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1,204 records where Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1982
Requests the President to designate May 4, 1982, as International Franchise Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981
Bankruptcy Improvements Act of 1981 - Amends title 11 (Bankruptcy) of the United States Code to establish an eligibility test for liquidation bankruptcy relief based on the individual petitioner's inability to pay a reasonable portion of his debts out of future income. Permits the court to dismiss a bankruptcy case upon the motion of any party in interest filed prior to the conclusion of the meeting of creditors, and after notice and a hearing, if the debtor is ineligible for relief under such title because he is able to pay a reasonable portion of his debts out of future income. Requires the bankruptcy judge to preside at any meeting of creditors and to perform such additional judicial duties as may be required. Declares that the value of the creditor's interest in the estate's interest in consumer goods property shall be determined in light of the purpose of the valuation and of the proposed disposition or use of such property, and in conjunction with any hearing on such disposition or use or on a plan affecting such creditor's interest. Declares that the value of consumer goods which the debtor seeks to redeem in liquidation shall be presumed to be the established resale market price, if such market exists. Requires the debtor in bankruptcy cases to file a statement of estimated income and expenses for the year following filing of his petition. Requires the debtor, if the debtor's schedule of assets and liabilities includes consumer debts which are secured by property of the estate, to file and serve upon each creditor holding such security and the trustee, a statement expressing the debtor's intention with respect to retention or surrender of the collateral. Requires the debtor, at or before the meeting of creditors provided for by such title, to perform his intention with regard to such secured creditors. Repeals the provisions concerning exempt property and makes the States responsible for establishing exemptions to bankruptcy proceedings. Presumes nondischargeable any debt which was incurred on or within 45 days before the date of the filing of a petition under such title nondischargeable. Allows for rebuttal of such presumption. Allows creditors to enforce liens which have not been voided in bankruptcy. Permits reaffirmation of consumer debts subject to the debtor's right to rescind any such agreement within 60 days or until a discharge is received, whichever occurs later, by giving a written notice of rescission to the creditor. Declares that at the meeting of creditors the court shall inform the debtor of the nature and effect of a discharge and of any reaffirmation of debt. Limits the trustee's power to avoid liens or recover payments made within 90 days of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy (within one year in the case of an insider) unless the creditor had reasonable cause to believe the debtor was insolvent. Permits the court, upon notice and hearing, to require a creditor to accept payments in redemption of the value of a claim secured by a nonpossessory, nonpurchase money security interest in tangible personal property, over a reasonable period not to exceed five years, if such tangible personal property consists of specified objects. Allows a creditor, upon 10 days notice to the debtor and codebtor, to collect any portion of a debt from the codebtor which is not being paid by the debtor through the adjustment of debts of such debtor with a regular income. Requires payments under an adjustment of debts payment plan to commence within thirty days after the filing of the plan. Provides for the return of such funds after deducting the costs of administration if no plan is confirmed. Provides for the separate classification of co-debtor claims and non-dischargeable claims and authorizes payment of them under an adjustment of debts payment plan. Allows a debtor to choose such a repayment plan of up to five years. Bases such repayment upon the debtor's ability to repay out of future income after taking into account the basic living necessities for the debtor and dependents. Provides for an early discharge of debts where a reasonable portion of unsecured claims are paid. Permits a hardship discharge of otherwise non-dischargeable debts to the extent the debtor attempted to pay such debts under an adjustment of debts payment plan, but was prevented from so doing by unforeseen cirucmstances.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1981
Requests the President to designate August 14, 1982, as "National Navajo Code Talkers Day."
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1981
Expresses the sense of Congress that members of the National Guard and Reserve should be granted time off from their jobs for military training, exclusive of earned vacation, and given equal consideration for job benefits and promotions as other employees.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1981
Amends the copyright law to eliminate the prior to July 1, 1982, restriction on the application of the manufacturing requirements to nondramatic literary material.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the withholding of tax requirements with respect to gambling winnings. Requires information returns for gambling winnings for payment of $10,000 or more. Defines "gambling winnings" as the proceeds of: (1) a State lottery; (2) a parimutuel pool, if the amount of proceeds is at least 300 times as large as the amount wagered; (3) keno; (4) bingo; or (5) slot machines. Provides a three year carryover and carryback for net gambling losses.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1981
Title I: Reclamation Reform - Directs that irrigation water from reclamation project facilities not be withheld from delivery to project lands because owners, lessees, or operators live on or near such lands. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, whenever an acreage limitation is imposed by Federal reclamation laws and upon the request of a contracting entity, to designate lands under the applicable limitation within a district having class I productive potential. Requires owners of excess lands to execute a recordable contract with the Secretary for the disposal of such lands before irrigation water may be made available to them. Exempts Federal water resources projects constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers from acreage limitation requirements or other provisions of reclamation laws, unless specifically made applicable by statute or pursuant to the authority of the Secretary. Provides that lands which are leased shall not be subject to the application of acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation laws. Exempts from limitations and restrictions of reclamation laws: (1) any district which has repaid the construction costs of water project facilities; (2) bona fide religious or charitable organizations using the agricultural produce for charitable purposes; (3) lands held by a trustee in a fiduciary capacity for beneficiaries whose interest in such lands is within limits imposed by reclamation laws; (4) lands which receive a temporary supply of water; (5) lands acquired by involuntary foreclosure, bona fide conveyance in satisfaction of mortgage, inheritance, or devise, which are eligible for a temporary supply of water not exceeding five years; (6) isolated tracts which are economically farmable only if included in a larger farming operation; and (7) lands served with a temporary supply of water under contracts permitting later use of such water for municipal or industrial purposes. Requires payment contracts for the use of irrigation water temporarily made available from reclamation facilities in excess of ordinary quantities not otherwise storable for project purposes or not otherwise available without such facilities. Provides for the validation of any contract provision between the Secretary and any party pursuant to matters arising under reclamation laws and of written representations of acreage limitations at the request of any non-Federal party to such an agreement, provided Congress does not disapprove such validation by joint resolution. Vests exclusive jurisdiction in the United States district court for the district in which a project facility is located for injunctive relief sought under contracts between any non-Federal party and the Secretary relative to water service. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Optional Expanded Ownership - Authorizes the amendment of water contracts between the Secretary and any non-Federal party to conform to provisions of this Act. Limits the delivery of water for irrigation purposes to 3,200 acres of class I lands, provided that not more than 1,600 acres of such land may be owned by the qualified recipient. Allows the delivery of water in excess of such acreage upon payment by recipients of the full cost of such excess water. Title III: Leasing Requirements - Prohibits the leasing of lands which receive irrigation water unless the lease instrument is written and for a term not in excess of ten years. Directs that the Secretary be provided with a certificate signed by the lessee which includes a legal description of the land, the lease term, and certification of the reasonableness of the rent. Grants any lease in effect on November 18, 1981, ten years after enactment of this Act to comply with its provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1981
