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Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 551 (96th)open

A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week", and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980

Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week." Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to Congress on the conditions of U.S. public ports.

Bill· HRH.R. 7049 (96th)referred

Small Business Capital Formation, Capital Retention and Expansion Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980

Small Business Capital Formation, Capital Retention, and Expansion Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small businesses an income tax credit equal to 50 percent of the cash contributions to a business expansion reserve. Limits the amount of such credit to $300,000 for a taxable year. Requires that expenditures made from such reserve be used to acquire, construct, reconstruct, or erect depreciable business assets, for research or experimentation in connection with the taxpayer's trade or business, or for employee wage increases. Permits the accumulation of amounts of capital in the business expansion reserve for up to five years without tax penalty. Disallows any business expense deduction or credit for amounts paid out of a business expansion reserve other than the credit authorized by this Act. Limits the allowable deduction for depreciation of property acquired by funds paid out from a business expansion reserve to an amount determined under the straight line method.

Bill· HRH.R. 7025 (96th)referred

A bill to provide for the monitoring of the restrictions on Soviet trade.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980

Expresses the sense of Congress that effective monitoring and enforcement of the export control measures taken in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan should receive highest priority. Requires any removal or relaxation of any such export control or any approval of licenses for exports to the Soviet Union to be reported to Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report quarterly to Congress concerning the effectiveness of such export controls. Directs other Federal agencies to cooperate with the Department in the preparation of such report. Requires the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress to review such report with regard to the assessment of the economic effects of such controls on the Soviet Union and to provide an evaluation to specified congressional committees.

Bill· HRH.R. 6913 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to provide for the right of employees of the Postal Service to a safe working environment, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980

Declares that a Postal Service employee who stops working because of abnormally dangerous working conditions shall not be considered to be striking. Prohibits another Postal Service employee or officer from interfering with such employee's right not to work under such conditions.

Bill· HRH.R. 6860 (96th)referred

Rental Housing Assistance Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980

Rental Housing Assistance Act of 1980 - Amends the National Housing and the United States Housing Acts of 1937 to improve Federal housing programs which provide mortgage insurance for multifamily rental housing. Eliminates condition on Government National Mortgage Association purchase of certain multifamily mortgages requiring that at least 20 percent of the units covered by such mortgage are receiving lower-income housing assistance. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a study for the purpose of establishing a prototype construction cost system which could be used in determining the amount of a mortgage on a multifamily housing project which may be insured under the National Housing Act. Sets forth criteria for determining prototype construction costs. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress containing the findings and conclusions of the study. Authorizes the Association to begin making commitments to purchase, and to purchase loans and advances of credit (and related purchase certificates and other related instruments). Permits the Association to finance improvements (other than solar energy systems and energy conservation improvements) or additions to a multifamily rental housing project. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Treasury to purchase any obligations of the Association, and to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities under the Second Liberty Bond Act. Prohibits the application of State or local usury law or comparable law establishing interest rates or prohibiting or limiting the collection or amount of discount points or other charges in connection with loan transactions. Prohibits the application of State loan insurance laws to the Association's transactions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts for section 8 moderately rehabilitated projects which have a term of more than 180 months. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study for the purpose of determining the impact of Federal taxation on rental housing.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 591 (96th)referred

A resolution urging the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General of the United States to take all appropriate steps to help local educational agencies eliminate violent crime in the Nation's schools.

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980

Declares it to be the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General of the United States should take all appropriate steps to assist local educational agencies to eliminate violent crime in the Nation's schools.

Bill· HRH.R. 6479 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for special venue provisions in cases relating to the environment.

United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1980

Sets forth venue provisions applicable to the National Environmental Policy Act or any Act of Congress relating to environmental quality, including Acts relating to nonstatutory Federal water rights, in which the impact or injury alleged is less than nationwide in scope, requiring such actions to be brought only in a judicial district in which a substantial portion of the impact or injury occurs. Requires appeals from any agency decision arising under such Acts to be appealed to the court of appeals for the judicial circuit in which a substantial portion of the impact or injury occurs.

