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United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third Friday in October of each year as "American Enterprise Day."
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Energy should issue a rule to assure that activities directly related to coal exploration, extraction, and production receive 100 percent of their current needs for diesel fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1979
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on outside income for beneficiaries age 65 or older.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1979
Requires any Senator, officer, or employee of the United States Senate to turn over any half-fare airline coupon received in the course of official travel between May 28, 1979, and June 17, 1979, to his or her office supervisor. Directs each office supervisor to maintain accurate accounting of the acquisition and use of such coupons.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide criminal penalties for placing, or attempting to place, a loaded firearm aboard an aircraft. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to promulgate regulations which require all air carriers to post notices in conspicuous places informing the public of such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual having a terminal illness shall begin with the first month during all of which such individual has such illness. Defines the term "terminal illness" to mean a medically determinable physical impairment which is expected to result in death within the next 12 months.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Designates the week commencing with the third Monday in February of each year as "National Patriotism Week."
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Grants a Federal charter to the Gold Star Wives of America.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Antiquities Act and Federal Land Policy and Management Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Antiquities Act to define "objects of historic or scientific interest" to include specified items. Stipulates that such objects must be directly associated with human activities. Requires congressional approval of any Presidential proclamation of a national monument before it can effect a reservation of public lands in excess of 5,000 acres. Permits the continuance of uses of public lands within a national monument which were valid uses prior to the designation of such lands as a monument, including hunting, guiding, hiking, boating, and use of motorized vehicles. Stipulates that such uses must not adversely affect the objects sought to be protected by the reservation. Grants such provisions governing the proclamation of national monuments retroactive effect as of October 14, 1978. Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to require congressional approval of withdrawals of public lands in excess of 5,000 acres by the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Stipulates that imported Mexican plywood shall remain eligible for duty-free treatment, even though the President determines that the quantity of plywood from Mexico exceeds 50 percent of the total U.S. imports of plywood which would ordinarily make Mexican plywood ineligible for such duty-free treatment.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1979
Amends the Clean Air Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 to delay for one year certain provisions relating to areas which fail to meet national ambient air quality standards.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Amends the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act to extend from 18 months to 54 months after the date of enactment the period during which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not take specified actions to restrict the continued use of saccharin or of any food, drug, or cosmetic containing saccharin.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1979
Congratulates the men and women of the Apollo program upon the tenth anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon and requests the President to designate the period of July 16 through July 24, 1979, as "United States Space Observance" in honor of such event.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Extends for two years the period of time after which: (1) the revenues from the postage rates of certain mail matter of nonprofit organizations which are currently provided reduced rates cannot exceed the attributable postal costs; and (2) the rates for certain commercial publications and educational materials which are currently provided reduced rates must equal full postage rates.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Navajo and Hopi Relocation Amendments Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, to provide (in order to facilitate the resettlement of certain members of the Navajo and Hopi tribes): (1) public works grants to communities for additional municipal improvements; and (2) planning assistance to tribes and communities in which relocatees have had an impact. Directs the Secretary to purchase up to an additional 25,000 acres of land, contiguous to the Navajo Reservation, if possible, for assignment by the Commission as residential lands for relocatees, in lots of up to five acres per family. Authorizes the Commission to establish communities thereon to be eligible for certain benefits under this Act. Requires that: (1) all federally-instituted projects relating to fencing, conservation, range restoration, or reclamation on partitioned lands be eligible for contracting by either tribe under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; and (2) projects not so constructed provide employment preference for members of the tribes. Directs the Commission, if the tribes negotiate and agree