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United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on outside income for beneficiaries age 65 or older.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to Douglas County, Nevada, (upon which the County shall build a warehouse) in exchange for certain lands from such County to be added to the Toiyabe National Forest.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Community Home Health Services Act of 1981 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make loans to proprietary entities (in addition to the home health grants now available) for home health programs to meet the initial cost of establishing and operating such programs. Authorizes appropriations for home health programs through fiscal year 1984. Directs the Secretary to submit a report concerning home health programs to the appropriate committees of the Congress. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that home health services may be furnished by a nonprofit hospital; (2) provide coverage for homemakers services when required; (3) provide coverage for transportation related to home health items and services; and (4) include as a home health service any service furnished as an alternative to institutional care. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act to require a State plan to include home health services.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified lands to the city of Henderson, Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Mineral County, Nevada, certain lands comprising the ammunition plant of the U.S. Army in Babbitt, Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1981
Designates January 29, 1981, as "A Day of Thanksgiving To Honor Our Safely Returned Hostages."
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1981
Expresses the jubilation and relief of the Senate at the release of the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran. Expresses appreciation for the efforts of various Government officials to secure the release of the hostages. Recognizes the patriotism of the military personnel who tried to rescue them. Thanks Algeria for its help in securing the hostages' release.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981
Title I: Export Trading Companies - Export Trading Company Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promote export trading companies by providing information and by facilitating contacts between producers of exportable goods and export trading companies. Authorizes any banking organization to invest specified amounts in export trading companies upon notifying, but without obtaining the prior approval of, the appropriate Federal banking agency, if such investment does not cause an export trading company to become a subsidiary of such organization. Allows greater investment by Edge Act Corporations not engaged in banking. Permits any banking organization to invest beyond such limitations with prior approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency. Requires prior notification of such agencies in specified circumstances. Sets forth further limitations on export trading companies and investments by banking organizations. Specifies factors to be taken into consideration by the banking agencies. Permits such agencies to impose conditions in approving applications to invest in export trading companies. Requires such agencies to report to the appropriate Congressional committees with their recommendations concerning implementation of this Act, related changes in U.S. law, and effects of ownership of U.S. banks by foreign banking organizations. Provides for judicial review of denial orders in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Sets forth the grounds for disapproval. Provides for remand for further consideration by the banking agency. Directs the Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration to give special weight to export-related benefits when considering applications for loans and guarantees by export trading companies. Authorizes up to $20,000,000 to be appropriated for initial investments and operating expenses for each of fiscal years 1981-1985. Directs the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide loan guarantees for expansion to export trading companies or exporters to be secured by accounts receivable or inventories when adequate financing is not otherwise available. Directs the Board of Directors to try to insure that a major share of such guarantees promotes exports from small, medium-size, and minority businesses or agricultural concerns. Title II: Export Trade Associations - Export Trade Association Act of 1981- Amends the Webb-Pomerene Act to exempt the export trade, export trade activities, and methods of operation of certified export trade associations and export trading companies from the antitrust laws. Delays the effectiveness of any certificate upon the notification of the Secretary of Commerce by the Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of disagreement with the decision to issue a certificate. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by any association, company, or export trading company seeking certification under this Act and by the Secretary in issuing such certificates. Permits automatic certification for existing associations. Provides for appeal of the Secretary's denial of certification. Authorizes the Attorney General or the FTC to bring an action to invalidate a certification. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the FTC, to publish certification guidelines. Requires certified associations and export trading companies to submit annual reports to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Commerce an Office of Export Trade. Requires such Office to report annually to the appropriate Congressional committees on all East-West trade transactions requiring validated licenses and on the role of U.S. export trading companies in such trade. Grants a temporary exemption from the Sherman Act antitrust provisions for existing associations. Requires, with specified exceptions, that all applications for certification be kept confidential. Authorizes the Secretary to require an association or trading company to modify its operation to be consistent with international obligations of the United States. Directs the President to appoint, with the Senate's advice and consent, a task force, seven years after enactment, to examine the effect of this Act and to make recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Product Liability Risk Retention Act of 1981 - Defines "risk retention group" to mean any corporation or insurance company formed under State law which: (1) is organized for the primary purpose of assuming and spreading product liability or completed operations liability risk exposure; (2) is chartered as an insurance company under State law; (3) does not exclude members for competitive advantage; and (4) consists of members whose principal activity is the manufacture, design, distribution, packaging, or sale of a product. Defines "purchasing group" to mean any group of persons which has as one of its purposes the purchase of product liability or completed operations insurance on a group basis. Exempts risk retention groups and purchasing groups from State laws which prohibit, regulate, or otherwise discriminate against such groups. Enumerates requirements which a State may impose on a risk retention group, including compliance with unfair claims settlement practices laws, payment of taxes, and reporting requirements. Authorizes a State to license an agent or broker for a purchasing group. Stipulates that the ownership interests of members in a risk retention group shall not be considered securities or an investment company for purposes of the Federal securities laws or State blue sky laws.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Includes as creditable service for purposes of determining the amount of an individual's civil service annuity payment, any military service performed by that individual after December, 1956, regardless of that individual's eligibility for Social Security benefits for such military service.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Grants a Federal charter to the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow married couples, who do not file a single joint tax return with their spouses, to elect the same tax rates currently applicable to unmarried individuals (other than surviving spouses and heads of households), without regard to any community property laws. Entitles any married individual making such an election to claim the income tax credit for dependent care services, even though such individual did not contribute over half of the support of the dependent concerned.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1980
Amends Federal law to establish a uniform 24-hour polling period for presidential, Vice Presidential, and Congressional elections.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1980
Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 7765 (1981 Budget reconciliations).