Bill· HRH.R. 6468 (96th)referred

Reyes Syndrome Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1980

Reye's Syndrome Act of 1979 - Amends title IX of the Public Health Service Act (Genetic Diseases, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, through the National Institute of Neurological, Communicative Disorders, and Stroke, the Reye's Syndrome Coordinating Committee to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities for a three-year project to establish two comprehensive Reye's syndrome diagnostic and treatment centers. Includes among the duties of such centers: (1) the conduct of basic and clinical research; (2) the development of new and improved treatments; (3) the provision of physician training programs; and (4) informational services, with respect to the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Reye's syndrome. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within six months of the end of the project with respect to its accomplishments. Authorizes the Committee to provide financial assistance to public agencies, nonprofit private entities, and entities and individuals not associated with the centers, to conduct research on Reye's syndrome.

Bill· HRH.R. 6380 (96th)referred

A bill to establish a Commission on More Effective Government, with the declared objective of improving the quality of government in the United States and of restoring public confidence in government at all levels.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1980

Establishes a Commission on More Effective Government to study and recommend ways of promoting economy, efficiency, and improved service within the Federal Government. Directs the Commission to recommend methods to improve the relationship between Federal, State, and local governments. Provides for the appointment of members of the Commission by the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President pro tempore of the Senate. Sets forth provisions governing the organization and compensation of the Commission and its staff. Empowers the Commission to establish advisory councils and committees as it deems appropriate without regard to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Sets forth the powers of the Commission enabling it to gather information free from subsequent review or comment by any Federal agency. Directs the Commission to submit its final report to the Congress ten days after the Ninety-eighth Congress convenes. Terminates the Commission 90 days after such date. Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary to carry out this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 267 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the appreciation to the Government of Canada for its support and assistance in securing the safe release of American embassy personnel from Iran.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1980

Expresses appreciation to Canada for: (1) its historic close relations and cooperation with the United States in conducting foreign policy; (2) its support for U.S. efforts to obtain the safe release of the hostages in Iran; and (3) its efforts to protect and arrange the safe departure of certain U.S. citizens from Iran.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 245 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Olympic games should be withdrawn from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that the United States and other countries should boycott the Olympic games under certain circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1980

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the International Olympic Committee should withdraw the 1980 summer Olympic games from the Soviet Union; and (2) there should be a boycott of such games, if they are not withdrawn and Soviet troops have not been withdrawn from Afghanistan.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 234 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to consult with certain friendly nations in order to devise a Sealane Security System whose purpose would be to insure safe, secure, and free passage through international sealanes adjacent to East and Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979

Calls upon the President to consult with friendly nations to coordinate naval and other resources in a Sealane Security System to provide lifesaving assistance and insure free passage through East and Southeast Asian sealanes.

Bill· HRH.R. 6194 (96th)referred

Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1979

Medicaid Community Care Act of 1980 - Authorizes a State with a plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to have Federal payments for home health care services, nursing services, home health aid services, medical equipment for use in the home, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology services, endiology services, adult day health services, respite care, short-term full-term nursing care, homemaker services, and nutrition counseling made at a higher rate the the rate for other care and services provided under the State plan. Specifies that the Federal medical assistance percentage for such services and the comprehensive assessments provided for in this Act shall be the lesser of: (1) the Federal medical assistance percentage determined under title XIX plus 25 percent; or (2) 90 percent of the cost of such services and assessments. Requires an application to be accompanied by a community care plan which: (1) provides for a comprehensive assessment of each individual eligible or applying for Medicaid who is likely to need long-term skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility services; (2) makes available, under title XIX, the care and services for which the higher Federal payment may be made to individuals determined pursuant to a comprehensive assessment to be in need of long-term facility services and for whom such assistance is a feasible alternative to long-term facility services; and (3) coordinates the services provided under this Act with similar services provided under the Older Americans Act of 1965, and under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress with respect to the program established under this Act. Permits a State, for the purposes of title XIX, to treat a noninstitutionalized individual the same as an individual who is in a long-term care facility if the noninstitutionalized individual meets the income and resources standards for long-term facility residents and has been determined, pursuant to an assessment under this Act, to need long-term facility services.

Bill· HRH.R. 6150 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require States to provide assistance to older persons with limited English-speaking ability for the purpose of enabling such older persons to participate in programs and receive benefits under the Act.