on an exchange of reservation lands, to provide 125 percent of housing and land rental benefits to members of either tribe living on land to be exchanged to the other tribe. Conditions such additional benefits on the majority of adult tribe members eligible to relocate from exchanged lands signing a contract to relocate within one year of the agreement. Grants such benefits only to those who relocate within such year. Subjects appointments to fill vacancies on the Commission to the approval of the tribal councils of the respective tribes. Requires the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to designate a member of that service to fill such vacancy if the tribes cannot agree within 30 days. Directs the Commission to employ its own independent counsel. Defines the jurisdiction of specified Bureau of Indian Affairs offices and the application of tribal ordinances over specified partitioned lands. Directs the Secretary to exercise administrative jurisdiction over not yet partitioned lands. Requires that any development of certain lands in litigation be carried out only upon the written consent of each tribe. Requires that conservation practices be coordinated and executed with the concurrence of the tribe to which the lands have been partitioned. Directs the Secretary to conduct surveying, monumenting, and fencing of certain lands. Directs the Commission to make certain reports to Congress. Directs the Secretary to pay legal costs of either tribe in certain cases when the Federal Government: (1) has a conflict of interest or equal responsibilities to the tribes; (2) fails or refuses to assert the interest of one of the tribes; or (3) has an action against itself or one of its agencies or officers. Prohibits any person from retaining, maintaining, or grazing livestock without the consent of the tribe to which the lands are partitioned. Limits certain actions brought in District Court by either tribe against the other to those commenced within 12 months of the enactment of this Act. Authorizes either tribe to institute certain proceedings for review of administrative actions. Authorizes either tribe to prosecute or defend actions for certain types of relief against the other tribe and against the United States. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of certain types of recovery by the Hopi Tribe. Prohibits the application of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to actions taken by the Secretary, the Commission, the district court, or the tribes in carrying out certain functions related to Navajo-Hopi relocation. Prohibits either tribe or any State or Federal agency from: (1) impairing, desecrating, or destroying identified or otherwise established religious shrines and practices of the other tribe; or (2) impeding free access and use by tribal members along customary routes at customary times in or to such shrines. Directs the appropriate district court to hear and decide disputes regarding the use, access, or development of areas of religious significance to the tribes. Authorizes such court to make orders for the development of such areas conditioned upon reasonable protection of sacred values and places. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out functions related to Navajo-Hopi relocation. Directs the Secretary to submit an appraisal of certain lands to the appropriate district court and the tribes for purposes of determining compensation for lesser amounts of acreage or land value due to partition. Directs the Commission to remove all residents within a certain joint use area who are: (1) ineligible for relocation benefits; and (2) members of a tribe other than that to which the subject land has been partitioned. Declares that certain lands partitioned to the Navajo and Hopi Tribes shall be held in trust by the United States exclusively for such Tribes as part of their respective reservations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Artists Tax Equity Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate tax credit equal to the fair market value of literary, musical, or artistic properties transferred, without restriction, by the estate of the decedent whose personal efforts created them, to Federal museums and art galleries for public exhibition. Requires the recipient of such properties to sign a written statement that such properties have significant artistic value and that they will be placed on public exhibition. Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to 30 percent of the fair market value of a literary, musical, or artistic composition created by the personal efforts of the taxpayer and contributed by such taxpayer to a tax-exempt charitable or educational organization. Limits the amount of such credit to the greater of $2,500 or 50 percent of the taxpayer's income tax liability for the taxable year. Limits the dollar amount of contributions to $35,000. Requires certification that such compositions possess significant artistic value. Disallows the credit for the contribution of a letter, memorandum, or similar property which was written by or for the taxpayer while such taxpayer held public office. Extends from five to ten years the period in which an artist must show that he has engaged in the production of artistic works for a profit in two years during such period in order to claim income tax deductions for losses related to the production of such works. Restores capital gains treatment of the gain realized from the sale of inherited artwork.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1979
Gold Coinage Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and issue gold coins in a denomination of $100, which may be increased periodically in accordance with the world market price of gold.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1979
