United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
States that the first 250,000 pieces of an issue of a publication which is eligible for second-class postage shall qualify for a reduced per piece rate currently in effect for presorted mail, regardless of whether such pieces meet weight or volume requirements for the presorted rate (thus extending such rate to small publications).
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
International Health Act of 1979 - Title I: International Health Subcommittee of the Development Coordination Committee - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish the International Health Subcommittee of the Development Coordination Committee which is to develop a comprehensive Federal International Health Plan. Sets forth the duties of the Subcommittee in developing such Plan. Provides for Subcommittee employment and compensation. Title II: Office of International Health - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of International Health within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to be responsible for international health activities. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Public Health Service: (1) International Health Fellowships; (2) International Health Service; and (3) programs to support international health centers and international health programs in U.S. academic institutions. Title III: The Hubert H. Humphrey Fund - Establishes the Hubert H. Humphrey Fund for International Health as a nonprofit corporation. Sets forth provisions regarding a Board of Directors, officers, and employees. Stipulates that such Fund shall facilitate the improvement in the health status of people in developing countries. Requires the Fund to report annually to the President and Congress concerning its operations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1979
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President to allow the Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority to guarantee loans for the purpose of expediting deliveries or services with respect to national defense contracts. Increases the maximum loan which any Federal agency may guarantee under such Act without the approval of Congress from $20,000,000 to $38,000,000. Requires notification to specified Congressional committees of any proposed obligation above such limit. Authorizes the agency involved to guarantee such a loan if neither House of Congress disapproves of such action within a specified time. Authorizes the President to provide loans to private business enterprises for the production of energy. Increases the ceiling for loans made to private enterprises pursuant to such Act from $25,000,000 to $48,000,000. Extends the President's power under such Act to purchase raw materials for the national defense through fiscal year 1995. Directs the President to attempt to achieve a national production goal of at least 500,000 barrels per day crude oil equivalent of synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks within five years. Authorizes and directs the President to require fuel and chemical feedstock suppliers to provide synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks in any case where the President deems it practicable and necessary to meet national defense needs. Authorizes the President, in carrying out these objectives, to: (1) contract for purchases or commitments to purchase synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks which may be for Government use or resale; and (2) encourage the development and production of such synthetic fuels and feedstocks for national defense preparedness. Terminates the President's authority to enter into such contracts at the end of fiscal year 1995. Sets forth procedures for the awarding and performance of such contracts. Authorizes the President to organize corporations to meet the production goal for synthetic fuels and feedstocks as set forth in this Act. Sets forth Congressional oversight measures with respect to the formation of such corporations. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000,000 for synthetic fuel and feedstock contracts as authorized pursuant to this Act. Extends specified provisions of such Act through fiscal year 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1979
Establishes criminal penalties for whoever: (1) with intent to defraud or having reason to believe his act will facilitate fraud forges or counterfeits any marketable security; (2) knowingly executes in any manner an unauthorized copy of any marketable security; and (3) with intent to defraud or having reason to believe his act will facilitate fraud possesses or controls any tool or other thing used in forging or counterfeiting any marketable security. Entitles any corporation, business, or government whose securities have been forged or counterfeited to recover damages (equal to three times the security's value) in a civil suit in a district court. Establishes criminal penalties for whoever receives, possesses, or offers for sale, or attempts to receive, possess, or offer for sale any marketable security of the United States knowing the same to be stolen, converted, or obtained by fraud. Establishes criminal penalties for whoever: (1) steals, embezzles, or fraudulently converts, or attempts to steal, embezzle, or fraudulently convert any security in the possession or control of any financial institution; (2) receives or possesses any security which has been stolen, embezzled, or converted from a financial institution, knowing the same to be stolen, embezzled, or converted; or (3) tenders, presents, sells, accepts, or attempts to tender, present, sell, or accept any stolen, counterfeit, or forged security at any financial institution, knowing the same to be stolen counterfeit, or forged. Gives investigative jurisdiction to the Federal Bureau of Investigation with respect to such offenses and to the United States Secret Service with respect to certain such offenses involving foreign governments or U.S. securities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1979
Trade Agreements Act of 1979 - Approves specified trade agreements and the statements of administrative action proposed to implement such agreements. Authorizes the President to accept the final legal instruments embodying such agreements. Limits the President's acceptance authority. Requires the President to submit regulations and any amendments of existing statutes necessary to implement such agreements to Congress. Directs the Special Representative for trade negotiations to keep the Congressional delegates to trade negotiations informed of any requirements of, amendments to, or recommendations under, such agreements. Title I: Countervailing and Antidumping Duties - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require that a countervailing duty be imposed on imported merchandise if: (1) the administering authority determines that such merchandise receives any subsidy from a country subject to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures or a similar agreement; and (2) the U.S. International Trade Commission determines that U.S. industry is materially injured or retarded by reason of such imports. Stipulates that such countervailing duty equal the amount of the net subsidy. Directs the administering authority to investigate whether such a subsidy is being provided to imported merchandise upon receiving: (1) information that such a situation exists; or (2) a petition from an interested party alleging such a situation exists. Stipulates that such petition be filed with the Commission in addition to the administering authority. Requires the administering authority to notify the Commission of any investigation in order that the Commission determine whether there is any indication of material injury to U.S. industry. Requires preliminary and final determinations to be made within specified time periods. Provides for the termination or suspension of such an investigation upon: (1) withdrawal of the petition by the petitioner; or (2) the country which allegedly provides subsidies, agreeing to eliminate such subsidy, cease exports of such merchandise, or (in extraordinary circumstances) eliminate the injurious effect of exports to the United States. Sets forth limitations to such agreements. Requires the administering authority to publish a countervailing duty order upon final affirmative determinations by the administering authority and the Commission concerning subsidies on imported merchandise. Requires that an antidumping duty be imposed on imported merchandise if: (1) the administering authority determines that such merchandise is, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than its fair value; and (2) the Commission determines that U.S. industry is materially injured or retarded by reason of such imports. Stipulates that such an antidumping duty equal the amount by which the foreign market value exceeds the U.S. price for such merchandise. Sets forth procedures for investigations by the administering authority and the Commission into sales at less than fair value similar to the countervailing duty investigations. Requires the administering authority to publish an antidumping duty order upon final affirmative determinations by the administering authority and the Commission that imported merchandise is being sold in the United States at less than fair value. Directs the administering authority to review annually: (1) the amounts of countervailing and antidumping duties; and (2) any agreements suspending countervailing or antidumping duty investigations. Requires the results of such review to be published along with any adjustments in the amounts of duty. Authorizes the administering authority to: (1) revoke a countervailing or antidumping duty order; or (2) terminate a suspended investigation after such review. Sets forth methods for determining the amounts of subsidies, material injury, U.S. prices, and foreign market value. Requires the administering authority and the Commission to hold a hearing during the course of any investigation at the request of a party to such investigation. Provides for the establishment of a library of information concerning foreign subsidy practices and countervailing measures. Requires specified information be available to the public. Provides for the confidentiality of certain information. Stipulates that interest be paid on overpayments and underpayments of amounts deposited on imported merchandise subject to countervailing or antidumping duty investigations. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commission to terminate pending investigations into subsidies or sales at less than market value and continue such investigations pursuant to this title. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make existing provisions concerning countervailing duty investigations applicable only to imported articles from countries not parties to the Agreement. Revises the existing investigation procedures to conform with this title, with specified exceptions. Requires the administering authority to notify the Commission of specified countervailing duty orders. Directs the Commission to determine whether U.S. industry has been materially injured. Directs the administering authority to terminate the waiver of countervailing duties upon being notified by the Commission of an affirmative determination. Stipulates that countervailing duty orders issued under existing provisions shall remain in effect, but subject to review under this title. Continues the waiver of countervailing duty orders applicable to imported merchandise from countries under the Agreement, until the Commission determines whether U.S. industry has been materially injured. Repeals the Antidumping Act, 1921. Continues the effectiveness of findings made under such Act, subject to review under this title. Title II: Customs Valuation - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise the methods for appraising imported merchandise based on the transaction value, deductive value, computed value, or similar value. Repeals the existing alternative valuation standards. Directs the President to report to Congress with an evaluation of the domestic and international operation of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Specifies the effective dates of the revised valuation standards which vary depending on particular circumstances. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to increase the rate of duties on ball and roller bearings and pneumatic tires. Repeals provisions stipulating that the duties on clams, footwear, wool knit gloves, and chemicals be based on the American selling price. Increases the rate of duties on such products. Authorizes the President to modify the descriptions of chemicals contained in the Tariff Schedules in specified circumstances. Title III: Government Procurement - Authorizes the President to waive government procurement regulations for eligible products of designated countries, if such regulations result in less favorable treatment than that accorded to U.S. products or products from countries which are parties to the Agreement. Directs the President to prohibit the procurement of otherwise eligible products from countries which are not designated. Authorizes deferrals and waivers from such prohibition in specified circumstances. Requires the President to report to Congress concerning: (1) the effects on the U.S. economy of the refusal to allow the Agreement to cover governmental entities which are principal purchasers of goods and recommendations of alternative means; and (2) actions to establish reciprocity with industrialized countries in the area of government procurement. Authorizes the President to waive application of the Buy American Act in the case of procurement of civil aircraft and related articles from countries which are parties to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft, specifies objectives, including more open market access abroad, to be sought in the renegotiations provided for in the Agreement. Directs the President to report to Congress if the renegotiations are not progressing satisfactorily. Requires the President to give careful consideration to monitoring and enforcing the requirements of the Agreement and this title. