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Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY]

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Resolution· SRESS.Res. 292 (96th)passed

A resolution relating to the immediate, safe and unconditional release of United States personnel in Iran.

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.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 287 (96th)referred

A resolution to refer the bill (S. 2050) entitled "A bill for the relief of the grantors of certain land in Henderson, Union, and Webster Counties, Kentucky, to the United States, and their heirs" to the Chief Commissioner of the United States Court of Claims for a report thereon.

United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1979

Refers to the Chief Commissioner of the Court of Claims, a bill for the relief of certain individuals. Directs the Commissioner to report to the Senate on the nature of the claim against the United States and the amount, if any, due such individuals from the United States.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 50 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution urging the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate to Israel, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1979

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Ida Nudel and allow her to emigrate to Israel. Urges the President to: (1) express U.S. opposition to the exile of Ida Nudel to Siberia; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will take into account the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law, particularly concerning human rights.

Bill· SS. 1991 (96th)passed

Federal Trade Commission Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979

Federal Trade Commission Act of 1979 - States that existing provisions of Federal law declaring as illegal any unfair act or practice affecting commerce shall not apply to commercial advertising. Limits the authority of the Federal Trade Commission with respect to advertising to cases of deceptive or false advertising. Prohibits the Commission from disclosing, except for law enforcement purposes: (1) any confidential commercial or financial information obtained by the Commission; (2) any information protected against disclosure by an Act of Congress; or (3) any information which can be used to identify the line-of-business data furnished by a particular organization. Prohibits examination of such line-of-business data by anyone other than an officer designated by the Commission. Stipulates that such data shall be used only for statistical purposes. Amends the rulemaking process and authority of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to prescribe rules which define false and deceptive advertising in or affecting commerce. Requires the Commission to include in the notice of any proposed rule the text of the rule and proposed alternatives. States that provisions of Federal law governing the rulemaking authority of the Commission do not authorize the Commission to prescribe any trade regulation rules with respect to unfair methods of competition. Requires the Commission: (1) to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking only when the proposed rule concerns unfair or deceptive acts or practices or false and deceptive advertising acts which the agency determines to be "prevalent" according to specified guidelines; (2) to submit such notice to specified committees of Congress 30 days before its publication; and (3) to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, prior to the notice of proposed rulemaking currently required, to describe regulatory objects and solicit public comment. Declares that the officer presiding over an informal rulemaking proceeding of the Commission: (1) should not be responsible to an employee engaged in investigatory or prosecuting functions of the Commission; (2) shall not make ex parte communications without providing notice and an opportunity for the participation of all parties. Revises the limits on the amount of compensation an individual or individuals may be paid by the Commission for the costs of participating in rulemaking proceedings. Directs the Commission to prescribe rules: (1) authorizing the Commission or any Commissioner to meet with an outside party concerning any rulemaking proceeding or any preliminary investigation to such a proceeding; and (2) prohibiting Commission employees who perform investigative or prosecuting functions in rulemaking proceedings from making any communication concerning such proceeding or a related proceeding to a Commissioner or member of the personal staff of a Commissioner unless specified requirements are satisfied. Establishes standards governing the Commission's subpoena power and power to require information by general or special order in regard to investigations concerning unfair or deceptive acts or practices or false and deceptive advertising acts or practices. Authorizes the Commission to issue a civil investigative demand to require a person under investigation to produce material relevant to such acts or practices. Requires that such demand: (1) identify the conduct constituting the alleged violation and the provision of law violated; (2) identify the specific material or information requested or, with respect to demand for oral testimony, the investigator conducting the investigation; (3) prescribe the dates for submission of the information or testimony; and (4) identify the custodian for such information. Sets forth provisions governing service of such a demand. Authorizes the Commission to file a petition for a court order to enforce a demand with the U.S. district court of appropriate jurisdiction. Authorizes a person receiving such a demand to petition the Commission for an order modifying or setting aside the demand. Stipulates that a subpoena or civil investigative demand has no authority unless signed by a Commissioner acting pursuant to a Commission resolution. Directs the Commission to designate an agent to serve as custodian of all information received pursuant to a demand or subpoena. Sets forth provisions concerning the management of such information and other confidential information obtained by or supplied to the Commission. Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act material provided pursuant to a special or general order of the Commission. Directs the Commission to publish, at least semiannually, a regulatory agenda containing a list of rules the Commission intends to propose or promulgate and the dates of any regulatory actions planned for the next year. Requires the Commission, for each proposed rule as defined in this Act, to publish a preliminary regulatory analysis which describes the need for the rule, the reasonable alternative approaches for accomplishing the regulatory objective, and the projected benefits and adverse economic effects of the proposed rule and alternatives. Requires the Commission to publish for each final rule a final regulatory analysis which includes (1) a justification of the selection of the final rule, and (2) a summary of the agency's assessment of the significant issues raised by the public comments received on the preliminary analysis. Directs each agency to include in the notice of each proposed and final rule, instructions on how the public may obtain copies of such analyses. Declares that such analyses shall be available for judicial review as part of the record in connection with a court's review of a rule as provided under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Entitles a prevailing party of limited net worth to be awarded fees and expenses incurred by such party in: (1) an administrative adjudication conducted by the Commission; or (2) any civil action brought by or against the Commission, unless the Commission, or the court having jurisdiction of action, finds that the position of the Commission is substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust. Allows the agency or the court to reduce any such award to the extent that the prevailing party unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. Authorizes a party dissatisfied with such award in an administrative adjudication to petition for leave to appeal the decision in an appropriate Federal court. Authorizes appropriations for the Commission for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Requires the Consumer Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to hold oversight hearings on the Commission at least once every six months through fiscal year 1981. Prohibits the Commission from prescribing a rule which requires a mandatory warranty in connection with the sale of a used motor vehicle.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 277 (96th)passed

A resolution relating to the commitment to ease the human suffering in Cambodia.

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all countries and all people be urged to respond generously to Cambodian relief efforts; (2) Cambodian authorities be encouraged to allow the use of all possible avenues for delivering food and medical supplies; and (3) the United States and the United Nations should express their expectation that the great power supporters of the factions in Cambodia share in international responsibility for averting famine.