Declares that Zimbabwe Rhodesia has: (1) demonstrated its willingness to negotiate in good faith at an all parties conference; and (2) approved through elections transferring power to a black majority government. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President: (1) should determine that Zimbabwe Rhodesia is in substantial compliance with the International Security Assistance Act of 1978; and (2) should not enforce sanctions against Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to permit the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich to construct a monument to General Mihailovich on Federal public land within the District of Columbia or its environs.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare, for distribution to taxpayers, brief but comprehensive pamphlets which set forth in nontechnical terms: (1) the rights and obligations of taxpayers during an audit; (2) the procedures which the Internal Revenue Service may use in enforcing revenue laws; and (3) the procedures by which a taxpayer may appeal adverse decisions, prosecute refund claims, and file taxpayer complaints. Requires a copy of such pamphlet to accompany the first communication from the Service to any taxpayer regarding tax liability. Establishes within the Internal Revenue Service an Office of Taxpayer Services, directed by an Assistant Commissioner of Internal Revenue, whose primary responsibilities shall include: (1) assisting taxpayers with information about tax returns, audits corrections, appeals procedures, and payment or document location; and (2) receiving and evaluating complaints of improper, abusive, or inefficient service by Internal Revenue Service personnel. Authorizes the Assistant Commissioner for Taxpayer Services to issue a Taxpayer Assistance Order prohibiting the Secretary, for up to 60 days after such issuance, from taking any assessment, collection, or other action adverse to a taxpayer if the Assistant Commissioner determines that such taxpayer is suffering from an unusual, unnecessary, or irreparable loss as a result of such action. Prescribes criminal penalties for: (1) any investigation by employees of the United States in connection with Federal tax laws which inquires into the beliefs, associations, or activities of any individual which are not directly related to such tax laws; or (2) the maintenance of any records containing information derived from such an investigation. Creates a civil cause of action for any taxpayer aggrieved by a prohibited investigation, or by the deprivation of any civil rights. Permits the award of a judgment of costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, to a prevailing taxpayer in any proceeding before the Tax Court. Requires the Internal Revenue Service, upon a taxpayer's request, to conduct any interview regarding a deficiency assessment in the taxpayer's residence or place of business, at a reasonable time convenient to the taxpayer. Requires the officer or employee conducting such interview to warn the taxpayer that: (1) he has a right to remain silent; (2) any statement he makes may be used against him; and (3) he has the right to the presence of an attorney. Exempts certain income producing property from levy for nonpayment of taxes. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to establish, and to report annually to Congress on, a program to provide for a continuing audit and investigation of the efficiency, uniformity, and equity of the administration of the internal revenue laws of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1979
Affirms that farmer cooperatives are a vital and necessary element in maintaining and promoting the family farm system of food production. States that the Department of Agriculture and all appropriate budget appropriation review groups should recognize the need to reinforce and expand programs of cooperative research, service, education, and other cooperative assistance. Declares that the Department should: (1) establish an Office of Farmer Cooperatives to coordinate such programs; and (2) take other aggressive leadership toward expanding resources for cooperative work.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the increase of total budget outlays of the United States Government during any fiscal year to a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the gross national product during the previous calendar year. Stipulates that if the inflation rate exceeds three percent annually the increase in total outlays shall be reduced by one-fourth the difference between the inflation rate and three percent. Requires any surplus in total revenues received by the Government to be used to reduce the public debt. Allows the limit on total outlays to be changed by a three-quarters vote of both Houses of Congress, or to meet an emergency declared by the President. Continues Federal aid programs to States and local governments for a period of six years. Prohibits Congress from authorizing any United States agency to require that a State or local government engage in additional or expanded activities without compensation equal to the additional costs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the scheduled rate reduction in the percentage depletion allowance for oil and natural gas production.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Amends the Act providing for the preservation in its natural state of Barro Colorado Island in the Canal Zone to increase the authorization of appropriations for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1979
Amends the provisions of Federal law which authorizes appropriations to federally-impacted school districts in or near the Grand Canyon National Park to extend the period of such assistance from fiscal year 1980 to fiscal year 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1979
Designates the week of May 1, 1979, through May 7, 1979, as "National Photography Week."
