United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1979
Confers jurisdiction upon the United States Court of Claims and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to hear all claims which the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma may have against the United States with respect to lands or interests which were held by the United States for the benefit of the Cherokee Nation, or by treaty granted to the Cherokee Nation in fee simple, or otherwise.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1979
Higher Education Military Service Student Loan Cancellation Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner of Education to repay or cancel specified amounts or percents of student loans made after October 1, 1975, under the federally insured or guaranteed and the national direct student loan programs, for military service after October 1, 1980 by the borrower. Provides that, for each complete year of service, amounts eligible to be repaid or cancelled are: (1) $500 or ten percent of the loan, for enlisted members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces; or (2) $1,000 or 20 percent of the loan, whichever is greater, for enlisted members of the Armed Forces on active duty. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for such purposes for fiscal year 1981 through 1985. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a fund allocation schedule during any year for which such appropriation is not sufficient to pay the sum of the amounts eligible for repayment or cancellation, giving priority for service that qualifies for special pay in an area of hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1979
Requires the creation of a special Senate select committee to conduct a special examination and assessment of the United States foreign and defense policy objectives. Directs such committee to report to the Senate within six months on the status of the United States national security policy goals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the American people and their representatives are united in their determination and efforts to achieve the immediate, safe, and unconditional release of all U.S. personnel. Calls upon the U.N. Security Council to take all necessary measures to secure the release of all U.S. personnel held hostage in Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1979
Armed Forces Earned Educational Assistance Act - Entitles any individual who enlists or reenlists for the first time in the armed forces for a period of two or more years and who possesses a critical military skill, as determined by the Secretary concerned, to specified educational benefits. Stipulates that such assistance may be for a period of up to 36 months of full time educational assistance. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a joint report containing their respective plans for implementing such program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress semiannually on the operation of such program.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated, to erect a memorial on public grounds in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia in honor and recognition of the men and women of the armed forces who served in the Vietnam war.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive plan and program of research, development, and demonstration of ocean thermal energy conversion systems. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive commercialization plan designed to realize the goal of producing 10,000 megawatts of electrical capacity or energy product equivalent from ocean thermal energy conversion systems by the year 1999. Sets forth criteria for the selection of programs and the establishment of priorities concerning ocean thermal energy conversion systems. Establishes an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Advisory Committee to study and advise the Secretary on the implementation and conduct of the programs established under this Act and on other matters concerning ocean thermal energy conversion. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on the activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations for plant and capital equipment for specified ocean thermal energy conversion demonstration plants.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1979
Residential Energy Efficiency Program of 1979 - Amends the State residential energy conservation plan provisions of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to institute an alternative home energy efficiency program in any State, political subdivision, utility service area, or geographical area thereof. Exempts persons subject to such program from the requirements and prohibitions contained in the utility program established under such Act. Sets forth requirements for such alternative home energy efficiency program, including: (1) a requirement that the Secretary designate a Federal, State, or local agency to negotiate a contract with an energy conservation company to undertake a home energy retrofit program in a specified geographic area for a specified per unit price to be paid by such agency; (2) a requirement that such energy conservation company comply with specified criteria concerning such home energy retrofit program; and (3) a requirement that the designated agency establish accurate normalized measurements of energy use by type of energy before and after the installation of such retrofit measures to determine the saving produced by such energy conservation company. Directs the Secretary to provide funds to designated agencies to pay energy conservation companies for energy actually saved. Requires public utilities to make periodic payments to the Secretary not to exceed the value of the savings in a given year realized by such utilities as a result of the energy actually saved. Authorizes such utilities to sell any energy available to it as a result of a home energy retrofit program to willing nonresidential buyers. Authorizes the Secretary to issue notes or other obligations in order to finance such energy retrofit programs in the event the moneys received from public utilities under this Act are insufficient to finance such programs. Places limitations on the Secretary's authority to enter into such contracts depending on the amount of payments received from public utilities pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, prior to instituting any program authorized by this Act, to provide for public comment. Expands the definition of "residential buildings" for the purposes of this Act to include buildings having more than four dwelling units.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1979
Declares that it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider the SALT II Treaty until a Select Committee on Foreign and Defense Policy is appointed and reports to the Senate concerning the level of military capability required to guard U.S. security interests.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1979
Antiquities Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Antiquities Act to define "objects of historic or scientific interest" to include specified items. Stipulates that such objects must be directly associated with human activities. Requires congressional approval of any Presidential proclamation of a national monument before it can effect a reservation of public lands in excess of 5,000 acres. Permits the continuance of uses of public lands within a national monument which were valid uses prior to the designation of such lands as a monument, including hunting, guiding, hiking, boating, and use of motorized vehicles. Stipulates that such uses must not adversely affect the objects sought to be protected by the reservation. Grants such provisions governing the proclamation of national monuments retroactive effect as of October 14, 1978. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require congressional approval of withdrawals of public lands in excess of 5,000 acres by the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1979
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require specified drugs found by the Secretary to be hazardous when used in combination with alcohol to be deemed misbranded if the label of such drug fails to disclose such information.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Fish Restoration Act of 1979 - Title I: Fish Restoration Program - Directs that Federal moneys apportioned to a coastal State for aid in fish restoration and management be equitably allocated by such a State between marine and fresh water fish projects. Amends the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act to: (1) define the term "coastal State" for the purposes of such Act; (2) authorize appropriations in the amount equal to the revenue accruing from taxes relating to sport fishing equipment and certain recreational boats and boating equipment for fiscal year 1980 and each fiscal year thereafter; (3) increase the percentage of the annual appropriation deducted for administrative expenses; (4) eliminate the notification by a State of intent to accept such apportionment funds requirement; (5) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to finance up to 75 percent of the costs of the acquisition of lands or interests therein and the construction of structures or facilities; and (6) permit each State to utilize up to ten percent of its apportionment for an aquatic resource education program. Title II: Tax on Sale of Sport Fishing Equipment and Certain Recreational Boats and Boating Equipment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a tax on the sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of any article of sport fishing equipment, recreational boats, and boating equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1979