Bill· SS. 1957 (96th)referred

Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1979

Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act of 1979 - Amends the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 to include in the definitions of the terms "United States" and "State" the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession over which the United States has jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to implement and administer a national recreational boating safety and facilities improvement program. Authorizes the Secretary to allocate funds to States for accepted State recreational boating safety and facilities improvement programs if sufficient State matching funds are available. Directs the Secretary to accept State programs that include: (1) an approved vessel numbering system; (2) a cooperative boating safety assistance program with the Coast Guard; (3) sufficient patrol to enforce applicable State laws; (4) boating safety education; (5) a State agency to implement or coordinate the program and report to the Secretary; and (6) facilities improvement. Sets forth formulas for the allocation of funds among the States. Establishes in the Treasury a National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund from which the Secretary may allocate funds for accepted State programs. Requires that revenues attributable to the taxes on special motor fuels and gasoline used in motorboats be covered into such Fund. Authorizes appropriations for such State programs of $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1984. Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain amounts from the taxes received from special motor fuels and gasoline used in motorboats to the National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund.

Bill· SS. 1917 (96th)referred

A bill to expand the scope of the Small Operators Assistance Program in the 1977 Surface Mining and Reclamation Act.

United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1979

Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to make financial assistance available to a coal surface mining operator whose probable total annual production will not exceed 100,000 tons, with regard to: (1) drilling observation wells; (2) meeting planning requirements, including water supply information, climatological information, vegetation information, fish and wildlife resources information, soil resources information, land use information, and mapping requirements; and (3) reclamation and operations activities, including water compliance monitoring, and soil tests.

Bill· SS. 1897 (96th)referred

A bill for the relief of Dr. Joselito S. Almario.

United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1979

Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill· SS. 1880 (96th)referred

Inland Energy Impact Assistance Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979

Inland Energy Impact Assistance Act of 1979 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to authorize State Governors or governing bodies of Indian tribes to designate energy impact areas in accordance with specified conditions concerning increases in employment and use of public facilities and services. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to such States and tribes for the purpose of developing plans for mitigating adverse economic impact resulting from energy development activities. Requires State Governors and Indian tribal governing bodies receiving such grants to designate local planning units to prepare for each energy impact area an energy impact mitigation plan, and authorizes the making of subgrants to such local planning units to assist in the cost of preparing mitigation plans. Requires State Governors and Indian tribal governing bodies to submit and revise annually a comprehensive investment strategy describing the intended use of all such financial assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property for housing or public facilities determined to be necessary for an energy impact area according to the investment strategy as approved by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and Indian tribes for the funding of public facilities and services identified in such investment strategy. Sets forth suggestions as to the distribution of such funds. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, loans, loan guarantees, and payments of interest on loans to States, Indian tribes, and local governments to fund preliminary mitigation plans designed to identify and address the need for expedited assistance in the event energy development poses a serious threat to the public health and safety within a designated energy impact area, and such needs cannot be met in a sufficiently timely manner by other Federal programs. Establishes in the United States Treasury an Energy Impact Insurance Fund to provide funds for the loans and loan guarantees made under this Act. Limits the assistance provided under this Act to a total period of five years following the receipt of the first funds for facilities and services. Prohibits the appropriation of funds in support of any program for which Federal financial assistance is available to eligible applicants under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 or the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold financial assistance from a recipient for failure to comply with this Act or regulations issued thereunder. Directs the Secretary to designate within the Farmers Home Administration an organizational unit to administer the program established by this Act and to provide information to State and local officials and Indian tribes about Federal assistance from other Federal programs designed to prevent or mitigate energy resource development impacts. Directs the President to establish an interagency council to coordinate all Federal programs providing assistance to meet needs resulting from major energy developments. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 through 1985 to carry out this Act. Directs Federal agencies responsible for health and safety of persons working in any federally-regulated coal, uranium, metal, or nonmetallic mine to use their authorities fully to protect existing and future housing, property, persons, and public facilities located near such facilities, whether active or abandoned, from hazards posed by activities at such facilities. Prohibits the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy from being transferred to any other Secretary or Federal agency without express legislation.

Bill· SS. 1862 (96th)referred

Federal Firearms Law Reform Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1979