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1979
Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which restrict the deductibility of expenses incurred in attending business conventions in foreign countries.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Amends the venue provisions of Federal law to provide that a civil action in which a defendant is the United States, a United States agency, or an officer or employee thereof acting in an official capacity may be brought in any judicial district in which the plaintiff or defendant has its principal place of business and must be brought in a judicial district in which it has been determined that a substantial portion of the impact or injury exists. Requires an appeal from a final order of the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Maritime Administration to be brought in a judicial circuit in which such a determination has been made.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, unless such legislature prescribed lesser qualifications with respect to residence therein. Authorizes Congress to prescribe elector qualifications for electors in the District of Columbia. Continues electoral vote allotments to States and the District of Columbia. Directs the official custodian of the election returns of each State, within 45 days after the election, to make lists of all persons for whom votes were cast, number of votes cast, and the total vote cast by the voters. Requires that each person for whom votes were cast in each State receive such proportion of the electoral votes as he received of the total vote cast in such State. Declares the person receiving the greatest aggregate number of electoral votes, if at least 40 percent of the total, to be President. Requires in case of a tie or no one receiving 40 percent or more of the votes, that the Senate and House of Representatives choose, by ballot, the President and Vice President from the two persons receiving the greatest numbers of such votes. Repeals provisions of the Constitution relating to the Electoral College. Sets forth the effective date of this article as the first day of February following ratification.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1979
Establishes a Select Committee on Presidential Financial Transactions to conduct an investigation and study of possible illegal, improper, or unethical activities in the conduct of the Carter family businesses and activities, including: (1) bank loans and credit extension to such businesses; (2) personal bank loans to the President prior to the 1976 Presidential election; and (3) whether investigations and audits of such loans by specified Federal agencies were conducted to the fullest extent possible under law. Permits the select committee to exercise powers conferred upon committees of the Senate regulating the granting of immunity to witnesses. Requires submission of a final report on the results of such investigation to the Senate no later than November 30, 1979. Authorizes the expenditure of $500,000 by such committee through November 30, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Removes residency requirements and acreage limitations applicable to certain land subject to the reclamation law.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Expresses the gratitude of the Senate upon the retirement of the Honorable Clarence M. Mitchell, Junior, as chief legislative spokesman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and for his contributions to the establishment of justice and equality in America.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1979
Authorizes the President to present to John Wayne on behalf of the Congress, a specially struck gold medal of appropriate design.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should withdraw the standby gasoline rationing plan submitted to Congress on March 1, 1979, and resubmit an amended plan to remedy interstate inequities with regard to gasoline rationing coupon distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1979
Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 to provide that the provisions of such Act shall not apply to stone mining or sand and gravel mining operations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1979
Generated Electricity Tax Equity Act of 1979 - Amends present Federal law to prohibit the taxation by a State with respect to the generation or transmission of electricity within that State which is transmitted to, and consumed in, another State.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1979
Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1979 - Title I: Amendment to Title I - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose a fee on any person regulated under such Act. Requires such fee to include costs to the FCC of: (1) processing licenses and tariff filings; and (2) regulating such persons and providing services to license applicants. Authorizes the FCC to waive such fee for governmental entities, public telecommunications entities, or noncommercial users of the spectrum. Directs the FCC to develop appropriate fee schedules within one year and to place moneys from such fees in the Treasury as reimbursement for appropriations to carry out FCC functions under such Act. Title II: Amendments to Title II: - Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations to result, within six years, in marketplace competition in and deregulation of the provision of telecommunication services. Requires such regulations to: (1) classify common carriers according to the degree of regulation necessary