Declares that the United States holds certain lands in Nevada, which are presently administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in trust for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Declares such lands to be part of the Washoe Indian Reservation. Specifies that this Act does not deprive any person or entity of any legal right or legal interest in such lands. Requires that such lands be used primarily for agricultural purposes. Directs the Bureau of Indian Affairs to transfer the administration of certain other lands in Nevada to the U.S. Forest Service within 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1981
Rural Enterprise Zone Act of 1981 - Title I: Designation of Rural Enterprise Zones - Provides for the designation of rural enterprise zones, for a period not to exceed 15 years and subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, by local governments, State governments on behalf of local governments, or certain persons acting with the consent of the local governments, for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by titles II and III of this Act. Permits the Secretary to approve the designation of a zone only if the area: (1) is within the jurisdiction of the designating local government; (2) has a continuous boundary; (3) is located outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area or is otherwise determined to be rural by the Secretary: (4) has a population of at least 600, comprises an incorporated separate jurisdiction, or is an Indian reservation; (5) contains no prime agricultural lands; and (6) meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements used under the urban development action grant program. Requires persons seeking approval of an area designation to submit a plan which documents commitment, analyzes costs and benefits, and: (1) describes planned local efforts to increase employment and encourage area economic development; (2) guarantees the ability of any government with jurisdiction over the area to manage the zone; (3) describes existing areas development efforts; (4) demonstrates the geographic, population, and unemployment and income features set forth in this Act; and (5) describes the planned use of existing Federal resources for economic development. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to approve zone designations after a three-year period. Sets forth maximum numbers of such designations. Prescribes grounds for giving preference in decisions to designate rural enterprise zones. Directs the Secretary to contract with the person requesting approval of an area designation for the management of the area. Expresses the sense of the Congress that in the case of any application for designation of a foreign trade zone within a rural enterprise zone: (1) the Foreign-Trade Zone Board should expedite the application process; (2) the Board, in evaluating such application, should consider future development to be expected as a result of the incentives provided by this Act; and (3) the Board should provide technical assistance to the applicants. Title II: Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Capital Gains Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the alternative tax on capital gains and increase the capital gains deduction. Permits enterprise zone property to remain qualified for purposes of the revised capital gains treatment after a designation of a rural enterprise zone has terminated. Exempts gains from the sale or exchange of property used in certain businesses conducted largely in rural enterprise zones (qualified businesses) from the computation of the minimum tax. Removes as an item of tax preference accelerated depreciation of real property used in such a business, even though such property may be characterized as recovery property. Allows a taxpayer to elect to have gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset recognized only to the extent that the proceeds exceed the cost of property used in a rural enterprise zone which is purchased within one year of such sale. Prescribes a three-year statute of limitations for the assessment of any deficiency attributable to such gain. Subtitle B: Deduction for Investment in Certain Businesses - Allows an income tax deduction for investment in qualified businesses. Subtitle C: Targeted Jobs Credit Increased in Rural Enterprise Zones - Increases the amount of the income tax credit for employment of certain new employees (targeted jobs credit) in the case of members of targeted groups with respect to whom at least 50 percent of the services performed for the employer are performed in a rural enterprise zone or who are residents of such a zone. Subtitle D: Credit for Certain Contributions - Allows an income tax credit for five percent of a taxpayer's payment for the provision of certain community development services in a rural enterprise zone. Subtitle E: Miscellaneous - Permits any qualified business to elect to use the cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting without regard to any inventory requirements if its gross receipts do not exceed $1,500,000 in any prior taxable year. Prescribes a minimum bad debt reserve for taxpayers who finance the provision of goods and services to qualified businesses. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity," for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions, to include qualified businesses (as defined in this Act), designating governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within rural enterprise zones.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1981
Requests the President to designate the week of February 28, 1982, through March 6, 1982, as National Construction Industry Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1981
Transfers certain lands in Clark County, Nevada, from the Department of Agriculture to the Frontier Girl Scout Council of Nevada.-
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States must manage its assets in a manner more prudent and beneficial to the interests of the American people; (2) all executive branch agencies should inventory their assets, estimate the approximate value of each asset, and identify the uses to which each asset is put; (3) the President should then identify which assets are surplus to Federal needs and should be candidates for liquidation; (4) the President should submit recommendations to Congress on any legislative and administrative revisions that may be needed to carry out such a program of liquidation in an orderly manner; (5) the receipts of this program should be used only to restrain and ultimately reduce the national debt; and (6) the Comptroller General should investigate and recommend to Congress and each agency improved processes for managing Federal assets, estimating their value, and liquidating those which are unneeded.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that any agreement for a transfer by the United States of the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) to a foreign country shall include all the requirements under the Arms Export Control Act and in the standard Letter of Offer and Acceptance, as well as specified terms and conditions. Requires that the United States immediately terminate all support for the AWACS if any of these contractual provisions are breached. Requires that only countries that promote peace and stability receive AWACS. Directs the President to certify to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the conditions specified in this Act have been met before the actual transfer of any part of the AWACS.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981
Missing Children Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to collect and exchange information which would assist in the identification of unidentified deceased individuals, and the location of missing persons, including missing children.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give first or fourth visa preference (sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an alien who was fathered by a U.S. serviceman after 1950 in Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Japan, Thailand, or the Philippines. Requires a five-year financial support guarantee signed by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident sponsor. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981
Designates a specified water project in Clark County, Nevada, as the Robert B. Griffith Water Project.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1981
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that certain fiduciary duties under such Act shall be deemed satisfied by investments in residential housing mortgages that provide adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest. Exempts from specified prohibitions under such Act the placing, investing, or purchase of a mortgage secured by residential housing property if such investment or sale: (1) is adequately secured; (2) is made in accordance with specific provisions regarding such loans set forth in the employee benefit plan; and (3) bears a reasonable rate of interest.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1981
