United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1981
Expresses the jubilation and relief of the Senate at the release of the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran. Expresses appreciation for the efforts of various Government officials to secure the release of the hostages. Recognizes the patriotism of the military personnel who tried to rescue them. Thanks Algeria for its help in securing the hostages' release.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1981
Title I: Export Trading Companies - Export Trading Company Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promote export trading companies by providing information and by facilitating contacts between producers of exportable goods and export trading companies. Authorizes any banking organization to invest specified amounts in export trading companies upon notifying, but without obtaining the prior approval of, the appropriate Federal banking agency, if such investment does not cause an export trading company to become a subsidiary of such organization. Allows greater investment by Edge Act Corporations not engaged in banking. Permits any banking organization to invest beyond such limitations with prior approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency. Requires prior notification of such agencies in specified circumstances. Sets forth further limitations on export trading companies and investments by banking organizations. Specifies factors to be taken into consideration by the banking agencies. Permits such agencies to impose conditions in approving applications to invest in export trading companies. Requires such agencies to report to the appropriate Congressional committees with their recommendations concerning implementation of this Act, related changes in U.S. law, and effects of ownership of U.S. banks by foreign banking organizations. Provides for judicial review of denial orders in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Sets forth the grounds for disapproval. Provides for remand for further consideration by the banking agency. Directs the Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration to give special weight to export-related benefits when considering applications for loans and guarantees by export trading companies. Authorizes up to $20,000,000 to be appropriated for initial investments and operating expenses for each of fiscal years 1981-1985. Directs the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide loan guarantees for expansion to export trading companies or exporters to be secured by accounts receivable or inventories when adequate financing is not otherwise available. Directs the Board of Directors to try to insure that a major share of such guarantees promotes exports from small, medium-size, and minority businesses or agricultural concerns. Title II: Export Trade Associations - Export Trade Association Act of 1981- Amends the Webb-Pomerene Act to exempt the export trade, export trade activities, and methods of operation of certified export trade associations and export trading companies from the antitrust laws. Delays the effectiveness of any certificate upon the notification of the Secretary of Commerce by the Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of disagreement with the decision to issue a certificate. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by any association, company, or export trading company seeking certification under this Act and by the Secretary in issuing such certificates. Permits automatic certification for existing associations. Provides for appeal of the Secretary's denial of certification. Authorizes the Attorney General or the FTC to bring an action to invalidate a certification. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the FTC, to publish certification guidelines. Requires certified associations and export trading companies to submit annual reports to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Commerce an Office of Export Trade. Requires such Office to report annually to the appropriate Congressional committees on all East-West trade transactions requiring validated licenses and on the role of U.S. export trading companies in such trade. Grants a temporary exemption from the Sherman Act antitrust provisions for existing associations. Requires, with specified exceptions, that all applications for certification be kept confidential. Authorizes the Secretary to require an association or trading company to modify its operation to be consistent with international obligations of the United States. Directs the President to appoint, with the Senate's advice and consent, a task force, seven years after enactment, to examine the effect of this Act and to make recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal the prohibitions against voting qualifications, prerequisites, tests, or devices which abridge the right of a citizen to vote who is a member of a language minority. Repeals bilingual election requirements that States and other political subdivisions make available registration, voting materials, and voting assistance in languages other than English in areas where more than five percent of the citizens belong to a single language minority.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Steel Industry Compliance Extension Act of 1981 - Amends the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to extend the date for compliance with emission limitation requirements by owners or operators of a stationary source in an iron- and steel-producing operation if: (1) the compliance date extension is necessary to allow the applicant to make capital investments in its operations to improve efficiency and productivity; (2) the funds freed by such extension will be used within two years for additional capital investments in the applicant's operations; (3) the Administrator and the applicant agree to a phased compliance program for each of the applicant's stationary sources; (4) the applicant has sufficient funds to comply with such program; (5) the applicant is in compliance with any existing Federal decrees applicable to its operations; and (6) the compliance date extension will not result in the degradation of air quality during the extension term. Prohibits the imposition of a noncompliance penalty under the Clean Air Act upon an owner or operator with a compliance date extension provided their stationary source remains in compliance with all the requirements of such extension. Makes available to the public all information obtained by the Administrator under this Act, subject to a specified exception. States that revision of a State implementation plan is not required because a compliance date extension has been granted if such plan would have met Clean Air Act requirements prior to the granting of such extension.