United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1980
Designates the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health located in Montgomery County, Maryland, as the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Committee on Rules and Administration to place appropriate markers or inscriptions at suitable locations within such center to commemorate and designate such building.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants for public works and development facilities, (including health projects); (2) grants for public works and development facility loans; (3) the redevelopment area loan program; (4) technical assistance and economic development planning (including grants to States); (5) supplemental grants and loans; (6) financial assistance to economic development centers and redevelopment areas; (7) assistance to Indian tribes; (8) supplements to Federal grant-in-aid programs; (9) special economic development and adjustment assistance. Prohibits terminating or modifying a redevelopment area designation before September 30, 1981. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Appalachian development highway system through fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
National Hostel System Act of 1980 - Directs the National Hostel System Study Commission, established by this Act, to transmit to specified congressional committees, within two fiscal years following the effective date of this Act, a National Hostel System Plan which shall: (1) guide the development and implementation of a national hostel system; (2) encourage the development of hostels by State and local governmental agencies and private, nonprofit organizations; and (3) encourage the operation of hostels by private, nonprofit organizations. Requires the Commission to provide for full public participation during the development of such Plan. Requires the Commission, every six months after the effective date of this Act, and until the Plan is submitted to the specified congressional committees, to submit to such committees a brief and comprehensive written status report on the progress being made toward the completion of the Plan. Terminates the Commission one year after submission of the Plan. Directs the Commission to transmit the proposed Plan to the Secretary of the Interior for review and comment. Requires the Secretary, within 30 days after receipt of the Plan, to submit written comments and recommendations to the Commission. Provides for public review and comment on the Plan. Requires the Commission, within 30 days after the completion of such review procedures, to incorporate into the Plan such comments and recommendations as it deems appropriate and submit the Plan, along with the Secretary's and the public's comments and recommendations, to specified congressional committees. Establishes the National Hostel System Study Commission, whose purpose it shall be to prepare, and to submit to Congress, a National Hostel System Plan, and to perform such other functions as are set forth in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, units of local government, and private, nonprofit organizations to defray the costs of improvements in, or renovations of, structures and facilities for hostel purposes. Specifies that such grants may be made only for projects approved by the Commission, and limits such grants to amounts not to exceed $200,000. Sets forth the procedures for applying for such grants. Declares that, upon the request of the Secretary, any structure declared excess by any Federal agency shall be transferred to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Secretary to ensure that the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan for each State developed pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act address the potential and plans for the location and development of hostels. Allows the head of any Federal agency, upon the application of any agency or instrumentality of a State or local government or any private nonprofit organization, to lease any structures and land to such applicant, without charge, for hostel purposes if the Secretary has certified that the applicant meets the standards of the National Hostel System Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Employees Stock Ownership Improvements Act of 1980 - Amends the Revenue Act of 1978 and the Internal Revenue Code to establish, without expiration dates, a credit against the corporate income tax for contributions by an employer to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Sets the amount of such credit at a sum equal to the amount transferred to such a plan, not to exceed the taxpayer's income tax liability. Excludes certain taxes from the calculation of such liability. Provides for the carryover of any credit in excess of such liability. Denies such credit to certain regulated public utilities. Denies business expense, production of income expense, or contribution to deferred-payment plan deductions for amounts required to be transferred to a tax credit ESOP. Provides for an additional tax credit for contributions to certain ESOPs. Allows an income tax deduction to an employer for any dividend paid with respect to employer securities held by a tax credit ESOP, if the dividend is distributed to the employees participating in the plan. Deems contributions, bequests, or similar transfers of employer securities, under certain conditions, to a tax credit ESOP as a deductible charitable contribution. Allows an employer to take advantage of the investment tax credit even though he or she contributes employer securities to