Savings and Investment Encouragement Act of 1979 - Title I: Incentives for Individual Saving - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $100 of the interest earned on a savings account. Permits an exclusion of up to $500 for interest which is reinvested in a savings account. Excludes from gross income up to $500 of dividends received which are reinvested in the stock of domestic corporations. Requires that the sum of the adjusted basis of stock in domestic corporations held by the taxpayer plus the amount held in a savings account (investment base) on the last day of a taxable year exceed the investment base of the taxpayer as of the first day of such taxable year, plus the amount of dividends and interest excludible for such taxable year. Title II: Incentives for New Plant and Equipment - Revises the method for determining useful lives of business assets for purposes of computing allowable depreciation deductions. Replaces the asset depreciation range (ADR) method with a schedule of capital cost recovery periods for three classes of business property. Establishes capital cost recovery periods for the following classes of business property: (1) buildings and their structural components, ten years; (2) tangible property, five years; and (3) automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks (up to $100,000), three years. Allows a ten percent investment tax credit for buildings and tangible property, and a six percent credit for automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks. Requires the recapture of depreciation amounts and investment tax credit amounts applicable to assets which are sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the expiration of the cost recovery period. Permits taxpayer to deduct less than the full allowance for capital cost recovery in any taxable year. Permits a carryover to succeeding taxable years of any unused depreciation amounts. Disqualifies capital cost recovery property from the allowance for first year depreciation. Treats amounts claimed as the capital cost recovery of noncorporate lessors as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Adopts as an accounting practice the "half year convention" under which investments eligible for capital cost recovery treatment or the investment tax credit which are made at any time during the taxable year are deemed to be made in the middle of such year. Title III: Incentives for Research and Development - Qualifies research and development expenditures related to a trade or business for the investment tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1979
National Student Loan Reform Act - Declares the purposes of this Act to be to: (1) ensure capital availability for student loans by strengthening the campus-based direct loan program; (2) adjust repayment schedules, and otherwise improve collection procedures, to make repayment sensitive to ability to repay and to reduce the default rate; and (3) guarantee loans to eligible borrowers so as to facilitate providing the expected family contributions (or, in the case of independent students, the expected self-help contribution) to the cost of higher education. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Student Loan Marketing Association (Association) to enter into agreements with eligible institutions for making low-interest loans to students directly through such institutions. Sets forth the terms of such agreements. Stipulates that: (1) the conditions of such loans shall be determined by the institution, subject to any requirements or limitations prescribed by the Association; (2) the amount of such loans shall equal the cost of attendance minus any scholarships or other loans, the expected family income or self-help contribution, and any other Federal assistance; (3) such loans will be made to accepted or attending students in financial need who are carrying at least one-half the normal academic workload; and (4) such loans shall be evidenced by a written agreement. Stipulates with regard to repayment that: (1) the repayment period shall begin nine months after a student graduates or ceases to carry the required workload, and continue for a maximum of 15 years; (2) repayment may be in either equal or graduated installments at the option of the student borrower; (3) payments may be accelerated or paid in full without penalty; (4) the interest rate shall be seven percent; (5) no security or endorsement shall be required unless the student borrower is a minor; (6) the loan shall be cancelled upon the death or permanent total disability of the student borrower; (7) no repayment shall be required while the borrower is in school, or for up to three years while in the Armed Forces, Peace Corps, or a volunteer under the Domestic Volunteer Act of 1973; (8) repayment extensions may be made; and (9) partial ban cancellation shall be made for certain teaching positions and combat veterans. Establishes a loan program guaranteed by the Association to meet the cost of the expected family contribution under this Act. Authorizes necessary appropriations to the student ban insurance fund for such loans and related expenses. Transfers such funds availability from the Commissioner of Education to the Association. Provides that the Association shall pay an eligible institution ten dollars per academic year year for each enrolled student on whose behalf such family-contribution loan is made. Limits such new family-contribution loans to fiscal years 1981-1985, and prohibits payments for existing loans after September 30, 1989. Stipulates with regard to such family-contribution loans: (1) the institution must certify to the lender the amount of the expected family contribution; (2) such loans shall be 100 percent insured; (3) the student must have been accepted, or already enrolled, on at least a half- time basis; (4) such loans will be made without security and without endorsement; (5) repayment shall begin no more than nine months after graduation or after the student ceases to be at least a half-time student, and shall be over a period of not less than five nor more than ten years; (6) principal need not be paid (but interest shall accrue) if the student is enrolled at least half-time (including graduate school), in a rehabilitation training program, or unable to find (for up to 12 months) full-time employment; (7) interest, at a rate of one percent less than the Treasury rate, shall accrue and paid during the term of the loan, except that such interest may be deferred until repayment of the principal starts; and (8) payments may be accelerated without penalty. Provides that, upon application by an eligible lender, the Association shall issue certificates of insurance covering the loan and setting forth the amount and terms of the insurance. Authorizes the Association to issue to a lender a certificate of comprehensive coverage to cover all qualifying loans made by such lender within a specified cutoff date and up to a specified aggregate maximum. Sets forth lender recovery procedures for defaulting loans. Provides that the Association shall repay the loans of bankrupt, diseased, or disabled borrowers. Revises provisions regarding special allowance payments to lenders to: (1) change the formula for computing such allowance; and (2) extend the five percent limit on such allowance from October 1, 1977, to October 1, 1980. Eliminates the provision providing for a District of Columbia student loan insurance program. Authorizes Federal credit unions to make family-contribution loans to eligible borrowers. Terminates existing lending programs (Guaranteed Student Loan Program and the National Direct Student Loan Program) six months after the enactment of this Act. Provides for the dissolution of the existing Student Loan Marketing Association and the assumption, and expansion, of such Association's functions by a newly created Association. Includes within such new Association's functions: (1) the authority to continue to purchase, sell, collect or otherwise deal in specified existing student loan programs; (2) the authority to contract with State guaranty agencies (and compensate them for services) for collecting student loans, distributing loan funds to institutions, monitoring and auditing student loan programs, and providing technical assistance and information regarding such loans. Authorizes the Association to issue notes, bonds, or other obligations, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that the obligations of the Association shall constitute general obligations of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1979