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Establishes the Sunday after the first Monday in November in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988 as the day for election of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress. Requires electors of the President and Vice President for 1984 and 1988 to be appointed on the Sunday after the first Monday in November. Specifies the hours during which polling places shall be opened for such Presidential elections. Requires the Federal Election Commission to report to Congress and the President on such amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Amends Federal law to provide for a 12-hour voting period and a uniform closing of polling places (nine post meridiam eastern standard time) in Presidential and Vice Presidential elections. Permits certain States to open their polls for several hours during the day preceding election day. Prohibits the release of ballot counts in such elections until all polling places are closed.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for whoever makes public any information regarding the number of votes cast in a presidential election prior to the closing of all polling places, including those in Alaska and Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Amends Federal law to provide for a 12-hour voting period and a uniform closing of polling places (eight post meridiam eastern standard time) in Presidential and Vice Presidential elections. Permits States not on eastern time to open their polls for several hours during the day preceding election day. Prohibits the release of ballot counts in such elections until all polling places are closed.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
American Sovereignty Protection Act - Amends the Alien Enemies Acts to include within the definition of predatory act against the United States: (1) the seizure of a diplomatic mission; or (2) the seizure of such premises together with the taking of diplomatic hostages.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
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 · 5 January 1981
GI Education Assistance Act of 1981 - Title I: New GI Education Program - Establishes an educational assistance program for veterans who entered the armed forces after December 31, 1980, served on active duty for two or more years, and were honorably discharged or discharged for hardship or a service-connected disability. Entitles eligible veterans to 27 months of assistance for the first two years of active service and one month of assistance for each additional month of service. Makes such veterans eligible for educational loans. Establishes a delimiting period of ten years after discharge or release from active duty for completing a program of education unless such period is interrupted by a physical or mental disability which prevents completion. Excludes periods of capture from the delimiting period. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay each eligible, participating veteran the cost of tuition and a monthly subsistence allowance. Establishes an educational benefits program for persons serving on active duty who have completed six years of active duty. Requires such persons to participate for at least 12 consecutive months except as specified. Requires participants to agree to a monthly deduction from such person's military pay as a contribution to such program. Provides for a refund of such contributions upon disenrollment, discharge, release, or death. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contribute to the fund of any participant any amount necessary to encourage persons to remain in the armed forces. Entitles each participant to 36 monthly benefit payments. Sets forth the formula for computing the amount of such payments. Permits eligible veterans to transfer any educational benefits to such veterans' spouse or children. Establishes a delimiting period of ten years after discharge or release for educational assistance benefits. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary to report to the appropriate committees of Congress on their respective plans for implementing the educational assistance benefits program. Prohibits participation in both the career service person's education assistance program and other specified educational assistance after a specified time. Title II: Educational Leave of Absences for Members of the Armed Forces - Permits the Secretary to grant any eligible member a leave of absence from such member's military duties to permit such member to pursue a program of education for up to 12 months. Sets forth the impact of such leave of absence upon the payment of basic pay, determining eligibility for retirement pay, and upon time in grade for promotion purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Tax Equalization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require annual cost of living adjustments to personal income tax brackets and the personal exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
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 · 5 January 1981
Directs the Secretary of Labor to require contractors or subcontractors hired to construct or repair public and federally-funded facilities to submit a statement on the total payment of wages for the beginning and end of a contract period (rather than the presently required weekly statements).