an ESOP with an aggregate value of less than one percent of the qualified investment. Allows an employer unlimited deductions for qualified matching employee contributions on behalf of its employees made to a tax credit ESOP. Excludes from the gross income of a tax credit ESOP participant any lump-sum distribution of employer securities (not to exceed $5,000) made from a qualified trust which is part of a tax credit ESOP. Prescribes the use of investing stock acquired by a tax credit ESOP. Allows an employer an income tax deduction for contributions to an ESOP which owns all, or substantially all, of the outstanding qualifying employer securities of such employer, and such contributions are applied to the repayment of principal and interest on a loan incurred by the plan for the purpose of acquiring such securities. Limits the deductible amount for principal contributions to a maximum 25 percent of the compensation otherwise paid or accrued to all employees under the plan for the taxable year. Makes no limit on the amount deductible for interest contributions. Exempts such an ESOP from the limitations otherwise imposed on annual additions to an employee stock ownership plan. Provides for nonrecognition of any long-term capital gain from the sale of small business stock to an ESOP, except to the extent that the taxpayer's sale price exceeds the cost of small business stock purchased by the taxpayer within 18 months after the date of such sale.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration adopt a Metropolitan Washington (D. C.) airports policy and establish a balance in the jet and passenger use of the three commercial airports of the Washington region.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Commission on Presidential Nominations Resolution - Establishes the Commission on Presidential Nominations to make an investigation regarding the presidential nominating process. Directs the Commission to report to the President and Congress respecting such investigation, including recommendations for the 1984 presidential elections. States that the Commission shall cease to exist 60 days after submitting such report. Sets forth the powers of such Commission, and related administrative provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from June 15, 1981, to January 1, 1986, the termination date for certain provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 relating to the allowance of a deduction for the amortization of certain rehabilitation expenditures for certified historic structures.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Amends the Department of Education Act to make the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education responsible for assuring that the unique interests of rural elementary and secondary schools are met in all programs administered by the Department of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1980
Amends the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 to move up the effective date of its provisions making coke ovens eligible for the energy investment tax credit from December 31, 1979, to September 30, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1980
Underground Coal Gasification and Unconventional Gas Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare a comprehensive research, development, and demonstration plan for underground coal gasification and unconventional natural gas production. Requires the Secretary to transmit such plan to Congress not later than June 30, 1981. Requires the Secretary to establish immediately research, development, and demonstration programs for underground coal gasification and unconventional natural gas production. Requires the Secretary to solicit proposals and evaluate new or improved technology which would contribute to such production. Directs the Secretary to solicit proposals for the design of underground coal gasification and enhanced gas recovery facilities for the demonstration programs established pursuant to this Act. States that the goals of such programs shall include the demonstration of: (1) a minimum production capacity of 15,000,000 standard cubic feet per day of synthetic natural gas from underground coal gasification by the year 1987; (2) significant gas production on a continuous basis to provide system performance and reliability data; (3) increased gas production from unconventional gas formations through the use of advanced fracturing technology; and (4) unconventional gas production from geopressure reservoirs through multi-long-term high-volume flow tests. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a viable design and cost estimate of the demonstration program facilities. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive commercialization plan which shall include: (1) the identification of efforts necessary to establish a sufficient industrial infrastructure to meet national underground coal gasification and unconventional natural gas production goals; and (2) an analysis of the government actions needed to minimize and eliminate legal and institutional barriers to and economic uncertainties of such plan. Directs the Secretary to transmit such plan to Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report of the activities undertaken pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1980