Federal Firearms Law Reform Act of 1979 - Title I: Amendments to Gun Control Act - Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to redefine: (1) "manufacturer" to mean any person engaged in the "business of manufacturing" (instead of "manufacture" of) firearms or ammunition; and (2) "dealer" to exclude dealers in ammunition and persons engaged in the business of repairing firearms. Adds a new definition "engaged in the business" with respect to manufacturers, dealers, and importers. Includes as a manufacturer of ammunition a person whose gross sales of his own ammunition exceed $1,000 in any calendar year. Includes as a dealer in firearms a person who deals in firearms as a regular course of business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms. Replaces the current term "crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" with a new definition of "disabling crime." Eliminates certain activities regarding ammunition from the coverage of the current prohibitions. Revises current provisions respecting the interstate sale or transfer of firearms. Revises the current prohibition against selling a firearm or ammunition to certain persons (such as persons under indictment for a felony or addicted to drugs) to apply such prohibition only to persons convicted of a "disabling crime." Revises the current prohibition against certain persons transporting a firearm or ammunition in interstate commerce to: (1) extend such prohibition to possession or receipt in commerce or affecting commerce of any firearm or ammunition; (2) conform such prohibition to the new "disabling crime" provision; and (3) include as additional categories illegal aliens, persons dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces, and persons who have renounced their United States citizenship. Makes the same changes to the current prohibition against certain persons who receive a firearm or ammunition which has been transported in interstate commerce, but applies such prohibition to persons who are employed by the enumerated categories of individuals. Excludes ammunition dealers from the current licensing requirements. Stipulates that the Secretary of the Treasury may revoke a license only where the holder of such license has "knowingly" violated a provision of the Act or regulation. Bars the Secretary from denying or revoking a license on the basis of violations under this Act which are alleged in criminal proceedings instituted against a licensee, where such individual is not convicted of such charges. Imposes as a condition for the inspection or examination of records or documents and any firearm or ammunition kept by an importer, manufacturer, or dealer pursuant to this Act that the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that a violation has occurred and that evidence may be found on the premises of such persons. Restricts the firearm information obtained from licensees which the Secretary may make available to State or local governments. Establishes a limited recordkeeping requirement for firearms collectors. Stipulates that the general penalty under this Act shall apply to whoever "willfully" violates any provision. Prohibits, with respect to a person's second or subsequent conviction for illegally using or carrying a firearm during the commission of a felony, the granting of parole before completion of the minimum sentence. Amends the forfeiture provision to subject to seizure any firearm or ammunition "involved in or used" in any violation of the Act (instead of "involved in or used or intended to be used"). Requires a court to award attorney's fees to the prevailing party (other than the United States) in an action or proceeding for the return of seized firearms or ammunition. Allows the court to award such fees in any other action upon a finding that the action was initiated in bad faith. Amends the rulemaking authority of the Secretary to provide that no regulation may require the transfer of records required under this Act to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions. Requires a 90-day public comment period for proposed regulations (no period is currently specified). Allows one House of Congress to disapprove by resolution any firearms regulation within 90 days of continuous session of the promulgation of such rule. Requires that resolutions of disapproval be immediately referred to only those standing committees having legislative responsibility for this Act. Allows a sponsor of any such resolution to move to discharge from further consideration a committee which does not report out the resolution within 45 days of continuous session of Congress. States that it shall be in order to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution any time after a committee has reported or has been discharged from further consideration. Prohibits the Secretary from prescribing any rules identical to regulations disapproved by Congress without the enactment of additional legislation respecting his authority. Prohibits the Secretary from prescribing regulations which require purchasers of black powder to complete affidavits or forms attesting to their exemption from certain provisions of the Federal criminal code. Makes any law or regulation promulgated by any State prohibiting the transfer of an unloaded and not readily accessible firearm or ammunition null and void. Title II: Amendments to title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Repeals title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (relating to the receipt, possession, or transportation of firearms by felons, veterans dishonorably discharged, mental incompetents, illegal aliens, and persons renouncing their United States citizenship).

Bill· SS. 1858 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide that the Federal tort claims provisions of that title are the exclusive remedy in medical malpractice actions and proceedings resulting from federally authorized National Guard training activities, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1979

Makes the Federal tort claims procedure the exclusive remedy in medical malpractice actions resulting from federally authorized National Guard training activities (repeals the current provision covering such liability).

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 107 (96th)referred

A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue proclamations designating the weeks of January 21 through January 27, 1979, and January 20 through January 26, 1980 as "Junior Achievement Week".

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1979

Authorizes and requests the President to designate the weeks of January 21 through January 27, 1979, and January 20 through January 26, 1980, as "Junior Achievement Week" in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of Junior Achievement, an organization dedicated to the American enterprise system and service to youth.

Bill· SS. 1830 (96th)passed

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Research, Development and Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1979

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive plan and program of research, development, and demonstration of ocean thermal energy conversion systems. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive commercialization plan designed to realize the goal of producing 10,000 megawatts of electrical capacity or energy product equivalent from ocean thermal energy conversion systems by the year 1999. Sets forth criteria for the selection of programs and the establishment of priorities concerning ocean thermal energy conversion systems. Establishes an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Advisory Committee to study and advise the Secretary on the implementation and conduct of the programs established under this Act and on other matters concerning ocean thermal energy conversion. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on the activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations for plant and capital equipment for specified ocean thermal energy conversion demonstration plants.

Bill· SS. 1800 (96th)referred

Residential Energy Efficiency Program of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1979

Residential Energy Efficiency Program of 1979 - Amends the State residential energy conservation plan provisions of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to institute an alternative home energy efficiency program in any State, political subdivision, utility service area, or geographical area thereof. Exempts persons subject to such program from the requirements and prohibitions contained in the utility program established under such Act. Sets forth requirements for such alternative home energy efficiency program, including: (1) a requirement that the Secretary designate a Federal, State, or local agency to negotiate a contract with an energy conservation company to undertake a home energy retrofit program in a specified geographic area for a specified per unit price to be paid by such agency; (2) a requirement that such energy conservation company comply with specified criteria concerning such home energy retrofit program; and (3) a requirement that the designated agency establish accurate normalized measurements of energy use by type of energy before and after the installation of such retrofit measures to determine the saving produced by such energy conservation company. Directs the Secretary to provide funds to designated agencies to pay energy conservation companies for energy actually saved. Requires public utilities to make periodic payments to the Secretary not to exceed the value of the savings in a given year realized by such utilities as a result of the energy actually saved. Authorizes such utilities to sell any energy available to it as a result of a home energy retrofit program to willing nonresidential buyers. Authorizes the Secretary to issue notes or other obligations in order to finance such energy retrofit programs in the event the moneys received from public utilities under this Act are insufficient to finance such programs. Places limitations on the Secretary's authority to enter into such contracts depending on the amount of payments received from public utilities pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary, prior to instituting any program authorized by this Act, to provide for public comment. Expands the definition of "residential buildings" for the purposes of this Act to include buildings having more than four dwelling units.