State Social Security Deposit Act of 1979 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct a State to pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 30 days following the end of each month, OASDI contributions related to the employment of State employees.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1979
Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act - Title I: Cost Containment Incentives - Amends the Public Health Service Act by adding a new title XIX, "Standards for Health Benefit Plans." Disallows a trade or business expense deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employers to accident and health plans under the Internal Revenue Code by an employer who fails to meet the requirements of this title. Requires that an employer offer to his or her employees at least one group health benefit plan (to the extent that such a plan is available) for inpatient hospital services having an annual copayment for hospital services of at least 25 percent, to be paid by the employee. Excepts from such copayment requirement a period from the date on which an employee and his or her family have incurred out-of-pocket medical expenses during a calendar year in an amount in excess of 20 percent of such individuals' combined income and ending on the last day of such calendar year. Requires an employer to make the same expenditure per enrollee with respect to each group health benefit plan regardless of the actual premium cost. Requires an employer to rebate to an employee any excess of the employer's expenditure amount over the premium cost either in cash or other benefits. Prohibits an employer from expending an amount for a plan on behalf of an employee in excess of the premium cost of the most costly group health benefit plan in which at least ten percent of the employees are actually enrolled at the time the expenditure is made. Requires an employer having at least 200 full-time employees to offer his employees at least three health benefit plans with different carriers. Requires the offer of a group health benefit plan to be first made to any collective bargaining representative of an employee. Title II: Catastrophic Illness Insurance - Amends title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (as added by title I of this Act) to disallow a trade or business expense deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employers to accident and health plans under the Internal Revenue Code by an employer having 50 or more full-time employees who fails to meet the requirements of this title. Requires a health benefit plan to provide for payment without any cost sharing by any individual covered under the plan for medical expenses from the date on which an employee and his or her family have incurred out-of-pocket medical expenses during a calendar year in an amount in excess of 20 percent of such individuals' combined income and ending on the last day of such calendar year. Requires such plan to disregard any preexisting medical conditions of any such persons. Requires such plan to continue coverage for individuals for a period of six months after the member employee becomes unemployed, ceases to be full-time, or dies. Requires carriers to enter into an arrangement in each State in which it conducts business for the purpose of providing catastrophic illness insurance and preventive care coverage to those persons who are not eligible for coverage under titles II and III of this Act, or a government program of health care. Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare) to remove the 150 day limitation on inpatient hospital services. Provides that the amount payable for inpatient hospital services shall be reduced by a coinsurance amount equal to 20 percent of the charges imposed with respect to such individual, but only for days not within the "benefit period" (defined as the period beginning with the day on which the total expenses incurred by the individual for services for which benefits under this title are payable exceed 20 percent of such person's income from wages and net earnings from self-employment for the preceding calendar year). Provides that 100 percent of the charges or costs of the supplementary medical insurance benefits for the aged and disabled shall be paid during such benefit period. Title III: Preventive Care - Amends title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (as added by titles I and II of this Act) to disallow a trade or business expenses deduction or an exclusion relating to contributions by employers to accident and health plans under the Internal Revenue Code by an employer having 50 or more full-time employees who fails to meet the requirements of this title. Specifies the preventive care services which a carrier who enters into an arrangement with a State pursuant to title II must provide, including maternal care, childhood immunizations, and hypertension screening. Title IV: Internal Revenue Code Amendments - Makes: (1) a deduction by an employer in providing a health benefit plan to his or her employees; and (2) an exclusion by an employer for contributions to accident and health plans, conditional upon such employer's compliance with the requirements of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act. Title V: Effective Dates - Establishes the effective dates of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1979
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe health statements for the labeling of alcoholic beverages. Authorizes Congress to invalidate any regulation prescribing such a statement by joint resolution within 30 days after the regulation's promulgation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require every person who pays interest (on savings accounts or other evidences of indebtedness) or a dividend to deduct and withhold on such interest or dividend a tax equal to 15 percent of the amount thereof. Specifies exceptions to such requirements. Allows any tax so withheld as a credit against the income tax. Exempts from such withholding requirements any interest or dividend paid to individuals and organizations possessing withholding exemption certificates because of limited or no tax liability. Holds any withholding agent required to deduct and withhold taxes liable for the payment of such taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, and to no one else. States that such taxes shall not be collected from a withholding agent if they are paid by the recipient of the income to be taxed, although such agent remains subject to penalties for failure to perform his duty. Excludes from gross income: (1) up to $100 of interest on personal savings; and (2) up to $200 (currently, $100) of any dividends received.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the payment of excise tax on the sale of certain sporting goods at the close of the quarter immediately following the quarter in which sale of such goods was made.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1979
Emergency Energy Production Council Act of 1979 - Establishes the Emergency Energy Production Council to assist in the development, production, use, or transportation of any form of energy. Sets forth membership requirements for such Council. Sets forth the functions of such Council and authorizes it to adopt energy actions in the form of recommendations to the President which, if approved by the President and submitted to and approved by Congress, shall have the power of law. Provides that such energy actions may include: (1) facilitating the construction or operation of any energy production, transportation, refinement, research and development, or conservation facility; (2) abolishing or modifying Federal agency rules or regulations relating to energy production and development; or (3) proposing projects to be carried out directly by Federal agencies for energy-related activities. Sets forth sanctions to be taken against State or local governments for failure to comply with such energy actions, consisting of the withholding of Federal-aid highway funds. Provides for a limited and expeditious procedure for judicial review of energy actions adversely affecting any person. Sets forth administrative provisions for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Amends the Small Business Act to establish interest rates and conditions on the following Small Business Administration disaster loans for disasters occurring between October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1982: (1) homeowner's loans; (2) business loans where the applicant is unable to obtain sufficient credit from non-Federal sources at reasonable terms; and (3) business loans where the applicant is able to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere. Makes any agricultural enterprise ineligible for such business loans prior to October 1, 1982, if it is eligible for emergency loan assistance from the Farmers Home Administration under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish interest rates and conditions for emergency loans to qualified agricultural enterprises.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to charitable contributions of partial interest in real property to allow an income tax deduction for any interest in real property if: (1) the only interests retained by the taxpayer are oil, gas, or other mineral interests; and (2) such retained oil, gas, or other minerals may not be extracted by surface mining methods. Amends the Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977 and the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to remove the June 14, 1981 expiration date for the application of denial of deduction provisions to charitable contributions of partial interests in real property.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1979