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1980
Interstate Compact - Grants Congressional consent to the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact between California and Nevada, which concerns the conservation of the waters of Lake Tahoe and of the resources of the area around such lake. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of other appropriated agencies, upon the request of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, to cooperate with such agency in all respects compatible with carrying out the normal duties of their agencies. Conditions consent to the compact by the United States on permitting the President to appoint a non-voting representative of the United States to the governing body of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Declares that nothing contained in this Act or in the compact consented to shall in any way affect the powers, rights, or obligations of the United States, or the applicability of any law or regulation of the United States in, over, or to the region or waters which are the subject of the compact, or in any way affect rights owned or held by or for Indians or Indian tribes subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Reserves the right of the Congress or any of its standing committees to require the disclosure and furnishing of such information and data by or concerning the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency as is deemed appropriate by the Congress or such committee.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to Mineral County, Nevada, certain lands comprising the ammunition plant of the United States Army in Babbitt, Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980
Earth Data and Information Service Act of 1980 - Establishes the Earth Data and Information Service within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collect, interpret, compile, and distribute data obtained by remote sensing satellites and other sources on the Earth's resources and environment. Directs the Service to: (1) provide rapid processing of, and ready access to, such data at a reasonable cost to both foreign and domestic users; (2) promote competition among suppliers of equipment and services to the Service; and (3) make available to all users remote sensing data and basic information products and services. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) plan, initiate, construct, acquire, own, manage, and operate an Earth Data and Information System to provide a reliable source of useful data and basic information products to users; (2) include in such system remote satellites, ground facilities and other necessary equipment; (3) establish communication networks to transmit such data and products to users on a timely basis. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Federal Communications Commission in establishing such networks. Stipulates that the communication services needed for such networks, insofar as practicable, shall be procured from the private sector. Permits the Secretary to: (1) recommend continued research and development by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on remote sensing components and systems for both space and ground operations of the System; (2) arrange for the participation of specified personnel in operating and planning the System; and (3) widely disseminate the data and basic information products to the users. Permits the Secretary, under the President's supervision, to participate in a program of international activities related to the functions of the Service. Directs the Secretary to establish a schedule of user charges for products and services provided under this Act. Sets forth penalties for unlawful reproduction for sale or distribution of any data or basic information products produced by the Service. Specifies procedures by which the President may transfer to the Service related functions of any other Federal department or agency. Requires the Secretary to present to the President, who shall transmit to Congress in January of each year, a report containing a description of the activities and accomplishments of the Service during the preceding year. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1980
Disapproves the proposed export of low- enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1569 and XSNM-1379.
United States · United States Congress · 27 August 1980
Directs the President to designate the week of September 28-October 4, 1980, as "National High School Activities Week."
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility studies of the following salinity control proposals: (1) Lower Gunnison Basin unit, Glenwood-Dotsero Springs unit, Meeker Dome unit, and McElmo Creek unit all located in the State of Colorado; (2) Uinta Basin unit, Dirty Devil River unit, Price-San Rafael Rivers unit, and LaVerkin Springs unit all located in the State of Utah; (3) Lower Virgin River unit in the State of Arizona; and (4) Big Sandy River unit in the State of Wyoming.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1980
Designates the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, as the "Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center."
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1980
Service Industries Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to establish in the Department of Commerce a service industries development program. Lists the purposes of such program which include: (1) promoting the competitiveness of U.S. service firms and U.S. employees through economic policies; (2) promoting the use and sale of U.S. services abroad; (3) analyzing the effect on the international competitiveness of U.S. service industries of Government regulation, taxes, and antitrust policies; (4) collecting statistical information concerning domestic service industries; and (5) conducting a program of research and analysis of service-related issues and problems. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Service Sector Consultative Committee to promote the development and competitiveness of U.S. service firms. Sets forth the purposes of the Committee which include: (1) advising the Department on measures the Government may take to enhance the competitiveness of the private sector; (2) acting as a liaison between the Government and the private sector; (3) maintaining communications between other Government advisory committees on service-related issues; and (4) discussing and studying domestic service-related matters relating to economic policy. Directs the Committee to report to the Secretary annually on its findings. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on the activities of the Department directed to promoting U.S. service industries. Authorizes the President to establish an Interagency Committee to discuss and make recommendations on service sector issues. Declares that such Committee shall report to either the Economic Policy Group or another economic entity as designated by the President. Directs the Committee: (1) to develop strategies for promoting competitive U.S. service industries; (2) to coordinate the implementation of service-related policies within the Government; (3) to review the adequacy of financial and personnel resources of Government agencies allocated to service industries; and (4) to seek to eliminate disparate treatment between manufacturing and service industries.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Venture and Equity Capital Revitalization Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the capital gains deduction for individuals from 60 percent of the net capital gain to 75 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Disapproves the proposed export of low- enriched uranium to India pursuant to export license applications XSNM-1569 and XSNM-1379.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to require that all ships built with construction- differential subsidy funds appropriated after June 25, 1978, be offered to the Secretary of Defense for enrollment in the Sealift Readiness Program. Makes the owner of such a vessel liable to refund a specified portion of the construction-differential subsidy to the Secretary of Commerce for failure to offer such vessel for such enrollment. Prohibits a contract for the payment of such subsidy to be made or extended after the date of this Act unless the owner has already offered the vessel for enrollment. Directs such owners to offer such vessels for enrollment within 30 days of the date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Amends the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to authorize the President to utilize ships in the National Defense Reserve Fleet: (1) whenever the President proclaims that the security of the national defense makes it advisable; and (2) without invoking a specific section of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan. Declares that it is in the best interest of both such countries to convene a parliamentary and scholarly conference to commemorate and evaluate such treaty. Expresses the interest of the Senate in receiving a report on such conference.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1980
Designates the third week of September of each year as "American Buffalo Week."