for each carrier (considering such factors as market shares for particular services, price leadership in such services, relative overall financial resources, relative number of customers, number of carriers in the market, and other characteristics of a particular market), with review of such classifications every two years; (2) establish and implement an accounting system to allocate costs of services provided; (3) determine in which cases monopoly service common carriers must form subsidiaries to offer any other telecommunications products or services or engage in other business activities (directs the FCC to determine the relation of such subsidiaries to the parent company, but prohibits the FCC from requiring divestiture of any part of such carriertoits subsidiaries); (4) establish an access compensation charge to be paid by common carriers interconnecting their facilities with those of a local telephone exchange; (5) provide for acceleration of existing equipment depreciation rates for assets used to provide telecommunications services, with appropriate FCC oversight for six years or less; (6) ensure that any rate or charge for telecommunications services, other than monopoly service, will in any year be raised no more than five percent or reduced no more than ten percent during the two-year period following the enactment of this Act, and raised no more than ten percent or reduced no more than 20 percent during the four years following such two-year period; (7) provide that such rate changes take effect after 90 days notice, except that hearings on such changes may be ordered by the FCC on its own initiative or upon the filing of a sworn complaint, and changes in excess of such limits may be rejected; (8) ensure interconnection of common carriers providing telephone service with one another and with local telephone exchange facilities by FCC assistance in forming, and oversight of, an association of such carriers (exempt from certain antitrust laws) to manage such interconnection of facilities; (9) authorize, automatically within 90 days, construction, expansion or extension of facilities by a common carrier offering or proposing to offer telecommunications services, other than monopoly service, unless the FCC determines that a substantial question of fact exists as to whether the investment is in the public interest; (10) prohibit the discontinuance, impairment, or reduction of telephone toll service by a common carrier, except in the public interest as determined by the FCC; (11) provide a continuous review to ensure that nationwide telephone toll services exist through marketplace competition; and (12) adjust the level of regulation to remove marketplace deficiencies, anticompetitive behavior, or other such practices. Directs the FCC: (1) to create a separate Office of Deregulation to monitor FCC accomplishment of the purposes of this title and to make recommendations to assist the FCC in achieving such purposes; (2) to report annually to Congress, with recommendations for statutory changes; and (3) to evaluate the provision of telecommunications service, pursuant to the measures of this title six years after enactment. Includes Hawaii within the measures of the Communications Act of 1934 governing the consolidations and mergers of telegraph carriers. Directs the FCC to decide: (1) whether a domestic carrier shall be excluded from providing international telecommunications services; (2) whether regulation of such services is necessary; and (3) to what degree a carrier seeking to provide both domestic and international telecommunications services should be regulated. Directs the FCC to adopt a procedure to develop a United States International Telecommunications Facilities Plan. Stipulates that in performing responsibilities in connection with such Plan under FCC authority, U.S. international and domestic common carriers shall not be subject to antitrust laws, except in the case of acts which would be violations when taken by a single carrier. Directs the President to supervise and instruct designated entities as required by such Plan. Provides for the selection of U.S. delegations to international telecommunications meetings. Directs the President to take certain steps to carry out U.S. policy to assure the free flow of information and telecommunications services across national boundaries. Title III: Amendments to Title III - Directs the FCC to establish a system of random selection for new broadcast licenses when there is more than one qualified applicant for a license. Prohibits the FCC from granting any new licenses until such system is in effect. Requires that radio broadcasting station licenses be granted for an indefinite period of time, subject to revocation only under specified conditions. Requires that television broadcasting station licenses be granted, subject to revocation or denial under certain conditions, for no longer than: (1) three years, for stations in the top 25 markets; (2) four years, for stations in the next 75 markets; and (3) five years, for stations in the remaining markets. Sets forth procedures and standards for FCC renewal of television broadcast licenses. Prohibits the FCC from requiring, by rule or otherwise, radio broadcast licensees to: (1) provide news, public affairs, and locally produced programs, or to adhere to a particular programming format or maintain program logs; (2) afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance (but authorizes the FCC to make rules concerning attacks on the honesty, character, integrity, or personal qualities of an identified person or group); (3) ascertain