Law· SS. 1798 (96th)open

Household Goods Transportation Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1979

Household Goods Transportation Act of 1979 - Exempts from the antitrust laws, agreements approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission between two or more carriers engaged in the business of transporting household goods which is solely related to, or contains procedures for, the joint establishment of: (1) proposals for changes in the standard rate level for household goods; and (2) charges between two carriers for the use of the facilities and equipment of one carrier by the other. Prohibits the Commission from finding the rate for the transportation of household goods unreasonable if the rate charged is not more or less than ten percent of the standard rate level for such transportation in effect on April 1, 1980. Prohibits the Commission from finding a rate for services incident to such transportation to be unreasonable if the rate is not more or less than 20 percent of the standard rate level in effect on such date. Directs the Commission, not less than semiannually, to adjust the standard rate level for household goods based on the percentage change for the previous period in the actual operating costs incurred by the carriers. Directs the Commission to issue a certificate to a person to provide motor transportation of household goods if: (1) the applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide such services and to conform to the provisions of this Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (2) the transportation to be provided is consistent with the present and future public convenience and necessity. Places the burden of making such showings upon the applicant. Directs the Commission, in making such a determination, to consider a household goods transportation industry which is competitive and operates under reduced regulation as being in the public interest. Directs the Commission to promulgate regulations for processing such applications which provide for adequate notice and opportunity for any interested person to file written evidence and argument. Directs that such process need not provide for an oral evidentiary hearing. Prohibits the Commission from including in such a certificate a condition which prevents a carrier from adding to its equipment and facilities or its transportation within the scope of its certificate in order to satisfy business development and public demand. Directs that each principal carrier shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of its agents which relate to the interstate or foreign transportation of household goods. Sets forth investigatory procedures before the Commission with respect to complaints that an agent does not have sufficient knowledge to provide household goods transportation or is not fit, willing, or able to perform such services. Exempts from the antitrust laws, discussions or agreements between a carrier and its agents which relate solely to: (1) rates for transporting household goods under the authority of the principal carrier; (2) charges for services incidental to such transportation; (3) allowances relating to such carriage; and (4) divisions between the principal carrier and its agents. Directs the Commission to institute a rulemaking proceeding to review all of its regulations pertaining to household goods transportation. Directs the Commission to reduce such regulations and paperwork required of each carrier. Prohibits the Commission from prescribing specific formulas or formats with respect to cost estimates given to shippers by carriers from such transportation. Forbids the Commission from prohibiting carriers to charge the shipper for such an estimate. Directs the Commission to promulgate rules that provide carriers with the maximum possible flexibility in weighing shipments. Allows carriers to offer their shippers guarantees or options for per diem payments in the event the carrier does not pick up or deliver the shipment as agreed. Establishes dispute-settlement procedures with respect to losses or damages incurred in such transportation. Provides for the recovery of attorney's fees by a shipper or carrier under specified circumstances. Establishes civil penalties for violations of the regulations promulgated under this Act or for failure to fully comply with reports mandated by the Commission regarding the transportation of household goods. Establishes a criminal penalty for weight-bumping (the knowing and willful making or securing of a fraudulent weight on a shipment of household goods).

Bill· SS. 1794 (96th)referred

Reyes Syndrome Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1979

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

Bill· SS. 1699 (96th)reported

Energy Impact Assistance Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1979

Energy Impact Assistance Act of 1979 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to authorize State Governors or Indian tribal governing bodies to designate energy impact areas in accordance with specified conditions concerning increases in employment, population, use of public services and facilities, and lack of financial resources to meet needs for such increased use of services and facilities resulting from the existence of a major energy development in such areas. Requires State Governors and Indian tribal governing bodies to designate local planning units to prepare mitigation plans for each such energy impact area. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to eligible States and Indian tribes to carry out planning and management activities designed to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts of major energy developments, and directs the Governors of such States and Indian tribal governing bodies to make subgrants to such local planning units. Sets forth criteria for developing mitigation plans. Requires that States and Indian tribes having energy impacted areas submit to the Secretary a comprehensive investment strategy describing the intended use of energy impact assistance as a condition for receiving such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make mitigation plan implementation grants to eligible applicants prohibited by State law from incurring debt such as in the form of Federal loans. Authorizes the Secretary to make implementation loans where permitted by State law, and authorizes loan guarantees for the same purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, loans, loan guarantees, and payments of interest on loans to States and other eligible applicants to address the need for public facilities or services in a designated energy impact area on an expedited basis in the event energy development poses a serious threat to the public health and safety and such needs cannot be met in a sufficiently timely manner by other Federal programs. Sets forth requirements for the non-Federal share to be made for the cost of implementing a proposal for which assistance is made. Limits the assistance made under this Act to a total period of five years following the receipt of the first funds for facilities and services. Prohibits the appropriation of funds in support of any program for which Federal financial assistance is available to eligible applicants under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 or the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Establishes in the United States Treasury an Inland Energy Impact Fund to provide funds for the loans and loan guarantees made under this Act. Authorizes the Appalachian Regional Commission to apply for and receive energy impact assistance funds for energy impact areas located within the Appalachian Region. Authorizes regional commissions established under the Public Works and Economic Development Act to apply for and receive energy impact assistance funds for energy impact areas located within such regions. Directs the President to establish an interagency council to coordinate all Federal programs providing assistance to meet needs resulting from major energy developments. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to issue regulations necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold financial assistance from a recipient for failure to comply with this Act or regulations issued thereunder. Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 through 1985 to carry out the programs established under this Act. Sets forth criteria for the allocation of such funds as are appropriated. Prohibits specified actions or failures to act from being used as a legal basis for delaying or prohibiting the issuance of any licenses or other authority necessary for the development, construction, or operation of a major energy development. Requires the General Accounting Office to prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the implementation and effectiveness of the program of assistance established under this Act.

Bill· SS. 1618 (96th)referred

A bill for the relief of Clarence S. Lyons.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1979

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in satisfaction of a claim against the United States.

Bill· SS. 1598 (96th)referred

State Social Security Deposit Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1979

State Social Security Deposit Act of 1979 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct a State to pay to the Secretary of the Treasury, within 30 days following the end of each month, OASDI contributions related to the employment of State employees.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 207 (96th)referred

A resolution to create a Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1979

Establishes a Senate Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control to: (1) conduct a continuing comprehensive study and review of the problems of narcotics abuse and control; and (2) review any recommendations made by the President, or by any department or agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, relating to programs or policies affecting narcotics abuse or control. Directs the select committee to report to the Senate with respect to the results of any investigation conducted by the select committee. Requires the select committee to submit an annual report to the Senate which shall include a summary of all activities.