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning: (1) administrative practices in the United States and other industrial countries regarding country of origin determinations; and (2) the economic impact on labor surplus areas of the waiver of the Buy American Act. Requires the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations to make procurement information available to the designated congressional advisors. Title IV: Technical Barriers to Trade (Standards) - Permits private persons and Federal and State agencies to engage in standards related activities that do not create unnecessary obstacles to U.S. foreign commerce. Requires Federal agencies which are engaged in such activities to: (1) ensure nondiscriminatory treatment of domestic and imported products; (2) take into consideration international standards; and (3) develop standards based on performance criteria. Gives the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations responsibility for: (1) coordinating and developing international trade policy; and (2) coordinating negotiations with foreign countries concerning standards-related activities. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Agriculture to establish technical offices within their Departments to carry such functions as the President prescribes to implement this title. Requires the Secretary concerned to consult and coordinate, with the Special Representative, international standards-related activities. Stipulates that private organization members shall represent U.S. interests before any private international standards organization, unless the Secretary concerned has reason to believe such representation will be inadequate. Directs the Secretary concerned to encourage cooperation among interested Federal agencies which are the U.S. representatives to any international standards organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to maintain a standards information center to serve as a national collection facility. Authorizes the Special Representative and the Secretary concerned to make grants, enter into contracts, or provide other assistance for assisting appropriate standards-related activities. Requires such officials to solicit technical and policy advise from the trade policy advisory committees. Permits parties to the Agreement and countries extending similar rights and privileges to the United States to make a representation to the Special Representative alleging that a standards-related activity violates U.S. obligations under the Agreement. Directs the interagency trade organization established by the President to review any findings by an appropriate international forum that a standards-related activity violates U.S. obligations under the Agreement. Permits Federal agencies to consider petitions against standards-related activity in specified circumstances. Exempts specified standards activity from this title. Requires the Special Representative to report to Congress concerning international and domestic operation of the Agreement. Title V: Implementation of Certain Tariff Negotiations - Authorizes aggregate reductions in the rates of duty which exceed the maximum specified in the Trade Act of 1974 in specified circumstances. Directs the President to increase the rates of duty on textile products if the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles, or substitute Arrangement, ceases to be effective. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the separate tariff treatment of sheep, goats, and prepared beef and veal. Authorizes the President to reduce the rate of duty applicable to yellow dent corn below statutory limitations. Revises the tariff provisions for carrots, dinnerware, watches, and brooms. Authorizes the duty-free entry of agricultural or horticultural machinery, equipment, implements, and parts, with specified exceptions. Continues the duty-free entry of certain wool through June 30, 1985. Converts various specific rates of duty to ad valorem equivalents. Title VI: Civil Aircraft Agreement - Authorizes the President to proclaim duty-free treatment for specified articles certified for use in civil aircraft when the conditions for acceptance of the Agreement on Trade Civil Aircraft are fulfilled. Title VII: Certain Agricultural Measures - Directs the President to limit the amount of quota cheese which may enter the United States. Requires the administering authority, with the Secretary of Agriculture, to determine whether countries are providing subsidies to quota cheese. Permits any person to file a complaint with the Secretary alleging that a quota cheese is being: (1) offered for sale at less than the U.S. domestic market price; and (2) subsidized by a foreign government. Directs the Secretary to investigate such complaint and report the determinations to the President. Requires the President to: (1) impose a fee on the imported article to insure that the price will not be less than the U.S. price; or (2) prohibit or limit the entry of such articles. Stipulates that the countervailing duty provisions under title I of this Act shall be inapplicable with regard to quota cheese from countries with whom we have entered into cheese agreements. Directs the President to increase the quota for chocolate crumb. Establishes limits on the aggregate quantity of specified meat articles which may be imported into the United States. Title VIII: Treatment of Distilled Spirits - Distilled Spirits Tax Revision Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal: (1) the wine-gallon method for determining the excise tax on distilled spirits; (2) the rectification taxes on such spirits; and (3) the occupational taxes on rectifiers. Revises the method for determining the tax on distilled spirits and the time for paying such tax. Revises the provisions concerning the establishment, operations, and bonding of distilled spirits plants to require that all operations of distillers, warehousemen, or processors be conducted only on bonded premises by qualified persons. Revises the procedure for tax refunds for loss of distilled spirits. Permits distilled spirits to be denatured on the bonded premises of a qualified distilled spirits plant. Limits the transfer of wine between bonded premises. Sets forth transitional rules for collecting the distilled spirits taxes. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to repeal the wine-gallon method for assessing duties on distilled spirits, imports and instead, uses the internal revenue standard. Revises the rates of duty on distilled spirits to reflect such change. Directs the President to review foreign barriers to U.S. exports of alcoholic beverages and report the results to Congress. Authorizes the President to proclaim a lower rate of duty on a proof gallon basis upon receiving adequate reciprocal trade concessions. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the transfer of specified liquor products between bonded warehouses, regardless of their location. Title IX: Enforcement of United States Rights - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the President to take all feasible action to: (1) enforce U.S. rights under any trade agreement; and (2) respond to foreign practices which are inconsistent with trade agreements or are unreasonable or discriminatory. Permits the President to take such action even if no petition requesting such action has been filed. Sets forth the procedures for processing petitions filed by interested persons with the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. Requires the Special Representative to recommend actions to the President after investigating such a petition and consulting with the foreign country concerned. Requires the Special Representative to provide information to private persons about foreign trade practices and trade agreements. Repeals provisions permitting congressional disapproval of such Presidential actions. Title X: Judicial Review - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to set forth procedures for judicial review of countervailing and antidumping duty proceedings. Permits any interested party to petition for judicial review. Gives the U.S. Customs Court exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action brought to review a final determination concerning government procurement. Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the President's authority to enter into agreements to reduce nontariff barriers or other distortions to trade until January 3, 1988. Authorizes the President to sell import licenses at public auction. Directs the President to seek advice from the private sector concerning the operation of trade agreements and trade policy administration in general. Provides for the establishment of advisory committees representing service interests. Repeals the requirement that advisory committees report to Congress in 1980. Stipulates that committee members shall be consulted before and during negotiations. Exempts committees from reporting requirements contained in the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. Requires the President to study and report to Congress concerning mutual expansion of market opportunities with other North American countries. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the International Trade Commission to investigate matters involving countervailing duty or antidumping law only if such matters in part involve acts independently establishing a basis for relief under the unfair trade practices provisions. Provides for civil penalties for violations of cease and desist orders issued in response to such unfair trade practices. Makes technical amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 and the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Requires monthly reports on the port of entry value of each item in the Tariff Schedules of the United States and the aggregate values of U.S. imports and exports based on such values. Requires the reporting of rates of duty which would be imposed on dutiable imports based on such values. Directs the President to submit a proposal to Congress concerning a restructuring of the executive branch's international trade functions. Requires the President to report to Congress with a review of export promotion and disincentives. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include regional economic organizations within the meaning of beneficiary developing country. Permits certain nations which are members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to be designated beneficiary developing countries. Revises limitations on the value of goods qualifying for duty-free treatment. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, at the request of any U.S. possession, to determine whether trade concessions have adversely affected tax revenues of such possessions. Authorizes the President to include amounts in the budget to offset such reduced revenues.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call upon Paraguay to apprehend and extradite Josef Mengele to stand trial in the Federal Republic of Germany.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1979
Directs that the sorrow and regret felt by the Senate at the announcement of the death of the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, late a Senator from Massachusetts, be communicated to the House of Representatives and the family of the deceased. Directs the President of the Senate to appoint a committee to attend the funeral. Declares that when the Senate recesses, it does so as a further mark of respect to the deceased.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to 25 percent of the research and experimental expenditures incurred by a taxpayer in connection with his trade or business. Limits the amount of expenditures eligible for the credit to those research and experimental expenditures which exceed 102 percent, but which do not exceed 150 percent, of the expenditures for the preceding taxable year. Allows a three year carryback and a seven year carryover of credit amounts which exceed the limitations on the credit for any taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1979
Education Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend authorizations of appropriations to fiscal year 1980 for: (1) community services and continuing education programs; (2) special programs for the elderly; (3) college library programs, including research libraries; (4) developing institutions; (5) basic educational opportunity grants; (6) supplemental educational opportunity grants; (7) grants to States for student incentives; (8) special programs for students from low-income families; (9) Educational Information Centers; (10) veterans' cost-of-instruction payments to institutions of higher education; (11) direct student loans; (12) financial aid for administrators training; (13) teacher corps and teacher training programs; (14) acquisition of television and other equipment for improving classroom instruction; (15) grants and loans for construction and renovation of undergraduate academic facilities, and grants for graduate facilities; (16) annual interest subsidy grants for such construction and renovation; (17) graduate programs and fellowships; (18) community colleges; (19) law school clinical programs; and (20) State postsecondary education commissions. Amends the General Education Provisions Act to extend authorizations of appropriations to fiscal year 1980 for: (1) the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and (2) the National Institute of Education. Amends the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to extend authorizations of appropriations to fiscal year 1980 for foreign studies and language programs. Amends the Middle Income Student Assistance Act to make such Act effective with respect to student enrollment on or after July 1, 1979 (presently August 1, 1979). Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that Federal allotments to States for strengthening local educational agencies shall be equal to those granted in fiscal year 1973. Stipulates that excess funds shall be awarded to States on a discretionary basis by the Commissioner of Education. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) provide that any excess basic educational opportunity grant funds for the academic year 1978-1979 shall remain available for such purpose through September 30, 1981, rather than used for other educational purposes; (2) provide that all eligible lenders shall be considered approved for purposes of Federal interest subsidies unless the Commissioner promulgates required regulations by September 30, 1979; (3) remove limitations on special allowance payments; (4) authorize the Commissioner to collect defaulting direct student loans; and (5) include vocational schools within the definition of "institution of higher education."
