United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Appellate Court Reorganization Act of 1980 - Divides the current United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Fifth Circuit, composed of the Canal Zone and the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and consisting of 14 judges; and (2) the Eleventh Circuit, composed of the States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and consisting of 12 judges. (The current Fifth Circuit consists of all six States and has 26 judges.) Designates Atlanta, Georgia, the headquarters of the Eleventh Circuit and New Orleans, Louisiana, headquarters of the Fifth Circuit. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Unlocking America's Energy Resources Act - Directs the President to order the removal of administrative restrictions not required by Federal law or court order which impede the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or on the Outer Continental Shelf. Requires the President to institute policies which will give priority to the expeditious leasing and development and production of oil, natural gas, coal, oil shale, tar sands, and geothermal resources on Federal lands. Requires the President to submit to an advisory panel a list of restrictions required by Federal law or court order which impede the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or on the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the panel to review the restrictions submitted by the President and submit to Congress and the President a report on: (1) the reasonableness of such restrictions; and (2) appropriate legislative or administrative actions to reduce or eliminate impediments to the leasing of energy resources on Federal lands or the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to order substantial lease sales, for private development only, within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Bars civil actions challenging any such lease sale which are brought more than 30 days after the date such lease sale is announced. Exempts any such lease sale from the environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. Requires the President to direct that leasing priority be given to areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that have the highest hydrocarbon potential and known hydrocarbon reserves. Sets forth the conditions for the issuance of Outer Continental Shelf leases by the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth the requirements for the appointment by the President of members of the advisory panel.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither the Secretary of Transportation nor the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall take any actions which would reduce public air service into Washington National Airport.
United States · United States Congress · 9 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 · 5 June 1980
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' compensation for: (1) wartime disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for dependents; and (3) clothing allowances paid to certain disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Benefits - Increases the rates of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation for: (1) a surviving spouse; (2) surviving children; and (3) supplemental children's benefits. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends the authority for the Veterans' Administration regional office in the Republic of the Philippines until September 30, 1985. Sets forth procedures for: (1) retroactive payments for additional children entitled to dependency and indemnity compensation; and (2) reducing payments to a dependent child who has attained the age of 18 and is attending an educational institution, and whose parent is receiving compensation payments as a surviving spouse. Prohibits the payment of burial allowances for any veteran who dies during fiscal year 1981 whose income exceeded $20,000, and includes the income of such veterans' spouse in determining the income of such veteran. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish headstones and markers, upon request, for specified relatives of veterans who are buried in a State veterans' cemetery. Provides for the reduction of pension payments made to veterans of a period of war, and surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war when such pension payments are made concurrently with such individuals' retirement payments. Provides for pension payments to a hospitalized veteran having neither spouse nor child if such veteran is readmitted within six months of a period of care. Limits the amount of compensation for a service-connected disability and dependency and indemnity compensation for any veteran imprisoned in a Federal, State, or local penal institution as a result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to apportion and pay to such veteran's spouse, children, or dependent parents the compensation such veteran would have received but for such veteran's incarceration. Sets forth the minimum number of personnel to be employed by the American Battle Monument Commission for the care and maintenance of the cemeteries, monuments, and memorials under the jurisdiction of such Commission. Title IV: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of specified sections of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1980
Fuel Use Regulatory Reform Act of 1980 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to require the Secretary of Energy to grant a permanent or a temporary exemption allowing a new electric power plant or a new major fuel-burning installation to use petroleum or natural gas as a primary energy source to petitioners who certify that the Federal, State or local environmental law prevents, either permanently or temporarily, compliance with prohibitions against such use of petroleum or natural gas. Directs the Secretary to grant a temporary or a permanent exemption to an existing electric powerplant or major fuel-burning installation if the petitioner certifies that Federal State or local environmental law prevents, either temporarily or permanently, compliance with prohibitions of such use of petroleum or natural gas at such plant or installation. Requires the Secretary to grant a permanent exemption for the use of natural gas or petroleum in a new major fuel-burning installation if petitioner certifies that the amount of such fuels to be used as a primary energy source in a fuel mixture will not exceed 25 percent. Directs the Secretary to base any finding that an existing installation has a coal or alternate fuel capability on a consideration of the installation's entire energy generating system. Requires the terms and conditions of any exemption to a new or existing facility to apply only to the unit for which the petition is filed. Permits the Secretary to require only information directly related to the unit for which an exemption under this Act is sought. Requires information obtained under this Act to be treated confidentially.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1980
Limitation on Government Recordkeeping Requirements and Actions Act of 1980 - Prohibits any Federal agency from: (1) requiring any person to maintain, prepare, or produce any record (other than a record relating to a dangerous material) of an event after four years have expired since the event occurred; and (2) commencing an action against a person who violated a regulation if four years or more have expired since such violation occurred, except as otherwise provided by the Internal Revenue Code or a regulation promulgated thereunder.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1980
Permits veterans to refinance previously guaranteed mortgage loans which are secured by homes they still own and occupy. Sets forth conditions and requirements pursuant to such loans.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
National Defense Compensation Act of 1980 - Increases the pay and allowances, and certain special and incentive pays, of members of the uniformed services for pay periods beginning after December 31, 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the President, in any year in which an alternative pay plan is transmitted to the Congress, to include in such plan a statement specifying the adjustments which would have been made but for such alternative plan.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Revision of Vocational Rehabilitation Program - Revises veterans' vocational rehabilitation provisions to declare the purpose of this Act to be to provide all services necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to attain maximum independence, to become employable, and to obtain and maintain suitable employment. Redefines "vocational rehabilitation" to include the provision of all services required to achieve the purpose of this Act, including discharge, medical, social, psychological, economic, and vocational services (presently defined in terms of educational and vocational training to restore employability). Defines "employment handicap" as a disability impairing a veteran's ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with his or her abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Revises entitlement provisions to: (1) make eligibility run as of September 16, 1940, (rather than World War II as at present); (2) require a handicap to be an employment handicap as defined by this Act; and (3) provide for follow up vocational services to a rehabilitated veteran in order for such veteran to enter new employment more suitable to his or her current capacity or condition. Eliminates the language extending eligibility for specified veterans to October 15, 1971. Sets forth the scope of services, including: (1) evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational and personal counseling; (3) a