United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1981
Prohibits the United States Postal Service from increasing the number of digits of the zip code until: (1) the Service and Congress have examined the costs, social consequences, and technical issues associated with zip code expansion and the alternative means of improving productivity in the sorting of mail; and (2) Congress has approved such an increase.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
Includes as creditable service for purposes of determining the amount of an individual's civil service annuity payment, any military service performed by that individual after December, 1956, regardless of that individual's eligibility for Social Security benefits for such military service.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981
State and Local Government Fiscal Note Act of 1981 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to estimate the costs which would be incurred by State or local governments in complying with any bill or resolution (likely to result in annual costs greater than $200,000,000 or have exceptional fiscal consequences) and compare such estimates with any made by congressional committees or Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations.
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
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 · 5 January 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the adoption of any Federal budget in which expenditures exceed receipts unless approved by a roll call vote of three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress directed solely to that subject. Prohibits the Congress from passing and the President from signing any appropriation bill which would cause the total expenditures of the Federal Government to exceed its total receipts in any fiscal year. Permits the Congress to waive such provisions with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Prohibits any annual increase in the proportion of Federal receipts to the national income unless passed by a roll call vote, directed solely to such purpose, of each House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1980
Ports and Navigation Improvement Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake, on an expedited and priority basis, navigation improvements to: (1) Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia; (2) Mobile Harbor, Alabama, and (3) Deep-draft access to the Ports of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Requires the Chief of Engineers, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for each such project demonstrating compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Clean Water Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and other statutory requirements as determined to be pertinent by the Chief of Engineers. States that in the event that Congress does not disapprove such final environmental impact statement by concurrent resolution, within a 60 calendar day period of receipt, it shall constitute a finding and determination by Congress that the policies, purposes, and requirements of said statutes have been satisfied in connection with the navigation improvement. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to develop, improve and maintain the Nation's rivers, harbors, and other waterways, at such depths and dimensions and with such facilities, determined to be economically justified and engineeringly feasible, and otherwise sufficient to insure the safe and efficient conduct of defense transportation or foreign and domestic commerce. Requires the Chief of Engineers, prior to initiation of any such work, to submit to Congress a final environmental impact statement for such improvements. Requires each such statement to be submitted to Congress within one year of the date of the completion of the draft environmental impact statement. Declares that the absence of Congressional disapproval shall constitute a finding and determination by Congress that all environmental statutes have been satisfied in connection with the navigation improvement. Declares that environmental impact statements for such projects and improvements authorized by this Act, findings and determinations by Congress, and actions to carry out such projects and improvements shall not be suject to judicial review except that: (1) claims alleging the invalidity of this Act may be brought within 60 days following its enactment; (2) claims alleging the inadequacy of a final environmental impact statement transmitted to Congress pursuant to provisions of this Act may be brought with 60 days following the date of a finding and determination by Congress; and (3) claims alleging that an action to carry out projects and improvements authorized by this Act will deny rights under the Constitution, or that such action is beyond the scope of authority conferred by this Act, may be brought within 60 days following the date of such action.
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 · 25 November 1980
Italy Disaster Assistance Act of 1980 - Authorizes the President to provide reconstruction assistance for the victims of the recent earthquakes in Italy. States that such assistance may be provided in accordance with specified congressional policies and authorities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Allows obligations previously incurred for the provision of reconstruction assistance to the people of Italy to be charged to such appropriations. Directs the President to report quarterly to specified Senate Committees and to the Speaker of the House on the programing and obligations of funds under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1980
National Laser Institute Act - Establishes a National Laser Institute to study laser research and technology applications for future civilian and national security uses and to make recommendations to Congress regarding implementation of its findings and the coordination of the efforts of the Federal Government with respect to laser technology. Sets forth the composition and terms of membership of the Institute. States that members of the Institute shall have access to such classified or nonclassified information as is necessary to carry out their responsibilities under this Act. Directs the Institute to prepare and submit to the President and specified committees of Congress an annual report regarding its activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this Act. Terminates the provisions of this Act five years after the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should not increase the number of digits of the zip code until: (1) the Service and the Congress have fully examined the costs, social consequences, and technical issues associated with such action; and (2) the Service has fully examined other means of improving productivity in the sorting of mail.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1980
Designates the Federal Building in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, as the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Makes this Act effective on January 3, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980