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1979
Elderly and Disabled Food Stamp Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to allow for households containing a member who is 60 years of age or over or who receives supplemental security benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act: (1) an excess medical deduction for that portion of the actual cost of allowable medical, dental, and other specified health care costs in excess of $35 a month, adjustable semi-annually to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index; (2) an additional dependent care deduction; and (3) an additional excess shelter expense deduction, without the $75 ceiling.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1979
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that sums allotted to the States by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1978 and subsequent fiscal years shall remain available for the fiscal year authorized and for the succeeding 24 months.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1979
Work and Training Opportunities Act of 1979 - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to provide financial assistance to States for the conduct of job search assistance programs run by the States and Native American entities; and (2) federally assisted work and training opportunities, beyond such eight-week programs, run by State and local CETA prime sponsors and Native American entities. Directs the Secretary of Labor to apportion funds for search assistance programs among State and Native American entities according to specified criteria, including the relative numbers of recipients of aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) under the Social Security Act in each State and in geographical areas within each State. Limits Federal assistance for such State programs to 90 percent of costs. Requires that eligible individuals for such programs be (1) adults in families which meet AFDC eligibility standards or (2) registered under the work incentive program (WIN) of the Social Security Act. Requires that job search program services provided through cooperative arrangements between States and local CETA prime sponsors include: (1) instruction in job search techniques; (2) group job search activities; (3) private sector job development; (4) referrals to unsubsidized jobs; (5) supportive services, such as child care, transportation, and medical care; (6) short term remedial services; (7) employability development planning; and (8) referral of eligible individuals to federally-assisted work or training after an eight-week job search period or continuing job search assistance for individuals not so placed or not so eligible. Directs the Governor of each State requesting assistance for such programs to submit a comprehensive State plan to the Secretary. Sets forth criteria for such plans. Directs the Secretary, after consulting the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to approve such plans and annual program modifications thereof only if certain criteria are met. Requires that such plans and modifications be prepared and developed with the active participation of the State employment and training councils established under CETA, all local CETA prime sponsors, and specified State agencies. Permits prime sponsors to appeal to the Secretary if dissatisfied with arrangements for such programs in their areas. Directs the Secretary, in cases of nonexistent or unapproved State plans or unsatisfactory implementation of State or area programs to make direct payments to public agencies or private nonprofit organizations to carry out such programs in such States or areas. Directs the Secretary to issue certain regulations for such programs only after the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare agrees to such regulations. Directs the Secretary to apportion funds for federally assisted work and training opportunities among State and local CETA prime sponsors and Native American entities according to specified criteria, including the relative numbers of AFDC recipients in each area served by such prime sponsors. Require that eligible participants for such work and training positions: (1) have participated in a job search program for the prior eight weeks; (2) have not refused a bona fide job offer since the beginning of the job search period; and (3) be the principal earner in a family with a child. Limits administrative and related costs of such opportunity programs to 20 percent of costs. Requires remaining funds to be used for wages (including training time compensation) and employment benefits to persons placed in such positions. Stipulates that such federally assisted work and training opportunities shall include: (1) public service employment; (2) vocational, remedial, and on-the-job training positions in the private sector; (3) supportive services; (4) flexible working arrangements; (5) provision for return to a similar work and training position after absence due to incapacity or a short-term job; and (6) referrals to other private or public employment. Limits individual participation in such subsidized work or training positions to a maximum of 78 weeks, renewable upon completion of another eight-week job search. Requires prime sponsors receiving such financial assistance to include satisfactory provisions for such work and training opportunities in their CETA comprehensive plans and to make arrangements with the job search assistance program to assure a continuous sequence of services for participating individuals. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards and procedures for determining whether an individual has refused a bona fide job offer without good cause. Sets forth certain conditions under which an individual shall not be found to have so refused such an offer. Directs the Secretary to apportion 62.5 percent of CETA funds currently available to prime sponsors for specified employment programs to provide public service employment for certain individuals from welfare eligible families.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1979
Energy Supply Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to increase domestic energy supplies and to improve the management of the nation's available energy resources. Title II: Priority Energy Project Act - Priority Energy Project Act of 1979 - Centralizes responsibilities for a coordinated process for expediting Federal approval of non-nuclear energy facilities determined to be of national interest. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to designate any proposed non-nuclear energy facility as a priority energy project. Authorizes any person planning or proposing such a facility to apply for such a designation. Establishes procedures and criteria for making such designations. Exempts such designations from the National Environmental Policy Act. Directs Federal agencies involved in the approval of such projects to submit to the Secretary: (1) a compilation of all significant actions required by such agency before rendering a decision on such projects; (2) a compilation of all actions required of the applicant; (3) a tentative schedule for completing agency and applicant action; and (4) all necessary application forms required for such approval. Directs the Secretary to publish a Project Decision Schedule setting deadlines for all such actions. Authorizes the President to act in lieu of any Federal agency failing to meet its deadline. Authorizes the Secretary to establish deadlines for Federal agency action which are shorter than the minimum period required under existing legislation in cases of exceptional national need. Provides for coordination of the actions of Federal, State, and local governments without impinging on the substantive and procedural requirements of State and local law, but directs the Secretary to recommend to a State Governor and to the Congress actions to alleviate or prevent any delays in a priority energy project created or threatened by any State or local government. Exempts from judicial review the actions of Federal officers or agencies pursuant to this Act, except as provided for therein. Sets time limits for filing claims arising out of action pursuant to this Act, and bars any claims filed thereafter. Stipulates that such claims shall be brought in the United States court of appeals for the circuit where the project would be located, and grants exclusive original jurisdiction to such court in such matters. Directs such court to give precedence to such matters over all other matters on the court's docket to the greatest extent practicable. Authorizes the Supreme Court, exclusively, to review interlocutory judgments or orders of the court of appeals pursuant to this Act, and directs the Supreme Court to give precedence to such matters to the greatest extent practicable. Prohibits the granting of injunctive relief against the issuance of any right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization pursuant to this Act except in conjunction with a final judgment on a claim filed under this Act. Establishes an Office for Priority Energy Projects within the Department of Energy to assist the Secretary. Terminates the Secretary's authority to designate priority energy projects seven years after enactment of this Act. Title III: Demonstration of Near-Term Energy Technologies - Directs the Secretary to solicit proposals for commercial demonstration of any of the energy technologies covered by the Federal Non-nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, including solar, geothermal, synthetic fuels and conservation technologies. Requires that such proposals be reviewed within 90 days and transmitted to the Congress with recommendations. Title IV: Department of Energy Project Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1980 and subsequent years for a variety of energy development, demonstration, and commercialization projects for solvent refined coal, high and low Btu gasification, geothermal energy, oil shale, fuel cells, fluidized bed combustion, and urban and industrial waste. Increases the number of small hydroelectric power plants eligible for Federal assistance. Title V: Oil Shale - Establishes a program to determine the commercial viability of oil shale retorting technologies. Directs the Secretary to solicit proposals for the design, construction, and initial operation of Federal oil-shale commercial demonstration projects. Sets forth criteria for selecting, locating, and evaluating such projects with respect to their economic viability and their social, environmental, and economic impacts on local communities. Establishes a Social and Environmental Impact Advisory Panel to advise the Secretary on matters relating to the oil shale program, including impacts on State and local governments, environmental, health, and safety effects of the test facilities, and measures for preventing or mitigating such impacts. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee and make commitments to guarantee the payment of interest on obligations for financing essential community development and planning resulting from this title. Sets the maximum amount of obligations to be guaranteed under this title at $20,000,000 for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State and local governments for studying and planning for mitigation of the potential economic, environmental, and social impacts of projects authorized by this title and for establishing related management expertise. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000 for such grants for fiscal year 1980. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Oil Shale Commercialization Test Special Fund for the purpose of providing funds for impact assistance as prescribed by this title. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of specified agencies and departments, to prepare and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for the acquisition of information and evaluation of the impacts of the oil shale program. Specifies components of such plan. Requires that the Secretary prepare and submit to Congress an annual report on activities conducted under this Act. Makes the information collected by the Secretary pursuant to this title available to the public. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 to carry out the provisions of this Act. Title VI: Study of World Oil Supply and Production Opportunities - Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to Congress a study of world oil supply and production opportunities in non-OPEC countries, including an evaluation of alternative policies for increasing exploration and production, and an assessment of present United States initiatives and potential for new oil discoveries. Title VII: Oil and Gas Leasing - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a five-year program to lease on-shore Federal lands for oil and gas exploration, development, and production. Requires expedited decisions on leasing applications and expanded use of competitive bidding. Requires leases to describe exploration activities in an exploration plan, and to describe development and production activities in a development and production plan, prior to obtaining the Secretary's approval of such activities. Makes provision for assuring the protection of non-energy resources on such lands as are leased under this title. Limits judicial review and relief from the Secretary's actions or determinations to those cases where any such action on determination is found to be arbitrary or capricious. Title VIII: Gasohol - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program promoting the use of alcohol blended fuels. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate agencies, to conduct a study to determine the most suitable raw materials for the production of alcohol motor fuel and the nature of the alcohol motor fuel distribution system and production processes. Directs the Secretary to set mandatory annual production levels for alcohol fuels for the period of 1981 through 1990. Stipulates that the alcohol content of gasoline shall be increased from one percent to ten percent over the ten-year period. Imposes civil penalties upon refiners violating such production requirements. Requires any facility built for alcohol distillation pursuant to this title to give priority to the use of renewable energy resources as its operating fuel. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the purposes of this title. Title IX: Short-Term Initiatives - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to implement a two-year program to require any petroleum-fueled commercial, industrial, or utility facility having a natural gas or coal capability to switch to the alternative fuel to replace the oil being used therein. Directs the FERC to order the installation of natural gas transportation facilities by pipeline owners to accommodate the fuel switching requirements of this subtitle. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether, a proposal to switch to coal requires a waiver of any State air pollution control standard or limitation in effect pursuant to the Clean Air Act. Exempts facilities required to switch to natural gas which are subject to the requirements of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1979 from such requirements for two years. Authorizes the Secretary or the FERC to seek injunctive relief for anticipated or actual violations of this subtitle. Imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for knowing violations of this subtitle, and criminal penalties up to $50,000 and imprisonment for willful violations. Terminates such fuel switching program two years after the date of enactment. Authorizes the Secretary to order utilities to generate, transfer, wheel, or purchase electric power upon a determination that such action would reduce oil consumption by electric utilities. Limits the duration of such orders to 30 days. Directs the FERC to set rates for generating and transmitting power pursuant to such orders from the Secretary. Provides for enforcement mechanisms for violations of such electric power transfer requirements. Sets forth an expedited judicial review process for persons aggrieved by any order issued by the Secretary under this title. Title X: Renewable Energy Resources - Establishes a national goal of 20 quadrillion Btu's of energy to be supplied by the year 2000 from renewable energy resources such as solar energy, wind energy, and urban waste systems. Establishes the Solar Heating and Cooling Information Center to provide information on renewable energy resources. Requires the inclusion of cost-effective solar systems in new Federal buildings, the construction of renewable energy generating facilities by the Federal power administrations, and the making of federally-subsidized low-interest loans for the purchase and installation of solar energy systems by owners or builders of commercial and residential structures. Directs the heads of each Federal agency operating a fueling station for civilian gasoline motor vehicles to require that such stations only dispense ten percent alcohol-blended gasoline. Directs the head of each Federal agency operating a retail gasoline supply outlet to require that such outlets offer for retail sale ten percent alcohol-blended gasoline. Establishes within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar Programs a Solar Energy Loan Program to administer the low-interest loan program. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for such loan program. Establishes as wind energy program objectives to reach by fiscal year 1986, a total megawatt capacity in the United States from wind energy systems of 500 megawatts and a reduction of the average cost of wind generated electricity to a level competitive with conventional energy sources. Directs the Secretary to establish research, development, and demonstration programs to promote the use of wind energy systems by means of Federal financial assistance, subsidies, and contract awards. Establishes a wind energy commercialization program for the accelerated procurement and installation of wind energy systems in Federal facilities. Establishes an advisory committee to assist the Secretary in performing his duties relating to the wind energy program. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 to carry out this Act, of which $100,000,000 shall be used for the wind energy program.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1979
Senior Citizens Health Insurance Reform Act of 1979 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a procedure whereby health insurance policies offered by private insurers to supplement the Medicare program may be certified by the Secretary as meeting minimum standards with respect to adequacy of coverage, reasonableness of premium charge, and general economic benefit to the insured. Sets forth criminal penalties pertaining to the misrepresentation of such policies.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1979
Directs the Joint Economic Committee to: (1) undertake an emergency study of the current state of the economy and of the problems relating thereto, with special reference to productivity; and (2) provide the Congress with specific recommendations for legislation to remedy the existing ills and improve the performance of the economy. Directs the joint committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate not later than December 31, 1980. Authorizes funds, not to exceed $150,000, to carry out the purpose of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1979
Basic Fuel Assistance Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), in cooperation with the Secretary of Energy, the Director of the Community Services Administration (CSA), and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to establish a Community outreach and information program to assist and encourage the low-income elderly and others eligible for assistance under this Act in obtaining Federal, State, or local energy-related assistance, including energy audits, counseling, educational services, alternate energy technologies, and weatherization. Establishes a program to provide assistance to such persons for meeting primary residential fuel costs. Sets forth criteria for determining the amount of such assistance, and requirements for eligibility. Directs the Secretary of HEW to contract with specified State agencies to administer and distribute such assistance payments, and authorizes reimbursement of 90 percent of the costs of such program administration. Sets forth a system of making payments to fuel suppliers supplying fuel to eligible recipients. Requires suppliers to keep full records and submit them to the Comptroller General as needed for auditing purposes. Prohibits suppliers from refusing to sell fuel to eligible participants solely on the basis of their participation in the basic fuel assistance program. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Director of CSA to establish a crisis intervention program to supplement the basic fuel assistance program with evacuations, emergency shelter, home repair, or payment of bills. Authorizes the appropriation of $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982, for such crisis intervention program.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1979
National Water Resources Policy and Development Act of 1979 - Title I - Directs States to review periodically their water resources needs. Authorizes the States to request the Water Resources Council for detailed studies of specific water resources needs. Directs States to submit to the Council a list of authorized studies which have not been completed and which are necessary to meet identified water resources needs. Authorizes the appropriate Federal water resources agency to make detailed evaluations of specific water resources needs upon referral by the Council. Stipulates that the State or other non-Federal body must agree to pay ten percent of the costs of the study before any study may be initiated. Provides for State employees to work in coordination with the appropriate agency. Requires such agencies to assure that studies are equitably undertaken on a regional basis. Directs States to develop and submit to the Council annually a priority list of water resource needs and projects. Stipulates that such lists will be deemed approved after 60 days unless the Council finds that such list was developed without adequate public participation. Requires reports to be filed by the appropriate agency with the Council and appropriate States upon completion of studies of water resource projects. Provides for the authorization of construction of such projects upon: (1) certification by the Governors to the Council that such project is needed and entitled to priority consideration; and (2) recommendation of construction by the appropriate agency. Stipulates that if a Governor affected by such project objects to the Council within 90 days, then such project must be authorized by Congress. Requires the States or other non-Federal bodies to agree to pay specified percentages of the costs of construction and operation of such projects. Permits the use of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund to pay the non-Federal contribution for commercial inland navigation projects. Requires any revenues from such projects to be shared between the non-Federal interests and the participating Federal agencies based on their percentage contribution to the project. Sets forth the formula for allocating authorized funds by the Council among the States. Terminates projects authorized prior to this Act if: (1) construction has not begun within five years of enactment of this Act; and (2) the project is not on a State's priority list. Authorizes the Council to study and propose legislation authorizing construction of regional water resources projects which have national significance and priority. Directs the Council to select up to 25 of such projects from among projects authorized prior to enactment of this Act which shall be eligible for direct funding by Congress without regard to specific limitations in this Act. Stipulates that such projects, if authorized specifically by Congress, shall be constructed at full Federal cost. Permits States to apply to the Council for loans to finance the construction of projects authorized prior to this Act. Requires the Council to report to Congress concerning: (1) national priorities for water resources development; (2) the needs for cost-effective development of the projects; and (3) the best ways to achieve the maximum efficient use of water supplies from existing Federal projects. Prohibits the construction of water resource projects designed to bring land into production for crops receiving Federal price supports until such studies are submitted. Title II: Amends the Water Resources Planning Act to provide for an independent Water Resources Council. Revises the composition of such Council to include experts in the engineering or economics of water resources development.