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow married couples, who do not file a single joint tax return with their spouses, to elect the same tax rates currently applicable to unmarried individuals (other than surviving spouses and heads of households), without regard to any community property laws. Entitles any married individual making such an election to claim the income tax credit for dependent care services, even though such individual did not contribute over half of the support of the dependent concerned.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1980
Nullifies the regulations entitled "Protection of Human Subjects: Prisoners Used as Subjects of Research", promulgated by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (21 Code of Federal Regulations part 50).
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1980
Amends Federal law to provide for a 12-hour voting period and a uniform closing of polling places (nine post meridien eastern standard time) in Presidential and Vice- Presidential electionss. Permits certain States (Alaska and Hawaii) to open their polls for several hours during the day preceding election day. Prohibits the release of ballot counts in such elections until all polling places are closed.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1980
Amends Federal law to provide for a 12-hour voting period and a uniform closing of polling places (nine post meridiem eastern standard time) in Presidential and Vice- Presidential elections. Permits certain States (Alaska and Hawaii) to open their polls for several hours during the day preceding election day. Prohibits the release of ballot counts in such elections until all polling places are closed.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1980
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the release of ballot counts in Presidential elections until all polling places are closed. Subjects a violator to a fine or imprisonment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1980
Establishes the Sunday after the first Monday in November in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988 as the day for election of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress. Requires electors of the President and Vice President for 1984 and 1988 to be appointed on the Sunday after the first Monday in November. Specifies the hours during which polling places shall be opened for such presidential elections. Requires the Federal Election Commission to report to Congress and the President on the amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 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 · 14 November 1980
Directs the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to review the application of Herman Miller for consideration of being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Requires the Board to apply the standards for such award as were in effect on April 16, 1900.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1980
Debt Collection Act of 1980 - Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to permit a Federal agency to disclose records pertaining to an individual to a consumer reporting agency. Provides that a consumer reporting agency to which a record is disclosed shall not be considered a government contractor for purposes of such Act. Authorizes a Federal agency attempting to collect a claim under the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 to notify a consumer reporting agency that a person is responsible for a claim if the agency: (1) has sent two written notices informing the person that a consumer reporting agency will be notified and the person has not agreed to pay the claim or filed for a review of the claim; and (2) has obtained assurances that the consumer reporting agency complies with Federal laws governing the provision of consumer credit information. Directs an agency to review a claim at the request of such person prior to notifying the reporting agency. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish regulations requiring each agency with authority to extend loans to report to the Director at least once each year on the activities of the agency to collect such loans. Requires the Director to analyze the reports received by each agency and to report annually to the Congress on the management of agency loan collection activities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1980
Congratulates Polish workers on the successful completion of their strikes. Urges the Polish government to respect the agreement. Calls upon other nations to not interfere in Poland's internal affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should express to the Soviet Government U.S. concern for the fate of Raoul Wallenberg; and (2) the U.S. delegation to the Madrid meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe should urge the consideration of the Wallenberg case.
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1980
Authorizes the printing as a Senate document of a collection of essays commemorating the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of Herbert Hoover as the 31st President. Directs the additional printing of 1,000 copies of such document for the use of the Joint Committee on Printing.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1980