Fishery Conservation and Management Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to revise the criteria to be used by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce in determining the allocation among foreign nations of the total allowable level of foreign fishing. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program under which a United States observer shall, to the extent practicable, be stationed aboard each foreign fishing vessel which is within the fishery conservation zone and engaged in fishing or accepting United States harvested fish through transfer at sea. Requires such observers, while aboard foreign fishing vessels, to carry out such scientific and other functions as the Secretary deems necessary. Requires the Secretary to impose, with respect to each foreign fishing vessel for which a permit is issued under such Act, a surcharge in an amount sufficient to cover all the costs of providing a United States observer aboard that vessel. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the Foreign Fishing Observer Fund to be available to the Secretary as a revolving fund for the purpose of carrying out this Act. Requires all surcharges collected by the Secretary to be deposited into such fund. Requires the Secretary, in determining the level of the fees to be paid to the Secretary by the owner or operator of any foreign fishing vessel for which a permit is issued, to ensure that such fees, at a minimum, fully recover all the direct and indirect conservation and management, research, enforcement, and administrative costs resulting from foreign fishing in the fishery conservation zone. Includes the Northern Mariana Islands within the coverage of such Act. Includes the Northern Mariana Islands within the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. Increases to 13 the number of voting members on such Council of which eight shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to cause the vessel M/V Olwol, owned by the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and in the custody of the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be documented as a vessel of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe by regulation the manner in which perishable seized fish may be sold.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1980
Hydropower Development Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exclusion for interest on industrial development bonds financing publicly-owned hydroelectric generating facilities to interest on bonds which finance any such facility, whether or not publicly-owned.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Excludes from the boundaries of the Grand Teton National Park in the State of Wyoming those lands which comprise the area utilized by the town of Jackson, Wyoming, and the county of Teton, Wyoming, for the operation of a public airport facility.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Requires that Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales in the Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea in western Alaska occur only after a coastal zone management plan has been completed. Conditions such lease sales upon a good-faith effort by Alaska authorities to develop and approve a coastal zone management plan in a timely manner.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Amends the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program under which at least one United States observer will be stationed aboard each foreign fishing vessel while that vessel is within the fishery conservation zone and is: (1) engaging in fishing; (2) accepting United States harvested fish through transfer at sea; (3) cruising to and from a location at which any such fishing or transfer will transpire; or (4) taking highly migratory species if such taking may result in the incidental taking of species over which the United States exercises fishery management authority. Requires such observers, while aboard foreign fishing vessels, to carry out such scientific and other functions as the Secretary deems necessary. Requires the Secretary to impose, with respect to each foreign fishing vessel for which a permit is issued under such Act, a surcharge in an amount sufficient to cover all the costs of providing an observer aboard that vessel. Declares that the failure to pay any surcharge imposed shall be treated by the Secretary as a failure to pay the permit fee for such vessel. Requires the owner and operator of each fishing vessel to which an observer is assigned to reimburse the United States for the total costs of placing the observer aboard. Requires each such vessel to display an insignia that will indicate that such an observer is aboard. Requires the Secretary to provide such observers and observer assistants with necessary training. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to provide transportation for United States observers and observer assistants to and from foreign fishing vessels.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the enactment of a withholding tax on interest and dividend payments would be detrimental to the economic well-being of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Corrupt Horseracing Practices Act of 1980 - Prohibits the following conduct with respect to horseracing: (1) the entering of a horse in a race by its owner or trainer who knows or should know that the horse is drugged or numbed; (2) the drugging or numbing of a horse with reason to believe that it will compete in a race; and (3) the willful failure by the operator of a horseracing facility to disqualify or prohibit a horse from racing if such individual has been notified in accordance with this Act that such horse is drugged or numbed, was not available for testing, or has been suspended from racing. Sets forth the penalties for such acts, and provides increased penalties for second offenses, use of a dangerous weapon in committing such offenses, and the interference with duties or the falsification of records required by this Act. Provides for the disqualification of offenders from horseracing activities and the suspension of a drugged or numbed horse from racing, in accordance with specified procedures. Grants the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration certain investigatory and other powers with respect to such offenses. Requires operators of horseracing facilities to comply with recordkeeping requirements established by the Administrator and to furnish testing space and facilities. Directs the Administrator to: (1) exempt from this Act any State which has enacted a comparable program; and (2) submit biennial reports to Congress on matters covered by this Act. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 to carry out this Act. Permits the Administrator thereafter to assess fees upon operators of horseracing facilities to meet the costs of this Act. Amends the Federal criminal code to include the offenses of this Act in the existing prohibition against interstate and foreign commerce in aid of racketeering enterprises.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1980
Expresses the gratitude and commendation of the Senate to the military personnel who participated in the rescue attempt of the American hostages in Iran. Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families of those who sacrificed their lives in such attempt.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1980
Local Hire Preference Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States that in any area of substantial unemployment an employer engaged in a federally assisted activity shall give preference in hiring to residents of such area. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe by regulation the conditions for residence for individuals within the area of substantial unemployment in which the federally assisted activity is undertaken. Provides that preference need not be given: (1) to the extent that qualified individuals regularly residing in the area or State are not available for such work; (2) for reasonable needs to employ supervisory or specially experienced personnel to assure efficient execution; or (3) if there is an obligation to hire other individuals as a result of a lawful collective bargaining agreement (in which case, up to 20 percent of the total number of employees may be nonresidents). Requires that each executive agency include, in any contract, subcontract, agreement, or other arrangement with an employer conducting a federally assisted activity which is likely to involve the hiring of employees, provisions designed to insure that the employer will: (1) place notification of the jobs available under such activity with the State employment service and with the appropriate prime sponsor under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), together with specified information; and (2) give full consideration to all qualified applicants for jobs referred by the State employment agency or an appropriate prime sponsor. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations and procedures for notification by the State employment agency and the appropriate prime sponsor that qualified individuals seeking employment are not available in the area of substantial unemployment. Requires that each executive agency report annually to the Secretary and the Secretary report annually to the Congress on the carrying out of the policy set forth in this Act. Directs the Secretary to carry out the functions of this Act through an agency established in the Department of Labor. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in periods of national emergency or under very unusual circumstances. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1980
Refers to the Chief Commissioner of the Court of Claims a bill for the relief of certain individuals. Directs the Commissioner to report to the Senate on the nature of the claim against the United States and the amount, if any, due such individuals from the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest on industrial development bonds the proceeds of which are to be used to provide for the construction, reconstruction, erection, or acquisition of a beverage container facility used in connection with a law prohibiting or discouraging the sale of beverages in nonreturnable containers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Congratulates the members of the 1980 U.S. Winter Olympic team, its coaches and officials for a job well done. Recognizes the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee and the people of the Lake Placid area for their successful efforts in organizing and producing the XIII Winter Olympic Games.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to general stock ownership corporations, to: (1) allow the transfer of a share of stock in such a corporation to the estate of a deceased shareholder; (2) declare the penalty tax for failure to make minimum annual distributions a deductible ordinary and necessary expense of such a corporation; and (3) make technical amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1980
Expresses the gratitude of the Senate for the forceful action of Colonel Ishmail Kahn and Mr. Bill Hamidullah in repelling the attackers of the International School of Islamabad in Pakistan.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the zero bracket amount for heads of households from $2,300 to $3,400 (the same level as that for married individuals filing a joint return).