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Directs the Senate Finance Committee to report to the Senate by September 3, 1980, a responsible, targeted anti- inflationary tax cut to take effect in 1981. Directs the Democratic Task Force on the Economy to recommend to the Senate a comprehensive economic policy at the earliest possible date.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Urges the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to dismantle consumer credit controls and to discourage the provision of credit for speculative, nonproductive purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the domestic automotive and truck industry. Declares it to be a goal of the United States to achieve technological superiority in the world automobile and truck industry. Advocates changes in economic, fiscal, and import policies in order to create adequate capital and produce a more favorable climate for the domestic automobile and truck industry.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1980
Communications Act Amendments of 1980 - Title I: General - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that such Act applies to, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has jurisdiction over: (1) all interexchange and international telecommunications and all transmission of electromagnetic energy by radio, which originates or is received within the United States; (2) the licensing and regulating of all radio stations; and (3) all persons engaged within the United States in such telecommunications or such radio transmissions. Directs the FCC to develop and report to Congress on methods for determining the value of and collecting fees for the commercial benefit received by various classes of licenses. Title II: Domestic and International Telecommunications; Rural Telecommunications Development - Directs the FCC to establish a transition plan to foster marketplace competition and to implement deregulation for interexchange and international telecommunications services, equipment, and carriers. Requires such plan to: (1) classify common carriers; (2) establish and implement an accounting system; (3) provide a procedure for the formation of fully separated affiliates and to monitor compliance; and (4) provide for practices and procedures for exchange access charges and a Universal Service Pool in substitution for existing arrangements. Declares the policy of the United States to be reliance when possible upon full and fair marketplace competition to provide all telecommunications services. Directs the FCC to revise, reduce, or eliminate rules with respect to telecommunication services or carriers operating in a market as competition develops. Grants the FCC continuing authority over the provision of regulated telecommunications services and carriers. Directs the FCC to ensure that all allocation, assignment, and authorization policies, standards, and rules with respect to the licenses issued to telecommunication carriers are not inconsistent with such policy. Permits the FCC to establish nonadjudicatory (excluding economic) methods for choosing among competing applicants for radio frequencies to be used by telecommunications carriers. Requires the FCC to identify those carriers deriving revenue from the procedures established by the telephone industry to allocate the costs and divide the revenues associated with the provision of basic telephone service. Classifies such carriers as regulated carriers. Requires the FCC to identify those regulated carriers which, together with affiliates, each serve 750,000 or more telephones to be classified as dominant-regulated carriers. Requires the FCC to identify any telecommunications carrier which owns, controls, or leases any international telecommunications facility. Classifies such carrier as a regulated international telecommunications carrier. Classifies further as dominant-regulated carriers any carrier providing basic telephone service internationally and the Communications Satellite Corporation. Directs the FCC to classify or reclassify as a regulated carrier any carrier which owns or controls telecommunications facilities for which there is no reasonably available alternative or which provides any other regulated service. Directs the FCC to classify or reclassify as a dominant-regulated carrier any regulated carrier which is dominant in such ownership, control, or provision. Permits the FCC to reclassify any dominant-regulated carrier as a regulated carrier and any regulated carrier as an unregulated carrier. Prohibits the FCC from regulating the resale of any telecommunications service except those offered by a quasi-governmental entity which has a statutory monopoly for the delivery of letters. Prohibits any regulated carrier from establishing or enforcing any restrictions on the resale, sharing, or other use of any service provided by such carrier. Prohibits any dominant-regulated carrier from engaging in any resale activity other than through a fully separated affiliate. Authorizes the FCC to prescribe different requirements for different regulated carriers, considering the extent of telecommunications facility ownership or control and the nature of services offered. Makes a regulated carrier liable for damages to any persons injured for violations of such Act. Requires every regulated international carrier, regulated interexchange carrier, and every carrier which owns or controls an exchange telecommunications facility for which there is no reasonably available alternative facility to interconnect with the telecommunications equipment of any other carrier or person upon reasonable request. Subjects all internal arrangements for interconnection to specified tariffs. Requires every regulated carrier to make available any regulated telecommunications service for reasonable and nondiscriminatory tariffs. Requires every telecommunications carrier to provide the FCC and the public with such information relating to telecommunications operations as is necessary for the FCC to carry out its duties under this Act. Authorizes the FCC to impose different filing, notification, and information requirements on different carriers. Requires regulated carriers to make public tariffs showing charges, practices, and regulations for regulated telecommunications services and through routes. Prohibits any regulated carrier from providing regulated telecommunications services unless such tariffs are filed. Prohibits deviation from such tariffs. Requires that new or revised tariffs proposed by regulated carriers for regulated telecommunications services be conditionally accepted or finally approved by the FCC before taking effect. Authorizes the FCC to facilitate public negotiation between such carriers and interested parties opposing such tariffs. Directs the FCC to hold hearings for good cause shown, upon request, with the burden of proof on the carrier to show that such tariff is just and reasonable. Authorizes the FCC to accept, condition, or reject such tariff or prescribe a different tariff. Requires any non-dominant-regulated international carrier with respect to interconnection arrangements, and permits any regulated carrier, to file any new or revised tariff. Permits any party in interest to request a hearing concerning the lawfulness of such tariff. Authorizes the FCC to accept, condition, or reject such tariff. Requires every regulated carrier subject to this Act to file with the FCC copies of all contracts or agreements with other carriers in relation to any regulated telecommunications service. Authorizes the FCC to appraise any or all of the property owned or used by any regulated carrier, and by any regulated exchange carrier which originates, terminates, or transfers interexchange or international telecommunications. Repeals the provision relating to the Interstate Commerce Commission valuation of such property. Permits any non-dominant-regulated carrier, upon notifying the FCC, to construct, acquire, or utilize new or extended exchange telecommunications facilities. Authorizes the FCC to require such carrier to obtain a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require such construction, acquisition, or operation. Requires dominant-regulated carriers to obtain such a certificate. Permits the FCC to authorize a long-term facilities construction plan for a regulated carrier, rather than requiring such carrier to obtain a separate certification for each element of such plan. Authorizes the FCC to condition or refuse such authorization or certification as the public convenience and necessity may require. Authorizes the FCC to require, after opportunity for a hearing, a regulated carrier to extend its facilities for the expeditious and efficient performance of its services. Permits telecommunications carriers to meet, plan, and agree, under the auspices of the FCC, on matters affecting the design, maintenance, management, development, and coordination of telecommunications networks necessary to the joint provision of end-to-end through services. Authorizes the FCC to authorize temporary or emergency augmentation of facilities or services or discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of services or facilities. Requires any dominant-regulated carrier and its affiliates to: (1) file with the FCC a description of