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1979

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require that States, to be eligible for grants under such Act, submit plans which assure that, if a substantial number of older individuals residing in any planning and service area are of limited English-speaking ability, the area agency on aging will be required to: (1) utilize outreach service delivery workers who are fluent in the language spoken by the predominant number of such individuals; and (2) designate an employee, or another person available on a full-time basis, whose responsibilities will include: (a) making counseling available to such individuals to help them participate in programs and receive assistance under such Act; and (b) enabling social service delivery workers to take into account cultural sensitivities and linguistic differences.

Bill· HRH.R. 6077 (96th)referred

Federal Employees Dental Benefits Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1979

Federal Employees Dental Benefits Act of 1979 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract for the following dental benefits plans for Federal employees (including United States Postal Service employees): (1) a service benefit plan; (2) an indemnity benefit plan; (3) employee organization plans; and (4) health maintenance organization plans. Requires that the benefits under such plans include: (1) diagnostic services; (2) preventive care; (3) emergency dental care services; (4) fillings; and (5) extractions. Permits a plan, subject to approval of the OPM, to: (1) offer additional benefits; (2) require copayments not exceeding 50 percent of the value of such additional benefits; (3) limit the amount a beneficiary may be paid during a calendar year under such a plan; and (4) impose a calendar year deductible for each beneficiary. Allows the OPM to enter into contracts for such plans without regard to specified provisions of Federal law requiring competitive bidding. Sets forth requirements concerning: (1) the length and rates of such a contract; and (2) obligations of any carrier of such a plan. States that such contracts are not subject to the Federal Procurement Regulations. Directs the OPM to establish audit requirements which do not conflict with such regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Allows an employee to enroll in a dental benefits plan as an individual or for self and family. Permits certain annuitants to continue enrollment in such a plan under conditions of eligibility prescribed by regulations of the OPM. Prohibits an individual from enrolling both as an employee or annuitant and as a member of the family. Specifies conditions under which an employee may change enrollment. Specifies the biweekly contributions of the Government and the enrolled individual toward the subscription charge of a dental benefits plan. Directs the OPM to provide individuals who are eligible for such a plan with sufficient information to enable the individual to make an informed choice among the types of plans. Requires that each enrolled individual receive a document summarizing: (1) the benefits of the plans; (2) the procedure for obtaining benefits; and (3) all provisions of the plan affecting the individual. Creates the Employees Dental Benefits Fund into which the contributions of the Government and enrolled individuals shall be paid. Directs the OPM to: (1) administer this Act; (2) make a continuing study of the operation of this Act and of the plans under this Act; and (3) transmit an annual report of its findings to Congress. Authorizes expenditures from the Employees Life Insurance Fund to pay administrative expenses of the OPM in carrying out provisions of this Act. Requires the reimbursement of such expenditures plus interest from the Federal Employees Dental Benefits Fund.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 218 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should announce that unless the U.S. hostages being held in Tehran are released unharmed by a date certain, the United States will initiate specified military operations against Iran.

United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1979

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should inform Iran that the United States will initiate military operations against Iran unless the hostages held in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran are released by a certain day. Declares that the President should order U.S. Armed Forces into areas adjacent to Iran for appropriate action.

Bill· HRH.R. 5947 (96th)referred

A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of the Congress a specially struck gold medal to Louis L'Amour.

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1979

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal of appropriate design to Louis L'Amour in recognition of his distinguished career as an author and his contributions to the Nation through his historically based works. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.

Bill· HRH.R. 5800 (96th)referred

A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of the Congress a specially struck gold medal to Bryan Lewis Allen.

United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1979

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal of appropriate design to Bryan Lewis Allen, the first aviator to cross the English Channel in a self-powered plane. Authorizes appropriations of up to $15,000 to strike such medal. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.

Bill· HRH.R. 5795 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to allow the crediting of certain obligations of handlers who engage in the marketing of grapefruit, lemons, or oranges subject to marketing orders if such fruits are grown in the State of Arizona or the State of California.

United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1979

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for crediting the pro rata expense obligations of a handler of grapefruit, lemons, and oranges from California and Arizona, pursuant to a marketing order, with all or any portion of such handler's direct expenditures for such marketing promotion.

