United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1980
Amends the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations to the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund for the entitlement periods of each of fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Reduces by one-third the funds authorized to be provided for such entitlement periods. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Trust Fund a State government account and a local government account for entitlement periods beginning after September 30, 1980. Declares that the State account shall receive only funds transferred from categorical grant programs. Prohibits the amount credited to the State account for a specific State for any entitlement period from exceeding one-half the amount credited to the local government account for all local governments within such State for that period. Declares that the amount a State government is entitled to receive from the Trust Fund for any entitlement period beginning after September 30, 1980, shall not exceed the amount of the categorical grant funding reduction elected by that State for that entitlement period. Sets forth the procedures for the designation, by the chief executive officer of a State, of the categorical grant programs under such State's allotments which are to be transferred to the State account of the Trust Fund. Requires a majority of the chief executive officers of States involved in a single project under a program to designate the transfer of funds for such program before such transfer may occur. Directs the Secretary to transfer any such designated program funds to the State government account. Declares that such a transfer of funds allotted to a State under a program shall constitute a payment to that State for purposes of provisions of law providing for the reallotment of amounts not paid under the program to a State.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the enactment of a withholding tax on interest and dividend payments would be detrimental to the economic well-being of the United States.
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 · 30 April 1980
International Judicial Protection Act - Prohibits any court in the United States from declining to make a determination on the merits in any case on the ground of the Federal act of state doctrine, if the act of state is contrary to international law. Stipulates that the foreign sovereign compulsion defense remains fully available in U.S. courts.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1980
Expresses the gratitude and commendation of the Senate to the military personnel who participated in the rescue attempt of the American hostages in Iran. Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families of those who sacrificed their lives in such attempt.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980
Family Care Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), in consultation with the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging, to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, any public or private entity, including any hospital that has a medicare agreement in effect, to conduct demonstration programs for the placement of specified elderly persons in private homes as foster care residents. Requires that such elderly persons be: (1) 65 years old or older; (2) inpatients in a hospital or nursing home, but no longer require inpatient care; (3) ambulatory and require continued medical support services or intermittent medical or skilled nursing care similar to the care provided in an intermediate care facility, but do not require continuous skilled nursing services; and (4) lack other appropriate residential arrangements to provide necessary services. Directs the Secretary to require that such programs establish standards to assure that specified criteria are met. Includes among such criteria, requirements that such programs: (1) provide for placement in the homes of blood relatives whenever possible if such homes meet applicable requirements; (2) include placements in homes of relatives and in other foster care homes in order to evaluate care in both settings; (3) provide for contribution to the cost of care by the elderly person to the extent that this does not unduly deplete such person's resources; (4) assure persons in whose home such foster care is given are compensated; and (5) assists members of the family providing foster care in making alternative short-term care arrangements when necessary. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide, to the extent feasible, for the distribution of such grants or contracts among urban and rural areas; and (2) determine the amount of any such grant or contract. Sets forth certain recordkeeping requirements for such programs. Requires that such records be available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General for audit and examination. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to appropriate entities with respect to such programs. Directs the Secretary to establish an information clearinghouse regarding foster care programs available in the United States. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such programs and report to Congress by January 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations relating to the compensation to be received by persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care under such program. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out such demonstration programs, to make: (1) foster care maintenance payments on behalf of elderly persons who are eligible for medicare hospital insurance benefits, from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; and (2) payments to States under the medicaid program with respect to amounts expended by States for foster care maintenance payment to elderly persons otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the State's approved Medicaid plan. Sets forth factors upon which the Secretary is to make determinations of the amount of such payments. Prohibits taking such foster care into consideration in determining eligibility for, or amount of, supplemental security income benefits or specified State payments. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and contracts of $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Provides that such appropriations shall be: (1) available for the costs of such demonstration programs, including payments to persons in whose home an elderly person receives foster care; and (2) available with regard to any elderly person participating in the program, including those for whom specified payments and contributions do not adequately compensate persons in whose home they receive care.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1980
