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United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Directs the Senate Finance Committee to report to the Senate by September 3, 1980, a responsible, targeted anti- inflationary tax cut to take effect in 1981. Directs the Democratic Task Force on the Economy to recommend to the Senate a comprehensive economic policy at the earliest possible date.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1980
Deplores the Soviet violations with respect to Afghanistan. Joins calls for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Supports the imposition of penalties on the Soviet Union for its aggression. Urges continued action to draw attention to the Soviet violations and to prevent further Soviet incursions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 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, tier 2, and tier 3 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 · 18 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the domestic automotive and truck industry. Declares it to be a goal of the United States to achieve technological superiority in the world automobile and truck industry. Advocates changes in economic, fiscal, and import policies in order to create adequate capital and produce a more favorable climate for the domestic automobile and truck industry.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 826 (OSHA jurisdiction over the U.S. Postal Service).
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Extends the congratulations of the Congress to the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their 75th anniversary. Proclaims Sunday, June 22, 1980, as "National Italian-American Day."
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate June 1 through June 7, 1980, as "National Management Week."
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1980
Requests the President to designate the week of November 9 through November 15, 1980, as "World War I Overseas Flyers' Week."
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest on an industrial development bond refunding issue if: (1) such issue is secured by a pledge of substantial revenues derived from 20 or more facilities operated or leased by the issuer; (2) the issuer is a political subdivision engaged primarily in promoting economic development; (3) the issuer was created under State law at least 20 years prior to the issuance of such refunding bonds for the express purpose of promoting economic development; and (4) any debt service savings derived from the refunding may be used only for the proper corporate purposes of the issuer and shall not be used to reduce any existing obligations of any nonexempt person.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Title I: Export Trading Companies - Export Trading Company Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promote export trading companies and facilitate contacts between producers of exportable goods and export trading companies. Authorizes any banking organization to invest up to specified amounts in export trading companies upon notifying, but without obtaining the prior approval of, the appropriate Federal banking agency, if such investment does not cause an export trading company to become a subsidiary of such organization. Allows greater investment by Edge Act Corporations not engaged in banking. Permits any banking organization to invest beyond such limitations with the prior approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency. Requires prior notification of such agencies in specified circumstances. Sets forth further limitations on export trading companies and investments by banking organizations. Specifies factors to be taken into consideration by the banking agencies. Permits such agencies to impose conditions in approving applications to invest in export trading companies. Requires such agencies to report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning implementation of this Act and any recommendations. Provides for judicial review of denial orders in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Sets forth the grounds for disapproval. Provides for remand for further consideration by the banking agency. Directs the Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration to give special weight to export-related benefits when considering applications for loans and guarantees by export trading companies. Directs the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide loan guarantees to export trading companies or exporters to be secured by accounts receivable or inventories when adequate financing is not otherwise available and such guarantees will facilitate expansion of exports. Title II: Export Trade Associations - Export Trade Association Act of 1980 - Amends the Webb-Pomerene Act to exempt the export trade, export trade activities, and methods of operation of certified export trade associations and export trading companies from the antitrust laws. Delays the effectiveness of any certificate upon the notification of the Secretary of Commerce by the Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of disagreement with the decision to issue a certificate. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by any association, company, or export trading company seeking certification under this Act and by the Secretary in issuing such certificates. Provides for appeal of the Secretary's denial of certification. Authorizes the Attorney General or the FTC to bring an action to invalidate a certification. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the FTC, to publish guidelines for determining whether an association or export trading company will meet the certification requirements. Requires certified associations and export trading companies to submit annual reports to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Commerce an office to promote export trade associations and trading companies. Provides for automatic certification of existing associations. Requires that all applications for certification be kept confidential with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary to require an association or trading company to modify its operation to be consistent with international obligations of the United States. Directs the President to appoint, with the Senate's advice and consent, a task force seven years after enactment to examine the effect of this Act and to make recommendations. Title III: Taxation of Export Trading Companies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make banking organizations which have invested in an export trading company eligible for treatment as domestic international sales corporations (DISC). Includes the gross receipts from the export of services produced in the United States and from export trade services as qualified export receipts, in the case of a DISC which is an export trading company. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, with the Secretary of the Treasury, to develop and distribute information concerning the utilization of the DISC provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make export trading companies eligible for Subchapter S treatment if the shareholders of such companies are otherwise small business corporations. Exempts such companies from restrictions on the amount of foreign income they can receive and still be eligible for Subchapter S tax treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Disapproves the proposed rule under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 relating to the incremental pricing of natural gas for other industrial uses.