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Child Health Assurance Act of 1979 - Title I: Child Health Assurance Program; Medicaid Eligibility of Poor Children - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a State's Medicaid program to provide medical assistance to any individual under the age of 18 whose resources do not exceed specified levels. Requires a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX to provide for a child health assurance program (CHAP). Requires each such program to: (1) assure the availability to each eligible child of child health assessments which may only be performed by a health care provider who has entered into a specified written agreement with a State; (2) provide, with respect to certain medical services, for the continuing care of eligible children; (3) assure that all eligible children are informed of the need for and availability of dental services, and are referred to providers of such care and services on a timely and periodic basis; and (4) provide for "outreach" to children eligible for assessments. Requires a State's Medicaid program to provide the following services for individuals under the age of 18: (1) inpatient hospital services; (2) outpatient hospital services; (3) rural health clinic services; (4) certain laboratory and X-ray services; (5) child health assessment services and the continuing care services of a CHAP; (6) immunizations; (7) prescribed drugs and insulin; (8) diagnosis and treatment of vision and hearing problems, including eyeglasses and hearing aids; (9) certain ambulatory mental health services; (10) routine dental care services; and (11) physicians' services furnished by a physician. Exempts the individuals eligible for such services from any enrollment fee, premium, deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges with respect to any such services. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate regulations establishing a formula for measuring the effectiveness of a State's CHAP. Directs the Secretary to publish a formula to determine a State's Federal medical assistance percentage for an ambulatory care and services for children based on the effectiveness of its program. Directs the Secretary to evaluate at least biannually the effectiveness of each State's program based on specified standards. Requires States under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to inform all families receiving AFDC benefits of the availability of child health assurance services under title XIX. Title II: Medicaid Eligibility of Pregnant Women - Requires a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX to make medical assistance available for care and services provided during pregnancy aid and for 60 days following the termination of pregnancy to women whose resources do not exceed specified levels. Title III: Effective Dates; Regulations - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage for care and services provided during pregnancy and for 60 days following the termination of pregnancy to any woman whose resources do not exceed specified limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Time-Sensitive Business Communications Act of 1979 - Permits letters of a trade or business which must be delivered within 12 hours or by noon of the next business day to be carried out of the mails whenever there is no available service of the Postal Service which assures delivery within such time at a cost equal to or lower than that for private carriage. Subjects any individual who knowingly sends letters out of the mails under this Act which are not time-sensitive to a fine not to exceed $500.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) against the summary executions without due process in Iran; and (2) that the United States will act to prevent criminal or terrorist actions against persons in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1979
Federal Railroad Employees Safety and Health Act - Title I: Transfer of Certain Railroad Safety Functions - Transfers from the Secretary of Transportation to the Secretary of Labor all of the functions under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 and other specified laws relating to railroad safety. Title II: Amendments to the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 and to the Hours of Service Laws - Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to prohibit discrimination against railroad employees who: (1) complain of alleged railroad safety violations; (2) participate in any investigatory proceeding with regard to alleged safety violations; or (3) refuse to operate defective equipment, or work in an area, under conditions which the employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger to his health or safety. Sets forth administrative procedures for investigating such allegations of discrimination. Stipulates that employees who are adversely affected by a final order prohibiting the use of a railroad facility or equipment for a violation of a safety rule or regulation shall continue to receive compensation at not less than the regular rate of pay prior to the issuance of such an order. Entitles a railroad employee or a representative of such an employee to obtain an immediate special inspection where the individual reasonably believes that a safety rule has been violated or that an imminent danger exists. Amends the Hours of Service Act to require rail carriers to provide transportation for an employee, who has been given an interim period of release at a designated terminal, to an available lodging facility so that the employee will arrive there within 30 minutes. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for the transfer of personnel, funds, and property of the Department of Transportation to the Department of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes within the Department of Labor a Federal Railroad Safety and Health Administration to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1979
Amends title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to authorize payments to States for the cost of emergency shelter or services provided to an adult in danger of physical or mental injury, neglect, maltreatment, or exploitation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
National Library Act - Title I: National Library Agency - Establishes a National Library Agency as an independent executive agency. Sets forth such Agency's functions, including programs of financial assistance and interlibrary exchanges, research, and cooperation. Title II: Library Services - Authorizes a program of grants to States for library services. Requires States to submit a basic plan and an annual program to be eligible for such grants. Requires any State wishing to participate in any grant program under this Act for any fiscal year to: (1) have in effect a basic State plan; (2) submit an annual program; (3) submit a long-range program; and (4) establish a State Advisory Council on Libraries. Sets forth required criteria and guidelines for such programs and Advisory Council. Title III: Public Library Construction - Authorizes a program of grants to States for public library construction. Requires States to submit a basic plan and long-range program to be eligible for such grants. Title IV: Public Library Programs to Meet Special User Needs - Authorizes a program of grants to States for public library programs to meet special user needs. Requires States to submit a basic plan, a long-range program, and an annual program to be eligible for such grants. Title V: Interlibrary Cooperation - Authorizes a program of grants to States for interlibrary cooperation programs. Requires States to submit a basic plan, long-range program, an annual program to be eligible for such grants. Title VI: Library Personnel Development - Authorizes a program of grants to States for library personnel development. Requires States to submit a basic plan, a long-range program, and an annual program to be eligible for such grants. Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals the Library Services and Construction Act, effective as of October 1, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1979
Entitles members of the armed forces and their dependents who cannot afford the costs of legal representation to legal assistance in connection with their personal affairs under such regulations as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe. Places responsibility for the establishment and supervision of legal assistance programs with the judge advocates general.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1979
Extends the reduced postage rates currently in effect for classroom publications to the home delivery of publications which are designed for use at home as educational reading by children and which contain no paid advertising.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1979
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any benefit check issued under such title from being honored for payment after 180 days have elapsed following the day on which it was issued. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to investigate the eligibility of any individual whose check was not presented for payment within the 180 day period and to issue another check if it is determined that such individual is eligible for such check.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Extends for two years the period of time after which: (1) the revenues from the postage rates of certain mail matter of nonprofit organizations which are currently provided reduced rates cannot exceed the attributable postal costs; and (2) the rates for certain commercial publications and educational materials which are currently provided reduced rates must equal full postage rates.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Artists Tax Equity Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an estate tax credit equal to the fair market value of literary, musical, or artistic properties transferred, without restriction, by the estate of the decedent whose personal efforts created them, to Federal museums and art galleries for public exhibition. Requires the recipient of such properties to sign a written statement that such properties have significant artistic value and that they will be placed on public exhibition. Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to 30 percent of the fair market value of a literary, musical, or artistic composition created by the personal efforts of the taxpayer and contributed by such taxpayer to a tax-exempt charitable or educational organization. Limits the amount of such credit to the greater of $2,500 or 50 percent of the taxpayer's income tax liability for the taxable year. Limits the dollar amount of contributions to $35,000. Requires certification that such compositions possess significant artistic value. Disallows the credit for the contribution of a letter, memorandum, or similar property which was written by or for the taxpayer while such taxpayer held public office. Extends from five to ten years the period in which an artist must show that he has engaged in the production of artistic works for a profit in two years during such period in order to claim income tax deductions for losses related to the production of such works. Restores capital gains treatment of the gain realized from the sale of inherited artwork.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1979
Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments of 1979 - Sets forth the findings and policy of this Act, including: (1) the protection of participants in financially distressed multiemployer pension plans; and (2) the encouragement of the growth and maintenance of such plans. Title I: Amendments to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to direct the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to guarantee nonforfeitable pension benefits (other than those becoming nonforfeitable solely on account of a plan termination) under the terms of an insolvent multiemployer plan, if such benefits have been in effect for five years: (1) before the plan's termination; or (2) before a plan year with respect to which the benefits were reduced under the multiemployer plan reorganization provisions of this Act. Specifies rules relating to such time periods. Sets forth a formula for determining the basic benefit guarantee level, and directs the PBGC to report to Congress within five years of enactment (and at least every subsequent fifth year) on the premiums needed to maintain such levels. Requires any such report which indicates the need for a premium increase to include a revised schedule of benefit guarantees which would be necessary without such increase. Stipulates that such revised schedule shall become effective if the proposed increase is not approved by Congress within a specified period. Provides that the proposed increase shall become effective as approved by Congress by a concurrent resolution. Directs the PBGC to propose regulations to establish a supplemental program to guarantee nonbasic benefits under multiemployer plans. Applies the existing aggregate limit on benefits guaranteed under single-employer plans to the basic benefits guaranteed under multiemployer plans. Provides that a multiemployer plan terminates as a result of: (1) the adoption of a plan amendment that (A) ends crediting of additional service to participants, or (B) causes the plan to become an individual account plan; or (2) the withdrawal of every employer from the plan. Specifies rules relating to the date of termination. Limits, in general, the payment of benefits of a terminated multiemployer plan to vested benefits as of the termination date. Requires benefits attributable to employer contributions, other than death benefits, to be paid as an annuity, unless the plan distributes its assets in satisfaction of all vested benefits, but authorizes the plan administrator to distribute the present value of a participant's entire nonforfeitable benefit attributable to such contributions up to $1,750. Allows the PBGC to: (1) authorize the payment of non-vested benefits, or lump-sum amounts greater than $1,750, under certain circumstances; and (2) prescribe reporting requirements, rules, and standards with respect to terminated plans. Makes an employer who withdraws from a multiemployer plan liable to the plan according to a specified formula. States that such withdrawal occurs when the employer permanently ceases: (1) to have an obligation to contribute (e.g. under a collective bargaining agreement); or (2) all covered options under the plan. States circumstances under which a withdrawal does not occur, and authorizes the PBGC to determine circumstances under which an employer has withdrawal liability when there is a substantial reduction in such employer's contributions. Sets forth a special withdrawal provision with respect to an employer required to contribute under a plan only for work performed in the building and construction industry, including that a withdrawal occurs if the employer continues to perform the type of work in the area covered by the plan for which contributions were previously required. Makes the amount of a withdrawing employer's liability a share of the plan's total unfunded vested obligations (as of the end of the preceding plan year), but authorizes the PBGC to establish a procedure by which a plan may adopt an alternative method of determining an employer's liability. Excepts from such liability certain minimal amounts; determined by a specified formula. Requires the amount of liability to be: (1) reduced by the amount of any unfunded vested liabilities which are transferred to another plan in connection with the withdrawal; and (2) determined by regulations of the PBGC where the withdrawal follows a merger of multiemployer plans (but not within the first plan year after such merger). Requires an employer to pay its withdrawal liability in quarterly installments of an annual amount, including accrued interest on the outstanding principle. Authorizes a plan administrator to accelerate payment in the event of a default, as defined by this Act. Allows a plan to adopt rules consistent with this Act for other terms for satisfaction of such liability. Makes the plan administrator responsible for identifying withdrawing employers and determining the amount of withdrawal liability, but gives any such employer the opportunity to identify inaccuracies and furnish additional information. Authorizes the PBGC to require a plan administrator to provide notice of withdrawals resulting in a significant reduction in the amount of aggregate contributions. Requires plan amendments authorized by the withdrawal provisions of this Act and which are adopted more than 18 months after enactment to be approved by the PBGC. Directs a plan administrator of a multiemployer plan to notify the PBGC of a proposed merger with or transfer to another plan. Specifies rules with respect to these activities. Makes a multiemployer plan which transfers assets or liabilities to a single-employer plan liable to the PBGC if the single-employer plan terminates within five years of the transfer, except where the PBGC has approved the transfer. Requires a transfer of assets from a multiemployer plan to another plan to comply with asset-transfer rules adopted by the multiemployer plan which are prudent, reasonable, and fair. Specifies a funding test ("reorganization index") to identify multiemployer plans which are financially distressed ("in reorganization"). Prohibits the present value of a participant's nonforfeitable benefit attributable to employer contributions (other than a death benefit) if such value exceeds $1,750 from being distributed, without PBGC approval. Requires the plan administrator of a multiemployer plan to notify plan participants, contributing employers, and labor organizations representing participants that the plan is in reorganization and accrued benefits may be reduced, or an excise tax imposed on employers, if contributions are not increased. Establishes a minimum contribution requirement (MCR) which each multiemployer plan must satisfy for each plan year that it is in reorganization. Stipulates that a plan satisfies the MCR if it does not have a reorganization deficiency, as defined by this Act, for the plan year. Entitles a plan in reorganization which is "overburdened" (basically, that the "pay status participants," such as retirees, exceed the number of contributing participants) to apply an overburden credit against such plan's reorganization deficiency. Allows a plan in reorganization to be amended, under specified procedures, to reduce or eliminate accrued benefits attributable to employer contributions which are not guaranteeable by the PBGC. Defines as "insolvent" a multiemployer plan which: (1) is in reorganization; (2) has been amended to reduce accrued benefits to the guaranteeable (basic) level; and (3) has insufficient available resources to pay benefits under the plan when due for the plan year. Requires plan sponsors to determine and certify a "resource benefit level" (a reduced level of benefits based on available resources, but not below the guaranteeable level). Provides that nonbasic benefit payments above such level shall be suspended, unless the PBGC prescribes an alternative procedure with respect to a supplemental guarantee program. Requires a plan sponsor who determines at the end of an insolvency year that the plan's available resources could have supported payments above the resource benefit level to distribute such excess resources. Provides for the distribution of benefits which have not been paid at the resource benefit level. Directs the PBGC, upon verification that a plan is or will be insolvent, to provide sufficient financial assistance for the payment of basic benefits under such plans. Requires the plans to repay the PBGC on reasonable terms consistent with regulations. Requires repayment within 180 days with respect to plans for which the resource benefit level for the following plan year exceeds the basic benefit level. Specifies benefit requirements with respect to a plan which terminates because of the withdrawal of all employers. Requires benefit reductions in a plan from which all employers have withdrawn to conform to the requirements for benefit reductions for a plan in reorganization. Applies to a plan from which all employers have withdrawn and is insolvent the suspension and assistance provisions with respect to a plan in reorganization. Gives to a plan fiduciary, employer, plan participant or beneficiary (or employee organization representing such participant or beneficiary) who is adversely affected by the act of any party under this subtitle a cause of action in a district court (except against the Secretary of the Treasury) without regard to the amount in controversy. Makes the Federal court jurisdiction exclusive, but authorizes a plan fiduciary to bring an action in State court to collect withdrawal liability. Authorizes double damages in such an action. Establishes a civil penalty of up to $100 per day for failure to comply with a notice requirement under this subtitle. Directs the PBGC to prescribe four separate schedules of insurance premium rates and bases, including basic benefits for single-employer and multiemployer plans and nonbasic benefits for such plans. Sets forth a graduated increase in the basic benefits for multiemployer plans (but retains the current annual premium for single- employer plans). Authorizes the PBGC to require a plan administrator of a multiemployer plan to include in the plan's annual report information which is necessary to enforce this subtitle. Repeals a provision of ERISA relating to contingent employer liability insurance. Title II: Amendments to Title II of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title II of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code to revise the amortization periods for charging past service liabilities and experience gains and losses to the funding standard account of multiemployer plans. Stipulates that, for a plan in reorganization, the accumulated funding deficiency used to determine the excise tax sanction for a violation of the minimum funding standard equals the reorganization deficiency. Permits an employer to deduct withdrawal liability payments under title IV of ERISA, without regard to the amortization requirements generally applicable to the deductability of plan contributions. Revises the minimum vesting requirements with respect to multiemployer plans. Title III: Amendments to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - Amends title I of ERISA to redefine a multiemployer plan to eliminate that provision of the current definition relating to the proportion of the aggregate contributions which are made by any employer. Stipulates that a terminated multiemployer plan to which title IV of ERISA applies is required to meet the minimum funding standards of such Act as long as any employer remains in the plan. Title IV: Related Technical, Conforming and Clerical Amendments - Amends ERISA to make technical amendments. Requires a plan fiduciary to discharge his or her duties in accordance with standards under such Act and in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the plan. Directs the appropriate district court to appoint a trustee upon the petition of the PBGC for a multiemployer plan in reorganization, unless the appointment would be adverse to the participants' interests. Limits the provision relating to the allocation of plan assets to single employer plans. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to consult with the PBGC before publishing any proposed or final regulations authorized by the new provisions relating to multiemployer plans in reorganization.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1979