the operational protocols and technical interface requirements for connection with or use of any regulated telecommunications services; and (2) report regularly to the FCC any material change in such protocols or requirements and summaries of construction programs or activities which would affect the service offerings of competing carriers or persons seeking interconnection. Requires such information to be withheld from a fully separated affiliate or an internal competitive support division until filed. Directs the FCC to prescribe guidelines of general applicability relating to recordkeeping requirements for regulated carriers. Authorizes (presently directs) the FCC to prescribe for such carriers the classes of property for which depreciation charges may be included in operating expenses. Repeals the forfeiture provision for failure to keep required records. Requires any carrier which provides basic telephone or telecommunications service to allocate to each route all of the costs which vary directly with traffic on that route and a proportionate share of interexchange joint and common costs. Repeals provisions of the 1934 Act concerning consolidations and mergers of telegraph carriers, effective January 1, 1981. Directs the FCC to establish a Joint Board to assist in: (1) establishing uniform practices to ascertain and apportion the costs of exchange operations between exchange and interexchange services and among interexchange services; and (2) managing the Universal Service Pool. Requires the FCC to establish the forms for records to be kept by carriers providing such exchange access. Requires each such carrier to file with the FCC a tariff governing the charges, practices, and conditions for the use of its exchange telecommunications services. Sets forth the requirements for access charges, including nondiscrimination and directly related cost-basing. Directs the FCC to establish a schedule of surcharges to ensure the continued universal availability of basic telephone service at reasonable rates. Limits the annual amount to be collected through surcharges and places such surcharges in a Universal Service Pool. Requires the Joint Board to authorize the transfer of such funds between and among carriers to ensure that exchange basic telephone rates, access costs, and the cost of rural connecting toll links are not unreasonably high. Sets forth the procedures for approving applications for payments. Directs the FCC to review and approve any plan for cooperative arrangements among carriers. Requires a utility to provide reasonable, nondiscriminatory access for pole attachments by any cable television system or by any telecommunications carrier. Directs each State commission to configure exchange telecommunications areas within the borders of each such State. Sets forth the criteria for reconfiguration, requiring every point within a State to be included within an exchange area. Authorizes the FCC to alter the boundaries of an exchange area if such configuration does not conform with the specified criteria. Directs the Joint Board to periodically examine such configurations. Sets forth the terms and conditions under which a fully separated affiliate must operate, including total separation of membership on the governing boards and separate recordkeeping requirements. Permits specified transactions at fair market value between such entities, including the sale of property, the lending of money, and the furnishing of goods and services. Prohibits such entities from jointly owning property or engaging in joint sales or marketing. Requires an FCC ruling to establish a fully separated affiliate. Establishes interim procedures for the conduct of research, development, and manufacturing activities of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) until AT&T establishes such fully separated affiliates. Requires business dealings among AT&T, any competitive support division, and any fully separated affiliate to be on an arms length basis and for fair market value. Permits a refusal to deal with any nonaffiliate if such refusal is based upon prudent business judgment. Requires each division of AT&T to bear its properly allocable share of costs for management and research. Requires AT&T to receive FCC approval before offering any telecommunications service or equipment on an unregulated basis. Prohibits the exchange of information from a dominant-regulated carrier to a competitive support-division which would give an unfair, competitive advantage. Requires all functions related to final assembly of any unregulated telecommunications equipment or equipment to be used in support of any unregulated service to be performed by a fully separated affiliate by a specified time. Sets forth a schedule for the transfer of specified functions and information to such affiliate. Requires the establishment of an assets evaluation board to determine the value of assets transferred from AT&T to any fully separated affiliate. Permits the FCC to waive such transition schedule if intervening events beyond the control of AT&T render it incapable of compliance. Prohibits AT&T from transferring in support of any unregulated services or equipment, any goods or services for which it is the only source of supply to a fully separated affiliate after the transition period. Exempts access to any telecommunications facility from such prohibition. States that the 1956 consent degree involving AT&T shall not bar AT&T and any affiliate from providing telecommunications service or equipment or information services so long as unregulated telecommunications service is conducted by fully separated affiliates. States that the provision of radioexchange telecommunications under any franchise awarded by a State and within a radio exchange area configured by a State commission shall be deemed an exchange service for the purposes of this Act. Directs the FCC to assure the feasibility of competition in the provision of all radioexchange telecommunications services through its allocations, assignments, and authorization standards and policies. Permits the FCC to impose requirements relating to the provision of radioexchange service by a regulated carrier to promote competition. Sets forth the benefits, rights, and entitlements of an employee transferred from a dominant-regulated carrier, a dominant- regulated international carrier, or an affiliate to a fully separated affiliate. Permits a fully separated affiliate and any labor entity representing the employees of such unit to enter into a collective bargaining agreement which will supercede any such agreement between such carriers and the transferred employee. Authorizes the FCC to coordinate the development and establishment of arrangements among regulated interexchange and international telecommunications carriers for mutual backup, restoration, and interconnection of each other's services necessary for the national defense, welfare, and security. Authorizes the President to require any carrier subject to this Act to furnish, for compensation, telecommunications services or facilities to any Federal agency if such service is necessary to promote the national defense and security. Directs the President to coordinate any government program for enhancing the survivability of exchange, interexchange, and international telecommunications facilities and protecting against the unauthorized interception of telecommunications traffic. Prohibits the FCC or any State from regulating the production, marketing, or other provision of customer-premises equipment or information services. Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations for separate pricing on a fair market value basis of such equipment or services or cable television service when offered in conjunction with a regulated service by a regulated carrier. Permits the FCC to establish and enforce requirements relating to interconnection of such equipment and associated switching equipment to the facilities of any regulated carrier, any cable television system operator, and specified exchange carriers. Permits the FCC to establish and enforce minimum uniform technical standards for customer-premises telecommunications equipment. Authorizes the FCC to establish labeling requirements for such equipment. Exempts the use of any information processing capability in support of a telecommunications service or system from the provisions of this Act concerning the provision of an information service. Prohibits any dominant-regulated carrier from providing any unregulated telecommunications service or equipment, except through a fully separated affiliate after a specified time. Authorizes the FCC, until a specified time, to require any unregulated carrier to continue to interconnect its telecommunications facilities with any person for a reasonable period of time if withdrawal of such interconnection would result in an unreasonable hardship. Requires each regulated carrier to continue to provide under tariff any telecommmunications service which such carrier is providing upon the enactment of this Act for a specified time. Directs the FCC to determine which of such services will continue to be regulated or shall be unregulated through a fully separated affiliate or subject to specified safeguards. Authorizes the FCC to determine what basic telecommunications