Bill· SS. 1444 (96th)referred

Taxpayer Protection and Reimbursement Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979

Taxpayer Protection and Reimbursement Act - Title I: Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to award reasonable court costs, including attorneys' fees, to the prevailing party (other than the United States or a creditor of the prevailing party) in any civil action in any court of the United States for the determination, collection, or refund of any tax, interest, or penalty imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the amount of such award to $20,000 for any one civil action. Includes within the definition of "attorneys' fees" amounts paid to an individual who is not an attorney, but who is authorized to practice before the Tax Court. Defines "prevailing party" as a party who recovers all, or all but an insignificant portion of the amount in controversy in a civil tax proceding, or whose position is sustained as to all, or all but an insignificant portion, of the issues involved, and who establishes that the position of the United States in the civil action was unreasonable. Disallows costs and attorneys' fees for certain civil actions involving declaratory judgments. Title II: Amendments to Title 28 - Incorporates into title 28 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the United States Code the amendments set forth in title I of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1435 (96th)referred

Capital Cost Recovery Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979

Capital Cost Recovery Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the method for determining useful lives of business assets for purposes of computing allowable depreciation deductions. Replaces the asset depreciation range (ADR) method with a schedule of capital cost recovery periods for three classes of business property. Establishes capital cost recovery periods for the following classes of business property: (1) buildings and their structural components, ten years; (2) tangible property, five years; and (3) automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks (up to $100,000), three years. Allows a ten percent investment tax credit for buildings and tangible property, and six percent credit for automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks. Requires the recapture of depreciation amounts and investment tax credit amounts applicable to assets which are sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the expiration of the capital cost recovery period. Permits a taxpayer to deduct less the full allowance for capital cost recovery in any taxable year. Permits a carryover to succeeding taxable years of any unused depreciation amounts. Disqualifies capital cost recovery property from the allowance for first year depreciation. Treats amounts claimed as the capital cost recovery of noncorporate lessors as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Adopts as an accounting practice the "half year convention" under which investments eligible for capital cost recovery treatment or the investment tax credit which are made at any time during the taxable year are deemed to be made in the middle of such year.

Bill· SS. 1416 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to temporary emergency suspensions of implementation plan provisions.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1979

Amends the Clean Air Act, with regard to State implementation plans for a national primary ambient air quality standard, to authorize the President, as well as the Governor of a State, to issue a temporary emergency suspension of any part of such plan applicable to a fuel burning stationary source. Requires either the President or the Governor to issue such an emergency suspension if either finds that foreign imports of fuels used by such source have reached an excessive level and that such imports can be reduced by the emergency suspension. Requires such suspension to remain in effect for a maximum of five years, or longer as the owner or operator of such source may persuade the suspension issuer as reasonable. Allows the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in a disapproval order to require a lesser period if the suspension is issued by a Governor. Limits any suspension for violation of any national ambient air quality standard to not more than four months. Requires any person who issued a suspension for a period in excess of four months to revoke such suspension if he determines that the fuel burning stationary source in question did not change to an alternate fuel.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 191 (96th)passed

A resolution calling upon the President to convene a domestic Energy Summit Conference for the purpose of giving the American people an authoritative explanation of the present energy supply shortage, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1979

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President shall call as soon as possible an Energy Summit Conference to bring together representatives of the oil industry, consumer representatives knowledgeable on energy matters, officials of the executive branch and other levels of government, and such other persons as the President deems necessary to review any data submitted and report to the President on current and expected energy shortages, a prognosis for the future, and recommendations for public and private action to meet those shortages. Directs the Conference to consider the establishment of a national energy council. Directs the President to report to the American people the results of the Conference along with his recommendations for a national energy policy.

Bill· SS. 1403 (96th)referred

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1979

Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to extend the time periods within which: (1) the regulatory authority is required to process and decide upon permit applications submitted by the operators of surface coal mines in expectation of operating such mines; (2) each State must submit to the Secretary of the Interior a State program which demonstrates that such State has the capability of carrying out the provisions of such Act; (3) the Secretary must prepare, promulgate and implement a Federal program for a State which failed to submit an acceptable program within the specified time; and (4) each State must submit a program covering surface coal mining and reclamation operations. Eliminates the time extension for States which require an Act of the State legislature to achieve compliance with such Act.

Bill· SS. 1377 (96th)referred

Synthetic Fuels Production Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1979