the problems, needs, and interests of its service area; and (4) refuse the advertising of any product or service that is legally available. Prohibits the FCC from: (1) authorizing any additional stations to operate in the contiguous United States on any clear channel frequencies authorized by the FCC as of February 1, 1979; or (2) modifying any existing license authorizations so as to increase interference on such stations. Requires the FCC to review all rules, regulations, and policies applicable to radio broadcast licensees and to eliminate those not necessary to: (1) maintain an orderly allocation and use of the radio frequency spectrum; (2) promote equal employment opportunity in such broadcasting; and (3) prevent fraudulent practices in the operation of such stations. Requires the FCC to review all rules, regulations, and policies applicable to television broadcast licensees to determine if such rules continue to be necessary: (1) to protect the public interest, convenience, and necessity; or (2) in view of the availability of new and diverse sources of video programming. Directs the FCC to report to Congress: (1) annually on its progress in eliminating such unnecessary rules, regulations, and policies; and (2) within six years on the availability to the public of diverse video programming. Requires the FCC to notify Congress of its intention to increase regulation of television broadcast licensees. Authorizes either House of Congress to veto any such regulation by resolution within 60 days of such notification. Directs the Office of Deregulation to monitor the deregulation of radio and television broadcast licenses. Declares the finding that cable systems are engaged in interstate commerce. Defines the authority of the FCC with respect to cable systems. Directs the FCC: (1) to ensure cable system operators and manufacturers conform to technical standards necessary for interoperability of cable systems, compatibility of receivers, and prevention of interference with radio and television; (2) to establish conditions for the carriage of radio and television broadcast signals by cable system operators, with case-by-case exceptions; (3) to ensure and promote equal employment opportunities; (4) to prohibit common carriers from operating cable systems or programming cable channels, with specified exceptions and waivers; (5) to prohibit cable systems operators from preventing cable subscribers from connecting receiving or terminal equipment of any type, except that determined by the FCC as technically incompatible with the operation of such system; (6) to ensure that, whenever a cable system is the only video program source in a given market, a reasonable number of channels are available for lease on a nondiscriminatory basis to persons having no financial interest in such system; (7) to restrict cable system carriage of certain sporting events; (8) to require cable operators to maintain records and submit reports necessary to the FCC functions; (9) to ensure the privacy and security of broadband communications; and (10) to ensure that legally qualified candidates for Federal elective office are allowed reasonable access to and permitted purchase of reasonable amounts of cable system time. Grants the States exclusive jurisdiction of all other matters with respect to cable systems. Prohibits any executive agency, including the FCC, and any State or political subdivision or agency thereof from: (1) requiring or prohibiting program origination by a cable system operator or channel programmer, or imposing restrictions or obligations affecting the content of such programs, with specified exceptions; or (2) establishing, fixing, or otherwise restricting the rates charged: (A) to channel programmers by cable system operators or common carriers for the use of, or time on, channels; or (B) to advertisers or subscribers by channel programmers for time or program originations. Permits broadcast licensees, including television networks or publishing entities, to own or control a cable system or lease cable channels. Prohibits interception or reception of broadband communications unless specifically authorized to do so by a cable system operator, channel programmer, originator of broadband communications, or law. Requires that broadband communications be deemed "wire communication" within the meaning of the U.S. Criminal Code concerning wire interception. Declares that such Federal criminal law be controlling in the event of any difference from this Act. Prohibits certain violations of the privacy of cable subscribers and provides for the recovery of civil damages for such violations. Authorizes the FCC to delegate to non-Federal Government committees the coordination of frequency assignments above 30 millihertz to stations in the terrestrial private land mobile and fixed services. Sets forth application procedures, standards and five-year terms for such licenses.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that exclusive territorial arrangements made as a part of a licensing agreement for the manufacture, distribution, or sale of a trademarked soft drink product are lawful under the antitrust law provided such product is in substantial and effective competition with other products for the same general class in the relevant market or markets. Prohibits recovery in private actions under the Clayton Act based on territorial provisions in a trademark licensing agreement prior to a final determination that such provisions are unlawful.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Designates May 1979 as "Family Camping Month".