Declares that the special allocation of middle distillates for agricultural production shall remain in effect until August 1, 1981, notwithstanding other provisions of law.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1979
Fuel Energy Conservation Act of 1979 - Establishes uniform national standards for weight and length of vehicles using the Interstate and Defense Highway System.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1979
Work and Training Opportunities Act of 1979 - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to provide financial assistance to States for the conduct of job search assistance programs run by the States and Native American entities; and (2) federally assisted work and training opportunities, beyond such eight-week programs, run by State and local CETA prime sponsors and Native American entities. Directs the Secretary of Labor to apportion funds for search assistance programs among State and Native American entities according to specified criteria, including the relative numbers of recipients of aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) under the Social Security Act in each State and in geographical areas within each State. Limits Federal assistance for such State programs to 90 percent of costs. Requires that eligible individuals for such programs be (1) adults in families which meet AFDC eligibility standards or (2) registered under the work incentive program (WIN) of the Social Security Act. Requires that job search program services provided through cooperative arrangements between States and local CETA prime sponsors include: (1) instruction in job search techniques; (2) group job search activities; (3) private sector job development; (4) referrals to unsubsidized jobs; (5) supportive services, such as child care, transportation, and medical care; (6) short term remedial services; (7) employability development planning; and (8) referral of eligible individuals to federally-assisted work or training after an eight-week job search period or continuing job search assistance for individuals not so placed or not so eligible. Directs the Governor of each State requesting assistance for such programs to submit a comprehensive State plan to the Secretary. Sets forth criteria for such plans. Directs the Secretary, after consulting the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to approve such plans and annual program modifications thereof only if certain criteria are met. Requires that such plans and modifications be prepared and developed with the active participation of the State employment and training councils established under CETA, all local CETA prime sponsors, and specified State agencies. Permits prime sponsors to appeal to the Secretary if dissatisfied with arrangements for such programs in their areas. Directs the Secretary, in cases of nonexistent or unapproved State plans or unsatisfactory implementation of State or area programs to make direct payments to public agencies or private nonprofit organizations to carry out such programs in such States or areas. Directs the Secretary to issue certain regulations for such programs only after the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare agrees to such regulations. Directs the Secretary to apportion funds for federally assisted work and training opportunities among State and local CETA prime sponsors and Native American entities according to specified criteria, including the relative numbers of AFDC recipients in each area served by such prime sponsors. Require that eligible participants for such work and training positions: (1) have participated in a job search program for the prior eight weeks; (2) have not refused a bona fide job offer since the beginning of the job search period; and (3) be the principal earner in a family with a child. Limits administrative and related costs of such opportunity programs to 20 percent of costs. Requires remaining funds to be used for wages (including training time compensation) and employment benefits to persons placed in such positions. Stipulates that such federally assisted work and training opportunities shall include: (1) public service employment; (2) vocational, remedial, and on-the-job training positions in the private sector; (3) supportive services; (4) flexible working arrangements; (5) provision for return to a similar work and training position after absence due to incapacity or a short-term job; and (6) referrals to other private or public employment. Limits individual participation in such subsidized work or training positions to a maximum of 78 weeks, renewable upon completion of another eight-week job search. Requires prime sponsors receiving such financial assistance to include satisfactory provisions for such work and training opportunities in their CETA comprehensive plans and to make arrangements with the job search assistance program to assure a continuous sequence of services for participating individuals. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards and procedures for determining whether an individual has refused a bona fide job offer without good cause. Sets forth certain conditions under which an individual shall not be found to have so refused such an offer. Directs the Secretary to apportion 62.5 percent of CETA funds currently available to prime sponsors for specified employment programs to provide public service employment for certain individuals from welfare eligible families.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1979
Social Welfare Reform Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Assistance to Meet Emergency Needs; Earned Income Credit - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children, hereinafter AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that, in determining the income and resources of individuals claiming AFDC: (1) the first $70 per month of earned income plus one-third of the remainder of such income shall be disregarded from the earned income of any child or relative receiving AFDC; and (2) a certain amount of the total income, as determined by a formula set forth in this Act, shall be disregarded. Defines the term "income" for purposes of part A to include all income from whatever source, excluding certain items, including: (1) the cost of producing self-employment income and 20 percent of wages, salary, or self-employment income; and (2) an amount of earned income equal to the monthly cost of care for a child up to a limit of $160 per month. Requires that specified portions of the income of the stepparents of a dependent child be included as income for purposes of determining eligibility under part A. Repeals provisions of part A which: (1) require AFDC payments to be reduced by any unemployment compensation received by a child's parent; (2) require that training incentives and income derived from a special work project under the Work Incentive Program (WIN) be disregarded in determining eligibility under part A based on income; and (3) require that in determining an individual's needs, the additional expenses attributable to participation in the WIN program shall be taken into account. Provides for the payment of reasonable work expenses, in addition to the incentive payment already authorized, under the WIN program. Excludes such work expenses and incentive payments from income under any Federal or federally assisted program. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe the types and maximum allowable amounts of financial resources which an eligible AFDC family may own. Stipulates that such maximum may be not less than $750 nor more than $1,750. Excludes from such resources, among other things: (1) any licensed vehicle but only such portion of the fair market value that is below $4,500; (2) a home; (3) burial plots; (4) household goods and personal effects; and (5) resources of which the cash value cannot be readily realized. Prohibits the imposition of a lien against the property of any individual because of AFDC aid received. Prohibits an individual from receiving AFDC benefits for specified periods if within 24 months of applying for benefits such individual disposed of property having an uncompensated value of more than $3,000 and which, if retained, would have caused such individual to be ineligible for benefits. Eliminates the term "unemployed father" and substitutes the term "unemployed parent. Repeals the requirement, in the case of a dependent child of an unemployed parent, that such parent must have been employed for at least six out of 13 work period quarters in the period ending one year prior to applying for benefits. Stipulates that only the "principal earner" need register for manpower services, training, and employment as a condition of eligibility for AFDC. Permits a State to pay reduced benefits, in the case of an AFDC child living with a relative who is not legally responsible for such child, based upon the costs of shelter and utilities for such child. Includes within the definition of AFDC payments to a pregnant woman who, following the child's birth, would become eligible for AFDC. Requires a State plan to cover the parent of a dependent child who lives in the same home as the child, and, both parents, if the child is deprived by reason of the incapacity or unemployment of one parent. Sets forth a formula for determining monthly AFDC payments based in part on a family's "monthly cash needs standard." Directs each State to establish a monthly cash needs standard for a family with dependent children such that, for any such family with no income other than AFDC payments the monthly cash needs standard plus the value of the monthly allotment of food stamp coupons shall equal an amount that is not less than 65 percent of the income poverty guidelines for a family with the same number of members as such family. Permits a State to vary its monthly cash needs standard so as to take into account differences in the cost of living in different geographical regions of the State. Defines the term "income poverty guidelines. Directs a State to pay benefits for a specified period to an AFDC applicant who is presumptively eligible if a determination of eligibility cannot be made within 30 days of an application for benefits. Requires a State to replace a lost or stolen check within ten days from the date replacement was requested. Requires a State to provide a fair hearing to any applicant whose claim for AFDC benefits is denied. Sets forth State plan requirements concerning: (1) the effective date of the application; (2) the period for determination of eligibility; (3) the time of the month at which payment must be made; and (4) an annual review of eligibility. Permits an individual to refuse employment yet remain eligible for AFDC if acceptance of such employment would result in a reduction of such individual's income. Authorizes appropriations under part C (Work Incentive Programs) of title IV to be made directly to the Secretary of Labor. Requires a State to provide an administrative system for coordinating employment and training services required by title IV and similar services of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Sets forth provisions relating to the coordination of the WIN and CETA programs. Establishes a national committee to coordinate such programs. Requires a State, under part A of title IV, to provide "assistance to meet emergency needs" to an AFDC or low-income family with children faced with extraordinary expenses or needs caused by or arising from an accident, natural disaster or other unpredictable event. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the Federal payment to a State, according to a specified formula, for AFDC payments in the case of a child deprived of parental support due to: (1) the death, absence, or incapacity of a parent; or (2) the unemployment of a parent. Directs the Secretary to pay to a State for fiscal years 1982-1986 an amount equal to the excess of the State's "allowable expenditures for AFDC" if such expenditures exceed 95 percent of the State's "fiscal liability base." Provides for a declining proportion of the amount paid in FY 1986 to be paid to a State for FY's 1987 through 1989. Defines the terms "allowable expenditures for AFDC" and "fiscal liability base." Permits a State to increase its "allowable expenditures for AFDC" according to guidelines set forth in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue regulations pertaining to the administration of the aid to families with dependent children program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to a State, under part A: (1) 90 percent of the expenditures for development of mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems to provide for the effective administration of the State plan under such part; and (2) 75 percent of State expenditures for the operation of such systems. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to grant funds to assist a State agency in meeting the cost of developing and implementing systems, techniques, or other innovative approaches designed to improve the administration of an AFDC plan. Stipulates that such funds will be available only to a State agency that demonstrates a substantial likelihood of achieving comprehensive improvements in the administration of a State plan. Requires a State AFDC plan to provide for: (1) the recovery of aid incorrectly paid; (2) the payment of aid incorrectly denied or underpaid; and (3) the cooperation of all State agencies administering AFDC plans in reviewing case records and providing information to identify AFDC recipients who are receiving AFDC benefits in more than one State and benefits under any other federally supported program. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop measures for monitoring and assessing the performance, at least annually, of the effectiveness of the requirements for the approval of a State AFDC plan. Sets forth amendments relating to incentive payments made to a State with a low rate of erroneous AFDC payments. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to restrict automatic eligibility of AFDC recipients for Medicaid benefits in any month to: (1) an individual who had been eligible for such benefits on the basis of receipt of AFDC in one of the four months preceding such month; or (2) an individual who would qualify for AFDC on the basis of low income without deducting specified earnings which may be disregarded in determining eligibility for AFDC. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that when determining whether an individual is self-supporting or supported by another individual, or is maintaining a household, any benefit provided under any public assistance program used for the support of the individual or for the maintenance of the household shall not be taken into account. Increases the tax credit allowed on earned income not in excess of $5,000. Excludes from earned income earnings performed in a public service job if such earnings are paid in whole or in part from funds provided under title II (Comprehensive Employment and Training Services) of CETA. Title II: Supplemental Security Income - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make to an SSI recipient, in addition to the SSI benefits currently provided, a cash payment in lieu of food stamps to an eligible individual who lives alone or with other eligible individuals. States that an individual shall cease to qualify for SSI as an eligible spouse after a couple has been living apart for more than one month. States that a husband and wife who are living in the same medical care facility shall be considered to be living apart for the purposes of title XVI. Includes renumeration received for services performed in a sheltered workshop or work activities center as earned income, for the purpose of determining eligibility under title XVI based on income. Excludes a burial plot, certain burial expenses, and certain unearned income received in the form of real or personal property from the resources of an individual when determining the eligibility of such individual for SSI. Increases the amount of the cash advances available to an individual who is presumptively eligible for SSI and who is faced with a financial emergency. Permits an individual, if hospitalized outside the United States, to remain eligible for SSI if the foreign hospital was substantially more accessible than the nearest hospital within the United States. Repeals the definition of the term "child" for purposes of the SSI program and deletes the use of such term from the program. Substitutes conditions of age and occupation for the use of the term "child. Repeals the requirement that a State pay a mandatory supplement to an SSI recipient who was a recipient in December 1973. Prohibits an individual from receiving SSI benefits for specified periods if within 24 months of applying for benefits such individual disposed of property having an uncompensated value of more than $3,000 and which if retained would have caused such individual to be ineligible for benefits. Provides that when an individual who was represented by an attorney obtains a favorable judicial decision in a claim for past-due SSI benefits, the court may allow as part of the judgment a fee for such representation not to exceed 25 percent of such benefits. Provides that eligibility and the benefit amount for SSI will be determined on a monthly rather than quarterly basis. Specifies situations in which optional supplementation of SSI benefits may be authorized. Requires that SSI benefits received during the period in which an individual's application for benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act is pending be recovered from any payment of OASDI benefits which is made retroactive to the date of application. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the prompt replacement of SSI benefit checks which have been lost, stolen, destroyed, or not delivered within two mail delivery days following the day regularly designated for delivery. Title III: Amendments Applicable to Two or More Programs Under the Social Security Act - Sets forth provisions establishing time periods within which claims for Federal reimbursement to a State for expenditures under the Social Security Act must be made. Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to authorize expenditures from any or all of the Trust Funds for the administrative costs of carrying out the OASDI and Medicare (title XVIII) programs. Requires that such sums be transferred from the Trust Funds to separately identified accounts in the Treasury. Increases from $4,000,000 to $20,000,000 the amount available under part A of title XI to make additional Federal payments to States for certain demonstration projects under the Act. Deletes the requirement that all experimental and demonstration projects under the Act financed from Federal funds be personally approved by the Secretary or the Under Secretary. Amends titles I (Old Age Assistance and Medical Assistance), IV part A, X (Aid to the Blind), XIV (Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled), and XVI of the Act to provide for a Federal matching rate of 75 percent of the sums expended under the State plans of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. Doubles the applicable funding limitations for such payments as set forth in title XI part A for fiscal years 1972 and thereafter, with the exception of fiscal year 1979 which shall remain the same. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit an immigrant from entering the country unless: (1) there is in effect with respect to such immigrant an agreement providing that an approved sponsor shall furnish such financial support as is necessary to prevent the immigrant from qualifying for SSI benefits, AFDC, or other public assistance based on need for the five years following the entry of such immigrant into the United States; (2) such immigrant has other means to support himself or herself; or (3) such immigrant is a political refugee. States that such agreement shall be excused if: (1) the sponsor dies or becomes bankrupt; (2) the immigrant is under age 65 and becomes blind or disabled after entering the United States; or (3) the sponsor cannot fulfill the agreement due to circumstances that were not forseeable at the time the agreement was made. Amends title III (Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Act to set forth provisions concerning the disclosure of information relating to unemployment compensation which an individual has applied for, is receiving, or has received. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit officers and employees of the Social Security Administration to disclose tax return information disclosed to them to officers and employees of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or to an appropriate State agency for the purpose of determining eligibility for benefits or the amount of such benefits under specified programs of the Social Security Act. Title IV: Child Support Enforcement - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations for the enforcement of support obligations owed by absent parents not only to their children, as is presently provided for, but also to the spouse, or former spouse, with whom such child is living. Makes permanent the requirement that a State plan provide child support collection or paternity determination services to an individual not otherwise eligible for such services under the plan. Permits a State, for purposes of determining eligibility for AFDC, to disregard for up to three consecutive months support payments received under part D of title IV. Prohibits payments to a State for child support services under part D of title IV unless the State submits to the Secretary a report specifying: (1) the amount of child and spousal support collected and disbursed; and (2) all expenditures made with respect to such services.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Antiquities Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Antiquities Act to define "objects of historic or scientific interest" to include specified items. Stipulates that such objects must be directly associated with human activities. Requires congressional approval of any Presidential proclamation of a national monument before it can effect a reservation of public lands in excess of 5,000 acres. Permits the continuance of uses of public lands within a national monument which were valid uses prior to the designation of such lands as a monument, including hunting, guiding, hiking, boating, and use of motorized vehicles. Stipulates that such uses must not adversely affect the objects sought to be protected by the reservation. Grants such provisions governing the proclamation of national monuments retroactive effect as of October 14, 1978. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require congressional approval of withdrawals of public lands in excess of 5,000 acres by the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Increases the stipend for individuals participating in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in rates of pay under the General Schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Removes the limitation on the calendar years for which an amount received by a member of the uniform services as a scholarship under the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program is excluded from the member's gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1979
Amends the Clean Air Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 to delay for one year certain provisions relating to areas which fail to meet national ambient air quality standards.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Amends the Walsh-Healey Act to permit government contractors to have their employees work a four-day workweek consisting of four ten-hour days. Amends the Contract Work Hours Standards Act to revise overtime guidelines to accommodate such a workweek. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to increase the minimum rate of overtime pay to two times regular pay.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1979
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require that aged, blind, or disabled aliens, as defined in title XVI, must have resided in the United States during the three years immediately preceding such aliens' application for benefits under title XVI. Exempts from the three-year requirement those aliens: (1) who are political refugees or parolees into this country; (2) with respect to whom the support agreement under the Immigration and Nationality Act is excused; and (3) certain blind or disabled individuals. Stipulates that such three-year requirement shall apply only to aliens applying for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to stipulate that no immigrant shall be admitted into the United States unless: (1) at the time of application for admission a support agreement exists which states that the immigration sponsor shall provide such financial support as is necessary to maintain the immigrants' income at a dollar amount equal to the dollar amount such immigrant would receive under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, if such immigrant is aged, blind, or disabled as defined in title XVI, during the three-year period beginning on the date of admission of the immigrant; (2) such immigrant presents evidence of other means to provide the required support; or (3) such immigrant is designated as a parolee or political refugee without available means of private support. Authorizes the Attorney General, the immigrant, or any State which is making payments to such immigrant under any program based on need, to enforce such agreements in a civil action. Declares a support agreement excused and unenforceable if: (1) the sponsor dies or is adjudicated as bankrupt; (2) the alien becomes blind or disabled from causes arising after admission to the U.S.; (3) the sponsor can affirmatively demonstrate that his or her financial resources have diminished beyond the sponsor's control and that the sponsor is financially incapable of supporting the alien; or (4) judgment cannot be obtained in court because of circumstances unforeseeable to the alien at the time of admission.