Synthetic Fuels Production Act of 1979 - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to establish a synthetic fuels and alternate fuels production plan for the Nation. Title II: Corporate Status, General Powers, Subsidiaries, and Tax Status - Establishes the Syn-Fuels and Alternate Fuels Authority which shall be responsible for directing the production of synthetic fuels. Sets forth the general powers of such Authority, including the power to create subsidiary corporations to carry out one or more of the functions of the Authority. Exempts the Authority from all State and Federal taxation except real property taxes and taxes imposed on any entity acquired or established by the Authority which engages in energy-related enterprises. Title III: Financial Assistance - Authorizes the Authority to provide financial assistance to any business concern engaged or which proposes to engage in synthetic and other alternate fuel projects. Sets forth criteria for granting such assistance and specifies application procedures, interest rates, and other conditions for obtaining such assistance. Authorizes the Authority to make loan guaranties to any lender for loans made to any business concern where such funds would contribute to accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. Limits the total amount of financial assistance to be provided by the Authority to the sum of the amount authorized as capital of the Authority and the amount the Authority is authorized to borrow under this Act. Authorizes the Authority to make high-risk loans or direct investments or to provide other direct financial assistance which the Board of Directors of the Authority determines will further the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Authority to sell equity securities. Authorizes the President to appoint an advisory panel to study and report on the effects of issuance of obligations and provision of financial assistance by the Authority on the functioning of the Nation's capital markets. Title IV: Capitalization and Finance - Authorizes capital stock of the Authority in the amount of $25,000,000,000 and authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000,000 for this purpose. Authorizes the Authority to issue and to have outstanding at any one time notes, debentures, bonds, or other obligations in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000,000. Exempts the receipts and disbursements of the Secretary of the Treasury in connection with the purchase or redemption of, and income from, capital stock of the Authority from inclusion in the totals of the budget of the United States. Title V: Management - Vests the power of the Authority to act in the Board of Directors, except as specified. Provides for the appointment of a Chairman of the Board and other directors and sets forth the duties of the Chairman. Sets forth provisions relating to officers and employees, conflicts of interest, delegation of authority, fiscal year reviews and audits, and reports and recordkeeping. Title VI: Priority Energy Project Act - Priority Energy Project Act of 1979 - Declares that the purpose of this title is to provide for a coordinated, simplified, and expeditious, process for Federal approval of energy facilities that are determined to be in the national interest. Directs the Secretary of Energy to designate priority energy projects based on specified criteria. Directs the Authority to publish a Project Decision Schedule containing deadlines for all Federal actions relating to such projects. Directs the President to make any decisions or perform any actions in the event that an agency or department fails to meet its deadline, provided that there has been notice and an opportunity for public comment on such decision. Limits environmental and judicial reviews to those of absolute necessity. Authorizes the Authority to establish deadlines for Federal agency action which are shorter than the minimum period required under existing legislation in cases of exceptional national need. Provides for coordination of the actions of Federal State and local governments. Directs the Authority to recommend to any State Governor and to the Congress actions to alleviate or prevent any delays in a priority energy project created or threatened by any State or local government. Sets time limits for filing claims arising out of actions pursuant to this title and bars any claims filed thereafter. Stipulates that such claims shall be brought in the United States court of appeals for the circuit where the project would be located and grants exclusive original jurisdiction to such court in such matters. Directs such court to give precedence to such matters over all other matters on the court's docket, to the greatest extent practicable. Authorizes the Supreme Court, exclusively, to review interlocutory judgments or orders of the court of appeals pursuant to this title and directs the Supreme Court to give precedence to such matters to the greatest extent practicable. Prohibits the granting of injunctive relief against the issuance of any right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization pursuant to this title except in conjunction with a final judgment on a claim filed pursuant to this title. Establishes an Office for Priority Energy Projects within the Department of Energy to assist the Secretary with his duties under this title. Title VII: Production Goals of the Authority - Directs the Authority to establish a set of goals for the commercial production by the year 1990 of synthetic fuels such as oil shale, coal gas and liquids, and such processes as urban waste reuse, geothermal power, solar power, biomass conversion, and other such resources. Authorizes the Authority to supervise the construction, management, operation, and production of fuels from an Authority-owned synthetic fuels facility to meet part of the fuel needs of the Department of Defense if certain specified conditions obtain. Directs the Authority to establish timetables for the production by the year 1990 of at least 1.5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day from the three technologies of oil shale, coal gas, and coal liquids, and a timetable to reach certain other commercial goals of production for other syn-fuels processes and other alternate fuels processes. Requires the Authority to report to Congress periodically on the progress toward meeting the 1990 goals and to submit its books to periodic audits. Title VIII: Unlawful Acts and Penalties - Imposes fines and/or imprisonment under this Act for the following acts: forgery; false statements; misappropriation of funds; infringement on name; and unlawful contracts. Title IX: General Provisions - Makes provisions for coordination of Authority activities with other entities, severability, termination and liquidation of the Authority, relationship to other laws, and the reservation of right to amend or repeal this Act. Stipulates that the provision of financial assistance under this Act shall be deemed to be a "major Federal action" for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 when: (1) no other Federal agency is required to prepare an environmental impact statement; and (2) such financial assistance is in fact a major action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.

Bill· SS. 1371 (96th)referred

Domestic Energy Policy Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1979

Domestic Energy Policy Act of 1979 - Establishes energy supply and demand targets in quadrillion Btu's per year for the United States for the years 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000, for specific forms of domestic energy production, including crude oil and other liquefied fuels, natural gas, coal, nuclear, and renewable energy sources. Directs the President to submit an annual energy report to the Congress reviewing energy targets approved or revised by Congress in the previous year and proposing recommendations to the Congress for further revision of such targets. Specifies other components of such energy report. Requires the Congress to consider such targets in detail to arrive at a consensus set of figures representing the Nation's energy future, and to formalize such consensus by joint resolution. States that no legislative action authorizing new budget authority in any year for energy programs would be in order in any House until such joint resolution has been agreed to by such House. Requires the President to prepare an energy impact report on any public bill or resolution reported out of any committee of the House or Senate. Stipulates that the preparation of energy targets shall not be construed to comprise a "major Federal action significantly affecting the environment" for the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Bill· SS. 1358 (96th)referred

A bill to provide that major stationary sources complying with all applicable emission limitations and standards of performance established pursuant to the Clean Air Act shall not be subject to any more stringent limitations or standards for a period of ten years.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1979

Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit, for a ten-year period, subjection to any more stringent emission limitation or standard of performance of: (1) any existing major stationary source which comes into compliance with all emission limitations in the applicable implementation plan; or (2) any new or modified major stationary source the construction or modification of which meets all applicable emission limitations and standards of performance. Sets such ten-year period to run from the date of completion of such compliance, construction, or modification, or during the period of depreciation or amortization of such facility for Internal Revenue Code purposes, whichever period ends first. Exempts from the application of this Act any source to which a substantial imminent threat to public health can be attributed, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Bill· SS. 1308 (96th)passed