Commuter Transportation Energy Efficiency Act of 1980 - Title I: Individual Income Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the income tax in an amount equal to 15 percent of the cost of acquiring a qualified commuter highway vehicle. Provides for apportionment of such credit among joint acquirers. Requires a minimum three-year use of such vehicle, under penalty of recapture of such credit in the year of any cessation of such use or other disposition of the vehicle. Describes the qualifications of such vehicle, which must be at least van-size. Title II: Exclusion of Qualified Transportation Income From Gross Income - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee amounts paid or reimbursed by the employer for the cost of commuting to and from work on public transportation. Excludes, in addition, any services provided, or amounts contributed, by an employer in connection with a ride-sharing program that assists employees in locating and starting car pools. Excludes from gross income any compensation received by a driver in a car pool from other individuals in such car pool. Title III: Business Energy Investment Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set the energy percentage for van pool vehicles at ten percent, thus making them eligible for a 20 percent investment tax credit. Excludes from the 80 percent commuting mileage requirement the number of miles the regularly scheduled driver uses such vehicle for personal purposes, if the driver is not the taxpayer. Title IV: Employer's Tax Credit for Qualified Ride-Sharing Programs - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the income tax of an employer for administrative expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of a ride-sharing commuter program for employees. Determines such credit by multiplying the average number of such employer's employees during the taxable year by a specified amount keyed to the percentage of employees participating in the program. Title V: Gasoline Tax Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for Federal, State, and local taxes, including import fees that increase prices, on the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other motor fuels used as a fuel in a ride-sharing commuter vehicle. Describes the qualifications for such vehicle. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish tables to assist taxpayers in computing such deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility studies of the following salinity control proposals: (1) Lower Gunnison Basin unit, Glenwood-Dotsero Springs unit, Meeker Dome unit, and McElmo Creek unit all located in the State of Colorado; (2) Uinta Basin unit, Dirty Devil River unit, Price-San Rafael Rivers unit, and LaVerkin Springs unit all located in the State of Utah; (3) Lower Virgin River unit in the State of Arizona; and (4) Big Sandy River unit in the State of Wyoming.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Reaffirms congressional support for full implementation of the Helsinki Final Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that human rights concerns should be given serious attention at the Madrid meeting to review such Act. Declares that any new measures should be balanced among all sections of the Final Act. Directs the U.S. delegation to seek another review meeting within two years.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply long-term capital gains treatment to amounts actually paid to a taxpayer in respect of a small business participating debenture, which constitute the distribution of a share of the earnings of the issuer. Defines "small business participating debenture" (SBPD) as a written debt instrument issued by a qualified small business which: (1) is a general obligation of the business; (2) bears interest at not less than the rate prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; (3) has a fixed maturity; (4) grants no voting or conversion rights in the business to the purchaser; and (5) provides for the payment of a share of the issuer's earnings. Limits "qualified small business" to one (whether or not incorporated): (1) whose equity capital does not exceed $25,000,000; (2) the face value of all of whose outstanding SBPD's does not exceed $1,000,000; and (3) which has no outstanding securities subject to regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Treats members of a controlled group of companies as a single taxpayer. Denies capital gains treatment where the taxpayer is "related" to the SBPD-issuing company, having at least a ten percent interest in it. Treats losses on such debentures as ordinary losses. Allows an interest expense deduction for interest and share-of-earnings payments made on such a debenture.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Venture and Equity Capital Revitalization Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the capital gains deduction for individuals from 60 percent of the net capital gain to 75 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Title I: The Intelligence Community - Authorizes the "intelligence community" of the United States to conduct intelligence activities in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Includes the following entities in the intelligence community: (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Analysis Agency; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) Foreign Intelligence Agency; (5) National Security Agency; (6) National Counterintelligence Office; and (7) intelligence components of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency, military services, Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Energy, and others as determined by the President. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of the Director of National Intelligence, headed by a Director of National Intelligence appointed by the President. Includes in such Office: (1) a United States Intelligence Board (USIB), consisting of the heads of the entities in the intelligence community, to coordinate U.S. intelligence activities; and (2) a Board of Presidential Estimates, appointed by the Director, to prepare briefings on intelligence for the President and the National Security Council. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including to: (1) inform the President of views and developments within the community; (2) make budgetary recommendations for the community; (3) provide the President and Congress with an annual assessment of the community's effectiveness; (4) promulgate regulations governing the classification of sensitive information; (5) coordinate technical services needed by the community; and (6) perform other duties as the President may prescribe. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence, at the request of the National Security Council, to produce Presidential intelligence estimates. Requires the Director to ensure that diverse points of view within the community are presented. Establishes a nine-member National Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by the President, to evaluate continually the effectiveness of the intelligence community. Directs the Board to report its findings from time to time to the President and the congressional intelligence committees. Establishes a five-member Intelligence Oversight Board, appointed by the President, to investigate allegations of illegal, unethical, or improper activities of any entity in the intelligence community. Directs the head of each entity of the community to establish, subject to the approval of the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, guidelines with respect to the following collection methods that may be used against a "U.S. person": (1) intrusive and other covert or clandestine techniques; (2) informants and undercover agents; (3) examination of third-party records, including telephone bills, medical records, and hotel registrations; and (4) public information sources. Prohibits the nonconsensual use of such methods except in accordance with the guidelines. Requires the guidelines to: (1) take into account such person's constitutional rights; (2) specify the official who must authorize the collection activity; and (3) be reasonably designed to match the acquisition of information with U.S. security needs. Prohibits the use of intrusive techniques against any U.S. person to obtain foreign intelligence while such person is in the United States unless the President determines that it is necessary to obtain intelligence essential to the national security and which cannot be obtained by less intrusive methods. Restricts the dissemination of intelligence information with respect to a U.S. person by the United States Counterintelligence Office. Authorizes the head of each entity of the intelligence community to classify information in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Director of National Intelligence. Subjects any person, who discloses classified information to a person unauthorized to receive it, to the current penalties for the offense of delivering defense information to aid a foreign government. Exempts the intelligence community from any laws requiring disclosure of information with respect to information in files specifically designated by the Director of National Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) technical systems for the collection of intelligence information; (2) special and foreign intelligence activities; (3) investigations for determining the suitability of intelligence sources; and (4) liaison or information arrangements with foreign governments. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to repeal the Hughes-Ryan amendment of 1974 (conditioning the funding of covert CIA operations on reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees). Repeals the provision of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 limiting assistance for military activities in Angola. Title II: Central Intelligence Analysis Agency - Establishes a Central Intelligence Analysis Agency headed by a Director appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Agency with collecting and publishing intelligence information to warn the President and congressional intelligence committees of impending warlike acts anywhere in the world and to assess the disposition and activities of foreign governments. Title III: Defense Intelligence Agency - Establishes within the Department of Defense a Defense Intelligence Agency to: (1) advise the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff; (2) coordinate the intelligence elements of the Armed Forces; and (3) fulfill the same mission as the Central Intelligence Analysis Agency. Provides for a Director of the Agency, appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Title IV: The United States Foreign Intelligence Agency - Establishes in the executive branch the United States Foreign Intelligence Agency, headed by a Director appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Agency with collecting throughout the world information not available to the public to keep the President and Congress informed of the resources and activities of foreign governments and entities that might affect the foreign relations or safety and welfare of the United States. Directs the Agency to: (1) develop the capabilities to influence events outside the United States so that the role of the Government is not revealed or acknowledged and to undertake special activities as the President may order; and (2) conduct intelligence activities in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties. Requires the Director to report its activities at least annually to the congressional intelligence committees. Authorizes the Agency to: (1) permit its employees to use covert techniques anywhere in the world which the Director determines are necessary to accomplish the Agency's mission; and (2) engage in intelligence activity outside the United States, other than intelligence gathering, which is approved by the President and with respect to which the intelligence committees are notified as soon as practicable. Establishes within the Agency the Contingency Reserve Fund for activities to accomplish the Agency's mission. Permits particular aliens and their families to be given entry into the United States for permanent residence without regard to their inadmissibility under the immigration laws, upon the determination by the Director, with the approval of the Attorney General, that their admission is in the interest of national security or essential to intelligence activities. Title V: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Directs the FBI to: (1) perform intelligence and counterintelligence activities to safeguard the United States from foreign agents working in the United States against its interests and from terrorists; and (2) collect and disseminate intelligence to counter terrorism and conduct other activities to achieve the purposes of this Act. Requires that all FBI counterintelligence and counterterrorist activities outside the United States be conducted in coordination with the Foreign Intelligence