service should be universally available at reasonable rates, prices, terms, or conditions. Permits any person to petition the FCC to classify any interexchange telecommunications service as basic. Directs the FCC to hold a hearing upon granting such petition to determine the terms and conditions of such service. Presumes that unregulated marketplace competition will universally provide such service, unless it is clearly and convincingly demonstrated that regulation is necessary. Permits the FCC to review any such determination and terminate regulation of service when regulation is no longer necessary. Authorizes the FCC to restrict the number of cable television systems which may be owned or controlled in common by any person or in combination with other media interests, or by a regulated telecommunications carrier offering cable television services in the same operating area. Prohibits any Federal agency or State from imposing any programming control or rate restrictions upon any telecommunications carrier or operator of a cable television or other broad band system, unless there are no reasonably available alternative electronic-media services. Permits any telecommunications carrier to provide any international telecommunications service. Directs any regulated international telecommunications carrier to arrange for the collection and delivery of any traffic of any other U.S. carrier in any country in which such regulated carrier has an operating agreement. Directs the FCC to develop an International Telecommunications Facilities Plan to increase the availability of cost-effective international telecommunications services and promote the economic and national security of the United States. Directs the FCC to authorize carriers and persons seeking to participate in the operation and ownership of such facilities to negotiate a proposed facilities plan with appropriate foreign correspondents. Requires such plan to be submitted to the FCC for review upon completion of negotiations. Directs the FCC to adopt and publish a United States International Telecommunications Facilities Plan for a specified period of time upon approval of such plan. Authorizes the FCC to meet with representatives of foreign telecommunications entities likely to be affected by such plan during such plan's development. Requires adequate notice and transcripts of such meetings to be made public. States that the FCC shall retain jurisdiction over the use of authorized facilities among international carriers and may redistribute such facilities among such carriers. Directs the Secretary of State to select appropriate representatives to conferences involving international telecommunications matters. Exempts such representatives from the private sector from specified restrictions. Directs the President to assess the international information and telecommunications needs of the United States and to develop a policy to promote U.S. interests in international forums and with foreign governments. Establishes a Federal Rural Telecommunications Interagency Task Force to be the principal coordinating body for Federal policies and programs relating to the provision of telecommunications services to rural America. Sets forth the terms and conditions of membership on such Task Force. Directs the Task Force to: (1) review all Federal policies and programs having a significant effect on the delivery of such services and to recommend changes to the appropriate Federal agency or Congress; (2) recommend solutions to interagency policy and program conflicts; (3) solicit the views of State and local governments and the private sector concerning such policies and programs; and (4) identify and develop new programs to enhance cooperation among such entities. Requires each agency represented on the Task Force to submit to the President for transmittal to each new Congress biennial reports including a comprehensive review of the activities of such Task Force from its Chairman and a statement of recommendations from each such agency. Establishes the Rural Telecommunications Planning Program, to be administered by the Secretary of Commerce, to fund the necessary costs of rural telecommunications facilities and services planning projects. Sets forth the requirements for a planning project grant applicant, including that such applicant be a State or State agency that will use such grant to develop a plan for the provision of telecommunications facilities and services to all rural areas of such State. Requires each planning project to: (1) identify rural areas within each State; (2) inventory existing telecommunications facilities and services serving such areas; (3) configure telecommunications service areas to reflect existing communities of interest; (4) identify the services to be facilitated through the use of telecommunications or other services; and (5) provide for a continuing State role. Directs the Secretary to make planning grants not to exceed 75 percent of the necessary costs of such project. Limits the number and total amount of grants any one applicant may receive. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for fiscal years 1982 through 1985. Directs the Secretary to conduct a continuing review of the planning project for each grant recipient. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate such assistance if the recipient fails to adhere, without justification, to the project as approved. Sets forth recordkeeping and auditing requirements. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish criteria for telecommunications loan eligibility. Sets forth factors to be considered in such criteria, including the provision of the most cost-effective communications technology to the widest practicable number of potential users. Directs the FCC to compile and publish a list of regulations and policies directly and significantly affecting the provision of telecommunications services to rural populations. Permits telecommunications carriers serving large rural areas with low population densities to provide cable television services, subject to appropriate conditions. Directs the FCC to coordinate its activities with the Task Force to facilitate the issuance of licenses and the revision of rules. Title III: Provisions Relating to Radio - Exempts from the licensing requirement certain classes of radio stations where no frequency assignments are made on an individual basis. Limits the licensing term to five years for the operation of a radio or television broadcasting station (presently broadcasting stations limited to three years). Permits the renewal of such license for up to five years. Limits the licensing and renewal term for the operation of any other class of station to ten years (presently five years). Authorizes the FCC to grant an application for a license by random selection whenever more than one qualified applicant wishes to operate on a newly available frequency. Directs the FCC to establish procedures for broadcast station license renewal hearings when competing applications have been filed. Excludes on-the-spot coverage of debates among candidates for the office of President and Vice-President which are not arranged by a broadcast licensee from the requirements of the equal opportunity rule. Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations to ensure that a legally qualified candidate for Federal elective office can gain reasonable access to time on a cable television system as specified. Permits the FCC to grant a permit for construction undertaken prior to such grant. Directs the FCC to review all policies, rules, and regulations for radio broadcast station licenses concerning programming requirements. Directs the FCC to revise or eliminate regulations relating to radio or television broadcasting whenever available sources of audio and video services make such regulation unnecessary to protect the public interest. Requires the FCC to report to Congress on any deregulation of radio broadcasting programming and the extent to which new and diverse sources of audio and video or other services are available to the public. Authorizes the FCC to delegate to qualified persons or organizations the authority to prepare and administer examinations for amateur radio operator licenses. Authorizes the FCC to delegate to non-Federal government coordinating committees the function of coordinating the assignment of frequencies above 30 megahertz to stations in the terrestrial private land mobile and fixed services. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Transfers to the Secretary of Commerce from the Secretary of Education the authority to make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations to carry out telecommunications demonstrations. Revises the purpose of such demonstration projects to promote the development of telecommunications facilities and services for the transmission, distribution, and delivery of telecommunications services, especially rural telecommunications. Title V: Conforming Amendments; Repealer; Reference - Makes conforming amendments to the Criminal Code, the Clayton Act, and the Communications Satellite Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to assist in negotiations with foreign entities for telecommunication trade rights, the marketing of telecommunications services and equipment, and information services and software. Disavows any intent to affect the applicability of the antitrust laws and any pending litigation. Directs the President to report to Congress on the development and implementation of a policy to promote United States interests in international forums and with foreign governments. Authorizes the FCC to establish minimum performance standards for television receivers to reduce their susceptibility to interference from radio frequency energy. Directs the FCC to establish reasonable ceilings for the fees to be paid to State or local government by operators of government-franchised cable television systems.