vocational rehabilitation plan; (4) vocational and related services including tutorial services, tuition, books, and other training materials; (5) treatment for mental and emotional disorders; (6) medical care; (7) prosthetic and other corrective devices; (8) placement and postplacement services; (9) services to a veteran's family; (10) special rehabilitation services, including services for the blind and the deaf; (11) subsistence allowances; (12) essential employment equipment and supplies for severely disabled veterans requiring homebound training and or self-employment; (13) transportation costs, including pre- and post-training services; and (14) work study allowance, loans, and other incidental goods and services. Revises duration of services provisions to: (1) provide basic vocational rehabilitation services for 48-months; (2) remove the nine year (from discharge) eligibility limitation; and (3) provide a 12 month rehabilitation evaluation period. Revises subsistence allowance provisions to: (1) provide for payments during the evaluation of vocational rehabilitation potential; (2) provide payments for unpaid on-job training or work experience in a Federal agency or during such evaluation period; (3) pay room and board expenses for individuals pursuing a program on a residential basis in a specialized rehabilitation facility; (4) provide that vocational payments be paid on a full-time basis for two months following a determination of employability; (5) set forth the rate of payment for individuals in unpaid Federal training or work experience; (6) prohibit payments to incarcerated individuals; and (7) provide for advance payment of subsistence allowances. Authorizes personal adjustment counseling during the evaluation of rehabilitation feasibility period. Sets forth basic requirements of a vocational rehabilitation program, which shall include: (1) participation by the veteran in formulation of a written plan; and (2) a statement of objectives and goals, services and a time schedule for providing such services, and a projected completion date. Revises leave of absence provisions to remove the 30-day per year limitation on such leave. Revises the regulation of conduct provisions to remove the three-month forfeiture of subsistence penalty for unsatisfactory conduct and to replace the permanent disqualification for further vocational rehabilitation penalty with a provision allowing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reinstate such benefits upon satisfactory conduct. Increases the maximum amount of loans available to a veteran from $200 to $400. Authorizes vocational rehabilitation to members of the Armed Forces, otherwise eligible, and veterans hospitalized in VA or non-VA medical facilities. Authorizes vocational training outside the United States (presently prohibited for post-World War II veterans who were not citizens at the time of their United States military service). Provides that any Federal agency facility may be used to provide unpaid training or work experience as part of a veteran's vocational rehabilitation program. States that such veteran shall be deemed a Federal employee for workmen's compensation purposes but not for the purposes of laws administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the facilities, staff, and other resources of any Federal agency to provide services under this Act. Directs the Administrator to assist in the development of employment and on-job training opportunities, including payments to employers for providing on-job training to certain veterans. Directs the Veterans Administration (VA) to: (1) provide employment assistance, including direct employment placement, utilization of Federal, State, and nonprofit private employment services, and securing loans and paying business license fees; (2) provide vocational rehabilitation staff training and development; and (3) carry out an ongoing program of rehabilitation research and special projects, including grants and contracts with public and nonprofit agencies. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation. Revises provisions concerning the limitation on periods of assistance under two or more veterans' educational assistance programs to include post-Vietnam era benefits within such limitation, and to provide a 48-month aggregate eligibility period for vocational rehabilitation and other educational assistance. Limits the current provision which reduces the number of clock hours of attendance required for payment of benefits for certain courses to courses accredited by nationally recognized accrediting agencies. Authorizes veterans eligible for vocational rehabilitation services to pursue such program using their educational assistance entitlements. Title II: GI Bill Rate Increase - Increases rates of veterans payments for: (1) educational assistance allowances, including special supplementary assistance; (2) educational assistance for survivors and dependents, including special training allowances; and (3) State and local agency administrative expenses, including educational assistance for apprenticeship or other on-job training and education loans. Title III: Educational Assistance Program Amendments : Part A - Educational Assistance for Veterans - Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove a veteran's or serviceperson's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Eliminates the 50 percent employment reporting requirement for courses if: (1) veteran and eligible dependent or survivor enrollment does not exceed 35 percent of total enrollment (for the two-year reporting period); and (2) the course had met the employment requirements for two consecutive reporting periods. Eliminates the requirement that a major portion of an open circuit television course must require conventional classroom or laboratory attendance in order to be approved by the Administrator for assistance. Eliminates computing persons receiving Federal educational assistance from the "85-15" enrollment eligibility requirement. Eliminates the course completion time provision as a requirement for satisfactory educational progress with regard to discontinuance of educational assistance. Revises foreign study provisions to authorize such study if: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree program (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Authorizes assistance for continuing education or training required by Federal, State, or local law for professional or vocational relicensure or continued employment. Provides that such continuing education shall be paid at the same rate as refresher training. Stipulates that educational assistance for a veteran pursuing an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program. Part B - Educational Assistance for Dependents and Survivors - Disqualifies specified family members from eligibility as qualified tutors for veterans receiving supplementary tutorial assistance. Directs the Administrator to approve any application for educational assistance received from an eligible survivor or dependent. Authorizes the Administrator to arrange for educational or vocational counseling for such dependents upon their request. Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove an eligible survivor's or dependent's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Prohibits such individuals from enrolling in an educational institution not located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines unless: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Revises provisions concerning advance educational assistance payments to such individuals to: (1) authorize direct payments to an eligible individual (presently payments must be made to a parent or guardian); (2) eliminate certain certification requirements; and (3) provide that payments for an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program. Part C - Amendment Relating to Administration of Educational Benefits - Revises provisions concerning the period for which educational or subsistence allowances will be paid for eligible veterans or persons to provide that: (1) the individual must be pursuing a course of study (presently only required to be enrolled); (2) the Administrator shall determine regulations regarding eligibility; and (3) payment shall be for the stated period of enrollment, or the actual period of enrollment, whichever is shorter. Requires veterans and other individuals to report any changes in their educational status to the Administrator. Requires educational institutions to report any facts they know or should have known concerning their compliance with, or eligibility for, such educational assistance. Includes "residence" in the definition of a full-time undergraduate course. Defines "in residence on a standard quarter-or semester-hour basis" to require pursuit of regularly scheduled weekly class instruction on campus at the rate of one standard class session per week throughout the semester for one semester hour of credit. Provides for payments to veterans and eligible persons attending non- degree courses during periods between terms which do not exceed 15 calendar days and periods when the school is not in session because of teacher conferences or teacher training sessions (not to exceed five days in any 12-month period). Terminates the (veterans') education advisory committee as of December 31, 1989. Includes post- Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance, and deletes vocational rehabilitation, within such committee's responsibility. Title IV: Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Makes eligible for participation in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program certain persons who entered military service on or after January 1, 1977, after having served on active duty before or after such date for a period of 180 days or less and were discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Revises