New Mexico Wilderness Act of 1980 - Designates the following National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in the Gila National Forest; (2) the Blue Range Wilderness in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila National Forest; (3) the Capitan Mountain Wilderness in the Lincoln National Forest; (4) the Dome Wilderness in the Santa Fe National Forest; (5) the Latir Peak Wilderness in the Carson National Forest; and (6) the Withington Wilderness in the Cibola National Forest. Designates certain additions to: (1) the Gila Wilderness in the Gila National Forest; (2) the Guadalupe Escarpment Wilderness and the White Mountain Wilderness in the Lincoln National Forest; (3) the Pecos Wilderness in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests; and (4) the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in the Carson National Forest. Designates specified lands in the Apache-Sitgreaves and the Gila National Forest as further study area. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study such lands for the single purpose of classifying their suitability or nonsuitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires such study to be concluded no later than January 1, 1983. Declares that Congress does not intend to designate any of the lands within the National Forest System in New Mexico which have been studied as a part of the Secretary of Agriculture's roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) and which are not designated for further planning or as wilderness by this Act for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Declares that such lands shall continue to be available for uses other than wilderness under the existing Forest Service plans applicable to the national forest within which such lands are located. Declares that further recommendation of lands within the National Forest System in New Mexico for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System may be made only ten years after the enactment of this Act and only every tenth year thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should formulate and implement an emergency loan program to assist farmers in meeting the cost of producing their 1980 crops.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that a small business employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. Authorizes the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (in the case of a hearing) or the appropriate court (in the case of a civil action) to deny such awards upon a finding that the position of the Secretary of Labor or of the United States as a party to the proceeding was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust. Authorizes the Commission or the court to reduce or deny such awards to the extent that the employer during the course of the proceedings engaged in conduct which unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. Directs the Commission to establish procedural rules for submission and consideration of applications for such awards. Permits dissatisfied parties to petition for leave to appeal to the appropriate court to review the merits of the Commission's determination with respect to such awards. Prohibits any appeal from the court's denial of such a petition. Allows the court, if a petition is granted, to modify the Commission's determination only upon finding an abuse of discretion. Directs the Secretary to pay such awards from sums appropriated to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Prohibits the appropriation of any sums to the Administration specifically for the purpose of paying such awards. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the number, nature and amount of such awards during the preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980
Amends the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize the construction of measures to mitigate fish and wildlife habitat losses as part of the salinity control program established under such Act. Specifies that the technical assistance provided to water users on means and measures for limiting excess water applications to irrigated lands, as an element of the Grand Valley salinity control unit, shall be available, after December 31, 1989, only to those lands that participate in the Department of Agriculture programs to improve onfarm water management. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, from time to time, to review the plans for implementation of the units authorized by such Act, and, based upon his findings, make recommendations to the appropriate Congressional committees regarding the desirability of continuing to implement such units or portions thereof. Requires the Secretary to notify the Governors of the Colorado River Basin States of such recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of works necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Specifies the portion of such funds that are to be used for mitigation of fish and wildlife habitat losses.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a certain portion of royalty owner oil production from the windfall profit tax. Limits the amount so exempted per quarter to ten barrels per day. Requires proportionate allocation of any production in excess of ten barrels per day between tier 1 oil and tier 2 oil, and within any tier on the basis of removal prices. Requires allocation of the ten barrel amount among royalty owners who are members of the same related group.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Members of Congress should request their States, constituents, and the Bureau of the Census to encourage older people to participate as census workers in the taking of the 1980 Decennial Census.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require all concurrent resolutions on the budget to set forth budget totals for three fiscal years. Prohibits the Senate from considering any legislation affecting the Federal budget before the adoption of the first concurrent resolution on the budget unless the Senate Budget Committee reports a resolution permitting the consideration of such legislation. Requires a three-fifths vote in the Senate and a majority vote in the House to adopt any second concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires any further revisions in the congressional budget to be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate. Makes the figures set forth in the first concurrent resolution on the budget binding upon all legislation relating to the budget. Permits points of order to be raised against measures which would affect the figures applicable to any functional category as set forth in a budget resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1980
