United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1981
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to raise the ceiling on the aggregate amount of acceptances which are not fully secured which a member bank can create with respect to the importation, exportation, or domestic shipment of goods. Increases such limitation from one-half of capital stock to twice the amount of capital stock, or, with the Federal Reserve Board's special permission, three times the amount of capital stock. (Currently the Board cannot grant such permission for more than 100 percent of a member's capital stock.) Excludes from the computation of such aggregate any acceptance amounts where a member bank is covered by primary reimbursement obligations or by participation agreements from other banks or regulated corporations. Repeals the requirement that shipping documents be attached to acceptances arising from the domestic shipment of goods.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981
Missing Children Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to collect and exchange information which would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased individuals, and the location of missing persons, including missing children.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give first or fourth visa preference (sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an alien who was fathered by a U.S. serviceman after 1950 in Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Japan, Thailand, or the Philippines. Requires a five-year financial support guarantee signed by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident sponsor. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Expresses the support of the Senate for the growing acceptance of principles of freedom and democracy in Poland. Commends the President for extending agricultural credits and aid to Poland. Urges the President to develop a policy toward Poland commensurate with U.S. concerns, to extend additional agricultural credits to Poland, and to press other countries to assist Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, AIM- 9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1981
Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of Congress to an extension and renewal of the Interstate Compact to conserve oil and gas. Directs the Attorney General to make biennial reports to Congress as to whether the activities of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and the compacting States have been consistent with the purposes of such compact.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1981
Hunger Elimination and Global Security Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should make development of poor countries and the eradication of poverty and hunger the primary objective of U.S. foreign policy. Directs the President to designate certain foreign aid programs as Hunger Relief and Prevention Assistance. Title I: Public Law 480 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to replace the provision describing self-help programs developed under agreements for the sale of farm products for foreign currency and long-term-dollar-credit. Requires such agreements to describe the self-help programs and to provide for the termination of the agreement or adjustment of its credit terms whenever the President finds that the program is not being carried out as specified in the agreement. Prohibits termination or credit adjustment of such an agreement if the President reports to Congress that: (1) such action would threaten U.S. security; or (2) the program was not carried out because of circumstances beyond the control of the recipient country. Requires the self-help measures to be sufficiently described so that the primary beneficiaries of the agreement will be needy people. Defines "needy people." Requires such measures to be in addition to measures that the recipient country would otherwise have taken. Directs the President to verify that such measures are being carried out and to report to the appropriate congressional committees on such verification and on the additional nature of such measures. Title II: Multilateral Development Banks - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to work within certain multilateral development banks to establish a requirement that not less than 50 percent of such banks' lending must benefit needy people. Requires the Secretaries of State and Treasury to report to Congress annually on establishing such requirement. Title III: World Food Security - Directs the President to encourage other grain exporting countries to establish their own food security reserves or take other measures that complement the U.S. food security reserve. Directs the President to report to Congress on actions taken with respect to such food security reserves. Directs the President to negotiate with other countries and with certain organizations to try to ensure that the benefits of the food financing facility recently approved by the International Monetary Fund be directed to effect the maximum feasible reduction in hunger and malnutrition. Directs the President to report to Congress on such negotiations. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from imposing export controls on food if such controls would cause measurable malnutrition in the countries against whom the controls are proposed unless the President determines such controls are necessary to protect U.S. national security. Title IV: Basic Human Needs Agreement - Requires a Basic Human Needs Agreement between the United States and a foreign country before the foreign country may receive bilateral development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Exempts from such requirement assistance for narcotics control, disaster relief, or peacekeeping operations. Sets forth the goals of such agreements. Title V: Relief and Prevention of Starvation - African Assistance and Hunger Prevention Act - Requires at least 50 percent of all U.S. international development assistance funds beginning in fiscal year 1983 to be used to finance productive facilities primarily for the absolutely poor. Defines the "absolutely poor." Requires special emphasis to be placed on alleviating hunger in sub-Saharan Africa and on the role of women in farm production in that region. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to earmark for the food for development program a specified percentage of the aggregate value of all agreements entered into under the program for the sale of farm products for foreign currency and long-term-dollar-credit. Requires certain commodities and funds to be used to establish grain reserves in famine prone African nations or to otherwise prepare for food shortages in those nations. Title VI: General Provisions - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President, acting through the Director of the Peace Corps, should emphasize projects to alleviate hunger and malnutrition by encouraging agricultural self-sufficiency in countries where Peace Corps volunteers are serving.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1981
Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. States that any transfer of such property to the FEMA requires no reimbursement. Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Administrator of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1981
Title I: Policy - Expresses the need to establish and maintain a uniform Federal policy for the management and use of the results of federally sponsored science and technology research and development. Title II: Implementation - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate, direct, and review the implementation and administration of this policy through consultation with Federal agencies and departments. Authorizes the Secretary to assist agencies in promoting licensing, utilization, and protection of Federal inventions both here and aboard and to receive fees and royalties. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress on these activities, including relevent statistical data and recommendations. Terminates the authority of the Secretary under this Act seven years after enactment. Title III: Allocations of Rights-Government Contractors - Grants each agency title to any invention made under contract with that agency upon certification to the Secretary that the services of the contractor are for the operation of Federal research centers, if necessary to protect intelligence activities, or to further the policy of this Act. Requires Federal agency research contracts to: (1) require periodic written reports on the commercial utilization of the invention; (2) reserve to the United States at least an irrevocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable, paid-up license to make, use, and sell the invention; and (3) employ a single patent rights clause, detailing the time limits and obligations of each party for moving on the invention. Grants the contractor the right to retain title to the invention, subject to the right of the Federal agency to require its commercial utilization through licensing specified terms. Permits an agency to waive its rights if to do so would be in the public interest. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the exclusion of interest on mortgage subsidy bonds. Includes as an element of a good faith effort to satisfy such requirements a showing that the issuer of bonds conducts periodic audits and prosecutes any cases of fraud. Provides that an issuer's diligent effort to correct a failure to meet a particular requirement will cure such a failure. Revises the arbitrage requirements to increase the amount by which interest rates on tax-exempt mortgage subsidy bonds may exceed the interest rates on mortgages financed with such bonds. Specifies that issuers are not required to dispose of any investment and realize a loss in order to satisfy arbitrage restrictions. Repeals the registration requirements for bond issues. Revises requirements for residential rental property bond issues relating to the median income level of occupants and the term of the low-income occupancy.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1981
National Bridge Improvement Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to revise the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to concentrate Federal funding on bridges most in need of replacement and rehabilitation. Requires the establishment of guidelines for the distribution of such funds throughout the States. Directs the Secretary to review each State's compliance with national bridge inspection standards and to revise such standards to decrease the maximum time lapse between inspections. Declares that the Secretary, by January 1, 1983, shall implement a plan of action designed to achieve full compliance by State and local governments with national bridge inspection standards. Directs the Secretary to inventory all bridges maintained by Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the administrative actions taken under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1981
Small Savers Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, to exclude $200 ($400 for joint returns) of annual interest income from gross income in taxable years beginning after 1982 and ending before 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981
Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a specially struck gold medal to the widow of Roy Wilkins. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in full satisfaction of a claim against the United States arising out of personal injuries suffered as a result of treatment performed at a Veterans' Administration hospital.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1981
Declares that the President of the United States, the Senate and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should assure that the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act providing for agricultural, commercial, and broad regional representation on the Board of Governors are followed.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1981
Nuclear Property Insurance Act of 1981 - Establishes in the Treasury a Nuclear Property Insurance Fund to pay insurance claims made by licensees of nuclear powerplants who enter into insurance agreements under this Act and the costs of necessary remedial action at Three Mile Island Unit 2. Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide insurance policies to licensees of nuclear powerplants to supplement insurance available from private sources. Requires that such policies provide for payment from the fund when the costs of remedial action associated with onsite property damage caused by a single nuclear accident exceed the greater of two specified amounts. Sets a ceiling on such insurance payments. Permits the Secretary to require proof of loss or damage before paying any claim. Prohibits the issuance of an operating license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a nuclear powerplant unless the licensee is insured by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to prescribe insurance premium rates and coverage schedules to provide sufficient revenue for the fund. Sets a minimum aggregate amount of premiums to be paid by all licensees insured by this Act. Requires the Secretary to maintain an actuarially sound reserve in the fund in order to pay insurance claims. Requires insured licensees to pay additional assessments if the Secretary becomes obligated under any insurance agreement for any claim in excess of the amount in the fund. Directs the Secretary to coordinate activities of the Federal agencies involved with the clean-up of Three Mile Island Unit 2 and to prepare a contingency plan to protect public health and safety and maintain service continuity if the General Public Utilities Corporation cannot carry out its responsibilities in connection with Three Mile Island Unit 2. Directs the Secretary to reimburse the General Public Utilities Corporation from the fund for 75 percent of the uninsured costs incurred by the Corporation after the enactment of this Act for remedial action associated with onsite property damage at Three Mile Island Unit 2 if: (1) there is a joint plan by Pennsylvania and New Jersey to insure that the Corporation continues utility service and achieves economic stability; and (2) the Corporation agrees to pay the Secretary premium surcharges to recover 50 percent of the Secretary's costs. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to the NRC to expedite licensing and regulatory procedures for remedial actions with respect to Three Mile Island Unit 2; (2) provide technical and planning assistance to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, and the Corporation for the joint plan; and (3) arrange with the Corporation to use data valuable in understanding and enhancing nuclear powerplant safety. Subrogates the Secretary to all rights and claims of an insured licensee against a third party for costs for which the Secretary provides insurance coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1981