Extradition Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set forth new procedures governing the extradition of persons to and from the United States for alleged criminal activity. Authorizes only the Attorney General to initiate an extradition complaint (current law permits any authority of a foreign government to do so). Allows the Attorney General to request issuance of a summons rather than an arrest warrant. Permits release of a person pending the extradition hearing upon a showing of "special circumstances" to the court. Requires the court to impose conditions of release that will assure the person's appearance and the safety of the community and any other person. Provides for waiver of the extradition hearing and consent to removal. Permits either party to appeal the findings of the district court on a complaint of extradition to the U.S. court of appeals. Requires the appeal to be heard as soon as practicable. Disallows a habeas corpus petition or other appeal unless the court finds grounds that could not previously have been presented. Permits release of a person who has been found extraditable pending appeal upon a showing of "special circumstances" to the court of appeals (current law does not authorize such release). Authorizes the Secretary of State to decline to order the surrender of a person who has been found extraditable if the Secretary determines that the foreign state seeks extradition for a political offense. Prohibits any court from making such a determination. Authorizes the temporary extradition to the United States of a person whose delivery has been conditioned by a foreign state on such person's return to its custody. Codifies other current practices with respect to hearing and notice requirements for extradition proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981
Criminal Code Reform Act of 1981 - Title I: Codification, Revision, and Reform of Title 18 - Amends title 18 of the U.S. Code, the Federal criminal code. Subdivides such title into the following parts: (1) general provisions and principles; (2) offenses; (3) sentences; (4) administration and procedure; and (5) ancillary civil proceedings. Part I: General Provisions and Principles - Sets forth the general purpose and application of title 18, general principles of criminal liability, and over 100 general definitions. States that the existence of Federal jurisdiction is not an element of any offense. Provides that particular offenses may include separate jurisdictional requirements. Enumerates factors which Federal law enforcement officers should consider in determining whether to exercise jurisdiction concurrently with a State. Directs the Attorney General to consult with State and local governments on the exercise of Federal jurisdiction and to report annually to Congress on the extent of this exercise. Permits information obtained in the exercise of Federal jurisdiction to be shared with State or local law enforcement officers exercising concurrent jurisdiction. Declares that Federal jurisdiction is not generally preemptive of State jurisdiction, but enumerates offenses with respect to which the Attorney General may order preemption. Decreases from 78 to four the mental states for criminal culpability ("intentional", "knowing", "reckless", and "negligent"). Sets forth general rules for criminal complicity. Makes a person who facilitates completion of an offense by providing substantial assistance liable as a facilitator. Codifies the rule making a coconspirator liable for the reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct of another person (the "Pinkerton doctrine"). States as a general principle that the Federal courts shall determine bars to prosecution, defenses, and affirmative defenses in accordance with common law. Sets forth a general statute of limitations of five years for a felony or misdemeanor and one year for an infraction (currently such limits vary with the offense). Permits an extended period for certain concealable offenses, such as fraud or misconduct in office. Reduces generally from 18 to 17 years the age of responsibility for adult criminal conduct. Permits the prosecution of individuals under the age of 17 for crimes of violence and certain narcotics offenses. Part II: Offenses - Organizes offenses by the following types (rather than alphabetically as under current law): (1) offenses of general applicability, including attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation; (2) offenses involving national defense; (3) offenses involving international affairs; (4) offenses involving government processes; (5) tax offenses; (6) offenses involving individual rights; (7) offenses against the person; (8) offenses against property; and (9) offenses involving public order, safety, health, and welfare. Replaces the particularized penalties for specific offenses in current law with general penalty provisions specifying: (1) terms of imprisonment based on five classes of felonies (A to F); three classes of misdemeanors (A to C); and an infraction; and (2) levels of fines according to the type of offense and defendant (individual or organization). Repeals the Logan Act (prohibiting private communication with a foreign government to influence foreign policy), the Smith Act (prohibiting advocating the overthrow of the Government), and the current prohibition against spreading false information during wartime with intent to aid the enemy. Includes among new Federal offenses: (1) general attempt and solicitation; (2) engaging in para-military activity for the purpose of taking over a government agency; (3) conspiring in the United States to kill, maim, or kidnap a foreign official; (4) obstructing a government function by fraud or by physical interference; (5) a general crime of false swearing; (6) failing to keep a Government record with intent to defraud in connection with benefits provided by a Federal program; (7) speculating on official action or information; (8) a series of offenses covering election fraud; (9) possession of an eavesdropping device; (10) possession of burglar's tools; (11) trafficking in stolen property; and (12) operating a racketeering syndicate. Revises numerous offenses, including the following changes. Adds a new "renunciation" defense to the offense of conspiracy and to the new offenses of attempt and solicitation. Limits the offense of "impairing military effectiveness" to time of war or national defense emergency or where a major weapons system or means of defense against large scale enemy attack is impaired. Revises "criminal contempt" to impose a maximum prison sentence of six months and a fine of $10,000 for an individual and $100,000 for an organization (current law imposes no such limits). Modifies "obstruction of justice" to detail prohibited activities with respect to tampering with a witness, victim, or informant. Changes the offense of "bail jumping" to vary the penalties according to the category of offense. Makes an oral false statement to a Government official an offense only where: (1) the speaker knows the official is a law enforcement officer; and (2) the statement is volunteered or made after the speaker has been advised that making a false statement is an offense. Requires corroborating evidence that the offender made the alleged statement. Adds a new defense of retraction to the offense of "making a false statement." Revises "tax evasion" to eliminate the net tax deficiency requirement. Modifies "civil rights offenses" to: (1) include all "persons" (current law protects "citizens"); (2) allow for a single offender (current law requires a conspiracy); and (3) eliminate the specific intent requirement. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex (current law includes race, color, religion, or national origin) in violation of a person's right not to be subject to sex discrimination. Extends Federal jurisdiction over any contract murder involving interstate commerce, homicide committed on a railroad vehicle operating in commerce, or murder of a U.S. Secret Service protectee. Revises various sex offenses to eliminate distinctions as to the sex of the offender or victim. Includes additional acts in the offense of rape. Makes punishable the rape of one spouse by the other, but applies the interspousal exemption for lesser sex offenses. States that corroboration of the victim's testimony is not required. Provides, with respect to sexual abuse of a minor, that the victim must be less than 16 years old and at least three years younger than the offender. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over the offense of arson and aggravated property destruction where the offense is committed on an energy facility. Extends Federal jurisdiction over the robbery of controlled substances from a pharmacy. Consolidates numerous theft statutes under current law. Varies the penalties with the value and type of property stolen. Reduces the penalty for the temporary taking of a motor vehicle by a juvenile. Revises the crime of "executing a fraudulent scheme" to cover pyramid sales schemes. Extends Federal jurisdiction to include: (1) trafficking in a substance that is represented to be a controlled substance; (2) soliciting property in a passenger terminal; and (3) obtaining at least $100,000 in insurance proceeds through the offense of arson. Extends Federal jurisdiction over the counterfeiting of securities or bonds issued by an organization or State or local government. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over commercial bribery affecting Federally- funded programs. Extends the scope of labor bribery to include bribery involving union membership procedures and work placement. Revises "loansharking" to add as a new offense an extension of credit over $100 in value carrying an annual interest rate exceeding the higher of 45 percent or twice the interest rate on U.S. obligations. Establishes a mandatory two-year minimum sentence for trafficking in an opiate unless the court finds specified mitigating circumstances. Increases the authorized term of imprisonment for trafficking in large amounts of an opiate or phencyclidine (PCP). Increases the fine for trafficking in large amounts of marihuana. Limits the current offense of using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony to crimes of violence. Expands this crime to include displaying any destructive device or other dangerous weapon or imitation thereof. Establishes a mandatory two-year minimum sentence unless the court finds specified mitigating circumstances. Narrows the applicability of "riot offenses" by: (1) requiring the actual occurrence of a riot; and (2) defining "riot" as involving at least ten persons (three in current law). Conforms the definition of "obscene material" to Supreme Court decisions for purposes of the offense of "disseminating obscene material." Defines "community" standards as those in the Federal district in which the obscene material is disseminated. Part III: Sentences - Sets forth a new sentencing structure applicable to a defendant who is found guilty of an offense under any Federal statute. Permits an individual to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment or probation and a fine, and to receive additional sanctions, including: (1) forfeiture for certain racketeering crimes; (2) an order of notice to victims of crimes in cases involving fraud or deceptive practices; or (3) an order of restitution in cases involving bodily injury or property damage. Permits an organization to receive these penalties, with the exception of imprisonment. Specifies factors to be considered by a sentencing court, including the guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission. Requires the court to impose a sentence within the range set forth by the Commission unless aggravating or mitigating circumstances exist that were not adequately considered by the Commission in formulating the guidelines. Requires the court to state in open court at the time of sentencing the reason for imposing a sentence at a point within the prescribed range, or the specific reason for imposing a sentence outside of such range. Authorizes the imposition of a term of probation, unless specifically prohibited, for all but the most serious class of felonies. Requires as a mandatory condition of probation that a defendant not commit another crime. Enumerates 20 discretionary conditions. Sets forth a fine schedule for the categories of offenses generally at higher levels than current law. Includes higher maximums for organizational defendants. Directs the court to consider the defendant's financial status in determining the amount of a fine and the method of payment. Sets maximum terms of imprisonment for five classes of felonies (A to F), three classes of misdemeanors (A to C), and an infraction (five day maximum). Allows the court, in imposing a sentence in excess of one year, to include a term of supervised release after imprisonment. Excludes capital punishment as an authorized penalty, but leaves unaffected the current death penalty provision for aircraft hijacking. Eliminates the parole system. Permits a defendant to petition for a sentence reduction upon a showing of extraordinary and compelling reasons. Limits this motion for defendants who are sentenced to five or more years of imprisonment. Part IV: Administration and Procedure - Amends the wiretapping law to restrict the interception of communications without a court order in emergency situations to the offenses of treason, sabotage, espionage, or an offense involving risk of death (current law limits it to conspiracies involving national security or organized crime). Establishes new procedures requiring authorization for investigative use of a "call register" (a mechanical device which records numbers dialed on the telephone line to which it is attached). Leaves generally unchanged the rules respecting venue for offenses committed in more than one district. Limits the prosecution of disseminating obscene material to the districts where the material was disseminated or the offense was completed (current law allows prosecution in any district through which the material moves). Replaces the Bail Reform Act of 1966 with new bail procedures. Authorizes a judicial officer to consider the safety of any person or the community when making pretrial release determination. Eliminates execution of a money bond as a condition for pretrial release. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the pretrial detention of a person upon finding that: (1) no condition will reasonably assure his appearance, and the safety of any other person and the community; and (2) there is a substantial probability that the person committed the offense. Permits a judicial officer to order the temporary detention (up to ten days) of a person who is presently on release, if no conditions will assure his appearance and the safety of the community. Permits a defendant to be released after conviction and pending appeal only upon a showing that: (1) he is not likely to flee or pose a danger to another person or property; and (2) the appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact. Establishes a new intake screening requirement for juvenile cases for the purposes of considering alternatives to prosecution. Authorizes a special verdict of "not guilty only by reason of insanity" for any criminal defendant who raises the issue of insanity by notice as currently provided. Establishes a new civil commitment procedure for persons found not guilty only by reason of insanity. Permits in a felony or class A misdemeanor case, unless contrary to a plea agreement, a defendant to appeal a sentence greater than the maximum allowed under the Sentencing Commission's guidelines, or a sentence including an order of notice or restitution. Permits the Government, with the personal approval of the Attorney General or the Solicitor General, to appeal a sentence less than the applicable minimum. Treats criminal fine judgments as tax liens. Part IV: Ancillary Civil Proceedings - Consolidates and enumerates 24 offenses for which the Attorney General may initiate civil forfeiture proceedings. Establishes in the Treasury a Victim Compensation Fund from which victims of Federal offenses may be compensated upon filing a claim with the United States Victim Compensation Board established by this Act. Title II: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence - Makes a number of specific amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence. Title III: Amendments to Title 28 United States Code - Establishes the United States Victim Compensation Board to administer the victim compensation program created by this Act. Establishes as an independent body in the judicial branch the United States Sentencing Commission to establish sentencing policies and practices for the Federal criminal justice system. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth general provisions including that this Act shall take effect, with specified exceptions, 30 months after the date of enactment. Title V: Technical and Conforming Amendments Cross-Referenced in Title 18 - Makes technical and conforming amendments. Title VI: Codification and Revision of Title 18 Appendix Reenactment and Redesignation of Former Sections of Title 18 - Transfers certain offenses contained in current title 18 to a new title 18 Appendix. Title VII: Technical and Conforming Amendments to Provisions Outside Title 18 and Title 18 Appendix - Makes technical and conforming amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981
Grants a Federal charter to the National Federation of Music Clubs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to replace specified cast steel pump casings and minor appurtenant parts at the southern Nevada water project, first stage. Requires the State of Nevada to install such casings in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of the Federal Trade Commission's final rule relating to used motor vehicles submitted to Congress on September 10, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1981
Declares that the President of the United States, the Senate and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should assure that the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act providing for agricultural, commercial, and broad regional representation on the Board of Governors are followed.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1981
United States Olympic Development Fund Checkoff Act of 1981 - Permits taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns an election to contribute one dollar of their income tax refunds or one dollar forwarded with returns to support the fund established by this Act. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a United States Olympic Development Fund. Appropriates to the Fund an amount equivalent to the amount designated on tax returns to be available to the Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay amounts so transferred to the U.S. Olympic Committee for use in a program of expansion and improvement of amateur athletics. Sets forth reporting requirements with respect to the expenditure of such funds by the Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981