the procedure for distribution of unused contributions to such program fund by the participant, if the participant dies while on, or after discharge from, active duty and has not designated a beneficiary under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program. Title V: Revision of Eligibility for Veterans Employment and Training Programs - Defines "veteran" for purposes of veterans' job counseling, training, and placement benefits, and disabled and Vietnam era veterans' employment and training benefits as one who: (1) served on active-duty for more than 180 days and received other than a dishonorable discharge; or (2) received a service-connected disability discharge. Defines "disabled veteran" for purposes of disabled veterans' training and employment benefits as one who: (1) is entitled to veterans' disability compensation; or (2) received a service-connected disability discharge. Declares that no veteran shall be considered a Vietnam-era veteran after December 31, 1989. Requires the Secretary of Labor to assure that any veteran made ineligible for certain veterans' job counseling and placement assistance by provisions of this Act (defining categories of eligible veterans) shall be provided with employment assistance and related services under other applicable provisions of law. Includes disabled veterans and Vietnam-era veterans as those eligible veterans who shall receive special consideration for job placement. Requires the Secretary of Labor to include numerical breakdowns of such veterans' categories in his annual veterans' training report to Congress. Makes a qualifying Vietnam veteran eligible for Federal contract priority-hiring. Directs that the benefits an eligible veteran may be receiving (or has received) under certain other programs of the VA shall be disregarded when determining the needs and qualifications of such veteran under any employment or training program financed with Federal funds. Authorizes the Administrator to give preference to qualified disabled and Vietnam-era veterans for employment in the VA as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claim examiners. Grants to members of the National Guard, called to assemble for required drills and field exercises for a period of not less than twelve consecutive weeks, the reemployment rights of reserves called to active duty. Title VI: Cost-Savings Provisions - Repeals the authority for veterans to receive educational assistance for the pursuit of flight and correspondence training, including post-Vietnam-era veterans and survivors and dependents. Directs the Administrator to deduct from future payments any overpayment made to persons for service-connected disability or death compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, pension for non-service-connected disability for death, and educational assistance benefits. Provides that such deductions are not subject to time limitations for bringing civil actions or administrative proceedings. Grants the Administrator the authority to charge interest on amounts owed to the United States for overpayment of benefits or services provided by the Veterans' Administration, unless such amounts are repaid within a reasonable period of time. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations to set forth the rate of interest to be charged. Repeals the authority of the Administrator to deduct from future payments any overpayment made to parents for dependency and indemnity compensation. Revises existing provisions of law relating to overpayments made to veterans receiving educational assistance to declare that such overpayment constitutes a liability of the veteran to the United States (present provisions cover the liability of the institution attended by the veteran). Stipulates that if such liability of the veteran is waived, the institution is not released from its liability. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to disclose to a consumer reporting agency the name and address of an individual indebted to the Veterans' Administration (VA) for the purpose of obtaining consumer reports in order to assess such individual's ability to repay the debt and to give notice of the outstanding obligation. Prohibits: (1) the VA from disclosing other information that would imply an individual's indebtedness to the United States; and (2) the credit reporting agency from indicating in its reports or files that such VA inquiry indicates any indebtedness by such individual (willful violation punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 for the first offense and up to $20,000 for a subsequent offense). Authorizes the disclosure of an individual's name, address, and other identifying information necessary to locate him or her in order to carry out specified VA evaluation studies. Requires the Administrator to make a pre-disclosure determination that the inclusion of a particular individual in such study is clearly warranted. Establishes other disclosure requirements similar to those for indebtedness disclosures. Authorizes the disclosure of information affecting an individual's credit rating (name, address, indebtedness) if such individual has failed to respond to administrative debt-collection efforts. Requires the VA, before making such indebtedness disclosures, to: (1) notify an individual of the information to be disclosed, and to which credit agencies, at least 30 days prior to such disclosure; (2) inform the individual of his or her right to dispute the debt claim; and (3) make a determination regarding any such disputed debt. Defines "consumer reporting agency" for purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator, upon application by any person, to make available any appraisal report submitted to, or prepared by, the VA in connection with any home, condominium, or mobile home loan. Authorizes the Administrator to disclose the name and address of any person to any person (authorized by regulation) for the purpose of determining creditworthiness, verifying information, or to provide assistance pursuant to any such loan made by the VA. Stipulates that any such disclosure be recorded in the file of the person concerned. Exempts a credit agency's handling of such VA debt disclosures from the Privacy Act. Authorizes the VA to use its own attorneys to recover any amount owed the United States under laws administered by the Administration. Repeals specified provisions authorizing servicepersons to participate in the predischarge education training program (PREP). Sets forth the rate of educational assistance allowance for an incarcerated veteran or eligible person. Title VII: Technical Amendments - Defines "person" for purposes of veterans' survivors and dependents special restorative training to mean children of veterans. Title VIII: Effective Date - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month after the date of enactment of this Act and specifies those provisions which shall take effect on October 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Honors Raoul Wallenberg for his work in Hungary during World War II. Requests the State Department to discover the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg from the Soviet Union and secure his return to Sweden.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Powerplant Fuel Conservation Act of 1980 - Title I: Accelerated Fuel Conversions of Certain Powerplants - Prohibits the use of petroleum or natural gas as a primary energy source after the 90th day following the enactment of this Act by any powerplant capable of converting to coal or other alternate fuel, without express exemption approved by the Secretary of Energy. Provides a procedure for procuring a stay of such prohibition pending consideration of such exemption. Limits the duration of any exemption to: (1) five years after its approval; or (2) December 31, 1985, whichever is later. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to any owner or operator of any alternate fuel capable powerplant for up to 50 percent of any amounts paid or incurred after November 9, 1978, for the conversion of such powerplant from the use of petroleum to coal or another alternate fuel as a primary energy source. Disqualifies from eligibility for such a grant any powerplant for which an exemption is sought. Specifies grant application requirements. Excludes from the reasonable costs coverable by a grant any costs for real estate acquisition, or for facilities, equipment, or improvements which are not at the same site as the designated powerplant. Requires: (1) publication in the Federal Register of every such grant application upon receipt, with opportunity afforded for public comment; and (2) consultation by the Secretary with the Governor (or designee) of the State where the powerplant is located, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Conditions award of a grant upon assurances that the conversion of the powerplant involved will occur not later than December 31, 1985, or three years after grant approval. Prohibits payment of any grant funds to any State regulated utility unless the State regulatory authority has certified to the Secretary, and the Secretary is satisfied, that the base used for ratemaking purposes by such utility will be reduced by the amount of the grant. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to any electric utility which owns or operates any existing electric powerplant using coal as a primary energy source, for any reasonable amounts paid or incurred after enactment for the design and installation of equipment and facilities for reducing the sulfur atmospheric pollutants emitted by such powerplant. Requires the Secretary to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of any application for such a grant and authorizes approval if approval has been recommended by the Administrator. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of sulfur removal systems for which grants are made. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to any person for up to 20 percent of the reasonable costs paid or incurred for the design and installation of equipment and facilities for reducing the sulfur content of coal committed for use in any powerplant. Prohibits recovery after December 31, 1985, of any costs incurred by an electric utility for petroleum or natural gas used for certain powerplants by use of an automatic adjustment clause in its rate schedule, without express exemption by the Secretary. Title II: Additional Incentives for Reduction of Powerplant Use of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary to make a grant to any electric utility for reasonable costs incurred after enactment in carrying out an approved fuel displacement plan. Limits the amount of a utility's grant to its pro rata share of the total appropriation for such grants, determined according to the ratio of: (1) the utility's base period fuel usage to (2) the estimated base period fuel usage of all electric utilities. Keys the obligation of approved grant amounts to any utility to the fuel reduction target established in its fuel displacement plan, depending on the percentage by which such target meets or falls short of such utility's pro rata share of a national fuel reduction goal of 600,000 barrels per day of petroleum and natural gas. Makes available additional grant amounts for any excess of such pro rata share. Sets a maximum grant ceiling of $4.00 per barrel of petroleum or natural gas conserved under the utility's fuel displacement plan. Specifies application and reporting requirements. Sets a minimum grant funds pay-out schedule of five years. Provides for recapture by the United States of funds paid out to any utility failing to meet the fuel displacement target established in its fuel displacement plan. Sets the period beginning January 1, 1974, and ending December 31, 1978, as the base period for purposes of determining base period fuel usage. Specifies factors for appropriate adjustments to the base period fuel usage. Specifies general contents of any fuel displacement plan. Requires prior approval of any such plan by the appropriate State regulatory authority in the case of a State regulated electric utility before the Secretary may approve. States that such prior approval shall be deemed to satisfy any State or local requirement that construction or operation of a new powerplant is permissible only if such facility is demonstrated to be needed because of an increase in demand for power. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary, upon application by an owner or operator of an existing industrial manufacturing facility and after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to declare that such facility shall not be deemed a new facility for purposes of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 and the Clean Air Act by reason of any physical or operational change of such facility (not constituting construction) which results in a more efficient use of petroleum and natural gas as a primary energy source in such facility with no net increase in air pollution. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires every electric utility which consumed 250,000 barrels or more of petroleum or natural gas per year between January 1, 1974, and December 31, 1978, to prepare a study of its fuel usage containing a 15-year forecast of: (1) the estimated costs of continuing to use petroleum or natural gas as a primary energy source; 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, and implementing energy conservation programs to eliminate or reduce the use of petroleum and natural gas. Directs the Secretary to make a grant to any State agency which meets specified requirements of an Office of Consumer Services for the purpose of assisting consumers in making presentations directly related to the development and review of fuel displacement plans. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Specifies circumstances under which funds appropriated for the Economic Regulatory Administration of the Department of Energy may be used for program administration relating to this Act. Limits the making of grants under this Act to capital costs. Requires final action on grant applications within six months after filing. Requires any grant under this Act to be made on the condition that the activity or project funded will be in compliance with applicable environmental requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Establishes the Public Debt Retirement Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Appropriates to such Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the crude oil windfall profit tax and the oil import fees imposed by the President under Proclamation 4744 on April 2, 1980. Requires the transfer of such amounts at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. Limits the use of such Trust Fund amounts to the payment, purchase before maturity, or redemption of any obligations included in the public debt. Requires cancellation and retirement of all obligations so paid for, purchased, or redeemed. Repeals provisions of the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 which set up the Windfall Profit Tax Account in the Treasury and direct the allocation of amounts deposited therein.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week." Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to Congress on the conditions of U.S. public ports.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Mental Health Systems Act - Title I: Community Mental Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make preparation grants to public or nonprofit private entities recommended by the State mental health authority for projects to: (1) assess mental health service needs; (2) design programs; (3) obtain financial and professional assistance; and (4) encourage community involvement. Prohibits: (1) any grant from exceeding $75,000; (2) a mental health service area from receiving more than one such grant; and (3) any service area from receiving a grant if it has previously received a planning grant under the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Authorizes appropriations for each of fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers (CMHCs) for nonconstruction expenses. Limits eligibility to CMHCs that: (1) are State-operated; or (2) have been approved by the State mental health authority. Requires applications to be accompanied by assurances from such authority that the grant and all other funding sources the applicant CMHC may reasonably be expected to receive will cover the operating expenses for the year in which the grant is to be made. Limits grant eligibility to the first eight years of a CMHC's operation. Permits a rollover of unused funds to the next fiscal year. Provides that the amount of the grant shall be the lesser of: (1) the amount equal to the amount by which a CMHC's annual operating costs exceed its revenues; or (2) a decreasing annual percentage of operating costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1991 for CMHC continuation grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for services to the chronically mentally ill, including: (1) case management; (2) access to mental, medical, rehabilitation, and dental services; and (3) access to employment, housing, and other support services. Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to projects which supplement existing community services. Sets forth the following order of applicant priority for such projects: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities, CMHCs, and other public and nonprofit private entities for mental health and support services for severely mentally disturbed children and adolescents and members of their families. Sets forth the following order of applicant priority: (1) State mental health authorities; (2) CMHCs; and (3) public and nonprofit private entities in areas without CMHCs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982- 1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities to provide mental health services to unserved or underserved priority populations. States that applications for such grants shall only be approved if: (1) the State mental health authority has recommended approval; (2) the application contains assurances of increased services to such populations and of their opportunities to comment on the proposed project and on its later performance; and (3) the applicant will provide outpatient mental services and two of six other specified related services during the first three years that it receives a grant, and has a plan for the provision of all such services upon the expiration of such first three years. Prohibits: (1) more than two grants in any single mental health service area during the same fiscal year; (2) more than ten grants to any such area; and (3) more than five grants for service for the same group. Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts. Stipulates that the fourth and fifth grants may not exceed 60 percent and 30 percent, respectively, of the project's costs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to CMHCs for consultation and education services, followup services, and program administration. Limits eligibility to those CMHCs which have received community health center grants under this Act or under the Community Mental Health Centers Act, but are no longer eligible (because of limitations on number of grants or period of eligibility) for such assistance. States that as of fiscal year 1984, such eligibility shall be further limited to State-run or State-recommended CMHCs. Prohibits any single CMHC from receiving more than five grants. Directs the Secretary to determine grant amounts. Stipulates that any such grant may not exceed $1.00 per capita for the population of the mental health service area. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the provision of mental health services to: (1) public or nonprofit private ambulatory health care centers; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities which provide emergency and outpatient mental services and consultation and education services. Requires an application to include an affiliation agreement between a provider of ambulatory care services and a provider of mental health services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Indian Health Service, upon the request of any tribe or urban Indian organization, to apply to the Secretary for any grant under this title. Provides that such a grant: (1) shall be made on the same terms and conditions that apply to non-Federal entities; and (2) shall be made even though the project to be funded serves residents of two or more mental health service areas of a State. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for: (1) employment services and training for employees adversely affected by changes in mental health service delivery systems; and (2) innovative mental health projects. Authorizes up to five percent of the funds appropriated under this title for such projects. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such funds shall be used for training and employment projects. Title II: State Programs - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State mental health authorities for: (1) data collection and analysis; (2) planning and administration; (3) performance standards and evaluation; and (4) other appropriate mental health services improvement projects. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with State mental health authorities under which such authorities will: (1) disburse Federal funds under this Act; (2) review projects funded under this Act; and (3) perform other functions as agreed upon by the Secretary and State mental health authority. States that the Secretary, as determined by such agreements, shall make grants to such authorities to meet their costs in carrying out the agreements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Title III: Prevention - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention techniques and mental health promotion activities in the prevention of mental illness. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982-1984. Title IV: General Provisions - States that before any entity in a State may be eligible to receive funds under this Act such State must have in effect a mental health services plan which: (1) has been approved by the Secretary; (2) is consistent with the State health plan prepared in accordance with the Public Health Service Act; and (3) has been prepared by the requisite State agency and submitted to the Secretary through the Governor. Authorizes the Secretary, after giving notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State agency, to discontinue funds to any entity for noncompliance. States that a State mental health services plan shall consist of an administrative part and a services part. Requires the administrative part to provide for: (1) a State agency to administer the plan; (2) an advisory council to consult with such agency; (3) periodic reports to the Secretary and recordkeeping; (4) statistics collection; (5) periodic plan review and modification; and (6) personnel standards on a merit basis. Requires the services part to: (1) identify the State's mental health service areas; (2) identify the needs and the adequacy of resources to meet such needs; (3) describe the proposed allocation of resources; (4) describe proposals to coordinate State and local services; (5) describe the legal rights of mentally ill persons; and (6) provide for emphasis of outpatient mental health services, including protections for employees adversely affected by such programs. Prohibits a grant to be made under this Act unless such application is approved by the Secretary. Sets forth the contents of such an application, including: (1) a budget, which shows funding sources and allocation, activities to be conducted, and target populations; (2) a statement of objectives; (3) in the case of any project under which health services are to be provided, assurances that the applicant: (a) has prepared a schedule of fees and discounts and has made reasonable effort to secure payment and reimbursement for services; (b) will provide that all fees will be paid to the center and all services provided by health professionals will be performed only at the center; and (c) will require that all patients be under professional staff supervision and that a member of such staff will be available to provide emergency mental health care; (4) arrangements, when necessary, for serving populations with limited English-speaking ability; (5) assurances of reporting and recordkeeping accessibility; (6) assurances that funds under this Act will not supplant non-Federal funds; and (7) assurances that the project is consistent with the State mental health services plan. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate up to two percent of the total appropriations under this Act for any fiscal year for technical assistance to any grant recipient. Prohibits any single mental health service area from receiving more than ten grants under specified sections of this Act and the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe grantee performance standards; and (2) consider any prior performance under this Act by an applicant in determining whether or not to approve a new application. Provides that: (1) with the Secretary's approval, a grantee may use a portion of the grant for project evaluation; and (2) the Secretary may obligate in a fiscal year up to one percent of appropriations under this Act to monitor grantees. Defines "community mental health center" as a legal entity providing mental health service principally to individuals residing or employed in a mental health service area, regardless of such individuals' finances, past health condition, or any other factor. Sets forth services required to be provided by such CMHCs, including: (1) inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services; (2) assistance to courts and other public agencies in screening persons for inpatient mental health care; (3) where appropriate, treatment as an alternative to inpatient care; (4) education and counseling; (5) follow-up care for discharged patients; (6) specialized services for children and for the elderly; (7) transitional half-way house services; and (8) alcohol and drug abuse programs. Requires each CMHC to have: (1) a quality assurance program; (2) a medical records system; (3) a professional advisory board; and (4) an administrative unit responsible for providing education and consultation services (unless waived by the Secretary). Authorizes the indirect provision of services by a CMHC through satellite facilities or through arrangements with other entities or health professionals. Limits the Secretary's contract authority in any fiscal year to the extent or in such amounts as provided in advance by appropriation Acts. Title V: Minority Concerns - Establishes the position of Associate Director for Minority Concerns within the National Institute of Mental Health. Authorizes grant and contract programs in the areas of: (1) mental health services delivery to minorities; (2) mental health problems of minorities; and (3) increased minority representation in the mental health fields. Title VI: Rape Services Support Program - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for services to rape victims, including: (1) counseling and follow-up counseling; (2) assistance in securing mental health, legal, medical, and social services; and (3) rape prevention and victim assistance projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine grant amounts, but prohibits any such grant from exceeding 90 percent of the project's cost; (2) establish a grant review panel; and (3) coordinate such activities with other similar Federal programs. Prohibits disclosure of personally identifiable information by a grant or contract recipient except for the purpose for which such information was obtained or with the consent of the person supplying the information. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981-1984. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating in any fiscal year more than ten percent of appropriated funds for technical assistance to assist in application development. Title VII: Extension of Community Mental Health Centers Act - Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend through fiscal year 1981 grant authority for: (1) program planning; (2) initial operation costs; (3) consultation and education services; (4) financial distress; and (5) rape prevention. Increases the maximum number of financial distress grants to a CMHC from five to six. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an individual who has received a clinical traineeship in psychology, psychiatry, nursing, or social work that was not of a limited duration or experimental nature to serve in a State mental institution, a health manpower shortage area, or other area designated by the Secretary. States that: (1) such service shall be at the rate of one year for each year of traineeship; (2) failure to fulfill such service shall obligate the individual to repay three times the cost of the traineeship plus interest; and (3) such service may not be used to concurrently repay obligations owed under this Act and under the National Research Service Award and the National Health Service Corps Scholarships programs. Requires that commissioned medical and dental officers of the Public Health Service Corps receive special pay at the same rate as similar officers in the Armed Forces. States that there are shortages in the mental health care specialties.