Amends the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980, as amended by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, to repeal the termination date for the partial tax exclusion of dividends and interest. Increases the amount of such exclusion.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional excise tax on cigarettes. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to appropriate revenues from such additional tax to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, to exclude $200 ($400 for joint returns) of annual interest income from gross income in taxable years beginning after 1982 and ending before 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into loan forgiveness agreements with specified physicians who agree to practice at least two years in health manpower shortage areas. Permits such agreements to be renewed for up to four consecutive one-year periods. Sets forth the Secretary's payments schedule. Establishes annual and aggregate payments limits for any one individual. Limits the number of agreements for each of fiscal years 1985 through 1988. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1985 through 1988. Directs the Secretary to prescribe certain regulations concerning health manpower shortage areas by January 1, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1981
Billboard Deregulation Act of 1981 - Repeals the Federal outdoor advertising control program. Rescinds all authorizations of appropriations for such program that are unappropriated upon enactment of this Act. Describes procedures by which the Secretary of Transportation may withhold funds from a State that has not effectively controlled the establishment and maintenance along the Interstate Highway System and the primary system of outdoor junkyards.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1981
Legal Services Corporation Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for carrying out the activities of the Legal Services Corporation in the amount of $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1982 through 1984. Directs the Corporation to make funds available for legal assistance furnished by private attorneys.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1981
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit designating a country as a country under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures unless the country has committed itself to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to eliminate its export subsidies. Designates a beneficiary developing country as a "country under the Agreement" if, instead of committing itself to the GATT, the country agrees to a timetable for eliminating export subsidies and agrees not to: (1) increase the number of product classes receiving subsidies; (2) begin new subsidies; and (3) increase the amount of existing subsidies. Directs the President to review annually a beneficiary developing country's compliance with such agreement. Authorizes revoking a beneficiary developing country's status as a "country under the Agreement" and imposing countervailing of duties on that country.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1981
Competitive Health and Medical Plan Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the method of reimbursement to health maintenance organizations (HMO's). Provides instead for payments to competitive medical plans (CMP's). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine annually a per capita rate of payment for each class of individuals entitled to benefits: (1) under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII who are enrolled under the provisions of this Act with a CMP which he or she has entered into a risk-sharing contract; and (2) under part B alone who are enrolled with a CMP. Directs the Secretary to define appropriate classes of members on the basis of such factors as age, sex, institutional status, disability and health status, and place of residence. Provides that the payment rate for each class shall be equal to 95 percent of the adjusted average per capita cost for that class, and that the rate shall be paid monthly in advance. Defines adjusted average per capita cost to mean the average per capita amount estimated in advance that would be payable in any contract year for services convered under parts A and B, or part B only, and types of expenses otherwise reimbursable under parts A and B, or part B only, if the services were furnished by other than a CMP. Provides that payment to a CMP under this Act for individuals enrolled with a CMP and entitled to benefits under part A and enrolled under part B shall be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Defines a CMP as a public or private entity which: (1) is a qualified HMO; or (2) is a licensed HMO in the State in which it operates. Provides, in addition, that an entity meets the definition if it: (1) provides at least specified services; (2) is compensated on a periodic basis; (3) provides physicians' services through physicians who are employees or partners; (4) assumes the financial risk for the provision of services; and (5) makes adequate provision against the risk of insolvency. Permits a CMP to offer services in addition to those required. Requires a CMP to have an open enrollment period of at least 30 days duration annually. Prohibits a CMP from refusing an individual because of the individual's health status (except end stage renal disease). Entitles an enrolled individual to a hearing before the Secretary when the amount in controversy exceeds $100.000. Requires a CMP to have a procedure to review care and identify problems. Sets limits on a CMP's premiums and other charges. Requires each CMP to have an enrolled membership at least one half of which consists of individuals not entitled to either Medicare or Medicaid. Authorizes a waiver of this requirement where special circumstances warrant such a modification. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to carry out this Act, to enter into a risk sharing contract with any CMP which has at least 1,000 members. Requires each contract to provide either: (1) additional benefits to enrollees; (2) reduced premiums, deductibles, or copayments; or (3) rebates or dividends to enrollees, if a CMP's reimbursement exceeds a rate defined as the adjusted community rate. Requires a CMP to report to the Secretary as specified. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect a CMP. Includes within the definition of medical and other health services under title XVIII services furnished, pursuant to a CMP contract, to a member of a CMP by a physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1981