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require each Federal Reserve bank to pay interest each month to each member bank on that bank's average reserve balance maintained with respect to the first $100,000,000 of the bank's deposits. Stipulates that the rate of payment shall be equal to the average yield on Treasury bills issued during the previous quarter.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Nitrite Moratorium and Food Safety Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting commerce, prior to May 1, 1980, in any food, meat product, or poultry product by reason of the carcinogenic or other toxic effect of the nitrite added to that food, if: (1) addition of such nitrite was permitted under applicable Federal law on May 1, 1979; and (2) the quantity of such nitrite is within the tolerances in effect on May 1, 1979, or within such tolerances as may thereafter be established, for the purpose of preventing botulism. Prohibits either Secretary from prohibiting commerce on or after April 30, 1980, in any food to which nitrite has been added if the addition of such nitrite: (1) is shown to be safe; or (2) if not shown to be safe, is shown to be necessary to protect against botulism. Extends the period of such moratorium until such time as an alternative anti-toxin becomes available. Requires each Secretary to make an annual review of all regulations issued under this Act in order to determine progress toward making available effective and feasible alternative means for preventing botulism.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1979
Federal Oil Shale Commercialization Test Act - Declares it the purpose of this Act to establish a Federal program to test the commercial, social, and environmental viability of oil shale technologies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a program to determine the commercial viability of as many as three oil shale retorting technologies; (2) invite proposals from interested persons for the design, construction, and operation of oil shale commercial demonstration projects; and (3) select as many as three such proposals and enter into contracts for the implementation of such projects. Sets forth considerations for the Secretary in selecting projects. Requires that all projects authorized by this Act be located at a single site on the lands of the Naval Oil Shale Reserve or on unleased public lands. Requires the Secretary to consult with appropriate State and local officials, before selecting a demonstration project, to assess the environmental impact of the project on the area affected. Establishes criteria for the evaluation of the economic, social, and environmental impact of oil shale technologies. Requires the publication of such evaluation by the Secretary within one year of the completion of the demonstration projects. Requires the Secretary to hold at least one public hearing, prior to the completion of his evaluation, in the area which would be most directly affected by the commercial development of oil shale. Vests title in the United States to any invention made or conceived by a participant in the demonstration projects. Prohibits the Secretary, under the authority of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, from waiving the rights of the United States to title in such inventions. Authorizes the Secretary to grant nonexclusive licenses in inventions made or conceived during the projects. Protects the ownership of background patents which project participants possess at the outset of the program. Establishes a panel to advise the Secretary on the social, environmental, and safety impact of the demonstration projects authorized by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to use, store, or sell any shale oil produced during the program. Requires public sale of such oil to the highest qualified bidder. Authorizes the Secretary to make financial commitments for the purpose of financing essential community development and planning necessitated by the funding of demonstration facilities under this Act. Limits the amount of such commitments to $20,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Authorizes the Secretary to make direct loans and grants to eligible State and local governments should authorized funds prove insufficient. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for such purposes. Creates within the Treasury the Oil Shale Commercialization Test Special Fund to carry out such community development and planning assistance programs. Prescribes rules to govern the operation of the fund and related financial matters. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for the acquisition of information and evaluation of the environmental, social, economic and technological impact of the program. Sets forth the required content of such report. Requires an annual report from the Secretary on action he has or has not taken under this Act. Requires that the interest paid on any bond obligation guaranteed under this Act shall be included in the gross income of the purchaser of such obligation. Provides for the public disclosure of information collected by the Secretary under this Act, except to the extent such information is exempted from disclosure by federal law. Requires the holders of Federal contracts under this Act to keep such records as the Secretary may require, subject to inspection and audit by the Secretary and the Comptroller General. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Entitles certain employees of Indian tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service (IHS), or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to an annuity if separated from service after completing 25 years of service or after attaining 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service, if such employee is not an Indian entitled to an employment preference by law. States that employees entitled to Indian preference and military preference shall be retained in preference to employees entitled to only military preference during reductions in force within the BIA or the IHS. Declares that reassignments of individuals within the BIA or the IHS shall not be subject to the Indian preference laws where the Commissioner of Indian Affairs determines that the reassignment is necessary to: (1) assure the health or safety of an individual or his family; (2) avoid the displacement of an Indian during a reduction in force; or (3) prevent the deterioration of an individual's operation or of a necessary service to the Indian people. Forbids the application of Indian preference laws to any personnel action respecting an individual if the tribal organization served by the unit in which the position exists grants a waiver of those laws. Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Health, Education, and Welfare to report annually to Congress on their actions to recruit and train Indians for positions subject to Indian preference laws and to place non-Indian employees of the BIA and the IHS in other Federal positions.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Weather Resources Management Act of 1979 - Establishes a National Weather Resources Management Program to develop and improve weather resources management technologies. Establishes within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration a Weather Resources Management Board to advise the Administrator of such agency on organizing, planning, designing, developing, and carrying out such Program. Provides that such Program shall include: (1) basic research focused on atmospheric process; (2) the conduct of experimental activities; (3) the provision of technical and financial assistance to the States and their political subdivisions, private users and operators; and (4) the development and maintenance of a set of Best Management Practices for all weather modification activities. Directs that such program shall be carried out through a comprehensive five-year plan that is to be updated annually and submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Board to develop, formulate, publish, and maintain a set of South Weather Resources Management Practices regarding project design, environmental assessments, operations, data collection, and evaluations. Requires that research or operational activity by the Administrator comply with such practices. Requires any person who attempts weather modification to prepare and maintain daily reports covering such activities, and to make such reports available to the Administration. Prescribes penalties for violations of such reporting requirements. Gives the district court jurisdiction to enjoin any weather modification activity by any person violating regulations promulgated by the Administrator under this Act. Authorizes the Administration to make grants and enter into contracts for the conduct of research, development, and demonstration projects concerning weather modification. Transfers all functions, personnel, property, funds, and other assets of Federal agencies with respect to weather resources management to the Administration. Requires the Board to consult and cooperate with the States which are affected by such operations and activities. Provides that exemptions from the tort claims procedure shall not apply to claims based on the Administration's weather modification activities. Permits class actions under the Federal tort claims procedure. Prohibits a private cause of action for the Administration's failure to comply with the Sound Weather Resources Management Practices. Terminates the Board 20 years after the date of enactment. Repeals existing law concerning weather modification reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1979
