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United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Makes corrections in the enrollment of S. 1177 (Mental health services).
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980
United States Court of Military Appeals Act of 1980 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to eliminate the mandatory review by Courts of Military Review and the United States Court of Military Appeals of sentences affecting general or flag officers. Stipulates that such amendment shall not apply to cases begun before the effective date of this Act. Revises provisions relating to status, jurisdiction, membership, organization, procedure, and administration of the Court of Military Appeals. States with regard to membership that: (1) the Court shall consist of five members (presently three); (2) a member must be a member of the bar of a Federal court or the highest court of a State; and (3) not more than three members may be appointed from the same political party. States with regard to organization that: (1) the seal of the Court shall be judicially noticed; (2) a majority of the Court shall constitute a quorum (presently two judges for a quorum); and (3) the principal office of the Court shall be in the District of Columbia, but the Court may sit at any other place it designates. States with regard to procedure that: (1) the rules of practice may be prescribed by the Court; and (2) the accused has 60 days from (a) the date of notification of the decision of a Court of Military Review, or (b) the date on which the decision of a Court of Military Review is deposited with the post office for delivery to the accused, to petition for review. States with regard to administrative procedures that the Court: (1) shall provide for the publication of its reports for public use; (2) may appoint and fix the pay of necessary employees; and (3) may make necessary expenditures and set fees for the copying of transcripts and other related documents. Allows any retired judge of the Court to become a senior judge, and with his or her consent, to be called upon by the chief judge of such Court to perform judicial duties for any period. Sets forth transition provisions regarding: (1) continuation of status; (2) term of office; and (3) employees. Provides for Supreme Court review by writ of certiorari of: (1) cases reviewed by the United States Court of Military Appeals in which the sentence extends to death; (2) issues certified to the Court of Military Appeals by the Judge Advocate General; (3) issues reviewed by the Court of Military Appeals upon petition of the accused; and (4) other issues for which the Court of Military Appeals granted relief. States that Appellate Government counsel may represent the United States before the Supreme Court if so requested by the Attorney General in cases arising under the Military Code. Provides for Appellate defense counsel representation in such cases. Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to make the financial disclosure requirements of such Act applicable to the judicial officers and certain employees of the United States Court of Military Appeals.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 12 through October 19, 1980, as "Italian-American Heritage Week."
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
Amends and disapproves certain amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure proposed by the Supreme Court. Disapproves the proposed amendments relating to the admissibility of pleas (Rule 11), subpoenas (Rule 17), and production of statements of witnesses (Rule 26.2). Revises the proposed amendment relating to the procedures for revocation of probation (Rule 32.1) to authorize a probation officer to issue a summons for or arrest a probationer or the court to issue a warrant, if there is cause to believe that a probationer has violated a condition of probation. Eliminates from the proposed amendment relating to the assignment of counsel (Rule 44) the provision requiring, in cases involving joint representation, the court to protect each defendant's right to counsel "unless it appears that there is good cause to believe that no conflict of interest is likely to arise."
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
Requests the President to designate the week of October 19-25, 1980, as "National Lupus Week."
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 18, 1980, as "Constantino Brumidi Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Boston African American National Historic Site in Boston, Massachusetts. Authorizes the Secretary to accept any gift or bequest of any property within the boundaries of such site and to enter into cooperative agreements with the city of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or any of their political subdivisions, or any private person or organization for such activities as may be necessary for the preservation of any such properties. Authorizes the Secretary to assist with maintenance of those properties owned by the city of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, their political subdivisions, or not-for-profit organizations. Specifies that if any fees are charged for the use of a property covered by any such cooperative agreement, and Federal funds are committed in the cooperative agreement, the income from such fees shall be applied to the costs of maintenance and renovation of such property. Prohibits any Federal fees from being charged for entrance or admission to the historic site. Permits the Secretary, in cooperation with other interested groups, to identify other significant sites relating to the nineteenth century free African American Community on Beacon Hill, Boston, and, with the consent of the owners thereof, mark them appropriately and make reference to them in any interpretive literature. Directs the Secretary, within three complete fiscal years from the effective date of this Act, to submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive general management plan for the historic site. Specifies that authority to enter into contracts to incur obligations or to make payments under this Act shall be effective only to the extent, and in such amounts, as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980
Cuban/Haitian Entrant Act of 1980 - Establishes a Cuban/Haitian Entrant status for: (1) Cubans who (a) were paroled into the United States between April 20, 1980, and June 20, 1980, or (b) had applications for asylum pending as of June 19, 1980; and (2) Haitians who (a) were in exclusion or deportation proceedings as of June 19, 1980, (b) were paroled into the United States before June 20, 1980, or (c) had applications for asylum pending as of June 19, 1980. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) permit such Entrants to work in the United States; and (2) deny or terminate such status if the alien (a) was excludable under specified sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (b) was involved in the persecution of others, (c) was convicted of certain nonpolitical crimes, or (d) poses a security threat to the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General to adjust the status of an Entrant to that of an immigrant after two years' residence (as an Entrant) in the United States. Authorizes the waiver of specified grounds for exclusion for humanitarian or family purposes or if in the national interest. Prohibits such a waiver respecting: (1) national security; (2) association with the Nazi government; or (3) narcotics trafficking. States that any such status adjustment shall not be counted against the immigration admissions limitations. Requires a State to submit a plan to the Secretary of Health and Human Services describing the services to be provided to such Entrants in fiscal year 1981 for reimbursement purposes. Provides for: (1) a 75 percent reimbursement of a State's non- Social Security Act medical and cash benefits, related health and social (employment preparation, language) services, child welfare services, and special public school services to such Entrants; and (2) 100 percent reimbursement for an unaccompanied Haitian or Cuban child (until age 18 or older if a State's child welfare laws so provide) for whom a State has assumed full legal responsibility. Authorizes the Secretary to assume legal responsibility (including financial responsibility) for such unaccompanied children until placement has been arranged. Limits reimbursement (except for unaccompanied children) to assistance or services furnished between July 1, 1980, and July 1, 1981, or if later, the month in which the individual leaves the Federal processing center. Authorizes: (1) reimbursement for administrative expenses not to exceed 75 percent of such expenses; and (2) the Secretary to set recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Prohibits reimbursement to a State for: (1) in-kind contributions; and (2) specified services to an individual granted asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act after he/she has received Entrant status. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to close the period, as of July 1, 1980, during which services provided to certain applicants for asylum will be reimbursed. Prohibits any alien granted Entrant status from applying for asylum. Reduces the time period for appealing a deportation order from six months to 30 days. Limits judicial review of asylum proceedings to a proceeding challenging a final deportation or exclusion order. Revises alien deportation and maintenance expense provisions to: (1) provide that deportation shall be to the country from which the alien boarded the vessel or airplane that brought him to the United States; (2) provide that if such departure was from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States of which such alien was not a national or resident, then deportation shall be to the country from which such alien departed for such contiguous territory; (3) set forth guidelines for the Attorney General if a country is unwilling to accept a deportable alien; and (4) require such transportation lines to deposit a bond to cover any fine or disputed fine relating to deportation with a district director of customs (presently with a customs collector). Increases such fines from $300 to $1000. Repeals existing law authorizing the status adjustment (to immigrant status) of Cuban nationals after one year's U.S. residence.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980
Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks to the United States. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1985. States that action taken pursuant to such agreements shall not be treated as violating U.S. laws.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 21, 1980, as "National Ministers Day."