Drug Regulation Reform Act of 1979 - Title I: Amendments to Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the definition of "person" subject to the coverage of the Act to include an agency of government. Establishes civil penalties for any violation of such Act and criminal penalties for negligent commission of prohibited acts. Requires any new drug to meet standards of identity, stability, and bioavailability, as well as of strength, quality, and purity. Requires drug manufacturers and distributors to prepare information labeling for patients containing: (1) a summary of the benefits and risks of use of a drug; (2) adequate directions for use; and (3) information about proper storage and handling. Requires pharmacies to keep a book available to patients containing the labeling information for the 100 most frequently sold prescription drugs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education,and Welfare to require retail drug sellers to post the retail prices of designated prescription drugs. Requires manufacturers and distributors to prepare information labeling for practitioners regarding indications, contraindications, and other pertinent matters. Directs the Secretary to afford private organizations the opportunity to prepare, publish, and distribute an index of all prescription drugs and revisions thereof; and if, at the end of three years following enactment, no private index is forthcoming, to prepare one with drugs arranged by diagnostic and therapeutic categories and listed by established name. Permits the Secretary, by order, to require adequate notification to patients, practitioners, and all other necessary persons regarding any substantial risk of illness or injury posed by a drug, if such notification is an effective means to eliminate or reduce such risk. Authorizes the Secretary to disseminate information regarding the safety, effectiveness, and proper use of drugs, and to determine therapeutically equivalent or nonequivalent prescription drugs. Specifies requirements for any promotion labeling issued by or on behalf of a drug manufacturer or any other person under whose proprietary name the drug is distributed. Prohibits the provision of any services or transfer of any property worth more than $5.00 by a manufacturer or distributor with the intent to influence any specified person to buy, prescribe, or dispense one or more particular drugs. Prohibits the distribution of free samples by a manufacturer or distributor, except in specified circumstances. Prohibits any pharmacist or agent from disclosing any prescription information to any person except the patient, the practitioner, another pharmacist for purposes of filling or refilling it, or a State or Federal officer or employee under certain circumstances. Prohibits manufacturers and distributors from obtaining or attempting to obtain prescription information. Changes the ground for immediate suspension of approval of a drug application from "imminent hazard to the public health" to "unreasonable risk of illness or injury to any segment of the population." Requires clinical investigators to obtain voluntary informed consent, in writing, of all human beings, or their representatives, to whom a drug is administered in order to investigate the benefits and risks of such drug. Directs the Secretary to issue written, non-mandatory guidelines regarding protocols and methods for conducting drug investigations. Specifies factors of the health benefits versus risks analysis required for the determination of the safety of a drug. Requires the Secretary to approve the application for a drug proven safe but not proven effective if it is to be prescribed to treat a life-threatening or severely debilitating condition, there is no other effective method of treatment, and there is significant, if not substantial, scientific evidence that such drug is effective. Eliminates existing specified requirements for the certification of drugs containing insulin and antibiotic drugs. Allows the Secretary discretion to impose specified additional requirements as a condition for approval of any drug application. Authorizes the appointment of advisory committees to assist in making the determinations authorized by such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to subpoena witnesses and records in any matter relating to implementation or enforcement of such Act. Allows the manufacture for export, or export of, a drug without an export permit if it is manufactured, packaged, labeled, and distributed in compliance with specified requirements. Title II: National Center for Drug Science - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the National Center for Drug Science, with a Division of Policy and Research and a Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Training. Directs the Center to conduct an ongoing program of drug science policy research, either directly or by grant or contract, and an ongoing review and analysis of drug use in the United States which shall result in an annual Drug Experience Assessment Report. Directs the Director of the Center to make grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, nursing and training centers for allied health professions for the expansion of existing programs and the establishment of new programs. Authorizes appropriations for demonstration projects, traineeships, and fellowships. Establishes a National Advisory Board on Drug Science to assist the Director and to review and comment on the activities of the Center. Title III: Establishment of the Food and Drug Administration - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the Food and Drug Administration. Transfers to the Administration specified functions under specified Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a corporation (other than a small business corporation) an income tax credit equal to 25 percent of its contribution to an institution of higher education for basic research in the physical sciences. Reduces the allowable amount of such credit by the amount of charitable contributions made by such corporations for purposes other than basic research.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1979
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to extend to May 1, 1980, the period during which the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation may pay benefits under terminated multiemployer plans under circumstances provided for in such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1979
Community Conservation Act of 1979 - Establishes the National Bank for Community Conservation. Declares that such Bank shall not be an agency of the United States Government. States that the purpose of such Bank shall be to provide financial assistance in the form of subsidized and unsubsidized loans, repurchase agreements, and grants to local governments for the improvement and conservation of existing physical facilities including, but not limited to, bridges, roadways, and sewage disposal systems. Stipulates that the Bank shall have a 15-member Board of Directors appointed by the President from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, heads of executive departments and agencies, the public, and representatives of State county and city governments. Directs the Board to be responsible for the management of the bank and empowers it to review and approve all financial assistance and loan purchase decisions. Stipulates that the management of the bank, subject to the policies prescribed by the Board, shall be vested in the president who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the President to appoint an advisory committee of nine members, representative of State and local government, commerce, finance, labor, community development, economic development, environmental protection, and consumer interests, who shall advise the Bank on such matters as the Board of the president of the Bank shall specify. Requires the Bank to establish regional operating divisions. Sets forth the general powers of the Bank. States that each such division shall transact all Bank business within its region. Authorizes the Bank to enter into agreements to provide financial assistance to eligible projects in areas designated as distressed by the Bank. Defines a distressed area to be a geographical area encompassed by a local government that is characterized by at least three of the following conditions: (1) the unemployment rate is above the average unemployment rate for the statistical grouping to which such local government belongs; (2) the rate of growth in employment is less than the rate of growth for the statistical grouping; (3) the absolute growth in per capita income is less than the absolute growth for the statistical grouping; and (4) the rate of growth in population is less than the rate of growth for the statistical grouping. Defines the term "statistical grouping" for purposes of this Act. Sets forth formulae for the determination of such rates. Directs the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, to annually determine such rates and report to the president of the Bank. Directs the Bank to give priority to projects in distressed areas which: (1) have a population in excess of 100,000 persons; (2) establish a consortium of contiguous local governments, the combined population of which exceeds 100,000 persons; (3) have a population of less than 100,000 persons, for which the State submits an application; and (4) have undergone exceptionally severe deterioration of essential infrastructure, as defined by the Bank. Authorizes the Bank to make loans at competitive interest rates to finance infrastructure projects and to make interest-subsidized loans if: the infrastructure is critical to the health and safety of local residents; unemployment is persistent and substantial; conventional sources of financing at reasonable rates of interest is significantly impaired; payment of the going market rate of interest represents a substantial and continuing burden; and the condition of public infrastructure is seriously deteriorated. Empowers the Bank to purchase debt securities of eligible distressed areas from private financial institutions. Authorizes the Bank to make grants for infrastructure conservation projects to help defray the costs of interest on outstanding loans made by the Bank or by private financial institutions. Limits such grants to 15 percent of the project costs or $3,000,000, whichever is the lesser. Limits the Bank's stated capital to $2,000,000,000 which shall be raised, insofar as it is feasible, by the sale of the Bank's common stock, with the remainder to be provided by the purchase of the Bank's obligations or debentures by the Secretary of the Treasury. Authorizes the Bank to raise its working capital by issuing debt obligations, which shall be guaranteed by the Federal Government through the Government National Mortgage Association. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Treasury for fiscal years 1980 through 1982 for purposes of making Federal payments to the Bank. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure any loan made by the Bank and to charge and collect premiums for insurance. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of a revolving fund to be used by the Secretary. Requires that the Comptroller General to audit the financial transactions of the Bank.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1979
Establishes a Commission on the International Application of Antitrust Laws. Charges such Commission with examining the international aspects of United States antitrust laws and related statutes, court rules and administrative procedures, and with making recommendations to the President and to the Congress on the results of such study. Directs the President to appoint the 18 member Commission from the executive branch, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the private sector. Sets forth the organization and compensation of members and the powers of the Commission. Stipulates that any formal recommendation made by the Commission to the President and to the Congress must have the majority vote of the Commission as present and voting. Requires the Commission to submit its final report within one year after its first meeting. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits the report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the activities of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1979