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
Reduces the compensation and other emoluments of the office of Secretary of State to the level of compensation and emoluments in effect on January 1, 1977. Requires that such level of compensation and emoluments be maintained until the earlier of noon of January 3, 1983, or the date on which the first individual appointed to the office of Secretary of State after enactment of this Act ceases to hold that office. Authorizes any person aggrieved by an action of the first Secretary of State appointed after enactment of this Act to bring an action in any U.S. district court to contest the constitutionality of the appointment of such Secretary. Directs any judge designated to hear such an action to give such action expedited consideration.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families of the eight American servicemen who lost their lives during the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President order the American flag to be flown at half-mast on all government grounds from May 4 through May 11, 1980, as a mark of respect for such servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Grants a Federal charter to the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II. Declares that the purpose of such corporation is to establish memorials to those who served aboard United States submarines and gave their lives during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Designates July 18, 1980, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) request the Soviet Union to exchange scientific data regarding the outbreak of pulmonary anthrax near Sverdlovsk as provided for by the convention prohibiting bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons; or (2) take appropriate international procedures or lodge a complaint with the United Nations Security Council, if the Soviet Union fails to make available such data.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980
Postal Service Act of 1980 - Subjects the United States Postal Service to the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Authorizes the Postal Service to employ attorneys, without the consent of the Attorney General, to conduct litigation brought by or against the Postal Service under the provisions of such Act. Directs the Postal Service to submit an annual report to Congress on: (1) the number of work-related injuries and illnesses; and (2) actions taken to improve occupational health and safety. Establishes a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 to be assessed against any person who violates a mail stop order issued by the Postal Service. Directs the Postal Service: (1) to notify a person of charges of such a violation; (2) upon the request of such person, to order a hearing on such violation; and (3) to notify the person of any decision to impose a penalty. Provides for the judicial review of such a decision. Authorizes the Postal Service to demand: (1) to purchase any article or service offered for sale by mail; or (2) access to records pertaining to any advertising claim for such product or service. Declares that failure to comply with such a demand shall be treated as probable cause of a violation of postal law concerning false representations. Authorizes the Postal Service: (1) to assess civil penalties of up to 100 percent of the unpaid postage against mail users who fail to affix lawful postage; and (2) to suspend permits for mailing without postage stamps if the permit holders fail to pay such a penalty. Authorizes annual appropriations of $920,000,000 for the public service costs to the Postal Service of maintaining regular nationwide service. Requires that a portion of such funds be expended to conduct a research and development program regarding improved methods of postal service. Directs the Postal Service: (1) to submit a plan for such program to Congress by January 15, 1981; and (2) to report annually to Congress on the activities conducted under such program. Requires the Postal Service to include in its annual comprehensive statement to Congress certain postal planning information including plans for service cutbacks, capital improvement projects, and rate requirements projected over the next three years. Revises procedures relating to mail classification. Requires that the domestic mail classification schedule (schedule) describe the categories of mail service sufficiently to delineate the classes and subclasses to which rates and fees apply. Directs the Postal Service to publish in the Federal Register any proposed change in the schedule. Requires the Postal Rate Commission to establish expedited procedures for the review of Postal Service proposals for changes in the text of the schedule. Requires that such procedures provide for a public hearing on such a proposal upon the request of an interested party. Directs the Commission: (1) within 90 days after a proposal is published, to determine whether such proposal is likely to have an adverse impact on competition in providing postal services; (2) upon determining that no adverse impact will result, to notify the Board of Governors which may instruct the Postal Service to issue a rule adopting such proposal; and (3) upon determining that an adverse impact will result, to follow the normal review procedure for Postal Service