Bail Reform Act of 1981 - Repeals the Bail Reform Act of 1966 and sets forth new bail procedures. Eliminates execution of a money bond as a condition for pretrial release. Authorizes a judicial officer to consider the safety of any person or the community when making a pretrial release determination. Establishes as a mandatory release condition that the person not commit a Federal, State, or local crime during release. Expands the discretionary release conditions to include that the defendant: (1) maintain employment or an educational program; (2) avoid contact with an alleged victim or potential witness; (3) report to a law enforcement or pretrial service agency; (4) comply with a curfew; (5) refrain from possessing a firearm or use of alcohol or narcotic drugs; (6) undergo medical treatment; (7) forfeit designated property upon failure to appear; and (8) return to custody at specified hours. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the detention for up to ten days of a person who is presently on pretrial release for a felony under Federal, State, or local law or on probation or parole or release pending sentencing or appeal for any offense, if no conditions will assure his appearance and the safety of the community and any other person. Authorizes a judicial officer to order the pretrial detention of a person upon finding that: (1) no condition will reasonably assure such person's appearance and the safety of any other person and the community; and (2) there is a substantial probability that the person committed the offense. Requires that a detention hearing be held in any case involving: (1) a crime of violence; (2) any offense punishable by life imprisonment or death; or (3) a narcotics offense punishable by at least ten years imprisonment. Permits the Government or the court to move for a detention hearing in any other case involving: (1) a serious risk of flight or obstruction of justice; or (2) any felony committed after the person has been convicted of two or more offenses for which a hearing is mandated. Enumerates additional factors to be considered by the judicial officer in making a release determination, including the defendant's past conduct, history of drug or alcohol abuse, criminal history, and the nature and seriousness of the danger to the community or any person. Requires the detention of a person who has appealed his conviction unless the judicial officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) such person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to another person or property; and (2) the appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact. Requires the detention of a person awaiting sentencing unless the officer finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to any other person or the community. Authorizes a U.S. attorney to appeal a release order. Establishes mandatory additional penalties for commission of an offense while on pretrial release. Subjects a person who has been conditionally released and violates a condition of release to revocation of release and prosecution for contempt of court. Grants new authority to law enforcement officers to arrest a person who violates certain pretrial release conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981
Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as an independent body in the judicial branch the United States Sentencing Commission, to establish sentencing policies and practices for the Federal criminal justice system. Directs the Commission to promulgate: (1) sentencing guidelines including sentencing ranges for categories of offenses and defendants; and (2) general policy statements regarding application of the guidelines. Charges the Commission with assuring that the guidelines specify a substantial term of imprisonment for defendants who: (1) have a history of two or more Federal or State felony convictions; (2) committed the offense as part of a pattern of criminal conduct from which he derived substantial income; (3) committed the offense in furtherance of a conspiracy with three or more persons engaged in a racketeering activity in which the defendant participated in a managerial capacity; or (4) committed a crime of violence constituting a felony while on pretrial or post-trial release. Specifies factors to be considered by a sentencing court, including the guidelines and policy statements issued by the Commission and the need to avoid sentencing disparities among defendants with similar records. Requires the court to impose a sentence within the range set forth by the Commission unless aggravating or mitigating circumstances exist that were not adequately taken into consideration by the Commission in formulating the guidelines. Requires the court to state in open court at the time of sentencing the reason for imposing a sentence at a point within the prescribed range, or the specific reason for imposing a sentence outside of such range. Permits in a felony case, unless contrary to a plea agreement, a defendant to appeal a sentence greater than the maximum allowed under the Commission's guidelines. Permits the Government, with the personal approval of the Attorney General or the Solicitor General, to appeal a sentence less than the applicable minimum. Eliminates parole and the current good time allowance provisions with respect to any person convicted of an offense after the effective date of this Act. Retains such provisions with respect to any person convicted before such date for a five year period. Permits a sentence of a term of imprisonment exceeding one year to be adjusted by 36 days at the end of each year for satisfactory compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981
Changes from 90 to 180 days the time limitation under which the President may order members of the Selected Reserve to active duty other than during war or national emergency. Increases from 100,000 to 250,000 the number of members who may be so ordered. Authorizes the President, during such period, to suspend applicable law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation. Directs the President to give Congress written notification of any national security reasons requiring the extension of the time limit.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981
Requests the President to designate the month of October 1981 as National PTA Membership Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1981
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act to prohibit a corporation or labor union from using the involuntary dues or funds of its members or employees for specified political activities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1981
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1981 - Makes the United States liable for damages to: (1) certain individuals who resided in the vicinity of or worked on the Nevada nuclear test site and were exposed to low-level radiation during specified periods; and (2) certain uranium miners in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah who died from or contracted acute leukemia, lung cancer, or other cancer identified by the Advisory Panel on the Health Effects of Exposure to Radiation and Uranium. Extends such liability for damage to specified sheep herds caused by the Nancy nuclear detonation or the Harry nuclear detonation. Bars actions for damages under this Act after a specified date. Grants exclusive original jurisdiction to the appropriate district court for actions under this Act. Establishes, within the Department of Health and Human Services, an Advisory Panel on the Health Effects of Exposure to Radiation and Uranium. Directs the Advisory Panel to identify those cancers and diseases that are more likely to develop in human beings after exposure to low-level radiation or after working in uranium mines. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint such personnel as may be necessary to enable the Advisory Panel to carry out its functions under this Act. Requires that the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall provide such administrative support services as the Advisory Panel may request. Directs the Advisory Panel to report its findings to Congress within one year. Exempts the Advisory Panel from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to assess the adverse health effects resulting from the atomic weapons test program at the Nevada test site. Transfers to the Department of Health and Human Services all functions of the Department of Energy concerning the health effects of radiation on human beings.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1981
Congratulates the State of Oklahoma on the celebration of its Diamond Jubilee.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1981
Amends the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964 to increase from $15,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount that the Government may pay to settle a claim made by a member of the uniformed services or by an agency employee for loss of or damage to personal property incident to such individual's service.
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1981
Commends the disabled individuals who climbed Mount Rainier, Washington, on July 3, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1981
Requests the President to designate October 10, 1981, as "National Jogging Day."