Amends the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a pilot range improvement program in not more than six grazing districts. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide technical and financial assistance to individual permittees or grazing associations for the performance of specified range improvement measures on public rangelands within such districts, including the installation of pipelines, fencing, grass seeding and ponds. Limits the Federal assistance to 80 percent of the actual costs incurred by such permittee or association. Makes such improvements the property of the United States, but conditions financial assistance upon the maintenance of such improvements by the permittees for their designated lifespan or the duration of their permits. Requires such improvements to be based upon a plan of range management and improvement. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize specified government agencies in providing technical assistance under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to follow the recommendations of the Secretary of Agriculture when issuing permits for domestic livestock grazing on the public rangelands within the specified grazing districts. Exempts such districts from the force and effect of the final judgment of Natural Resources Defense Council vs. Morton . Directs both Secretaries to make annual reports to Congress on the program. States that this Act will expire at the end of fiscal year 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Amends the Federal criminal code to impose maximum penalties of 20 years' imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine for anyone robbing a pharmacy by force and violence, or intimidation, of any controlled substance, as defined in the Controlled Substances Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1980
Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing Act to require competitive bidding in oil and gas lands set apart for military or naval purposes, and to expand the area to be leased by competitive bid two and one-half miles outside known geological structures of a producing oil or gas field.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to add a new subtitle concerning recovery and reuse of used oil. Vests the authority to prescribe labeling, packaging, marketing, or other requirements related to the sale or distribution of used, waste, or recycled oil in the Environmental Protection Agency. Voids regulations promulgated prior to the date of enactment of this subtitle by the Federal Trade Commission relating to the labeling of such oil. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations: (1) assuring purchasers of the quality and fitness of recycled or re-refined oil; (2) providing for the recycling and re-refining of used oil; and (3) assuring, to the extent not covered by regulations issued under such Act, that waste oil and used oil are handled safely and in such a way as to minimize potentially adverse effects on public health or the environment. Requires that virgin oil containers be prominently labeled so as to make purchasers or users aware of the necessity of recycling used oil. Prohibits the making of contracts or agreements to discourage the use of recycled oil if such use is consistent with the required labeling for such recycled oil. Authorizes the award of treble damages to any party injured or aggrieved by such agreements or contracts. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Defense, the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the General Services Administration, and the personnel of the Office of Procurement Policy, to accord the highest priority to the development of standards, markets, and regulations relating to recycled and re-refined oil in implementing specified provisions of such Act. Provides for the development of State plans and programs relating to such oil and authorizes the Administrator to delegate the authorities under this Act to any State with an approved program on such oil. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Members of Congress should request their States, constituents, and the Bureau of the Census to encourage older Americans to participate as census workers in the taking of the 1980 decennial census.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
San Joaquin del Canon del Rio de Chama Grant Commission Act - Establishes the San Joaquin del Canon del Rio de Chama Grant Commission to determine the boundaries and interests in land of such Grant in New Mexico. Specifies the composition of such Commission. Provides for the appointment of a staff for such Commission. Authorizes such Commission to hold hearings. Requires such Commission to report to the President and Congress within four years with findings and recommendations concerning such Grant.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1981 reported by the Committee on the Budget shall limit budget outlays to 21 per cent of the gross national product.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Establishes the Langmuir National Research Area in the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico to ensure the protection of and to encourage scientific research into thundercloud processes and astronomical phenomena. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a comprehensive management plan for the Area which should prescribe specific research and management objectives and management controls necessary for the protection, management, and development of the Area as set forth by this Act. Withdraws the lands within such Area, subject to valid existing rights, from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing. Requires the Secretary to establish a scientific advisory council for the Area and to consult on a periodic and regular basis with such council with respect to matters relating to management of the Area.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Congratulates the members of the 1980 U.S. Winter Olympic team, its coaches and officials for a job well done. Recognizes the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee and the people of the Lake Placid area for their successful efforts in organizing and producing the XIII Winter Olympic Games.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1980