Earth Data and Information Service Act of 1980 - Establishes the Earth Data and Information Service within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collect, interpret, compile, and distribute data obtained by remote sensing satellites and other sources on the Earth's resources and environment. Directs the Service to: (1) provide rapid processing of, and ready access to, such data at a reasonable cost to both foreign and domestic users; (2) promote competition among suppliers of equipment and services to the Service; and (3) make available to all users remote sensing data and basic information products and services. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) plan, initiate, construct, acquire, own, manage, and operate an Earth Data and Information System to provide a reliable source of useful data and basic information products to users; (2) include in such system remote satellites, ground facilities and other necessary equipment; (3) establish communication networks to transmit such data and products to users on a timely basis. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Federal Communications Commission in establishing such networks. Stipulates that the communication services needed for such networks, insofar as practicable, shall be procured from the private sector. Permits the Secretary to: (1) recommend continued research and development by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on remote sensing components and systems for both space and ground operations of the System; (2) arrange for the participation of specified personnel in operating and planning the System; and (3) widely disseminate the data and basic information products to the users. Permits the Secretary, under the President's supervision, to participate in a program of international activities related to the functions of the Service. Directs the Secretary to establish a schedule of user charges for products and services provided under this Act. Sets forth penalties for unlawful reproduction for sale or distribution of any data or basic information products produced by the Service. Specifies procedures by which the President may transfer to the Service related functions of any other Federal department or agency. Requires the Secretary to present to the President, who shall transmit to Congress in January of each year, a report containing a description of the activities and accomplishments of the Service during the preceding year. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980
Classifies a named individual as a child for the purposes of determining a disability annuity payable under specified social security minimum guarantee provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980
Federal Jurisdictional Review and Revision Commission Act - Establishes a Federal Jurisdictional Review and Revision Commission to study the jurisdiction of Federal and State courts and to report to the President and the Congress on any revisions of related provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States which the Commission may deem advisable. Requires that the study include: (1) a discussion of the application, consequences, and interpretation by the courts of the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States which establish Federal and State jurisdiction; (2) an analysis of the interrelation between the jurisdiction of Federal and State courts; (3) a discussion of the impact of jurisdictional provisions on the judicial system and on the litigant; (4) a discussion of any problems in Federal or State jurisdiction relating to substantive law, civil and criminal procedure, caseload, and State and Federal bars; and (5) legislative recommendations. Authorizes the Commission to receive financial assistance from sources other than the Government. Directs the Commission to report to Congress and the President within two years after its first meeting. Terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an additional $1,000 personal tax exemption for a taxpayer, his spouse, or a dependent who is disabled. Defines "disability" as an inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity due to a physical impairment which has lasted or will last continuously for at least 12 months and which requires a wheelchair for mobility. Disallows the additional exemption if the taxpayer or his spouse already receives an extra exemption due to blindness.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
State and Local Government Fiscal Note Act of 1980 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to estimate the costs which would be incurred by State or local governments in complying with any significant bill or resolution (likely to result in annual costs greater than $200,000,000 or have exceptional fiscal consequences) and compare such estimates with any made by congressional committees or Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for such purpose.
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 · 25 August 1980
Directs that nothing in the Standing Rules of the Senate shall be construed to limit contributions to defray legal expenses of Senate Members, officers, employees, or their dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1980
Government Management and Year-end Procurement Control Act of 1980 - Title I: Restrictions on Noncompetitive Procurement - Prohibits an executive agency from entering into any contract (with specified exceptions) through noncompetitive procedures, unless: (1) at least 45 days before issuing a solicitation to the offeror, the agency publishes in a specified Department of Commerce publication a notice of its intent to enter into such contract, the terms of the contract, the name of the offeror, and the reason for selecting the offeror; and (2) after considering the responses of any other offerors to such notice, the agency determines that the offeror originally selected has an exclusive ability to perform the contract. Prohibits an agency from using noncompetitive procedures to enter into a contract resulting from the submission of an unsolicited proposal, unless: (1) at least 60 days before entering such contract, the agency publishes a notice of its intent to enter into such contract, the terms of the contract, and the offeror; (2) the agency determines, after considering responses received on such notice, that such offeror has an exclusive ability to perform the contract; and (3) each agency employee responsible for evaluating or approving the unsolicited proposal certifies that he or she did not knowingly transmit information to the offeror which would have assisted the offeror in the timing or preparation of the proposal. Directs an agency, upon determining that an offeror does not have an exclusive ability to perform a contract, to issue a solicitation to each offeror responding to such a procurement notice and to select the most qualified offeror to perform the contract. Requires each agency which has used noncompetitive procedures to enter into a contract for a type of goods or services which the agency intends to procure again in the future, to prepare and implement a plan to increase the likelihood that competitive procedures will be used for such future procurement. Directs the agency to submit such plan to its Inspector General or the designated agency employee with audit responsibilities. Requires such employee or Inspector General to investigate the efficacy of such plan and to report the findings to the agency head and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy. Title II: Maintenance of Procurement Information - Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to require each executive agency to transmit to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) specified information on each agency contract in an amount exceeding $50,000, including: (1) the dates on which (a) the agency determines to enter the contract, (b) the solicitation is distributed, (c) bids must be submitted, and (d) the agency enters the contract; and (2) the number of solicitations distributed and bids received. Directs the GSA Administrator to store such information in the computer-based information system established pursuant to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Title III: Dissemination of Procurement Information - Requires each executive agency to transmit to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy a procurement agenda which: (1) describes each solicitation and contract the agency intends to issue or enter into during the next fiscal year which will result in payments exceeding $50,000; and (2) identifies areas in which the agency is interested in receiving unsolicited proposals. Directs the Inspector General or agency employee responsible for audits to investigate and report to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy on the efficacy of such agendas every two years. Title IV: Reports to Congress - Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to include in the annual report to Congress required pursuant to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act any finding of an agency's Inspector General concerning future procurement plans, maintenance of procurement information, or procurement agendas. Title V: Evaluation of Performance - Requires an agency to consider any finding of an investigation of the efficacy of an agency's future procurement plan or procurement agenda concerning a senior executive of that agency when evaluating the performance of such executive.