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Extends the congratulations of the Congress to the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their 75th anniversary. Proclaims Sunday, June 22, 1980, as "National Italian-American Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week." Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to Congress on the conditions of U.S. public ports.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981. Grants to an appropriate district court jurisdiction to restrain violations of, or to enforce rules or orders on, railroad safety established under any statute transferred to the Secretary of Transportation by the Department of Transportation Act. Makes conforming amendments to specified acts to extend venue in such cases to include the judicial district in which the defendant has its principal executive office. Amends the Hours of Service Act of 1907 to extend the statute of limitations if administrative notice is given pursuant to the Federal Claims Collection Act within two years from the date of the violation. Authorizes the Secretary to issue orders directing compliance with the statutes and regulations regarding railroad safety transferred to the Secretary's responsibility under the Department of Transportation Act. Grants jurisdiction, upon petition by the Attorney General, to the district courts to enforce any order issued by the Secretary pursuant to such Act or to this Act. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of the recordkeeping requirements of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to impose such restrictions or prohibitions as may be necessary to abate an emergency situation involving a hazard of death or injury. Directs that such an order cease to be effective after 30 days unless extended in writing by the Secretary. Eliminates the requirement that each rail carrier file a locomotive safety inspection report and a repair report with the inspector in charge. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies regarding: (1) State participation in railroad safety programs; and (2) employee training in the railroad industry as it affects railroad safety. Directs the Secretary to expedite promulgation of a final rule regarding the retrofitting of Department of Transportation specification 105 tank cars with shelf couplers. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a status report as regards such final rule; and (2) a systems safety plan relating to the activities of the Department in carrying out rail safety laws.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for fiscal year 1981. Authorizes appropriations for the activities of the Fire Research Center within the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of disability insurance benefits to: (1) any individual for any month during which such individual is an inmate of a penal institution after being convicted of a crime or a facility for the criminally insane or other psychiatric facility after having been found (a) not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity or (b) mentally incompetent to stand trial; and (2) any individual otherwise entitled to benefits on the basis of the wages and income of such inmate for the same period.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Title I: Export Trading Companies - Export Trading Company Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promote export trading companies and facilitate contacts between producers of exportable goods and export trading companies. Authorizes any banking organization to invest up to specified amounts in export trading companies upon notifying, but without obtaining the prior approval of, the appropriate Federal banking agency, if such investment does not cause an export trading company to become a subsidiary of such organization. Allows greater investment by Edge Act Corporations not engaged in banking. Permits any banking organization to invest beyond such limitations with the prior approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency. Requires prior notification of such agencies in specified circumstances. Sets forth further limitations on export trading companies and investments by banking organizations. Specifies factors to be taken into consideration by the banking agencies. Permits such agencies to impose conditions in approving applications to invest in export trading companies. Requires such agencies to report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning implementation of this Act and any recommendations. Provides for judicial review of denial orders in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Sets forth the grounds for disapproval. Provides for remand for further consideration by the banking agency. Directs the Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration to give special weight to export-related benefits when considering applications for loans and guarantees by export trading companies. Directs the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide loan guarantees to export trading companies or exporters to be secured by accounts receivable or inventories when adequate financing is not otherwise available and such guarantees will facilitate expansion of exports. Title II: Export Trade Associations - Export Trade Association Act of 1980 - Amends the Webb-Pomerene Act to exempt the export trade, export trade activities, and methods of operation of certified export trade associations and export trading companies from the antitrust laws. Delays the effectiveness of any certificate upon the notification of the Secretary of Commerce by the Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of disagreement with the decision to issue a certificate. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by any association, company, or export trading company seeking certification under this Act and by the Secretary in issuing such certificates. Provides for appeal of the Secretary's denial of certification. Authorizes the Attorney General or the FTC to bring an action to invalidate a certification. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the FTC, to publish guidelines for determining whether an association or export trading company will meet the certification requirements. Requires certified associations and export trading companies to submit annual reports to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Commerce an office to promote export trade associations and trading companies. Provides for automatic certification of existing associations. Requires that all applications for certification be kept confidential with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary to require an association or trading company to modify its operation to be consistent with international obligations of the United States. Directs the President to appoint, with the Senate's advice and consent, a task force seven years after enactment to examine the effect of this Act and to make recommendations. Title III: Taxation of Export Trading Companies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make banking organizations which have invested in an export trading company eligible for treatment as domestic international sales corporations (DISC). Includes the gross receipts from the export of services produced in the United States and from export trade services as qualified export receipts, in the case of a DISC which is an export trading company. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, with the Secretary of the Treasury, to develop and distribute information concerning the utilization of the DISC provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make export trading companies eligible for Subchapter S treatment if the shareholders of such companies are otherwise small business corporations. Exempts such companies from restrictions on the amount of foreign income they can receive and still be eligible for Subchapter S tax treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 to carry out the provisions of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, in satisfying the requirement to establish and maintain a central reporting system and data center, to coordinate his activities with existing reporting systems and data centers maintained and operated by private organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 2489 (supplemental appropriations for the Coast Guard).
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H. R. 6554 (supplemental funds for fiscal year 1980 for the maritime operating-differential subsidy program).
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 2238 (Space Shuttle program funding).