Agency. Requires such operations within the United States by other Federal agencies be coordinated with the FBI. Sets forth the duties of the Director of the FBI, including reporting annually to the congressional intelligence committees on foreign intelligence services and terrorist groups operating in the United States. Authorizes the FBI to take all lawful measures to protect the United States from hostile intelligence services and terrorists. Title VI: National Security Agency - Establishes in the Department of Defense the National Security Agency to conduct signals intelligence, cryptology, and communications security for the United States, and to serve as the principal agency of the United States' Signals Intelligence System. Provides for a director of the Agency appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including reporting annually to the congressional intelligence committees on the state of U.S. signals intelligence and communications security. Title VII: United States Counterintelligence Office - Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Counterintelligence Office to coordinate the counterintelligence activities of the intelligence community. Provides for a Deputy Attorney General of the Office appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Office with retaining the central counterintelligence files of the Government. Authorizes the Office to request any entity of the community to initiate an investigation of any U.S. person on the basis of facts and circumstances which reasonably indicate that such person is engaged in: (1) clandestine intelligence activity on behalf of a foreign power; (2) international terrorist activity; (3) international trafficking in drugs or other contraband; and (4) international organized crime activities. Directs the Attorney General, subject to approval of the Director of National Intelligence, to establish guidelines for the dissemination of information to other law enforcement agencies of the Federal, State, local, or foreign governments. Specifies standards for such guidelines. Title VIII: Congressional Oversight - Directs the head of each entity of the intelligence community to: (1) keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities; (2) furnish information to such committees upon request; and (3) report to such committees any illegal and corrective intelligence activities that are taken or planned. Authorizes the President to establish procedures for informing such committees of any special activity not subject to prior notification, together with a statement of reasons for not giving such notice. Directs the House of Representatives and the Senate, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to establish procedures to protect intelligence information from unauthorized disclosure.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act, 1980 - Declares it to be the policy of the U.S. to: (1) establish a national goal of demonstrating the engineering feasibility of magnetic fusion by the early 1990's; (2) achieve, no later than the year 1990, operation of a magnetic fusion engineering device based on the best available confinement concept; and (3) establish as a national goal the operation of a magnetic fusion demonstration plant by the year 2005. Directs the Secretary of Energy to initiate activities or accelerate existing activities in research areas in which the lack of knowledge limits magnetic fusion energy systems in order to ensure the achievement of the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain an aggressive plasma confinement research program on the current lead concept; (2) maintain a broadly based research program on alternate confinement concepts and advanced fuels; (3) ensure that research on properties of materials likely to be required for the construction of fusion engineering devices is adequate to provide timely information for the design of such devices; (4) initiate design activities on a fusion engineering device using the best available confinement concept to ensure operation of such device, no later than 1990; and (5) develop and test the adequacy of the engineering design components to be utilized in the fusion engineering device. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive program management plan for the conduct of the research, development, and demonstration activities under this Act. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the creation of a national magnetic fusion engineering center to accelerate fusion technology development via the concentration and coordination of major magnetic fusion engineering devices and associated activities at such a national center. Provides for the establishment of a technical panel on magnetic fusion of the Energy Research ADvisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the national magnetic fusion energy program. Requires the technical board to report at least annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board, and requires the Board to report to the Secretary. Requires the director of each magnetic fusion laboratory installation operated for, and funded by, the Federal Government to establish a program advisory committee solely for the purpose of advising such director. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to actively seek to enter into or to strengthen existing international cooperative agreements in magnetic fusion research and development activities of mutual benefit to all parties. Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess the adequacy of the supply of manpower in the engineering and scientific disciplines to achieve the purposes of this Act; (2) assure the dissemination of information concerning the national magnetic fusion program; and (3) report annually to Congress concerning activities undertaken pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter Act - Establishes a comprehensive Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter which sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the FBI with respect to criminal and civil investigations, undercover operations, and law enforcement support functions, but excluding foreign intelligence activities (which were specified in Executive Order 12036). Enumerates as general principles of the FBI that it: (1) conduct investigations consistent with the constitutional and legal rights of U.S. citizens; (2) conduct such investigations and collect such intelligence as is necessary for the security of the United States; (3) not conduct an investigation solely on the basis of the lawful exercise of constitutional or statutory rights, including the expression of a religious or political view or the right to peacefully assemble and petition the Government; and (4) conduct investigations with only such intrusion as is necessary for authorized purposes. Limits the appointment of the Director of the FBI to one ten-year term. Permits the President to remove the Director only for gross neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Specifies the general powers and duties of the Director, Associate Director, an Assistant to the Director, Assistant Director, Inspector, and Agent of the FBI. Authorizes the FBI to conduct investigations of individuals who: (1) have or are likely to engage in criminal activity; (2) intend to use violence or other unlawful means to overthrow the Federal government or bring about a change in the policy of the Federal, State, or local government; or (3) deny other individuals their constitutional or legal rights. Authorizes the FBI to conduct investigations of two or more persons who are engaged in "racketeering activity" (defined as activity involving a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1961-1968) as a continuing enterprise. Authorizes the FBI to conduct investigations and gather such information and intelligence as may be necessary to prevent terrorist activity. Directs the Attorney General, as soon as feasible after enactment, to promulgate guidelines for such investigative authority that embody specific principles. Establishes guidelines on certain investigative techniques, including the use of informants and undercover agents, physical, mail, and electronic surveillance, and access to third party records. Authorizes informants to participate in acts which violate Federal law (other than those resulting in death or serious bodily injury) when under Department supervision to: (1) obtain information necessary for lawful purposes; (2) establish credibility; or (3) prevent death or serious injury. Requires prior authorization for participation in criminal activities if circumstances permit. Requires an informant otherwise to report on his involvement after the event to the supervising officer. Authorizes the use of surveillance as permitted by this Act and in accordance with applicable law. Authorizes access to third party records, including telephone bills, medical records, and hotel and motel registration forms, in accordance with applicable law. Allows the FBI to use other investigative techniques as necessary to carry out the intent of this Act consistent with applicable law. Permits the FBI to retain and disseminate to other government agencies information as needed to investigate criminal activity or for national security and defense. Allows the FBI to destroy records or deposit them in the Archives of the United States for historic preservation when the Director determines that they no longer serve a useful purpose. Specifies circumstances under which criminal investigative information may be disclosed to private parties. Authorizes the FBI to conduct undercover operations when necessary to investigate criminal, terrorist, or racketeering activity. Allows the Bureau to procure property and services for such purposes without regard to usual procurement regulations. Directs the FBI to conduct investigations at the request of the Attorney General and to collect information as necessary regarding civil disorders that have a potential for violence that may require the presence of Federal troops or U.S. Marshals to enforce Federal law or ensure the safety of peaceful participants. Authorizes the FBI to conduct background investigations of any individual who: (1) is or may be a Federal employee; (2) has been designated an appointee to an official position within the executive, congressional, or judicial branch of the Government; (3) applied for a Presidential reprieve or pardon; (4) is designated by any Government official as requiring access to classified information; (5) is a contractor or employee thereof for a Federal agency; (6) has applied for a substantial Federal grant or loan; or (7) has access to a person or premises within the protective responsibility of the U.S. Secret Service. Enumerates other special service functions of the FBI, including those relating to congressional committees, grand jury investigations, other protective services, and investigative assistance to other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies. Authorizes the FBI to: (1) provide training for Federal, State, local, and foreign governments; (2) conduct research and development to promote law enforcement; (3) acquire criminal records as necessary to carry out its functions; (4) exchange such information in accordance with applicable law and regulations prescribed by the Attorney General; (5) provide technical assistance at the request of a Federal, State, local, or foreign government; and (6) provide assistance to the United States Secret Service in connection with its protective responsibilities. Allows the Director to impose such disciplinary action as is authorized by law on any person who intentionally uses sensitive investigative techniques in knowing violation of this Act or discloses sensitive information to an unauthorized person while acting as an employee of the FBI. Stipulates that nothing in this Act, including any guidelines established pursuant to this Act, creates any substantive or procedural rights, and no court has jurisdiction over a claim in any proceeding, based solely on violations of its provisions. Provides that no criminal sanction shall be imposed on any person who, while acting as an employee of the FBI in good faith and without willful intent, complies with this Act. Directs the Attorney General