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for the services of a clinical social worker.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Expresses the Senate's support for efforts to win the freedom of the hostages in Iran. Calls upon all nations to join in cooperative efforts to restrict relations with Iran. Declares that: (1) any trial or public exploitation of the hostages would be viewed as added provocation; and (2) the American people will not be diverted from their determination that the hostages be freed.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1979
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1979 - Title I: Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act - Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to cancel on December 18, 1991, all stock previously issued and to issue shares of appropriate class stock to each stockholder. Makes further provisions for permissible restrictions on stockholders; amendments to the articles of incorporation; and stock alienation, annual audits, and transfer of stock ownership. Allows the Secretary of the Interior, upon the request of a Village Corporation, to waive the requirement of such Act which requires that a Corporation select land in whole sections (and that natural features are to be used as boundaries) where such waiver is justified and appears to be beneficial. Provides for reconveyances of less than 1,280 acres by a Village Corporation to a Municipal Corporation or the State in trust. Makes provisions for the conveyance of real property by a Village Corporation to shareholders of such Corporation to provide homesites. Stipulates that the basis of any land or mineral or timber interest received pursuant to this Act shall not be less than the fair value of such interest at the time of the first commercial development. States that fire protection of Native land provided by the Department of the Interior shall cover "wildland" (formerly "forest"). Includes provisions for: (1) the issuance of an "interim conveyance" to the party entitled to lands to be conveyed to a Native, Native corporation, or Native group pursuant to this Act, if such lands have not been surveyed; (2)the selection of additional land by a Village Corporation where the lands selected and conveyed are insufficient to fulfill the Corporation's entitlement; (3) the selection of additional land by Regional Corporations where the public lands consist only of the mineral estate; and (4) the conveyance of surface title of existing cemetery and historical places to appropriate Regional Corporations. Disentitles any Regional Corporation, which asserts a claim with the Secretary, to certain subsurface estates of lands selected under such Act which are in a Wildlife Refuge. Authorizes such corporation to select from any in lieu surface or subsurface estate. Requires that any such claim must be asserted within 180 days after enactment. Declares that all funds received from certain uses of lands withdrawn for selection by a Corporation shall be deposited in an escrow account until lands selected have been conveyed to the receiving corporation and that such proceeds shall be paid, together with interest accrued, to the appropriate Corporation or individual upon such conveyance. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the extension of the moratorium on State taxation of undeveloped and unimproved lands. Specifies that no land conveyed to a Native Corporation pursuant to this Act which is within a contingency area designated in a timber sale contract let by the United States shall be subject to such contract or to entry or timbering by the contractor, until such Native Corporation: (1) has received conveyances to all of the land to which it is entitled; and (2) agrees to such timbering. Title II: Other Related Provisions - Directs the Secretary to pay by grant to certified Native Group Corporations an amount not more than $100,000 or less than $50,000 for planning, development, or other authorized purposes. Requires that payments under such Act shall be deposited into the Alaska Native Fund on the first day of the fiscal year for which the monies are appropriated and shall be distributed at the end of the first quarter of the fiscal year. Allows the State or a Native Corporation to: (1) relinquish its rights in a valid selection of land which is partly within the boundary of a conservation system unit; and (2) select an equal acreage of other lands which are available for such purpose. Directs the townsite trustee to convey all lands located in patented townsites or which are the subject of an application for patent on the date of enactment. Provides for the conveyance of unoccupied townsite lands. Requires the Secretary to act on any pending townsite entry and to issue patent, if appropriate, to the townsite trustee. Directs the Secretary to negotiate with specified Native Corporations for boundaries and prices of certain areas of the Pribilof Islands group to be included in the Pribilof National Wildlife Refuge. Lists specified lands of: (1) the Nana/Cook Inlet Regional Corporation, the Ahtna Regional Corporation, and the Bering Straits Regional Corporation to be withdrawn for selection; and (2) the Doyon Regional Corporation to be exchanged for lands relinquished. Requires that the Hodzana River area be managed as a study area by the Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with Doyon, Limited. Requires that the United States convey to the State of Alaska all right, title, and interest of the United States in specified lands. Lists lands, previously selected by Doyon, Limited, which such corporation may identify in partial satisfaction of its entitlement under such Act. Provides for the settlement of certain claims and litigation: (1) to consolidate the ownership of specified lands among the United States, the State of Alaska, the Municipality of Anchorage, Eklutna, Incorporated, and Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated; and (2) to implement such Act under the unique circumstances of the Native Village of Eklutna. Directs the Secretary to convey: (1) the surface and subsurface estates of specified lands on Afognak Island to Koniag, Incorporated and affiliated corporations; and (2) public lands selected by the Chugach Regional Corporation from certain lands within the Chugach National Forest. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Alaska Advisory Coordinating Council, in conjunction with Chugach Natives, Incorporated, and the State of Alaska, if the State chooses to participate, to study the land ownership and use patterns in the Chugach region. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) accept from the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation a relinquishment of all right, title, and interest of such Corporation in specified Alaskan lands; and (2) convey to such Corporation specified lands in exchange. Directs the Secretary to make specified conveyances of land pursuant to the Cook Inlet Village Settlement. Withdraws specified lands for selection pursuant to the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Allows the Bristol Bay Native Corporation to select, within 180 days, lands withdrawn pursuant to this section. Directs the Secretary to convey to the Bristol Bay Native Corporation the surface and subsurface estate of the acreage selected. Directs the Secretary to convey to Shee Atika, Inc. and the SEAlaska Corporation lands comprising Charcoal and Alice Islands. Requires Shee Atika, Inc. to relinquish land of equal acreage selected by or conveyed to it. Authorizes the Cook Inlet Region, Inc. to bid for surplus property in accordance with existing General Services Administration regulations. Sets forth procedures for such bidding on surplus property. Validates the roll prepared by the Secretary confirming the status of the Native members of Tanalian Incorporated as shareholders at large within the Bristol Bay Native Corporation. Entitles Tanalian, Inc., if certified as a group, to make certain land selections. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange lands or interests in land, for the purpose of acquiring all or part of any Admiralty Island land entitlement, or any interest therein, of Kootznoowoo, Incorporated, or SEAlaska, Incorporated. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to convey to Goldbelt, Incorporated, and to SEAlaska, Incorporated, the lands and interest in lands covered by the Exchange Agreement between such Corporations and the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. Ratifies the terms of such Agreement as a matter of Federal law. Authorizes appropriations for payment of land selection costs incurred by such Native corporations. Title III: Implementation of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act - Conveys to a Village Corporation found eligible by the Secretary of the Interior, the surface estate to public land in its "core" township or townships (towns or townships in which the Native Villages are located). Stipulates that where two or more corporations have claim to the same township, the conveyance is delayed until an arbitration decision or other binding agreement between or among the Corporations is filed with and published by the Secretary. Conveys to a Village Corporation for a Native Village found eligible by the Secretary, the surface estate to certain lands in the "core" township. Conveys the surface and subsurface estate in the former Indian Reserve to certain Village Corporations. Excludes the Village Corporation for the Native Village of Klukwan from such conveyances. Conveys the subsurface estate in "core" townships to Regional Corporations to the extent they would otherwise have obtained such subsurface estate pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Stipulates that the provisions relating to such conveyances shall be applicable only to Native Corporations which elect to receive conveyances within 180 days of enactment or the date of its eligibility determination. Permits Native Corporations to utilize an expedited conveyance procedure, and sets forth such procedure. Requires Native Corporations choosing to utilize such procedure to file with the Secretary lists of their conveyance priorities. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning: (1) easements on core township lands, other lands, and acquisition of future easements; (2) status of certain lease offers; and (3) Alaska Native allotments. Establishes the Alaska Land Bank Program to facilitate the coordinated management and protection of Federal, State, and Native and other private lands. Authorizes certain private landowners to enter into agreements with the Secretary for ten years, with five year renewal periods, concerning the management of the affected lands. Sets forth required terms of such agreements, as well as benefits to private landowners. Provides, as to Native Corporations and other persons or groups that have received or will receive lands or interests therein pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Title, immunity from adverse possession, Federal and State taxation, and judgment in any action at law or equity to recover sums owed or penalties incurred by any Native Corporation, or any officer, director, or stockholder of any such Corporation. Stipulates that such benefits shall not apply to any lands which on the date of enactment of this Act are the subject of a mortgage, pledge, or other encumbrances. Declares that when the United States conveys to any Native Corporation, pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or this Act, any land or an interest in land which abuts or surrounds either a lake having a surface area of 160 acres or more, or a stream three chains wide or more, and which the Secretary has administratively determined to be nonnavigable, the United States shall convey and relinquish all claims to such right, title, and interest as it may then have to the submerged land under such body of water to the median line or midpoint. Provides for judicial review of decisions of the Secretary under this title or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act if: (1) such action is initiated before a court of competent jurisdiction within two years of the day the Secretary's decision becomes final, or the date of enactment of this Act (whichever is later); and (2) the party seeking such review has exhausted any administrative appeal rights.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1979