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1979
Requests the Secretary of the Army to reinstate the Maroon Beret as the accepted and distinguished headgear of the Army Airborne Unit.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1979
Declares the sense of Congress that the President shall take steps to: (1) call upon the Soviet Union to permit the resurrection of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches; (2) contact the officials of the Soviet Union to secure freedom of worship in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; and (3) raise the question of Stalin's liquidation of such churches with national and international religious councils.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1979
Directs the Commission on Arts and Antiquities of the U.S. Senate to acquire and place a bust of Carl Hayden in the U.S. Capital or Senate office buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Federal departments and agencies should consider providing adequate energy supplies to all segments of the travel and tourism industry in any allocation of energy supplies or other action to alleviate the energy shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1979
Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of any Department or head of any agency of the United States to issue a permit for excavation and/or removal of any archaeological resource located on land owned or controlled by the United States pursuant to regulations set forth by the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary to whom such application is made to determine that: (1) the applicant is qualified to carry out the activity; (2) the activity furthers archaeological knowledge; and (3) the resources, records, and data involved in the excavation will be preserved for a period of time by a suitable university, museum, or other scientific or educational institution. Allows the Secretary to refuse to issue a permit or suspend a permit to any applicant against whom a civil penalty has been assessed or who has been convicted of a violation of any prohibited act as set forth in this Act. Prohibits any person from: (1) injuring any such resource except to the extent necessary in connection with excavations or removal; and (2) selling, purchasing, exchanging, transporting, receiving, or possessing any archaeological resource removed from land owned or controlled by the United States in violation of any provision, rule, regulation, or permit in effect under State or local law. Sets forth the penalties for the violation of any prohibition contained in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay an amount, not to exceed $2,500, to any person who furnishes information leading to the finding of civil violation or conviction of criminal violation of the prohibitions set forth in this Act. Subjects all archaeological resources and vehicles and equipment used in violation of this Act to forfeiture to the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to Congress concerning the regulation of excavation and removal of archaeological resources from Indian lands. Specifies that information concerning the location of any archaeological resource for the excavation or removal of which a permit is required shall be confidential. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal, modify or interfere with the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct hydroelectric powerplants at the Buffalo Bill Dam powerplant, Wyoming, and the Hoover Dam powerplant, Arizona and Nevada. Stipulates that the power generated by such facilities shall be delivered to the Secretary of Energy for distribution and marketing through existing Federal hydroelectric power marketing systems.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning with the Sunday preceding the fourth Thursday in November of each year as "National Family Week."
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1979
Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 - Title I: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a single system of measuring noise and the impact of noise on individuals to be used to measure noise at airports and their surrounding areas and to establish land uses for such areas which are compatible with such noise levels. Allows airport operators to submit noise impact maps to the Secretary setting forth the noncompatible uses in each area of the map, a description of the projected aircraft operations during 1985, and the ways in which such operations will affect such map. Requires the revision of such maps when changes in airports operations would create any new noncompatible use in areas surrounding an airport. Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary to make grants to qualified airports for noise compatibility planning. Defines "noise compatibility planning" as the preparation of noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs under this Act. Sets forth limitation regarding the amounts which may be obligated through such grant program. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1980 and beyond to carry out such grant program. Stipulates that noise compatibility programs be filed with the Secretary. Sets forth factors under which the Secretary may disapprove noise compatibility programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of an approved program shall be 80 percent of its cost. Authorizes the Secretary to make additional grants to operators of airports for projects to carry out a noise compatibility program developed prior to the enactment of this Act or the promulgation of its implementing regulations under specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate up to $75,000,000 out of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for fiscal year 1980 to carry out approved noise compatibility programs. Requires the Secretary to prepare noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs for specified airports near the District of Columbia. Limits suits for damages resulting from airport noise by individuals acquiring property in an area surrounding an airport for which a noise impact map has been submitted. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the effectiveness of airport noise compatibility planning and programs which were funded pursuant to this Act. Title II: Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to increase specified appropriations authorized under such Act for fiscal year 1980. Increases the Federal share for specified airport development projects under such Act. Title III: Directs the Secretary to require foreign aircraft operating in the United States to meet specified noise standards if the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) does not adopt noise standards which are the same as or substantially similar to the noise standards prescribed for new subsonic aircraft in regulations issued by the Secretary which were in effect on January 1, 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to provide waivers from the noise regulations in effects on January 1, 1977, where the operator has made a good faith effort to comply with such regulations for such a period as the Secretary determines to be reasonable to permit compliance. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a waiver for the operation of aircraft which do not meet such noise standards beyond January 1, 1985, if the operator has a plan or contract for the replacement of such aircraft by a specified date. Authorizes the Civil Aeronautics Board to require aircraft operators to impose a specified noise abatement surcharge on domestic or international flights which shall be retained and utilized by an aircraft operator until its fleet is in compliance with applicable Federal noise abatement regulations. Authorizes the Board to modify such surcharge under specified circumstances. Terminates all noise abatement charges 60 months after the enactment of this Act. Title IV: Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress regarding the implementation of collision avoidance systems in the national air traffic control system.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1979