to provide to the congressional judiciary committees information concerning implementation of this Act. Requires the Director to report annually to such committees on: (1) the total number of investigations conducted in the preceding year; and (2) the total number of activities conducted in the preceding year requiring approval of the Director or the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to submit to such committees for review any guidelines established pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the FBI from making available investigative records for ten years after: (1) the termination of any investigation not resulting in prosecution; or (2) the termination of probation, a term of imprisonment, or imposition of a fine, where the investigation has resulted in a conviction. Requires each agency carrying out law enforcement functions to furnish the same general standardized written response for issuance to any person making a request for records to be used in cases where: (1) the agency does not have the records requested; and (2) the records are protected because disclosure would reveal that a criminal investigation concerning the person is in progress. Amends the Federal Torts Claims Act to make the remedy against the United States under such Act for the negligent act of an FBI employee acting within the scope of employment exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Individual Investment Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual amounts contributed to a rollover account meeting the requirements of this Act. Defines such rollover account as a trust created or organized in the United States for the exclusive benefit of an individual or his beneficiaries. Requires such a trust: (1) to accept only cash or stock or securities of a domestic corporation contributed by such individual only; (2) to be a bank or other person satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury; (3) to invest trust funds in stock or securities of a domestic corporation or hold them in interest-bearing bank deposits; (4) to make the interest of the individual nonforfeitable in the balance of such rollover account; and (5) to permit the individual to elect, no more often than each taxable year, whether such rollover account shall be discretionary (with investment determined by the trustee) or self-directed (with investment directed by the individual). Requires the trustee of a rollover fund to establish on its books, without segregation of assets, a capital gain fund and a capital fund. Specifies the contents of each fund. Requires inclusion of any distribution from the capital gain fund as a long-term capital gain in the gross income of the recipient. Requires distribution of all ordinary income (interest and dividends received, plus net short-term capital gain) to the trustor and inclusion in the trustor's gross income for the taxable year in which such ordinary income was received by the trust. Requires inclusion of any amount paid or distributed from the account in the individual's gross income for the taxable year in which such payment or distribution is made. Requires any such payment or distribution from the account to be treated as made, first, from the capital gain fund, and second from the capital fund. Prohibits treatment of any payment or distribution as being made from a particular fund until the balance of any fund which precedes it in priority has been exhausted. Sets forth rules for the treatment of losses, security pledges, and transfers of account incident to divorce. Limits the number of rollover accounts which an individual may maintain to one at a time. Requires the trustee of such an account to keep appropriate records and to file annual returns with the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Provides for decreasing interest rate differentials between deposits or accounts in insured banks and those in savings and loan institutions. Prescribes maximum rates for savings and loan accounts in excess of 0.25 percent of the maximum rates for bank accounts decreasing to 0.05 percent until June 30, 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan. Declares that it is in the best interest of both such countries to convene a parliamentary and scholarly conference to commemorate and evaluate such treaty. Expresses the interest of the Senate in receiving a report on such conference.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Establishes the Orange Coast National Urban Park in the State of California. Declares that it is the intention of Congress that all the property within the park be acquired by December 31, 1984, and that any lands, or interests therein not acquired by such date shall no longer be deemed included in the park. Declares that any land or interest therein owned by the State of California or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the property acquired pursuant to this Act, to: (1) convey the property to the State of California or any political subdivision thereof, subject to such terms, conditions, and reversionary provisions as will assure preservation of the property for public park or open-space purposes; and (2) enter into an agreement with the State or political subdivision thereof in order to protect and manage the property for public park or open-space purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands and interests therein within the boundaries of the park by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, or otherwise, which authority is expressly conditioned upon certain events occurring within specified time periods. Directs the Secretary to convey and transfer such rights-of-way through the park as may be necessary for the establishment of the San Joaquin Hills transportation corridor. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to expeditiously take such actions as are required to construct the portion of such transportation corridor as is within the boundaries of the park.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Declares seven named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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