Public Buildings Act of 1979 - Title I: General Authorities - Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA), acting through the Public Buildings Service, to acquire, design, construct, lease, manage, maintain, repair, renovate, and assign space in public buildings. Establishes in GSA a Public Buildings Service to be headed by a Superintendent of Public Buildings. Creates the position of Supervising Architect to supervise all design activities of the Public Buildings Service. Permits the Administrator to delegate any of the aforementioned authorities after first explaining the scope and reasons for such delegation to specified congressional committees. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to annually report to Congress concerning activities undertaken to meet the public buildings needs of Federal agencies. Specifies lists to be included in such report. Repeals the Public Buildings Act of 1959. Title II: Locations for Federal Agency Offices - Sets forth requirements for the location of Federal agency offices. Requires the headquarters offices of each Federal agency to be located in the Washington, D.C. area. Requires other Federal agency offices, designated as being located outside of Washington, D.C., to be evenly distributed throughout the country. Permits agency heads to appeal locations assigned by the Administrator. Title III: Design and Management of Public Buildings - Sets forth requirements for the design and maintenance of public buildings, including quality of architecture, longevity, conformity with existing buildings, furnishings, and parking facilities. Directs the Administrator to establish design and construction standards to make buildings fully accessible to handicapped persons. Requires the annual plan to Congress to include a schedule for making all existing public buildings fully accessible to handicapped persons. Title IV: Mixed Use and Adaptive Use in Public Buildings - Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 to direct the Administrator to design, construct, and lease out space for commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational activities. Sets forth conditions for space so leased. Repeals provisions requiring the Administrator to: (1) identify existing buildings of historic, architectural, or cultural significance suitable for meeting Federal public buildings needs; and (2) notify Congress of the use or nonuse of such buildings. Title V: Exhibitions and Works of Art - Federal Building Enhancement Act of 1979 - Directs the General Services Administrator to: (1) acquire works of art by living American artists to be exhibited in Federal buildings; (2) develop exhibitions for Federal buildings which reflect the heritage or development of the United States; and (3) commission works of art by American artists for Federal buildings. Sets forth standards such works of art and exhibitions shall meet. Authorizes the Administrator to use one-half of one percent of the sums available for the construction, repair, and acquisition of public buildings for such purposes. Title VI: Architectural Services - Directs the Superintendent of Public Buildings to employ architects, designers, and urban planners to prepare, under the supervision of the Supervising Architect, plans for at least 25 percent of the dollar value of public building projects each year. Requires those architectural designs not prepared in accordance with the above to be procured in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and a method to select the best qualified architectural firm. Directs the Administrator to provide competing firms the evaluation criteria and the reasons for the selection made. Title VII: Leasing - Permits the Administrator to lease space only in limited circumstances. Specifies that within the next ten years at least 80 percent of Federal employees shall have their principal offices in public buildings, with such percentage being maintained uniformly throughout the country. Prohibits leasing space for specified Federal functions. Exempts buildings leased pursuant to this Act from provisions requiring money consideration and limiting the amount of rent. Prohibits rental rates from exceeding 105 percent of average commercial rates for space of nearest comparable quality. Requires the Administrator to publicly solicit competitive bids to procure space by lease for the Government. Directs the Administrator to provide a copy of the lease agreement to the highest ranking official of each Federal agency in leased buildings. Sets forth information to be submitted to Congress concerning leased buildings and space. Title VIII: Congressional Authorization - Directs the Administrator to submit annually to Congress a program of necessary projects and actions for the coming fiscal year. Prohibits the obligation of any appropriation for a public building without congressional authorization. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) carry out public building construction, renovation, and acquisition projects; (2) execute leases; and (3) issue obligations to the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes and for alterations, maintenance, planning and designs, and administration of the Public Buildings Service. Authorizes the Administrator to increase expenditures or decrease the amount of space to be constructed, up to specified limits, if the project costs exceed the estimated maximum cost authorized. Requires approval by specified committees for any other action. Title IX: Public Building Financing - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require rates and charges for public buildings and buildings leased in behalf of the United States to be established annually at a level equal to the costs of providing space and services, but no more than commercial rates and charges. Requires all proceeds from the disposal of real property, parking fees, and dressing room fees to be deposited into the fund for real property management established in the Treasury. Authorizes the Administrator to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury in order to finance the acquisition, construction, or renovation of any public building. Provides for payment of principal and interest on such obligations from the fund for real property management.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt labor unions and their tax-exempt trusts established for the sole and exclusive benefit of their members from the excise tax on air transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1979