Health Science Promotion Act of 1979 - Title I: President's Council on the Health Sciences - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to replace the National Advisory Health Council with a new 15-member President's Council for the Health Sciences. Directs the Council, after consideration of specified criteria, to prepare a National Health Sciences Plan to be simultaneously transmitted to the President, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Congress, by November 30 of each year. Requires such Plan to set forth a recommended budget for health sciences research with the Department of HEW for the coming fiscal year, and priorities for research expenditure for the subsequent four years. Terminates the Council on December 31, 1985. Title II: National Institutes of Health - Establishes in the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (which was abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966). Sets forth the goals of the Institutes, and authorizes the Director of the Institutes to perform specified functions to achieve such goals. Requires the Director to: (1) assure that not less than 45 percent of all funds expended by the Institutes in any given year shall be used to support research by individual investigators who are not full-time employees of the Institutes and whose applications for such grants were unsolicited; and (2) establish a program of demonstrations and experimentations with alternative methods for conducting peer review of research grant applications. Requires selected peer review groups to include individuals experienced in non-biomedical sciences and lay persons. Makes uniform the statutory authority for the 11 categorical Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Eye Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke). Establishes under each of the categorical Institutes (except the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) the following Advisory Councils: National Dental Research Advisory Council, National Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Council, National Child Health and Human Development Advisory Council, National General Medical Sciences Advisory Council, National Eye Advisory Council, National Aging Advisory Council, National Allergy and Infectious Diseases Advisory Council, National Environmental Health Sciences Advisory Council, and National Neurological, Communicative Disorders, and Stroke Advisory Council. Includes within the uniform authority for such categorical Institute the following select provisions: (1) each Advisory Council shall (A) review research projects and programs submitted under its jurisdiction, (B) collect information in its field, and (C) certify to the Secretary approval of projects and applications for grants-in-aid; (2) each Council shall include 18 members appointed by the Secretary for four-year terms; (3) the Director of the Institutes, in consultation with each Advisory Council, shall prepare a report for the Secretary, the President, and Congress with respect to the activities of the Institutes relating to the objectives of each categorical Institute; and (4) the categorical Institutes and Advisory Councils shall expire on September 30, 1983. Extends the authorizations through fiscal year 1983 for: (1) activities of the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; (2) diabetes research and training centers and the National Diabetes Advisory Board; and (3) arthritis demonstration projects and data system, multipurpose arthritis centers, and the National Arthritis Advisory Board. Title III: Paperwork - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to conduct experimental programs to reduce paperwork associated with the application for, and administration of, research grants.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1979
Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any foreign government or entity from suing in any United States district court for injuries sustained from violations of the antitrust laws unless the laws of such foreign government forbid such conduct and authorizes any person, including the government and citizens of the United States, to sue in the courts of that foreign state. Limits recovery of damages of a foreign government to the actual damages and the costs of the suit.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Family Protection Act of 1979 - Establishes a minimum monthly benefit amount under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act. Sets the minimum monthly benefit amount furnished to any "assistance unit" at 70 percent of the projected official nonfarm poverty line minus the sum of the unit's income for such month and the average value of the food stamps for which an assistance unit of the same size would have been eligible during the last preceding July if the total income of such unit for such month consisted solely of payments made under a State's AFDC plan. Defines the term "assistance unit" to mean, a dependent child or children and the relative with whom such child is living who are claiming aid, and any other individual in the same home whose needs should be considered in determining the need of such child or relative. Establishes a new formula for determining Federal payments to a State under part A based on either the "Federal public assistance percentage" or the "alternative Federal public assistance percentage," multiplied by the amount expended by the State under the AFDC program, but subject to certain maximum limitations on the Federal matching rate. Sets forth a formula for determining the maximum State monthly benefit subject to Federal matching payments. Permits States to pay under part A reduced benefits in the case of an AFDC child living with a relative who is not legally responsible for such child by pro-rating the costs of shelter and utilities for such child among household members. Limits the amount which may be disregarded from income as child care costs in determining eligibility for part A benefits based on income to $150 per month for one child or $300 per month if the applicant has more than one child. Limits the amount of financial resources which an assistance unit may own and still remain eligible for aid under part A to $1,750 or $3,000 if two or more persons in a unit are over age 60. Requires a State plan to make AFDC payments to an assistance unit with a low-income parent. Considers a parent to have a low income if the income of the assistance unit was such that the unit would be eligible for AFDC payments because there is a "dependent child" as defined in part A, in the unit. Permits States to exclude such individuals from the benefits provided under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Requires a State to maintain, under part A, a benefit level for an assistance unit of at least the level paid to a unit of the same size and income level in March 1979. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay to a State in addition to other payments now required under part A an amount equal to the excess, if there is an excess, of the "adjusted non-Federal share" for any fiscal year prior to 1986 which exceeds the "adjusted base year amount" for such State. Defines the terms "adjusted non-Federal share" and "adjusted base year amount." Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay under part A to a State, at the option of a State: (1) 90 percent of the expenditures for development of mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems to provide for the effective administration of the State plan under such Title; and (2) 75 percent of State expenditures for the operation of such systems. Provides for an additional reimbursement to a qualifying State based on the State's "negative case action error rate." Defines the term "negative case action error rate" to mean the total of the negative case action error rates for: (1) incorrect denials of applications for assistance or other incorrect dispositions of applications without determinations of eligibility; and (2) incorrect terminations of assistance. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to set forth the rights and responsibilities of AFDC applicants and recipients including, among others: (1) requiring a State to determine eligibility within 30 days of receiving an application; (2) the right of an assistance unit to protest any agency action; and (3) requiring a State to replace a lost or stolen check within five days. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the desirability and feasibility of raising the minimum benefit amount under AFDC to 100 percent of the official nonfarm poverty line, and of raising the maximum benefit amount subject to Federal matching to an amount in excess of 100 percent of the official nonfarm poverty line.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1979
Requests the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Private First Class William James Tsakanikas for his service during World War II during the Battle of the Bulge.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the waiver of residency requirements for individuals residing in a foreign country who claim income tax deductions for living expenses incurred in such country, if such individuals are prevented from conducting normal business in such country due to war, civil unrest, or similar adverse conditions, and such individuals prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that they would have met such residency requirements under normal conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1979
Export Trade Association Act of 1979 - Amends the Webb-Pomerene Act to exempt certified export trade associations from the antitrust laws. Authorizes Federal agencies to enforce only the provisions regarding such associations. Permits third parties to file petitions requesting enforcement action with the Secretary of Commerce. Limits the prohibition against unfair methods of competition to domestic competitors engaged in export trade. Sets forth the procedure for obtaining certification as an organization engaged solely in export trade. Provides for appeal of the Secretary's denial of certification. Requires the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to publish guidelines for determining whether an association will meet the certification requirements. Requires certified associations to submit annual reports to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Commerce an office to promote export trade associations. Provides for automatic certification of existing associations. Stipulates that all applications for certification be kept confidential with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary to require an association 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 · 29 March 1979
Unemployment Insurance System Revitalization Act of 1979 - Title I: Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Program - Unemployment Compensation Cost Equalization Act of 1979 - Entitles, under the Social Security Act, any State, whose rates of insured unemployment is at least six percent to partial reimbursement on an ascending sliding scale of unemployment compensation costs incurred above a certain amount. Title II: Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1979 - Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1979 - Replaces the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 with an extended unemployment benefit program which includes both regular extended benefits of up to 13 weeks and supplemental extended benefits of up to 13 additional weeks. Directs that benefits be made available when unemployment exceeds specified trigger levels which are similar to those used under present law. Revises the method for determining unemployment rates for the purpose of such triggers. Provides for 50 percent Federal funding of regular extended benefits and for full Federal funding of supplemental benefits. Title III: Financing Amendments for Unemployment Compensation Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to extend the payback period of a State having an outstanding balance of loans and to permit a State to pay as little as 20 percent of the outstanding balance in a year upon determining that the State is taking sufficient steps to restore the fiscal soundness of its trust fund. Waives any repayment requirement for States in which the insured unemployment rate exceeds a specified level. Restricts the penalty tax in a State which defaults to only insured employers and provides that the rate of such tax shall remain constant even if the outstanding balance owed is not entirely repaid.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1979
Amends the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 to: (1) eliminate the requirement that States have a program of matching the Federal amounts of veterans' accelerated educational assistance payments in order for a veteran to receive such accelerated payments; (2) revise application filing deadlines for such accelerated payments; and (3) increase from 33 1/3 percent to 66 2/3 percent the maximum rate at which such accelerated payments may be reimbursed by the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Home Finance Leveraging Act of 1979 - Exempts programs of the Federal National Mortgage Association authorized under the National Housing Act or the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970 from State and local usury laws.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1979
Eliminates restrictions and conditions on the appointment of female pages in the Senate that require Senators to be responsible for: (1) the safe transportation of the female page between the Senate and the page's place of local abode; and (2) the safety, well- being, and strict supervision of such page while she is in her place of local abode.
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