Directs the President to award a special gold medal to Fred Waring. Stipulates that funds may not be appropriated under this Act for any period before October 1, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1981
Establishes within the National Institutes of Health the Office of Drugs of Limited Commercial Value under the direction of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Establishes within the Office an advisory council to advise the Director and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services respecting the time required for drug approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance to entities for the development of drugs of limited commercial value, defined as a drug for a condition or disease of low incidence, to undertake the development of such drugs, undertake studies to determine the potential and need for specific drugs, and coordinate the efforts of public and private entities engaged in the development of such drugs. Requires the submission and approval of an application containing the scientific basis for the development and the proposed therapeutic use of the drug and other specified information before financial assistance is provided. Requires each entity receiving funds to keep specified records. Requires the Director to report to Congress within two years on the effectiveness of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements for: (1) the renovation, refurbishment, maintenance, and operation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and (2) the design and presentation of educational programs for the Memorial. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1981
Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp to honor the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Provides that such stamp shall be issued in the denomination used for first-class mail up to one ounce in weight and shall be placed on sale on March 12, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1981
Airline Deregulation Amendments Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to modify the definition of "ticket agent" as used in such Act. Directs air carriers to file with the Civil Aeronautics Board until December 31, 1982, individual and joint fares and charges, classifications, rules, and services for or in connection with interstate and overseas passenger air transportation. Requires that such filings shall be made to the Secretary of Transportation between January 1, 1983, and December 31, 1984. Prohibits air carriers and ticket agents from charging or collecting greater or less or different compensation than that specified in such filings. Transfers the authority of the Board relating to foreign air transportation to the Department of Transportation. Accelerates to January 1, 1983, the transfer of specified authority of the Board. Allows the Board to approve any contract or agreement that reduces or eliminates competition if it finds that the contract or agreement is necessary to secure important public benefits, including the marketing and sale of transportation through ticket agents. Sets forth the expiration dates for specified authority of the Secretary relating to contract approvals. Revises the expiration date and contents of the Secretary's (formerly the Board's) report to Congress concerning the implementation of such Act. Prohibits the Board from issuing any final order or rule in regard to agreements among air carriers and agreements among foreign air carriers insofar as those agreements provide for the accreditation and supervision of travel agents. Directs the Board to forward the recommendations and analyses concerning such proceedings to the Secretary for final disposition. Prohibits the Board and the Department from attaching an expiration date on any certificate of public convenience and necessity. Deletes provisions concerning the issuance of such certificates for temporary authority to provide air transportation. Permits an air carrier to file an application with the Secretary seeking to revoke a temporary or experimental certificate to engage in foreign air transportation. Directs the Secretary to grant such application according to specified criteria. Requires that each air carrier or foreign air carrier shall keep on file with the Board after January 1, 1983, the established divisions of all joint rates, fares, and charges for air transportation in which such carrier participates.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1981
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain credit transactions for the acquisition of securities of U.S. corporations by either a United States or non-United States persons where such a transaction is financed by either United States or non-United States lenders if such a transaction is or could be prohibited if made in a lender's office or other place of business in a State. Applies the provisions of this Act to any purchase or carrying of securities on or after March, 1981, if the loan or extension of credit involved originated, or if the loan proceeds used to purchase or carry such securities were disbursed, on or after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1981
Title I: Margin Requirements - Margin Requirements Fairness Act of 1981 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain credit transactions for the acquisition of securities of U.S. corporations by either U.S. or non-U.S. persons where such a transaction is financed by either U.S. or non-U.S. lenders if: (1) such a transaction is or would be prohibited if it had been made or had otherwise occurred in a lender's office or other place of business in the United States; and (2) a statement is required to be filed under such Act in connection with the acquisition or carrying of such securities. Requires the statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to such Act, by any person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than five percent of any equity security of a class which is registered pursuant to such Act, to include information as to whether the margin requirements imposed pursuant to such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder are applicable and not being violated. Applies the provisions of this Act to any purchase or carrying of securities on or after June 24, 1981, if: (1) the loan or extension of credit involved originated, or if the loan proceeds used to purchase or carry such securities were disbursed, on or after such date; or (2) the person who has obtained, received, or used the loan or extension of credit to purchase or carry securities acquires directly or indirectly by any means any additional securities of the same