proposals. Authorizes the Postal Service to propose experimental mail classifications and accompanying rates and fees for services not available under the schedule. Requires the Commission to complete a review of such an experimental proposal, according to specified criteria, within 60 days. Allows the Postal Service to implement the proposal for a period not to exceed two years if the Commission finds the proposed change to be properly designated as an experiment. Permits schools, libraries, and nonprofit organizations to mail books, films, sound recordings, and other types of educational materials at the "library" rate. Includes teaching aids, guides, and catalogs as eligible for such rate. Revises the budget procedures for the Commission. Requires the Comptroller General to audit and report to Congress on the accounts and operations of the Commission. Sets forth additional qualifications for Governors of the Postal Service and Postal Rate Commissioners. Prohibits the appointment of a former employee of the Postal Service or the Commission as a Governor or Commissioner for five years after the termination of such employment. Permits a Governor to serve up to one year after the expiration of his or her term if a successor has not qualified. Empowers Postal Service security guards and employees performing duties relating to the inspection of postal matters, while on Postal Service property: (1) to enforce Federal laws and Postal Service regulations for the protection of persons and property; (2) to make arrests; and (3) to serve warrants. Prescribes penalties for violations of any law governing Postal Service property. Authorizes the Postal Service to establish size and weight limitations for mail matter by following the same procedures for making mail classification changes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980
Grants a Federal charter to the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.
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 · 2 April 1980
Requests the President to designate the reunion of American and Japanese veterans at Iwo Jima on June 11, 1980, as a national historic event.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare that the manufacturers excise tax on tires, tubes, and tread rubber shall be due and payable 90 days after the last day of the month in which the manufacturer, producer, or importer of articles subject to such tax sells them.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1980
Powerplants Fuel Conservation Act of 1980 - Title I: Statement of Purposes - States the purpose of this Act. Title II: Accelerated Fuels Conversions of Certain Powerplants - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to prohibit the use of petroleum or natural gas as a primary energy source in certain identified electric powerplants, without express exemption by the Secretary of Energy. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, which shall not be considered income for Federal income tax purposes, to any eligible utility to assist it in meeting qualifying capital costs of converting such powerplants to the use of coal or another alternate fuel as a primary energy source. Specifies grant application requirements. Limits the amount of any grant to the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the utility's qualifying capital costs; or (2) $4 per barrel of oil displaced on the utility's system by the converting facility. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal year 1982. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to an eligible utility to pay all or a portion of the capital costs of the design and installation of advanced sulfur removal systems for existing electric powerplants. Specifies general requirements for application for such grant and general criteria for approval. Requires the Secretary to submit every such application to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for his recommendation and certification that the powerplant in question is in compliance with applicable air quality standards. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal year 1982. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any eligible person for the purpose of paying up to 20 percent of the qualifying capital costs for the construction of coal preparation facilities for reducing the sulfur content of coal. Specifies general requirements for application for such grant and general criteria for approval. Requires submission of every such application to the Administrator for his evaluation and recommendation. Directs the Secretary to give priority in approving grants to those applications which the Administrator determines are likely to result in a significant reduction in emissions from coal combustion. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal year 1982. Prohibits recovery after December 31, 1985, of any fuel costs by any utility for petroleum or natural gas used in a powerplant by use of an automatic adjustment clause in its rate schedule, without express exemption by the Secretary. Title III: Voluntary Fuels Displacement Program - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to provide financial assistance to any qualifying electric utility to achieve reductions in the use of petroleum and natural gas as the primary energy source in electric powerplants. Requires such assistance to be in a manner commensurate with a utility's percentage share of a total 1990 petroleum and natural gas fuel displacement target of 600,000 barrels per day, not to exceed $10,000 per barrel per day of fuel displacement. Requires any electric utility seeking financial assistance to petition the Secretary for determination of its base period usage of petroleum and natural gas. Specifies general contents of any fuel displacement plan. Conditions approval of any such plan by the Secretary upon prior approval by the Governor of the State where the powerplant involved is located. States that inclusion of all or part of a new facility in a fuel displacement plan that is approved by the Secretary shall satisfy any requirement for a determination of need for power otherwise required for the purposes of any State or local law. Provides for recapture by the United States of any financial assistance to any utility failing to achieve or maintain its 1990 fuel displacement target. Requires annual reports to the Secretary by assisted utilities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide $10,000,000 for the establishment and operation of offices of consumer services to assist consumers in their presentations before State agencies in matters directly related to the development and review of fuel displacement plans. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to Congress on progress toward reducing consumption of petroleum and natural gas by electric utilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the provisions of this Title. Title IV: Mandatory Study - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to require every electric utility which consumed 250,000 barrels or more of petroleum or natural gas equivalent on annual average during the calendar years 1974 through 1978 to submit to the Secretary and the appropriate State regulatory authorities a fuel displacement study containing a 15-year forecast of: (1) the estimated cost of continued use of petroleum and natural gas; and (2) the total estimated cost of converting existing powerplants to coal or other alternate fuel use, constructing new plants using coal or other alternate fuel as a primary energy source, or implementing energy conservation programs to eliminate or reduce the use of petroleum and natural gas. Requires the Secretary to submit a comprehensive report to Congress before April 1, 1982, with respect to the results of such fuel displacement studies. Title V: Other Funding Provisions - Sets fiscal year ceilings on appropriations authorized by this Act. Allocates portions of such authorizations to fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Title VI: Other Conforming Amendments - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to make conforming amendments consistent with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1980
Amends the military retiree Survivor Benefit Plan to permit an individual suffering from a service-connected disability rated by the Veterans' Administration (VA) as totally disabling for a specified period of time, to suspend election in such Plan by submitting written notice to the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary, upon receipt of a request for such a suspension, to discontinue the reduction being made in such person's retired or retainer pay on account of participation in the Plan. Requires the individual electing to suspend participation in the Plan to obtain the written consent of the beneficiary or beneficiaries involved. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish to each person who requests suspension of participation in the Plan a written statement of the advantages of participating in the Plan and the disadvantages of suspending participation. Allows a specified time for withdrawal of the suspension request. Permits reenrollment in the Plan if at any time subsequent to such suspension the VA reduces such person's service-connected disability rating to less than total and the individual makes application to the Secretary within the prescribed period. Authorizes the Secretary to resume reductions in such person's retired or retainer pay upon receipt of such application.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Export Trading Company Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion, to promote export trading companies and facilitate contacts between producers of exportable goods and export trading companies. Authorizes any banking organization to invest up to specified amounts in export trading companies without obtaining the prior approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency. Allows greater investment by Edge Act Corporations not engaged in banking. Permits any banking organization to invest beyond such limitations after: (1) filing an application to make such investments with the appropriate Federal banking agency; and (2) proposed investment is not denied by such agency. Provides for judicial review of denial orders in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Sets forth the grounds for disapproval. Prohibits those banking organizations, and their affiliates, with an ownership interest in any export trading company from extending credit to such companies or customers of such companies on more favorable terms than those afforded to similar