Permits State and local governments to collect taxes on the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products on military and other Federal reservations. Requires the proprietors of facilities which sell alcoholic beverages and tobacco products on Federal installations to report to the States or localities in which such installations are located the amount of such commodities with respect to which taxes are payable.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Expresses the gratitude of the Senate upon the retirement of the Honorable Clarence M. Mitchell, Junior, as chief legislative spokesman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and for his contributions to the establishment of justice and equality in America.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should withdraw the standby gasoline rationing plan submitted to Congress on March 1, 1979, and resubmit an amended plan to remedy interstate inequities with regard to gasoline rationing coupon distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Food and Nutrition Program Optional Consolidation and Reorganization Act of 1979 - Provides the States with the option of consolidating and reorganizing the following food assistance programs: (1) the food stamp program of the Food Stamp Act of 1964; (2) the child feeding programs of the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; (3) the food and nutrition education program of the Smith-Lever Act; and (4) the commodity supplemental food program. Allows any State to participate in the consolidation program, and guarantees that a participating State shall receive the funds it would otherwise have received under the above-mentioned programs. Stipulates the procedure by which a State may withdraw from the program. Permits a State to receive a planning grant of up to two percent of the amount that State presently receives under the four existing programs, in order to prepare a consolidated plan conforming to this Act. Sets forth requirements for receiving such a grant. Requires each State desiring to receive funds for the consolidation program to: (1) designate a State agency to ascertain the food and nutrition needs of the State's needy population, to formulate and monitor the State consolidation plan and to receive and apportion State and Federal funds earmarked for the program; (2) publish, prior to consolidated assistance and every fourth year thereafter, a four-year comprehensive State plan which conforms to the requirements of this Act, and update the plan annually; (3) certify to the Secretary of Agriculture that the requirements of (2) have been complied with; and (4) provide for an annual audit of expenditures, and to report the findings of that audit to the Secretary. Provides that a State participating in a consolidated program is eligible to receive an additional grant for carrying out that program equal to 10 percent of its total entitlement, provided that such amount is matched by the State with an equal amount of non-Federal funds. Requires the Secretary to furnish the same services-in-kind which would have been furnished to the State had the State not participated in the consolidated program. Permits the States to purchase food-service equipment and facilities with funds made available under this Act. Forbids any State from using more than 2 1/2 percent of the funds made available under this Act for administrative expenses. Provides for evaluations and monitoring of the program authorized under this Act. Requires the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which consolidate under this Act for purposes of interstate cooperation. Provides for the participation of children enrolled in private of Indian tribal schools if a State is prohibited by law from providing for their participation. Imposes criminal penalties on anyone who embezzles, steals, or fraudulently obtains any funds authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that exclusive territorial arrangements made as a part of a licensing agreement for the manufacture, distribution, or sale of a trademarked soft drink product are lawful under the antitrust law provided such product is in substantial and effective competition with other products for the same general class in the relevant market or markets. Prohibits recovery in private actions under the Clayton Act based on territorial provisions in a trademark licensing agreement prior to a final determination that such provisions are unlawful.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1979
Amends the Flood Control Act to direct the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to construct water treatment facilities and a regional conveyance system of water from Tenkiller Ferry Lake, Oklahoma. Requires non-Federal public entities which use such facilities to repay the costs of such facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1979
Regulatory Control Act of 1979 - Requires rules promulgated by an executive or military department to implement a public law to be submitted to the congressional committee where such law originated. Prohibits such rule from becoming effective if disapproved by such committee within 60 days of submission.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1979
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1962 to direct the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to construct water treatment facilities and a regional conveyance system of water from Kaw Lake, Oklahoma. Requires non-Federal public entities which use such facilities to repay the costs of such facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1979
Directs that the sorrow and regret felt by the Senate at the announcement of the death of the Honorable Dewey F. Bartlett, a former Senator from Oklahoma, be communicated to the House of Representatives and the family of the deceased.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1979
Amends the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to allow the first sale of deep stripper well crude oil to be exempt from price regulation under such Act. Requires a well to be producing at the maximum feasible rate throughout a 12-month period in order to qualify for such exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979
Medicare Home Health Amendments of 1979 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health services under such title. Includes occupational therapy as a home health service. Permits a physician's assistant or nurse practitioner, who is supervised by a physician, to establish a plan of care for a home health patient living in a rural area. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition for receiving home health services. Requires home health aides to complete a training program developed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires each home health agency to submit a bimonthly bill which lists all services provided each individual receiving services from such agency. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate regional agencies to monitor home health agency costs; (2) establish guidelines to be used in determining the reasonable cost of home health services; (3) monitor the costs of home health services; (4) report to Congress on the frequency of use of home health services by individuals eligible for Medicare benefits; and (5) establish demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of agency or multiagency utilization review committees in ensuring the medical necessity, cost efficiency, and appropriate use of home health services.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979
Exempts the price of natural gas imported from Mexico from regulation under the Natural Gas Policy Act, the Natural Gas Act, or any other provision of Federal or State law.
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