Declares that certain named individuals shall be deemed to have timely filed their applications for enrollment under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated, to erect a memorial on public grounds in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia in honor and recognition of the men and women of the armed forces who served in the Vietnam war.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all countries and all people be urged to respond generously to Cambodian relief efforts; (2) Cambodian authorities be encouraged to allow the use of all possible avenues for delivering food and medical supplies; and (3) the United States and the United Nations should express their expectation that the great power supporters of the factions in Cambodia share in international responsibility for averting famine.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1979
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) no action should be taken to withdraw the one-dollar bill from circulation without congressional approval; (2) no action shall be taken to artificially stimulate the demand for the one-dollar coin; and (3) public demand shall dictate the quantity of United States coins produced.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Amends the Act incorporating the American Legion to change the dates of military or naval service applicable to membership eligibility in such organization.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1979
Inland Energy Impact Assistance Act of 1979 - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to authorize State Governors or governing bodies of Indian tribes to designate energy impact areas in accordance with specified conditions concerning increases in employment and use of public facilities and services. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to such States and tribes for the purpose of developing plans for mitigating adverse economic impact resulting from energy development activities. Requires State Governors and Indian tribal governing bodies receiving such grants to designate local planning units to prepare for each energy impact area an energy impact mitigation plan, and authorizes the making of subgrants to such local planning units to assist in the cost of preparing mitigation plans. Requires State Governors and Indian tribal governing bodies to submit and revise annually a comprehensive investment strategy describing the intended use of all such financial assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire real property for housing or public facilities determined to be necessary for an energy impact area according to the investment strategy as approved by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and Indian tribes for the funding of public facilities and services identified in such investment strategy. Sets forth suggestions as to the distribution of such funds. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, loans, loan guarantees, and payments of interest on loans to States, Indian tribes, and local governments to fund preliminary mitigation plans designed to identify and address the need for expedited assistance in the event energy development poses a serious threat to the public health and safety within a designated energy impact area, and such needs cannot be met in a sufficiently timely manner by other Federal programs. Establishes in the United States Treasury an Energy Impact Insurance Fund to provide funds for the loans and loan guarantees made under this Act. Limits the assistance provided under this Act to a total period of five years following the receipt of the first funds for facilities and services. Prohibits the appropriation of funds in support of any program for which Federal financial assistance is available to eligible applicants under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 or the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold financial assistance from a recipient for failure to comply with this Act or regulations issued thereunder. Directs the Secretary to designate within the Farmers Home Administration an organizational unit to administer the program established by this Act and to provide information to State and local officials and Indian tribes about Federal assistance from other Federal programs designed to prevent or mitigate energy resource development impacts. Directs the President to establish an interagency council to coordinate all Federal programs providing assistance to meet needs resulting from major energy developments. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 through 1985 to carry out this Act. Directs Federal agencies responsible for health and safety of persons working in any federally-regulated coal, uranium, metal, or nonmetallic mine to use their authorities fully to protect existing and future housing, property, persons, and public facilities located near such facilities, whether active or abandoned, from hazards posed by activities at such facilities. Prohibits the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Energy from being transferred to any other Secretary or Federal agency without express legislation.
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