State for which an extended benefit period is not in effect. Provides for the repeal of the Act (currently pending before Congress) to improve adjustment assistance for workers and firms under the Trade Act of 1974. Title II: Revenue Increases - Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax exclusion for the interest on State and local mortgage subsidy bonds (except qualified mortgage bonds and qualified veterans' mortgage bonds). Defines "mortgage subsidy bonds" as bonds which are used to finance mortgages on owner-occupied residences. Defines "qualified veterans' mortgage bonds" as obligations which are issued in registered form and which are used to finance mortgages for veterans' housing. Requires that the proceeds of such bonds be used to finance new mortgages only and that the principal and interest of such bonds be secured by the general obligation of a State. Sets forth requirements for the qualification of mortgage bonds for the interest tax exclusion, including requirements that: (1) such bonds are used to finance mortgages on single family residences which are purchased as the principal residence of the mortgagor and which are located in the jurisdiction of the issuing authority; (2) the mortgagor was not a homeowner within the three year period ending on the date the mortgage is executed (not applicable to rehabilitation loans, home improvement loans, and targeted area mortgages); (3) the purchase price of the residence does not exceed 80 percent of the average area purchase price applicable to such residence (110 percent for residences in targeted areas); (4) 75 percent of the bond issue proceeds is used to finance residences with a downpayment requirement of five percent and 95 percent financing; and (5) the income of the mortgagors as a whole must be 115 percent or less than the medium family income for the statistical area in which the residence is located (140 percent for targeted areas), and at least 50 percent of the bond issue proceeds are available for families whose income is 90 percent or less of such average income. Provides that a showing that the issuing authority has attempted in good faith to satisfy all the requirements of this Act, or that 95 percent of the mortgages issued pursuant to this Act are in compliance with its requirements, will cure a failure to meet any particular requirement, provided that such failure is corrected within a reasonable time after its discovery. Terminates the tax exclusion for interest on qualified mortgage bonds two years after the enactment of this Act. Limits the amount of qualified mortgage bonds which a State may issue to the greater of $50,000,000 or five percent of the average of all mortgages originated in such State in the preceding three years. Requires that at least 20 percent (but not more than 40 percent) of such mortgage bonds be made available for targeted areas. Defines "targeted areas" as areas in which 70 percent of the families have incomes of not more than 80 percent of the statewide median income or areas of chronic economic distress as defined by such States subject to the approval of the Secretaries of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development. Limits the effective interest rate on mortgages under this Act to one percentage point above the yield to maturity to the purchasers of the mortgage bonds, calculated on the date of issuance. Requires the inclusion of fees, charges, and other amounts borne by the mortgagor in determining the effective rate of interest on the mortgage. Requires the application of excess arbitrage earnings to the reduction of the costs of owner-financing under this Act. Requires State agencies to issue an opinion prior to a bond issue that such issue meets the requirements imposed by this Act with respect to market limitations on the issuance of bonds and investment in targeted areas. Requires the registration of bonds issued pursuant to this Act. Requires the origination of bonds issued pursuant to this Act by at least two individuals, unless no more than one individual is willing to originate the mortgage or there is a sound public purpose in having only one originator. Requires that mortgages issued pursuant to this Act must be new mortgages, with limited exceptions. Requires individuals assuming mortgages financed pursuant to this Act to meet the requirements imposed upon the original mortgagors. Restricts the use of tax-exempt industrial development bonds for residential rental projects which have a 20 percent occupancy of low-or moderate-income individuals. States that the effective date of this Act shall be April 24, 1979. Permits the tax exemption of bonds not in conformity with the requirements of this Act if the issuing authority had taken, prior to April 25, 1979, official action which indicated an intent to issue such bonds. Permits State housing finance agencies to issue up to $150,000,000 of tax-exempt mortgage subsidy bonds without regard to whether such agencies took official action to issue such bonds prior to April 25, 1979. Permits the issuance of tax-exempt mortgage subsidy bonds not in conformity with the requirements of this Act in the case of local government programs which provide housing rehabilitation loans and with respect to projects which had reached specified stages of development prior to April 25, 1979. Permits the tax free rollover of bonds which were tax-exempt prior to April 24, 1979, where the maturity date of such bonds is not longer than two years after the life of the initial mortgages on the property. Permits the issuance of tax-exempt mortgage subsidy bonds not in conformity with the requirements of this Act in the case of local governments which were developing bond proposals before April 25, 1979, but which deferred such proposals due to State legislation which was pending on April 1, 1979, and subsequently enacted on April 26, 1979 (describes a situation peculiar to the State of Kansas). Requires large corporations (those with more than $1,000,000 for any of the preceding three taxable years) to pay at least 60 percent of their tax paid the preceding year as their estimated income tax installment for the current year. Environmental Revenue Act