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1981
Establishes a Presidential Protection Commission to: (1) recommend policies and standards to reduce the risk of criminal assaults against the President and other Secret Service protectees during public appearances; and (2) review the criminal laws relating to the safety of the President. Directs the Commission to issue a final report within one year of enactment. Terminates the Commission 90 days after such report.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1981
Mine Safety and Health Reform Act of 1981 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to define: (1) significant and substantial violation; (2) unwarrantable failure; (3) construction contractor; and (4) vocational or professional service contractor. Redefines operator to mean: (1) any owner, lessee, or other person who operates, controls, or supervises a mine; or (2) any independent contractor performing work or services at such mine, except any construction contractor or any vocational or professional service contractor. Excludes from the definition of coal or other mine the surface mining of sand, gravel, stone, clay, or colloidal phosphate. Exempts from the coverage of the Act: (1) any mine owned, leased, or operated by any State or any political subdivision of a State; and (2) any mine owned by all miners working in the mine. Makes changes in the development, promulgation, and revision of mandatory safety and health standards procedures. Revises procedures governing inspections. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) assist operators in improving health and safety; and (2) disseminate information relating to health and safety standards. Directs the Secretary to inspect mines for the purpose of: (1) determining whether an imminent danger exists; or (2) determining whether there is compliance with mandatory health or safety standards. Requires the Secretary to inspect an underground mine at least twice a year and a surface mine at least once a year. Prohibits advance notice of any inspection being provided to any person. Revises provisions relating to the issuance of citations and orders. Authorizes the Secretary upon finding that there is a violation of any mandatory health or safety standard to issue a notice of violation to the mine operator. Authorizes the Secretary upon finding than an operator has committed a significant and substantial violation of any mandatory health or safety standard to issue a citation. Authorizes, upon any followup inspection, the Secretary to: (1) issue a citation, if a violation described in a notice has not been totally abated within the authorized time period; and (2) immediately cause all persons (except those exempt) to be withdrawn from the area, if a violation described in a citation has not been totally abated within the authorized time period. Authorizes the Secretary, upon finding a significant and substantial violation of any mandatory safety or health standard not creating an imminent danger and which was caused by an unwarrantable failure of the operator, to include such findings in any citation. Provides that if, during the same inspection or any subsequent inspection within 90 days of the issuance of the citation, another significant and substantial violation of the same mandatory safety or health standard is found and such violation was caused by an unwarrantable failure, the Secretary shall issue an order requiring all persons (except those exempt) to withdraw from the area until the violation has been abated. Prohibits the Secretary from considering with respect to the operator's history of previous violations any notices of violations or citations. Permits the filing with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission of a written request for the granting of temporary relief from any notice, citation, order, or modification or termination issued. Requires a construction contractor, whenever any construction activity is undertaken, to notify the Occupational Health and Safety Commission of the type of activity and number of employees involved. Prohibits the imposition of a civil monetary penalty on the operator of a mine for the violation of a mandatory health or safety standard, if the operator can show: (1) that the violation was committed by a miner in violation of the operator's rules or any mandatory safety or health standard; and (2) the miner was instructed as to such rules and standards. Prohibits the imposition of civil monetary penalty for the violation of a mandatory safety standard if the Secretary determines that, during the preceding year of the violation, the rate of fatalities and injuries at the mine where the violation occurs was below the national average for mines in the same category or class, except that if a withdrawal order has been issued or the violation has caused or contributed to a fatality or permanently disabling condition, the penalty is applicable. Revises regulations relating to mandatory health and safety training. Reduces from: (1) 40 to 16 the number of hours required to train a new underground miner; and (2) 24 to 8 the number of hours required to train a new surface miner. Permits up to six hours of a training program for surface miners to consist of practical training. Permits an operator to give only hazard training to certain employees. Sets forth a Compliance Assistance Visit (CAV) program. Permits a mine operator to request a CAV for consultation and advice respecting compliance with standards. Prohibits the issuance of any notice of violation, citation, order, or penalty as a result of a CAV, except that withdrawal orders may be issued where an imminent danger exists. Authorizes the Mine Safety and Health Administration, upon the request of a State or political subdivision which owns or operate a mine, to make available to such State or subdivision safety and health training opportunities and materials. States that nothing in this Act shall prevent any State agency or court from asserting jurisdiction under State law over any mine safety or health issue with respect to which there is no standard in effect under this Act. Permits any State which, at any time, desires to assume responsibility for development and enforcement of mine safety and health standards with respect to which Federal standards have been promulgated under this Act to submit a State plan for the development of such standards and their enforcement. Sets forth provisions relating to approval of the State plan. Authorizes a Federal grant of 50 percent of the State's cost of developing, administering, and enforcing an approved plan.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1981
Confirms the transfer of real property to California and Nevada on or before July 7, 1980, to clear title to certain lands pursuant to the boundary established between such States by the Supreme Court decision on such date.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1981
Declares that it is the general policy of the Federal Government to rely on competitive private industry to supply the products and services it needs. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, to administer such policy.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1981
Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from disclosure records maintained by the Secret Service in connection with its protective functions. Amends the Federal criminal code to extend the scope of the current provision authorizing a physical zone of protection for the President to all Secret Service protectees. Establishes a new offense of threatening to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon a former President, major presidential or vice-presidential candidate or spouse of a candidate, or member of the immediate family of the President or Vice President. Limits the Secret Service protection of the spouse and minor children of a former President to a period of six months. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to extend such protection if necessary. Extends the authority of the Secret Service to investigate fraud against the Government and offenses involving the electronic transfer of data for U.S. or foreign government funds. Authorizes the reimbursement of Secret Service agents for subsistence expenses while on protective missions on a 24-hour basis in a nontravel status. Establishes a new offense of forging endorsements on Treasury checks or United States bonds or securities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1981