Bill· HRH.R. 5752 (96th)referred

Solar Access Alternative Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1979

Solar Access Alternative Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy, acting in conjunction with any interested State, to: (1) develop a plan to enable the State to conduct solar access reviews to identify legal alternatives to assure access to direct sunlight and methods of adopting such legal alternatives; and (2) make available all pertinent information relating to solar access to appropriate regional solar energy centers. Directs regional solar energy centers, in conjunction with the National Solar Energy Research Institute, to act as clearinghouses for information regarding solar access. Requires each department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States engaged in constructing or maintaining any structure to do so in a manner which is consistent, to the extent practicable, with State and local laws governing access to sunlight.

Bill· HRH.R. 5704 (96th)referred

Pay Continuity Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1979

Pay Continuity Act of 1979 - Appropriates the funds necessary to pay the salaries of employees of the executive branch of Government, Members of Congress, and members of the uniformed services during any period when such funds are not available because the legislation making appropriations to the Government entity responsible for paying such individuals has not been enacted.

Bill· HRH.R. 5660 (96th)referred

A bill to establish a coordinated, integrated, expedited, and simplified process for decision making in regard to significant non-nuclear energy projects, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1979

Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to provide for a coordinated, simplified, and prompt process for obtaining Federal, State, and local approval of nonnuclear energy facilities which are determined to be in the national interest. Title II: Priority Projects - Authorizes the President to establish an Energy Mobilization Board to be composed of members appointed by the President. Sets forth the general duties and powers of such Board, including the subpoena power. Directs the Board to keep the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and on Interstate and Foreign Commerce fully and currently informed concerning its activities, including the submission of an annual report. Stipulates that projects related to the production of nuclear energy or approved under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies of 1978 be excluded from coverage under this Act. Directs the Board to designate Priority Energy Projects and to publish a Project Decision Schedule containing deadlines for all Federal actions relating to such projects. Directs the Board to provide the appropriate committees with a copy of such designation orders. Sets forth the criteria the Board must consider in making such designations, including: (1) the extent to which the energy project would reduce the Nation's dependence upon nonrenewable resources; (2) the magnitude of any economic and social impacts and costs associated with the project in relation to the impacts and costs of alternatives; (3) the extent to which the project would make use of renewable energy resources, or conserve energy; (4) the extent to which the project would contribute to the development of new production or conservation technologies and techniques; (5) adverse impacts on the environment and on competition; and other specified criteria. Directs the Board to notify the Governor of each State in which any portion of a project designated as a Priority Energy Project is proposed to be located. Permits such Governor to appoint a non-voting Member to the Board to participate in decisions concerning such project, including the Project Decision Schedule. Exempts priority energy project designations or refusals to make a designation, promulgation or revision of Project Decision Schedules, and Board actions relating to streamlining of procedures, from the impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to determine whether any Federal action relating to a Priority Energy Project, after it has been so designated and prior to establishing the Project Schedule, will be a "major Federal action" for purposes of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Requires the Council to designate a lead agency to assure compliance with NEPA whenever a major Federal action is involved. Authorizes the Board to require that one environmental impact statement be prepared and that such statement be used by all Federal agencies to satisfy NEPA with respect to such projects. Authorizes the Board to extend the time for certain deadlines. Requires each agency having authority to make any agency decision with respect to any part of a project designated as a Priority Energy Project to transmit to the Board: (1) a compilation of all significant actions required to be taken by such agency and by the applicant before such decision can be made and a summary of procedural requirements applicable to such actions; (2) a tentative schedule for completing such actions and making such decisions; and (3) a statement of administrative requirements to take such actions. Directs the Board to publish a Project Decision Schedule within 45 days of the transmittal of agency information. Stipulates that such schedule: (1) identify the order in which decisions which must be made by each agency are to be made; (2) identify the deadlines applicable to such decisions; (3) be consistent with the tentative schedules transmitted to the Board, unless the Board determines a different schedule is essential to expedite and coordinate agency review; and (4) be binding on the agency and on all other persons to which the Schedule applies. Permits the Board to modify any schedule applicable to any agency's decision or action subject to the Project Decision Schedule upon petition of such agency where the agency determines such modification will facilitate agency compliance with the Schedule. Permits affected agencies to consolidate proceedings related to actions and decisions subject to the Project Decision Schedule, if such streamlined procedures provide for effective participation by interested parties in such decisionmaking. Directs the Board to monitor compliance with the Schedule by all affected agencies and persons. Permits the Board to take such actions as it deems appropriate to bring any person or agency responsible for a project delay into compliance with the Schedule. Directs the Board, when any person responsible for filing or taking any other action on behalf of a Project refuses to take such action, to either revise such Project Decision Schedule or revoke the Priority Energy Project designation. Stipulates that, unless otherwise provided for, the other statutory obligations and authority of any independent regulatory agency remain unaffected by this Act. Authorizes the Board to bring an expedited enforcement action against any agency failing to or reasonably likely to fail to comply with a Project Decision Schedule in the appropriate United States district court. Directs such court to issue specified orders requiring compliance with such Schedule and to take any necessary measures, including citation and punishment of the responsible officials for contempt of court, for failure to meet any court-imposed deadlines. Authorizes the President to perform any action or make any decision required of an agency by court order in the event such agency fails to perform such action or make such decision. Authorizes the Board to order the temporary suspension of the application of any requirement of Federal, State, or local law enacted or promulgated after the commencement of construction of any facility which is part of a Priority Project where it is determined that such requirement could prevent timely completion or operation of such facility and that such temporary suspension would not create any significant public health or safety risks. Sets forth time limits on such suspension orders and exempts specified requirements from being suspended. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall expand or confer on the United States any right to acquire water rights nor alter any provisions of State law or interstate compact governing water use. States that Board action granting or denying designation orders or suspending Federal, State, or local requirements of law shall be subject to judicial review only for failure to comply with this Act or for constitutional violations. Provides for judicial review of other Board actions as specified. Requires that any reviewing court expedite and consolidate such review to the maximum extent practicable. Requires that any party seeking Supreme Court review of any judgment or order of a circuit court of appeals pursuant to this Act must file a petition for a writ of certiorari within 60 days of the decision of the lower court or such appeal shall be barred. Sets a 60-day time limit for the promulgation of regulations for carrying out this Act. Terminates the Board's authority seven years after the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Board to prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a comprehensive report of its activities during such period. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report evaluating the performance of the Board and setting forth findings and recommendations with respect to the program authorized under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5649 (96th)referred