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to receive, consider, and act upon any petition of a named individual relating to the reinstatement of a specified oil and gas lease.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1980
Optional Education Consolidation and Demonstration Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide an optional program of consolidation and reorganization of certain Federal assistance programs to State and local educational agencies, and to provide such agencies with greater flexibility in the use of such assistance. Title I: Special Needs Programs - Directs States desiring to participate in such a program to design their programs to: (1) meet the special educational needs of children from low-income families and of neglected or delinquent children in State operated programs; (2) provide health, nutritional, and educational services for such children, including preschool children and those previously enrolled in Headstart, Follow Through, or similar programs; (3) meet the educational needs of migratory children, including preschool educational needs; (4) meet the educational needs of handicapped children, and establish standards for such programs; and (5) provide bilingual instruction for children with limited English proficiency, and such instruction and bilingual vocational training programs for specified persons already out of school, as well as personnel-training for such programs. Specifies how a State shall allocate funds to local educational agencies for each of such programs under this title. Title II: Vocational, Adult, and Continuing Education and Employment Training - Authorizes Federal grants to assist States to: (1) extend programs of vocational, homemaking, and consumer educational; (2) develop new programs of vocational education; (3) develop and carry out programs to overcome sex discrimination and sex stereotyping in vocational education programs; and (4) provide part-time employment for youths in order for them to continue vocational training. Sets forth the programs for which funds provided under this title may be used. Requires a State desiring to participate in such consolidation program authorized by such Act to develop programs for adult basic education, for children in adult correctional institutions, and for community education. Provides for the distribution of Federal funds to local educational agencies by the States for programs under this title, and defines how they are to allocated. Title III: Special Emphasis Projects - Requires a participating State to provide funds to local educational agencies for: (1) school library resources and instructional equipment; and (2) special curriculum emphasis, guidance and counseling, innovation, and support projects. Requires that local educational agencies establish the needs and priorities of such programs. Provides for the allocation of State funds under this title to local agencies. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides for the reserving of certain funds from the amounts appropriated to carry out programs consolidated by such Act, and the allocation of such reserved funds among those States participating in the consolidation program. Directs the Commissioner of Education to pay to each participating State an amount equal to the amount expended in that State for carrying out the State plan adopted pursuant to this title. Provides for a participating State to receive a planning grant for use in preparing the comprehensive plan required by such Act. Requires a State desiring to receive a grant for such consolidation program to: (1) designate a State agency to administer the financial assistance made available under this Act; (2) develop third-year plans with annual updates; and (3) submit such plans or updates to the Commissioner for approval. Authorizes grants to States for the costs of administering the consolidation program. Requires a participating State to establish certain procedures for use in developing its comprehensive plan designed to assure: (1) the identification of children and adults with special educational and vocational needs; (2) determination of priorities by local education agencies; (3) participation of interested citizens, local government units, and appropriate State agencies in the development of the plan; (4) coordination of consolidation funds with State, local, and other Federal funds extended for similar purposes; and (5) publication of the final plan or annual update. Deems a State plan to meet the necessary requirements if it includes: (1) the goals and program objectives; (2) the assessments of needs determined above; (3) the types of individual to be served and the estimated enrollment of each program; (4) procedures to assure the proper distribution of funds as authorized by such Act; (5) a description of the program's administrative structure; (6) procedures for monitoring the local educational agencies; (7) procedures that the State will use to insure that any local educational agency receiving funds under such Act will annually develop or update a comprehensive plan for the use of such funds; (8) procedures for auditing local educational agency expenditures under such Act; (9) minimum expenditures of funds from non-Federal sources; (10) procedures to assure that funds made available under such Act supplement and not supplant State and local funds; (11) due process procedures, including withholding of funds, available to a State against a local educational agency which has failed to implement a comprehensive program plan; and (12) an appeal process within the State for a local educational agency dissatisfied with such State's compliance with such Act. Directs