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1980
Amends the National Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning Act of 1978 to change the title of such Act to the "National Ocean Pollution Planning Act." Changes the date on which the biennial five-year plan report is due to April 30 of each odd-numbered year. Authorizes appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration not to exceed $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1980
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for activities related to ocean dumping for fiscal year 1981. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to include in the comprehensive and continuing program of research with respect to possible long-range effects of pollution, as required by such Act, the scientific assessment of damages to the natural resources from spills of petroleum or petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families of the eight American servicemen who lost their lives during the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President order the American flag to be flown at half-mast on all government grounds from May 4 through May 11, 1980, as a mark of respect for such servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to declare that it is the national policy to encourage and assist the States to exercise effectively their responsibilities in the coastal zone through the development and implementation of management programs to achieve wise use of the land and water resources of the coastal zone giving full consideration to: (1) protection of significant natural systems; (2) management of coastal development to minimize loss of life and property caused by improper development in flood-prone, storm surge and erosion-prone areas, and areas of subsidence and saltwater intrusion; (3) priority consideration for coastal-dependent uses and orderly processes for siting major facilities related to national defense, energy, fisheries development, recreation, ports and transportation; (4) public access to the coast for recreation purposes; (5) assisting in the redevelopment of deteriorating urban waterfronts and ports; (6) coordinated and simplified procedures to ensure expedited governmental decisionmaking for the management of coastal resources; (7) continuing consultation and coordination with and adequate consideration of the views of affected Federal agencies; and (8) timely and effective opportunities for public participation in coastal management decisionmaking. Specifies that grants made to coastal states, by the Secretary of Commerce, for not more than 66 2/3 percent of the costs of administering such State's coastal zone management program shall continue to be made for a five-year period. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for a decreasing percentage of the costs of administering such programs for the years following such five year period, with the Federal share to reach 33 1/3 percent or less within three years after the last year of the five-year period. Directs the Secretary to require States which have completed one or more years of program implementation to devote increasing percentages of their implementation grants each year to activities leading to significant improvements to meet coastal management needs. Directs the Secretary to conduct a continuing review of the performance of coastal States with respect to coastal zone management which shall include evaluation findings during each grant period which assess each State's performance in the implementation of its management program. Sets forth the conditions under which the Secretary may withdraw management program approval and any financial assistance extended and withdraw any unexpended portion of such assistance to States. Requires the Secretary to conduct a periodic review and evaluation of the implementation of the coastal energy impact program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any coastal State for the purpose of the preservation of islands. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress on a biennial basis a report summarizing the administration of coastal zone management for the preceding two fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1988 for the purpose of providing administrative coastal zone management program grants to States. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 for the purpose of providing grants for acquiring, developing, or operating estuarine sanctuaries, and through fiscal year 1982 for the purpose of providing grants for island preservation.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1980
Amends the National Sea Grant College Program to include the Great Lakes as a part of the marine environment for the purposes of such Act. Allows payment under any sea grants or contracts to be applied to the short-term rental of buildings or facilities for meetings which are in direct support of any sea grant program or project. Specifies that an individual appointed to serve on the sea grant review panel for a full or partial term may be reappointed to serve for no more than one additional full term. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act through fiscal year 1983. Amends the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 to authorize appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act through fiscal year 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1980
Ocean Shipping Act of 1980 - Title I: General Provisions - Amends the Shipping Act of 1916 to declare that the national maritime policy is to promote and develop: (1) efficient, innovative, and economically sound ocean transportation to meet the needs of United States foreign commerce; (2) substantial participation by vessels of United States registry in the foreign commerce of the United States; (3) protection of the rights of shippers, ports, and consumers by preventing discriminatory or deceptive practices; (4) the lowest possible freight rates and the highest quality service; (5) increased United States' exports; (6) comity with the United States' trading partners; (7) a regulatory environment responsive to the needs of the public in which decisions are reached promptly and fairly; (8) the maintenance of a dependable, responsive common carrier service; and (9) the efficient use of fuel for energy conservation. Defines terms used in this Act. Title II: Federal Maritime Commission Reports to Congress; Authorization of Appropriations; Conditions Unfavorable to Foreign Commerce; General Rulemaking Authority - Directs the Commission to: (1) report annually to Congress a summary of its activities, receipts, and expenditures; and (2) submit legislative recommendations to Congress and the Executive Office of the President as it deems necessary. Directs the Commission to make rules and regulations affecting shipping in the foreign commerce of the United States in order to adjust or meet conditions unfavorable to such shipping which result from foreign laws or from competitive methods employed by owners, operators, or masters of vessels of a foreign country. Title III: Agreements and Contracts - Requires agreements between common carriers by water in foreign commerce, conferences of such carriers, or other persons subject to this Act, which affect competition in specified ways to be filed with the Commission. Directs the Commission, after notice and hearing, to approve, disapprove, or modify any such agreements within specified time periods. Authorizes the Commission to grant temporary approval without a hearing to certain agreements. Directs the Commission to disapprove or modify a conference or shippers' council agreement under specified conditions. Directs the members of each conference agreement and certain ocean common carriers to engage the services of an independent neutral body to police the obligations of such conferences and carriers. Authorizes the Commission to disapprove or modify any such conference agreement or to suspend the tariffs of any such conference or carrier. Directs a common carrier by water in foreign commerce or a conference that proposes to enter into a patronage contract to submit such contract to the Commission. Directs the Commission to permit the use of any such patronage contract that meets the requirements of this Act and which is available to all shippers and consignees on equal terms. Specifies requirements for such patronage contracts. Directs the Commission to withdraw such permission if it finds, after notice and hearing, that the use of such contract is inconsistent with this Act. Directs that such contract shall not be reinstated except with the permission of the Commission. Exempts certain agreements and patronage contracts from specified antitrust laws. Sets forth civil penalties for the implementation of an agreement or contract without prior Commission approval. Title IV: Tariffs and Rates - Directs common carriers by water in foreign commerce and conferences of such carriers to file with the Commission, and keep open to public inspection, tariffs which: (1) show rates and charges of such carriers or conferences; (2) indicate the places between which the cargo will be carried; (3) list each classification of cargo in use; (4) state additional charges, privileges, or