United States · United States Congress · 29 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, 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 · 24 April 1980
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit total budget outlays for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1980 from exceeding the total budget outlays for the preceding fiscal year by a greater percentage than the percentage increase in the gross national product in the preceding calendar year. Reduces further the permissible total budget outlays by percentages based upon the inflation rate and Federal grants to State and local governments. Permits: (1) an increase in the permissible total budget outlays if both Houses of Congress agree by a three-fourths vote; and (2) emergency outlays to be authorized if the President has declared an emergency and both Houses agree by a two-thirds vote. Prohibits requiring State or local governments to perform additional functions without compensation for necessary costs incurred in connection with such functions. Requires such compensation to have been authorized and included as a part of the permissible total budget outlays. Requires concurrent resolutions on the budget to include the estimated amount of grants to State and local governments, in the aggregate and as a fraction of total budget outlays, and any changes. Sets forth restrictions on the consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget which violate these provisions. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the Budget to be prepared in compliance with this Act. Directs the President to take necessary action to assure continuing compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
Veterans' Administration Health-Care Personnel Act of 1980 - Title I: Physicians and Dentists Pay Comparability - Exempts physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health-care professionals employed by the Veterans' Administration (VA) Department of Medicine and Surgery from the Senior Executive Service. Sets forth increased special pay schedules for physicians, dentists, and nurses. Title II: Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program - Establishes the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program. Sets forth eligibility, contract, obligated service, and application provisions. Exempts such scholarship payments from taxation. Provides, with regard to Veterans' Administration physician's or dentist's primary and special incentive pay, that such scholarship recipients shall not be eligible for such pay during the first three years of obligated service, and thereafter shall only be eligible for half of such pay. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - Sets forth standards for: (1) a presumption of inability to defray the expenses of medical care provided by the Veterans' Administration; (2) the supervision of real property transactions by the Congressional Committees on Veterans' Affairs; (3) the number of beds per thousand veterans population required to provide adequate nursing home care in State home facilities. Extends the time for submission of reports on hospital care and medical services furnished in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in the Virgin Islands. Repeals the requirement that recipients of health-care personnel training grants must increase the number of individuals receiving training.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants. Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Provides that the Director of each institute (except the National Institute of General Medical Sciences) shall appoint an assistant director to coordinate and promote the prevention, education, and health information programs of the institute. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each national research institute. Sets forth general provisions applicable to the councils, including that each council shall: (1) consist of 18 voting members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; and (2) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, collect information in its field, advise the Director with respect to grant expenditures, and convene workshops and conferences. Applies special provisions to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Requires each Director to prepare an annual report including a five-year plan for the institute's activities and policies. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the 11 institutes through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth specific provisions relating to each of the national research institutes. States the general purpose of each institute. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Cancer to coordinate aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to cancer to assure their technical soundness and to provide for necessary exchanges of information. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the following bodies and programs through fiscal year 1983: (1) the National Arthritis Advisory Board, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board; (2) arthritis demonstration projects and data system; (3) multipurpose arthritis centers; and (4) diabetes research and training centers. Revises certain provisions relating to national research service awards. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such awards through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 1983, on the effect of such program on the number of physicians who enter the various medical specialties. Carries forward certain general provisions relating to the Institutes. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for grants for preventive health service programs for tuberculosis.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1980
Requires a rail carrier which has market dominance to prove that its proposed rates will not exceed a maximum sufficient to cover its costs and a reasonable return. Prohibits the Interstate Commerce Commission from allowing a rail carrier to impose subsidy burdens on certain shippers in order to achieve adequate overall revenue levels.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1980
Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth requirements for infant formulas. States that formulas which do not conform to such requirements shall be deemed to be adulterated. Permits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to revise such requirements and establish quality control procedures. Requires each manufacturer of an infant formula to notify the Secretary whether the formula as processed meets such requirements and of any changes in such formula or its processing. Requires a processor who has information that any infant formula leaving his or her control may be adulterated or misbranded to promptly notify the Secretary. Sets forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements respecting the distribution of such formula as may be necessary to effect and monitor recalls. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the scope and extent of such recalls. Exempts infant formulas represented and labelled for use by infants having unusual medical or dietary problems from the specified nutrient requirements of such Act. Permits the Secretary to establish terms and conditions for the exemption of other infant formulas from such requirements. Grants an inspector enforcing the provisions of this Act access to specified records of the manufacturer at all times. Makes the failure to submit required reports or to provide required notice prohibited acts under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to extend the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for the expenses of the Department of Justice in carrying out its functions under such Act. Directs the Attorney General to make available to the appropriate State agencies descriptive and analytic reports on the actual distribution patterns in such States of the controlled substance determined to have the highest rate of abuse. Amends the Psychotropic Substances Act of 1978 to establish criminal penalties for violations involving in excess of 1,000 pounds of marihuana. Increases the penalties for recidivists of such violations. Prohibits the suspension of sentence or the granting of probation upon conviction for such violations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1980
Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants. Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Provides that the Director of each institute (except the National Institute of General Medical Sciences) shall appoint an assistant director to coordinate and promote the prevention, education, and health information programs of the institute. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each national research institute. Sets forth general provisions applicable to the councils, including that each council shall: (1) consist of 18 voting members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; and (2) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, collect information in its field, advise the Director with respect to grant expenditures, and convene workshops and conferences. Applies special provisions to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Requires each Director to prepare an annual report including a five-year plan for the institute's activities and policies. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the 11 institutes through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth specific provisions relating to each of the national research institutes. States the general purpose of each institute. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Cancer to coordinate aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to cancer to assure their technical soundness and to provide for necessary exchange of information. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the following bodies and programs through fiscal year 1983: (1) the National Arthritis Advisory Board, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board; (2) arthritis demonstration projects and data system; (3) multipurpose arthritis centers; and (4) diabetes research and training centers. Revises certain provisions relating to national research service awards. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such awards through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 1983, on the effect of such program on the number of physicians who enter the various medical specialties. Carries forward certain general provisions relating to the Institutes. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for grants for preventive health service programs for tuberculosis.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. foreign policy should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength with specified principles and goals.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