Local Government Energy Conservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1979

Local Government Energy Conservation Act - Establishes a grant program to assist local governmental units in undertaking energy conservation activities, including: (1) establishment of mechanisms for coordinating all energy-related activities of a local governmental unit; (2) establishment of local energy conservation targets; (3) development of programs of energy conservation in local governmental operations; (4) development of programs to decrease private sector energy consumption; (5) establishment of an energy conservation information clearinghouse; and (6) development of regional plans with other local governmental units. Prohibits grant recipients from using grant funds to make grants or loans to other persons or entities.

Bill· HRH.R. 5642 (96th)referred

Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1979

Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1979 - Applies specified standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to the Federal workplace of employees of Executive agencies, the Postal Rate Commission and the United States Postal Service (but not the Office of Personnel Management). Requires each agency to: (1) furnish its employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards; and (2) comply with safety and health standards. Requires employees to comply with standards and with specified rules, regulations, and orders. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to conduct inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping relating to Federal employee occupational safety and health. Permits employees or their representatives to request such inspections in specified cases. Directs the Office to issue citations to the head of any agency in violation of any requirement, standard, order, rule, or regulation under this Act. Provides for an enforcement procedure, including, in specified cases, hearings before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Provides for review of any Commission order in a U.S. court of appeals upon request of the head of any agency or any employee adversely affected by such order. Permits the Office to obtain review or enforcement of any final order of the Commission in a U.S. court of appeals. Prohibits any agency from discharging or discriminating against any employee because such employee has: (1) filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act; (2) testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding; or (3) exercised any right afforded by this Act on behalf of anyone. Permits employees who believe they have been so discharged or otherwise discriminated against to file complaints with the Special Counsel. Directs the Special Counsel to undertake an appropriate investigation and to file a complaint with the Merit Systems Protection Board if a violation has occurred. Authorizes the Board to restrain such violations for cause shown and to order all appropriate relief. Authorizes the Office to order any agency to restrain any conditions or practices constituting a danger immediately or before that danger can be eliminated through other enforcement procedures. Declares that any such orders which prohibit the employment or presence of any individual in locations in which imminent danger exists shall not apply to specified individuals, including those whose presence is necessary to maintain the capacity of a continuous process operation to resume normal operations without a complete cessation of operations. Directs inspectors, as soon as they conclude that such an imminent danger exists, to inform the affected employees and agency. Permits employees, or their representatives, to bring actions against the United States in district courts to compel the Office to issue such orders and for appropriate further relief. Authorizes attorneys designated by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to represent the Office in civil litigation under this Act, subject to the direction and control of the Attorney General. Authorizes the Office to allow reasonable variations and exemptions from provisions of this Act to avoid serious impairment of the national defense. Provides for civil or criminal penalties for specified violations of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to assess all such civil penalties. Authorizes the Office to conduct short-term training of personnel in work related to responsibilities under this Act. Directs the Office, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to: (1) provide for education of heads of agencies and employees in the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of unsafe or unhealthful working conditions; and (2) consult with and advise heads of agencies and employees, and their representative organizations, as to effective means of preventing occupational injuries and illnesses. Authorizes the head of each agency to establish a health service program for employees. Directs that the Secretary of Health and Human Services offer mandatory consultation before, and requested reviews after, such programs are established. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Director, Office of Personnel Management, to carry out a safety program covering specified maritime employees under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Authorizes the President to establish a safety council of labor organization representatives and employing agencies to advise the Secretary of Labor concerning such program. Directs the head of each agency with such employees to develop an organized safety promotion, to keep specified records, and make reports to the Secretary of Labor. Makes funds available for the purchase and maintenance of special protective clothing and equipment from appropriations for supplies, materials, or equipment procurement. Directs the Office, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to compile and analyze occupational safety and health statistics for Federal agencies. Authorizes the Office to make contracts and matching grants for such statistical research and to cooperate with States in such efforts. Directs the Office to make annual reports to Congress concerning Federal employee occupational safety and health. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to: (1) establish and maintain a comprehensive occupational safety and health program applicable to the Office consistent with specified standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; (2) provide employment conditions consistent with such standards; (3) require the use of protective equipment; (4) keep records of occupational accidents and illnesses; and (5) consult with and report annually to the Secretary of Labor concerning such records and program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to transmit such annual report to the President. Directs the President to transmit an annual report of such activities of the Office. Authorizes the Office to prescribe regulations concerning Federal employee occupational safety and health. Repeals specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 relating to programs of Federal agencies.

Bill· HRH.R. 5616 (96th)referred

A bill to preserve the existing tax status of wine used in the production of distilled spirits.

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1979

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the excise tax on domestic or imported distilled spirits, wines, and beer for each proof gallon of the wine content of distilled spirits containing wine. Sets the amount of such credit at the excess of $10.50 over the rate of the additional tax on such wine which would be imposed but for its removal to bonded premises. Specifies the points in time for determining allowance of such credit for domestic and for imported distilled spirits containing wine. Excludes from such credit: (1) any substance which has been subject to distillation at a distilled spirits plant after receipt in bond; and (2) wine containing more than 24 percent of alcohol by volume.

Bill· HRH.R. 5499 (96th)passed

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to: (1) determine whether a wrong was committed against American citizens and permanent resident aliens who were subjected to relocation or internment as a result of Executive Order Numbered 9066 and other associated Government acts; and (2) recommend appropriate remedies. Directs the Commission: (1) to hold public hearings in specified cities; and (2) within 18 months after enactment of this Act, to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to Congress and the President. Terminates the Commission six months after such report is submitted.

Bill· HRH.R. 5401 (96th)referred

National Center of Afro-American History and Culture Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979

National Center of Afro-American History and Culture Act - Establishes the National Afro-American History and Culture Commission which shall: (1) be responsible for the development of a definitive plan for the construction and operation of the National Center for Afro-American History and Culture; and (2) solicit subscriptions of funds from private sources to help meet costs of the construction, furnishing, and operation of the center, including the costs of acquiring works of art and artifacts. Allows the Commission to: (1) acquire by gift, purchase with appropriated or donated funds, transfer from any Federal or State agency, exchange, or otherwise acquire suitable land and interest in land in the vicinity of Wilberforce, Ohio, for the location of the headquarters of the center; (2) acquire appropriate works of art and any other real or personal property necessary for the establishment and operation of the center; and (3) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property acquired and designate any proceeds from such disposal for the benefit of the center. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds the Colonel Charles Young Home and adjacent lands in Wilberforce, Ohio, not to exceed 80 acres, which when acquired shall be known as the Wilberforce National Historic Site.