Family Protection Act - States as the purposes of this Act the strengthening of the American family and the elimination of governmental policies which diminish its strength and prosperity. Title I: Family Preservation - Establishes a legal presumption in favor of an expansive interpretation of the parents' role in supervising and determining the religious or moral formation of their child. Requires the notification of parents or guardians before a federally-funded program, project, or entity may provide contraceptive or abortion services to an unmarried minor. Prohibits Federal preemption of State laws relating to child or spousal abuse or juvenile delinquency. Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds for child abuse programs in any State unless the legislature of such State has specifically authorized such programs. Defines "child abuse and neglect" as physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, negligent treatment, or maltreatment. Excludes from such definition discipline or corporal punishment applied by a parent or an individual authorized to act in the place of such parent. Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to prohibit legal assistance for any proceeding or litigation: (1) to compel an abortion or State or Federal funding for an abortion; (2) to obtain a divorce; or (3) to adjudicate the issue of homosexual rights. Directs the Secretary of the branch of the Armed Forces concerned to deduct from the monthly pay and allowances of a member of such Armed Forces who is living separately from his or her dependents an amount sufficient to provide for the support of such dependents. Prohibits the use of Federal funds by any organization which advocates, promotes, or suggests male or female homosexuality as a life style. Title II: Taxation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer an income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay his expenses or those of a dependent at an educational institution (pre-school through college). Limits the amount of such deduction to $2,500 for a taxable year and permits only one account to be established on behalf of any individual. Provides for an inflation adjustment of such amount, based on the Consumer Price Index. Exempts from income taxation any distributions from such accounts which are used exclusively to meet the educational expenses of the dependent child. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive installments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions. Grants tax-exempt status to certain private educational institutions. Provides for the termination of the tax exemption of a school which is found to discriminate in the hiring of teachers or the admission of students on the basis of race, nationality, or ethnic background. Allows individuals who maintain a household which includes a dependent who has reached age 65 a nonrefundable income tax credit not in excess of $250 for the taxable year. Allows such individuals to take an income tax deduction in lieu of the credit. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 for the taxable year. Allows an income tax deduction for contributions to a trust established by a taxpayer to provide care to such taxpayer's parents or handicapped relatives. Limits the amount of such deduction to $3,000 for a taxable year. Provides for the tax exemption of such trusts. Permits married individuals to compute on a separate basis the maximum retirement savings deduction to which each individual is entitled. Permits a maximum deduction of $3,000 for a spouse who is handicapped. Grants tax-exempt status to organizations providing day care for children. Allows contributors to a tax-exempt day care center to claim a business expense deduction for contributions not deductible as a charitable contribution. Allows an additional personal tax exemption of $1,000 for each child born to or adopted by a taxpayer during the taxable year. Permits an exemption of $3,000 for the adoption of a handicapped child over the age of three whose parents are not of the same race or for a child born to the taxpayer who is handicapped. Permits an income tax deduction from gross income for fees, court costs, attorney's fees, and other necessary expenses incurred in the adoption of a child. Limits the amount of such deduction to a maximum of $3,500 ($4,500 for an international adoption), with a $500 deductible. Title III: Education - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit payments under such Act to Federal, State, or local educational agencies or institutions which: (1) prohibit the involvement of parents and representatives of the community in decisions relating to the establishment or continuation of religious studies; (2) limit parental visits to public schools or classes or the right of parents to inspect their children's school records; (3) require the payment of dues or fees as a condition of employment for teachers; or (4) prohibit parental review of textbooks prior to their use in the classroom. States that no Federal funds may be made available for textbooks which do not reflect a balance between the status role of men and women and do not contribute to the American way of life. Guarantees the right of any State or local educational agency to set qualifications for teachers, set attendance requirements for students, and to limit or prohibit the intermingling of sexes in sports or other school-related activities. Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude from the definition of "employer" any corporation or association operating a school. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the payment of allotments to States for the financing of elementary and secondary school programs. Directs the Secretary of Education to terminate the payment of such allotments if the programs for which funds are paid no longer comply with specified requirements. Permits judicial review of any finding of the Secretary with respect to applications for funding or termination of payments to a State. Prohibits the exercise of Federal control over the curriculum, administration, or personnel of any State or local school system. Repeals certain titles of such Act providing: (1) financial assistance to meet special educational needs of children; (2) basic skills improvement; (3) special projects; (4) educational improvement, resources, and support; (5) bilingual education programs; and (6) additional special programs. States that nothing in this Act or in other Federal law shall prohibit release time for parenthood education to be conducted by churches or parents. Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to prohibit legal assistance in any proceeding or litigation relating to racial quotas or the desegregation of elementary or secondary schools. Title IV: Voluntary Prayer and Religious Meditation - Voluntary Prayer and Religious Meditation Act of 1981 - States that individuals shall have the right to participate in voluntary prayer or religious meditation in any public building or other building supported by Federal funds. Prohibits Federal, State, or political subdivisions from abridging the free exercise of such prayer or meditation. Authorizes civil actions for violations of this title. Title V: Rights of Religious Institutions and Educational Affiliates - Prohibits the Federal Government from imposing legal requirements upon the operation of a church organization which sponsors a child care center, orphanage, foster home, social action training program, emergency shelter for abused children or spouses, school, or juvenile delinquency or drug abuse treatment center or home. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Grants jurisdiction to United States district courts to hear any cases arising under this Act. Provides for a six-year statute of limitations on actions brought under this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the administration of this Act and the progress of the States in effectuating its provisions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the exclusion of interest on mortgage subsidy bonds. Repeals provisions which allow tax-exempt status for such bonds if 95 percent of the mortgages financed by such issues are in compliance with stated requirements. Provides that a showing that the issuing authority has tried in good faith to satisfy all requirements will cure a failure to meet any particular requirement if such failure is corrected within a reasonable time after its discovery. Allows bondholders to rely upon an issuer's good faith covenant as to compliance. Revises the new homeowner requirements to allow eligibility for bond-financed mortgages for persons who are residing in substandard housing or who have lost their homes because of natural disasters or governmental action. Changes the method of determining the average area purchase price for purposes of the purchase price requirements for bond-financed mortgages. Specifies that the average area purchase price shall not include residences which are not typically financed through normal real estate mortgage loans and that such prices may be determined separately for new and previously occupied homes. Revises the arbitrage requirements to increase the amount by which interest rates on tax-exempt mortgage subsidy bonds may exceed the interest rates on mortgages financed with such bonds. Changes the method of determining the yield on an issue. Specifies that issuers are not required to dispose of any investment and realize a loss in order to satisfy arbitrage restrictions. Allows two or more qualified mortgage bond issues of a single issuer to be combined for purposes of determining compliance with arbitrage requirements. Permits issuers to maintain a reasonable reserve against investment losses and to allocate credits or payments between eligible mortgagors. Exempts mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Veterans Administration from certain mortgage assumption requirements. Includes energy impacted areas within the definition of targeted areas for purposes of the special treatment of targeted area residences. Transfers to the States the authority to designate areas of chronic economic distress. Limits the designation of areas of chronic economic distress to 25 percent of the geographic area within a State. Redefines statistical areas to include two or more statistical areas combined. Repeals the registration requirements for bond issues.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981
Requests the President to designate the week commencing June 14, 1981, as "National Softball Week."