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 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 a substantial portion of the impact or injury exists.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize appropriations for the administration of such Act for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Amends the Psychotropic Substances Act of 1978 to reinstitute criminal penalties for violations relating to the possession, use, distribution, sale, or reporting requirements for piperidine.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Denies veterans' benefits to any individual whose discharge from the Armed Forces is characterized as being for misconduct, unsuitability, marginal performance of duty, personal abuse of drugs other than alcohol, or for the good of the service and is under conditions indicating that such person has performed less than honest and faithful service.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Resource Conservation and Development Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a resource conservation and development program to assist States, local units of government, and local nonprofit organizations to operate and maintain a planning process for land conservation and utilization, natural resources development, and rural economic and environmental improvement. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance in developing area plans for designated rural areas; (2) cooperate in conducting surveys and inventories, disseminating information, and developing area plans; (3) assist in the carrying out of approved area plans by local public agencies and nonprofit organizations designated by States; and (4) enter into specified agreements. Sets forth terms and conditions of agreements which must be met if the Secretary is to provide any technical or financial assistance, including loans, to a State agency, local government, or local nonprofit organization in carrying out works of improvement specified in an approved area plan. Permits the identification of groups or problems for special consideration in area plans. Declares that the authority of the Secretary under this Act shall be supplemental and not in lieu of any authority of the Secretary under any other provision of law. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Agriculture a Resource Conservation and Development Policy Board to advise the Secretary regarding the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the program provided for in this Act and to report on such evaluation, with recommendations. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act, with specified annual limits on technical and financial assistance and on loans.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Budget Deficit Control Act - Declares it the policy of the Congress to balance the Federal budget annually. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine, during the first quarter of each fiscal year, whether anticipated Federal revenues will cover the level of budget outlays set forth in the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year. Requires the President, if the Secretary anticipates a deficit, to issue an order sequestering controllable expenditures to effect a pro rata reduction which would balance the budget. Renders such orders effective within 15 days, unless revised or abrogated by the Congress. Sets forth expedited procedures for congressional review of such orders. Authorizes the Congress, on its own motion or upon request of the President, to suspend the operation of an order which has taken effect.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Municipal Waste-to-Energy Act of 1980 - Title I: Research, Development and Demonstration - Requires the Director of the Office of Urban Waste Energy Management (established under this Act) to establish, conduct, and promote an accelerated research, development, and demonstration program for the recovery of energy from municipal wastes. Directs the Director to provide financial assistance in the form of grants, contracts, price supports, purchase guarantees, loan guarantees and cooperative agreements, or any combination thereof, to public or private entities to support the cost of planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining experimental and demonstration facilities and modifications of existing facilities for demonstration purposes, for the conversion of municipal wastes into energy, or for the recovery of materials. Requires that such program be designed to achieve its goals within ten years after enactment of this Act. Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to extend the financial support program to include public and private entity waste reprocessing demonstration facilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out this title. Title II: Commercialization - Requires the Director to establish a program of financial assistance for commercial-scale projects designed for the conversion of municipal wastes into energy or the recovery of materials, including, in decreasing order of priority, price and loan guarantees, loans, and grants. Stipulates that such assistance shall be made to supplement but not to compete with nor supplant any private capital investment under authority of any other Federal law. Directs the Director to establish internal procedures, standards, and criteria for the timely review of compliance with such requirement of each new award of assistance for a specific proposed municipal waste processing project. Limits such financial assistance to a maximum of 75 percent of the total capital cost of that project. Prohibits any project receiving such assistance from thereafter being eligible for such assistance. Requires that any specific tax credit directly associated with such projects be considered in determining the need for financial assistance awarded under this title. Limits the amount of loans entered into for such projects to a maximum of 49 percent of the total capital costs of the project, unless the Director determines that such limit would prevent the financial viability of the proposed project. Sets forth requirements concerning the Director's authority to enter into, or make, such loans, loan guarantees, price guarantees, and grants. Directs the Director to conduct economic analyses of municipal waste-to-energy conversion technologies in other countries for publication and dissemination. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out this title. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish an Office of Urban Waste Energy Management within the Department of Energy to perform the research, development, demonstration, and commercialization activities authorized under this Act. Directs the Director of such Office to prepare a program and management plan for such activities and to transmit such plan to specified congressional committees. Requires the Director to annually submit to the Congress a detailed description of such plan as in effect, with proposed modifications as necessary. Requires the Director to support science and engineering education programs to provide trained personnel to perform the activities required under this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Commerce, and other appropriate agency heads to cooperate with the Director in carrying out duties under this Act and to provide the Director with information in their possession which is necessary for such purposes. Requires the Director to assure the full and complete dissemination of information concerning any project or other activity conducted under this Act to Federal, State, and local authorities, relevant segments of the economy, the scientific community, and the public in order to promote the early, widespread, and practical use of municipal waste-to-energy technologies. Directs the Director, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce, to prepare and transmit to the Congress a report analyzing and assessing legal impediments and other barriers to the development and application of such technologies. Sets forth the components of such report. States that amounts received by the Director as repayment of loans made under this Act and other specified amounts shall be deposited in the Federal Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to limit the sum of all severance taxes or fees, for any fiscal year, levied upon or collected from any taxpayer by a State or any political subdivision thereof on coal destined for shipment in interstate commerce for use in any powerplant or major fuel- burning installation or on any improvements or other rights, property, or assets produced, owned, or used in connection with the production of such coal. States that such tax shall not exceed a total of 12 1/2 percent of the value of such coal produced during a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1980
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing Committee on Energy to investigate and report on: (1) national energy policy generally; (2) interstate and foreign commerce relating to energy resources; (3) measures relating to the exploration, development, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources; (4) measures relating to the conservation of energy resources; (5) regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry; (6) energy research, development, and demonstrations; (7) all federally owned or operated nonmilitary energy laboratories; (8) measures relating to energy information generally; (9) measures relating to the reliability, generation, interstate transmission, marketing of, and rate-making for, all power; (10) interstate energy compacts; (11) tariffs, quotas, and other fees or limitations on the importation of energy resources; and (12) measures relating to the management of the Department of Energy, and the management and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Specifies that such committee shall not have jurisdiction over the following: (1) military applications of nuclear energy; (2) nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware; and (3) any matter relating to irrigation or reclamation in connection with federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1980