issuer on or after such date. Title II: Foreign Energy Investment - Foreign Energy Investment Act of 1981 - Makes it unlawful, during the period beginning on July 1, 1981, and ending on March 31, 1982, for any Canadian person to acquire, directly or indirectly, by purchase or trade any voting securities of a United States energy resources corporation if, after such acquisition, more than five percent of any class of voting securities of such corporation will be directly or indirectly owned by: (1) such Canadian person; (2) any partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, or other group of which such Canadian person is a member; (3) the other members of any such partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, or other group; or (4) any combination of the foregoing. States that such prohibition shall not apply to any acquisition which was the subject of an agreement to merge between a United States energy resources corporation and a Canadian person prior to June 24, 1981. Directs the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with specified Federal officials and agencies, to undertake a comprehensive study of direct and indirect investment in United States energy resources enterprises by foreign persons and to report the findings and recommendations to Congress not later than March 1, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981
Postal Service Amendments of 1981 - Authorizes the United States Postal Service to issue written demands requiring access to books, records, documents, or other objects believed to relate to any postal offense or civil matter under investigation by the Postal Service. Provides for the enforcement of such a demand by the appropriate district court. Authorizes the Postal Service to issue an order requiring any person to cease and desist from conducting a lottery or scheme for obtaining money or property by false representations through the mail. Declares that the resumption of such an activity through the use of any instrumentality of interstate commerce shall be considered to be a failure to comply with such order. Permits the Postal Service, in investigating whether a person is conducting such an activity, to tender the price of any article or service that such person has offered for sale. Declares that failure by such person to provide such article or service, or failure to comply with a written demand of the Postal Service for access to materials, shall constitute probable cause to believe such person is engaged in such activities, warranting the detention of such person's incoming mail. Establishes a civil penalty to be assessed by the Postal Service, after an opportunity for an agency hearing, against any person who: (1) attempts to evade an order directing a postmaster to return mail addressed to such person; (2) fails to comply with a cease and desist order; or (3) assists another person in evading such an order.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1981
Sales Representatives Protection Act - Title I: Contracts Between Sales Representatives and Principals - Requires a principal who enters into a contract with a sales representative for the solicitation of orders for merchandise of the principal to furnish specified information to the representative, including monthly commission statements. Enumerates items to be included in any written contract between a principal and sales representative in order to conform with this Act. Title II: Indemnification - Exempts principals who have entered into a written contract in conformity with title I from the indemnification requirements of this title. Requires any principal to indemnify a sales representative in accordance with this title if such principal: (1) without good cause terminates a representative's assignment or reduces the geographical territory assigned to a representative; (2) reduces the rate of commission paid to a representative; or (3) reduces the number of accounts assigned within a geographical territory. Sets forth formulae for the indemnification of such representatives. Title III: Miscellaneous - Permits actions to be brought in Federal district court to enforce the rights or liabilities of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President: (1) take action to resolve the dispute over industrial property rights recognized and protected in the Agreement on Trade Relations between the United States and Hungary; and (2) suspend extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to Hungary if settlement is not reached expeditiously.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Expresses the opposition of the Senate to the attempt by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to regulate news content and the operation of the world press.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1981
Veterans' Health Care Act of 1981 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to provide hospital or nursing home care to a veteran for treatment of a condition associated with exposure to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam. Extends through September 30, 1984, the Vietnam-era veterans' readjustment counseling program. Directs the Administrator to expand the scope of the epidemiological study and literature review of studies of long-term adverse health effects from exposure to Agent Orange to include an evaluation of the adverse health effects of other factors involved in such service, including exposure to other herbicides, chemicals, or environmental hazards or conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981
Motor Vehicle Tax Act of 1981 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the manufacturers excise tax on trucks, buses, and tractors and parts and accessories for such vehicles. Imposes upon the first retail sale of such articles a tax based on their wholesale price. Defines "wholesale price" as 90 percent of the actual retail selling price in the case of trucks, buses, and tractors and 75 percent of such price in the case of related parts or accessories. Exempts from the tax, articles on which the manufacturers excise tax was paid. Deems as sold, for purposes of the tax imposed by this Act, articles used by a manufacturer, producer, or importer other than in the production of articles otherwise taxable under this Act. Exempts from the tax, sales for export or to a State or local government or nonprofit educational organization if such uses are to occur before any other use. Relieves retailers from liability for the tax upon certification by the purchaser that the article will be used in accordance with applicable provisions of law. Imposes registration requirements upon the parties to tax-free sales. Exempts from the manufacturers excise tax on tires, tubes, and tread rubber, articles sold for use on articles subject to the retailers excise tax imposed by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the U.S. delegation to the International Whaling Commission should work toward the adoption of a moratorium of indefinite duration on the commercial killing of whales.
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