borrowers. Authorizes the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide loans and guarantees to export trading companies for the financing of exports and export trade services in specified circumstances. Limits the amount of loans and guarantees to any one company and in the aggregate. Declares that such authority shall expire five years from enactment. Authorizes the Bank to provide loan guarantees to such companies or exporters to be secured by accounts receivable or inventories in specified circumstances. Permits State and local governments to participate in export trading companies. Declares that such companies shall be eligible for the Export-Import Bank's loans and guarantees under this Act. Amends the Webb-Pomerene Act to exempt export trading companies solely with respect to their export trade activities from antitrust restrictions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make banking organizations which have invested in an export trading company eligible for treatment as domestic international sales corporations (DISC). Includes the gross receipts from the export of services produced in the United States and from export trade services as qualified export receipts, in the case of a DISC which is an export trading company. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, with the Secretary of the Treasury, to develop and distribute information concerning the utilization of the DISC provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make export trading companies eligible for Subchapter S treatment if the shareholders of such companies are otherwise small business corporations. Exempts such companies from restrictions on the amount of foreign income they can receive and still be eligible for Subchapter S tax treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 8 February 1980
Condemns the use of lethal chemical agents against the Hmong tribespeople in Laos and any such use in Kampuchea (Cambodia) and Afghanistan. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) take action to bring about the cessation of such poison gas use; (2) direct the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Committee on Disarmament to express strong concern over such use and reach agreement with the Soviet Union on a general prohibition of chemical warfare; and (3) report to the Congress concerning actions taken.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should request the United Nations to establish an international presence in the Khmer refugee camps on the Thailand - Kampuchea (Cambodia) border to promote security and oversee the distribution of food.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1980
Commends Canada for its actions in protecting certain U.S. citizens and arranging for their departure from Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1980
Urges: (1) public support for the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and athletes; (2) the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to accede to the USOC's proposal to transfer, postpone, or cancel the 1980 summer Olympic games; (3) no American participation or attendance if the IOC fails to adopt such proposal; (4) that other nations be encouraged to support the U.S. policy; and (5) the IOC consider the creation of permanent sites for the summer and winter Olympic games.
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 · 17 December 1979
Commends the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand for its efforts to assist and feed Indochinese refugees. Pledges continued United States support for Thailand in its efforts to assist such refugees. Declares that the United States seek to insure the survival of the Kampuchean (Cambodian) people.
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 · 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 · 7 December 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Government of the United Kingdom merits commendation for reducing tensions in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and establishing a basis for peace in the region.
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 · 28 November 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the 1980 Madrid meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to seek full implementation of the Helsinki Final Act concerning equal rights and self determination of peoples. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should inform and gain the support and cooperation of other nations in realizing independence for the Baltic States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the: (1) President should warn the Soviet Union against making citizenship claims on U.S. citizens; and (2) Secretary of State should inform U.S. citizens planning to visit the Soviet Union of the implications of the Soviet law on citizenship.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1979
Declares a named individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1979
Declares a named individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1979
Declares a named individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated, to erect a memorial on public grounds in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia in honor and recognition of the men and women of the armed forces who served in the Vietnam war.