Health Research Act of 1980 - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to establish as an agency of the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966), consisting of the following 11 categorical institutes: the National Cancer Institute; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; the National Institute on Aging; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Dental Research; the National Eye Institute; the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the authority to obtain the services of not more than 200 scientific or professional experts or consultants. Requires the Director to delegate certain functions to the Assistant Director of NIH. Directs the Secretary to appoint a National Institutes of Health Advisory Board to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Director of NIH; and (2) prepare an annual report on its activities. Requires the Director of NIH to submit to the President, Congress, and the Secretary an annual report, including a five-year plan for the activities and program policies of the Director and the unrevised annual reports of the Advisory Council and other advisory boards of NIH. Provides that the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the Secretary. Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary (acting through the Director of each national research institute) with respect to the aspect of human health for which the institutes were established. Authorizes activities and programs to be supported through grants and contracts approved by each Director. Provides that the Director of each institute (except the National Institute of General Medical Sciences) shall appoint an assistant director to coordinate and promote the prevention, education, and health information programs of the institute. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory council for each national research institute. Sets forth general provisions applicable to the councils, including that each council shall: (1) consist of 18 voting members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; and (2) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, collect information in its field, advise the Director with respect to grant expenditures, and convene workshops and conferences. Applies special provisions to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Requires each Director to prepare an annual report including a five-year plan for the institute's activities and policies. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the 11 institutes through fiscal year 1983. Sets forth specific provisions relating to each of the national research institutes. States the general purpose of each institute. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Cancer to coordinate aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to cancer to assure their technical soundness and to provide for necessary exchange of information. Extends the authorization of appropriations in specific amounts for each of the following bodies and programs through fiscal year 1983: (1) the National Arthritis Advisory Board, the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board; (2) arthritis demonstration projects and data system; (3) multipurpose arthritis centers; and (4) diabetes research and training centers. Revises certain provisions relating to national research service awards. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such awards through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress by January 1, 1982, on the effect of such program on the number of physicians who enter the various medical specialties. Carries forward certain general provisions relating to the Institutes. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for grants for preventive health service programs for tuberculosis.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1980
Sets forth venue provisions applicable to the National Environmental Policy Act or any Act of Congress relating to environmental quality, including Acts relating to nonstatutory Federal water rights, in which the impact or injury alleged is less than nationwide in scope, requiring such actions to be brought only in a judicial district in which a substantial portion of the impact or injury occurs. Requires appeals from any agency decision arising under such Acts to be appealed to the court of appeals for the judicial circuit in which a substantial portion of the impact or injury occurs.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1980
Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the requirement that State implementation plans for meeting the national primary ambient air quality standard provide for periodic inspection and testing of motor vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1980
Arthritis Research and Training Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the National Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Council separate subcommittees on arthritis, diabetes and related endocrine and metabolic diseases, digestive diseases, and kidney diseases. Directs these subcommittees to: (1) review applications made to the Director of the Institute for research projects relating to such diseases and make recommendations to the Advisory Council; and (2) review and evaluate programs directed at such diseases. Redesignates the Arthritis Coordinating Committee as the Arthritis Interagency Coordinating Committee. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to applications for arthritis demonstration project grants which include programs emphasizing methods of disseminating knowledge about other arthritis projects to professionals who treat patients with arthritis. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to support projects for the investigation into the epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of all forms of arthritis. Authorizes appropriations for such projects through fiscal year 1983. Extends the authorization of appropriations for other arthritis demonstration projects and the Arthritis Data System through fiscal year 1983 at current levels. Directs the Secretary to provide up to two training stipends in any fiscal year through each of the current multipurpose arthritis centers. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such centers through fiscal year 1983. Makes certain revisions in the membership of the National Arthritis Advisory Board. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Board through fiscal year 1983 at current levels.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the International Olympic Committee should allow Taiwan to participate in the 1980 winter Olympic games under its own name, flag, and national anthem.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1980
Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to deny access by all Soviet vessels to all U. S. ports, until Soviet troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1980
Establishes a Commission on More Effective Government to study and recommend ways of promoting economy, efficiency, and improved service within the Federal Government. Directs the Commission to recommend methods to improve the relationship between Federal, State, and local governments. Provides for the appointment of members of the Commission by the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President pro tempore of the Senate. Sets forth provisions governing the organization and compensation of the Commission and its staff. Empowers the Commission to establish advisory councils and committees as it deems appropriate without regard to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Sets forth the powers of the Commission enabling it to gather information free from subsequent review or comment by any Federal agency. Directs the Commission to submit its final report to the Congress ten days after the Ninety-eighth Congress convenes. Terminates the Commission 90 days after such date. Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1980
Urges the President to: (1) notify the Soviet Union that the United States will terminate the Agreement on Maritime Matters, unless Soviet troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan; and (2) refuse the Soviets permission to enter U.S. ports, until such troops are withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1980
Fusion Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish research, development, and demonstration programs involving magnetic fusion energy systems to: (1) construct and operate a fusion engineering test facility by 1986; (2) construct and operate a magnetic fusion demonstration facility before the end of this century; (3) maintain and expand the base programs for fusion energy research and the development and testing of appropriate alternative confinement technologies; (4) maintain a strong research and development program in advanced fusion fuels; and (5) ensure an uninterrupted source of scientific and engineering talent from institutions of higher learning to support such effort. Requires such programs to include a study of the potential of using fusion energy for the production of synthetic fuels and the electrification of ground transportation systems. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information promoting the practical uses of fusion energy.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1980
Urges the President to prohibit the exportation of fertilizer from the United States to the Soviet Union, until Soviet troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan.
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