that the consolidation program authorized by this Act be administered by a separate Federal administrative unit to be established by the Commissioner within 60 days after enactment. Directs the Commissioner to conduct annual monitoring programs of States' programs, and to establish procedures to rectify areas of noncompliance. Directs the Commissioner to provide technical assistance upon request of State and local educational agencies. Directs the Commissioner to prepare and design a model for evaluation of program effectiveness. Requires participating States to use such model in program evaluations in which local educational agencies participate. Directs the Commissioner to analyze and report annually to Congress on such annual State agency evaluation reports. Directs the National Institute of Education to evaluate the consolidation authorized by this Act, with specified comparisons and inclusions in its study. Directs the Institute to make interim and final reports to the President and the Congress. Provides for delegations, transfers of funds, and contracts by State agencies. Provides the Commissioner with certain enforcement procedures against participating States, and provides such States with judicial recourse against such action. Authorizes the use of funds paid to a State under this Act for construction purposes where such construction funds would have been available under a program consolidated under this Act. Subjects funds made available under this Act to certain civil rights requirements. Provides for certain enforcement procedures against local educational agencies not in compliance with such requirements. Provides for the participation of eligible children in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools and Indian tribal schools in the programs authorized under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1980
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to the legation of Lithuania in the United States. Authorizes the Charge d'Affaires of such legation to administer such funds for the operation of the legation and compensation of personnel. Stipulates that the diplomatic corps of such legation must be of Lithuanian parentage and may not be U.S. citizens.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1980
Amends the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for construction of the Brantley project in the Pecos River Basin, New Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1980
Intelligence Reform Act of 1980 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to define "special activity" to mean activity conducted abroad to further official United States programs and policies which is planned and executed so that the role of the Government is not apparent or acknowledged publicly, but excluding diplomatic activity and the collection of intelligence or related support functions. Prohibits the expenditure of funds by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for a special activity unless: (1) the President finds that the activity is important to the national security and reports such activity to the congressional select intelligence committees (current law requires such reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees); or (2) the National Security Council (NSC) determines that the activity does not involve substantial resources or risks and falls within a category of special activities which (A) have been found by the President to be important to the national security, and (B) have been reported to the congressional select intelligence committees. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to exempt information in files maintained by an intelligence agency or component of the Government from the provisions of any law requiring publication or disclosure, if such files have been specifically designated by the Director of Central Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) scientific or technical systems for the collection of foreign intelligence; (2) special activities and foreign intelligence operations; (3) investigations to determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence sources; and (4) intelligence liaison arrangements with foreign governments. Requires requests by United States citizens and permanent resident aliens for information concerning themselves to be processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act. Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to add a new title V, "Protection of Certain National Security Information." Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of ten years' imprisonment and/or a $50,000 fine for anyone who, having had authorized access to classified information, intentionally discloses to any individual not authorized to receive classified information any information that identifies an individual as an employee of an intelligence agency or as an agent, informant, or source of assistance to an intelligence agency, where the actor knows or has reason to know that the information so identifies such individual and that the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal such individual's intelligence relationship to the United States. Establishes a maximum criminal penalty of one year imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine for anyone who with intent to impair the foreign intelligence activities of the United States discloses such information with such knowledge. Makes it a defense to such crimes that before the commission of the offense the United States had publicly acknowledged or revealed the intelligence relationship of the individual to the United States. Stipulates that it shall not be an offense to transmit such information directly to the congressional intelligence committees. Defines "intelligence agency" for the purposes of such offenses to mean the CIA and any intelligence component of the Department of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1980