United States · United States Congress · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1979
Federal Radiation Protection Management Act of 1979 - Title I: Federal Council on Radiation Protection - Establishes a Federal Council on Radiation Protection to be composed of the heads of specified Federal agencies and departments and two presidentially appointed public members. Sets forth the functions of such Council, including: (1) to advise the President on radiation matters affecting health and safety; (2) to review the authority of any Federal agency to regulate radiation-related activities; (3) to make recommendations to the President and Congress concerning changes in the authority granted to such agencies; (4) to identify the research needed by Federal agencies to meet their regulatory responsibilities, and to transmit to the Federal Conference on Research into the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (established by this Act), a list of such research needs; (5) to develop and recommend public education programs concerning radiation health and safety; (6) to review State and local radiation control programs; and (7) to keep the Congress and appropriate congressional committees advised as to the Council's activities. Transfers to the Chairman of the Council all functions of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to radiation matters covered by the reorganization plan establishing the Environmental Protection Agency. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the operation of the Council, including the authority to hold hearings and to issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of specified documents. Authorizes criminal fines and imprisonment for failure to obey such subpenas. Directs the Council to submit to the Congress a report and recommendations dealing with Federal radiation protection legislation. Terminates the Council on the day on which a reorganization plan prepared by the President, pursuant to requirements set forth in this Act, transferring the functions of the Council to other Federal agencies, becomes effective. Title II: Federal Conference on Research into Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation - Establishes the Conference on Federal Research into the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation to be composed of heads of specified Federal agencies and departments and two presidentially appointed public members. Sets forth the functions of such Conference, including: (1) to advise the President on Federal research activities concerning the biological effects of such radiation; (2) to formulate an annual comprehensive Federal agenda for research into such effects; (3) to recommend to the President and Congress (a) uniform standards for Federal agency peer review of such research; (b) information dissemination procedures for informing the public, Federal agencies, and State and local governments of the results of such research; (c) guidelines for public oversight of such research; and (d) any needed transfer of research capability between Federal agencies; (4) to assist the Federal Council on Radiation Protection in developing public education programs concerning radiation health and safety; and (5) to keep the Congress and appropriate congressional committees advised as to such Federal research activities. Directs the Conference to review Federal agency radiation research requests according to specified criteria to decide the scientific merit of such projects and whether they should be conducted by the agency or by an outside entity provided with financial assistance. Requires each Federal agency conducting or providing assistance for such research to conduct similar reviews. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the operation of the Conference, including the authority to hold hearings and to issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of specified documents. Authorizes criminal fines and imprisonment for failure to obey such subpenas. Directs the Conference to submit to the Congress and the President a report and recommendations dealing with Federal research programs on radiation safety and health. Terminates the Conference on the day on which a reorganization plan prepared by the President, pursuant to requirements set forth in this Act, transferring the functions of the Council to other Federal agencies, becomes effective.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
General Accounting Office Act of 1979 - Title I: General Accounting Office Provisions - Amends the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 to require that the Comptroller General have access to such information as is necessary to audit Federal expenditures which heretofore were accounted for solely on the approval, authorization, or certificate of the President or an official of an executive agency. Prohibits an employee of the General Accounting Office (GAO) from releasing any information concerning such an expenditure to anyone except: (1) the President or the head of the agency concerned; (2) another GAO employee; or (3) a committee or subcommittee of Congress. Permits the President to exempt from such access, information concerning foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities. States that such exempted information and information concerning expenditures of the Central Intelligence Agency shall be reviewable by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, to authorize the Comptroller General to: (1) apply to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or any other district court for an order requiring the production of information on the operations of an executive department or establishment; and (2) subpoena contractor's and subcontractor's records pertaining to negotiated contracts and records of other non-Federal persons or organizations to which the Comptroller General has a right of access by law or agreement. Establishes a commission to recommend individuals to the President for appointment to the Office of Comptroller General or the Office of Deputy Comptroller General whenever a vacancy occurs in either of those offices. Stipulates that the Deputy Comptroller General shall hold office until any vacancy in the Office of Comptroller General is filled. Title II: Conforming Amendments with Respect to the Inspectors General of the Departments of Energy and Health, Education, and Welfare - Requires the Inspectors General of the Departments of Energy and Health, Education, and Welfare to comply with standards established by the Comptroller General for audits of Federal programs and activities. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Energy to report expeditiously to the Attorney General any violation of Federal criminal law.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