facilities under the control of the carrier or conference; (5) state rules or regulations which affect any part of such rates or charges; and (6) include sample copies of any bill of lading, contract of affreightment or other document evidencing the transportation agreement. Directs the Commission to prescribe the manner in which such tariffs shall be published and filed. Directs that rates and charges for the barging and affreighting of containers and containerized cargo by barge between points in the United States shall be filed solely with the Commission under specified guidelines. Subjects a terminal operator who provides services described in this title to the provisions of this Act. Directs the Commission to promulgate rules which provide that such rates shall be based upon factors normally considered by a commercial operator in the same service. Sets forth requirements and procedures for changing or instituting such rates, charges, classifications, rules or regulations. Directs that no person subject to this Act shall demand or receive a different compensation than the rate or charges specified in the applicable tariffs in effect at that time. Specifies that such carriers shall not: (1) rebate, refund, or remit any portion of such rates; (2) extend or deny to any person any privilege, concession, equipment, or facility, except in accordance with such tariffs; or (3) allow any person to obtain transportation of cargo at less than the rates or charges specified in such tariffs by any other means. Prohibits shippers or other persons subject to this Act from demanding or receiving transportation of cargo by such a carrier or conference of carriers at less than the rates and charges specified in applicable tariffs. Authorizes the Commission, for good cause shown and under specified circumstances, to permit such a carrier or conference to refund a portion of freight charges collected from a shipper. Sets forth provisions by which such permission may be granted. Directs the Commission to disapprove a rate or charge filed by such carrier or conference which it finds to be so unreasonable as to be detrimental to the commerce of the United States or in violation of this Act. Authorizes the Commission, upon complaint of an exporter from the United States, to disapprove any rate or charge of such carrier or conference for the carriage of cargo from the United States to any foreign country if such rate or charge is higher than the rate or charge of that carrier or conference for the carriage of similar cargo which moves from: (1) that foreign country to the United States; or (2) a third country to that foreign country. Directs that no controlled carrier shall maintain rates or charges in its tariffs that are below a level which is just and reasonable, nor shall any such carrier establish classifications, rules, or regulations in such tariffs which are likely to result in the transportation or handling of cargo at rates or charges which are below a level which is just and reasonable. Sets forth criteria for determining such just and reasonable rates. Authorizes the Commission, after notice and hearing, to disapprove any rates, charges, classifications, rules, or regulations which such carrier has failed to demonstrate to be just and reasonable. Sets forth provisions for the suspension of such rates and for the issuance of orders to show cause why such rates should not be disapproved. Directs the Commission to transmit to the President any order of suspension or disapproval of such rates, charges, classifications, rules or regulations of a controlled carrier. Authorizes the President to request the Commission to stay the effect of its order for specific reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Directs the Commission to comply with such request. Exempts specified carriers from the provisions of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of this Act. Title V: Discrimination, Preference, Prejudice, and other Prohibited Acts - Prohibits a common carrier by water in foreign commerce from: (1) agreeing to pay or allow a deferred rebate to any shipper; (2) excluding, reducing, or destroying competition; (3) refusing transportation services or equipment to any shipper when such are available; (4) giving undue or unreasonable preference to a particular person, port, locality, or description of traffic; (5) collecting an unjustly discriminating rate or charge; and (6) establishing unjust or unreasonable regulations or practices related to the handling of property. Authorizes the Governor of any State, territory, or possession to file a protest with the Commission upon the ground that such rate, rule, or regulation subjects that State, territory, or possession to undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. Directs the Commission to rule on such protest within 180 days. Title VI: Licensing and Bonding - Permits only certain persons licensed by the Commission to engage in freight forwarding. Sets forth provisions for the issuance and revocation of such licenses. Prescribes specified requirements for the compensation of freight forwarders by such carriers. Requires non-vessel-operating common carriers to file a bond with the Commission. Title VII: Exemptions - Sets forth criteria by which the Commission may exempt (or revoke such exemption) for any class of agreements or specified activities subject to this Act from the requirements thereof. Title VIII: Commission Proceedings; Subpoenas and Discovery; Enforcement of Commission Orders - Sets forth provisions for the satisfaction or investigation of complaints filed with the Commission against a carrier, shipper, or other person. Authorizes the Commission to subpoena witnesses, compel the production of documents, and utilize other discovery methods in the course of such investigation. Prescribes penalties for the failure of a person subject to this Act to comply with such subpoenas or orders. Directs the Commission, in specified circumstances, to notify the Secretary of State of such failure to comply. Directs the Secretary to consult with the government of the nation named by the accused party as the holder of such documents or information. Authorizes the Commission to order a person subject to this Act to file with it a periodic or special report pertaining to the business of such person. Directs the Commission to require the chief executive officer of every vessel operating common carrier by water in foreign commerce and others to file a certification under oath with the Commission attesting to specified policies. Directs the Commission to issue a written report of every investigation made under this Act in which a hearing has been held. Authorizes the Commission to reverse, suspend, modify, or reconsider any of its orders. Allows the Commission, any party injured by the violation, or the Attorney General to seek enforcement in a proper court of any order of the Commission. Declares that the findings and order of the Commission, as regard the payment of reparation, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated. Authorizes the Commission to apply to an appropriate court for an order to enjoin specified violative practices or acts. Requires each person subject to this Act to maintain a resident agent in the United States for the purpose of service of process. Title IX: Intergovernmental Maritime Agreements - Directs that maritime agreements between the United States and foreign governments must include: (1) provision for free and open access to United States-flag ships; (2) an equal division of cargo sharing between United States fleets and reciprocal trading nations; (3) provision for nondiscriminatory requirements for shippers and ports; and (4) assurances that carriers involved will comply with United States law by means of neutral policing systems. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Maritime Industry Advisory Committee. Sets forth the membership of such Committee. Directs the Committee to submit to the Secretary its recommendations and views on intergovernmental maritime agreements. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to negotiate such agreements which are presumed to further: (1) the declaration of policy set forth in this Act; and (2) the opportunity of the United States-flag carriers to participate in the reciprocal nation's trade with countries other than the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to restrict or ban participation of national carriers of nations which fail to assure United States-flag carriers equivalent participation in that nation's trade with countries other than the United States. Declares that nothing in this title shall supersede specified Acts and Resolutions. Title X: Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Shipping Act of 1916, the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, and the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Extends the congratulations of the Senate to all of the members of the 1980 United States Handicapped Olympic Team for a job well done.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to contract for the use of a privately or publicly owned facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, to provide hospital care for veterans with service-connected disabilities.