Priority Energy Project Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1979

Energy Supply Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to increase domestic energy supplies and to improve the management of the nation's available energy resources. Title II: Priority Energy Project Act - Priority Energy Project Act of 1979 - Centralizes responsibilities for a coordinated process for expediting Federal approval of non-nuclear energy facilities determined to be of national interest. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to designate any proposed non-nuclear energy facility as a priority energy project. Authorizes any person planning or proposing such a facility to apply for such a designation. Establishes procedures and criteria for making such designations. Exempts such designations from the National Environmental Policy Act. Directs Federal agencies involved in the approval of such projects to submit to the Secretary: (1) a compilation of all significant actions required by such agency before rendering a decision on such projects; (2) a compilation of all actions required of the applicant; (3) a tentative schedule for completing agency and applicant action; and (4) all necessary application forms required for such approval. Directs the Secretary to publish a Project Decision Schedule setting deadlines for all such actions. Authorizes the President to act in lieu of any Federal agency failing to meet its deadline. Authorizes the Secretary to establish deadlines for Federal agency action which are shorter than the minimum period required under existing legislation in cases of exceptional national need. Provides for coordination of the actions of Federal, State, and local governments without impinging on the substantive and procedural requirements of State and local law, but directs the Secretary to recommend to a State Governor and to the Congress actions to alleviate or prevent any delays in a priority energy project created or threatened by any State or local government. Exempts from judicial review the actions of Federal officers or agencies pursuant to this Act, except as provided for therein. Sets time limits for filing claims arising out of action pursuant to this Act, and bars any claims filed thereafter. Stipulates that such claims shall be brought in the United States court of appeals for the circuit where the project would be located, and grants exclusive original jurisdiction to such court in such matters. Directs such court to give precedence to such matters over all other matters on the court's docket to the greatest extent practicable. Authorizes the Supreme Court, exclusively, to review interlocutory judgments or orders of the court of appeals pursuant to this Act, and directs the Supreme Court to give precedence to such matters to the greatest extent practicable. Prohibits the granting of injunctive relief against the issuance of any right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization pursuant to this Act except in conjunction with a final judgment on a claim filed under this Act. Establishes an Office for Priority Energy Projects within the Department of Energy to assist the Secretary. Terminates the Secretary's authority to designate priority energy projects seven years after enactment of this Act. Title III: Demonstration of Near-Term Energy Technologies - Directs the Secretary to solicit proposals for commercial demonstration of any of the energy technologies covered by the Federal Non-nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, including solar, geothermal, synthetic fuels and conservation technologies. Requires that such proposals be reviewed within 90 days and transmitted to the Congress with recommendations. Title IV: Department of Energy Project Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 and subsequent years for a variety of energy development, demonstration, and commercialization projects for solvent refined coal, high and low Btu gasification, geothermal energy, oil shale, fuel cells, fluidized bed combustion, and urban and industrial waste. Increases the number of small hydroelectric power plants eligible for Federal assistance. Title V: Oil Shale - Establishes a program to determine the commercial viability of oil shale retorting technologies. Directs the Secretary to solicit proposals for the design, construction, and initial operation of Federal oil-shale commercial demonstration projects. Sets forth criteria for selecting, locating, and evaluating such projects with respect to their economic viability and their social, environmental, and economic impacts on local communities. Establishes a Social and Environmental Impact Advisory Panel to advise the Secretary on matters relating to the oil shale program, including impacts on State and local governments, environmental, health, and safety effects of the test facilities, and measures for preventing or mitigating such impacts. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee and make commitments to guarantee the payment of interest on obligations for financing essential community development and planning resulting from this title. Sets the maximum amount of obligations to be guaranteed under this title at $20,000,000 for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State and local governments for studying and planning for mitigation of the potential economic, environmental, and social impacts of projects authorized by this title and for establishing related management expertise. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000 for such grants for fiscal year 1980. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Oil Shale Commercialization Test Special Fund for the purpose of providing funds for impact assistance as prescribed by this title. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of specified agencies and departments, to prepare and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for the acquisition of information and evaluation of the impacts of the oil shale program. Specifies components of such plan. Requires that the Secretary prepare and submit to Congress an annual report on activities conducted under this Act. Makes the information collected by the Secretary pursuant to this title available to the public. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Title VI: Study of World Oil Supply and Production Opportunities - Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress a study of world oil supply and production opportunities in non-OPEC countries, including an evaluation of alternative policies for increasing exploration and production, and an assessment of present United States initiatives and potential for new oil discoveries. Title VII: Oil and Gas Leasing - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a five-year program to lease on-shore Federal lands for oil and gas exploration, development, and production. Requires expedited decisions on leasing applications and expanded use of competitive bidding. Requires leases to describe exploration activities in an exploration plan, and to describe development and production activities in a development and production plan, prior to obtaining the Secretary's approval of such activities. Makes provision for assuring the protection of non-energy resources on such lands as are leased under this title. Limits judicial review and relief from the Secretary's actions or determinations to those cases where any such action on determination is found to be arbitrary or capricious. Title VIII: Gasohol - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program promoting the use of alcohol blended fuels. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate agencies, to conduct a study to determine the most suitable raw materials for the production of alcohol motor fuel and the nature of the alcohol motor fuel distribution system and production processes. Directs the Secretary to set mandatory annual production levels for alcohol fuels for the period of 1981 through 1990. Stipulates that the alcohol content of gasoline shall be increased from one percent to ten percent over the ten-year period. Imposes civil penalties upon refiners violating such production requirements. Requires any facility built for alcohol distillation pursuant to this title to give priority to the use of renewable energy resources as its operating fuel. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the purposes of this title. Title IX: Short-Term Initiatives - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to implement a two-year program to require any petroleum-fueled commercial, industrial, or utility facility having a natural gas or coal capability to switch to the alternative fuel to replace the oil being used therein. Directs the FERC to order the installation of natural gas transportation facilities by pipeline owners to accommodate the fuel switching requirements of this subtitle. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether, a proposal to switch to coal requires a waiver of any State air pollution control standard or limitation in effect pursuant to the Clean Air Act. Exempts facilities required to switch to natural gas which are subject to the requirements of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1979 from such requirements for two years. Authorizes the Secretary or the FERC to seek injunctive relief for anticipated or actual violations of this subtitle. Imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for knowing violations of this subtitle, and criminal penalties up to $50,000 and imprisonment for willful violations. Terminates such fuel switching program two years after the date of enactment. Authorizes the Secretary to order utilities to generate, transfer, wheel, or purchase electric power upon a determination that such action would reduce oil consumption by electric utilities. Limits the duration of such orders to 30 days. Directs the FERC to set rates for generating and transmitting power pursuant to such orders from the Secretary. Provides for enforcement mechanisms for violations of such electric power transfer requirements. Sets forth an expedited judicial review process for persons aggrieved by any order issued by the Secretary under this title. Title X: Renewable Energy Resources - Establishes a national goal of 20 quadrillion Btu's of energy to be supplied by the year 2000 from renewable energy resources such as solar energy, wind energy, and urban waste systems. Establishes the Solar Heating and Cooling Information Center to provide information on renewable energy resources. Requires the inclusion of cost-effective solar systems in new Federal buildings, the construction of renewable energy generating facilities by the Federal power administrations, and the making of federally-subsidized low-interest loans for the purchase and installation of solar energy systems by owners or builders of commercial and residential structures. Directs the heads of each Federal agency operating a fueling station for civilian gasoline motor vehicles to require that such stations only dispense ten percent alcohol-blended gasoline. Directs the head of each Federal agency operating a retail gasoline supply outlet to require that such outlets offer for retail sale ten percent alcohol-blended gasoline. Establishes within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar Programs a Solar Energy Loan Program to administer the low-interest loan program. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for such loan program. Establishes as wind energy program objectives to reach by fiscal year 1986, a total megawatt capacity in the United States from wind energy systems of 500 megawatts and a reduction of the average cost of wind generated electricity to a level competitive with conventional energy sources. Directs the Secretary to establish research, development, and demonstration programs to promote the use of wind energy systems by means of Federal financial assistance, subsidies, and contract awards. Establishes a wind energy commercialization program for the accelerated procurement and installation of wind energy systems in Federal facilities. Establishes an advisory committee to assist the Secretary in performing his duties relating to the wind energy program. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 to carry out this Act, of which $100,000,000 shall be used for the wind energy program.