University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act - States that it is the objective of this Act to amend existing patent procedures in order to promote the marketing of inventions developed under federally supported research and development projects by nonprofit organizations and small business firms. Permits any such organization or firm to elect, within a reasonable amount of time, to retain title to such inventions. Permits Federal agencies which have supported such projects to retain title to inventions through their funding agreements in specified circumstances. Requires review of agency determinations that such circumstances exist by the Comptroller General and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the implementation of this Act by Federal agencies. Enumerates provisions which must be included in funding agreements between a Federal agency and a small business firm or nonprofit organization including provisions: (1) to insure the rights of the Federal Government under this Act; (2) to provide that the agency shall have a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable and paid-up license to use the invention; (3) to prohibit a nonprofit organization from assigning rights to the invention without the approval of the Federal agency; (4) to prohibit such an organization from granting exclusive rights from the earlier of five years from the first commercial use of the invention or eight years from the date of invention; and (5) to require such organizations to use their royalties and earnings to support scientific research or education. Authorizes a Federal agency to transfer or assign its rights, acquired from an agency employee as coinventor, to an inventor electing to acquire title to an invention. Empowers any Federal agency to require inventors or their assigns to grant licenses in order to: (1) achieve practical application of the invention in its field of uses; (2) alleviate health or safety needs; (3) meet requirements for public use specified by Federal regulations; or (4) achieve participation by United States industry in the manufacture of an invention. Entitles the government to collect up to 50 percent of all net income above specified amounts received by a patent holder until government research funds have been repaid. Restricts the assignment and licensing of rights by patent holders to foreign owned or controlled firms unless such persons agree that any products embodying the subject invention or produced through the use of the subject invention will be manufactured substantially in the United States. Authorizes Federal agencies to withhold information on inventions from public disclosure. Specifies the authority of Federal agencies with respect to obtaining patents, promoting licensing of inventions, granting licenses, conducting market surveys, transferring custody of patents, and receiving funds. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to promulgate regulations specifying the terms upon which any federally-owned invention may be licensed. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate a program for assisting Federal agencies in protecting and licensing federally-owned inventions. Sets forth the procedure whereby Federal agencies may grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in any invention covered by a federally-owned domestic patent or patent application. Prohibits licensing which lessens competition. Directs that small business firms be given preference in exclusive or partially exclusive licensing. Enumerates provisions which must be contained in any grant of a license by a Federal agency. Declares that this Act shall take precedence over any other Act in the disposition of inventions.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1979
Small Business Employee Ownership Act - Amends the Small Business Act to make employee-owned firms eligible for financial assistance under the business loan program. States that in the case of small business concerns using an employee stock ownership plan, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, all financial assistance shall be made to the trust created for employee ownership of stock (ESOT). Predicates such assistance on: (1) a guarantee by the company seeking assistance that it will repay all obligations incurred by the ESOT; (2) the written assurance of the trustee of the ESOT that all guaranteed loans will be used solely for the purchase of company stock; (3) a distribution arrangement which vests ownership of all stock with the employees no later than the expiration date of any assistance made available to acquire such stock; and (4) a certified plan, meeting specified conditions, for the allocation of company stock among the employees. Authorizes the extension of loan guarantees to employee organizations, including those using an ESOT, to finance the acquisition of the employee's workplace if it is a small business or a subsidiary which, if independently owned, would be a small business. States that such guarantees may be extended only if the small business or subsidiary would otherwise close, liquidate, relocate or sell out to a large business or if the owner agrees to the purchase by the employees. Requires an employee organization to compile a feasibility study and plan containing specified provisions in order to be eligible for such guarantees. Limits the principal amount of any loan guaranteed under this Act to $1,000,000. Authorizes $10,000 loans to conduct feasibility studies which will be considered grants if the loan application is denied. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report periodically to the Congress on the programs established by this Act. Authorizes the Small Business Administration to extend loan guarantees directly to an owner of a business who is selling the business to employees under an installment contract provided specified conditions are met in the event of default. Makes a company with 51 percent of its stock allocated through an ESOT to one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals eligible for the minority enterprise contract assistance program.