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 President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks to the United States. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1985. States that action taken pursuant to such agreements shall not be treated as violating U.S. laws.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980
Comprehensive Hostage Compensation Act - Conveys the blocked assets of a foreign country to the United States if such assets were blocked as a result of the holding hostage of U.S. citizens in violation of such foreign country's international obligations. Establishes a claims fund in the U.S. Treasury, designated by the name of such foreign government, to receive such assets. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to use such fund to pay U.S. citizens held hostage or their legal representatives a specified amount based on the number of days such citizens were held hostage. States that any remaining amounts in such fund shall be paid, in the following order of priority, to: (1) the estates of military personnel who died while performing duties in connection with such hostages; (2) Federal agencies which have incurred expenses in connection with such hostages; and (3) miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. Limits administrative expenses to five percent. Stipulates that such payments shall not divest U.S. claimants of their rights against such foreign government. Exempts such payments from income and estate taxation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980
Amends the Rural Development Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for the small farm extension programs through fiscal year 1985. Sets forth the formula for the apportionment of such funds to the States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit total budget outlays for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1980 from exceeding the total budget outlays for the preceding fiscal year by a greater percentage than the percentage increase in the gross national product in the preceding calendar year. Reduces further the permissible total budget outlays by percentages based upon the inflation rate and Federal grants to State and local governments. Permits: (1) an increase in the permissible total budget outlays if both Houses of Congress agree by a three-fourths vote; and (2) emergency outlays to be authorized if the President has declared an emergency and both Houses agree by a two-thirds vote. Prohibits requiring State or local governments to perform additional functions without compensation for necessary costs incurred in connection with such functions. Requires such compensation to have been authorized and included as a part of the permissible total budget outlays. Requires concurrent resolutions on the budget to include the estimated amount of grants to State and local governments, in the aggregate and as a fraction of total budget outlays, and any changes. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to require the Budget to be prepared in compliance with this Act. Directs the President to take necessary action to assure continuing compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to revise the definition of "farm labor contractor" to: (1) broaden specified exclusions from such definition (thus broadening certain exemptions from coverage under such Act); and (2) exclude from such definition (and such coverage) any nonprofit or cooperative association of farmers, growers, ranchers, duly incorporated under appropriate State laws, and operated solely for the mutual benefit of the members thereof, and any full-time or regular employee of such association or cooperative who engages in such activity solely for such employer. Adds other definitions relating to such revisions. Revises the definition of "agricultural employment" to specify that listed activities take place on a farm or ranch. Limits the definition of "migrant worker" to only those workers who cannot regularly return to their domicile each day after working hours, or who are transported from and to their domicile each workday by the person who recruits, solicits, hires, or furnishes such worker for agricultural employment on a farm or ranch owned or operated by another person.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1980
Disapproves the President's decision to export nuclear fuel and related materials to India contrary to the decision of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a certain portion of royalty owner oil production from the windfall profit tax. Limits the amount so exempted per quarter to ten barrels per day. Requires proportionate allocation of any production in excess of ten barrels per day between tier 1 oil, tier 2, and tier 3 oil, and within any tier on the basis of removal prices. Requires allocation of the ten barrel amount among royalty owners who are members of the same related group.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual an income tax deduction for expenses for legal services incurred by the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents, and not compensated by insurance or otherwise. Limits the amount of such deduction to the: (1) balance of such expenses which exceeds three percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income; plus (2) one-half of the expenses paid (not in excess of $150) for legal services insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the domestic automotive and truck industry. Declares it to be a goal of the United States to achieve technological superiority in the world automobile and truck industry. Advocates changes in economic, fiscal, and import policies in order to create adequate capital and produce a more favorable climate for the domestic automobile and truck industry.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Designates October 19, 1981, as a Day of National Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the victory of General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1980
Appellate Court Reorganization Act of 1980 - Divides the current United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Fifth Circuit, composed of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and consisting of 14 judges; and (2) the Eleventh Circuit, composed of the States of Alabama, the Canal Zone, Florida, Georgia, and consisting of 12 judges. (The current Fifth Circuit consists of all six States and has 26 judges.) Designates Atlanta, Georgia, the headquarters of the Eleventh Circuit and New Orleans, Louisiana, headquarters of the Fifth Circuit. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a builder of a new residential unit which incorporates a passive solar energy system a credit against the income tax in an amount (not to exceed $3,000 per residential unit) determined under a solar construction credit table. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the solar construction credit table for eight categories of residential units, energy savings per residential unit. Limits such tax credit to residential units constructed between September 30, 1980, and January 1, 1986. Specifies the general contents of a passive solar energy system.
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