of 1980 - Imposes specified excise taxes on crude oil, imported petroleum products, specified petrochemical feedstocks, and specified inorganic substances. Terminates such taxes after September 30, 1985. Sets forth exceptions to such excise taxes. Establishes a Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability Trust Fund and a Hazardous Substance Pollution Liability Trust Fund consisting of: (1) such excise taxes; (2) Oil Pollution Trust Fund; and (3) penalties imposed under the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act or the Federal Water Pollution Act. Terminates such Funds after September 30, 1985. Makes such Funds available for paying claims for compensable damages which are recognizable under such Acts and for costs incurred by the United States. Permits loans between such Funds in specified circumstances. Limits the payment of claims by such Funds. Requires claims to be paid in the order they were finally determined. Limits the liability of the United States to the amounts in such Funds. Coordinates this Act with the Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act. Treats a surplus in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund as an advance payment of the excise tax imposed by this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with other Federal officials, to study and report to Congress concerning different methods of imposing such taxes, tax exemptions, and the impact of such taxes on the U.S. balance of trade. Hazardous Waste Revenue Act of 1980 - Imposes specified excise taxes on crude oil, imported petroleum products, specified petrochemical feedstocks, and specified inorganic substances. Terminates such taxes after September 30, 1985. Sets forth exceptions to such taxes. Establishes the Hazardous Waste Response Trust Fund consisting of such excise taxes and amounts received pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Makes such Funds available for emergency response, removal, containment, cleanup, and other action taken under such Act. Limits the amount which may be spent in any fiscal year. Terminates such Fund after September 30, 1985. Coordinates this Act with the Hazardous Waste Containment Act of 1980. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with other Federal officials, to study and report to Congress concerning different methods of taxes, tax exemptions, and the impact of such taxes on the U.S. balance of trade. Continues the telephone excise tax at two percent through 1981. Extends the tax until January 1, 1983 (from 1982). Foreign Investment in Real Estate Tax Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to tax nonresident aliens and foreign corporations engaged in a trade or business in the United States on the same basis as U.S. citizens. Provides that gains or losses realized by such aliens or foreign corporations from the sale or exchange of a U.S. real property interest shall be afforded the same tax treatment as similar gains and losses of U.S. citizens. Defines "U.S. real property interest" as either: (1) an interest in real property located in the United States; (2) stock in a U.S. real property holding organization (a business entity in which U.S. real property interests constitute more than 50 percent of the fair market value of the entity's total assets). Exempts publicly traded stocks from such definition (and the requirements of this Act) if the foreign owner held less than 5 percent of such stock. Includes within the term "interest in real property" fee ownership and co-ownership of land or improvements thereon, leaseholds of land or improvements, and options to acquire such leaseholds of land or improvements. Requires that an informational return concerning holdings and transactions be filed with the Secretary of the Treasury by: (1) an organization whose U.S. real property interests constitute more than 40 percent of the fair market value of its assets and one or more of the owners are foreign persons; or (2) a foreign person owning or receiving installment payments from the disposition of U.S. real property interests value in excess of $5000. Prescribes civil penalties for organizations or foreign persons who fail to file such returns. Overrides, for taxable years after December 31, 1984, tax treaties which would exempt foreign investors from the requirements established by this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to include payments of the employees' social security and unemployment taxes within the employees' wages for purposes of benefit computation, except for domestic servants. Exempts such payments by governmental units until January 1, 1984.
Bill· HRH.R. 7606 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Employee Stock Ownership Improvements Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the existing tax treatment of employee stock ownership plans with respect to: (1) stock bonus plans which provide a cash distribution option to participants; (2) the limitation on annual additions to participant accounts under employee stock ownership plans; (3) valuation of employer securities in stock ownership plans; (4) participation of second tier subsidiary corporations in employee stock ownership plans; (5) rollover treatment for distributions from money purchase pension plans; (6) voting rights pass-through requirements for defined contribution plans; and (7) the application of cash or deferred arrangement rules to cafeteria plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 7570 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1980
Provides that funds which are to be distributed per capita to individual members of an Indian tribe may be so distributed by the Secretary of the Interior or the governing body of any such tribe. Stipulates that funds distributed under this Act are not liable to the payment of any previous contractual obligation. States that nothing in this Act shall affect the distribution of funds in judgments of the Indian Claims Commission Court of Claims. Repeals existing provisions of law which require the Secretary to designate an officer of the Government to make per capita distribution to Indians.
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