Bill· HRH.R. 5403 (96th)referred

A bill entitled "Southwest Coast Corridor Service".

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979

Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize the instigation of the Southwest Coast Corridor Service between San Diego and Los Angeles and beyond to the San Fernando Valley and to Oxnard. Authorizes the acquisition of: (1) capital improvements; (2) railroad rights-of-way; (3) related facilities; and/or (4) real property. Requires a detailed reporting to Congress on: (1) the estimated cost of the improvements; (2) possible obstacles to the establishment of the Corridor; and (3) recommendations as the desirability of implementing such Service. Stipulates that this Act not preempt or reduce existing or prospective local and State authority to develop rail passenger transportation service.

Bill· HRH.R. 5304 (96th)referred

Energy Productivity Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1979

Energy Productivity Act of 1979 - Title I: Residential Energy Conservation - Establishes the Residential Energy Conservation Office within the Department of Energy to accept applications for reimbursement of residential energy conservation improvement expenditures made in accordance with regulations issued by the Director of such office. Sets forth requirements for such applications and imposes limitations upon the amount of reimbursement to be made to approved applicants for energy conservation improvements to houses, apartment buildings, and hotels. Directs the Director to coordinate such reimbursement program with the energy audit program established under the National Energy Conservation Act and to promote the availability of such audits in connection with such reimbursement program. Authorizes the Director to use any available means of communication to advertise such residential energy conservation reimbursement program. Requires the Director to conduct an evaluation of such program to determine its effectiveness in promoting residential energy conservation and its cost effectiveness in terms of probable energy savings. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to audit the operations of the Residential Energy Conservation Office. Sets forth procedures for such audits. Authorizes appropriations for such residential energy conservation program. Requires sellers of energy conservation improvements to certify to purchasers that such improvements comply with regulations issued by the Director pursuant to this Act. Establishes criminal penalties for providing false information to the Director concerning any reimbursement application or improvement certification. Title II: Industrial Fuel Conservation - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make loans to industrial firms to assist in paying engineering costs for industrial energy conservation projects. Sets forth criteria for issuing necessary regulations and terms and conditions for such loans. Authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1980 through 1985. Authorizes appropriations for an accelerated energy productivity industrial research, development, and demonstration program. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations providing for an energy rebate to industrial firms implementing energy conservation projects approved by the Secretary. Sets the amount of such rebate at $15 for each barrel of crude oil equivalent of critical fuel saved in the full year following such project implementation. Requires that such rebate be structured to provide incentive for investment in permanent conservation equipment and production procedures. Authorizes appropriations for such rebate program. Title III: Commercial Property Energy Conservation Loan Program - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Energy a Commercial Property Energy Conservation Loan Program for the purpose of providing low-interest loans to owners, developers, or builders of commercial property for the purchase of energy conservation systems. Prohibits participation of Program personnel and agents in matters affecting their personal interest or the interests of any entity with which they are associated. Directs the General Accounting Office to periodically audit the financial transactions of the program. Establishes an advisory board to provide advice to the Secretary in carrying out such loan program. Sets forth membership requirements for such Board. Excludes owners, developers, or builders of structures eligible for grants pursuant to title III of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act from eligibility for such loans. Defines the term "energy conservation systems" for the purpose of determining eligibility for such loans and sets forth terms thereof. Provides that where a borrower has entered into agreements with his tenants allowing energy savings passthroughs, such borrower may pass through annual loan payments to his tenants as operating energy expenses. Establishes criminal penalties for making false statements or misrepresentations concerning loans made under such program. Directs the Secretary to make annual reports to the President and to both Houses of Congress on the operation of such program, recommendations for improvements, and identification of problem areas. Directs the Secretary to promote such loan program by informing financial institutions and commercial property owners, developers, and builders of the benefits of such program. Permits the use of Department of Energy personnel on such program. Authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1980 through 1983.