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Requests the President to designate October 11, 1980, as "National Jogging Day."
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Directs the Senate Finance Committee to report to the Senate by September 3, 1980, a responsible, targeted anti- inflationary tax cut to take effect in 1981. Directs the Democratic Task Force on the Economy to recommend to the Senate a comprehensive economic policy at the earliest possible date.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1980
National Library and Information Services Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1987 to make grants to States for: (1) interlibrary cooperation programs under title I of this Act; (2) public library services under title II: (3) public library construction under title III; (4) public library programs to meet special user needs under title IV; and (5) planning and development, public awareness, and library personnel training programs under title V. Sets forth procedures relating to such appropriations and their availability. Directs the Secretary of Education to make allotments of such appropriations to States according to specified formulas and procedures. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1987 for program evaluation. Directs the Secretary to pay from such allotments, to each State which has an approved basic State plan, an annual program, and a long-range program an amount equal to the Federal share of the total sums expended by such State and its political subdivisions in carrying out such plan. Conditions such payment on a determination of the availability of specified sums from State and local sources. Sets forth formulas for determining the Federal share of programs under this Act (100 percent of costs under titles I, IV, and V; a sliding scale from 33 to 66 percent, based on each State's per capita income, of the costs under titles II and III, with specified exceptions for certain territories and possessions of the United States). Establishes in the Department of Education an Office of Libraries and Learning Technologies, to be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary. Directs the Secretary, through such Office, to carry out financial assistance programs authorized under this Act and to encourage, assist, conduct, cooperate with, plan and implement, or administer various other programs relating to library and information services. Sets forth the administrative authority of the Secretary under this Act. Requires that any State, in order to receive its allotment for any purpose under this Act: (1) have a basic State plan in effect; (2) submit an annual program; (3) submit a long-range program; and (4) establish a State Advisory Council on Libraries. Sets forth required provisions of basic State plans and long-range programs, as well as procedures for approval. Title I: Interlibrary Cooperation and Network Support - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long-range program and an annual program for interlibrary cooperation and network support programs among school, public, academic, and special libraries and information centers. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for interlibrary cooperation and network support. Title II: Public Library Services - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have approved basic State plan and have submitted long-range programs and annual programs for the provision, extension, and improvement of public library services. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for public library services. Title III: Public Library Construction - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long-range program and an appropriately updated annual program for the construction of public libraries. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for the construction of public libraries. Title IV: Public Library Programs to Meet Special User Needs - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long-range program and an annual program for public library programs to meet special user needs. Sets forth conditions for uses of Federal funds and a requirement for State annual programs for public library programs to meet special user needs. Directs the Secretary to consult with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies to coordinate programs assisted under this title with the activities of such agencies. Title V: Planning and Development - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long- range program and an annual program for planning and development. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for planning and development. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets October 1, 1981, as the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1980
Terminates the export controls imposed by the President on agricultural commodities to the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the domestic automotive and truck industry. Declares it to be a goal of the United States to achieve technological superiority in the world automobile and truck industry. Advocates changes in economic, fiscal, and import policies in order to create adequate capital and produce a more favorable climate for the domestic automobile and truck industry.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Hospital Ambulatory Services Reimbursement Reform Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reimburse financially distressed hospitals for community service costs incurred in providing covered outpatient services to certain poor and uninsured individuals. Sets forth the method of determining community service costs and the method of apportioning the costs to the program. Requires the State in which a financially distressed hospital is located to submit an application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of such hospital in order for the hospital to participate in the reimbursement program. Sets forth a description of the data necessary to be included in the application. Sets forth the criteria for approval of the application. Allows the State to submit a revised application if the first application is disapproved. Limits the duration of an approved application to one year. Permits the Secretary to request that a hospital, for which a renewal application has been made, make certain changes. Limits the amount of additional reimbursement for any hospital to the combined net deficit in the operation of the outpatient department and emergency room. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization, to be composed of nine persons appointed by the Secretary, to: (1) advise the Secretary with regard to the implementation of this Act; (2) review applications submitted pursuant to this Act; and (3) monitor and evaluate certain practices of hospitals receiving reimbursement under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Financially Distressed Hospitals Assistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants to financially distressed hospitals serving the medically indigent on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Sets forth eligibility and application criteria, including the development of a hospital services reorganization plan. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review an application within 90 days of receipt. Requires the Governor of the applicant-hospital's State to advise the Secretary whether such hospital is a necessary source of essential health services to the community in which it is located. States that such grants may be used for payment of: (1) current indebtedness; (2) expenses related to reorganizing hospital services; and (3) retraining or severance pay for personnel adversely affected by such reorganization. Limits any single grant to a maximum of three years. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Hospital Financing Stabilization and Reorganization to: (1) advise the Secretary; (2) review grant applications and make recommendations to the Secretary; and (3) evaluate the health services provided under health services reorganization plans. Exempts the Council from the two-year termination provisions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Disapproves a specified portion of the proposed deferral of budget authority (D80-65) for Environmental Protection Agency grants for waste treatment works.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Disapproves a specified portion of the proposed deferral of budget authority (D80-65) for Environmental Protection Agency grants for waste treatment works.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with other Federal agencies, should establish a program to use energy efficient and viable alternatives to halocarbon based technologies for cooling.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1980
Appellate Court Reorganization Act of 1980 - Divides the current United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Fifth Circuit, composed of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and consisting of 14 judges; and (2) the Eleventh Circuit, composed of the States of Alabama, the Canal Zone, Florida, Georgia, and consisting of 12 judges. (The current Fifth Circuit consists of all six States and has 26 judges.) Designates Atlanta, Georgia, the headquarters of the Eleventh Circuit and New Orleans, Louisiana, headquarters of the Fifth Circuit. Makes this Act effective October 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept the conveyance, without monetary consideration, of the following for administration as part of the Adams National Historic Site in Quincy, Massachusetts: (1) the United First Parish Church together with such adjacent real property as the Secretary considers desirable; and (2) the furnishings and personal property located in the United First Parish Church.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Makes the Select Committee on Indian Affairs a permanent committee of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 2377 (authorizes appropriations for the Department of Justice, fiscal year 1981).