General Accounting Office Personnel Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Comptroller General to appoint, pay, assign, and direct such personnel as the Comptroller General determines are necessary to perform the functions and duties of the General Accounting Office (GAO). Directs the Comptroller General to establish a personnel management system for the GAO after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment. Requires that such personnel system conform with specified provisions of title 5 of the United States Code (Government Organization and Employees) concerning: (1) the merit system principles; (2) prohibited personnel practices; (3) the pay comparability systems; (4) performance appraisal; (5) employee organizations; (6) labor-management relations; (7) suspensions and actions against employees based on unacceptable service; and (8) the minority recruitment program. States that GAO employees shall be appointed, assigned, and promoted without regard to provisions governing personnel actions in the competitive service. Requires that such system provide preference to an eligible individual in a manner consistent with preference accorded to preference eligible individuals, including veterans, in the executive branch. Directs the Comptroller General to publish a pay schedule for GAO employees under which the highest rate of pay does not exceed the maximum rate for a GS-15 under the General Schedule. Authorizes special rates not to exceed the maximum rate for a GS-18 for up to 100 employees. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as abolishing or diminishing any right or remedy granted to an employee or applicant for employment in the GAO by any law prohibiting discrimination in Federal employment. Transfers authorities granted by any such law in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board to either the General Accounting Office Appeals Board or the Comptroller General with respect to GAO employees and applicants. Establishes the General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board. Sets forth provisions governing the appointment, qualifications, terms of office, and compensation of the five members of the Board. Provides for the appointment of a general counsel of the Board who shall investigate: (1) allegations concerning prohibited personnel practices and prohibited political activities; and (2) as requested, other matters under the Board's jurisdiction. Authorizes the Board (or a member or panel of members as may be designated by the Board) to consider and order the Comptroller General to take corrective action in cases concerning: (1) employee appeals regarding removal from work or reduction in grade or pay; (2) prohibited personnel or labor practices; and (3) collective bargaining units and representatives. Sets forth procedures for review and appeal of decisions of the Board. Directs the Board to prescribe regulations: (1) providing for employee appeals; and (2) establishing its operating procedure. Authorizes the Comptroller General to establish: (1) a GAO Senior Executive Service which conforms to specified provisions of law governing the Senior Executive Service; and (2) a merit pay system for GAO employees to carry out purposes consistent with the merit pay system for Federal employees. Declares that any GAO employee who completes one year of continuous service under the personnel system established by this Act acquires a competitive status for appointment in the competitive service. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to assist the Comptroller General on request in establishing the GAO personnel system. Sets forth conforming and technical amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1979
Extends the expiration date of the Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974 from February 5, 1980, to February 5, 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1979
National Center of Afro- American History and Culture Act - Establishes the National Afro-American History and Culture Commission which shall: (1) be responsible for the development of a definitive plan for the construction and operation of the National Center for Afro-American History and Culture; and (2) solicit subscriptions of funds from private sources to help meet costs of the construction, furnishing, and operation of the center, including the costs of acquiring works of art and artifacts. Allows the Commission to: (1) acquire by gift, purchase with appropriated or donated funds, transfer from any Federal or State agency, exchange, or otherwise, suitable land and interest in land in the vicinity of Wilberforce, Ohio, for the location of the headquarters of the center; (2) acquire appropriate works of art and any other real or personal property necessary for the establishment and operation of the center; and (3) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property acquired and designate any proceeds from such disposal for the benefit of the center. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation or purchase with donated or appropriated funds the Colonel Charles Young Home and adjacent lands in Wilberforce, Ohio, not to exceed 80 acres, which when acquired shall be known as the Wilberforce National Historic Site.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1979