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require a three-fifths vote of each House of Congress in order to enact any concurrent resolution on the budget which sets forth a level of total budget outlays in excess of 21 percent of the adjusted gross national product in fiscal year 1981, 20 percent of the adjusted gross national product in fiscal year 1982, or 19 percent of the adjusted gross national product in any fiscal year thereafter. Calculates the adjusted gross national product on the basis of the actual gross national product for the five fiscal years preceding the fiscal year subject to such limitations. Requires a three-fifths vote of each House of Congress in order to enact any concurrent resolution on the budget in which total budget outlays exceed total revenues.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Native American Culture and Art Development Act - Establishes the Institute of Native American Culture and Arts Development under the direction and control of a Board of Trustees. Sets forth the composition and terms of membership on such Board. Requires that the first Chairman of such Board be appointed by the President and subsequent Chairmen be elected by the trustees. Directs such Chairman, in consultation with the Board, to appoint a President to carry out the policies and functions of such Institute. Sets forth the powers of such Board. Directs the appropriate Federal department to transfer to the Institute the jurisdiction and control over the real property comprising the Institute of American Indian Arts facility located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Authorizes the Board to establish within the Institute: (1) a Center for Culture and Art Studies to include Departments of Traditional Arts and Sciences, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Language, and Literature; (2) a Center for Native American Scholars to include research and fellowship programs and publications; (3) a center for Cultural Exchange to include an inter-American Indian program, marketing and promotion of Indian crafts, promotion of Indian art, exhibits and shows; (4) a Museum of Indian Arts to include the acquisition of Indian art and the curation and exhibition of Indian art; and (5) other related centers or programs. Transfers to the Institute the functions of the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Makes the laws applicable to such entities applicable to the Institute. Directs the President of the Institute to submit an annual report to the Board concerning the administration of the Institute. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Expresses the Senate's support for efforts to win the freedom of the hostages in Iran. Calls upon all nations to join in cooperative efforts to restrict relations with Iran. Declares that: (1) any trial or public exploitation of the hostages would be viewed as added provocation; and (2) the American people will not be diverted from their determination that the hostages be freed.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1979
Calls upon all followers of Islam to prevail upon their brethren to: (1) release the American hostages held in Iran; and (2) until they are released, permit them to worship regularly in accordance with their religious faiths and meet with clergy of their faiths.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent pursuant to the Color of Title Act for lands within the Rio Grande Occupancy Resolution Program Area, New Mexico, to qualified applicants even if the land involves an adverse claim arising out of a withdrawal order.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1979
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to set forth regulations relating to joint studies and review by State and Federal authorities of State control programs to protect underground sources of drinking water from contamination resulting from the underground injection of substances for the purposes of waste storage or oil and natural gas recovery. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations if the Administrator determines State programs to protect underground water sources to be ineffective. Prohibits the Administrator from implementing such regulations unless a negative determination of the effectiveness of State programs is made by the Administrator based upon the joint Federal-State studies. Provides for judicial review of all determinations of the Administrator as to the effectiveness and adequacy of State underground water protection programs. Sets forth requirements for receipt by the States of Federal grants for public water system supervision programs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1979
Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to include professional land surveyors within the class of individuals authorized by such Act to perform land surveys and prepare plans, maps, and cross-section maps as required by such Act for all surface mining and reclamation operations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1979
Declares that the Senate: (1) supports the efforts of the Secretary of State to secure the cooperation of other governments in securing the release of the hostages in Iran; (2) appreciates those actions already taken by foreign governments to secure the release of the hostages; (3) deplores companies seeking to profit by American economic measures against Iran; and (4) urges Japan to take affirmative measures to support American economic actions against Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1979
Public Buildings Act of 1979 - Title I: General Authorities - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA), acting through the Public Buildings Service, to acquire, design, construct, lease, manage, maintain, repair, renovate, and assign space in public buildings. Establishes in GSA a Public Buildings Service to be headed by a Superintendent of Public Buildings. Creates the position of Supervising Architect to supervise all design activities of the Public Buildings Service. Permits the Administrator to delegate any of the aforementioned authorities after first explaining the scope and reasons for such delegation to specified congressional committees. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to annually report to Congress concerning activities undertaken to meet the public buildings needs of Federal agencies. Specifies lists to be included in such report. Repeals the Public Buildings Act of 1959. Title II: Locations for Federal Agency Offices - Sets forth requirements for the location of Federal agency offices. Requires the headquarters offices of each Federal agency to be located in the Washington, D.C. area. Requires other Federal agency offices, designated as being located outside of Washington, D.C., to be evenly distributed throughout the country. Permits agency heads to appeal locations assigned by the Administrator. Title III: Design and Management of Public Buildings - Sets forth requirements for the design and maintenance of public buildings, including quality of architecture, longevity, conformity with existing buildings, furnishings, and parking facilities. Directs the Administrator to establish design and construction standards to make buildings fully accessible to handicapped persons. Requires the annual plan to Congress to include a schedule for making all existing public buildings fully accessible to handicapped persons. Title IV: Mixed Use and Adaptive Use in Public Buildings - Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 to direct the Administrator to design, construct, and lease out space for commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational activities. Sets forth conditions for space so leased. Repeals provisions requiring the Administrator to: (1) identify existing buildings of historic, architectural, or cultural significance suitable for meeting Federal public buildings needs; and (2) notify Congress of the use or nonuse of such buildings. Title V: Exhibitions and Works of Art - Federal Building Enhancement Act of 1979 - Directs the General Services Administrator to: (1) acquire works of art by living American artists to be exhibited in Federal buildings; (2) develop exhibitions for Federal buildings which reflect the heritage or development of the United States; and (3) commission works of art by American artists for Federal buildings. Sets forth standards such works of art and exhibitions shall meet. Authorizes the Administrator to use one-half of one percent of the sums available for the construction, repair, and acquisition of public buildings for such purposes. Title VI: Architectural Services - Directs the Superintendent of Public Buildings to employ architects, designers, and urban planners to prepare, under the supervision of the Supervising Architect, plans for at least 25 percent of the dollar value of public building projects each year. Requires those architectural designs not prepared in accordance with the above to be procured in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and a method to select the best qualified architectural firm. Directs the Administrator to provide competing firms the evaluation criteria and the reasons for the selection made. Title VII: Leasing - Permits the Administrator to lease space only in limited circumstances. Specifies that within the next ten years at least 80 percent of Federal employees shall have their principal offices in public buildings, with such percentage being maintained uniformly throughout the country. Prohibits leasing space for specified Federal functions. Exempts buildings leased pursuant to this Act from provisions requiring money consideration and limiting the amount of rent. Prohibits rental rates from exceeding 105 percent of average commercial rates for space of nearest comparable quality. Requires the Administrator to publicly solicit competitive bids to procure space by lease for the Government. Directs the Administrator to provide a copy of the lease agreement to the highest ranking official of each Federal agency in leased buildings. Sets forth information to be submitted to Congress concerning leased buildings and space. Title VIII: Congressional Authorization - Directs the Administrator to submit annually to Congress a program of necessary projects and actions for the coming fiscal year. Prohibits the obligation of any appropriation for a public building without congressional authorization. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) carry out public building construction, renovation, and acquisition projects; (2) execute leases; and (3) issue obligations to the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes and for alterations, maintenance, planning and designs, and administration of the Public Buildings Service. Authorizes the Administrator to increase expenditures or decrease the amount of space to be constructed, up to specified limits, if the project costs exceed the estimated maximum cost authorized. Requires approval by specified committees for any other action. Title IX: Public Building Financing - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require rates and charges for public buildings and buildings leased in behalf of the United States to be established annually at a level equal to the costs of providing space and services, but no more than commercial rates and charges. Requires all proceeds from the disposal of real property, parking fees, and dressing room fees to be deposited into the fund for real property management established in the Treasury. Authorizes the Administrator to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury in order to finance the acquisition, construction, or renovation of any public building. Provides for payment of principal and interest on such obligations from the fund for real property management.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1979
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the level of total budget outlays in any concurrent resolution from exceeding 20 percent of the gross national product in any calendar year. Authorizes the Congress to waive such prohibition by a two-thirds vote in each House.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1979
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Postmaster General and the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee should give favorable consideration to the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Americans of Italian descent and the 250th anniversary of the birth of Philip Mazzei on December 25, 1980, or as soon as possible thereafter. States that the Postmaster General and the Committee should honor other foreign-born contributors to the revolutionary cause, from countries of origin which have not yet been commemorated, prior to the conclusion of the American Bicentennial celebration in 1983.
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 · 8 November 1979
Military Manpower Study Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive study of the immediate and long-term military manpower needs. Establishes the National Commission on Military Manpower Needs to conduct a similar study.
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