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Pretrial Services Act of 1980 - Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish, under the supervision of the Judicial Conference of the United States, directly or by contract, a pretrial services agency in each judicial district as recommended by the appropriate district court and circuit judicial council. (Current law authorizes such agencies on a demonstration basis in ten representative districts.) Places such agencies under the general authority of a separate entity within the Administrative Office. (Current law places five agencies under the Office's Division of Probation and five under an independent Board of Trustees). Requires, rather than permits, regulations issued by the Director relating to the confidentiality of information contained in agencies' files to provide for certain exceptions. Carries forward current provisions relating to the confidentiality of information contained in agencies' files. Continues generally the existing functions and powers of the pretrial service agencies, but eliminates the discretion of the district courts to determine which shall be performed, and adds three new duties: (1) to develop a system to monitor and evaluate bail activities; (2) to prepare, pursuant to agreements, reports for the U.S. Attorneys' Offices on information pertaining to pretrial diversion; and (3) to make contracts to carry out their functions. Requires the Director to include in the annual report to the Judicial Conference a report on the operation of each agency and to transmit a copy of such report to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that social security benefits should remain exempt from all taxation.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families of the eight American servicemen who lost their lives during the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President order the American flag to be flown at half-mast on all government grounds from May 4 through May 11, 1980, as a mark of respect for such servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Community Energy Act - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth: (1) Congressional findings; (2) the purpose of this Act (to develop a national community energy policy); and (3) definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Local Energy Management Partnership - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make energy conservation block grants (from the Solar and Conservation Reserve) in order to encourage units of general government to adopt and implement community plans and programs designed to achieve significant energy savings and encourage the use of renewable energy resources. Requires a grant applicant to submit a three-year comprehensive community energy conservation strategy which describes energy needs and directives. Directs the Secretary to annually review and audit each grantee's program. Provides that 80 percent of funds appropriated for grants in any year shall be allocated to metropolitan areas. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants to units of local government and to States and areawide planning organizations in behalf of units of local government to implement energy projects which the Secretary finds will contribute to a significant reduction in the use of nonrenewable energy supplies. Prohibits making such grants: (1) if the grant will not primarily benefit the public; (2) for projects intended to facilitate the (relocation of industrial or commercial plants of facilities, unless the relocation does not significantly and adversely affect the unemployment or economic base from which the plant is to be relocated; or (3) for projects which could be successful without Federal financial assistance. Directs the Secretary to annually review and audit such projects. Limits to 80 percent the funds available for grants to units of local government located in metropolitan areas. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to establish and operate a National Community Energy Reference Center to provide information and technical assistance in planning and implementing local programs and activities in conservation and renewable resources to units of local government, areawide planning organizations, and neighborhood and community-based organizations. Title III: State Energy Management Partnership - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide financial assistance to assist States and Indian tribes to develop, implement, or modify a State energy plan, or portion thereof, submitted pursuant to its energy plan and to provide technical assistance to States and Indian tribes for energy planning and management. Directs the Secretary to prescribe guidelines for State plans which shall include: (1) a description of State energy supply and demand and of its goals and policies; (2) a management plan for, and a description of, planned uses of funds provided pursuant to this Act and under any other Federal financial assistance program that the State intends to use to implement the State energy plan; (3) a description of how the State plans to implement this energy conservation and renewable resource programs required by this Act; (4) preparation of a State emergency conservation plan prepared pursuant to the Emergency Energy Conservation Act; (5) a description of the provisions of the participation of units of local government, Indian tribes, and the public; (6) a program to grant appropriate units of local government authority to enact related ordinances which include mandatory measures; and (7) a description of the means by which the preparation and implementation of the State energy plan will be coordinated with plans and programs of State agencies and units of local government for economic development, transportation, environmental protection, coastal management, and other energy-related purposes, and assurance that due regard will be given to the needs of the poor, handicapped, and elderly. Requires each State receiving financial assistance pursuant to its State energy plan to: (1) implement the Building Energy Performance Standards program of the Energy Conservation and Production Act; (2) permit motor vehicles to turn right at a red light after stopping; (3) provide for a program to prevent unfair or deceptive practices affecting commerce which relate to the implementation of energy conservation and renewable resource measures; (4) promote the availability of carpools, vanpools, and public transportation; (5) utilize energy conservation measures and renewable resources in State facilities; and (6) provide: (1) for a energy extension program as described in the National Energy Extension Service Act. Requires a State receiving assistance pursuant to its State energy plan to provide: (1) for a satisfactory consultation process with local government units, Indian tribes, and the public; (2) financial assistance to local government units; and (3) for the direct involvement of those units of local government that own and operate a public utility engaged in energy demand and supply forecasting activities as must be provided for ina State energy plan. Sets forth various administrative provisions, including that a State or unit of local government receiving financial assistance, under its State energy plan, must provide that at least 70 percent of the assistance will be spent for the development and implementation of programs for energy conservation and renewable resources. Authorizes a State to make an annual consolidated application for financial assistance under this Act and under any State energy program or programs. Repeals provisions of the National Energy Extension Service Act which provide for the establishment, implementation, and authorization of appropriations for the Energy Extension Service.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Extends the congratulations of the Senate to all of the members of the 1980 United States Handicapped Olympic Team for a job well done.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980
Grants a Federal charter to the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980