Energy Mobilization Board Act of 1979 - Establishes the Energy Mobilization Board to administer jointly with the Department of Energy a priority energy project program. Authorizes the Board to decide and administer all matters within the jurisdiction of the Board under this Act, and to take final action on any such matters, except as otherwise stated. Sets forth the power and authority of the Board, and stipulates that the Board shall not interfere with labor-management relations or take any actions which conflict with the terms of existing labor- management contracts. Directs the Board to periodically review its activities under this Act and report to the Congress on the functioning of the selection and designation process for priority energy projects, and other matters. Authorizes any person planning or proposing an energy project to apply to the Secretary of Energy for the selection of such project as a candidate priority energy project. Requires that such application identify all Federal, State, and local licensing or permitting actions necessary for approval and development of such project and to contain detailed information of the project's design, economics, and environmental impacts. Directs the Secretary to select from all pending applications for priority designation between eight and twenty-four candidate priority energy projects which are to be forwarded to the Board for further examination under the provisions of this Act. Sets forth criteria for the Secretary's use in selecting such projects. Requires the Secretary to adopt procedures necessary to assure applicants, affected agencies and interested members of the public of the opportunity to participate in the Selection process. Authorizes the Board to make the final designation of priority energy projects based on the stated criteria. Allows the Board to extend the deadlines for receiving public comments on such designation and the time for ruling on an application for designation if more time is required for the comment period or the application is incomplete. Exempts the determinations made by the Secretary and the Board in designating such projects and the promulgation or revision of Project Decision Schedules from the environmental impact provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Requires the appropriate Federal agency to determine whether any Federal action relating to a designated project will be a major Federal action within the meaning of NEPA. Authorizes any person aggrieved by such determination to commence a civil action seeking judicial review of that determination under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Board, in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality and appropriate State and local agencies, to require the preparation of a single environmental impact statement to reflect the actions of any or all Federal agencies to satisfy their obligations under NEPA. Stipulates that such statement may substitute for any similar requirement of State or local law if required by the Board, so long as such statement includes all information required under such laws. Provides for the appointment of a lead agency to supervise the preparation of such statement and sets forth the duties of such agency. Requires the Secretary to encourage applicants for priority energy project designation to file applications as soon as possible in order to expedite any eventual action or decision. Requires specified Federal agencies to submit certain information to the Board critical to their consideration of such projects. Requires that the Board notify the Governor and other appropriate local officials or agencies of any State which would be significantly affected by the completion of such projects and request them to supply compilations of significant actions required by State and local governments and by the applicant before the project can be completed and a tentative schedule for completing such actions. Directs the Board to establish a Project Decision Schedule containing deadlines for all Federal, State, and local actions relating to a priority energy project. Requires that final agency action be completed no later than one year after the applicant's application for such actions is complete, unless otherwise required by existing statutory obligations. Provides that upon petition of any agency with authority governed by a Project Decision Schedule, or of the applicant or any other interested party, the Board may make a modification of such schedule. Authorizes the Board to make such modifications only upon the determination that continued adherence to the schedule would be impractical or not in the public interest, that such modification is consistent with other provisions in this Act, and that the agency or applicant, as the case may be, has exercised due diligence in attempting to comply with the schedule. Authorizes the Board to certify that agency review has been completed and all approvals on the schedule have been granted, performed, or are not found to be necessary, and that further judicial review is barred pursuant to this Act. Provides mechanisms for the enforcement of Project Decision Schedules by appropriate action in the specified Federal or State court. Requires the Board to monitor compliance by the applicant and the agencies to the Project Decision Schedule. Authorizes the Board to terminate the priority designation of a project if certain evidence of noncompliance exists. Exempts the granting or denying of a public comment period extension from judicial review except as may be required by the U.S. Constitution. Authorizes judicial review of the designation or termination of a priority energy project designation in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Prohibits a court from staying or enjoining such actions pending appeal or trial de novo. Sets time limits for filing appeals or petitions for review of actions taken pursuant to this Act and bars any challenges to such actions which are not in conformance with these provisions, except as otherwise provided for. Directs such courts to expedite and consolidate such review to the greatest extent practicable. Grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Supreme Court to review any judgment or order of the lower court pursuant to this Act and directs the Supreme Court to expedite such review to the greatest extent practicable. Prohibits trial de novo by the reviewing court of any action pursuant to this Act. Directs the Board to revise a project decision schedule as necessary in the event a decision is rendered remanding any case or controversy to an agency. Terminates the authority of the Board on September 30, 1985.
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).
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.