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1981
Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Revision Act of 1981 - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Revision Act of 1979 to direct the President to appoint an interagency advisory committee to determine: (1) which materials are strategic and critical to the United States; (2) how much of such material should be stockpiled; and (3) what classification such material should be assigned. Sets forth a formula for determining the quantities of each classification of material to be imported. Requires that each stockpile goal be reviewed at least every four years by the interagency committee. Requires the head of an agency, upon the committee's determination, to notify Congress of any proposed new formula for computing the stockpile goal for a particular material. Makes such formula effective 90 days after such notification unless either House of Congress, within such period, agrees to a resolution of disapproval.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1981
Repeals a specified provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act thereby deleting limits on the use of public treatment works grants for treating, storing, or conveying the flow of industrial users into treatment works.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Preservation of Confidential Information Act - Amends the Freedom of Information Act to establish procedures under which submitters of information may object to agency disclosure of such information. Requires an agency to give written notice to a submitter of information whenever such agency receives a request for information not already in the public domain which has been obtained from any private source or which concerns any individually identifiable private party. Permits a submitter to provide the agency with written objections to disclosure of the records. Directs an agency to provide a submitter who makes a timely request to an informal ex parte hearing. Requires the agency to make a final decision regarding disclosure within 30 days of the hearing. Subjects an agency determination following such procedures to disclose all or part of the records to de novo review in Federal district court. Requires the agency to sustain its action by a preponderance of the evidence. Authorizes the court to assess against the United States attorney fees and other costs in any case in which the complainant has substantially prevailed.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Requests the President to designate June 30, 1981, as "National Drug Standards Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Olympic Coin Act of 1981 - Declares the purposes of this Act to be: (1) to provide for the minting of coins to commemorate the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games; and (2) to help finance those games without the use of tax revenues. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint: (1) not more than 30,000,000 copper-nickel clad coins with a face value of one dollar; (2) not more than 22,400,000 silver coins with a face value of ten dollars; (3) not more than 2,400,000 gold coins with a face value of fifty dollars; and (4) not more than 1,600,000 gold coins with a face value of one hundred dollars. Specifies the size and weight of such coins. Specifies that the designs of such coins shall be determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Sets certain minting specifications for such coins. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee which shall provide for the implementation of the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to furnish such coins to the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee at a price agreed to pursuant to such implementation agreement. Provides that all coins minted shall be delivered to the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for distribution and sale to the public in accordance with the terms of the implementation agreement. Sets the delivery date for each series of coins. Provides that all proceeds received by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee from the commercial sale of such coins shall be used for the purpose of staging and promoting the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and assisting the U.S. Olympic Committee and amateur athletics. Provides that all coins authorized by this Act shall be legal tender. Directs that no coins shall be minted pursuant to this Act after December 31, 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from the disclosure requirements matters relating to: (1) internal personnel rules and practices and training or reorientation of personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) special activities, clandestine collection, or covert operations of the CIA; and (3) internal operation, office management, or organization of the CIA. Eliminates Federal court jurisdiction to enjoin the CIA from withholding records, except personnel records of an individual the disclosure of which is necessary for obtaining employment outside the Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Public Land Reform Act of 1981 - Title I: Short Title; Findings and Declaration of Policy; Definitions - Declares that the Federal Government retains ownership of substantial territory considered unreserved unappropriated public lands in States wholly west of the one-hundredth meridian. Provides that it is the policy of this Act to place all such lands, presently held in trust for the States in which they are situated, in State ownership. Excludes from the definition of unreserved unappropriated public lands the following: (1) lands within the boundaries of national parks, national monuments, and national wildlife and migratory bird sanctuaries established prior to May 1, 1981; (2) designated units of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (3) lands within boundaries of military and Indian reservations; (4) lands essential to the operation, maintenance, and access to the U.S. Water and Power Resources Services projects, and designated highways; (5) lands necessary to the operation, maintenance, and access to shipyards, docks, security and defense establishments, magazines, arsenals, and Federal buildings; and (6) lands selected under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and other applicable law. Title II: Federal Land Transfer Board - Authorizes the Governor of any State seeking to acquire such unreserved and unappropriated lands to petition the President within ten years of the enactment of this Act to establish a Federal Land Transfer Board for such State. Directs the President to establish such a Board consisting of State and Federal members within 90 days of the receipt of such an application. States that the Board shall serve until all conveyances of such lands within the State are carried out. Requires each Federal Land Transfer Board to coordinate its activities with the State land management agency established pursuant to this Act. Directs each Board to carry out the required land transfers within two years of its determination that a State's application meets the requirements of this Act. Empowers the Land Transfer Boards to resolve land claims and disputes arising from the implementation of this Act. Grants any State aggrieved by a decision of a Land Transfer Board on its application the right to a public hearing and review before the Board. Empowers the United States courts of appeals to hear appeals from final orders of the Boards. States that judicial review shall be on the record made before the Board and that the Board's findings shall be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence. Prohibits members of the Board from directly or indirectly receiving compensation as a result of any land transfer carried out pursuant to this Act. Title III: State Land Management Agencies - Requires each State seeking the conveyance of unreserved and unappropriated land under this Act to establish a State land management agency to: (1) hold any transferred lands in trust for all people of the United States; (2) protect the interests of persons who have acquired rights in such land under Federal law; (3) provide for an ongoing inventory and study of public lands within the State with a view toward determining the best methods of management and utilization; (4) provide for the continued annual payments to units of local government in which entitlement lands are situated; (5) transfer to the United States those property interests necessary to continue lawful Federal activities; and (6) continue to administer lands previously administered by the United States pursuant to a treaty or interstate compact in conformance with the terms of such treaty or compact. Title IV: Conveyance From State Ownership - Prohibits any State from conveying lands conveyed to it by the Federal Land Transfer Board unless such land is difficult and uneconomic to manage, or no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was acquired, or its disposal will serve important public objectives. Title V: Miscellaneous - Declares that the United States shall retain control over the oceans, seas, navigable rivers, streams, lakes, and projects of the Corps of Engineers and Water and Power Resources Service. Directs the President to modify agreements with other nations if necessary to implement this Act. Grants the consent of Congress to any interstate compact relating to the management and use of such lands if it has been approved by the appropriate Federal Land Transfer Board. Grants the consent of Congress to any amendments to the Enabling Act of a State receiving a conveyance of land which may be necessary to revoke any disclaimer to title of public lands not granted by the United States to the State. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, on the results of a study of the relative costs and benefits of Federal and State land management activities. Authorizes sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1981
Expresses the concern of the Senate over the attack on Pope John Paul II.