Bill· SS. 1304 (96th)referred

Legislative Oversight Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1979

Legislative Oversight Act of 1979 - Title I: Requirements for Authorization Bills - Requires all legislation considered by either House of Congress which authorizes new budget authority or increased tax expenditures to include a statement of objectives of the program to be authorized or established and a requirement that the agencies administering the program report annually to Congress to assist it in determining whether such program should be amended. Requires such agency reports to list the costs and accomplishments of each program. Title II: Requirements for Reports Accompanying Authorization Bills - Requires committee reports accompanying such legislation to identify expected economic and social costs and benefits of new programs authorized or established by such legislation, potentially duplicative programs, and previous efforts to accomplish the objectives of the program being considered. Requires reports to contain an assessment of the degree to which an existing program, authorization, or tax expenditure has met previously stated objectives. Requires the Comptroller General to publish and periodically update a descriptive catalog of interrelated Federal activities which compares program costs and accomplishments and describes program interrelationships, including the extent to which programs are duplicative. Title III: Presidential Budget Recommendations - Requires the President's budget to describe the relationship between the President's recommended program budgets and the program accomplishments reported by Federal agencies under this Act. Title IV: Authorization Time Limit; Certain Obligations Not Impaired - Prohibits congressional consideration of any legislation which authorizes new budget authority or provides new or increased tax expenditures, or new spending authority for a period exceeding five years. Exempts from this prohibition national debt service and payments to individuals from Federal trust funds to which such individuals have contributed. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions; Effective Date - Recognizes the authority of either House to amend this Act. Sets the effective date of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1268 (96th)referred

Gasohol Marketing Freedom Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1979

Gasohol Marketing Freedom Act of 1979 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to prohibit the termination of a gasoline dealer's franchise due to its selling, consigning, or distributing gasohol, and prohibits any reprisals or discrimination against retailers or distributors of gasohol because of such sale, consignment, or distribution.

Law· SS. 1250 (96th)open

Stevenson Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1979

National Technology Innovation Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and maintain an Office of Industrial Technology to enhance technological innovation for the improvement of the economic, environmental and social well-being of the United States. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and Congress, within three years after the date of enactment of this Act, a report on the progress, findings, recommendations, and conclusions of activities conducted. Requires the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a Director of the Office who shall provide assistance for the establishment of Centers of Industrial Technology, whose activities shall include: (1) research supportive of technology and industrial innovation including cooperative industry-university basic and applied research; (2) assistance in the evaluation and development of technological ideas supportive of industrial innovation and new business ventures; (3) technological assistance and advisory services to industry; and (4) curriculum development and instruction in invention, entrepreneurship, and industrial innovation. Declares that such centers shall be affiliated with a university or nonprofit institution, and authorizes the Director to make available nonrenewable planning grants to such universities or nonprofit institutions for the purpose of developing a plan for the management and evaluation of the activities proposed within the particular Center, including the consideration of means to place the Center on a self-sustaining basis. Declares that each Center has the option of acquiring title to any invention conceived under the auspices of the Center that was supported at least in part by Federal funds and that the Secretary shall obtain title to any invention for which such option is not exercised. Authorizes the Director to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to assist any activity established under this Act. Prohibits any such grant or cooperative agreement from exceeding 75 percent of the total cost of the program or project involved. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such grants or cooperative agreements. Requires the Director to seek the advice and cooperation of departments and agencies whose missions contribute to or are affected by the programs established under this Act. Authorizes the Director to receive moneys from other departments and agencies to support activities of the Centers. Establishes an independent committee to be known as the Industrial Technology Review Panel which shall review annually the activities of the Office and advise the Secretary and the Director with respect to such activities. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act through fiscal year 1984.

Bill· SS. 1222 (96th)referred

A bill to repeal Section 125 of the Clean Air Act.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1979

Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal provisions which authorize the President and the Governor of any State to require a fuel burning facility to use locally available coal or coal derivatives in order to minimize regional economic dislocation resulting from compliance with such Act. Rescinds any regulation promulgated under such provisions. Declares that contracts entered into in order to implement such provisions shall remain in effect.

Bill· SS. 1163 (96th)referred

A bill to repeal the carryover basis provisions added by the Tax Reform Act of 1976.

United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the carryover basis provisions enacted by the Tax Reform Act of 1976 which provide that beneficiaries receiving property from a decedent's estate will retain the decedent's basis in the property. Restores prior law which "stepped up" or "stepped down" the property's basis to its market value at the time of death without imposing tax consequences on the appreciation or depreciation the property underwent while held by the decedent.

Bill· SS. 1100 (96th)referred

Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1979

Uniformed Services Health Professionals Special Pay Act of 1979 - Revises the special pay for medical officers, dental officers, veterinary officers, and optometry officers in the uniformed services on active duty.