Emergency Wage-Price Control Act of 1980 - Directs the President to issue orders and regulations necessary to impose a ceiling on prices, profits, rents, wages, salaries, interest rates, corporate dividends, and similar transfers at levels not in excess of those prevailing during the 30-day period ending on the date of enactment or on such earlier date as the Council on Wage and Price Stability may determine or at the level prevailing on the nearest date on which, in the judgment of the Council, the level was generally representative. Requires that such ceilings remain in effect until the earlier of: (1) 180 days after the enactment; or (2) the date on which the President prescribes orders and regulations to limit such increases to those which are consistent with the specified purposes of this Act and orderly economic growth. Sets forth guidelines for such orders and regulations. Prohibits limitation of wage increases for individuals with substandard earnings and members of the working poor. Prohibits preclusion of payments for wage increases: (1) under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; (2) pursuant to Federal agency wage determinations for specified Government contract or assistance work or for work performed by specified aliens; or (3) paid in conjunction with existing or newly established employee incentive programs designed to reflect directly increases in employee productivity. Authorizes the President to exempt from any such order or regulation rates charged by common carriers and utilities and any other rates, charges, fees, or other transfers determined to be adequately regulated by appropriate Federal, State, or local authorities. Requires that such orders and regulations provide for the making of adjustments to prevent gross inequities or to avoid undue or severe hardship. Exempts raw agricultural commodities and imports from such orders or regulations. Excludes employer contributions to specified pension, profit sharing, or annuity and savings plans and to any group insurance or disability and health plan from "wages" and "salaries" for purposes of this Act, unless the President determines that such contributions are inconsistent with the purposes of this Act and orderly economic growth. Directs the President to delegate the performance of any functions under this Act to the Council and to appoint a Pay Board and a Price Administrator to assist the Director of the Council in carrying out this Act. Provides for: (1) confidentiality of information; (2) subpoena power; (3) administrative procedure; (4) criminal fines and civil penalties; (5) injunctions and other relief; (6) damages or other relief; (7) judicial review; (8) compensation and appointment of personnel; (9) employment of experts and consultants; (10) reports to Congress; (11) authorization of appropriations; and (12) expiration of authority as of midnight September 30, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Disapproves the President's imposition of import fees on petroleum and petroleum products pursuant to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1980
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize appropriations for the Commission on Civil Rights for fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make the failure to comply with the infant formula standards, testing, notification, and reporting requirements a prohibited act. Makes the failure to comply with the required standards of identity and quality cause to deem such formula adulterated. Makes the failure to comply with the labeling and packaging requirements cause to deem such formula misbranded. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to promulgate regulations establishing standards of identity and quality, including the required nutrients at minimum and maximum levels, for infant formula. Permits the Secretary to exempt from such regulations any infant formula intended for use by an infant having unusual medical or dietary problems. Requires each processor of infant formula to submit to the Secretary within a specified period of time the reports or test results showing compliance with the prescribed standards. Requires such processor to submit reports and test results within a specified period upon each reformulation of such formula. Requires processors to either notify the Secretary or institute a recall and then notify the Secretary upon acquiring information indicating that any of its already distributed infant formula may be misbranded or adulterated. Prohibits the use in a proceeding against a processor of any information required by the Secretary to be contained in a notification. Sets forth the recordkeeping requirements for processors of infant formula, including manufacturing and distribution information. Permits the detention of formula by an inspector who has reason to believe such formula is adulterated or misbranded. Sets forth procedures for the confirmation or revocation of such detention. Permits the movement of such detained formula upon release by the Secretary or at the end of a prescribed detention period. Requires that inspectors enforcing the requirements of this Act have access to specified records at all reasonable times. Requires each processor of infant formula to prepare information labeling for users to accompany the product. Sets forth the labeling requirements, including a summary of benefits and risks, directions for use, and storage information. Requires that such information be prominently and conspicuously placed on the labeling. Requires such processors to prepare information labeling for practitioners for the subsequent distribution of such formula. Prohibits the exportation of any infant formula which does not comply with specified requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Requires the Chief Justice of the United States to address in person at times agreed to by the Chief Justice, the majority leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, both Chambers of Congress in joint session on the state of the judiciary. Requires a copy of such address to be transmitted to Congress by March 15 of each year, if the Chief Justice does not appear personally.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1980
National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1981 and 1982 - Authorizes appropriations for the National Science Foundation for fiscal years 1981 and 1982. Makes funds authorized for 1981 available for: (1) mathematical and physical sciences; (2) astronomical, atmospheric, earth and ocean sciences; (3) United States Antarctic Program; (4) biological, behavioral, and social sciences; (5) Ocean Drilling Programs; (6) Science Education Programs; (7) applied science and research applications; (8) scientific, technological, and international affairs; (9) Cross-Directorate Program; and (10) program development and management. Requires that not less than a specified amount be made available for programs designed to improve the participation of women in science for fiscal year 1981. Authorizes appropriations out of the sums already authorized for fiscal year 1981 for programs in education in appropriate technology, ethics and values in science and technology, and minorities, women and the handicapped in science. Requires that not less than ten percent of the funds for equipment and instrumentation in fiscal year 1981 be made available for grants to two-and four-year colleges for equipment and instrumentation costing less than a specified amount. Limits the amount in both fiscal years which may be used for official consultation or representation at the discretion of the Director of the National Science Foundation and for the expenses of the National Science Foundation incurred outside the United States. Permits the transfer of funds from one category to another as specified.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Violent Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1980 - Title I: Amendments to Title I of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to include the finding that the justice system should give additional attention to violent crimes committed by juveniles, particularly to the areas of identification, apprehension, speedy adjudication, sentencing, and rehabilitation. Repeals declarations of purpose relating to the establishment of training programs and centralized research and information services dealing with juvenile delinquency. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Title II: Amendments to Title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to specify that the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall be: (1) under the general authority of the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; (2) under the direction of an Administrator with final authority over specified administrative functions. Establishes in the Office a Legal Advisor to supervise and direct the Legal Advisor Unit, with responsibility for legal policy functions. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to provide the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor with an evaluation of the Rahway Juvenile Awareness Project, the so-called "Scared-Straight" program or other similar programs. Make conforming and technical amendments. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 for the Office, for specified institutes, councils, and committees, and for Federal assistance to State and local programs under such title. Requires that such appropriated funds not obligated by the end of each fiscal year revert to programs funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. Requires that specified maintenance-of-effort funds (19.15 percent of the total appropriation of title I of the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979) be targeted for programs aimed to curb specified violent crimes committed by juveniles, particularly to the areas of identification, apprehension, speedy adjudication, sentencing and rehabilitation. Directs the Administrator of the Office to implement such programs. Provides for specified administrative expenses of the Office. Title III: Amendments to the Runaway Youth Act - Amends title III of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to reflect the homeless (as well as runaway) youth program authority already established. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to make grants for a national telephone communications system to link runaway and homeless youths with their parents and with service providers. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 to carry out the runaway and homeless youth grants program. Makes technical and conforming amendments. Title IV: Miscellaneous Conforming Amendments - Deletes "Associate" from the title of the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as well as in references in the Federal criminal code and in specified lists of Federal officials. Amends the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979 to conform to title II of this Act by requiring that specified maintenance-of-effort funds under such Act be targeted for programs to curb violent crimes committed by juveniles.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
State Justice Institute Act of 1980 - Establishes in the District of Columbia the State Justice Institute as a private nonprofit corporation to further the development of improved judicial administration in State courts in the United States. Directs the Institute to: (1) direct a national assistance program to assure persons ready access to a fair and effective system of justice; (2) foster coordination and cooperation with the Federal judiciary; (3) make recommendations concerning the proper allocation of responsibility between the State and Federal court systems; (4) promote recognition of the importance of the separation of powers doctrine to an independent judiciary; and (5) encourage education for State court judges and support personnel. Authorizes the Institute to award grants and enter into cooperative agreements or contracts to: (1) conduct research, demonstrations, or special projects relating to the purposes of this Act; (2) serve as a clearinghouse of information regarding State judicial systems; (3) participate in joint projects with other agencies, including the Federal Judicial Center; (4) evaluate the impact of programs carried out under this Act upon the quality of criminal, civil, and juvenile justice; (5) encourage judicial education; (6) serve in a consulting capacity to State and local justice systems; and (7) be responsible for the certification of national programs to improve State judicial systems.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Health Professions Training and Distribution Act of 1980 - Reaffirms the Federal Government's partnership with the nation's health professions schools and students so that, with Federal assistance: (1) all Americans can be assured equal opportunities to enter a health career; (2) all Americans can be assured equal access to qualified health professions personnel; and (3) the health professions schools, as a national resource, can assist in accomplishing these objectives. States that amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 1980. Title I: Health Personnel Training and Distribution - Redesignates title VII of the Public Health Service Act as "Health Personnel Training and Distribution". Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), under Title VII, including: (1) health personnel training; (2) health personnel geographic and specialty distribution; (3) providing equal career opportunities; (4) assuring delivery of health care; and (5) maximizing the cost effectiveness of health education, training, and services. Renames the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel. Expands such Council from 21 to 23 members, and expands from 12 to 13 the number of members from the health professions schools. Includes within such membership: a representative from an allied health training center; and permits the inclusion of interns or residents. Revises provisions requiring the Secretary to compile health personnel. Revises related reporting requirements, including: (1) a general status report every two years (presently annual reports); and (2) status reports every two years on students in health training, teachers and teaching facilities, and minorities. Sets forth guidelines regarding the confidentiality of individually identifiable personal data, including: (1) informing any individual asked to supply such data whether or not he or she is legally required to do so, and of any consequences of providing or not providing such information; (2) making such data available upon request to the individual concerned; (3) assuring that nonrelated use of such data is not made, unless consent has been given by the individual concerned; (4) informing an individual, upon request, of the use being made of such data, and the identity of the individuals and entities receiving such data. Prohibits any entity which maintains a record of personal data from complying with a request from the Secretary for such data without first getting the consent of the individual concerned. Prohibits the Secretary from disclosing personal data (other than to the individual concerned) unless: (1) such individual requires the information for purposes of this Act; or (2) the information is requested by a compulsory legal process. Requires the Secretary to notify the individual concerned of any such disclosure demand. Exempts the Secretary from specified coordination of Federal reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance in carrying out programs under Title VII. Prohibits grants for the construction of teaching facilities in hospitals or outpatient facilities. Expands the definition of "ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities" for purposes of such grants presently limited to those facilities training physicians and dentists). Authorizes specified sums for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for: (1) construction of teaching facilities for medical and public health personnel; and (2) ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities. Transfers grant application approval authority from the Commissioner of Education to the Secretary of Education. Eliminates the prevention of curtailment of a school's enrollment as a factor which must be taken into account in considering an application for a grant supporting a project for replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities. States that for fiscal years 1981 and 1982, priority shall be given for construction projects for health profession schools expanding from two-year programs to degree granting programs, and for new schools anticipating predominantly minority enrollment. Removes the limitation on the amount of a grant which the Secretary may make for the construction of ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities. Subjects such grants to the limitations established for grants made for other projects. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of an applicant and after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel, to reduce or eliminate any enrollment requirements imposed on grantees prior to October 1, 1980. Prohibits the promulgation of regulations which would provide for enrollment increases for eligibility purposes regarding construction loan guarantees or interest subsidies. Repeals the specific authority of the Secretary to provide technical assistance for such construction. Extends the program of construction loan guarantees and interest subsidies until September 30, 1983 (presently September 30, 1980). Authorizes increased interest subsidies (six or seven percent rather than present three percent) for projects initially guaranteed or subsidized after October 1, 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into new loan guarantee and interest subsidy agreements for construction projects for a cumulative total of principal equal to the amount authorized for grants under the construction program. Extends the Federal program of insured new loans to students in health professions schools to fiscal year 1983 (presently to fiscal year 1980). Extends the deadline for granting such insurance on any such loans or installments from September 30, 1982, to September 30, 1986. Increases yearly limitatiors and aggregate unpaid principal on individual Federally insured student loans from: (1) $10,000 to $15,000 and from $50,000 to $60,000, for medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, or public health; and (2) $7,500 to $10,000 and from $37,500 to $50,000, for pharmacy. Increases from $15,000 to $20,000 the additional limitations on such loans, and from $60,000 to $80,000 for the aggregate unpaid principal, for medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Extends eligibility for such loans to: (1) graduate students in health administration; (2) advanced nursing students; and (3) physician assistant or dental auxiliary training programs. Includes living expenses among the permissible uses of such loans. Removes the prohibition on concurrent borrowing under this Act and the guaranteed student loan program under the Higher Education Act, and replaces it with a prohibition on concurrent borrowing under this Act and the guaranteed student loan program under the Higher Education Act, and replaces it with a prohibition on concurrent borrowing under this Act and the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, the Indian Health Service Program, or the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Extends from three to four years specified periods exempted from principal installment payments (but not from interest accrual and payment). Adds a graduated repayment action and a variable interest option as parts of the written loan agreement. Replaces the maximum 12 percent interest on the unpaid principal balance of the loan with a rate not to exceed the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills plus two percent. Eliminates the requirement that interest payments on insured loans must be made during deferment periods. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to enter into a written contract with a borrower to discharge a portion of his or her loan for service in a health manpower shortage area. Authorizes the Secretary to discharge a borrower's loan liability if such borrower: (1) failed to complete the first year of studies leading to a first professional degree; (2) is in exceptionally needy circumstances; (3) is from a low-income or disadvantaged family; and (4) has not resumed nor is expected to resume such studies within two years. Extends the health professions student loan program through fiscal year 1981. Limits such extension to senior students already receiving such loans. Revises the period for the capital distribution of such loan funds from September 30, 1983 through December 31, 1983, to September 30, 1981 through December 31, 1981. States that such funds shall be deposited in the Service Contingent Loan Fund established by this Act. Authorizes a loan program for students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, graduate health administration, and physician assistants or expanded function dental auxiliaries. Makes the terms of repayment of such a loan contingent on service in a "national priority position" as such position is described in this Act. Sets forth program provisions with regard to: (1) the required agreement with the institution; (2) student eligibility; (3) loan amounts (depending upon medical specialty); (4) loan agreement terms (installments, acceleration, loan interest); (5) deferral of principal and interest payments, with interest accrual, during periods of graduate training, armed forces service, VISTA or Peace Corps service, service in medically undeserved areas, or National Health Service Corps or Indian Health Service; and (6) national priority service as designated by, and at the option of, the Secretary. Establishes in the Treasury a Service Contingent Loan Fund in the Treasury to finance such program. Authorizes appropriations for such Fund ($10,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, and thereafter as requested). Directs the Secretary to establish a Loan Discharge Fund to be used in connection with the discharge of loans to borrowers serving in optional national priority positions. Revises public health traineeship and other graduate grant provisions to: (1) require trainees to be United States citizens or permanent residents; (2) require traineeships to be distributed on the basis of the needs of the eligible students; (3) extend such grants through fiscal year 1983; and (4) remove the requirement that 65 percent of such traineeships go to students with post baccalaureate degrees or with three years of health services experience. Extends the National Health Service Corps scholarship program through fiscal year 1983. Includes receipt of a loan under the service contingency loan program established under this Act as a priority in making National Health Service Corps awards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make 80 percent of the medicine and osteopathy awards in each State proportionate to the need for physicians in health manpower shortage areas in the State; and (2) approve scholarship applications by August 1 of each year, and to promptly notify the educational institutions of such scholarship approvals. Reorganizes the administration of the scholarship program, the National Health Service Corps programs, and the educational support programs under a single administrative unit. Makes the existing mandatory release of a National Health Service Corps scholarship recipient to fulfill his or her period of obligated service through an independent practice arrangement discretionary with the Secretary. Includes Public Health Service scholarship recipients (prior to October 1, 1977) within such option. Replaces the financial base requirement with one requiring a person serving under the independent practice option to agree to accept assignment under the medicare program. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to individuals serving under the independent practice option. Sets forth pay schedules (including malpractice insurance coverage) for such service. Makes such individuals eligible for special grants. Extends the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program through fiscal year 1983. Revises the medical specialties distribution of scholarships to require that at least 80 percent of such scholarships be given to medical and osteopathic students. Extends the program of financial need scholarships for first-year students through fiscal year 1983. Bases the distribution of scholarship funds on the proportionate enrollment of first-year students with exceptional financial need. Establishes a maximum award of the lesser of tuition and fees plus $2,500, or $5,000. Extends such program through fiscal year 1983. Eliminates the Lister Hill (family practice) scholarship program. Adds a new program of up to 80 percent loan repayment by the Secretary if the student serves for up to four years in a health manpower shortage area. Eliminates the health professions capitation grant program. Establishes a program of national priority incentive grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and public health for programs and projects in the national interest. Sets forth: (1) application requirements; (2) grant formulas and enrollment and tuition incentives; and (3) enrollment determinations. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Expands the scope of the existing family medicine grant program. Extends such program through fiscal year 1983. Stipulates that at least ten percent of funds available in each fiscal year shall be used to develop programs to train physicians who will teach family medicine. Extends the area health education center program through fiscal year 1983, and directs that priority be given to programs that will serve an entire State. Extends the program for the training of physician assistants through fiscal year 1983, and adds a traineeship authority. Sets forth participation requirements for such traineeships. Extends the program for training in primary care internal medicine and pediatrics through fiscal year 1983, and adds authority for faculty development to such program. Replaces the existing family medicine and general dentistry grant program with a dental education grant program for: (1) training expanded function dental auxiliaries; (2) training dental students in the organization and management of dental teams; and (3) operating dental residency programs and providing financial assistance to such residents. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Expands and extends through fiscal year 1983 the program of aiding minority and disadvantaged persons in entering the health professions. Stipulates that at least 75 percent of such funds in each fiscal year shall be for grants or contracts to institutions of higher education. Authorizes funds for start-up costs for those schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry receiving support prior to October 1, 1980. Extends the financial distress grant program through fiscal year 1985. Makes nursing schools eligible for such grants, but restricts such eligibility to not more than three consecutive years. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for up to five years with financially-troubled health professions schools in medically undeserved areas. Sets forth conditions for such grant, including disclosure requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for projects related to the enrollment of students who will serve in medically undeserved areas, or to provide training in such areas. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make a single grant to any private two-year medical school to assist such school in converting to an accredited degree granting institution; (2) make grants through fiscal year 1983 to support training including residency training, in preventive or community medicine or dentistry, including occupational medicine; (3) make grants through fiscal year 1983 for special curricular offerings and projects related to optometry, podiatry, pharmarcy, and veterinary medicine; (4) make grants through fiscal year 1983 to support training in nutrition, geriatrics, rehabilitation, and the containment of health care costs; (5) make grants for projects to increase the participation and advancement of women in health careers; and (6) make grants to conduct research and demonstration projects. Revises and extends through fiscal year 1983 training programs in public health, health administration, and allied health. Adds cost-sharing and cost-containment requirements for health administration programs. Requires the Secretary to consult with the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel prior to awarding specified grants in such areas. Repeals existing provisions concerning: (1) statistical and annual reporting requirements of the Secretary; (2) advanced traineeships in allied health; and (3) educational assistance to disadvantaged individuals in allied health training. Title II: Nurse Education Amendments - Nurse Education Amendments of 1980 - Extends the grant programs for nursing facilities construction, loan guarantees, and interest subsidies through fiscal year 1983. Lessens existing restrictions on new project interest subsidy payments. Extends authorizations beyond fiscal year 1980 for the Treasury loan guarantee and interest subsidy fund. Replaces the capitation grant program with a program of national priority incentive grants to support educational and other related projects in the national interest. Sets forth: (1) enrollment provisions; (2) matching non-Federal funding requirements; (3) application requirements; and (4) grant computation formulas, including increases to any type of nursing school for (a) increased enrollment; (b) graduates working in medically undeserved areas; (c) increased minority enrollment; or (d) providing registered nurses with the opportunity to complete a nursing degree. Provides for a decrease in grant funds if enrollment decreases. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Repeals existing financial distress assistance provisions (nursing schools made eligible under title I of this Act). Amends the nursing special project grant program, including: (1) eliminating funds for mergers; (2) adding the requirement that at least 20 percent of appropriated funds be used for projects related to the geographic or specialty distribution of nurses and requiring that at least 20 percent of appropriated funds be used for projects to increase nursing opportunities for minority and disadvantaged persons. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants through fiscal year 1983 for clinical and practical nursing education projects. Extends the advanced nurse training programs through fiscal year 1983. Requires the Secretary to establish by March 31, 1981, criteria for designating areas, facilities, or organizations as nurse shortage areas. Sets forth factors to be used in making such determinations. Requires the Secretary to provide written notice of the designation of a nurse shortage area to: (1) the chief administrative officer of the organization; (2) the Governor of each State in which the area, organization, or facility is located; (3) the concerned (a) health systems agency; (b) State health planning and development agency; or (c) public or private entity. Authorizes the Secretary to make such designation available to: (1) the public; (2) concerned or interested entities. Extends nurse traineeship programs in advanced training and anesthesiology through fiscal year 1983. Limits the nursing student loan program in fiscal year 1981 to senior students completing their education. Distributes the capital in the loan fund (established by each school) to the Service Contingent Loan Fund (established by this Act). Repeals the provisions authorizing money to be transferred between the nursing student loan program and the nursing scholarship program. Extends the nursing scholarship program through fiscal year 1986. Stipulates that grants shall be ratably reduced dependent upon the amount of appropriations. Title III: National Health Service Corps Program - Requires the Secretary to provide for training of National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipients to prepare them for service in medically undeserved areas. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for such training. Requires the Secretary to first seek an obligated scholarship recipient who received his or her training in the undeserved area's State before assigning a Corps member to a health manpower shortage area (other than certain medical facilities). Extends the National Health Service Corps program through fiscal year 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Health Care Management and Health Care Personnel Distribution Improvement Act of 1980 - Title I: Health Care Management - Declares the purpose of this title to be to encourage effective management of health care services in determining the cost, quality, and availability of such services, and to target resources to improve health care management. Amends title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of health care management fellowships (replaces the existing graduate traineeship program). Sets forth application guidelines. States that such fellowships shall not exceed three years. Requires such fellowship recipients to be provided with at least two years academic training followed by one year of specified supervised training. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Provides, with regard to eligibility for graduate program grants in health administration, that: (1) the minimum amount of required non-Federal funds shall be $150,000 (presently $100,000); (2) the comparison dates for first-year, full-time enrollments shall be fiscal years 1982 (presently 1978), and 1980 (presently 1976), respectively; (3) minority and other students from designated rural or urban areas shall comprise at least seven, ten, and 12 percent of the entering classes for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, respectively; and (4) certain courses and course concentrations shall be available. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to provide grants for curricula development to educational institutions with graduate health administration programs. States that such curricula may include: (1) finance; (2) marketing; (3) economics; (4) epidemiology and health planning; (5) health policy; (6) quality assurance; (7) information systems; (8) related health disciplines; and (9) ambulatory care services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for faculty development to such educational institutions. Prohibits such a grant unless at least three students shall complete such program in each year for which a grant application is made. Requires a grant recipient to serve at least two years as a faculty member in a graduate health administration program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981,1982, and 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with educational institutions and appropriate nonprofit private entities to conduct training in health care management for health care professionals. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with an appropriate public or private entity (or entities) for a health care management evaluation and report; and (2) submit such report, along with any accompanying comments, to the Senate Committees on Finance, and Labor and Human Resources, and to the House Committees on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and Ways and Means, within 24 months of enactment of this Act. States that such report shall contain: (1) an analysis and comparison of health care management with management in other major industries; (2) an identification and evaluation of applicable management skills; (3) an assessment of educational needs; (4) an evaluation of Federal policies having an impact on the management of health care facilities or institutions; (5) a comparison of health care management career incentives with incentives in other major industries; and (6) an evaluation of management interaction between the health care industry and other industries. Title II: Special Projects and Experiments - Declares the purpose of this title to be the enhancement of physician residency training in order to improve the geographic and specialty distribution of physicians. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to appropriate institutions with accredited physician residency training programs in internal medicine, pediatrics, family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry, to assist educational programs (as set forth in this Act) that encourage such physicians to locate their practices in medically underserved areas. Prohibits such grants from being used for the training of residents currently supported under federally funded training programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and family practice. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to develop and operate physician training programs in: (1) physical medicine, rehabilitation, and other nonprimary care specialties in undersupply; and (2) preventive medicine. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the educational costs of establishing new residency programs in specified medical fields. Directs that priority be given for programs: (1) in ambulatory care in medically underserved areas; and (2) that include an interdisciplinary team approach to ambulatory care. Prohibits such grants from being used solely for training physicians receiving support under federally funded programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and family practice. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the educational costs of innovative residency training programs that: (1) prepare residents for teaching medical students and other hospital staff by providing programs suited to the clinical setting, and by providing programs that train faculty members as specialists in medical education and curriculum development; and (2) develop programs relating to the social and behavioral sciences, the humanities, and principles of health services organization, cost containment, and epidemiology. Prohibits such grants from being solely for training physicians receiving support under federally funded programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and family medicine. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the Secretary to undertake research and demonstration projects, in coordination with specified experimental and demonstration projects, with respect to changes in Federal health care reimbursement policies. States that such projects shall: (1) encourage individuals to enter careers in undersupplied physician and health professional specialties; (2) encourage health personnel to practice in medically underserved areas; (3) determine the effect of different reimbursement rates for similar physician services; (4) determine financial incentives necessary to improve services to medically underserved areas; (5) determine the adequacy of reimbursement for nonprocedure oriented physician services; (6) assess the effect and cost of direct reimbursement of primary care nonphysician providers on the availability of such service in medically underserved areas; (7) determine necessary changes in reimbursement policies to encourage ambulatory care training; and (8) assess the cost and impact of altering reimbursement policies to include reimbursement for disease prevention and health promotion activities in the primary care setting. Requires the Secretary to submit annual interim reports, and a final report within three years of enactment of this Act, regarding such projects to the Senate Committees on Finance, and Labor and Human Resources, and to the House Committees on Ways and Means, and Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Title III: Alien Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding alien graduates of foreign medical schools, to: (1) require medical schools to submit to the Commissioner on Immigration and Naturalization and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) an assessment of staffing requirements in the hospital departments in which the alien will be trained, and a staff utilization plan; (2) limit such alien's stay to the lesser of seven years or the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with one year extension); (3) permit such alien to change his or her designated course of medical study, upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency (presently must continue course of education under which admitted into the United States); (4) make such duration of stay and course change provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978; and (5) extend the waiver authority regarding such aliens from December 31, 1980, to December 31, 1985. Amends the Public Health Service Act to consider as health manpower shortage areas hospitals with a residency training program in which more than 25 percent of the positions in such program are filled by alien graduates of foreign medical schools. Provides: (1) for priority assignments of National Health Service Corps personnel at such hospitals; and (2) that whenever possible such assignments shall reduce the number of alien residents at such hospitals. Establishes financial incentives for such replacement. Permits such residency to be counted toward satisfying the period of obligated Corps service. Directs the Secretary, in order to reduce hospital dependence on alien graduates of foreign medical schools, to: (1) identify the States, and the hospitals in such States, in which such aliens fill more than 25 percent of the places in residency training programs; and (2) develop a plan to reduce such dependency.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Federal Question Jurisdictional Amendments Act of 1980 - Abolishes the amount in controversy jurisdictional requirement in Federal question cases.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments of 1980 - Authorizes appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary of the American Bar Association and the Attorney General take all measures necessary to end discrimination against potential lifetime Federal judges who do not qualify solely as a result of age barriers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Congratulates the members of the 1980 U.S. Winter Olympic team, its coaches and officials for a job well done. Recognizes the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee and the people of the Lake Placid area for their successful efforts in organizing and producing the XIII Winter Olympic Games.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of February as "National Snowmobiling Month."
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to encourage States, local governments, and public agencies to adopt a law enforcement officers' bill of rights which substantially provides as a minimum the following: (1) allowing off-duty officers to engage in political activities; (2) granting officers specified procedural rights in connection with investigations of their conduct on duty which may lead to a personnel action; (3) requiring officer representation on any police complaint review board established in the jurisdiction; (4) allowing officers to file civil actions to recover damages from persons violating these rights; and (5) prohibiting mandatory disclosure of officers' finances.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Expresses the congratulations and best wishes of the Senate to Presbyterian College on the 100th anniversary of its founding.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1980
Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit the direct or indirect restriction by any person engaged in commerce on the use of credit instruments in any transaction concerning the sale, resale, or transfer of gasohol or other synthetic motor fuel, where there is no similar restriction on transactions concerning conventional motor fuel. Prohibits any other condition, restriction, agreement, or understanding which otherwise discriminates against or unreasonably limits the sale, resale, or transfer of gasohol or other synthetic motor fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the first Friday of March as "Teacher Day, United States of America."
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1980
Expresses the gratitude of the Senate for the forceful action of Colonel Ishmail Kahn and Mr. Bill Hamidullah in repelling the attackers of the International School of Islamabad in Pakistan.